Public Scholarship

Panelists: Adrian Stokols, Director of Community Development Programs, Orange County YMCA; Richard E. Killingsworth, Director, Active Living by Design National Program; Michael Garcia, Councilmember, City of Santa Ana; Gerardo Mouet, Executive Director of Santa Ana Parks and Recreation and Community Services Agency; Moderator/Discussant - Dan Stokols, Professor, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine; Co-sponsors: The Architecture Foundation, UCI Departnment of Planning, Policy, and Design.

Community design that supports walking and bicycling is an essential element in the campaign to "get Americans moving." This lecture explores best practices in "design for active living" for urban and suburban communities and for diverse populations.

Lecture by Mike Davis, Professor, Department of History, University of California, Irvine. Co-sponsors: UCI Department of History; UCI Department of Planning, Policy, and Design; Center for Latinos in a Global Society; Research Initiative on Inequality and Social Justice.

Wednesday February 9, 2005
Reception: 6-7pm
Lecture: 7-8:30pm
UCI Student Center
Monarch Bay A

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Lecture by Ann Forsyth, Professor, University of Minnesota, Dayton Hudson Chair of Urban Design and Director of Metropolitan Design Center. Co-sponsors: The Irvine Company; UCI Department of Planning, Policy, and Design; Research Initiative on Inequality and Social Justice.

In her new book "Reforming Suburbia: The Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands," Professor Ann Forsyth "traces the evolution, the successes, and the shortcomings of these experiments in urban innovation" (University of California Press, 2004). Her presentation will examine, in particular, the success of planned communities in accommodating diverse populations.

Wednesday March 2, 2005
Reception: 6-7pm
Lecture: 7-8:30pm
University Club
801 East Peltason

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Panelists:
Pamela Austin, MSW, CFGD, Chief Executive Officer, Orange County Health Needs Assessment; Professor Victoria Basolo, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California Irvine; Professor Marlon Boarnet, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California Irvine; Dr. Leo Chavez, Director of Chicano/Latino Studies and Professor of Anthropology, University of California Irvine; Moderator/Discussant - Moderator: Professor Linda Vo, Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine; Co-sponsors: Department of Planning, Policy, and Design; Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society; UCI Research Initiative on Inequality.

This critical snapshot of the "State of the County" in 2005 identifies growing inequality as a major challenge for OC leaders in all sectors. In this lecture, leading researchers and professionals will discuss troubling trends in health care, housing, work and income, and racial/ethnic diversity in the County. These patterns reveal mounting social and economic disparities facing the region, and set important benchmarks for policy goals and practices to address these concerns.

Thursday, May 12, 2005
Reception: 6-7pm
Lecture: 7-8:30pm
University Club
801 East Peltason
Please RSVP to rsvpcopc@uci.edu