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Video for Beyond Erasure and Profiling: Cultivating Strong and Vibrant Arab American Communities in Chicagoland

Posted on February 20, 2023

On February 13, 2023, UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy and co-sponsor Moraine Valley Community College held an event launching the latest report by IRRPP that captures the conditions and…

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Expecting Inequity: Race, Class, and Reproductive Justice

Posted on February 15, 2023

Join us virtually on March 8th for a conversation about the complex relationship between race and class in the United States with UC-Berkeley Professor Law Khiara M. Bridges.

How We Work Matters: Reflections From A Burned Out Organizer

Posted on February 06, 2023

A recent Beyond Prisons podcast highlights a talk by Kim Wilson about the experience of organizers with boundary setting in movement spaces.

Beyond Erasure and Profiling: Cultivating Strong and Vibrant Arab American Communities in Chicagoland

Posted on January 17, 2023

Join us February 13th for an in-person event at Moraine Valley Community College to launch IRRPP's latest report about Arab Americans in the Chicagoland region. We will have copies of the report available for attendees.

At the left is an image of a phone with a blue screen with text inside describing that The Chicago Community Trust commissioned IRRPP to do a report on Civic Engagement. Next to the phone is an image of the panelists for the podcast with their pictures and titles.

Trust Talks Episode 9: Civic Engagement Through a Racial Equity Lens

Posted on January 13, 2023

A recent Chicago Community Trust podcast discusses findings from IRRPP's latest report Changing the Frame: Civic Engagement Through a Racial Equity Lens

Opinion: A century of data shows who's moving to Chicago, who's leaving—and why

Posted on January 13, 2023

A recent Crain's Chicago Business op-ed discusses findings from IRRPP's report Shifting Population Trends in Chicago and the Chicago Metro Area

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Bowman Lecture with Shawn Ginwright

Posted on January 13, 2023

Join us for this year's Bowman Lecture with Shawn Ginwright, Professor of Education in the Africana Studies Department at San Francisco State who will discuss his latest book The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves.

Race & Reproductive Rights Post-Roe: A Discussion with Author Natalie Moore and Chicago Abortion Fund

Posted on August 26, 2022

Join us in person or virtually on Sept 19th for a conversation about race and reproductive rights in Chicago with WBEZ reporter and author Natalie Moore and Chicago Abortion Fund Communications and Advocacy Manager Alicia Hurtado.

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Video: Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, & Premature Birth

Posted on July 30, 2022

On April 26, 2022, IRRPP and the Department of Medical Education hosted Dr. Dána-Ain Davis as this year's Begando Lecture speaker. Follow this link to find out more and see the video of the event.

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Changing the Frame: Civic Engagement Through A Racial Equity Lens

Posted on July 30, 2022

A new IRRPP report provides an analysis of civic engagement using a racial equity lens to argue for an expanded definition of civic activities that better accounts for how Black, Latinx, and working-class people support their communities.