2014 MAS Summit for New York City: Human Rights and Global Justice: What Do...

The 2014 Summit program is still in development. All times are approximate.

Human Rights and Global Justice: What Do Cities Have to Do with It?

As the world continues to rapidly urbanize, we look at the role that cities can play in delivering justice and opportunity for all their citizens. Where can we find examples of interventions that protect human rights, empower residents, and strengthen the social and economic capacity of the city?

Introduction

Dr. Eugenie L. Birch, FAICP

Chair, The Municipal Art Society of New York and Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, Department of City & Regional Planning and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania

Eugenie L. Birch FAICP, RTPI (hon), is Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, Chair, Graduate Group of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, co-director, Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) and co-editor, City in the 21st Century... Read More →

Speakers

Anne Pasternak

President & Artistic Director, Creative Time

President and Artistic Director Anne Pasternak joined Creative Time in the fall of 1994. Since then, Creative Time has collaborated with hundreds of artists to ignite the public's imagination, explore ideas that shape society, and bring groundbreaking public art to millions of people... Read More →

Nithya Raman

Director, Transparent Chennai

Nithya V. Raman is an urban planner who has been working in India for nearly a decade. Her research and writing has focused on urban governance, slums and access to land and services, and transparency. In 2010, she founded Transparent Chennai, which creates maps and information about... Read More →

Kenneth Roth

Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 1987, Mr. Roth served as a federal prosecutor in New York and for the... Read More →

Andrew Rudd

Urban Environment Officer, Urban Environment and Planning Branch of UN-HABITAT

Andrew Rudd is the Urban Environment Officer for UN-Habitat. He is out-posted to New York from the Urban Planning & Design Branch in Nairobi, where he lived and worked for five years. In New York he coordinates advocacy for urban component of the Post-2015 Development Agenda (including... Read More →

Darren Walker

(Moderator) President, Ford Foundation

Darren Walker is the 10th president of the Ford Foundation, the second largest philanthropy in the United States. For more than two decades Mr. Walker has been a leader in the non-profit and philanthropic sectors, leading local community and economic development initiatives in Harlem... Read More →

Friday October 24, 2014 9:05am - 9:35am
The TimesCenter 242 W 41st St, New York, NY 10036

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