Archived Programs

Housing Dynamics and Displacement in Cambridge

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 5:15pm
Speakers

Lee Farris

Chair, Cambridge Residents Alliance; Former Leader, Area 4/Port Coalition

Karen Narefsky

Community Organizer, Somerville Community Corporation

Kathy Watkins

Member, Alliance for Cambridge Tenants

The panel, moderated by MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning Professor Balakrishnan Rajagopal, will explore issues of housing, gentrification, and displacement in Cambridge. Members of the Cambridge Residents Alliance (... Read more

Hack Your Mind: Eat. Learn. Meditate.

Friday, April 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Google does it. HBO does it.  Apple does it.  Why don't you do it?  This monthly series will share insights about meditation--neurological, cognitive, physical--over lunch and then we'll spend a few minutes trying out a meditation.... Read more

Love the Player, Love the Game?

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 12:00pm
Speakers

Jessica Hammer

Associate Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute; Carnegie Mellon University

Jessica Hammer will lead a discussion of the ways that games can support or undermine healthy relationships and community values. Professor Hammer studies gaming and culture at the Human Computer Interaction Institute and the Entertainment Technology Center of Carnegie Mellon University. ... Read more

Nuclear Weapons and the Black Freedom Movement

Friday, March 20, 2015 - 12:00pm
Speakers

Vincent Intondi

Associate Professor, History; founder, Center for Black Studies at Montgomery College in Washington, DC; author of "African Americans Against the Bomb"

Join us for a compelling and fascinating discussion of African Americans' involvement in the non-proliferation movement with author and professor, Dr. Vincent Intondi. Dr. Intondi is an Associate Professor of history and founder of the Center for Black Studies at Montgomery College in Washington... Read more

Join us for an evening at the theater on Friday, March 6, 2015.  The Nora Theater is presenting... Read more

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