Ending DACA 'antithetical' to our deepest values

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Elana Needle, 201-248-9724 Email: Eneedle@raceforward.org Leading Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Condemn Decision to End DACA Ball Now Squarely in Congress’ Court WASHINGTON, DC: Today, organizations...

Legalizing Othering

OVERVIEW This report on the anti-Sharia movement in the United States addresses the legalized othering of Muslim communities across the nation through anti-Muslim legislation and bills between the years 2000 and 2016. Within the broader context of...

john a. powell speaks at SF United Against Hate rally

Haas Institute Director john a. powell speaks at the United Against Hate rally in San Francisco at the invitation of Mayor Ed Lee on August 25, 2017. The rally was hosted by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and took place at the Civil Center...

New Research Shows Racial Disparities in Bay Area Housing Allocation Methodology

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Analysis of Bay Area housing goals and housing permitted shows cities with a higher white population were more likely to receive lower goals for moderate- and lower-income housing # # # BERKELEY, CA: The San Francisco Bay Area’s...

New California mapping tool illustrates disparities, potential for opportunity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haas Institute's Opportunity Mapping approach informs proposed policy change in California; Requesting support from advocates during public comment period BERKELEY, CA: A major housing program in California may see new changes...

Haas Institute joins others to urge against pardon for Sheriff Joe Arpaio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Augu st 21, 2017 CONTACT: Elana Needle, 201-248- 9724 Email: eneedle@raceforward.org Condemning Sheriff Joe Arpaio Pardon: Joint Statement from Leading Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations For 24 years, Sheriff Joe...

Blog: Which side are you on?

August 21, 2017 The murder of Heather Heyer and the injury to 19 other peaceful protestors by a neo-Nazi terrorist in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12 marked a tragic new low in U.S. history. A virulent, violent strain of racism, misogyny...

Unfair Shares

Analyzing housing data from 1999 to 2017 for all local jurisdictions under the authority of the Association of Bay Area Governments, the findings of the report raise legal questions about a potentially disparate racial impact in the Bay Area's current housing needs allocation methodology, elevating concerns about housing equity in other parts of California as well.

Ending racial disparities in labor: proposal to put America to work

Imagine a society where the government guarantees a job to every citizen who wants one, dramatically reducing homelessness, poverty and racial disparities in the labor market. Such a way is possible, argues Professor William “Sandy” Darity of Duke...

Confederate monuments memorialize white supremacists

Haas Director john a. powell said Thursday that President Donald Trump was siding with white supremacists in his remarks lamenting the removal of Confederate statues. In a radio interview with KPFA’s Letters and Politics program, powell said: “I...

Blog: Hate and hurt in America - On Charlottesville

Like many people, I am deeply bothered by the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend. I give my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to those who went to Charlottesville to stand up for decency, fairness and equality, who put their beliefs...

Haas Institute Housing Symposium Envisions a Richmond Where Everyone Belongs

By Derrick Duren, 2017 Summer Fellow “An empowered Richmond is one that offers improved access to resources that will allow us to thrive and be fully contributing members of the community,” explained an attendee at the Haas Institute’s Richmond City...

How "Law and Order" Policies Inflict Violence on Students of Color, and What We Can Do About It

A new report released by the National Education Policy Center and co-authored by two of the Institute's Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Faculty Cluster members, Janelle Scott and Tina Trujillo, was released earlier this month focusing on...

john a. powell presents bridging framework at the London School of Economics

On June 14, 2017 at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics, Haas Institute Director john a. powell presented at the conference Challenging Inequalities: Developing a Global Response.

Moving Targets: An Analysis of Global Forced Migration

Moving Targets: An Analysis of Global Forced Migration investigates the historical and contemporary causes of forced migration as well as both the challenges and capacities of national and international refugee protections and resettlement efforts.

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Bridging Partnerships for Scaling Housing Justice

Register now Housing justice for all. To truly be for all, we need housing solutions at scale. Scaling just solutions that match what our communities want and need is about more than building more affordable housing units. It requires building...

Blog: Gender, Goosebumps, Grace, and Grieving

Julia McKeown's tattoo inspired by the poetry of Andrea Gibson. “When I left my body I did not go away. That portal of light was not a portal to elsewhere, but a portal to here. I am more here than I ever was before.” From Love Letter From the...