Call for Proposals: Democracy & Dialogues Fellowship Program
Democracy & Dialogues Initiative Fellowship Program: Call for proposals 2021-2022 The Democracy and Dialogues Initiative of the Dodd Human Rights Impact, in partnership with other University co-sponsors (listed below), will award five (5) new fellowships to participate in UConn’s ongoing Democracy and Dialogues Initiative Fellowship Program. What? The Democracy and Dialogues Fellowship Program, now in its fifth year, is a University-wide partnership, with participation from academic, service, outreach and administrative units. Fellowship teams will engage in […]
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Congratulations 2020-2021 ICD Fellows!
Congratulations to all of our 2020-2021 ICD Fellowship Teams. Read more about their projects and an update about their semester linked below. The ICD Fellowship Program is a University-wide partnership, with participation from academic, service, outreach and administrative units. Fellowship teams engage in year-long, shared-learning process, develop projects that apply dialogue and deliberation to […]
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DDI Intern Feature: a Q & A with Samara Johnson
Samara Johnson is a 2021 Graduate of UConn School of Social Work and worked as an intern for the Democracy and Dialogues Initiative for the 2020-2021 academic year. Read more about Samara’s work and experiences as an intern below. What was the inspiration or motivation for pursuing the internship with Democracy and Dialogues Initiative? For […]
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9/27
DDI Fellows Drop-In Workshop Session
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10/6
DDI Fellows Meeting
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10/6
Encounters Dialogue: Getting Housing Right
Encounters Dialogue: Getting Housing Right
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Other Virtual
Why has it been so hard to get housing right in the United States and what are the limits and possibilities of such legislative interventions to address housing discrimination, access, and affordability? Three legislative measures of the 2021 session of the Connecticut General Assembly offer clues about the housing crisis in the state and the nation: the right to housing, zoning reform, and the banning of restrictive covenants in property deeds. These legislative interventions harken back to a longer legacy of slum clearance, redlining, urban renewal, displacement, white flight, the persistent lack of affordable housing, and rampant violations of the Fair Housing Act half a century after its passage in 1968. How have ordinary people been implicated in the social, economic systems that sustain discriminatory housing practices and how have ordinary people empowered themselves and their communities to take action? These questions come in the shadow of a looming eviction crisis nationwide that will keep housing front and center of policy debates and conversations about inequality and the pandemic’s disparate impacts.
Join us to dissect issues around housing through short readings, small group discussion, and engagement with specialists.
To register, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/2wcdftxf
Hosted by the Hartford History Center of the Hartford Public Library in collaboration with UConn's Democracy and Dialogues Initiative through the Encounters Series. -
10/20
DDI Fellows Drop-In Workshop
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11/3
Encounters Dialogue: Voting Rights And Access In Our Democracy
