Stories Matter: Creating Community and Boundaries Through Stories About the Southeast Side. In this final installment of the three-part public seminar on media, space, and race, four panelists and the public will explore: (1) some stories that can be told about the southeast side, (2) how these and other stories circulate around town, and (3) how such stories influence behavior and action throughout the Iowa City area.

The primary text for this event is a preliminary history of transformation of the southeast side from 1950 to the present. This history can be accessed in link following this paragraph, and the “Media, Space and Race” blog on the Press-Citizen’s web site.

Facilitator: Professor Barbara Eckstein, Department of English
Panel: Cindy Roberts, Grant Wood area resident
Kenya Badgett, Recent resident
William Chambers, Recent resident
Therese McKenzie, Grant Wood Neighborhood Association