Media Coverage - September 2009
The following media mentioned the Kirwan Institute or its staff during September:
PRINT MEDIA
The Guardian, September 12, 2009
Obama’s Big Silence: The Race Question, Naomi Klein.
Kirwan Institute Executive Director john powell is quoted about the recovery in an article about race and international politics.
The Montclair Times, September 24, 2009
Board Faces Pivotal Decision on New School, by George Wirt.
Kirwan’s study of Montclair’s magnet school system is mentioned in an article about the new 550-student facility being built.
VIDEO
FORA.tv
john a. powell: Opportunity is Racialized
Video of john a. powell’s talk at the Tides Momentum Conference.
The Real News Network, September 21, 2009
Race, Class and Opportunity (Part 1) (Part 2)
Paul Jay speaks with john a. powell at the Tides Foundations' Momentum conference in San Francisco about racial exclusion and possible solutions to marginalization of black America.
E-MAGAZINES/BLOGS
Daily Kos, September 7, 2009
Stimulus Funds Must Acknowledge Employment Gap, by Dennis Parker.
FairRecovery.org and the Kirwan Institute are mentioned in an article about stimulus funds.
Liberty Voice, September 7, 2009
Stimulus Funds Must Acknowledge Employment Gap, by Dennis Parker.
FairRecovery.org and the Kirwan Institute are mentioned in an article about stimulus funds.
Racewire, September 16, 2009
Amor de Lejos: Who’s Telling Immigration’s Human Story? By Andrew Grant-Thomas.
Article by Andrew Grant-Thomas about a Chicago theater group which focuses on immigrant stories.
In These Times, September 25, 2009
Recession Brings Uneven Pain, Threatens Uneven Recovery, by Michelle Chen.
FairRecovery.org and the Kirwan Institute are mentioned in an article about stimulus spending.
The CUNY Newswire, September 28, 2009
Political Strategist Roberto Ramirez, Author Hasan Kwame Jeffries and Divine Pryor, Criminal Justice Expert, Featured on Urban Focus, Wednesday, September 30.
Shoot Online, September 30, 2009
Screen Actors Guild Declares October “Diversity Awareness Month”
Article about SAG’s Diversity Awareness Month includes information about Kirwan’s Reading Between the Lines: Uncovering Unconscious Bias presentation.
HASAN JEFFRIES’ BOOK BLOODY LOWNDES
The following media sources included information about the release of Hasan Kwame Jeffries’ book Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in America’s Black Belt (NYU, 2009).
Montgomery Advertiser, September 6, 2009
Author Brings Lowndes County Civil Rights History to Light, by Alvin Benn.
Vote Law, September 6, 2009.
Alabama: Book on “Bloody Lowndes” by Edward Stills.
NYU Press, September 10, 2009
Talking Civil Rights Where it Happened: Hasan Jeffries in Lowndes County (video)
Free Speech TV, September 16, 2009
GritTV: Hasan Kwame Jeffries: Bloody Lowndes, with Laura Flanders.
RADIO
WOSU, September 29, 2009
Keep the Somali Experience in Context
Andrew Grant-Thomas speaks about Somali refugee and immigrant populations in the United States.
National Urban Radio, September 29, 2009
Karen Miller interviews Andrew Grant-Thomas about FairRecovery.org.
