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Opportunity Communities / Housing

The Communities of Opportunity model advocates for a fair investment in all of a region’s people and neighborhoods—to improve the life outcomes of all citizens, and to improve the health of entire regions.

Talking About Race

We agree that all too often implicit and explicit race talk has indeed been used to divide and alienate. At the same time, we believe colorblindness, though sometimes urged by people and organizations with the best intentions, is a mistake.

Structural Racism

Our work operates on the premise that opportunities exist in a complex web of interdependent factors, and that to alleviate inequities in any single area, we must first consider the entire structure that supports these inequities.

Education

We recognize that public education, like every structure in society that confers benefits to individuals unequally based on race and class, is part of a larger system with lifelong implications for both individual and group-based success.

GIS/Maps

Inequality has a geographic footprint. We have pioneered the use of maps to communicate the history and presence of discriminatory and exclusionary policies that spatially segregate people.

Emerging Research

Social justice issues are never static and new challenges and issues are constantly emerging. In addition to our core research areas, the Institute has several emerging research initiatives that are responsive to new issues that have profound impacts on racial and ethnic groups.



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