Poverty, Promise and Possibility Community Forum!

Join The University of Chicago as they "Take Education to the Streets"

The Civic Knowledge Project from the Division of Humanities at the University of Chicago invites you to Poverty, Promise and Possibility Community Forum! on Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the School of Social Service Administration 969 East 60th Street Chicago, Illinois The event will focus on creating successful, alternative educational and learning opportunities for challenged communities that schools either cannot or will not produce. The Woodlawn, Bronzeville and Englewood communites will be of spceial focus during this discussion. Panelists include Dr. Bonnie Harrison from Kennedy-King Community College, a Professor of Social Studies; Thom Hale, an educator starting a new Montessori school in the Englewood community; Credell Walls, an environmental educator from the Jane Goodall Institute; and Phillip Jackson from The Black Star Project in Chicago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Civic Knowledge Project (CKP) is the community connections branch of the Division of the Humanities at the University of Chicago. Mission Statement: The mission of the CKP is to develop and strengthen community connections, helping to overcome the social, economic, and racial divisions among the various knowledge communities on the South Side of Chicago. We believe that the free and reciprocal flow of knowledge is empowering. Working with our many local collaborators, we (1) Provide educational and humanities programming linking the University of Chicago to other knowledge communities surrounding it; (2) Develop institutional policy for the exchange of knowledge among different local knowledge communities; and (3) Serve as an educational and organizational resource for our community.