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05 Aug URBAN FUTURES LAB // Yearbook Edition Episode 1: This is OUR Time Capsule – One Year in Review

Posted at 19:40h in Ashley Ajayi, Brisa Aviles, Podcast, Sabrina Im, Urban Futures Lab

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Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 1: This is OUR Time Capsule: One Year in Review https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-1-this-is-our-time-capsule-one-year-in-review/s-gPGSOqw2mLM **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks before...

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05 Aug URBAN FUTURES LAB // Yearbook Edition Episode 2: What Do You Meme? – Breaking Down the UFL Experience

Posted at 19:35h in Ashley Ajayi, Brisa Aviles, Podcast, Sabrina Im, Urban Futures Lab

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Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 2: What Do You Meme? - Breaking Down the UFL Experience https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-2-what-do-you-meme-breaking-down-the-ufl-experience/s-WDgOSD40L9i **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks...

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05 Aug URBAN FUTURES LAB // Yearbook Edition Episode 3: The Rose that Grew from Concrete/The Lotus Rising from the Mud

Posted at 19:32h in Ashley Ajayi, Brisa Aviles, Podcast, Sabrina Im, Urban Futures Lab

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Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 3: The Rose that Grew from Concrete/The Lotus Rising from the Mud https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-the-rose-that-grew-from-concretethe-lotus-rising-from-the-mud/s-VKJHeA2cmy6 **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few...

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02 Jul Public Matters // University Park Slow Jams is an LA2050 Finalist!

Posted at 01:10h in General, Transportation, Vision Zero

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Help Us Build People Power + Collective Action for Safe Streets // In May 2020 alone, 21 pedestrians were killed on LA streets. Traffic safety is a serious problem. University Park Slow Jams is a creative call to action for safer streets. The project builds a network of...

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14 Jun GELA: Online + IRL (closing out a Ballot- & Census-focused school year)

Posted at 23:53h in Greetings from East LA

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Greetings from East LA (GELA) introduces East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy high school students to urban planning and civic participation. Students work on topics that are pertinent and relevant to their community directly with government agencies and staff in a manner that allows students to...

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23 Mar Sabrina Im – Poetics of Community: Story of a Khmer American Poet

Posted at 22:42h in Sabrina Im, Urban Futures Lab

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The day I heard the Urban Futures Lab Fellows would be giving an ABSTalk for the Public Matters family, deep, deep anxiety set in. What is an ABSTalk? Well, it’s a Public Matters spin on the popular TEDTalk series, but about half the time (10 minutes)....

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23 Mar Ashley Ajayi – My ABSTalk Journey: A Story about Public Speaking

Posted at 22:11h in Ashley Ajayi, Urban Futures Lab

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Public Matters is a creative civic engagement studio that forms strong partnerships through unconventional measures as a way to redress social ills. My involvement as a Fellow in the two-year long Urban Futures Lab Fellowship definitely falls under this purview. This round’s cohort, which consists...

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23 Mar Brisa Aviles – Curiosity Transcends Borders: An Unconventional Origin Story

Posted at 22:06h in Brisa Aviles, Urban Futures Lab

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Imagine one day out of the blue somebody asks you, “What motivates you in life?” At first we stutter and think about the question so deeply that we come up with many things, or nothing at all. When I was asked that question for ABSTalk, an...

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14 Dec Hi Fi Walking Tours // How to Access IZI Travel

Posted at 00:07h in Hidden Hi Fi

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Neighborhood Stories. Community. Fried Pork Skin. Explore Historic Filipinotown through the voices of the people who know it best! Experience The Chicharrón Chronicles Walking Tours, featuring stories from The Chicharrón Chronicles, a cross-cultural story-gathering project in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown exploring the colonial legacy of Spain and...

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23 Oct Hi Fi Walking Tour // Save the Date // Saturday, 11.23.19

Posted at 23:53h in Hidden Hi Fi

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Neighborhood Stories. Community. Fried Pork Skin. Experience Historic Filipinotown through the voices of the people who know it best on Saturday, November 23rd - 10am-1pm. Join us for the launch of the The Chicharrón Chronicles Walking Tour, a free, mobile app-based tour featuring stories from The Chicharrón...

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