The Applied Research Center - Facing Race 2008: Creating a Mandate for Justice

Facing Race 2008: Creating a Mandate for Justice

May 19, 2009

DVD: Creating a Mandate for Justice: The Program of Facing Race 2008. Compilation of Facing Race 2008 videos on DVD, plus bonus PDF content. Just days after the 2008 Presidential election, the Applied Research Center (ARC) launched the Compact for Racial Justice — an agenda for fairness and unity.

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Now is the time to counteract systematic racism by turning the historic vote for change into a mandate for justice. This DVD features speakers from ARC’s Facing Race 2008 conference. The key speeches are excerpted and over 3 hours of full plenary presentations and discussion are included:

• The Compact for Racial Justice
• Post-election Reflections
• Race and the Global Economy

BONUS CONTENT:

• Discussion guides PDF
• The Compact for Racial Justice Organizing Toolkit PDF

Videos

Videos
Wall Street and Congress Screwed the Economy by Screwing Us Street to Senate: Get to Work for the Jobless Jobs Creation's Winning Formula: Green Equity + Grassroots + Good Government Facing Race: The Illinois Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, 2007-2008 Racial Profiling: It's Time to Face the Truth

Racewire Blog

Racewire Blog
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Latinos Leave Arizona in Droves

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In Oil Spill, Bayou Tribes Confront Yet Another Invasion

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ColorLines Features

ColorLines Features
Don't Call Me Racist and Other Arizona Lies What the state's new immigration law teaches us about the dissembling language of bias in… “ColorLines: Race and Economic Recovery” rebroadcast on FreeSpeechTV The Colorlines TV show on economic recovery for communities of color… The Violence of a Recession ColorLines executive editor, Daisy Hernández reports on how domestic violence is on the…

Don't Call Me Racist and Other Arizona Lies

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“ColorLines: Race and Economic Recovery” rebroadcast on FreeSpeechTV

The Colorlines TV show on economic recovery for communities of color…
The Violence of a Recession

ColorLines executive editor, Daisy Hernández reports on how domestic violence is on the…

Books & DVDs

Books & DVDs
The Accidental American The Accidental American is a book about the challenges and contradictions of U. S.… Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama Edited by Linda Burnham, ARC has released an 86-page edited volume featuring 20 prominent thinkers… ColorLines magazine ColorLines has been the national newsmagazine on race and politics since 1998. We tell stories… We Are All Suspects Now We Are All Suspects Now reveals the human cost of the domestic… Colonize This! Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism is a collection of essays by… Language Is a Place of Struggle Language Is a Place of Struggle: Great Quotes by People of Color is…

The Accidental American

The Accidental American is a book about the challenges and contradictions of U. S.…
Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama

Edited by Linda Burnham, ARC has released an 86-page edited volume featuring 20 prominent thinkers…
ColorLines magazine

ColorLines has been the national newsmagazine on race and politics since 1998. We tell stories…
We Are All Suspects Now

We Are All Suspects Now reveals the human cost of the domestic…
Colonize This!

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Language Is a Place of Struggle

Language Is a Place of Struggle: Great Quotes by People of Color is…

Economy & Green Jobs

Economy & Green Jobs
Green Equity Toolkit: Advancing Race, Gender and Economic Equity in the Green Economy ARC releases two new Green Case Studies that profile winning formulas… Race and Recession Report This report tells the stories of people of color who are disproportionately affected by… ColorLines: Who Gains from the Green Economy? ColorLines' special edition on the green economy March/April 2008, features cover story "Who Gains from the…

Green Equity Toolkit: Advancing Race, Gender and Economic Equity in the Green Economy

ARC releases two *new* Green Case Studies that profile winning formulas…
Race and Recession Report

This report tells the stories of people of color who are disproportionately affected by…
ColorLines: Who Gains from the Green Economy?

ColorLines' special edition on the green economy March/April 2008, features cover story "Who Gains from the…

Education

Education
Underprotected, Undersupported Released April 2009. Report on low-income children at risk. Double standards in childcare endanger… Vouchers: A Trap, Not A Choice California School Vouchers Will Increase Racial Inequality. by Tammy Johnson, Libero Della Piana and Phyllida Burlingamea. October, 2000. Executive Summary. Learning Curves Expanding the Constituency for Comprehensive Sexuality Education By Rinku Sen and Kim Fellner, commissioned by the Ms. Foundation for Women.…

Underprotected, Undersupported

Released April 2009. Report on low-income children at risk. Double standards in childcare endanger…
Vouchers: A Trap, Not A Choice

California School Vouchers Will Increase Racial Inequality. by Tammy Johnson, Libero Della Piana and Phyllida Burlingamea. October, 2000. Executive Summary.
Learning Curves

Expanding the Constituency for Comprehensive Sexuality Education
By Rinku Sen and Kim Fellner, commissioned by the Ms. Foundation for Women.…

Health

Health
Closing the Gap: Solutions to Race-Based Health Disparities, 2005 10 Key Recommendations for Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. From Closing the Gap: Solutions to… Why Universal Health Care is a Women's Issue For millions of Californians, the issue of accessible quality health care is a matter of life or death. New Report Reveals Solutions that "Close the Gap" on Racial Disparity in Health Innovative Research Details Race-Based Health Inequality. Today, the Applied Research Center and Northwest Federation of Community Organizations released a new…

Closing the Gap: Solutions to Race-Based Health Disparities, 2005

10 Key Recommendations for Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health.
From Closing the Gap: Solutions to…

Why Universal Health Care is a Women's Issue

For millions of Californians, the issue of accessible quality health care is a matter of life or death.

