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July 25, 2014
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DETROIT'S WATER CRISIS AND THE FLOOD OF INEQUALITY
Hundreds of Detroit residents flooded the streets a week ago to protest the city shutting off running water to thousands of poor families. Reporting from Detroit, Haas Institute Communications Fellow Rasheed Shabazz writes that Detroit's issues go beyond bankruptcy, and echoes calls to change the narrative about cities in distress.
Read Rasheed's blog about the Detroit Water Crisis.
HAAS INSTITUTE BLOG

To share their perspectives on their contributions to the Haas Institute's vision of a truly diverse, fair and inclusive society, Communications Fellows initiated a blog series about summer fellows' experiences.  

Monica Elizondo on Food Justice, the Global Food System, Learning through Research
Communications Fellow Natalia Reyes interviewed Monica Elizondo, a fellow working on the Global Food System Project and the Historical Roots of Structural Inequality Manual.
Read their interview.

 

Border Crisis: A Moral Failing in the Making
Seven years have passed since immigration reform failed in Congress, and little has been done to address what the United States and its people acknowledge as one of the most important issues facing 21st century America and the world.
Read Haas Fellow Thomas Nolan's blog.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Black and Brown and Redlined all Over
Communities of Color Still Suffering From Housing Crisis
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and the Government Alliance on Race & Equity, along with Mayor Betsy Hodges of the City of Minneapolis and Mayor Chris Coleman of the City of St. Paul, invite you to the first Regional Convening on Racial Equity to be held August 5-6 in Minneapolis. 

Visit the Government Alliance on Race & Equity website for more information about our first regional convening.
 
Save the Date. Haas Institute's 'Meet the Clusters' event takes place September 15, 2014.
IN THE MEDIA
PBS documentary focuses on continued school segregation
PBS used the work of Rucker Johnson, professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy, and member of the Haas Institute's Race, Diversity and Educational Policy faculty cluster, to explain the correlation between school integration and improved graduation rates of African American students in the U.S. The PBS documentary, "Separate and Unequal" examines the growing racial divide in America's schools.
President Obama's Plan to Aid Black Men and Boys Will be a Boon to Other Groups
A new opinion piece written by Haas Institute Director john powell and Maya Rockeymoore, CEO of the Center for Global Policy Solutions, addresses how a strategy of targeted universalism is needed to ensure that all groups reach their fullest potential.
Read the op-ed in the Chronicle of Philanthrophy.

A revised version of the op-ed is also posted as a letter with more supporting signatures. Find the letter and add your name on the Haas Institute website. 


Black and Brown and Redlined All Over
Despite the speculator-fueled rise in home prices, the tide of "recovery" has not risen all boats. After decades of redlining and predatory lending, many black and brown families' homes are still underwater. As cities try solutions such as eminent domain to refinance underwater mortgages, the banking and lending industries lobby to thwart these efforts. 
Read john powell's piece on TalkPoverty.org.
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