Tuesday, December 09, 2003

By Ervin Dyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

DUQ 90.5 FM is broadcasting Sustainable Pittsburgh's Champions of Sustainability lectures at 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sundays this month Here are the remaining broadcasts:

Sunday -- Bruce Katz, director of the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution, on "Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania."

Dec. 21 -- Manuel Pastor and Angela Glover Blackwell, "Building the Uncommon, Common Ground: Regional Alliances that Promote Equity and Prosperity." Pastor is the director of the Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Blackwell is president of PolicyLink, a national research and advocacy group. They will explore issues related to economic growth, land use planning and development, and race and social justice.

Dec. 28 -- Neal Peirce, nationally syndicated columnist and author of "Citistates: How Urban America Can Prosper in a Competitive World," will speak to the Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County on regionalism.

For more information, e-mail: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org

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