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Racial Justice
Shaun Ossei-Owusu on ‘velvet rope discrimination’
Shaun Ossei-Owusu on ‘velvet rope discrimination’
The Presidential Professor of Law at Penn Carey Law explores the civil rights’ implications of pervasive race, gender, and sex discrimination in bars, nightclubs, and restaurants.
Patient-reported racism and emergency care
Patient-reported racism and emergency care
A new study by Penn LDI fellows used text messaged-based surveys to assess patient emergency department experience, including the impact of race.
Beyond America’s racial fault line
Beyond America’s racial fault line
Professor of practice Ben Jealous discussed race, politics, America’s long history of interracial collaboration, and his new book with Camille Z. Charles during a co-sponsored event at Kelly Writers House.
‘Fight for it:’ Nikole Hannah-Jones on abolition, reparation, and building a more just future
‘Fight for it:’ Nikole Hannah-Jones on abolition, reparation, and building a more just future
Nikole Hannah-Jones, award-winning journalist and author of the 1619 Project, delivered the 22nd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice on Jan. 25 in conversation with Sarah Jackson of the Annenberg School for Communication.
‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration
‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration
At the Interfaith Commemoration and award ceremony, student speakers and performers reflected on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and six Penn community members were honored for working towards positive social change.
The 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is back in person
The 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is back in person
With lectures, community service projects, and informational events, the Day of Service and Commemorative Symposium unites the Penn community through social change.
A more equitable society starts with social justice
A more equitable society starts with social justice
The Social Justice Scholars Program at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice is broadening access to graduate student education.
Five ways to give this holiday season
Five ways to give this holiday season
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy identifies strategies for donors seeking to do more good.
Kimberly Cárdenas on intersectional politics in political science
Kimberly Cárdenas on intersectional politics in political science
Doctoral candidate Kimberly Cárdenas considers the growing numbers of LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx Americans—and how they participate in the political process.
At Engaging Minds, three Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors take the stage
Alumni heard Lance Freeman examine racial equity in city planning, Dolores Albarracín talk about how conspiracy theories take hold, and Kevin Johnson discuss the importance of clear science communication.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
America’s blueprint for urban inequity was drawn in Philly. It failed Black Philadelphians
Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta of the Weitzman School of Design sees an opportunity for Philadelphia to reset with an antiracist foundation, using Sankofa urban planning to incorporate Black history as a guide toward the future.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Affirmative action’s future waits as SCOTUS hears arguments
Cara McClellan of Penn Carey Law calls the claims that race-conscious admissions are unconstitutional a direct attack on more than 40 years of legal precedent.
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Associated Press
‘We’re triaging’: Cops combat violent crime as ranks dwindle
Ben Struhl of the School of Arts & Sciences says that violent crime is rising for reasons separate from social justice protests.
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WITF.org
A councilman in Reading wants the city to implement reparations for slavery
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences notes that nearly a dozen mayors in cities across the country have pledged to pilot reparations programs in their cities.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Let’s help a Penn professor get the U.S. to declare racism a public health crisis
Walter Palmer of the School of Social Policy & Practice doesn’t just want to call racism a public health crisis; he wants the country to do something about it.
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The New York Times
A secret city with a secret African American history
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on a reported 7,000 African Americans from the Deep South who were recruited to work on the Manhattan Project starting in 1942.
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