Towards a Just Metropolis is a conference for planners, designers, activists, policymakers and citizens dedicated to a just future for all human settlements.

FRIDAY

Film and Art in the Mission Cultural Center

Friday, June 18th, 6:30-10:30pm

Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco

The cultural heart of the conference will be a night of film and art in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District, sponsored by the Bay Area Planners Network Chapter. (read on)

SATURDAY

Oakland Farming

We all know how exhausting conferences can be, and with our full agenda, this one will be no different. Fortunately, one of the stars of our local food justice movement, City Slicker Farms, is opening it's doors to conference attendees who want to stick their fingers in the dirt after three days of conferring.

They can take up to 20 people as volunteers from 2:30-5:30 pm on Saturday, June 19th. If you are interested, please RSVP to Logan Rockefeller Harris at logan [at] cityslickerfarms.org. Space is limited, so reply now!

2010 ADPSR Lewis Mumford Awards

Saturday, June 19th, 6-9pm

Location: Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley

In 1992, ADPSR instituted an annual Lewis Mumford awards program to honor people and organizations that exemplify ADPSR's goals of peace, preservation of the natural and built environment,, and socially responsible development.(read on)

SUNDAY

Sunday in the City

Sunday, June 20th, 1 - 4pm. Location details TBA.

In the grand tradition of Guy Debord and the Situationists, the Just Metropolis conference closes with a psychogeographic encounter with San Francisco. Led by master gamer Ian Kizu-Blair and the Wanderers Union, participants will have a chance to see and experience San Francisco (and the city in general) in new ways, and come face-to-face with the growing movement around urban gaming. (read more)