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The State of African-American Same-sex Couples
A recent report by the Williams Institute is painting a fuller picture of the African-American family by shedding light on same-sex couples within the community. The report used data derived from the…
EVENT: Color of Wealth Summit, April 30-May 1
A live webcast of the Summit will be available here starting at 8:45 AM ET. Follow along and join the conversation via Twitter with @PolicySolutions and #RacialWealthGap. Please click here for more information and…
Disparities with Automatic Adult Prosecutions in Cook County, Illinois
A new study by the Juvenile Justice Initiative reviews three years of data for children under the age of 17 who were automatically tried as adults in Cook County, Illinois. Since 1982…
Students of color less likely to have effective teachers
A new report the Center for American Progress showed that low-income students and students of color were less likely to have “expert teachers.” The study utilized data gathered from two states (Louisiana…
#PLACEMATTERS: RWJF NewPublicHealth Interview with Brian Smedley
PLACE MATTERS is a national initiative of the Joint Center, designed to build the capacity of local leaders around the country to identify and improve social, economic, and environmental conditions that…
EVENT: 11th Annual Health Disparities Leadership Summit
Please click here for more information and to register for the 11th Annual National Summit on Health Disparities. Morgan McLeod is the Program Assistant and New Media Strategist at the…
Coming to the Aid of Minority-Serving Institutions
According to a new study by the Center for American Progress, investing in minority serving institutions (MSIs) is a key factor to the economic success of communities of color– which will be…
Education and Demographic Differences within the Asian & Pacific Islander Community: New Reports
In April, the Center for American Progress and AAPI Data (a project from University of California, Riverside) started to launch a series of reports on how to address the varying needs and disparities within the…
Coordinating Quality and Community-Based Healthcare for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
According to recent statistics from The Sentencing Project and Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than 60% (approximately 1.44 million) of incarcerated individuals are of color in the United States (African American: 36.5%; Latino:…
The critical need for diversity in senior leadership at environmental organizations
See below, Joint Center Senior Energy and Environment Fellow Danielle Deane’s op-ed in the Stanford Social Innovation Review: If you were fighting a war against a well-funded opponent and trying to…