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President's Message: To all of our individual supporters over the last 30 years, know that we are grateful, that we consider your trust a sacred gift, and that we work hard every day to make sure you don’t regret sharing your resources here.
- Applying Our Research: At Facing Race, report author Seth Wessler will moderate a session entitled "Shattered Families: Racial Justice and Prospects for Systemic Change", which will explore child welfare practices in communities of color.
- Network News: In a new essay for the Cricial Issues Forum, Terry Keleher includes a comparison of organizing without vs. with a racial equity framework, along with a set of criteria for identifying and assessing racial equity practices.
- Colorlines.com Spotlight: Join us on Election Night, as Brentin Mock, Aura Bogado and our team of community journalists fan out to key states to watch what happens at the polls.
- Organizational Updates: 2012 Facing Race National Conference Registration is almost full for our November conference! www.arc.org/facingrace
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President's Message: It’s hard to believe that ARC turns 30 this year! I find myself thinking about all that we’ve done and learned and how to carry it forward in the fight for racial justice. When ARC was established, it was intended to have a broad social justice focus. But the demand from organizers that would help them deal with the racial questions plaguing their efforts was too huge to ignore, and so we became a racial justice think tank with a vigorous orientation toward action.
- Applying Our Research: ARC Senior Researcher Yvonne Liu recently penned a profile of urban farmer LaDonna Redmond, which quickly garnered the attention of the Melissa Harris Perry show.
- Network News: ARC offers racial justice trainings and consultations that emphasize practical strategies and viable solutions. In addition, our popular racial justice webinar series can be accessed online.
- Colorlines.com Spotlight: Colorlines publisher Rinku Sen has written an overview and analysis outlining how the policy fight has fallen short, while cultural work is humanizing immigrants and offering hope
- Organizational Updates: 2012 Facing Race National Conference It's only two months until Facing Race begins. Don't miss out on the racial justice conversation. Register now!
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President's Message: Few books have affected me like Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, Manning Marable’s final gift to the social justice movements he loved so much. The book takes us through Malcolm X’s quest for a spiritual home in which he could be as human as he knew how to be.
- Applying Our Research: ARC’s Senior Researcher Yvonne Yen Liu will present findings from the Good Food and Good Jobs report at two upcoming gatherings.
- Network News: ARC’s racial justice leadership training program has been working with groups across the country. In addition, Nayantara Sen has joined ARC’s racial justice training team.
- Colorlines.com Spotlight: Electoral reporting has heated up with an investigation on True the Vote from Brentin Mock and dispatches from Aura Bogado on the UndocuBus.
- Organizational Updates: Vendor Opportunities are available at Facing Race! Take advantage of this incredible opportunity for you to connect with a diverse and engaged audience.
- Update from South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT): After the tragic shooting at Oak Creek, SAALT has been working with our partners to raise awareness about the context of bias.
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President's Message: Sonia Peña has been our Associate Director for 11 years. Her presence allowed us to meet our deadlines, pay our bills, plan our future and resolve our conflicts. She provides that steadiness without which no political organization can function well. This is my chance to say it in as public a manner as Sonia will allow: thank you for your service, good luck in the future, and we will miss you very much.
- Applying Our Research: The "Millennials, Activism, and Race" report examines the attitudes and experiences of Occupy participants and other progressive young people.
- Network News: "Better Together in Action: Organizations Working to Integrate Racial Justice and LGBT Issues" tells the stories of remarkable, intersectional organizations.
- Colorlines.com Spotlight: As the nation celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride, News Editor Jamilah King profiles LGBT leaders in the South and Midwest.
- Organizational Updates: New plenary speakers have been announced for the 2012 Facing Race Conference.
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President's Message: My key message to new graduates, and to everyone committed to racial justice, is to safekeep and maintain their enthusiasm for this vital work. There's plenty to do intellectually and physically, but there's a strong emotional element to this work that young people pursuing structural solutions need to understand too in order to stay engaged.
- Applying Our Research: The "Shattered Families" investigation has had an enormous impact.
- Network News: ARC’s trainings provide skills & strategies for addressing structural racism.
- Colorlines.com Spotlight: Colorlines shapes a more meaningful conversation about LGBT rights.
- Organizational Updates: The deadline for Executive Assistant applications has been extended.
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