New UEP Instructor Aram Donigian on Negotiation and Growth
Aram sees himself as a lifelong learner, still growing in his own journey as a negotiator.
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Teaching Democracy: Popular Education Training 2018
Note: this post was originally featured on the personal blog of Penn Loh, UEP’s Senior Lecturer and Director of Community Practice. Teaching Democracy is a train-the-trainers program… Read More »Teaching Democracy: Popular Education Training 2018
Tufts UEP Commencement Speeches 2018: Erica Walker, Alumni Keynote
This is the final post in our series of 2018 Commencement addresses. Click here for Nakia Navarro’s speech, here for Christian Brandt’s speech, and here… Read More »Tufts UEP Commencement Speeches 2018: Erica Walker, Alumni Keynote
Meet Tony Lechuga, Emerald Network Program Manager for LivableStreets Alliance
Recent UEP graduate Tony Lechuga, MA ’17, shares his work and new role as the Emerald Network Program Manager for the Cambridge-based nonprofit LivableStreets Alliance. … Read More »Meet Tony Lechuga, Emerald Network Program Manager for LivableStreets Alliance
Tufts New Economy Relaunches With A Radical Trip To The Berkshires
“How can we deconstruct the dysfunctions of our economic system?” asked economist and activist Winona LaDuke. She spoke to a full theater at the Mahaiwe… Read More »Tufts New Economy Relaunches With A Radical Trip To The Berkshires
Erica Walker and the Quest for Urban Quiet
Erica Walker (MSc ’11) is the founder of Noise and the City, an organization with a mission of providing community residents with accessible and relevant noise advocacy tools. She recently released NoiseScore, a free smartphone application that allows community members to objectively and subjectively describe community noise issues and map their response in real-time. She graduated from the UEP program in 2011 with a Master of Science degree in Environmental Economics and Urban Planning, and recently graduated from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with a doctorate in Environmental Health. She feels a bit hypocritical because she loves the idea of urban chickens despite knowing how loud they can be. Current UEP student Liza Burkin interviewed her via email:
CoRE Summer Fellows 2017: Sharon Cho, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Each summer, two Tufts UEP graduate students work with community partners for a 10-week fellowship through the CoRE (Co-learning/Co-education) partnership. Funded by Tisch College, fellows get hands-on experience in community planning, organizing and development while helping to extend the collaborative work between the Tufts and the community partner. Below, Sharon Cho reflects on her summer with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. Click here for our previous post on Minnie McMahon’s experience with Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts.
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UEP Students Make #BlackLivesMatter Statement
The statement appears in the latest issue of The Tufts Daily, and can be found here. The letter was written in collaboration with graduate students from… Read More »UEP Students Make #BlackLivesMatter Statement