The Urban Democracy Lab promotes critical, creative, just, and sustainable forms of urbanism through engaged scholarship, collaborative undergraduate and graduate coursework, creative public programming, and active publication.

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  Engaged Urbanists

Engaged Urbanists is our longest-standing, core working group. It meets monthly on the third Friday of each month and is built on reviewing works-in-progress that emphasize the porousness of the walls between the academy and the “real” world, scholars and activists, teachers and learners. More →

  Social Housing

There is a growing, nationwide housing crisis. In the last few years, the discussion among housing movements has moved from a critique of gentrification, displacement, and other manifestations of that crisis to a search for an alternative vision. That vision requires creating housing whose production, distribution, and management is guided by deeply democratic principles, a...
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  Student Organizing Retreat
WHERE:
Ossining
NY USA,
WHEN:
Jun 21, 2023 | 11:00amJun 23, 2023 3:00pm
 
  From Crisis to Horizon: Fighting for Social Housing
WHEN:
Mar 31, 2023 | 2:00pm3:30pm
 
  A Seat at the Table: Uplifting Voices for Equitable Food Systems
WHEN:
Mar 20, 2023 | 6:00pm