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• Opportunities for Doing Social-Environmental Research with Little to No Funding

  • When
    September 22, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

  "The webinar “Opportunities for doing social-environmental research with limited to no funding” is an effort initiated by the Board on Environment Change and Society (BECS) at the National Academy of Sciences.

  "Graduate students, post-docs, and early-career faculty engaged in social-environmental research face an unprecedented research landscape. Decreased federal research funding will constrain their ability to continue their personal research programs, from dissertations to faculty research plans. Low-cost primary data collection, re-analysis of secondary data, creative use of available datasets, meta-analysis of existing studies, and localized field work can all be potential solutions. The Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN), the Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS), and the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will host a webinar that showcases practical, low-cost methods to sustain meaningful environmental and societal research during times of limited financial support. The webinar is aimed at supporting graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career faculty in environmental, social science, and associated disciplines."

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• Creating Moves to Opportunity: Mixed Methods Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice

  • When
    September 25, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

  From the Social Science Research Council

  Creating Moves to Opportunity:
  Mixed Methods Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice

  A talk by:
  Stefanie DeLuca
  Johns Hopkins University

  Thursday, September 25, 2025
  3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern, via Zoom

  "Low-income families often live in neighborhoods with fewer opportunities to get ahead, even when they have housing vouchers that would allow them to move to neighborhoods with more potential for upward mobility. In this SSRC lecture, Johns Hopkins sociologist Stefanie DeLuca will explore why through two randomized interventions. In these experiments, housing voucher recipients were given varying levels of information, financial support, and customized search assistance to move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods. The treatment increased the share of those moving to high-upward-mobility areas from 15% to 53%. Qualitative interviews with participants in the program showed that the intervention increased families' optimism about new neighborhoods and housing, eased demands on families’ time and attention and addressed their specific needs. The combination of the two experiments and the qualitative data reveal that the customized support and search assistance provided by the program navigator staff was the necessary driver of the experimental impacts, not financial assistance or information alone. These findings imply that many low-income families do not necessarily prefer to stay in low-opportunity areas and that barriers to housing searches significantly increase residential segregation by income."

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• Gaza in a Historical Perspective on Modern Genocide

  • When
    September 29, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Georgetown U campus and hybrid

  

  Gaza in a Historical Perspective on Modern Genocide

  Monday, Sep 29, 2025 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT |
  CCAS Boardroom (ICC 141)

  The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University-Qatar, the African Studies Program, and the Department of Theology and Religion, is hosting Dr. Martin Shaw, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Sussex University, for a talk titled “Gaza in a Historical Perspective on Modern Genocide.”

  "Israel’s violence against the civilian population of Gaza, following Hamas’s atrocities, has been widely understood as genocide. In this lecture, Martin Shaw discusses how this should be seen from a historical perspective. Looking at the phenomenon sociologically as well as legally, he surveys the wide range of modern cases in the context of changing world politics. Martin Shaw is a historical sociologist who has written widely on war, genocide, global politics, and social movements."

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• Designing Surveys that Matter: Tools for Change

  • When
    September 30, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Virtual

  Designing Surveys for Impact: Tools for Change

  From the USC Race and Equity Center

  Date: Tuesday, September 30th 9am-11am PT

  Instructor: Dr. Jihye Kwon, Associate Director for Survey Research
  

  "Join us for a free workshop that will guide you in creating impactful surveys that inspire meaningful change within your organization and help you clarify your research goals."
  
  "In this workshop, you will:
  

  • Learn the principles of effective survey design
  • Craft clear, purposeful questions that capture the right data
  • Learn how small details shape participants’ sense of inclusion and influence survey data quality
  • Discover strategies to boost response rates and data quality

  "Whether you’re looking to measure program effectiveness, gather stakeholder feedback, or assess organizational climate, this workshop will equip you with the tools to design surveys that make a difference.
  
  "This workshop is free and open to all — bring your ideas, your curiosity, and your commitment to creating positive change. Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot."

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• Mosaic Theater Company "Young John Lewis" Reflection Series

  • When
    October 09, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    1201 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005

  

  Mosaic Theater Company of DC is proud to announce the Young John Lewis Reflection Series, a season-long slate of community conversations, performances and special events leading up to and surrounding the world premiere of Young John Lewis. Running March 26-April 26, 2026, Young John Lewis is a new musical celebrating the life and legacy of the late Congressman and Civil Rights leader. The Reflection Series extends the play’s themes into the community with events across all eight wards of Washington, DC, honoring Lewis’ commitment to “good trouble” while celebrating the city’s rich cultural, artistic and civic life.

  Celebration of Community

  October 9, 2025 | Ward 2 | Eaton DC

  In the spirit of John Lewis’ commitment to coalition building across disparate communities, Mosaic will celebrate the power of connecting across differences with this kickoff event at Eaton DC. Featuring a panel conversation with diverse community leaders including Congresswoman Cori Bush, historical insights from the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History & Culture, reflections from the Young John Lewis creative team, and more.

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