MILWAUKEE _ UWM’s Urban Studies Programs will present the 22nd Annual Student Research Forum on Friday, April 28, from 12-6 p.m. in the UWM Student Union Alumni Fireside Lounge, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.

This year’s keynote speaker is Stefanie A. DeLuca, associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University and co-author of Coming of Age in the Other America, which examines the lives and resiliency of children who grew up and left Baltimore public housing over a 10-year period. A reception follows the keynote address.

There will also be a screening of Planting Seeds, a short documentary that examines the Young Farmers program in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park neighborhood. A panel dicussion on urban agriculture in poor neighborhoods moderated by doctoral candidate Renee Scampini will follow the screening.

Panelists will include:

• Danell Cross, interim executive director of Metcalfe Park Community Bridges Neighborhood Association
• Nick DeMarsh, co-founder of the Young Farmers Program
• John Flaig, maker of the documentary, Planting Seeds
• Deneine Powell, executive director of Groundwork Milwaukee

There will be a research poster presentation by undergraduate and graduate students in Urban Studies, and three concurrent paper sessions. Awards will be given for the best paper and best poster.

The event is free and open to the public.

Program:

• 12 p.m. Registration
• 12-1:45 p.m. Undergraduate/Graduate Poster Session and Lunch
• 1:45-2:55 p.m. Concurrent Paper Sessions
• 3-4 p.m. Planting Seeds Screening and Talk Back Panel
• 4-4:15 p.m. Break
• 4:15-4:30 p.m. Awards Presentation
• 4:30-5:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation
• 5:30-6 p.m. Reception to Follow

For special accommodations, please contact Carrie Beranek at 414-229-4751 or beranekc@uwm.edu.

This event is sponsored by: Urban Studies Programs, The Henry W. Maier Fund, the UWM Center for Economic Development, The Department of Sociology, and the College of Letters and Science.