A message from CSI founder and Executive Director Maya Wiley:

In one year, CSI will be celebrating its 10 year anniversary. In honor of this special occasion, we are launching a series of events and projects celebrating nearly a decade of making transformative ideas for racial inclusion happen.

I want to invite you to the first public event of our series:

Race to Democracy – 2012 and Beyond

On Nov 14th, I will be featured in a public conversation about race and democracy in 2012 and beyond. The conversation will be led by Gara LaMarche, former President of Atlantic Philanthropies and Senior Fellow at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU.

This event could not be timelier.

As many of you know, the economic recession affecting all of us is a depression for many communities of color. In fact, we are experiencing the biggest …