Urbanistas North East - July 17 Meeting

Hello fellow Urbanistas! We're here with some news about our summer events...

Open Lab - solving problems, digitally

Join us on Tuesday 11 July, 18.00-20.30, as we team up with women from digital civics at Open Lab, Newcastle University. We'll discover more about their innovative work to use digital technology to address social and civic issues. 

What's that then?

Digital civics is the application of technology to solve real-world problems, in areas ranging from health and social care to education and politics. Open Lab is a world-leading research centre into human-computer interaction and social and ubiquitous computing, and includes academics from the fields of computer science, design, engineering and social and health sciences.

We'll be back in touch very soon with more details but in the meantime...book your place!

Urbanistas NE + TURF Talks...igniting conversations

  In May, we had a fabulous evening of talks and discussions all about social innovation at Urbanistas NE + TURF Talks, the first one in our new programme. For those who couldn't make it (or you just want to watch them again), here are the talks...

• Amanda Burden – How public spaces make cities work
• Carolyn Steel – How food shapes our cities
• Alessandro Orofinio – It’s our city, let's fix it

We planned, but didn't get around to watching...

• Vicki Arroyo –Let’s prepare for our new climate
• Janette Sadik Khan – New York’s streets? Not so mean any more

Our next Urbanistas NE + TURF Talks is Wednesday 9 August with the theme of "Bigger than you" - getting involved in social change, being a good citizen and neighbour. Put the date in your diary.

See you there!

Carol, Claire, Stephanie, Vic

p.s. Want to know more about Urbanistas?           

Urbanistas is a women-led network amplifying the voices of women to make cities better for everyone. We are passionate about growing women’s leadership and capacity by providing a space where we can blend our personal passions and professional expertise to tackle issues and realise our ideas. There are chapters across the UK and in Australia. 

What makes us different?

Other professional networks for women exist, but we believe that it’s not enough to ‘network’ we need to empower each other to act. Urbanistas as a network doesn’t deliver projects but we provide the space for Urbanistas to share or pitch their ideas and to gather support through connections and knowledge from around the room.

• 'Meet' – sharing or pitching ideas and finding collaborators in a women only environment; meeting, networking and discussing amazing projects that are being led by women
• ‘Think’ – debating issues that concern Urbanistas and finding solutions together
• ‘Collaborate’ – making connections between women to make things happen
• ‘Empower’ – empowering and supporting each other to realise our ideas for making life in cities better for everyone