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Archived Updates/Announcements December 14, 2007 CSI Profiles Emerging Gulf Coast Leaders in Shelterforce Magazine CSI Deputy Director Mafruza Khan recently wrote an article for the Winter 2007 issue of Shelterforce, a publication of the National Housing Institute. Read the piece “Everyday Heroes,” which discusses the challenges and opportunities of Gulf Coast rebuilding through the experiences and stories of local leaders, many of who are women of color. These leaders have the potential to transform the Gulf Coast and the nation – if the systemic barriers of race, gender and class can be eradicated. The article also discusses the relationships between local and national organizations and funders, the roles of each, in helping build local capacity for the Gulf Coast. November 29, 2007: CSI Presents at the Kirwan Institute’s Conference Toward a Transformative Agenda Around Race Several hundred researchers, activists, policy makers, advocates, and others gathered in Columbus, OH from November 30 to December 2 to share ideas and strategies for how to build a shared understanding of race and its role in creating better societies and building opportunities for all racial groups, here in the U.S. and abroad. At the conference, CSI presented a workshop, Reframing Race: Lessons from the Diversity Advancement Project (a joint project of the CSI and the Kirwan Institute). CSI staff (Lynne Wolf and Jacob Faber) and Kirwan faculty affiliate (Dr. Philip Mazzocco) shared the results of the project’s Michigan field testing, which suggest we can talk about race effectively to build support for affirmative action and other race-conscious policies. Lynne Wolf, CSI’s Advocacy Coordinator, also shared ways advocates can begin to apply the research to their public education work, as well as new strategy ideas for reframing the public conversation. The DAP will soon be releasing advocacy tools that share these lessons: Framing Primer; Tips on Crafting a Message; and an Opinion Leader Workshop Guide. November 20, 2007: CSI Supports Gulf Coast Leaders Demand for Affordable Housing 168,000 petitions from all 50 states have been collected by Moveon.org, The Brave New Foundation, and Color of Change in support of The Gulf Coast Recovery Act (S. 1668), which would help resource the preservation and building of affordable housing for victims of Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita. With CSI’s support, local leaders and residents of Louisiana delivered the petitions to U.S. Senator David Vitter at his office in Metairie, LA, who is blocking the bill. Leaders and residents gathered the morning of Tuesday, November 20th to show Senator Vitter that there is national support for the bill. The legislation is a necessary first step to ensuring that all residents of Louisiana and Mississippi have access to homes they can afford. Click to view an article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune: Don't Be a Turkey, Housing Advocates Tell Vitter. November 20, 2007: Maya Wiley's blog on Movement Vision Lab website Maya Wiley's new blog on Movement Vision Lab website. To view please check: Race Should Be Messy and Complicated. November 14, 2007: New Report Triumph Over Tragedy — Leadership, Capacity and Needs in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
November 13, 2007: Maya Wiley Keynote Speaker at Action for a Better Community, Inc's Luncheon On November 13, 2007 Maya Wiley was the Keynote speaker at Action for a Better Community, Inc.'s 8th Annual Signature Event Luncheon. See her PowerPoint presentation on structural racism and its impact on the greater Rochester, NY. Structural Racism and Poverty in Rochester NY Maya also appeared as a guest on the radio show 1370 Connection with Bob Smith. November 09, 2007: CSI's New Associate Director CSI is proud to announce that Devon Kearney has joined the staff as Associate Director. Devon comes to CSI with a background in fundraising and institutional development, having worked for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Lawyers Guild, and as a consultant for organizations ranging from the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative in New York to the Public Interest Law Firm in N'Djamena, Chad. Devon received a Master's Degree in philosophy from Rutgers University, where he focused on philosophy of psychology and ethics. Devon comes to CSI as both a committed social justice advocate and the tallest person ever to join the CSI staff (and Maya isn't short!). As Associate Director, Devon will support CSI's fundraising work, communications capacity and organizational relationships. November 09, 2007: The New Orleans Recovery Report Card is Back! It’s two years later; do you know how much of New Orleans has been rebuilt? Are all New Orleanians benefiting from recovery efforts? Find out by reading our new, improved New Orleans Recovery Report Card. In it you will learn:
You may have noticed that the New Orleans Recovery Report Card has been on hiatus. We wanted to let you know that we are back with a new update, one that reflects a new approach to crunching the data. We have completed that process, and the Extended October 2007 Report Card has some new additions, including:
The result is an even more powerful analysis of the obstacles that continue to hold back rebuilding in New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina passed. For a complete explanation of the changes we’ve made, please read the Research Note for October 2007. Previous Recovery Report Cards can be found online, at http://RacetoRebuild.theCSI.org
August 29, 2007: Maya Wiley on Los Angeles' Feminist Radio Program Maya Wiley was a guest on Los Angeles' Feminist Radio program on KPFK 90.7 FM. She discussed the current status of rebuilding in New Orleans on the second anniversary of New Orleans' failed levees. To hear the radio program click here: KPFK 90.7 FM July 10, 2007: Why “Race,” Why Now: CSI responds to the Supreme Court’s ruling on school desegregation The Supreme Court's June 28th ruling, which essentially outlaws voluntary racial integration by school districts, is the latest in a recent line of decisions that have been chiseling away at our civil rights and liberties, undermining racial and gender equity, and censoring free speech – bedrock values on which this country is built. From affirmative action to eminent domain, the Justices have been split 5 to 4, with the majority voting against our values. The Court’s ruling mirrors in many ways our flawed public discourse on race and misses three important contexts: our history, our values, and our collective stake in using race-conscious policies to rebuild our crumbling public school system. Read more on CSI responds to the Supreme Court's ruling. July 10, 2007: CSI Presents at the First Ever U.S. Social Forum Another World is Possible: Another U.S. is Necessary More than 10,000 individuals, activists, and advocates from