Past Events
Thursday, April 7
American Apartheid Cities: Human Rights Strategies for Advancing Racial and Housing Justice Community Action Dialogue
Join our panel of community leaders as they share examples of how Pittsburghers are working to advance housing justice in our city and to engage with our international guest, Ms.
Hill District Community Engagement Center (1908 Wylie Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219)
Undergraduate Student Roundtable Discussion
This program will feature a brief talk by Leilani, opportunities to ask questions and talk about housing rights, and space to talk about action steps in Pittsburgh and the world.
35th Floor, Cathedral of Learning
Wednesday, April 6
Using International Law and Institutions to Support Housing as a Human Right
Many local policy makers and legal practitioners remain unaware of the extensive body of international law and precedent upholding the internationally recognized human right to adequate housing.
Alcoa Room, Barco School of Law
Healing Landscapes and Grieving Eco-Warriors: Ecological Activism in Children’s Literature
Children, we are told, are becoming more anxious. But what are they anxious about?
501 Cathedral of Learning
Great Expectations? The role of universities as civic anchors in place-based innovation
Recent decades have seen increasing demands from policy makers for publicly funded universities to be proactive drivers of innovation and development in the places in which they are located, partic
Posvar 4217
Tuesday, April 5
Climate Change as a National Security Issue
An emerging issue that should be included in the compact provision talks. The impact of climate change is global and our collective security is at risk.
Screening and Discussion of PUSH
Screening will occur from 6 until approximately 7:40PM, followed by a discussion until 8:30PM
106 Lawrence Hall
Monday, April 4
Global & Local Strategies for Advancing Housing as a Human Right
As UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, Ms. Farha worked to push governments to do more to protect residents’ access to safe and affordable housing.
UCIS 4130
Monday, April 4 to Thursday, April 7
The Human Rights to Housing: A Week with Leilani Farha
The Global Studies Center is honored to welcome Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, to the University of Pittsburgh as a H.J.
Multiple Locations
Friday, April 1
Uprooting Medea Presentation
The Uprooting Medea presentation will introduce Khameleon Productions' Medea project and discuss the development and adaptation of our work since its original conception in Oxford.
Global Hub
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