What’s coming up for IndyTalks? Take a look!
IndyTalks has announced a very exciting line-up of thought-provoking events for the rest of the year. No excuses allowed, you have to be there!
Upcoming IndyTalks Events
May 17th — Planet Indy Talk: Zero-Waste is Sexy
Join fashion designer Timo Rissanen of Parsons School of Design and People for Urban Progress director Michael Bricker for a high-stakes conversation about designs that waste nothing. Consider Indy’s place at the crossroads of design decisions as smart as they are sustainable.
June 21th — Indy Transit: The Missing Link
With so many great pieces in place, we need to connect them. IndyTalks with leaders about owning the future of Central Indiana and that last bold step to draw us together with transit.
July 10th — IndyTalks about Race
Our community is at the crossroads of many issues but perhaps none so important at race relations. The Dialogue-to-Change initiative provides an on-going effort to create understanding about racism through community-wide dialogue and action.
September 8th — Crossrides
Take a self-guided tour of where Indy’s historic roads cross. Wind up at City market for prizes and conversation.
October 3rd — Mapatory
Indy Hub, LISC and Earth House are bringing together some of Indy’s leading community developers to discuss our options and play “Mapatory” —an original game of chance and hard community building decisions.
October 6th — Intentional Communities: Co-Creation & Collaboration at the Crossroads
Indianapolis is witnessing a mushrooming of small-scale local responses to global challenges. Can these diverse initiatives form an intentional community of creative collaboration? Join Evolver Indianapolis to learn ways to activate and engage in conscious community while discovering groups that are transforming Indy.
October 18th — Becoming an International Humanitarian Incubator
Young Professionals From Across the Globe Share Their Passions About Giving Back — A dynamic network of these young leaders, led by students from China, will lead a discussion of how philanthropy is impacting their home countries and their own careers, and how Indianapolis can foster international philanthropy as an integral part of emerging onto the global stage.
November 15th — 85th Anniversary of the Madam Walker Theatre Center
Sitting on the historic crossroads of Indiana Ave. and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., the Madam Walker Theatre has graced Indy with its presence since 1927. Enjoy an open house and community gathering to recognize and celebrate this cultural icon as we talk about the future of Indiana Avenue.
December — 5th annual Greening the Statehouse
Join with green groups, green-minded businesses, and citizens in a fun half-day of engaging sessions, including issue text voting, community conversations, an awesome keynote speaker, and great organic food.
Reviews
What Indy talked about when IndyTalks talked about making Indianapolis a humanitarian hub
April 11th IUPUI hosted the latest IndyTalks of 2012. IUPUI’s Common Theme, which focuses on social entrepreneurship, organized the event, with the help of Global Indy SPEA scholars. The discussion asked how we in Indy can become a nationally recognized leader at stimulating and implementing innovative solutions for problems.
What Indy talked about when IndyTalks talked about “Our City Under the Radar: Neighborhoods on the Edge”
There are estimated to be over 12,000 abandoned houses in Indianapolis. Dozens of residents of Central Indiana shared their thoughts about what should be done with neighbors in a moderated panel discussion with some of our community’s most active and passionate leaders, followed by moderated roundtable converations.
Janelle Crockett reviews “No Limits – What the Numbers Tell Us”
What are the stories behind the numbers from the latest Indianapolis census? Who is living here? How does that affect how we govern, assign representation in Congress, and shape neighborhoods? How do we plan for social and economic priorities and even see ourselves as a city?
Joseph Habig reviews IndyTalks and WFYI’s “The Lasting Legacy”
The game is over, but how will the city build on the social capital, volunteers, economics, and legacy of the Super Bowl? Read about what Mark Miles and other leaders had to say about what happens now that the “Big Game” is over.
Reviews of the IndyTalks refugee event that discuss film, art, and chickens
On July 26, SPEA students Leah Gonzalez, Nate Klinick and Autumn Lowry were two of …
First two IndyTalks events blogged
A thoughtful review of the first two IndyTalks events — “The Indianapolis Immigrant Experience” February 22 and the Taylor Symposium on February 24 — from the blog “Liz & Doug after Work”
NO LIMITS kicks off IndyTalks by discussing live-ability
Indy Talks series on making Indianapolis a “Super City”. Guests: Mark Miles – President of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and CEO of the Super Bowl 2012 Host Committee, Tamara Zahn – President of Indianapolis Downtown Inc., and Dr. Jerry Bepko – Chancellor Emeritus of IUPUI who is kind enough to join us by phone from his Florida home.
Past IndyTalks Events
February 29th — The Campus for the Community
Since its founding in the 1960s, more than half a million students have graduated from IUPUI. How has IUPUI shaped Indianapolis and vice versa? The 2012 Joseph T. Taylor Symposium considered the connections between the university and city and how they have created a campus for the community.
March 28th — Our City under the Radar
March 28 — “Our City Under the Radar” brings architects, city leaders, and you together in conversation about abandoned housing in Indianapolis. What future do we want for our neighborhoods? Presented by the JCC in conjunction with Herron School of Art & Design’s Couched Constructions Part 2 exhibit.
April 11th — Humanitarian Hub?
Diverse ways of solving problems encounter one another at the crossroads. In Indy, various types of social entrepreneurs — nonprofits and businesses, churches and high schools, artists and college students — are partnering to implement creative and innovative ideas to change the world. Can Indy nurture and sustain them to become a leading “humanitarian hub”?
Talking about IndyTalks
Wil Marquez about “Our City Under the Radar: Neighborhoods on the Edge”
In many parts of the world, the design and vision of cities have become both a contentious battlefield for change and an example for new modes of urbanity. As we move into the next decade, the business and entrepreneurship of city development will continue to expand with a particular focus on communities, the life blood of a city’s success.
Erika Smith on the Taylor Symposium
Erika Smith of the Indianapolis Star participated in the IndyTalks event, IUPUI’s Taylor Symposium — The Campus for the Community — on February 29. Erika will moderate the IndyTalks event at the Jewish Community Center on “Our City under the Radar” March 28th.
What IndyTalked about when IndyTalked about Indy & Indiana
This report comes from Indiana Humanities, which hosted the August 11 IndyTalks event at the State Fair. Hundreds of Hoosiers shared their views about the relation between the state of Indiana and its largest city Indianapolis.
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