{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Center for Urban and Global Studies","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/cugs","author_name":"Avignon, Emeline E. (2024)","author_url":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/cugs\/author\/eavignon\/","title":"NOTE FROM THE URBAN STUDIES DIRECTOR, DECEMBER 2020","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1oMTMYWV3y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/cugs\/blog\/note-from-the-urban-studies-director-december-2020\/\">NOTE FROM THE URBAN STUDIES DIRECTOR, DECEMBER 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/cugs\/blog\/note-from-the-urban-studies-director-december-2020\/embed\/#?secret=1oMTMYWV3y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;NOTE FROM THE URBAN STUDIES DIRECTOR, DECEMBER 2020&#8221; &#8212; Center for Urban and Global Studies\" data-secret=\"1oMTMYWV3y\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"December 2020 is the last month of my tenure as the acting director of urban studies and therefore is a good time for some reflection. The past year was one of the most tumultuous time of the 21st\u00a0century, to say the least. Our country continues to face perennial problems such as climate change and predatory [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cugs.trincoll.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yipeng-e1607452506299.jpg"}