Re: [UC] Civic engagement, CSpan, Censorship
Glenn moyer wrote: Neighbors, The current UC Review reports a Penn civic engagement project by invitation only. BIDS, special service districts, civic association leaders, and developers will work secretly on a public engagement process for zoning matters! Hahahaha The Penn Praxis process sets up worthless statistical reports based on a series of false dichotomies to prove a pre-conceived agenda. But the people of Spruce Hill know that ALL of the problems with public engagement on zoning issues arise from the back room dealings between those very untrustworthy groups! (Remember Campus Inn!) The real answer for community engagement is easy, and the public is the only group that needs to be invited to deliberations� Link below here's the exact link: http://www.ucreview.com/default.asp?sourceid=smenu=1twindow=mad=sdetail=1870wpage=1skeyword=sidate=ccat=ccatm=restate=restatus=reoption=retype=repmin=repmax=rebed=rebath=subname=pform=sc=2320hn=ucreviewhe=.com another truly fine example of penn's hand in pre-emptively framing the process, start to finish. Penn's Project for Civic Engagement Hosts Workshops (closed to the public) on the Public Engagement Process of City's New Zoning Code By Haywood Brewster | 05.JAN.10 The University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic Engagement, in partnership with the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects (under its umbrella organization of the Center for Architecture) and media partner WHYY will host a series of deliberative workshops to provide input to the Zoning Code Commission about the public engagement process of Philadelphia's new zoning code. ... These workshops provide an opportunity for the development community and civic leadership to come together and help formulate the basics of how communities will have a voice in development decisions in their own neighborhoods, Harris Sokoloff, the director of the Penn Project for Civic Engagement, said. By building common ground up-front, we're more likely to have a project review process that will be transparent, effective and enriching both to the neighborhoods and the city as a whole. ... The workshops will not be open to the public and are by invitation only. The Penn Project for Civic Engagement will work with the AIA Philadelphia to produce a report from each of the three workshops, as well as an overall report analyzing the work that has been accomplished, and to share any recommendations that have emerged from the forums. The Project for Civic Engagement is housed at the Graduate School of Education at Penn. Funding for the workshops is provided by the William Penn Foundation. .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Civic engagement, CSpan, Censorship
Penn's Project for Civic Engagement Hosts Workshops (closed to the public) on the Public Engagement Process of City's New Zoning Code That just says it all, doesn't it?? Frank You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Civic engagement, CSpan, Censorship
Councilwoman Blackwell ran her own workshops on this subject a year ago. Since she gets to vote on zoning reform and Penn doesn't, I would attend her zoning workshops first and Penn's zoning workshops second, if I wanted to make effective input into this public discussion. Doesn't mean I would avoid Penn's by any means. -- Tony West Penn's Project for Civic Engagement Hosts Workshops (closed to the public) on the Public Engagement Process of City's New Zoning Code That just says it all, doesn't it?? Frank You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
[UC] Civic engagement, CSpan, Censorship
Neighbors, The current UC Review reports a Penn civic engagement project by “invitation only.” BIDS, special service districts, civic association leaders, and developers will work secretly on a “public engagement” process for zoning matters! Hahahaha The Penn Praxis process sets up worthless statistical reports based on a series of false dichotomies to prove a pre-conceived agenda. But the people of Spruce Hill know that ALL of the problems with public engagement on zoning issues arise from the back room dealings between those very untrustworthy groups! (Remember Campus Inn!) The real answer for community engagement is easy, and the public is the only group that needs to be invited to “deliberations” Link below C span reports a secret corporate insurance giveaway by invitation only. After setting up a fake “partisan fight” last year, the health insurance companies justify back room dealings despite President Obama’s overwhelming number of promises for transparency of the debate via C span. The Republicans get to be victims as they battle socialism for tea baggers (Fox News,CNN). The Democrats get to be heroes by getting a “success” despite the crazy Republicans and tea baggers (MSNBC, CNN). And the American people are closed out of the secret dealings. Everyone is to believe that back room dealings are required because of this fake “partisan bickering” advanced 24 hours a day by corporate media. Isn’t partisan bickering a sweet little package? What does this have to do with replacing Penn’s policy of open expression with censorship and tight control of neighborhood discussion (e.g. UC Neighbors)?? Censorship, closed archives, and exclusion of honest debate were justified as needed for civility, now and 1000 years hence. For ten years, our neighborhood has been a studied laboratory as populations around the country have also been studied. Because communities around the US failed to stand against the processes ALWAYS used to replace democratic societies with some form of totalitarian system, we failed to insure an open honest healthcare debate on C-span. Because we failed locally, we will never get an honest debate/information about the world war and empire. If the people in the hip liberal UC district fail , will the residents in Philadelphia Mississippi do better? Just as we surrendered West Philly to the control of Penn Real Estate, we surrendered our republic to a corporate oligarchy. The underlying issues are the same in Penn’s board rooms as they are on K street. Think about how multi-site research works to form policy We turned our backs on democratic processes and ethics, because in our fear, the ends justified the means. Here are links to UC Review and an Inquirer editorial: http://www.ucreview.com/ http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100107_Editorial__Open_the_debate.html Glenn PS: Sokoloff looks like he is ready to sell me a used Edsel-hahaha Forward... inline text as attachmentMove to... INBOX Trash -nov email saved More Actions... View Headers View Source --- Mark Unread Flag Message ‹ Previous | Next › | « Back to Sent You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
