What can researcher do when community partnerships fall apart? A successful community-based participatory project needs a strong collaborative partnership between community members, local leaders and researchers. But communities across the country are experiencing major demographic shifts as new residents move in while long-time residents move out.
Join this diverse panel of guests in a discussion that will range from highlighting the challenges created by changing demographics and power differentials to uncovering local solutions:
• Meredith Minkler, Facilitator, Professor of Health and Social Behavior, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
• Victor Rubin, PhD, Victor Rubin PhD, Vice-President for Research, Policy Link
• Kenneth LoBene, Field Office Director, Las Vegas office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Catalina Garzon, Acting Program Co-Director, the Pacific Institute, and PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley

• Cheryl Walton, MPH, Consultant, formerly of the Office of the Director, Alameda County Department of Community of Health Services
Also in attendance to participate in the follow-up discussion will be:
...
Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business. The World Wide Web brings much of the world's knowledge into the reach of nearly everyone with a computer and an internet connection. The availability of huge quantities of information at our fingertips is transforming government, business, and many other aspects of society. Topics include search advertising and auctions, search and privacy, search ranking, internationalization, anti-spam efforts, local search, peer-to-peer search, and search of blogs and online communities. The Instructor, Dr. Marti Hearst, is an associate professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley, with an affiliate appointment in the Computer Science Division. The UC...