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Georgia State Professor of SociologyÌýÌýwill join MPC on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30 pm (in Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Watkins Building room 106) to discuss HOPE VI and public housing tenant activismÌýin Atlanta, GA.ÌýDr. Oakley's research focuses on urban social inequalities, particularly about race, housing, the built environment, and the spatial arrangements of urban policies. Her collaborative work concerning the federally approved demolition of Atlanta's public housing led to her invited testimony before Congress on housing preservation and the Neighborhood Choice Initiative.ÌýRSVP here.Ìý

Ìýdiscusssed his new book,Ìý,ÌýOn Wednesday, October 2 at 5:15 pm at the . Dr. Jones is anÌýAssociate Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology and the inaugural director of the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers University, Newark. His newest workÌýanalyzes how racism shapes the US congressional workplace and in return, how Black staffers resist unequal and racist work conditions.Ìý

On Tuesday, October 22 at 5:30 pm in Kerwin 301, MPC hostedÌý, and Ìýfor a moderated discussion titled "What Does Chicago Teach Us About Urban Politics in DC andÌýBeyond?â€