What: A conference: "The City Revisited: Community and Community Action in the 21st Century"
Speakers will examine a variety of topics crucial to Chicago development, including poverty, immigration, gentrification, economic development, community development, and community organizing. When: Friday, May 8, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.Where: The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington Who:The conference is organized by the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago as part of a celebration of its centennial.For more than 100 years, scholars at the University have studied Chicago and its neighborhoods to understand urban life and to develop solutions to urban problems.Leading local and national scholars as well as civic leaders will discuss contemporary issues in Chicago at the conference, which was organized by urban scholar Robert Chaskin, Associate Professor at SSA.