Media Coverage - January 2010
The following media mentioned the Kirwan Institute or its staff during January:
PRINT MEDIA
USA Today, January 12, 2010
Poll: Black optimism rises, by Marisol Bello.
Article about and optimism in the African American community and the disproportionate impact the recession has had on the African American community quotes Andrew Grant-Thomas.
The Washington Post, January 18, 2010
Advocates struggle to measure stimulus relief for minority businesses, by Krissah Thompson.
Article about tracking stimulus funds cites a report by the Kirwan Institute and quotes john powell.
Cleveland Call and Post, January 20, 2010
Discussing the unspeakable, by Gilbert Price
Article about racial dialogue quotes Andrew Grant-Thomas.
Houston Chronicle, January 30, 2010
Minority businesses see little of stimulus money, by Loren Steffy
Article about stimulus spending quotes a study by the Kirwan Institute.
RADIO/TELEVISION
WCMH NBC 4 News at 5, January 11, 2010
Interview with Andrew Grant-Thomas regarding Harry Reid’s comments to Barack Obama.
WTVN News Talk 610, January 11, 2010
Interview with Andrew Grant-Thomas regarding Harry Reid.
The Jack Gravely Show, January 28, 2010
Interview with Hasan Kwame Jeffries
INTERNET MEDIA
History News Network, January 11, 2010
Reid’s Obama Blunder and What it Means, by Adriane Lentz-Smith
Article about racial dialogue refers to Hasan Jeffries’ work on the civil rights movement.
AOL News, January 13, 2010
Race Amity Center in Boston fosters dialogue, by Jesse Washington, AP
Article about the National Center for Race Amity opening in Boston quotes Andrew Grant-Thomas.
The Montclair Times, January 14, 2010
District urged to revise student placement system, by George Wirt
Article references the Kirwan Institute’s work with the Montclair Board of Education towards a more integrated school system.
Barista Kids, January 14, 2010
Montclair Board of Ed Reviewing School Assignment by Zone
Article references Kirwan Institute’s work
CUNY Newswire, January 19, 2010
Walter Fauntroy, Civil Rights Leader and Former Congressman, Joins Historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries to Discuss Martin Luther King on Urban Focus, January 20
OnCampus, January 21, 2010
Schedule of events lists Hasan Jeffries’ January 29th talk, which is part of the Authors and Conversation Soul Food Luncheon Series sponsored by the Kirwan Institute and the Hale Center.
http://oncampus.osu.edu/2010/01/calendar-12110/
Yakima Herald, January 20, 2010
Heritage opens economic project
Announcement of the Community Economic Development Clinic opening lists john powell as a keynote speaker.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Blog, January 26, 2010
Transforming Race: Crisis and Opportunity in the Age of Obama
Article by Andrew Grant-Thomas
GreenvilleOnline.com, January 31, 2010
Clemson event to give voice to black history, by Anna Simon
Article lists Hasan Jeffries as a speaker at a black history month event at Clemson University.
