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Convening & Training Conference – Summary of Workshops

By CAHRO| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 September 16th, 2014|Events|

California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO)
April 25, 2014 Convening & Training Conference – Summary of Workshops

CAHRO is providing a summary of the workshops from its recent April 2014 Convening and Training conference, with a list of topics, speakers and materials from the conference as well as links to materials available elsewhere on the internet.

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Women’s Colleges Drop Barriers to Transgender Students
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 September 9th, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|
During her 17-minute speech at Mount Holyoke College’s convocation, President Lynn Pasquerella stopped twice, tears in her eyes.

http://chronicle.com/article/Women-s-Colleges-Drop/148705/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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The Race Gap in America’s Police Departments
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 September 4th, 2014|Police & Community|
In hundreds of police departments across the country, the percentage of whites on the force is more than 30 percentage points higher than in the communities they serve, according to an analysis of a government survey of police departments. Minorities make up a quarter of police forces, according to the 2007 survey, the most recent

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Evictions Soar in Hot Market; Renters Suffer
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 29th, 2014|Employment & Housing, Intergroup Relations|
MILWAUKEE — Just after 7 a.m., sheriff’s deputies knocked on the door of the duplex apartment, holding a fluorescent orange eviction notice. The process was quick and efficient. A moving crew began to carry out the family’s possessions and stack them neatly at the curb. Celeste Wilson, the tenant, appeared on the front step in

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The Invisible Quality of Whiteness in Our Schools
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 28th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|
Much has been made about recent Census reports highlighting the fact that White students are no longer the numeric majority in U.S. public schools. Awareness of these changes is important, but statistics on students’ racial demographics tell only part of the story. Interviews with educators at a Southern California high school where more than 80

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‘Poor Door’ in a New York Tower Opens a Fight Over Affordable Housing
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 27th, 2014|Employment & Housing, Intergroup Relations|
A 33-story glassy tower rising on Manhattan’s waterfront will offer all the extras that a condo buyer paying up to $25 million would expect, like concierge service, entertainment rooms, and unobstructed views of the Hudson River and miles beyond.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/nyregion/separate-entryways-for-new-york-condo-buyers-and-renters-create-an-affordable-housing-dilemma.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumMediumMediaFloated&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

The New York Times

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In Aftermath of Missouri Protests, Skepticism About the Prospects for Change
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 27th, 2014|Intergroup Relations|
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — On Monday night, just a few hours after Michael Brown was laid to rest, an amiable judge sat in the City Council chambers here and weighed in on the traffic violations and petty crimes, one by one, of more than a hundred people. At least two-thirds of

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CSUN professor creates film for persons with disabilities on how to avoid getting shot by police
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 27th, 2014|Disability, Education, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
Stories of excessive force complaints, officer related shootings, and general police dickery are becoming more and more commonplace in the United States. The tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, have cast new light on the disturbing trend of police officers responding to potential threats from citizens with deadly force. More

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Generation Later, Poor Are Still Rare at Elite Colleges
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 26th, 2014|Education, Intergroup Relations|
As the shaded quadrangles of the nation’s elite campuses stir to life for the start of the academic year, they remain bastions of privilege. Amid promises to admit more poor students, top colleges educate roughly the same percentage of them as they did a generation ago. This is despite the fact that there are many high school seniors from low-income homes with top grades and scores: twice the percentage in the general population as at elite colleges.
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Amid Mourning for Michael Brown, Call for Change
By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 26th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
ST. LOUIS — His gold-and-black coffin was topped by a baseball cap — a palpable, personal reminder of the young man who was fatally shot by a police officer only weeks ago. But the calls from the pulpit were for Michael Brown’s memory to live on in a broad movement

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California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) April 25, 2014 Convening & Training Conference – Summary of Workshops

California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO)
April 25, 2014 Convening & Training Conference – Summary of Workshops