Newsletters

• Spring 2002, Volume 4, Number 1
  • “Breaking Barriers, Building Democracy” Conference investigated barriers to U.S. dream of democracy conference speakers: Alexander Keyssar, Paul Wellstone, Peter Edelman
  • State of our democracy: We must encourage participation by all members, by john powell.
  • Grass-roots level is where change is born
  • State of our democracy
  • Contributions
  • Population increases alone won't change U.S. into a majority-minority nation
  • Beyond Durban: Measuring efforts to eliminate racism around the world, By Lindsay Jones
  • Meet IRP Board Member Chester Hartman
  • IRP releases new report on metro dynamics
• Fall 2001, Volume 3, Number 2
  • Executive Director's Message: You're invited to Citizens for Democracy Conference 2001, by john a. powell
    
  • A white teacher's perspective on the effects of racial expectations in the classroom, by Julie Landsman
    
  • Census data illustrate minority population growth in Twin Cities, By Eric Myott
    
  • In Pursuit of a Dream Deferred: Linking Housing and Education Policy - IRP staff members author and edit book on the links between housing and education segregation
    
  • Contributions
    
• Winter 2001, Volume 3, Number 1
  • IRP explores criminal justice system’s disproportionate impact on minorities - by john a. powell
    
  • Institutional, not mechanical, failures are responsible for disenfranchising voters - by john a. powell
    
  • Meet Board Member Nancy Denton - by Lisa Jabaily
    
  • Changing the public discourse on race and poverty issues - by Gavin Kearney
    
  • IRP initiative works to connect Smart Growth and racial justice - by Vina Kay
  • News & Views
    • Election system abused the rights of minority voters
      
    • If not the courts, whom can we trust?
      
    • Racing the Social Security Debate
      
    • powell participates in NPR's "Talk of the Nation" program in Charlotte
      
• Spring/Summer 2000, Volume 2, Number 1
  • Message from the Executive Director - john a. powell: Educational integration is key to a successful multicultural society
  • Dr. Edmund Gordon speaks on future of race and education - by Lynn Ingrid Nelson
  • Local leaders assess accountability and self-interest in education - by Lisa Jabaily
  • Meet IRP Advisory Board Member Frederick W. Smith - by Lisa Jabaily
  • IRP releases national study on educational integration initiatives - Student Voices across the Spectrum: The Educational Integration Initiatives Project.
  • IRP plans a conference on transforming public discourse
  • Book Review - Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism - by S. P. Udayakumar
  • Suggested Reading
  • The impacts of globalization on racial and ethnic minorities
  • Urban woes, ecological blight: Civil-rights activists,conservationists share same goals - by john powell
  • How sprawl makes us poor - by john powell. full article
  • Latest foe of sprawl: minorities in city core. Excerpts from June 16, 2000 article by Craig Savoye, which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor.
• Fall/Winter 2000, Volume 1, Number 3
  • Message from Executive Director - Achieving Racial Justice: What's Sprawl Got To Do With It? by john powell
  • Announcing IRP's criminal justice and anti-racial bias project
  • Recommended Reading: Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America
  • IRP Gets the Word Out on Racial Justice Issues - speech summaries
    • Beyond Tolerance: A Call to Action
    • Growing Pains: Making Sense of Sprawl
    • Children's Human Rights
  • Contributions
  • The International Leadership Institute (ILI) presented IRP Executive Director john powell with a 1999 Leadership Award on Nov. 16.
  • IRP News & Views - Article Excerpts
    • Achieving racial justice: What's sprawl got to do with it?
    • What we need to do about the 'burbs
      
    • Race, Poverty and Urban Sprawl: Access to Opportunities through Regional Strategies
    • We can't claim there is a surplus yet ignore housing needs of the poor
  • On May 19 and 20, the Grassroots Innovative Policy Program (GRIPP) will host "Race Rules: Equity, Justice, and Public Policy" in Washington D.C.
• Summer 1999, Volume 1, Number 2
  • Message from Executive Director, john a. powell - Communities of color must understand the repercussions of political fragmentation and regionalism without representation
  • Education & Advocacy - Affordable Housing Task Force Makes Recommendations
  • National Researcher William Trent shares evidence of the benefits of integrated education
  • Analysis of programs and policies to combat poverty and segregation published by IRP
  • Concentrated Poverty report released in September. To describe concentrated poverty, and explain the different factors that play a role in it, IRP has completed Concentrated Poverty: Causes, Effects and Solutions.
  • The full report on "Welfare to Work: How are we doing? Where do we go from here?" is now available.
  • Contributions
  • Meet IRP Advisory Board Member Dorreen Yellow Bird
  • John Calmore publishes article on role of lawyers
  • ...Sprawl is "the most important civil rights issue of the '90s." From a news article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - June 3, 1999
  • Residential segregation is closely tied to economic segregation - From a commentary by John Telford, IRP advisor, and john powell in the Detroit Free Press - May 5, 1999
• Winter 1999, Volume 1, Number 1
  • Message from the Executive Director - john a. powell
  • Welfare to Work Summit looks at welfare reform in Minnesota
  • john powell leads Minneapolis Affordable Housing Task Force
  • To address the lack of affordable housing: Without a broad approach, efforts can worsen problem. Excerpt from a commentary by john powell, which appeared in the Star Tribune on Jan. 23, 1999.
  • Neighborhood schools threaten integration progress. Excerpt - by john powell and Marguerite Spencer. St. Paul Pioneer Press Feb. 4, 1999.
  • Opportunity Mapping for the Minneapolis Foundation ‘Building Better Futures’ Initiative
  • Concentrated Poverty: Causes, Effects and Solutions
  • Paul Jargowsky, an assistant professor of political economy at the University of Texas, Dallas joined the Institute’s Advisory Board in November.

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