Book Talk: Sixty Miles Upriver

SAVE THE DATE: Join us on December 19th, 2024 for a discussion of Richard E. Ocejo’s book “Sixty Miles Upriver” which tells the story of how Newburgh started gentrifying, and explores how gentrification is increasingly happening outside large city centers in places where it unfolds in new ways. This is Cafe con Libros first event in Peekskill, NY. It ticketed event and seats are limited so don’t wait!

Richard E. Ocejo is professor of sociology at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is the author or editor of five books, and the editor of City & Community, the official urban sociology journal of the American Sociological Association. Finally, he is the director of the MA program in International Migration Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.

In conversation with Richard E. Ocejo, is Katharine Bloeser— a social worker, educator, and researcher who has called Peekskill home for the past 9 years. A native of Upstate New York, Katharine is the Secretary of the Peekskill Parent Teacher Organization and former member of the Peekskill Human Relations Commission. For most of her working career, Katharine has worked with the Veteran community both as a clinical social worker and researcher.