The Applied Research Center would like to invite you and organization to apply to the Applied Research Center's Racial Justice Leadership Institute (RJLI) on July 10-11, 2008 in Oakland, California.

The RJLI is a seminar for social justice activists who wish to sharpen their skills and strategies to address structural racism and advance racial equity. The Institute participants include social change and labor organizers, activists, and advocates, committed to racial justice. It engages people in critical analysis of current race issues and opportunities to promote equitable public policies. Unlike "diversity trainings" that focus on interpersonal relations and cultural understanding, the Institute emphasizes institutional inequality- how it disadvantages, disenfranchises and divides many communities and how this inequality can be effectively challenged and changed. Institute topics include racial awareness and analysis, policy development, and applying a racial justice lens to shape the media.