• Presentations
  • January 12, 2017

Leading from the Inside: Creating an Equitable and Inclusive System

On Friday, January 12 HIFIS director john a. powell gave a lunch time presentation to senior leadership and staff at Denver Public Schools. Speaking to an audience of 200+ on "Leading from the Inside: Creating an Equitable and Inclusive System", Dr...
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  • January 19, 2017, 12:15 - 1:45 pm

Thinking Ahead with Derecka Mehrens and Miriam Lueck Avery

Thinking Ahead with Derecka Mehrens and Miriam Lueck Avery Silicon Valley: Can the Epicenter of Toxic Inequality Become a Model of Shared Prosperity? Come hear long-time activist Derecka Mehrens and anthropologist Miriam Lueck Avery discuss how Silicon Valley, the epicenter...
  • Publication
  • December 20, 2016

Racial Equity Action Plans

While local governments may consider themselves fair and just, people of color fare worse than their white counterparts in every area: housing, employment, education, justice, and health. Current day disparities are just as bad and sometimes worse...
  • Publication
  • December 16, 2016

Contracting for Equity: Best Local Government Practices that Advance Racial Equity in Government Contracting and Procurement

A traditional strategy to address contracting equity has come through the establishment of mandated sub-contracting goals, beginning with the federal government in the early 1970s. In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled in the Croson case that the City of...
  • Presentations
  • December 16, 2016

Thinking Ahead with Anne Price: The Creation of Wealth

What can we do to ensure that everyone enjoys the prosperity they contribute to? At the Thinking Ahead event in downtown Oakland, thoought leader and advocate Anne Price, President of Insight Center, discussed innovative research on extreme wealth...
  • Blog

Blog: We can’t meaningfully integrate schools without desegregating neighborhoods

December 15, 2016 By Richard Rothstein A bill introduced in the New York City Council proposes to establish “an office of school diversity within the human rights commission dedicated to studying the prevalence and causes of racial segregation in...
  • Blog

California: America’s egalitarian and inclusive refuge? Not so fast

December 14, 2016 The great state of California is known for many things: its sublime national parks, stunning beaches, Hollywood and Silicon Valley, world-class public universities and dominant professional sports teams. And as the greater portion...
  • Newsletters
  • December 8, 2016

Fall 2016 Newsletter

Note: This page is archived. It is kept only for reference purposes, so it is no longer being updated, and the digital documents (PDF, PPT, etc.) found on this page may not meet accessibility standards. If you need these documents in a different...
  • Blog

What Ben Carson Should Learn about Housing Segregation

December 5, 2012 President-elect Donald Trump proposes to nominate Ben Carson to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Mr. Carson has expressed opposition to the Obama administration’s new requirement that cities and suburbs...
  • Presentations
  • December 3, 2016

Roots of the California Housing Crisis

December 2nd, 2016 - Haas Institute hosted a public forum to explore the forces behind the housing and displacement crisis in California. Speakers Maria Poblet, Richard Walker, and john powell presented to over 150 people in downtown Oakland. The...
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