Hi Peace,<div><br></div><div>Two "housing economic reform" guys were on Focus (on WILL AM radio) last week talked about foreclosures and about housing in Champaign.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul called in and asked where the displaced people would be housed when the city takes out the neighborhood, and the guests sidestepped the answer. [The mp3 can be downloaded from here: <a href="http://will.illinois.edu/focus/program/home-foreclosure-in-illinois">http://will.illinois.edu/focus/program/home-foreclosure-in-illinois</a> ]</div>
<div><br></div><div>Now <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Reverend Dr. Eugene Barnes</span> will be the speaker at the YMCA's Friday Forum this Friday.</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong>Rev. Dr. Eugene Barnes</strong><strong> Founder & Executive Director of Metanoia Centers</strong><br>
<div><div>Talk:<em> Working on Economic Justice And Community Transformation from a Faith Base</em><br></div></div><div><div><div><span>Friday, March 29 | 12 Noon | University YMCA | Latzer Hall </span></div></div></div></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:left">
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<div><span>Friday, March 29 | 12 Noon | University YMCA | Latzer Hall </span><br></div>
<span> </span> <div><div style="text-align:left" align="left">In the Fall of 2000, <span>Reverend Dr. Eugene Barnes founded Metanoia Centers, which started out constructing homes for low income families in the Champaign area. Metanoia works for social justice, economic reform, the promotion of democracy, housing reform and the war on drugs and violence. </span><span><div>
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Reverend Dr. Eugene Barnes began his social advocacy work with the creation of the </span><span>Stay-In-School programs for high school students and has since created 21 non-profit organizations, and traveled to Israel, Palestine and South Korea to negotiate peace. Additionally, has won several awards for his work including the National Governor's Award for Best Practices and the Phyllis K. Washington Outstanding Leadership Award, and is listed in the 2000 edition of Who's Who International Entrepreneurs. Rev. </span><span>Barnes became board chair of National People's Action in 2008, and was invited by the White House to witness the signing of the Financial Reform Bill by President Obama.</span><br>
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</div>This noontime talk is a part of the Friday Forum Spring 2013 lecture series, <br>"Faith in Action," featuring speakers from across the spectrum of faith traditions that are compelled by their faith to engage in bold and creative forms of action. <span>All lecture are free and open to the public. Lunch is served from the Y eatery during lectures: $6.50/3.00 student.</span><br>
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</div><div>====</div><div>Hey, an interesting syllabus on neighborhood planning is here: <a href="http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/courses/UP474_Fall08/UP474syllabus2008.pdf">http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/courses/UP474_Fall08/UP474syllabus2008.pdf</a> </div>
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UP474, Fall 08 [so, this is from several years ago]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Dr. Stacy A. Harwood
</span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRomanPSMT';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)"><a href="mailto:sharwood@illinois.edu">sharwood@illinois.edu</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'TimesNewRomanPSMT';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Neighborhood Planning Seminar is designed to introduce the concepts of neighborhood and community in the context of
the historical evolution of neighborhood planning and the quest for community. Students will deepen their understanding of the
policy issues facing today's community development specialists, community organizers, urban planners and policy makers
through an exploration of the causes and consequences of neighborhood decline, successful neighborhood revitalization and the
theoretical tensions in neighborhood planning. </span></span></p></div></div>
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