Seth Freed Wessler, Wessler is a senior researcher associate at the Applied Research Center in New York City. Raised in Maine, Seth has written extensively on immigration, criminal justice, economic inequality and the racial politics of national security.
Seth is a social justice advocate and writer. At ARC, he coordinates Race and Recession, a report and a multimedia project on the impact of economic recession in communities of color. He also coordinates the Triangle Project, which explores the compound effects of incarceration, deportation and child welfare policies.
Previously, Seth worked on immigrant rights, racial justice and gender equity issues in New England and taught photography to young adults in Massachusetts and in the Middle East. He graduated from Hampshire College where he was a student organizer and wrote a thesis on the racial underpinnings of American sovereignty.
Seth’s writing has appeared in ColorLines, Huffington Post, Alternet, New America Media, Rethinking Schools and dozens of online publications and blogs. He presents at conferences, leads workshops and classes and speaks to the media about racial justice and structural racism.
California School Vouchers Will Increase Racial Inequality. by Tammy Johnson, Libero Della Piana and Phyllida Burlingamea. October, 2000. Executive Summary.
Innovative Research Details Race-Based Health Inequality. Today, the Applied Research Center and Northwest Federation of Community Organizations released a new…