PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy - Poverty & Race Research Action Council

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a civil rights law and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote research-based advocacy strategies to address structural inequality and disrupt the systems that disadvantage low-income people of color. PRRAC was founded in 1989, through an initiative of major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups seeking to connect advocates with social scientists working at the intersection of race and poverty…Read More

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COVID-19 and Housing

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

Disparate Impact (Discriminatory Effects Standard)

Housing and Schools: The Importance of Engagement for Educators and Education Advocates (NEA & PRRAC, April 2019)

Fair Housing

State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated May 2020)

Crafting a Strong and Effective Source of Income Discrimination Law (PRRAC, March 2020)

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School Diversity

Model State School Integration Policies (NCSD & PRRAC, May 2020)

Title I Funding and School Integration (NCSD, November 2019)

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Environmental Justice

2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Related Housing Issues (Lily Milwit, Megan Haberle, & Ndidi Anekwe, September 2019)

The Call for Environmental Justice Legislation: An Annotated Bibliography (Jennifer Bisgaier & Jennifer Pollan, July 2018)

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