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The Earth, the City and the Hidden Narrative of Race |
| Thursday, April 26, 2018 6 p.m. | William W. Philip Hall, 1918 Pacific Avenue, UW Tacoma campus |
| CARL ANTHONY is an architect, regional planner, environmental justice pioneer, and a committed social activist. As the founding director of one of the nation’s first environmental justice organizations, Urban Habitat, he led efforts to prod mainstream environmental movements to confront issues of race and class and to understand the dynamic intersections between them. Carl founded and edited the journal Race, Poverty, and the Environment. He led the Ford Foundation’s Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative and is the co-founder/co-director of the Breakthrough Communities Project, empowering grassroots communities in metropolitan areas and supporting multiracial leadership.
Carl has taught at Columbia, UC Berkeley, Harvard’s Kennedy School, and is currently visiting faculty at UC Davis’ Center for Regional Change. He has published widely and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Trailblazer Award from the Sierra Club, UC Davis Community Engagement Award, and the Duveneck Humanitarian Award. His work has influenced the lives of thousands of American communities. |
