2016 UAA Annual Conference

The protests that erupted (and are still erupting) in the wake of recent instances of policy brutality and misconduct in Ferguson and Baltimore were motivated by a deep sense of injustice. Putting these protests in context, what do they mean for urban politics and policy? Are they essentially a replay of the protests of the Sixties? Did the victories of the civil rights movement make any difference? Is racism as bad as ever? Or are there new spatial and economic inequalities driving events today? How can leaders respond to these movements? Are the new movements for urban justice unique to the United States or is this a global movement? The colloquy includes a speaker from St. Louis, as well as speakers who have studied social movements around the United States and in other countries.