General Race-Based Resources
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American Psychological Association Annotated Bibliography of Psychology and Racism
- Site Summary: The REP is still in the process of digesting this resource. The “annotated bibliography was conceived and developed as a core resource for the 1997 APA Public Interest Miniconvention and National Conversation on Psychology and Racism. The annotated bibliography is structured by three themes… Psychology of Racism, Racism in Psychology, and Psychology of Anti-racism. The bibliography is designed as a resource for psychologists and others interested in understanding and taking action against racism. It focuses primarily on the published psychological literature and to a lesser extent on the published medical literature during 1974 – 1996.” An amazing resource for information on race and psychology.
Applied Research Center
- Site Summary: The Applied Research Center strives to advance “racial justice through research, advocacy and journalism.” This site has information on immigration, education, health, poverty and policy. It also has sections specifically targeted at journalists, researchers and activists. A one-stop-shop for resources to support your race-based advocacy.
Equal Justice Society
- Site Summary: “The Equal Justice Society is a national organization of scholars, advocates, and concerned individuals advancing creative legal strategies and public policy for enduring change. [Their] goal is to reshape jurisprudence to ensure that the rights of all are expanded, rather than diminished, by our courts and policy makers.” The Equal Justice Society is a pioneer in advancing race-based advocacy and the use of social cognition theory. While EJW is in the process of making their web resources more accessible, REP suggests using the site’s search function to find particular articles and documents.
Ethnic Majority
- Site Description: “Ethnic Majority is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering African, Hispanic, and Asian Americans to advance themselves in society and improve their quality of life. [They] do this by focusing on the major challenges that face people of color in a number of critical interest areas.” Ethnic Majority provides listings, links, and summaries of recent articles and studies on race. A good starting point for research on race and equity. Ethnic Majority has a free newsletter to help you stay current.
Institute on Race & Poverty
- Site Summary: “The Institute on Race & Poverty (IRP) investigates the ways that policies and practices disproportionately affect people of color and the disadvantaged. A core purpose for IRP’s work is to ensure that people have access to opportunity. Another is to help the places where people live develop in ways that both promote access to opportunity and help maintain regional stability.” There are several great resources at this website but you need to dig around a little. The REP recommends the Regional Equity Project, the Segregation of Oppurtunities Project, a report documenting race and housing opportunity in Chicago, and the Structural Racism and Multiracial Coalition Building Project.
The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
- Site Summary: The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity’s “ultimate goal is to stimulate and facilitate transformative change to bring about a society that is fair and just for all people.” It approaches this goal “with the understanding that all communities of people are interconnected and that by fostering positive relationships through research, scholarship and collaboration, we will deepen the possibility for change.” The Kirwan Institute is a true pioneer in the fight to achieve equitable results for communities of color and its research and advocacy, particularly around opportunity mapping, represents some of the most innovative and effective advocacy currently being undertaken by advocates for race equity. The Institute also posts all of their PowerPoint presentations on their site. Available presentations cover topics ranging from GIS to framing to structural racism.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- Site Summary: “The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) was founded in 1950 by three giants of the civil rights movement: A. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP; and Arnold Aronson, a leader of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council.” The conference works to “preserve the integrity of the courts; promote an education system that provides the best education possible for every American child; ensure all qualified voters get to vote, and that all votes count; and ensure that everyone is measured by a single yardstick.” The REP loves their Research Center and their summaries of major civil rights Supreme Court decisions.
Legal Services of Northern California Race Disparity Fact Sheet
- Document Description: Legal Services of Northern California prepared this document during the summer of 2007. The document is intended to provide a listing of useful facts related to current racial disparities in the United States. The list draws from a variety of sources.
PolicyLink
- Site Summary: “PolicyLink is a national research and action institute that works collaboratively to develop and implement local, state, and federal policies to achieve economic and social equity. PolicyLink collaborates with a broad range of partners to implement strategies to ensure that everyone ”including those from low-income communities of color ”can contribute to and benefit from economic growth and prosperity.” We love PolicyLink and we think you will too. Take a look at their amazing Equitable Development Toolkit which has more information than we could possibly list. Lastly, PolicyLink’s Community Mapping Toolkit is a “must read” if you are interested in learning about the potential of mapping in advocacy.
Poverty & Race Research Action Committee
- Site Summary: “PRRAC is a civil rights policy organization convened by major civil rights and anti-poverty groups in 1989. PRRAC’s primary mission is to help connect social scientists with advocates working on race and poverty issues, and to promote a research-based advocacy strategy on issues of structural racial inequality.” The website provides access to a huge variety of resources on race and poverty issues. The REP highly recommends the PRRAC newsletter.
Project Implicit
- Site Summary: “Project Implicit represents a collaborative research effort between researchers at Harvard University, the University of Virginia, and University of Washington. While the particular purposes of each study vary considerably, most studies available at Project Implicit examine thoughts and feelings that exist either outside of conscious awareness or outside of conscious control. The primary goals of Project Implicit are to provide a safe, secure, and well-designed virtual environment to investigate psychological issues and, at the same time, provide visitors and participants with an experience that is both educational and engaging.” The REP recommends contributing to the ongoing effort to understand implicit bias. We find that partaking in implicit bias tests provides a meaningful opportunity for self-reflection and growth.