Taking Control of our Neighborhoods
Taking Control of our Neighborhoods was a Voorhees Symposium held on May 1, 2015. About 50 people attended, from many different organizations and parts of the city, and there was great discussion and debate over the day. If you missed it (or were there but want to revisit the day), here are some of the presentations from that day.
Yittayih Zelalem and Janet Smith introduce the day.
John Schlichtman's Gentrification 101 talk, Part 1:
... and part 2:
If you're interested in learning more, the paper on which John's presentation was based is available here.
Janet's Smith's presentation on the Gentrification Index and Toolkit.
The PowerPoint from this presentation is available here.