By Raphael Sperry The police station project wasn’t discussed at the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice conference that occurred, coincidentally, in October 2014 at the downtown St. Louis Hilton hotel, but the Buzz Westfall Justice Center where prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s grand jury met to exonerate Wilson was featured in a building tour. The combined courthouse, … [Read more...] about IS “JUSTICE ARCHITECTURE” JUST? FROM THE FERGUSON POLICE STATION TO THE “JUSTICE CENTER” TO HUMAN RIGHTS
WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THINK GLOBALLY, AND THEN ACT LOCALLY.
By Dick Platkin By now we have all read news articles that Donald Trump is a climate change denier, and that his administration will turn back the meager progress made by the Obama Administration on climate issues. This story, from National Geographic, is typical: Trump has long questioned whether climate change is real, and he has dismissed claims that it poses a major … [Read more...] about WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THINK GLOBALLY, AND THEN ACT LOCALLY.
PRISONS, POLICING AND PLANNING: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS VISIBLE
By Sheryl-Ann Simpson In August 2014 attention turned towards Ferguson, Missouri as a Black teen was shot and killed by a police officer. This event, along with a killing in New York, sparked attention and protests across the U.S. But the truth is police violence, and even killings, are the everyday in Black and Brown communities across the U.S. According to the Center … [Read more...] about PRISONS, POLICING AND PLANNING: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS VISIBLE
IMMIGRATION POLICY AND PLANNING IN THE ERA OF MASS INCARCERATION
By Silky Shah On November 20, 2014 after years of overwhelming pressure from the immigrant rights movement and undocumented communities, President Obama announced he was taking executive action on immigration. It was a calculated move. With less than two years before the next presidential election, President Obama is thinking of his legacy and the viability of the … [Read more...] about IMMIGRATION POLICY AND PLANNING IN THE ERA OF MASS INCARCERATION
SPECIAL REPRINT ISSUE: PRISONS, POLICING AND PLANNING
While there has been a long history of the policing and criminalization of marginalized populations – including minorities and immigrants – in the U.S., we have entered a new chapter with election of Trump and recent orders to defund sanctuary cities, build a wall along the U.S. and Mexican border, and block the entry of Syrian refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority … [Read more...] about SPECIAL REPRINT ISSUE: PRISONS, POLICING AND PLANNING