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Introduction.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: THE CONCEPT AND HISTORY
January 24
The changing inner city of America
Halpern, Rebuilding the Inner City: Introduction.
January 29
Axioms of American anti-poverty policy
Halpern, Rebuilding the Inner City: chaps. 2-3.Flad, Harvey. 1987. "A Time of Readjustment: Urban Renewal in Poughkeepsie, 1955-75." Pp. 152-180 in New Perspectives on Poughkeepsie's Past, edited by C. Griffen. Poughkeepsie: Dutchess County Historical Society.
January 31
Halpern, Rebuilding the Inner City: chap. 4.
RECOMMENDED: February 4, 5:30 pm, the Aula (Ely Hall)
An informal conversation with City of Poughkeepsie mayor Colette Lafuente, Vassar '63. Auspices of Poughkeepsie Area Vassar Club.
ACTION RESEARCH: THE METHODOLOGY
February 5
Class visits Hudson River Housing (HRH); meet in front of Main Hall at 1:00. E-mail Professor Nevarez field brief (#1) on this visit before class begins on February 7.
Stringer, Action Research: chaps. 1-5.Also, read Hudson River Housing website.
February 7
Class meets in GIS lab (Ely Hall 114).
Attend a community organization/event or HRH Budgeting & Credit Counseling workshop (tomorrow at 10 am) and e-mail Professor Nevarez field brief (#2 or #4) on this by Monday, February 10, 5 pm.
U.S. Census 2000 Summary File 3
U.S. Census 2000 Long Form Questionnaire [pdf download; needs Adobe Acrobat Reader to view]
February 12
Read other students' field briefs (#1-2).Stringer, Action Research: chaps. 6-7.
February 14
Class tours HRH's affordable housing developments; meet in front of Main Hall at 1:00. E-mail Professor Nevarez these field briefs (#3) by Monday, February 17, 5 pm.
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
February 19
Read other students' field briefs (#3).Homepath: Fannie Mae's new For Home Buyers and Homeowners website.
Dyson Foundation, "Many Voices, One Valley: Summary of the Findings, Dutchess County." [pdf download; needs Adobe Acrobat Reader to view]
February 21
No class; conduct individual fieldwork in the 2-block target area or at an HRH Home Club meeting, or interview an HRH staff member or client. E-mail Professor Nevarez these field briefs (#4-6) by Monday, February 24, 5 pm.
Samuels et al, Know Your Community, pp. 21-33.
RECOMMENDED: February 21, 4:30 pm, Taylor Hall 203
Urban Talk series. Rubén Martínez, "Migrant Matters: What the Newest Americans Tell Us About Ourselves."
February 26
Tonight: HRH Home Club workshop on Financial Planning for Homeownership/Finding a Home (for field brief #4). Be sure to RSVP before attending.
Read other students' field briefs (#4-6).Denton, Nancy A. 2001. "Housing as a Means of Asset Accumulation: A Good Strategy for the Poor?" Pp. 232-268 in Assets for the Poor, edited by T. M. Shapiro and E. N. Wolff. New York: Russel Sage Foundation.
Samuels et al., Know Your Community, pp. 35-77.
February 28
No class; conduct individual fieldwork in the 2-block target area or at an HRH Home Club meeting, or interview an HRH staff member or client. E-mail Professor Nevarez these field briefs (#4-6) by Monday, March 3, 5 pm.
March 5
Due: survey questions.
Read other students' field briefs (#4-6).Samuels et al., Know Your Community:constructing survey questions.
March 7
March 8-23: SPRING BREAK
CONDUCTING SURVEYS
March 26
Class visits Family Partnership Center to conduct pilot surveys; meet in front of Main Hall at 1:00.
Tonight: HRH Home Club workshop on Mortgage Loan Application (for field brief #4). Be sure to RSVP before attending.
March 28
No class: administer surveys in the 2-block target area. Submit field briefs on this process (#7) or any other event to Blackboard by Monday, March 30, 5 pm.
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND URBAN POVERTY
April 2
Read other students' field briefs (#7).DeFillipis, James. 2001. "The Myth of Social Capital in Community Development." Housing Policy Debate 12(4): 781-806. [pdf download; needs Adobe Acrobat Reader to view]
April 4
No class; administer surveys in the 2-block target area. Submit field briefs on this process (#8) or any other event to Blackboard by Monday, April 7, 5 pm.
April 9
Read other students' field briefs (#8).De Sousa Briggs, Xavier. 2002. "Social Capital and Segregation: Race, Connections, and Inequality in America." John F. Kennedy School of Government Working Paper #RWP02-011. [pdf download; needs Adobe Acrobat Reader to view]
April 11
No class; administer surveys in the 2-block target area, or conduct individual data-gathering and analysis for the group report. Submit field briefs on this process (#8-9) or any other event to Blackboard by Monday, April 14, 5 pm.
DEADLINE: turn in all finished survey forms by Tuesday, April 15.
URBAN WEALTH, POVERTY AND ASSETS
April 16
Read other students' field briefs (#8-9).Oliver and Shapiro, Black Wealth/White Wealth: chap. 1, pp. 58-63, chaps. 5-6.
"Guess Who's Coming for a Mortgage?" (by Ishmael Reed, New York Times, January 16, 2003). [Find this article on Lexis-Nexis.]
April 18
Optional class session: Andy Lenec visits. Meanwhile, conduct interviews, finish surveying, and do individual data-gathering and analysis for the group report. Submit these field briefs (#9-10) to Blackboard by Monday, April 21, 5 pm.
April 23
Read other students' field briefs (#9-10).
April 25
No class: conduct individual data-gathering and analysis for the group report.Submit field briefs on this process (#10) or any other event to Blackboard by Monday, April 28, 5 pm.
April 30
Tonight: HRH Home Club workshop on Home Insurance/Home Inspections (for field brief #4). Be sure to RSVP before attending.
Read other students' field briefs (#10).
Deadline for first draft of class report to Hudson River Housing.
May 14
Final paper due.
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