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REPRINTED FROM THENEXTMAYOR.COMFebruary 7, 2007 press release, (submitted via e-mail) |
Please join us for the third event in the Urban Studies Program’s sixth annual series of Public Conversations!
Urban Poverty and Prosperity: Building an Agenda for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor
Tuesday, February 13, 3:00-4:30pm
200 College Hall
Locust Walk between 34th and 36th Streets
Philadelphia’s crisis of violent crime and overcrowded prisons is clearly rooted in the city’s poverty. How can we better understand the relationship between poverty, public safety, and the failures of the criminal justice system? What can citizens, civic organizations, and politicians do about these problems?
This moderated discussion will explore these and other issues with:
Naima Black, Pennsylvania Prison Society
Jeff Draine, Penn School of Social Policy and Practice
Lt. Fran Healy, Special Assistant to the Police Commissioner
Leon King, Commissioner, Philadelphia Prison System
Lawrence Sherman, Penn Criminology and Sociology
Moderator: Eric Schneider, Penn College of Arts and Sciences
Hosts:
Criminology 200, Criminal Justice
Urban Studies 110, Crime and Punishment
Urban Studies 210/City Planning 605, The City
Urban Studies/Sociology 420, Perspectives on Urban Poverty
Co-sponsor: The Next Mayor (Daily News, WHYY, Committee of 70) www.thenextmayor.com
For more information on the series, visit: www.sas.upenn.edu/urban