Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Sustainable Urbanism
Climate One in San Francisco will hold a conference on sustainable urbanism, taking into account China's efforts to build smarter cities from the beginning.
When:
May 25, 2011 9:30am to 12:30pm
Where
How should the climate imperative change community design? What is sustainable urbanism? Will the federal and state governments make long-term investments in public mobility when they are in such dire fiscal straits? What are China and other countries doing to build smarter cities from the beginning?
Peter Calthorpe, Founder, Calthorpe Associates; Author, Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
Time: 9:30 a.m. check-in, 10:00-11:00 a.m. program
Networking Break: 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
What are cities in the Bay Area and beyond doing to focus growth around existing downtowns and transit? How will California’s new land use law (SB 375) change incentives for land development? Will walkable cities really become reality? How does the federal preference for highway funding impact California’s vision for low-carbon communities? What turf battles prevent greater regional collaboration among various Bay Area agencies?
Stuart Cohen, Executive Director, TransForm
Steve Heminger, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (invited)
Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.program
Location: The Commonwealth Club, SF Office
Cost: $45 members, $65 non-members, $15 students (with valid ID). This price includes all morning sessions.
The speakers and audience will be videotapped for future broadcast on the Climate One TV show on KRCB TV 22 on Comcast and DirecTV.
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(415) 597-6700
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.