Research Reports
Expanding the Constituency for Comprehensive Sexuality Education
By Rinku Sen and Kim Fellner, commissioned by the Ms. Foundation for Women.
10 Key Recommendations for Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health.
From Closing the Gap: Solutions to Race-Based Health Disparities
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1. Eliminate disparities in access to health insurance.
2. Improve health care in medically underserved areas, which are often communities of color.
3. Develop health care institutions that are welcoming and respectful to people of differentraces and ethnicities.
4. Track racial disparities in health care provision.
5. Provide medical interpretation services for all clinical encounters.
6. Improve access to traditional and non-Western treatments.
7. Adopt and enforce policies that promote safety and health.
8. Include public health experts and community organizations in community development and planning processes.
9. Provide funding and support for improved nutrition, physical education, and health education in schools.
10. Support programs that incorporate cultural traditions. |
2005 Legislative Report Card on Race. Support the California Racial Equity Initiative.By Menachem Krajcer and Tammy Johnson.
Prepared by Gary Delgado, Applied Research Center for the National Rural Funders Collaborative, April 2005.
2004 Legislative Report Card on Race. By Menachem Krajcer and Tammy Johnson.
An Evaluation of the Parent and Youth Education Policy Collaborative.
An Evaluation of the Ford Foundation's Collaborations that Count Initiative
By Mattie Weiss. Excerpted from the Introduction: In Chicago, African American youth actively support the rights of undocumented students, while Latino students join Black youth in their fight against racial profiling.
A Guide for Journalists. The print edition of this publication is SOLD OUT. To download this report in PDF format, complete the form on this page.
How California's CalWORKs Keeps Families Poor. For immediate release. July 14, 2003 contact: Menachem Krajcer (510) 653-3415. CDSS Director Rita Saenz on Notice: Investigate CalWORKs Illegal Activities
Stories of Racial Profiling and the Attack on Civil Liberties. Community Testimony presented Saturday, May 10, 2003.
Despite a surge in discrimination, the crisis for immigrant and refugee communities remains relatively invisible to the general public.
Bi-National Research Project on Social Change Initiatives in the Philippines and the United States. By Francis Calpotura, ARC Visiting Fellow, May 2003.
This 116-page study presents general observations, key lessons, and recommendations on a range of multiracial models and experiences from a hard-fought enviromental alliance between whites and Native Americans, to racial profiling in Northern California, to the interplay between different constituencies of color in campaign coalitions, to the challenges and achievements of the Rainbow Coalition.
How San Diego Schools Undermine Latino & African American Student Achievement. April 2002.
Dramatic demographic changes in the U.S. population, evidenced by the 2000 census, have generated a lot of excitement about the potential for multicultural community building.
How Zero Tolerance Policies and High Stakes Testing Subvert Academic Excellence and Racial Equity.
Welfare Privatization. This report examines the beneficiaries of the privatization of welfare: the corporate elite and other small but growing businesses. The report also looks at the efficacy and failures of the privatization of welfare.
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An Examination of Racial Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools. Executive Summary.
This report examines seven principles that laid the groundwork for the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act that ended the government guarantee of welfare assistance to low-income families. The report provides an overview and history of each fallacy used to support welfare reform as well as the actual result of the policies.
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