The purpose of Displacement Week is to engage the University of Chicago and Hyde Park/Kenwood/Woodlawn communities with issues around the displacement of people for economic development. We will examine the connection between displacement caused by global and local economic development processes, such as the proliferation of Special Economic Zones and the rapid expansion of gentrification. We will also use this week to create a dialogue about the University of Chicago's responsibility to global and local communities.

Displacement Week 2008 is being organized collaboratively by the following organizations at the University of Chicago:

The Human Rights Program
Committee on Southern Asian Studies
Chicago Studies
Center for Latin American Studies
Southside Solidarity Network
Center for International Studies
Students for Human Rights
Students Organizing United with Labor (SOUL)