Registration is open for the October 19-20 conference of the National Coalition on School Diversity, A Struggle We Must Win: Advancing School Integration through Activism, Youth Voice, and Policy Reform. $100 for general registration, $50 for students. Sessions will be held at Columbia Teachers College, NYU, and at selected K-12 schools around New York City. Register here. … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 10, 2017): NCSD 2017! and EJ at EPA
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (July 13, 2017): New P&R, confronting deregulation
Confronting Deregulation : As the Trump Administration's attack on the "Administrative State" (i.e. the federal government) continues, we are tracking emerging threats and sharing advocacy resources - with a particular focus on our primary areas of work in housing, education and environmental health. See our page on Civil Rights in the Deregulatory State, including a short … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 13, 2017): New P&R, confronting deregulation
PRRAC Update (June 22, 2017): Regulatory havoc continues
Responding to regulatory "reform": We submitted coalition comments in response to a HUD Notice titled "Reducing Regulatory Burden; Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda", seeking suggestions for regulations to eliminate or streamline, pursuant to two Trump Administration Executive Orders. Our comments pointed out, inter alia, that HUD was not legally authorized to eliminate … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 22, 2017): Regulatory havoc continues
PRRAC Update (June 9, 2017): Trump’s education budget; MTW; Loving!
PRRAC is hiring! See the announcement for our Law and Policy Fellowship here. Trump's education budget - choice or segregation? Apropos of this week's budget hearings, PRRAC's Kim Hall and Mike Hilton comment in the Philanthropy News Digest's blog. MTW expansion: We submitted comments on the need for transparency and civil rights monitoring in HUD's … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 9, 2017): Trump’s education budget; MTW; Loving!
PRRAC Update (May 18, 2017): The Color of Law; housing mobility; protecting the administrative state
The Color of Law : Please join us for an important book talk in DC on Thursday, June 8th - the Economic Policy Institute and PRRAC present Richard Rothstein as he discusses his new book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Ted Shaw of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) will … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 18, 2017): The Color of Law; housing mobility; protecting the administrative state
