Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
4-2-2014
Abstract
The Urban Research-Based Action Network (URBAN) is a national platform that facilitates community-based research, teaching, and learning for action across disciplinary lines, connecting scholars and community activists within and across cities. It was started in 2011 to honor the memory of activist scholar Marylin Gitell, and has received generous support from SAGE Publications. URBAN currently has 5 local nodes: Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Northern California, and Philadelphia; as well as 3 discipline nodes: Education, Sociology, and Urban Planning. More nodes will be established in the future. In the meantime, efforts are focused on connecting academics and community partners nationally, locally, and based on discipline.
Community Engaged/Serving
Part of the UMass Boston Community-Engaged Teaching, Research, and Service Series. http://scholarworks.umb.edu/engage
Recommended Citation
Warren, Mark, "URBAN.Boston (Urban Research-Based Action Network): Creating meaningful connections between community & academia" (2014). Office of Community Partnerships Posters. 278.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/ocp_posters/278
Included in
Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Community-Based Learning Commons, Community-Based Research Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons