An interview with tenant rights organizer at the Cooper Square Committee, Brandon Kielbasa, and Lower East Side tenant leader, Claire Birmingham… Continue reading “Brandon Kielbasa and Claire Birmingham, Tenants' Rights on the Lower East Side”
Melissa Bean
Rosalind Fredericks, Assistant Professor, NYU/Gallatin
The Urban Democracy Lab interviews Rosalind Fredericks, an NYU professor, to discuss postcolonial identities in Africa, global urbanism, and the political economy of developments… Continue reading “Rosalind Fredericks, Assistant Professor, NYU/Gallatin”
Caron Atlas, Director of Arts & Democracy Project, Co-Director of NOCD-NY
Caron Atlas is the director of Arts & Democracy Project, which cross-pollinates art and culture, participatory democracy, and social justice. She is the co-director of the Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts New York (NOCD-NY), a coalition of artists and organizers that seeks to strengthen the unique creativity of New York City’s neighborhoods. Continue reading “Caron Atlas, Director of Arts & Democracy Project, Co-Director of NOCD-NY”