The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues presents a free screening of the documentary PUSH followed by a Cooper Conversation discussion with local housing advocates on Tuesday, April 2 beginning at 5:00 p.m. at The Ross.

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unlivable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. This is not gentrification, it’s a different kind of monster. PUSH follows Leilani Farha, who will present “Back Home: Returning Human Rights to Housing” on April 9 at 7:00 pm at the Lied Center, as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues series “Uprooted: Displacement, Migration and Searching for Home.” During the filming of PUSH, Farha served as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, traveling the globe trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why. Farha is now Global Director of The Shift, which advances the movement through advocacy, research and campaigning.

The screening will be followed by a Cooper Conversation with local housing advocates. Each Cooper Conversation, facilitated by the University Honors Program, brings together community leaders and students around an important topic related to community building and civic engagement, tied to the annual theme of the E.N. Thompson Forum. The Cooper Foundation offers financial support for Cooper Conversations and for the E.N. Thompson Forum.

Cooper Conversation speakers:

• Alicia Christensen, Director of Policy & Advocacy, Together Omaha
• Bri Full, Community Initiatives & Outreach Manager, Front Porch
• Brent Lucke, Community Builder, NeighborWorks Lincoln (moderator)
• Lizzie Turner, Community Organizer, Nebraska Appleseed with Collective Impact Lincoln