[greenbuild] Building Sustainable Communities talk:GIAC Apr 14 5:30
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- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 05:41:02 -0400
"Building Sustainable Communities: The Challenge of the 21st
Century" a talk by Shakoor Aljuwani partner, Cooperative Development
Institute and Chairperson, Coop Life. Shakoor will be the keynote
speaker at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) Annual Meeting
on Thursday evening, April 14, 5:30 - 7 pm, in the GIAC Gymnasium
(corner of Albany and Court).
A donation of $10 is requested, and hearty hors d'oeuvres will be
served. Free childcare will be provided, and all are welcome.
Shakoor is a long-time community organizer whose work has focused on
grassroots leadership development and civic participation in
disenfranchised, inner-city communities. He is currently working to
develop a federation of cooperatives in the Northeast U.S. as one
solution to the problems of depressed inner cities and rural areas.
(See longer bio below).
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Shakoor Aljuwani has more than thirty years of experience in
community, labor and political organizing in Buffalo, New York; New
York City and many other areas of the country. He is the outgoing
Director of the United Neighborhoods, a unique community building
initiative that works toward real, systemic, and permanent change in
the neighborhoods of Buffalo and Erie County. Shakoor has been
instrumental in developing a network of almost six hundred block
clubs and public housing tenant councils working together in the city
of Buffalo. He has played a key role in developing a
community-building model that focuses on grassroots leadership
development, asset based community development strategies with the
creative use of technology to expand the capacity and effectiveness
of neighborhood leaders. Additionally, Shakoor has been the catalyst
in the formation of hundreds of people organizations. He has
assisted in the organization of all types of community-based
organizations such as community technology centers, block clubs,
tenant councils, credit unions, food coops, fuel coops, worker coops,
environmental justice organizations, youth groups, grassroots
political caucuses, and more. Shakoor is currently completing a
Masters Degree in Community Economic Development at Southern New
Hampshire University.
Shakoor is currently a partner at Cooperative Development Institute
specializing in developing co-operative solutions to the problems of
depressed inner cities throughout the Northeast. He is also the
chairperson of Coop Life a federation of cooperatives operating in
the Northeast US. He is the father of three young adults with seven
grandchildren.
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ALSO: The following seminar should be of interest to those engaged
with promoting civic participation, community education and
development, and grassroots leadership development. It is open to all.
Cornell Participatory Action Research Network (CPARN) seminar
Friday, April 15, 10-11 am.
followed by continued discussion for those who would like to stay
[location to be announced]
This will be an informal seminar, with a chance to hear about
Shakoor's work and engage in conversation, based on the interests of
those attending. He is an extremely thoughtful, inspiring speaker
whose work on civic participation and inclusion addresses issues that
many action researchers struggle with.
The Cornell Participatory Action Research Network (CPARN) is a
diverse group of students, faculty and other practitioners who share
a commitment to promoting high standards of intellectual and social
integrity in doing research for social change.
Funded in part by GPSAFC
Margo Hittleman
PhD candidate
Dept. of Education
Kennedy Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Living Associates
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211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249
"We must be the change we want to see in the world"
Mohandas Gandhi
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