across the U.S. came together in steamy Atlanta, Georgia from June 27 through July 1 to share visions, ideas, and strategies for building a fair, just and sustainable U.S. From plenaries to poetry slams, the USSF challenged participants to engage the question: How do we build and strengthen our movement to make our vision a reality? CSI played its part by facilitating two workshops, participating in discussions and like everyone else, getting energized by the positive spirit and inspiring words and actions that defined the five-day gathering. Read more for details on our workshops and related materials. June 25, 2007: New Report on Health Disparities: Rebuilding a Healthy New Orleans This report, co-edited by CSI’s advocacy coordinator, Lynne Wolf, presents an important framework for assessing health justice in the New Orleans region. The report grew out of a community-based conference in June 2006 on the causes of and possible solutions to address racial health disparities that pre-existed Hurricane Katrina and which have worsened since the storm. The report includes chapters by New Orleans-based health professionals AlMarie Ford, Shelia Webb, Benjamin Springgate, and Judy Solomon, and environmental justice scholar and advocate, Bob Bullard. The June 2006 meeting was co-sponsored by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, the Alliance for Healthy Homes, the Center for Social Inclusion and the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The report is available at: http://www.prrac.org/pdf/rebuild_healthy_nola.pdf. CSI joins the blogosphere! We are pleased to announce that CSI will be contributing regularly on race, poverty, and opportunity for RaceWire, the Applied Research Center's blog. See our first commentaries: Katrina Update: Most Blacks Can't Return; Health Crisis, on race and healthcare in New Orleans, and The Cost of Greening NYCity, on Mayor Bloomberg's long-term PlaNYC.
Multiracial Coalition Building: Strategies for Developing an Agenda for Racial Equity On May 1, 2007, Maya Wiley, CSI's Director, gave the keynote address at the Tulane University Institute for the Study of Race and Poverty's summit entitled, Multiracial Coalition Building: Strategies for Developing an Agenda for Racial Equity. [Maya Wiley's Keynote Address Presentation] Opportunity and Schools: The Role of Denver School Facilities On April 11, 2007, Maya Wiley gave a presentation to a task force of civic leaders working to build Denver's public schools system. (Click here for more structural racism fact sheets and tools.) The Applied Research Center’s Facing Race: National Conference The Center for Social Inclusion was a co-sponsor of the Applied Research Center’s Facing Race Conference, held in New York City on March 22-24, 2007 at the CUNY Graduate Center. The conference drew over 600 organizers, policy analysts, funders, students, and social justice advocates from across the country. If you missed the event or want to find or post resources, visit http://facingrace.wiki.zoho.com CSI organized and facilitated two workshops, which explored the role of community planning as a tool for organizing, creating consensus and building multi-racial alliances for advancing shared community interests through race-conscious public policies to dismantle structural racism. [CSI Workshops and Resources] Talking Points on Transportation Needs In the Gulf Coast Read the latest talking points from the Gulf Coast Action Network (GCAN) about the dire transportation needs in the Gulf Coast. GCAN is a collaboration of national and local organizations and leaders pushing for equitable recovery and rebuilding policies in the Gulf Coast. These talking points elucidate the need to strengthen the public transit system so Gulf Coast residents are more able to rebuild their lives and their economy. Read more here: TALKING POINTS ON TRANSPORTATION – GULF COAST Colorado Unity Conference “Do Americans Support Equal Opportunity?” The answer depends on how the question is framed, said Mafruza Khan, at a panel discussion on public opinion and polling on affirmative action at the Colorado Unity ( http://www.progressivecoalition.org/index.htm) 2007 Coalition Summit at the University of Denver on January 27, 2007. Based on what social science tells us about winning support for race-conscious policies, Mafruza shared important research findings from CSI’s initial site tests in Michigan and future work. To view the presentation, click here: Colorado Unity 2007 Coalition Summit Presentation.Book Chapter Publishing Read Race, Equity and Land Use Planning in Columbia, South Carolina by Maya Wiley and learn more about the relationship between current land use planning and the legacy of segregation and disinvestment in Richland County, SC, in the recently published Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice and Regional Equity , R. Bullard, ed. The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA (2007). This book brings together important new essays on metropolitan regional equity by Profs. Robert Bullard and Beverly Wright, Prof. Myron Orfield, Prof. Manual Pastor and others and will be used for graduate course work by academics as well as by policymakers and practitioners. New Orleans January 22nd Meeting CSI partnered with national and Gulf organizations, including the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, the NAACP Gulf Coast Alliance and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, to convene a meeting in New Orleans on January 22, 2007, of forty individuals representing organizations well placed to shape a national policy initiative for Gulf Coast rebuilding. Participants prioritized issues and discussed strategies to move policy priorities. Forthcoming Report: Healthy Communities, Sustainable Communities: Building Opportunity in Columbia, South Carolina This report examines the link between disinvestment in poor, Black communities and the health and sustainability of all communities in the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan region. It raises crucial questions and identifies new policy directions for building a healthy, sustainable metropolitan region.
"The Race to Rebuild: The Color of Opportunity and the Future of New
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CSI posts its report, The Race to Rebuild:
The Color of Opportunity and the Future of New Orleans. The
report analyzes existing data on the progress of rebuilding New
Orleans' communities. It also examines existing rebuilding policies to
show that current policies are both insufficient to assist Black New
Orleanians to return or rebuild their lives and that White New
Orleanians would have improved opportunities if the federal government
responds to their fellow New Orleanians structural barriers to return.
The report gives grades to progress in indicators including housing,
healthcare, education and utilities. The report includes a rebuilding
report card, which will be updated monthly.
