The outreach and engagement programs of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center are now known as Dodd Human Rights Impact.
Upcoming Events
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9/27
DDI Fellows Drop-In Workshop Session
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10/1
Salon: An Immigrant's Vision
Salon: An Immigrant's Vision
Friday, October 1st, 2021
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Storrs Campus Wilbur Cross North Reading Room
Salon at the Benton: An Immigrant's Vision
Note: this salon will take place in the North Reading Room of Wilbur Cross Building.
AN IMMIGRANT’S VISION
What would it mean for refugees and immigrants to the US to be seen and recognized as part of the fabric of everyday life? How can portraiture forge connections between strangers, and potentially foster community? These questions lie at the heart of Joe Standart’s public art and community engagement initiatives, currently displayed at the William Benton Museum of Art in the exhibition Immigrant Eyes.
Link to more information about this program:
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10/6
DDI Fellows Meeting
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10/6
Encounters Dialogue: Getting Housing Right
Encounters Dialogue: Getting Housing Right
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Other Virtual
Why has it been so hard to get housing right in the United States and what are the limits and possibilities of such legislative interventions to address housing discrimination, access, and affordability? Three legislative measures of the 2021 session of the Connecticut General Assembly offer clues about the housing crisis in the state and the nation: the right to housing, zoning reform, and the banning of restrictive covenants in property deeds. These legislative interventions harken back to a longer legacy of slum clearance, redlining, urban renewal, displacement, white flight, the persistent lack of affordable housing, and rampant violations of the Fair Housing Act half a century after its passage in 1968. How have ordinary people been implicated in the social, economic systems that sustain discriminatory housing practices and how have ordinary people empowered themselves and their communities to take action? These questions come in the shadow of a looming eviction crisis nationwide that will keep housing front and center of policy debates and conversations about inequality and the pandemic’s disparate impacts.
Join us to dissect issues around housing through short readings, small group discussion, and engagement with specialists.
To register, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/2wcdftxf
Hosted by the Hartford History Center of the Hartford Public Library in collaboration with UConn's Democracy and Dialogues Initiative through the Encounters Series. -
10/20
DDI Fellows Drop-In Workshop
Learn more about the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center facility.