SFSU Urban Action

09/04/2020

01/17/2020

https://www.spur.org/events/2020-01-23/providing-urban-park-access-everyone

6:00 p.m. | Thursday, January 23, 2020 - SPUR Urban Center

10/18/2019

The Urban Action team is reaching out to our SFSU community for submissions. Deadline is November 22nd!

09/23/2019

Looking to jump start your career with city, urban or transportation planning? We're creating a new "Civil Service" list for our Assistant Planner positions. Apply by October 7, 2019 - if you meet the qualifications, you will be notified to take an exam.
https://www.jobapscloud.com/SF/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1=CBT&R2=5277&R3=903521

Provides listings of current City and County of San Francisco Job Openings, including available positions, pay rates, job descriptions, application procedures, job resources, and the hiring process.

09/12/2019

Check this out if you can!
9th San Francisco Green Film Festival
Opening Night Film Premiere
Tuesday, September 24

PUSH

7:30pm Film Screening, Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street San Francisco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=sEJ_GLoTZog

Housing is a fundamental human right, so why can’t we afford to live in our own cities anymore? PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our incr...

09/03/2019

https://www.amazon.com/dp/109965517X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_iBQBDbTCGT0FH

Urban Action is a journal of public affairs & civic engagement published annually by students at San Francisco State University.

05/23/2019

FYI—the City of Berkeley is offering a paid internship for students. Please see attached. And please spread the word.

12/12/2018

I am pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 San Francisco Fellows Program!

If you would please kindly pass on this information to anyone within your networks who is interested in joining the next cohort of awesome Fellows. If there are any questions, I am happy to connect with a potential Fellow.



https://sfdhr.org/sffellows



Apply via the online link:

https://jobapscloud.com/SF/sup/BulPreview.asp?R1=pex&R2=1801&R3=903144

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12/07/2018

The 40th edition of the student-run academic journal, Urban Action, is now accepting submissions!
Submissions can be poetry, photography, class essays, and creative works from any major, and any perspective as long as it's related to cities and the environments we live in. Topics can include: criminal justice, environmental studies, homelessness, transportation, geography, public health and any other issue that affects city life.

12/07/2018

It's been awhile since we have posted anything about Urban Action but the 2019 edition is gearing up.

If you'd like to purchase a copy of the 39th Edition of Urban Action from 2018, please see: https://tinyurl.com/urbanactionjournal or message us directly.

In addition to the 40th Edition of Urban Action, the UA Team is creating a reflective special 40th Anniversary Urban Action where we will reflect on previous articles from the past 40 years! So please tune in for updates!

Urban Action is a student-produced academic journal that publishes students' work regarding urban policy, planning, public affairs and civic engagement. Content includes peer-reviewed articles, poems, short stories, and photo-essays.

11/28/2018

Master of Arts in Urban and Public Affairs

University of San Francisco



The University of San Francisco is currently recruiting candidates for our interdisciplinary MA program in Public Policy, Urban Studies, and Practical Politics.



Urban and Public Affairs is an innovative, interdisciplinary graduate program that blends urban studies and public policy, preparing students for careers in government, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. Students participate in the policy process while they study.



What we offer:

· Access to cutting-edge researchers from academic disciplines like urban studies, politics, sociology, geography, and urban planning;

· Hands-on training with high-level practitioners from government, community-based organizations, private industry, and the non-profit sector;

· Practical experience in community-engaged projects and internships linked to a range of policy topics;

· A community of student and faculty who are exceptionally committed to careers as effective leaders in urban policy and community advocacy.



The University of San Francisco’s strong emphasis on social justice permeates every aspect of the UPA program and empowers students to positively contribute to our communities. Now is the time to apply for Fall 2019.

11/13/2018

After decades of neglecting social infrastructure, can the U.S. fight division and disadvantage with more parks and longer library hours?

10/10/2018

This is an article every urbanist should read
http://www.ejournalofpublicaffairs.org/cultural-humility/

Cultural humility can help planning faculty, students, and practitioners commit to ongoing self-reflection and critique of their social, cultural, racial, gendered, and other identities in an effort to identify how they are implicated in inequity, especially in relation to working in communities of....

10/08/2018

Great article on residential segregation from dissent mag
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-real-estate-segregated-america-fair-housing-act-race

Real-estate interests have long wielded an outsized influence over national housing policy—to the detriment of African Americans.

07/16/2018

This is a pretty interesting essay about skate plazas and public space. It’s from 2016 but worth the read.

How skateboarders are being pushed out of cities and into gentrification.

