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University of Illinois Chicago

Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy

College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

The Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago promotes and coordinates engaged research on racial and ethnic justice in the U.S.

Race Dot Map of Chicago with circular pattern above it with Economy, Justice, Education, Housing, and Health circles surrounding a central Race circle

Our mission is to increase society’s understanding of the root causes of racial and ethnic inequality and to provide the public, organizers, practitioners, and policymakers with research-based policy solutions. To fulfill that mission, IRRPP funds research on race and ethnicity, trains scholars to participate in policy discussions, collaborates on social justice projects with community organizations, and holds events exploring the link between policy and racial and ethnic injustice.

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The poster has a black background. At the top left in red lettering we have the name of the speaker and then in white text the title of the lecture and the date. Next to that is a large photo of our speaker, Shawn Ginwright, wearing a pink sweater and smiling. Next to him on the right is a graphic with a four leaf design that includes his four pillars for healing leadership. Next to that graphic on the right is a description of the talk. At the far top right of the image is the IRRPP logo.
Video: Shawn Ginwright's Bowman Lecture
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
On April 20, 2023, IRRPP welcomed Shawn Ginwright, Professor of education in the Africana Studies Department and a senior research associate at San Francisco State University, for this year’s Bowman Lecture. Dr. Ginwright…
A black pencil at the top of the image has IRRPP Summer Education Workshop written in white and red letters. Under this in a white band is Advancing Racial Justice in Schools. Below this is the date of the workshop and the location. Below that in smaller writing is a description of the workshop and the logo of IRRPP is at the bottom right of the image. The left of the image consists of a circular photo from a workshop with a school desk in profile below that.
2023 Summer Education Workshop
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Calling all K-12 educators for this year’s Summer Education Workshop, or SEW. This in-person, 4-day workshop will be on June 12th to 15th from 9am to 4pm. SEW is for educators broadly defined…

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Latest Report – Beyond Erasure and Profiling: Cultivating Strong and Vibrant Arab American Communities in Chicagoland Heading link

In this report, we use demographic research, surveys, focus group data, as well as expert commentaries by organizers and academics to analyze how systemic inequities and anti-Arab/anti-Muslim racism affect the lives of Arab Americans in employment, education, health care, housing, and policing. The report engages with the diversity of experiences among Arab American communities and their common challenge in navigating being at once hypervisible as a result of commonplace stereotypes as well as invisible due to being classified as white by government agencies and due to the general lack of knowledge about Arab Americans in our society.

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