Roger Hart, internationally known for bringing the voices of children and youth to environmental and community planning tables, will give a free public talk Thursday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Cornell University's Martha Van Rensselaer Auditorium. The topic: "Children and the Making of Civil Society: Rethinking the Democratic Development of Young Citizens. "Hart will also participate in several other events over two days.

Hart is co-director of the Children's Environments Research Group, a non-profit organization supporting low-income residents in neighborhoods in New York City as well as throughout the Third World to redesign living environments so that they nurture growth and creativity for children and their families.

Also a professor of environmental psychology at the City University of New York, Hart is particularly known for his work to foster community by involving children and families in community gardens.

The public also is invited to attend these free events:

• April 25, 12:15-2 p.m. in Room 105 ILR Conference Center: A luncheon conversation on "What Every Adolescent Has a Right to Know: Involving Children and Teens in Participatory Action Research," co-sponsored by the Cornell Participatory Action Research Network, Cornell Family Life Development Center's HIV/AIDS Education Project and the Cornell UNICEF "Right to Know" Initiative Working Group. For luncheon reservation, RSVP to ph24@cornell.edu .
• April 25, 4:30 p.m. in Room 405 E. Martha Van Rensselaer Hall: A seminar with Hart on "Ideology in the Landscapes of Children," sponsored by the Cornell Department of Design and Environmental Analysis.
• April 26, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Ithaca City Youth Bureau, 1 James L. Gibbs Drive: An informal luncheon conversation with Hart. For registration, contact the Youth Bureau at (607) 273-8364 or iyb@cityofithaca.org.