PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
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By Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star
Over the years I have attended many discussions on race relations in Kansas City and across the U.S.
Although little seems to be accomplished, it is important to learn from others on touchy racial topics. The Black Lives Matter movement is among them. For nearly two years it has brought needed attention to the police killings of unarmed black males, first in Ferguson, Mo., and then nationwide.
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