New Report Reveals Solutions that "Close the Gap" on Racial Disparity in Health

Innovative Research Details Race-Based Health Inequality. Today, the Applied Research Center and Northwest Federation of Community Organizations released a new…

Immigration

Immigration
Reasserting Justice Toolkit Despite a surge in discrimination, the crisis for immigrant and refugee communities remains relatively invisible to the general public. Mapping the Immigrant Infrastructure Dramatic demographic changes in the U.S. population, evidenced by the 2000 census, have generated a lot of excitement about the… The New Culture War In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It's racist, and it gets results. Here, then, are…

Reasserting Justice Toolkit

Despite a surge in discrimination, the crisis for immigrant and refugee communities remains relatively invisible to the general public.
Mapping the Immigrant Infrastructure

Dramatic demographic changes in the U.S. population, evidenced by the 2000 census, have generated a lot of excitement about the…
The New Culture War

In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It's racist, and it gets results. Here, then, are…

Legislative Reportcards

Legislative Reportcards
Racing the Statehouse: Advancing Equitable Policies 2010 Racing the Statehouse Finds Solutions for Racial Inequity Available to States … CA Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity Facing Race: 2009 Legislative Report Card is a project of the Applied Research Center and… California 2007 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity ARC's 2007 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, by Jarad Sanchez and Tammy Johnson.…

Racing the Statehouse: Advancing Equitable Policies 2010

Racing the Statehouse Finds Solutions for Racial Inequity Available to States
…
CA Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity

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California 2007 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity

ARC's 2007 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, by Jarad Sanchez and Tammy Johnson.…

Model Policies

Model Policies
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Multi-racial Coalitions

Multi-racial Coalitions
Building Community Power for Better Schools An Evaluation of the Parent and Youth Education Policy Collaborative. Power, Participation, & State-Based Politics An Evaluation of the Ford Foundation's Collaborations that Count Initiative MultiRacial Formations This 116-page study presents general observations, key lessons, and recommendations on a range of multiracial models and experiences from a…

Building Community Power for Better Schools

An Evaluation of the Parent and Youth Education Policy Collaborative.
Power, Participation, & State-Based Politics

An Evaluation of the Ford Foundation's Collaborations that Count Initiative
MultiRacial Formations

This 116-page study presents general observations, key lessons, and recommendations on a range of multiracial models and experiences from a…

Philanthropy

Philanthropy
Catalytic Change Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment. The Applied Research Center (ARC)… Short Changed Foundation Giving and Communities of Color. By Will Pittz and Rinku Sen.

Poverty & Welfare

Poverty & Welfare
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Poverty Fact Sheet: A Wide Gap Remains

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From Poverty to Punishment

How Welfare Reform Punishes the Poor. HOT OFF THE PRESS! Contributions by Leading Experts on Welfare Reform.
Race and Recession: A Special Report Examining How Changes in the Economy Affect People of Color

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Rights & Justice

Rights & Justice
The Public's Truth: Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties (2006) Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties. Community Testimony presented Saturday, May 10, 2003. The Public's Truth: Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties (2003) Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties. Community Testimony presented Saturday, May 10, 2003. Profiled & Punished How San Diego Schools Undermine Latino & African American Student Achievement. April 2002.

The Public's Truth: Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties (2006)

Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties. Community Testimony presented Saturday, May 10, 2003.
The Public's Truth: Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties (2003)

Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties. Community Testimony presented Saturday, May 10, 2003.
Profiled & Punished

How San Diego Schools Undermine Latino & African American Student Achievement. April 2002.

Take Action

Take Action
Feb 10: The New Jim Crow Book Signing Longtime civil rights advocate and litigator Michelle Alexander has come out with her first book,… Aug 15: Chevron Protest in Richmond, CA Saturday, August 15, 11:30 am Chevron Protest in Richmond, CA: Mobilize for Climate Justice!

Facing Race Conference

Facing Race Conference
Register Now for Facing Race Conference 2010 Sept. 23-25, 2010 McCormick Hyatt Chicago, IL Yes, I want more info!

Tools

Tools
Ella Baker Launches Green Jobs Guidebook Green Job Guidebook Created to Show Best practices for Job Training Programs Across California. Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit Download PDF of the full toolkit: Overview: what are Racial Equity impact assessments? A Racial Equity Impact Assessment… Racial Equity Impact Assessments for Economic Policies and Budgets Download PDF of the Toolkit: Economic policies and public spending and revenue decisions have enormous impacts—positive and negative—on…

Ella Baker Launches Green Jobs Guidebook

Green Job Guidebook Created to Show Best practices for Job Training Programs Across California.
Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit

Download PDF of the full toolkit: Overview: what are Racial Equity impact assessments? A Racial Equity Impact Assessment…
Racial Equity Impact Assessments for Economic Policies and Budgets

Download PDF of the Toolkit: Economic policies and public spending and revenue decisions have enormous impacts—positive and negative—on…

Training

Training
Mississippi Racial Justice Leadership Institute Racial Justice Leadership Institute trainings in Jackson, Mississippi on April 30th and in Oxford, Mississippi on May 1st. Sign up… Racing to War Curriculum Racing to War is a three-part discussion series designed to help organizations examine the racial impact of the “war on… Gaining Perspectives Assessing our Options in the Aftermath of the September 11th Tragedy. A Curriculum from the Applied Research Center available as…

Mississippi Racial Justice Leadership Institute

Racial Justice Leadership Institute trainings in Jackson, Mississippi on April 30th and in Oxford, Mississippi on May 1st. Sign up…

Racing to War Curriculum

Racing to War is a three-part discussion series designed to help organizations examine the racial impact of the “war on…

Gaining Perspectives

Assessing our Options in the Aftermath of the September 11th Tragedy. A Curriculum from the Applied Research Center available as…

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