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john powell, Kirwan Institute executive director, prepared a video address for The International Peace, Justice & Empowerment Summit held in Pittsburgh, September 22-23, 2009, in advance of the G-20 meeting there. (Streaming video) |
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Kirwan Institute Executive Director john powell spoke at the Tides Momentum conference September 7-9 in San Francisco. "Race to the Center": Race and the Progressive Movement" examined how to ensure that the progressive movement is inclusive and moving the issue of race from the margin to the center. (Video link) |
Looking at the undocumented immigration story from a different perspective is an article by Kirwan Institute Deputy Director Andrew Grant-Thomas, “Amor de Lejos: Who’s Telling Immigration’s Human Story?” published on RaceWire on September 16.
Black to brown: The changing face of New Orleans, by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, carried by The Grio on August 28.
Race has everything to do with it, by Marguerite Hattouni Spencer, senior researcher at Kirwan, was featured on The Grio on August 21.
The article says policymakers should understand that race is not a distraction, but a serious aspect of all the “real” problems.
Minority death match: Jews, blacks, and the “post-racial” presidency
john powell discussed Kirwan’s “Fair Recovery” project, related to race and the economic recovery, in the September issue of Harpers Magazine. (Page 66)
Systems Thinking and Race Primer (July 2009)
Minority death match: Jews, blacks, and the “post-racial” presidency
john powell discussed Kirwan’s “Fair Recovery” project, related to race and the economic recovery, in the September issue of Harpers Magazine. (Page 66)
Blacks Not Feeling a Fair Recovery from Federal Stimulus, carried by the Washington Informer August 6, 2009, features an interview with john powell, Kirwan Institute executive director.
(This interview was also carried by The Afro Baltimore, The Afro Washington, and The Michigan Chronicle.)
Race as a Distraction
by Marguerite Hattouni Spencer, senior researcher at the Kirwan Institute, August 18, 2009
Racial Profiling – Not Just for Middle-aged Elite University Professors Any More!
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, carried by Imagine2050 - August 11th
Commentary: When Will Recovery Hit Black Neighborhoods?
john powell discusses the role of race in the recession and the recovery with Essence.com - August 10th
Racial Profiling Goes Deeper Than Gates Case
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - July 30th
Racial Profiling Debate Not Over on USA Today - July 22nd
quoted john powell, Executive Director
Will Economic Recovery Reach Black Neighborhoods?
by john powell, executive director of the Kirwan Institute, a commentary on stimulus spending allocation, was published on The Grio - July 14th
Questions of racism also framed past hearings
an op-ed on The Grio by Stephen Menendian, senior legal research associate at Kirwan and Brookes Hammock, legal intern - July 15th
Sotomayor Hearings Are Opportunity to Shift Discourse On Race
by the same authors was carried by RaceWire - July 13th
A Regrettable Misunderstanding
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, carried by Imagine2050 - July 14th
Iran vs. Honduras: The Hypocrisy of the Mainstream Media
an article on RaceWire by Elsadig Elsheikh, research associate with the Kirwan Institute’s international program - July 3rd
The Poverty Artist
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - June 30th
On the Continuing Significance of Race: People’s Exhibit #373
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on imagine2050.org - June 5th
Digest - Race and the Presidential Election
Saturday, May 23, at 4:30 p.m., CSPAN’s Booktv interviewed Hasan Jeffries, Assistant Professor of History with a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute, about his upcoming book, Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt, a look at civil rights reform of the 1960s. (Watch now)
Torture Paintings
by Elsadig Elsheikh, Research Associate at the Kirwan Institute, featured on RaceWire, The ColorLines Blog - May 29th
Are You Poor? There’ll Be An Extra Charge for That
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on RaceWire, The ColorLines Blog - May 27th
Ohio's Death Penalty - Not Exactly Arbitrary
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - May 25th
A Note from Stephen Menendian, Senior Legal Research Associate:
"What is a Racial Classification? Confusion in the Court: A Short Analysis of Ricci v. Destafano Oral Argument"
The Durban Review Conference: Hopefully More Than Words
The Durban Review Conference, the world conference on racism, took place the week of April 20, with many fewer participants than initially expected. Joining the United States, Israel, Canada, Italy, and Australia in announcing boycotts one weekend before the start of the Conference were Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden. (read more ...)
Preliminary Report of the Impact of the Economic Stimulus Plan on Communities of Color - February 25, 2009 UPDATED
Post-Racialism or Targeted Universalism? (pdf file) john a. powell (February 2009)
The Root carried the following article by john powell April 6:
Why the U.S. Must Go to the Race Conference
If President Obama is serious about advancing a positive vision of our nation as a partner in the world, he must go to the World Conference Against Racism.
john powell, executive director of the Kirwan Institute was interviewed on NPR’s “Tell Me More” on February 20 to discuss Attorney General Eric Holder’s comment about race in the U.S. today.
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director of the Kirwan Institute, was quoted Feb. 18 by the Associated Press and other media in response to a speech by Attorney General Eric Holder. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29260098/)
Kirwan Institute’s Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history, discussed the legacy of Lincoln and Obama on BBC Radio 3 Night Waves February 11.
Executive Director john powell was interviewed on NPR’s “Tell Me More” February 11, to discuss, Are We Living In A Post-Racial America?
Opportunity for All conference 2009 features Kirwan Institute's work
Read Reflections on "Opportunity for All" conference - BT Irwan Blog
Kirwan associate Hasan Jeffries, assistant professor of history, was interviewed on WOSU Radio’s Open Line February 3 to discuss how the Obama presidential campaign has its roots in the civil rights era and other American social movements. To listen, click here.
Kirwan Statement on Senator Obama's Victory - November 6, 2008
Outlook for an Obama Presidency: Video analysis by john powell, Executive Director
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Supreme Decisions: Your Vote, Your Rights & the Court |
Indexing Race in the US at the Dawn of the “Age of Obama”
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, was featured as a guest columnist on RaceWire January 27.
"A Referendum on Race" - Read an article by Andrew Grant-Thomas in ColorLines e-magazine
A Vote to Change the World, NYU Press blog by Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Introducing Juror Number Six by Rachel Lyon (click to watch& on-line)
Celebrate World Refugee Day June 20
This year, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) will commemorate World Refugee Day for the eighth time in Washington, DC, and San Francisco in order to draw the public’s attention to the millions of refugees world-wide who are forced to flee their homes.
On June 4, 2008, Executive Director john a. powell received the Abraham Krasnoff Courage and Commitment Award from ERASE Racism.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963
