Fordham University’s Urban Studies Program Presents Urban Studies Week Series 2017 A Panel Discussion on Green Cities, Sustainable Development, and Infrastructure Alan Cohn, Climate Program Director at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection Melissa Enoch, Senior Policy Analyst at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection Rosanna Collars, Planning Consultant in Urban and Transportation Planning

A Lecture by Benjamin A. Katz Join us for this talk by Benjamin A. Katz, a senior board member of Shoval: Education for Tolerance, an Israeli organization that hosts dialogues between religious LGBT people and religious education, mental health, and community institutions. Shoval hosts about 50 sessions and supports or hosts about six conferences per

Join Fordham’s Latin American and Latino Studies Institute and Queer/Cuir Americas Working Group for a daylong conference on queer theory and activism in Latino America.

A group of female community leaders, political strategists, and organization presidents will talk about female representation in politics, media, and more.

Political strategists Alexis Grenell and Jessica Proud, along with moderator and political science professor Christina Greer, PhD, will talk about the 2016 primaries.

This theology roundtable features Zoe Sherinian, PhD, filmmaker and associate professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Oklahoma, who will discuss her documentary film and research with Rev. Joshua Samuel and graduate student Lisa Holsberg.

Speakers: History professors Roger Panetta, PhD; Rosemary Wakeman, PhD; and Steven Stoll, PhD; and sociology professor Chris Rhomberg. Co-sponsored by the Urban Studies Program, the Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice, and United Student Government.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Counseling and Psychological Services, and Fordham Theatre will present two one-act plays. The first, Reclaiming Vietnam, shows a woman’s navigation of her Vietnamese identity and roots, and the second, I Am Hope, shows a woman’s journey to finding healing following a mental health diagnosis.

Women from around the world will share their stories of empowerment. Sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Service’s Institute for Women and Girls.

Speaker: Dawne Moon, PhD, associate professor of social and cultural sciences at Marquette University, will host a seminar and discussion as part of the annual E. Rhodes and Leona Carpenter Foundation Lecture Series on Sexuality and Religion.

Speaker: Heather Dubrow, PhD, professor and Rev. John Boyd, SJ Chair of the English department, will lead a workshop on the inner workings of humanities grant panels and the process used to review proposals. Sponsored by the Office of Research.

Phillipe Copeland, PhD, from Boston University’s School of Social Work, will discuss the #BlackLivesMatter movement and its connection to social work and any profession committed to social change. Sponsored by The Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice and the Graduate School of Social Service.

Speaker: Cindy Bonfini-Hotlosz, chief information officer at Jesuit Commons, will discuss digital education being offered at refugee camps. Sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Service’s Online Faculty Group.

Celebrate the publication of the Veterans Writing Workshop’s newest anthology Afterwords: Fire and Light with a reading and reception. Sponsored by the School of Professional and Continuing Studies.