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On April 19, 2018 Director john a. powell presented a keynote address at the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania symposium in Harrisburg. View a copy of his presentation slides here.

On April 19, 2018 professor john powell gave a keynote address at the CAAP/DCED Annual Community Action Symposium. The address discusses race and poverty in a time of othering and how to expand the circle of human concern through targeted...

Our eight-minute film, Transforming California from Red to Blue: How Community Organizing Changed the Political Landscape, directed by Bay Area director Tracey Quezada, looks at how California activists, like Eva Patterson, Marqueece Harris-Dawson...

Video from the Annual Spencer Lecture at AERA: " Dreaming an Ambitious Future for Public Education" A moderated panel discussion of key questions to be considered when envisioning an ambitious future for public education. Moderators: Na’ilah Suad...

April 11, 2018 This week marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act. The final major legislative accomplishment of the Civil Rights Movement, this act was preceded by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of...

Enjoy the collection of videos of all speeches, panels, and performances from the "Race and Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50 Conference."

Over the past few decades, successful movements for social and racial justice in California have illuminated just what is possible when social change strategy is developed with deep roots in community organizing. In many cases, major progressive wins...

This week people all across the world are pausing to acknowledge the incredible life and the tragic death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I always deliberately include the “Reverend” in his title as we often fail to recognize King’s profound religious and spiritual grounding.

After the 2016 presidential election, California has been a leader in progressive politics, pushing back against the agenda of Trump. However, a growing corporate-backed moderate faction of the Democrat Party in California has been able to stop policies that are seen as dangerous to corporate interests.

For many Californians, having a good life here is getting harder and many feel it will be even harder for the next generation. University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll (February 27, 2015)...