{"id":11434,"date":"2015-04-22T14:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T14:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/designurbanecologies\/?p=11434"},"modified":"2015-04-22T14:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T14:36:46","slug":"alternatives-now-setting-the-table-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/urban\/2015\/04\/22\/alternatives-now-setting-the-table-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"ALTERNATIVES NOW: Setting the Table for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><b>ALTERNATIVE NOWS: Setting the Table for Change<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/designurbanecologies\/files\/2015\/04\/image.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11435\" src=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/designurbanecologies\/files\/2015\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"575\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>This event brings together diverse practitioners, who use food as a philosophy and methodology for engagement with a wider public. The aim is to discuss and explore how food serves as a critical mechanism for imagining potential futures to create alternative nows.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>WHEN:\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i><span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_2066301107\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3:00pm<\/span><\/span> &#8211; 6:00pm, April 17, 2015<\/i><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>WHERE:\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i>Room 515,\u00a0The New School University Center<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY<\/i><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>PROGRAM:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Mike Cermak<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i>Green Dragons<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div><b>Milk Not Jails<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Fabio Parasecoli<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i>Food Studies Initiatives: The New School<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div><b>Jordyn Lexton<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i>Drive Change<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div><b>Christopher London<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i>International Affairs: The New School<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/wdSpubBrAR2OD73UDXEHuiB-VkChP4HuKS_Jg1k2Nf0Ei6h8w9gJDmOG1In-iXWU7vMWR_uKhHNDRwqd6l3epELB1EUEVNXGBmKT3nlWlHhTlwasjojNln1XLtO7MsKLSqK2SfE\" alt=\"Hub.UP_FINAL_LOGO.png\" width=\"335px;\" height=\"111px;\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"a6S\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span class=\"il\">Hub<\/span>.<span class=\"il\">UP<\/span> is a group of practitioners who challenge \u2014 and disturb \u2014 normalized urban processes. 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