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Making Contact
"Making Contact" is produced by International Media Project, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1994, committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is National Radio Project, the team that creates Making Contact.
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being left out of this new urban renaissance? This week on Making Contact: from Detroit, to Montreal, to Istanbul, people are reclaiming the commons. How do we create public spaces that are embracing and inclusive?
Featured speakers/guests:
Susan Silberberg, MIT lecturer in Urban Design and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Jane Jacobs, urban planning expert; Shannon Franssen, coordinator at Solidarit St-Henri; Fred Burrill, housing rights advocate; Erik Howard, The Alley Project founder; Freddy Diaz, Mary Luevanos, Detroit artists; Hugo Camarena, Alley Project neighbor; Neil Brenner, Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor of Urban Theory; Roberto Bedoya, Tucson Pima Arts Council executive director.
Credits:
Host: Catherine Komp
Producers: George Lavender, Andrew Stelzer, Laura Flynn, Jasmin Lopez
Contributing Producer: Laura Herberg, Carla Green, Dylan Brogan, Caroline Lewis
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Organizational Volunteers: Dan Turner and Barbara Barnett
