• Presentations
  • February 28, 2016

Racing to Justice: Achieving Social Equity in Faifax County

Americans are engrossed in a deep conversation about the impact of racism in our educational, judicial, social and economic spheres. In the movement for universal justice, Executive Director john a. powell discussed these issues with the community of Fairfax County in Virginia over a weekend residency with the Reston Community Center...
Mar
14
  • March 14, 2016, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Where is Hope: The Art of Murder

The documentary "Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder" chronicles disabled victims murdered by police as well as the activists/artists who have fought and are fighting against police brutality against people with disabilities. Emmitt H Thrower, a retired NY City...
  • Presentations
  • February 25, 2016

Traveling from Inspiration to Reality: Achieving Social Equity in Fairfax County

Americans are engrossed in a deep conversation about the impact of racism in our educational, judicial, social and economic spheres. In the movement for universal justice, Director john a. powell discussed these issues with the community of Fairfax...
  • Blog

Harper Lee to Ta-Nahesi Coates: Race in literature in 2015

Two of the most important books on race released in 2015, the exhumed novel, Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee’s sequel to the award-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates’ long-form letter to his teenage son, Between the...
Apr
20
  • April 20, 2016

2016 Color of Wealth Summit

The summit seeks to engage Members of Congress, Congressional staff, the media, and the public in a dialogue about the racial wealth gap, its effect on marginalized households, its impact on the U.S. economy, and solutions for closing the gap...
Feb
26
  • February 26, 2016

Annual Contemporary Issues Symposium

Annual Perspectives on Contemporary Native Issues Symposium Traditional Knowledge in Contemporary Contexts Although traditional and indigenous practices are superficially separated from the contemporary and western sphere, a hybridization of these modes of knowledge have continuously existed for generations. As this...
Apr
22
  • April 22, 2016

7th Annual Islamophobia Conference

Islamophobia: Has a tipping point been reached? Conference Dates: April 22–23, 2016 The conference seeks papers that examine Islamophobia from multi-disciplinary and transnational perspectives, so as to, bring a more holistic understanding of the phenomena and the forces acting to...
Feb
20
  • February 20, 2015, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Richmond Housing Summit

Join community members, fair housing scholars, organizers and advocates, researchers, and policymakers at this community forum to: explore connections between place-based improvements to community health, forces of residential displacement, and housing policy; a nalyze structural causes of challenges related to...
May
4
  • May 4, 2015, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Racialized Punitive Social Control

Professor Rios will discuss his findings from 10 years of ethnography in Northern and Southern California with "juvenile delinquent" and gang associated boys. He will also discuss findings from his latest research project on social movements in Ferguson, Missouri. Rios'...
May
29
  • May 29, 2015, 8:00am - 6:00pm

The Future of SNAP?

Our interdisciplinary workshop will summarize evidence and research findings on SNAP, identify challenges of current delivery approaches and address recommended actions relevant for the future of SNAP. It will involve panel discussions, including leading researchers from UC Berkeley and other...
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