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Getting a Sanctuary City Resolution Passed/ Sample Resolution Language
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2019
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Education
This document includes a sample of resolution language along with a list of links to resolutions that have been passed in cities across the country....
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Right 2 Root Campaign of the Community RE/Construction 3.0 Initiative: Conceptual Designs for Equitable Development in N/NE Portland
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town
State(s) Oregon
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Housing
Black people in Portland have been the most impacted by gentrification and displacement since 2000. The serial forced displacement of low income and communities of color in the name of New Urbanism - urban renewal of historically divested urban cores - is a public health crisis and...
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Students Under Siege: How the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Poverty, and Racism Endanger Our School Children
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Children & Families, Education
The path to prison often begins in childhood and in schools segregated by race and class. Over the past 40 years, American schools with high Black and brown student populations in low-income and poor communities have come to resemble prisons more than places of learning. Behaviors...
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The Road to Zero Wealth: How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America's Middle Class
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
In their 2016 report, The Ever-Growing Gap: Without Change, African American and Latino Families Won’t Match White Wealth for Centuries, the Institute for Policy Studies showed that if current trends continue, it will take 228 years for the average Black family to reach the level...
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Towering Excess: The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom for Bostonians
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Massachusetts
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing
Boston is experiencing a luxury real estate boom, with thousands of new luxury residential and rental units in different stages of development. A decade from now, Boston’s skyline and population demographics will be fundamentally altered by decisions being made today. This boom does...
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The Poor Get Prison: The Alarming Spread of the Criminalization of Poverty
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety
Poor people, especially people of color, face a far greater risk of being fined, arrested, and even incarcerated for minor offenses than other Americans. A broken taillight, an unpaid parking ticket, a minor drug offense, sitting on a sidewalk, or sleeping in a park can all result...
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War Brought Us Here: Organizing for Sanctuary through an Anti-War Lens: A Toolkit
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
This toolkit is designed to help strengthen the sanctuary and refugee rights movements by providing a platform to look at and strengthen sanctuary campaigns and policies through an anti-war lens. The goal is to highlight the role of the U.S.’ actions in producing migration; the multiple...
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I Dream Detroit: The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level State
State(s) Michigan
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development
Rarely do we hear authentic stories about the instrumental roles that women of color play in the revival of Detroit. In Detroit, African American, Asian, Arab and Hispanic women are more than 47 percent of the city's total population. Not surprisingly, there are many women of color...
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Who is Buying Seattle?: The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom for Seattle
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing
Seattle is experiencing a luxury real estate boom, with thousands of new luxury residential and rental units in different stages of development. A decade from now, Seattle’s skyline and population demographics will be fundamentally altered by decisions being made today. This boom...
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The Detention Drain: How Immigration Detention Hurts New Mexico's Economy
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) New Mexico
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
The criminalization of immigration through policies such as the “Zero Tolerance” policy has swelled the numbers of people in U.S. detention centers. Recent reports have exposed the inhumane conditions in these centers, including those that have caused dozens of deaths. Many people...
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Agricultural Cooperatives: Opportunities and Challenges For African American Women In The South
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Food
Agricultural cooperatives are a promising area of economic opportunity for African American women in the rural South, who face some of the sharpest disparities in economic advancement. By increasing the local availability of quality food, these businesses also have the potential to...
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Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
The deep and persistent racial wealth divide will not close without bold, structural reform. In this report, the authors offer 10 bold solutions broken into three categories: Programs, Power and Process. These solutions are designed to strike at the structural underpinnings holding...
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Financial System Change, Not Climate Change
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources
In recent years, some of the most successful campaigns on climate change have focussed on divestment from fossil fuels, the burning of which is predominantly responsible for causing climate change. Putting pressure on banks, pension funds and university endowments can stop – or significantly...
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How States Can Boost Renewables, With Benefits for All
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy
Given the current pushback on responsible climate policy at the federal level, innovative state and local actions will be critical if we are to achieve a just transition to a sustainable economy. The Institute for Policy Studies surveyed the array of measures that can accelerate the...
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Energy Efficiency With Justice
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Energy
Given the current pushback on responsible climate policy at the federal level, innovative state and local action will be critical if we are to achieve a just transition to a sustainable economy. The Institute for Policy Studies is surveying the array of state and local measures that...
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#Black Workers Matter: Organize the South
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
On September 14 and 15, 2015, the Black Worker Initiative of the Institute for Policy Studies held a two-day convening on race and organizing at the historic Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has a decades-long tradition of progressive stands on social...
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Tips for Writing an Op-Ed/ Sample Op-Ed
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Education
This document includes eight tips on how to write an op-ed in addition to a sample op-ed written by Dr. Maha Hilal....
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Pay, Professionalism, & Respect: Black Domestic Workers Continue the Calls for Standards in the Care Industry
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Georgia, North Carolina
Source Institute for Policy Studies
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development
Despite providing a valuable and necessary service to society, domestic workers are not given the pay, protections, or respect that they deserve. For reasons that can be traced back to the slave-era, a large proportion of the domestic work industry is made up of Black women, which...
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