Repost from Ladywood Arts Forum & Bertz Associates :

Join us at @yacreates next Tues for an evening of networking and creative discussion. Host; Yejide, founder of YACreates, & Simeon Shtebunaev re Urban Rooms & their PhD.

Link here: sites.google.com/bertzassociate…

#Btactical progress along North 15th Street with Speak Up Broward and City of Fort Lauderdale continues. Thanks to all who have joined us thus far! #TacticalUrbanism

🔥Read our latest Keep the Fires Burning resource on 'Visualise: Race & Inclusion in Secondary State Art Education' a report published by Runnymede Trust & Freelands Foundation

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'We’re basically not going to give up now, we’ve come too far.'

Deana Bamford is one of the eight community activists leading our campaign.

Here’s her story of fighting to take over empty buildings in Coalville – against the odds 👉 right-here.org/deanas-story/

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The Urban Rooms Roadshow visits the West Midlands!

Carolyn Butterworth, Diane Dever and Laura Alvarez from the Urban Rooms Network recently facilitated two successful Urban Rooms Roadshow workshops in Wolverhampton and Bilston in the West Midlands.

The Cultural Tutor The same way our cities became defined by highways and cars they can become define around people and places: sociallifeproject.org/streets_as_pla…

We are open!

The Farrell Centre presents BUILDING: An exhibition under construction which will transform the exhibition galleries into live making spaces in an exploration of the process of building.

farrellcentre.org.uk/whats-on/build…

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'A fundamental reset of the relationship between centre & local is required: one which resources & empowers councils to rebuild both their workforces & the social capital of their areas.'

A weaker local government means a weaker Britain, says Adam Lent 👇newlocal.org.uk/articles/a-wea…

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How can we better leverage nature-based solutions to accelerate a carbon neutral future? A new digital dashboard offers access to a research team's efforts to provide data for planners & policymakers championing #ecosystemservices & #greeninfrastructure : bit.ly/congTemkin

Worth checking out!

We're delighted to be involved in this project with UP Projects and artist Aya Haidar to create a new artwork for #Whitechapel

📣 We're hiring (in partnership w/ Locality)! 📣

Do you have expertise in policy and public affairs?

Are you an effective project manager?

Can you help drive forward our campaign?

We want to hear from you!

Apply right here 👇

locality.org.uk/vacancies/seni…

We found profound inequities in how NYC devotes its space.

Simply put, public space — including streets, sidewalks, and green spaces — is used and made unusable in a way that leads to different outcomes.

We uncovered four trends that point to an unequal NYC.

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'In 2015 we set up our own community transport service. We provide affordable, accessible, flexible transport based on what the community needs.'

Natascha's story of #CommunityPower in action 👉 right-here.org/nataschas-stor…

Chronic short-termism has trapped public services in a ‘doom loop’, pushing problems into the future instead of investing in prevention up front.

Radical change is the only way forward.

Read our latest report 👉 newlocal.org.uk/publications/r…

Just finished listening to The Big Dig podcast & highly recommend it to my #planning / #localgov / infrastructure friends. A really fascinating story - Fred Salvucci taught my transportation planning class at MIT Urban Planning!
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