Dear Friends,
Our authors remind us that placemaking and peacemaking both require embracing dissonance and differences. When tensions are high and understanding seems far away, it is usually time to go deeper, listen, and honor each person. And while individually and collectively we face serious challenges, we want to share our appreciation of so much good work unfolding.
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Launch for
Such a Pretty Girl
July 14 at
Barnes & Noble Union Square
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Disability rights activist Nadina LaSpina wrestles with pity, ableism, and sexuality in her poignant new memoir.
“From the first vivid chapter set in Sicily to her gutsy activism in the U.S., LaSpina’s triumphant memoir of a richly lived life held me rapt.” —Alix Kates Shulman
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Nadina LaSpina to launch her memoir Sunday, July 14th at 4pm!
Nadina LaSpina, Grand Marshal of the 2019 Disability Pride Parade NYC, will read and sign her new book in a release
celebration at Barnes & Noble immediately following the Parade and Festival.
Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 E 17th St, New York
accessible
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Nadina LaSpina Grand Marshal 5th Annual Disability Pride NYC Parade!
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5th Annual Disability Pride Parade NYC
Sunday, July 14th
Not only has
Nadina LaSpina
been a leading activist with the American disability community, she
has worked and fought with the Sicilian disability community.
Disability Pride Italia will be hosting their own parade in Sicily the same day!
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Disability Pride promotes inclusion, awareness, and visibility of people with disabilities while redefining public perception of disability.
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Such a Pretty Girl
starred
reviews
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Starred review in
Booklist
:
"In this insightful memoir, disability activist LaSpina effortlessly shares how her personal experiences led to her activism, creating a compelling story that is both instructive and moving. ... LaSpina's story of determination and hard-won independence is engaging, informative, and ultimately, inarguably, inspiring."
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Kirkus
Starred Review:
“Her memoir encompasses activism, civil disobedience, and legislation that would help move disability from the realm of disease requiring treatment (and eliciting pity) to respect, acceptance, and equal protection under the law.”
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Waging Peace in Vietnam
releasing September 10th with exhibition tour!
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Exhibition Tour
An exhibition of the same name will begin simultaneously touring the United States and Vietnam beginning this September. Each stop of the exhibition will offer book launches with exhibit opening receptions, and some will feature related symposia. Stops on the US tour include University of Massachusetts in Boston, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Columbia University in NYC, and George Washington University in Washington DC.
Full details of the tour
here
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This large-format, heavily illustrated book shows how the GI Movement to resist the Vietnam War unfolded, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force.
The book features first-hand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance worldwide.
In addition, the book features original essays by leading scholars and activists, as well as poetry by respected and Pulitzer-Prize-winning poets.
Pre-order your copy
here
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Peace message illustrated in
Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty
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Artist and peace activist Mayumi Oda in her garden in Kealakekua, Hawaii
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In the playful style of 12th century Japanese picture scrolls, Mayumi Oda's watercolor paintings for
Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty
depict humans as animals who lose their way when their leaders become confused and drawn to violence.
"This exquisite book offers guidance
to us all." –Alice Walker
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Rebels
reviewed in
The Rag Blog
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by Chellis Glendinning
"Chellis Glendinning asks why one should bother to learn about “other generations’ attempts to bring justice, peace and beauty into this tattered world.”
Raskin notes later that "
Glendinning chooses her words carefully. For her, the problem isn’t capitalism, imperialism, or the patriarchy, as it is for some feminists, but rather civilization itself."
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Placemaking with Children and Youth
authors events and media
Children and Nature Network Webinar
Louise Chawla, coauthor of
Placemaking with Children and Youth
, and Cathy Jordan present a webinar on "
Making the Case for Community Engagement for Equitable Access to Nature"
through the Children and Nature Network.
Watch the full webinar
here
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Progressive City
review
Maya Amichai reviews
Placemaking with Children and Youth
for
Progressive City: Radical Alternatives,
the journal of Planner's Network.
The journal features blog articles and podcasts on inclusive urban planning practices, grassroots organizing, and civic action.
"Suggestions in this book can be adapted and applied to all community engagement projects and result in dramatic positive changes in engaged individuals and communities."
—Maya's full review
here
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New Village Press book table with Ignacio Choi (above). Hilary Huckins-Weidner and author Tom Angotti at Urban Research UR book table (right).
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Planners Network Conference:
Resisting Displacement and Dispossession
New Village was delighted to cosponsor PN's June 2019 conference
at Pratt Institute. Selected conference proceedings will be published in
Progressive City
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Mindy Thompson Fullilove gives keynote at Europe’s first conference on mental health of city dwellers
"The problem with
placemaking
is that it’s defined too narrowly," Dr. Fullilove noted
in her talk about the environment and mental health. She also spoke on urban renewal projects that disregard subtle divisions in race and class.
More about the conference
here
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Lily Yeh lectures on the
Magic of Urban Alchemy
We thank Lisa Austin, cofounder of CIVITAS and
Erie CPR
, for capturing a video clip from Lily's presentation
here
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Wishing everyone a July of joy,
Lynne Elizabeth
Director, New Village Press
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