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Back by special request of UIC Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares, Mari Gallagher will present “From Food Desert to Food Oasis: The Next Five Years.” Join us to learn about her cutting-edge work around the country and in Chicago, including her most recent research into how food stamp ret

Join Peter Adams (the News Literacy Project), Natalie Moore (WBEZ), and Rhonda Gillespie (freelance journalist, formerly of the Chicago Defender) to learn more about how to shape and affect local media coverage at this event.

How do we prevent historical amnesia? When is historic preservation a force for gentrification and social displacement and when is it a force for equality? How should cultural significance be determined and who should determine it? How can we preserve vernacular history?

Join us on Jane Addams Day to reflect on the Occupy moment and what it means for the future.

Unleash your radical imagination about our collective future!

Ahabwe Mugerwa Michael, Executive Director of ICOD Action Network, will discuss how access to healthy food impacts the lives of poor rural farming communities in Uganda.