Professor Jessica Trounstine, author of ‘Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities’ is giving us a talk on: Wednesday 12/09/2020 – 6:30 to 8:00 pm.   

Click here to register on Zoom.  First 50 registrants who are Livable Sunnyvale voting members by the talk will receive an author autographed book ‘Segregation by Design’ for FREE (courtesy our grantor).  See below for how to be eligible.

Here’s a description of the book: Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early twentieth century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation – first within cities and more recently between them. Documenting changing patterns of segregation and their political mechanisms, Trounstine argues that city governments have pursued these policies to enhance the wealth and resources of white property owners at the expense of people of color and the poor. Contrary to leading theories of urban politics, local democracy has not functioned to represent all residents. The result is unequal access to fundamental local services – from schools, to safe neighborhoods, to clean water.

How to become a voting member of Livable Sunnyvale:  

1.  FILL OUT our membership form

2.  ATTEND at least one of our qualifying events within the past 6 months.  There are still two such events before the talk:

o   November General Meeting: Wednesday 11/11/2020 6:30pm to 8:30pm.  Click here to register on Zoom.  Detailed agenda will be sent out later this week.

o   December General Meeting: Wednesday 12/2/2020 6:30pm to 8:30pm.  Click here to register on Zoom – be sure to change the date to 12/2, otherwise you will be registering for the Nov meeti