Releases

In a media briefing today in Dallas, TX, national racial justice organization Race Forward announced key speakers and details for the upcoming Facing Race National Conference. Local partner Dallas Faces Race highlighted local Dallas engagement in preparation for the conference and long-term racial equity capacity building.

Life Cycles of Inequity: A Colorlines Series on Black Men

May 13, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rebekah Spicuglia
media@raceforward.org

Life Cycles of Inequity: A Colorlines Series on Black Men
How Injustice Shapes Lives From Birth to Death

Race Forward Announces Akiba Solomon as New Editorial Director for Colorlines

March 5, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rebekah Spicuglia
media@raceforward.org

RACE FORWARD ANNOUNCES AKIBA SOLOMON AS NEW EDITORIAL DIRECTOR FOR COLORLINES
Former Editorial Director Kai Wright Named Editor-at-Large

Moving the Race Conversation Forward

January 22, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Rebekah Spicuglia
media@raceforward.org
646-490-2772

NEW REPORT: Moving the Race Conversation Forward

Race Forward Research Presents Solutions for Real Race Talk

Facing Race National Conference Opens Registration for 2014

November 12, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Rebekah Spicuglia
media@raceforward.org
646-490-2772

Facing Race National Conference Opens Registration for 2014

Largest Racial Justice Conference to be held in Dallas TX

Applied Research Center Rebrands as Race Forward

November 6, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Rebekah Spicuglia
media@raceforward.org
646-490-2772

APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER REBRANDS AS RACE FORWARD

National Racial Justice Organization Urges Explicit Dialogue on Race

Leading Racial Justice Organizations Release Guide, Data Repository on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

July 31, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rebekah Spicuglia
media@raceforward.org

July 31, 2013 (Washington, DC) — The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) and the Applied Research Center (ARC) released today a comprehensive guide for researchers, think tanks, and policymakers on how to best document and report on the diversity, challenges and needs of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AA & NHPI) communities.

Southern Movements Across Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

June 4, 2013

New Report by the Applied Research Center Presents Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations

Organizations deliver 70K petitions calling on The New York Times to Drop the I-Word

April 23, 2013

Undocumented immigrants and their allies insist the Grey Lady get with the times

The Applied Research Center Celebrates Associated Press Decision to Drop the I-Word

April 3, 2013

April 3, 2013 (New York, NY) – The Applied Research Center (ARC) applauds the Associated Press decision to eliminate the phrase “illegal immigrant” from its 2013 Stylebook and calls on other institutions to do the same. A watershed moment in ARC’s Drop the I-Word campaign against dehumanizing language, the Stylebook change will have a tremendous impact on newspaper and other media coverage around the country.

ARC Releases New Report on Good Food and Labor Movements

July 10, 2012

Recommends Better Collaboration To Advance Racial and Economic Equity

New Study Offers Insights about Young Progressives' Views on Activism and Race

May 23, 2012

May 24, 2012 (New York, NY) -- Through a series of focus groups in key cities with Occupy participants and other activists aged 18-30, the Applied Research Center today released findings on young people’s motivations for engaging in activism, concerns about electoral politics, and thoughts on the extent to which race and racism should be an explicit part of current struggles for economic justice. The report also provides recommendations on key ways to engage millennials of all races/ethnicities in social justice work.

ARC Announces New Webinars and Speaker Line-up for Racial Justice National Conference

May 9, 2012

A leader in the racial justice movement, the Applied Research Center (ARC) today announced a schedule of upcoming webinars and speaker line-up for its Facing Race national conference, with a new promotional video presented by ARC Executive Director Rinku Sen, including testimonials from Melissa Harris Perry, Maria Teresa Kumar, Van Jones, and Ai-jen Poo. Facing Race will be held in Baltimore, MD, from November 15-17, with Junot Díaz keynoting. Registration and information is available at facingraceconference.org.