6-0425 INEQUALITY: IMMIGRATION, HOUSING AND RACE

Sunday, November 20, 2011: 12:15-14:00

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

12:15

The Transition From Renter to Owner: Changing Social Relations Among Residents of Low-Income Housing Cooperatives

Jill Siegel (University of Pennsylvania)

12:30

Mourning (In) the City: Youth Activism, Multiracial Blackness and the Endgame of Gentrification

Savannah Shange ()

12:45

Navigating African Descent At the Frontiers of Nation and Diaspora:the Forgotten Afro Descendants of Chile's Far-Flung North

Sara B Busdiecker (Texas A&M University)

13:00

Beyond Selfishness: On Crisis and Social Responsibility In Rural Jamaica

Edward Sammons (The Graduate Center: CUNY)

13:15

Divergent Paths?: Exploring the Inter-Generational Experiences of Afro-Caribbean Domestics In NYC

Christine A Pinnock (The CUNY Graduate Center and The CUNY Graduate Center)

13:30

Constructing a “World Class African City” Through Evictions and Housing Backlogs In Johannesburg’s Inner City

Anthony Johnson (Graduate Center CUNY)

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