The Accidental American

The Accidental American is a book about the challenges and contradictions of U. S. immigration policy. Author Rinku Sen tells this story of an "accidental American"—coauthor Fekkak Mamdouh, a Moroccan-born waiter working in the World Trade Center until 9/11
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Underprotected, Undersupported

Released April 2009. Report on low-income children at risk. Double standards in childcare endanger the health and safety of low-income children at facilities exempted from licensing.
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Green Equity Toolkit: Advancing Race, Gender and Economic Equity in the Green Economy

  ARC releases two *new* Green Case Studies that profile winning formulas for jobs creation to improve our communities while helping the planet.
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Race and Recession Report

This report tells the stories of people of color who are disproportionately affected by the recession. It uncovers the root causes and proposes solutions. Watch the Video. Read the Report. Take action.
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Compact for Racial Justice: An Agenda for Fairness and Unity

Listen to the bi-weekly series of conference calls hosted by the Applied Research Center. 
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Press Room

September 15, 2010
Image New Study Examines Relationship between Racial Justice Organizations and LGBT Communities
July 17, 2010
Image Rinku Sen, ARC Executive Director, publishes article on using transformational goals to measure racial equity work in the third volume of the Critical Issues Forum series.    

Media

May 10, 2010
ImageWhat the state's new immigration law teaches us about the dissembling language of bias in the 21st century.
May 06, 2010
Image The Colorlines TV show on economic recovery for communities of color is hosted by Chris Rabb from Afro-Netizen, and will re-run on FSTV, May 7-9.

Research

September 14, 2010
Image Better Together: Research Findings on the Relationship between Racial Justice Organizations and LGBT Communities  September 15, 2010
May 18, 2009
Image This report tells the stories of people of color who are disproportionately affected by the recession. It uncovers the root causes and proposes solutions. Watch the Video. Read the Report. Take action.

Activism

April 12, 2010
ImageGreen Job Guidebook Created to Show Best practices for Job Training Programs Across California.
November 08, 2008
ImageListen to the bi-weekly series of conference calls hosted by the Applied Research Center. 

Updates About ARC

September 22, 2010
ImageARC’s Midwest Director & Program Director of the Racial Justice Leadership Action Network will speak at the Neighborhood Funders Group annual conference  on September 29 – October 1.
August 12, 2010
ImageThe Applied Research Center is seeking a Research and Multimedia Intern for Fall 2010 in New York.

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Economy & Green Jobs
Education
  • childcare.jpg Released April 2009. Report on low-income children at risk. Double standards in childcare endanger…
  • California School Vouchers Will Increase Racial Inequality. by Tammy Johnson, Libero Della Piana and Phyllida Burlingamea. October, 2000. Executive Summary.

  • Expanding the Constituency for Comprehensive Sexuality Education
    By Rinku Sen and Kim Fellner, commissioned by the Ms. Foundation for Women.…

Health
Immigration
  • Despite a surge in discrimination, the crisis for immigrant and refugee communities remains relatively invisible to the general public.
  • Dramatic demographic changes in the U.S. population, evidenced by the 2000 census, have generated a lot of excitement about the…

  • In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It's racist, and it gets results.  Here, then, are…
Legislative Reportcards
Multi-racial Coalitions
Philanthropy
  • pre_cover_web.jpgCatalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment. The Applied Research Center (ARC)…
  • Foundation Giving and Communities of Color. By Will Pittz and Rinku Sen.

Poverty & Welfare
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Facing Race Conference
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Training
  • Racing to War is a three-part discussion series designed to help organizations examine the racial impact of the “war on…

  • Assessing our Options in the Aftermath of the September 11th Tragedy. A Curriculum from the Applied Research Center available as…

  • THE RACIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (RJLI) strengthens the capacity ofcommunity-based organizations,training intermedi- aries,and individual activists to engage in education and…

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