[Peace] YMCA Friday Forum This Friday: Understanding Economic Reform & Community Transformation from a Faith Base

Tue Mar 26 18:50:04 UTC 2013

Hi Peace,

Two "housing economic reform" guys were on Focus (on WILL AM radio) last
week talked about foreclosures and about housing in Champaign.

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:
http://will.illinois.edu/focus/program/home-foreclosure-in-illinois ]

Now Reverend Dr. Eugene Barnes will be the speaker at the YMCA's Friday
Forum this Friday.

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*Rev. Dr. Eugene Barnes** Founder & Executive Director of Metanoia Centers*
Talk:* Working on Economic Justice And Community Transformation from a
Faith Base*
 Friday, March 29 | 12 Noon | University YMCA | Latzer Hall

In the Fall of 2000, 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.

Reverend Dr. Eugene Barnes began his social advocacy work with the creation
of the 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. 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.

 This noontime talk is a part of the Friday Forum Spring 2013 lecture
series,
"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.  All lecture are free and open to the public.  Lunch is
served from the Y eatery during lectures: $6.50/3.00 student.

*Friday Forum is sponsored by the University YMCA, Channing-Murray
Foundation, The Chapel of Saint John the Divine Episcopal Church, First
Mennonite Church, McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, Saint
Matthew Lutheran Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, Wesley Foundation
at the University of Illinois, UIUC Hillel/Cohen Center, Office of
Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, Interfaith in Action (RSO), LGBT
Resource Center, and The Social Action Committee of the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign. Paid for by SORF.*

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Hey, an interesting syllabus on neighborhood planning is here:
http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/courses/UP474_Fall08/UP474syllabus2008.pdf

Course Description:

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING SEMINAR UP474, Fall 08 [so, this is from several
years ago]

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Department of Urban & Regional
Planning Dr. Stacy A. Harwood sharwood at illinois.edu

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.
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