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Community Voices: New State Voting Districts In Final Stages, Carroy U. Ferguson Dr. Oct 2011

Community Voices: New State Voting Districts In Final Stages, Carroy U. Ferguson Dr.

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

Last week the Massachusetts Legislature produced redistricting legislation that will forever change the direction of state politics for blacks, Latinos and Asians. By this time next year, the number of state house elected officials of color can increase by 100 percent, from 10 to 20 members. And communities of color will be well positioned to elect a person of color to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in the history of the state.


Le Centre D’Alliances Et Cultures, Esther Wittenberg Oct 2011

Le Centre D’Alliances Et Cultures, Esther Wittenberg

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

L’esprit de accueillance était déjà au bâtiment de centre avant d’il était officiellement le centre d’Alliances et Cultures. La structure était construite aux même temps des autres maisons qui sont dans le même quartier. Il était un projet du HLM, le Habitation à Loyer Modéré, qui construit des maisons pour les familles. Les familles sont locataires et ils paient un loyer modeste. Il était ouvert en 1982 comme un bâtiment où les familles pouvaient rencontre des autres familles au même quartier. Petit à petit, ils ont crée un microsociété, et ont gagné une rassurance de solidarité. Eventuellement, les familles ont …


This Land Is Our Land: The Ngöbe Stuggle For Land, Fran Del Rosario Oct 2011

This Land Is Our Land: The Ngöbe Stuggle For Land, Fran Del Rosario

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Los Ngobes han estado luchando por su tierra por muchos años. En los 1500s, debido al conquista española, Los Ngobes fueron forzados a huir a otras aéreas. Hoy, ellos están luchando por su tierra contra inversión y comercialización. Su tierra es muy importante para ellos porque su manera de vivir viene directamente de su tierra. La construcción de calles adentro y alrededor de su tierra se ha afectado mucho. Entre mas abierta su tierra, mas vlnerable son ellos a contacto con el exterior. Es más difícil preservar su cultura y tradición con proyectos de desarrollo amenazando su manera de vivir …


Resolution, Reinvestment, And Realignment: Three Strategies For Changing Juvenile Justice, Jeffrey A. Butts, Douglas N. Evans Sep 2011

Resolution, Reinvestment, And Realignment: Three Strategies For Changing Juvenile Justice, Jeffrey A. Butts, Douglas N. Evans

Publications and Research

In recent decades, legislators and administrators have created innovative policies to reduce the demand for expensive state confinement and to supervise as many young offenders as possible in their own communities. This report reviews the history and development of these strategies and portrays their methods as following one of three models: resolution, reinvestment, and realignment.


The Employee Free Act Choice: Economic Consequences And Political Implications, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

The Employee Free Act Choice: Economic Consequences And Political Implications, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Ray Flynn's Legacy: American Cities And The Progressive Agenda, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Ray Flynn's Legacy: American Cities And The Progressive Agenda, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Affordable Housing: Lessons From Canada, Peter Dreier, J. David Hulchanski Jun 2011

Affordable Housing: Lessons From Canada, Peter Dreier, J. David Hulchanski

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


A Chicago, La Lutte Syndicale A Payé, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

A Chicago, La Lutte Syndicale A Payé, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


The Phony Case Against Rent Control, Peter Dreier, John Atlas Jun 2011

The Phony Case Against Rent Control, Peter Dreier, John Atlas

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Housing The Working Poor, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Housing The Working Poor, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Guest View: Vote Of Confidence In Public Schools, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Guest View: Vote Of Confidence In Public Schools, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Rosa Parks: Angry, Not Tired, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Rosa Parks: Angry, Not Tired, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Athletes Deserve To Be Heard On Significant Political Issues, Kelly Candaele, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Athletes Deserve To Be Heard On Significant Political Issues, Kelly Candaele, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Progressive Jews Organize, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Progressive Jews Organize, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Tesco Faces Test In L.A. Ambitions, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Tesco Faces Test In L.A. Ambitions, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Why Advocates For Economic And Racial Justice Need The Employee Free Choice Act, Peter Dreier, Gary Flowers Jun 2011

Why Advocates For Economic And Racial Justice Need The Employee Free Choice Act, Peter Dreier, Gary Flowers

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Social Justice Philanthropy: Can We Get More Bang For The Buck?, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Social Justice Philanthropy: Can We Get More Bang For The Buck?, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Community Reinvestment, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

The Future Of Community Reinvestment, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Memphis Murder Mystery? No, Just Mistaken Identity, Xavier De Souza Briggs, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Memphis Murder Mystery? No, Just Mistaken Identity, Xavier De Souza Briggs, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Katrina And Power In America, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Katrina And Power In America, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Connecting The Parks To The Community And The Community To The Parks, Andrea M. Azuma, Robert B. Gottlieb, Mark Vallianatos, Jessica K. Gudmundson, Amanda L. Shaffer, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Connecting The Parks To The Community And The Community To The Parks, Andrea M. Azuma, Robert B. Gottlieb, Mark Vallianatos, Jessica K. Gudmundson, Amanda L. Shaffer, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


America's Urban Crisis A Decade After The Los Angeles Riots, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

America's Urban Crisis A Decade After The Los Angeles Riots, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


The Case Against The California Tribal Casino Compact Amendments, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

The Case Against The California Tribal Casino Compact Amendments, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


The Grocery Union Gets It Bagged, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

The Grocery Union Gets It Bagged, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


The Position Of The Press In The U. S. Power Structure, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

The Position Of The Press In The U. S. Power Structure, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Foreclosing On The Free Market, John Atlas, Peter Dreier, Gregory D. Squires Jun 2011

Foreclosing On The Free Market, John Atlas, Peter Dreier, Gregory D. Squires

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Lessons From The Health-Care Wars, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Lessons From The Health-Care Wars, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


California's Single-Payer Initiative: What Went Wrong?, Peter Dreier, Matthew Glasser Jun 2011

California's Single-Payer Initiative: What Went Wrong?, Peter Dreier, Matthew Glasser

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


What Is A Reasonable Compromise On Health Care Reform?, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

What Is A Reasonable Compromise On Health Care Reform?, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


L.A. Voters Sent Signal On Urgency Of Providing More Affordable Housing, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

L.A. Voters Sent Signal On Urgency Of Providing More Affordable Housing, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.