05/14/2018

This person is the hero we need right now.

05/14/2018

Here is a brand new class that may be of interest to many on this list.
Dear students and colleagues,



We’re writing to tell you about an exciting NEW class in the department of Criminal Justice Studies, CJ 535: Alternatives to Criminalization, and to ask for your help in getting the word out to interested students.



Our course examines the causes and consequences of criminalization with a focus on alternative responses that improve safety and build community capacity without the use of police, jails or prisons. We will study transformative solutions including harm reduction, restorative justice, and grassroots community organizing.



This class includes weekly guest speakers from local social movement organizations so it’s a great way to connect with local orgs for students who are interested in social services, activism, nonprofit work, or the legal field. Those who are concurrently enrolled in senior capstone courses can get credit for optional internships.



Some topics this class will cover include:

· Alternatives to the criminalization of youth

· Border policing and the movement against the criminalization of immigrants

· Community organizing against police violence

· The War on Drugs and alternatives to the criminalization of drug use

· Alternatives to the policing of s*x and gender (for people interested in fighting back against criminalization of transgender & s*x worker communities)

· Gang injunctions

· Movements against the criminalization of poverty & homelessness.



The 3-credit class meets only one day a week, on Fridays, in the fall semester. We’ll have class discussions of the readings with either Professor Dilara Yarbrough or Professor Ché Rodriguez from 4-4:45 pm, and guest lectures from 5-6:30 pm (although we have access to the lecture hall for a bit longer in case folks want to talk informally with our guest speakers). This is primarily an undergraduate class, although we can work with your M.A. or M.S.W. advisers to help you fit this into your program.

Please circulate this message widely, and email us if you have questions: [email protected] or [email protected]

04/26/2018

Beautiful and thought provoking work by Urban Planning students at UCLA

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5286e7bee4b00257d4c7ea85/t/5aa0517771c10b825724dfd4/1520456081545/Vol+23+FINAL.pdf

04/25/2018

symposium on self-care and community building

Free and lunch provided

The symposium will highlight the significance of community building and organizing by destigmatizing conversations around mental health. This event provides a safe space for students of different cultures to share their stories and/or research of mental health issues and wellness. After the event, students will have the tools to empower their families, peers, communities, and themselves to address mental health.

Fri, May 4, 2018

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Rosa Parks A-C

Rsvp IMHS.EVENTBRITE.com

Active Minds

Organizer of Inaugural Mental Health Symposium: Creating a Community of Caring and Diversity

Active Minds at SF State is a program of Active Minds, Inc. that exists as a student-run mental health awareness and su***de prevention, education, and advocacy organization on the college campus. The group is designed to utilize peer outreach to increase student's awareness of mental health issues and symptoms of mental illness, provide information about available resources, encourage students to seek help as soon as help is needed and to serve as the liaison between students and the mental health community.

04/18/2018

Excellent opportunity to put your education and passion to work for the public good
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-center-public-realm-plan-community-workshop-2-tickets-44566159583

Please join us for the second Civic Center Public Realm Plan Community Open House, where you'll have the first look at the design options for the long-term improvements to Civic Center's plazas, streets and other public spaces based on the feedback the City has received from the community to date. Y...

04/02/2018

Write for justice!

PEN America’s $10,000 Writing for Justice Fellowship will commission six writers—emerging or established—to create written works of lasting merit that illuminate critical issues related to mass incarceration and catalyze public debate.

03/17/2018

Apply Now! Applications open February 27--March 28, 2018 The Willie L. Brown, Jr. Fellowship Program places students in prestigious semester-long internships in SF city and county agencies. For the Fall 2018 semester, Fellows will: Intern 16 hours/week at a city agency Participate in a 3-hour, 3-uni...

02/19/2018

LSE Impact Blog: Maximizing the impact of academic research. A hub for researchers, students, think-tanks, government, and anyone else interested in maximising the impact of academic work in the social sciences.

02/16/2018

‘Agents of Change’ explores the role black student activists played in reforming the American university system.

02/01/2018

Welcome to the Spring 2018 semester, everyone.
Urban Action is quickly approaching the final deadline for submissions. Please contact us if you have any questions about how or what to submit and if you are ever in doubt, submit anyway!

CORRECTION: We actually meet in HSS 224 now!

12/20/2017

Umm...Yep

It’s time for women to be front and center in the movement for cities.

12/19/2017

It's the last day of Finals! Treat yourself by getting published.
We are still accepting submissions through the end of the week.

12/08/2017

Finals, finals, finals. The deadlines are approaching fast. Good luck, Everyone!