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So nice to see this praise from my dissertation chair and mentor Derek Hyra in the Metropolitan Policy Center newsletter. It has been a great joy working with this team to advance urban theory and policy!

NEXT WEEK: Derek Hyra will be at School of Cities to discuss his new book Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur. Join us in Toronto on Oct 2 to discuss how community development policies advance inequality by segregating, gentrifying, and displacing Black communities.

Thanks to all those who joined us yesterday at the presentation of "Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration" by Ernesto Castañeda and @Daniel Jenks Politics and Prose  The video is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=jbjF7K…

Join us next week on Oct 22nd at 5:30 pm for a discussion with Professors Gordon Mantler, Xolela Mangcu, and Greg Squires about how we can apply lessons from Chicago urban politics to DC and other urban contexts. Register now at american.swoogo.com/MPCchicago

Thank you to those who attended our panel yesterday evening! We had a great discussion with panelists about urban policy in Chicago and its lessons for DC and beyond.

THIS WEEK: On Friday (11/1), Derek Hyra will be discussing his new book, Slow and Sudden Violence, with Mark Davidson as part of a book symposium hosted by the Boston University Initiative on Cities. Learn more at bu.edu/ioc/2024/10/01…

Join MPC and WIPAR on Wed Nov 6th for the first Ideas Lab of the semester! Chris Campbell, David Schwegman and Derek Hyra will present their research, "Community-level Impacts of Rent Stabilization Intensity in California Cities, 2010-2019." tr.ee/oh0qvfLzKm

Congratulations to MPC team member Chris Campbell, who gave an outstanding presentation on the impact of rent stabilization intensity on housing affordability and community stability in cities in California!

THIS WEEK: On Wed. Nov 13, Derek Hyra will be at Seminary Co-op in Chicago to discuss his new book, Slow and Sudden Violence, in conversation with John Major Eason, associate professor of sociology and international and public affairs at Brown University. semcoop.com/event/derek-hy…

MPC Director Derek Hyra will be at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies on Thursday, December 12 to discuss his new book, Slow and Sudden Violence, and the connections between urban renewal, police repression, and unrest in America. hca.uni-heidelberg.de/index_en.html

Check out this lecture on Feb 20 by faculty fellow Jordanna Matlon presented by DCSS and AmericanUSociology : The Long Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism. Register now at dcsociologicalsociety.org/event-6028433

Join us on March 25th at 5:30 pm to hear from Dr. Deirdre Oakley about public housing and tenant activism in Atlanta! Register online now at american-spa.swoogo.com/MPC

Georgia State Professor of Sociology Dr. Deirdre Oakley will join MPC on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30 pm (in AU Watkins Building room 106) to discuss HOPE VI and public housing tenant activism in Atlanta, GA. RSVP at american-spa.swoogo.com/MPC

Really looking forward to this talk & conversation w/G. Derek Musgrove & Nicole King at the end of next month. If you are in #Baltimore, come thru. UMBC Metropolitan Policy Center School of Public Affairs University of California Press (is on Bluesky)

Panel on immigration policies and their effects on communities and the economy. Thanks to all the panelists and co-sponsors. You can register here: f.mtr.cool/eoksplvnnh

MPC team members are looking forward to presenting at Urban Affairs Association's International Conference on Urban Affairs in Vancouver next month! MPC Director Derek Hyra will discuss his recent book and MPC PhD Candidate Chris Campbell will present new research. See you there!

Dr. Deirdre Oakley visited MPC last week to share her work on public housing tenant organizing and resistance in Atlanta. Thank you Dr. Oakley!