Images from the three The Chicharrón Chronicles events are now online! Catch up with what happened in Historic Filipinotown in the last few weeks. The Chicharrón Chronicles 01: Mobilize //...
At the conclusion of the 2018-2019 academic year, the METRANS Transportation Center released a series of articles on Greetings from East LA. Each article was dedicated to one of the...
As we conclude this month’s module, I realize that the topic “creative civic engagement” has come to mean many things to me. First and most importantly, it emphasizes the importance...
At least one week leading up to the Fourth of July and even some days afterwards, the city resonates with the loud “BOOM” of illegal fireworks. Annually I become part...
Coming into the Urban Futures Lab Fellowship has been nothing but incredibly exhilarating, and mind blowing. When I first learned about Public Matters last summer when I was at a...
// public conversations // screenings // story-gathering // The Chicharrón Chronicles is a cross-cultural story- gathering project in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles. Teasing out the bonds that can form over fried...
Cities are getting serious about ending pedestrian fatalities, but their efforts sidestep equity issues and fail to elevate community partners with the agency to enact real change. Several organizations in...
Starting Thursday, June 13, 2019, Mike and Reanne will be at the annual Americans for the Arts Convention in the Twin Cities. Mike will be talking about Urban Futures Lab...
April 24, 2019 – At the second GELA Open House, the students from the East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School dove into their maps and...
April 23, 2019 – At the first Open House of Spring 2019, the students from the East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School showcased their work...