Observatory on Latin America (OLA) | Global Urban Futures | Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)

This two-part event will bring together New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, journalist and human rights advocate Horacio Verbitsky, urban and community planner Ron Shiffman, urbanist Eduardo Reese, urban rights specialist Edesio Fernandez, and Don D. Chen Director of the Just Cities Program of Ford Foundation, to discuss urban human rights and public policy in the Americas.

The first session will respond to current events such as issues of race, class, police brutality, etc. in the Americas to critically examine human rights from an urban perspective. The second session will illuminate the topic of human rights from a broader policy perspective i.e. what policies have successfully dealt with urban human rights issues in Latin America, the United States, and the world and what policies are needed.

Program

4:00 – 6:00 pm  Cities and Social Justice in the Americas

Welcoming Remarks:

Michael Cohen, Director of OLA/The New School Chair

Margarita Gutman, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and International Affairs, The New School

Speakers:

Edesio Fernándes, Brazilian lawyer and city planner, Development Planning Unit of University College, London

Eduardo Reese, Argentine architect, Director of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, CELS, Buenos Aires

Disscussant:

Don D. Chen, Director, Just Cities Program, The Ford Foundation

6:00 – 8:00 pm   Human Rights and Urban Policies: South and North

Introduction: 

Tim Marshall, Provost, The New School

Chair:

Mary Watson, Executive Dean, New School for Public Engagement

Speakers:

Bill De Blasio, Mayor of New York City (to be confirmed)

Ron Shiffman, Professor of Urban Planning, Pratt Institute, New York

Horacio Verbitsky, President of Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, CELS, Buenos Aires

Disscussant:

Sakiko Fukuda Parr, Professor of International Affairs, New School for Public Engagement

For more information, visit the OLA Website.