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Examining Racial Disparities In Beaverton, Alexis D. R. Ball Jun 2014

Examining Racial Disparities In Beaverton, Alexis D. R. Ball

Center to Advance Racial Equity Publications and Reports

Examining Racial Disparities in Beaverton aims to assist the City of Beaverton’s Diversity Advisory Board in understanding the current state of Beaverton’s communities of color as they work to create a “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Plan.” It synthesizes and analyzes available data to describe racial disparities in Beaverton, Oregon through the use of raw data and secondary analysis, reports and communications from the City of Beaverton, and expert interviews. The presentation of data emphasizes a comparison of outcomes for communities of color and the white community with the purpose of highlighting common experiences across communities of color and demonstrating urgency …


Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folkllife Archives Project 654. Chiefly interviews, photographs, slides, and tape logs for a summer 1989 project conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program, in conjunction with other supporting agencies and institutions, about folklife and folklore along the Kentucky River. Project results were presented to the public in two formats: a traveling exhibit and narrative stage presentations.


Expanding The Circle: People Who Care About Ending Racism. We Need Your Help, Ann Curry-Stevens Jan 2014

Expanding The Circle: People Who Care About Ending Racism. We Need Your Help, Ann Curry-Stevens

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

This 24-page booklet is a collection of tools and resources that are designed to assist white learners understand our racist history and the details of 21st century racism in Canada.

Drawing often from tools of educators in Canada and in the USA, the booklet is designed to take learners through a journey of self-discovery, gently asking probing questions and helping white learners come to understand the ways in which they both gain and lose through racism.

It concludes with several sections on taking action – learning ways in which white people can stand in solidarity with people of colour and …