Place-based Inquiry & Action

Interdependence is contextualized in specific ways in particular regions and histories - and opportunities for action also feature specific local organizations, policies, and norms. Click the links below for introductions to these broad concepts in specific places. We invite additions to these pages from colleagues around the world.

Place-based Unit 1: The Philadelphia Region

• Decarceration in the #Philly region – Where to start?

• What is the status of sustainability – and what are some ways it’s being advanced – in Philadelphia?

• What is Structural Racism, and How Has it Affected the #Philly Region?

• Ecological Citizenship and Philly Watersheds

Place-based Unit 2: Europe: France & Italy

• More than 50 years later, why are we still talking about 1968? What are its legacies in Europe?

• Does grassroots organizing make change happen – in Europe? 

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