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LINK DESCRIPTION American Bar Association's Commission on Ethnic & Racial Diversity "We are a diverse group of committed lawyers that, through work and programs, are the catalyst for creating leadership and economic opportunities for racially and ethnically diverse lawyers within the ABA and the legal profession." blackprof.com Site for the Black Law Professors Blog. Includes contributions by Richard Banks, Paul Butler, Devon Carbado, Darren Hutchinson, Sherrilyn Ifill, Tracey Meares, Spencer Overton, Dorothy Roberts, and Adrien Wing. Many interesting articles, links to related sites, and updates on recent scholarship. The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture Diversity Challenge Conference 2004
October 15-16, 2004 on Boston College main campus in Chestnut Hill, MA
The pragmatic focus of the 2004 Diversity Challenge is the presentation of developments in racial and cultural research, theory, and community and social justice initiatives with the goal of identifying strategies and overcoming challenges of making race and culture matter in community-focused interventions.
For more information visit the conference website at:
www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/isprc/dc/program.html
Email:diversity.challenge@bc.edu, or call 617-552-6139 x 1Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund MALDEF's mission is to foster sound public policies, laws and programs to safeguard the civil rights of the 40 million Latinos living in the United States and to empower the Latino community to fully participate in our society. Minnesota Legal Diversity Minnesota Legal Diversity was created to showcase a vibrant Minnesota community of diverse practitioners and law students across the spectrum of practice areas. It is the result of an innovative collaboration of the Minnesota Minority Bar Summit. National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium NAPALC works to advance the legal and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans through litigation, public education and public policy. A nationally recognized voice on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans, NAPALC focuses its expertise on anti-Asian violence prevention and education, voting rights, immigration, naturalization, affirmative action, language rights and the census. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The NAACP works at the national, regional, and local level to secure civil rights through advocacy for supportive legislation and by the implementation of our strategic Initiatives. The NAACP also stands poised to defend civil rights wherever and whenever they are threatened. National Legal Aid and Defender Association NLADA serves the equal justice community in two major ways: providing first-rate products and services and as a leading national voice in public policy and legislative debates on the many issues affecting the equal justice community. Also serves as a resource for those seeking more information on equal justice in the United States. National Urban League The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. People for the American Way - Civil & Voting Rights PFAW is committed to the preservation of civil rights. It closely monitors civil rights and election reform legislation in the states and on Capitol Hill. The Racial Fairness Project The Ohio Commission on Racial Fairness was commissioned by the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio State Bar Association to "identify racial bias where it exists and propose methods for eliminating it from the legal profession and the justice system." The Project conducts public education events to raise public and professional awareness of issues surrounding race and ethnicity in the justice system, and to encourage community members to become involved in a variety of ways in justice system reform. Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, the Center is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.
LINK DESCRIPTION FindLaw Legal Subjects: Civil Rights, Race, and Ethnicity This page has a list of links to websites that deal with issues relating to race and the law. Flex Your Rights Flex Your Rights provides information about what to do during police encounters to ensure that your Constitutional rights are protected. It also contains statistics on racial profiling. Harvard University - Civil Rights Project The mission of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University is to help renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action, and by becoming a preeminent source of intellectual capital and a forum for building consensus within that movement. Institute for the Study of Race, Law, and Public Policy The Institute is dedicated to research, teaching and service, and seeks to effect change by comprehending the condition of historically underrepresented people of color as they are affected by, and they affect, law and public policy. National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Hate Crimes The NCJRS Hate Crimes website has information about statistics, legislation, teaching resources, and publications relating to hate crimes in the United States. Northeastern University - Racial Profiling Data Collection This site is designed to be a central racial profiling clearinghouse for police agencies, legislators, community leaders, social scientists, legal researchers, and journalists to access information about current data collection efforts, legislation and model policies, police-community initiatives, and methodological tools that can be used to collect and analyze data. Ohio State University - Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity The Kirwan Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute, and is dedicated to deepening understanding of racial and ethnic disparities and how to solve them. Professor C. Keith Wingate's Race & the Law Links This website by UC-Hastings law professor C. Keith Wingate provides a comprehensive list of links dealing with race and the law. It also has pages devoted to links dealing with issues relating to African Americans, American Indians, Latina/o Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, and affirmative action. Profiles in Injustice Profiles In Injustice catalogs data on racial profiling - the controversial use of race or ethnic appearance to predict criminal behavior. The site lists state & federal data on profiling as well as related legislation. Tolerance.org Tolerance.org, a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is an online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating communities that value diversity. UC Berkeley School of Law, Center for Social Justice The Center for Social Justice at the UC Berkeley School of Law is a research and teaching center dedicated to exploring effective ways for the law to fulfill our nation's promise of equality for all people in our society. U.S. Department of State - Civil Rights in the United States This website is a resource for current events related to civil rights in the United States. It contains news updates, information about museums and historic places, and policy initiatives. U.S. Department of State - Diversity in the United States This website is a resource for current events related to diversity in the United States. It contains news updates, information about museums and historic places, and policy initiatives. UCLA - Critical Race Studies This is the website for the critical race studies concentration at UCLA's law school. UCLA is the first American law school to offer an advanced critical race theory curriculum. University of Dayton - Race, Healthcare, and the Law Race, Health Care, and the Law is dedicated to improving the health status of persons who are discriminated against based on race and/or ethnicity. This site is designed to provide information for legislators, policy makers, lawyers, health care professionals and consumers examine race, health and human rights. University of Dayton - Race, Racism, and the Law The Race, Racism and the Law website, developed by law professor Vernelia Randall, considers race, racism and racial distinctions in the law. It examines the role of domestic and international law and its effects on racism. The site includes statutes, cases, excerpts of law review articles, annotated bibliographies and other documents related to race and the law. University of Illinois - Center for African Studies The Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois is one of the leading African studies programs in the United States. The Center has an Africana library collection, a wide range of course offerings, instruction in six African languages, and an interdisciplinary Master of Arts degree program. University of Minnesota - Institute on Race and Poverty The Institute's ultimate goal is to change policies and practices that affect the well-being of low-income communities of color. It. collaborates with many advocacy groups and community organizations, national, state and local government officials, as well as religious, philanthropic, and business leaders, and media representatives. University of Virginia - Center for the Study of Race and Law The Center provides opportunities to examine and exchange ideas related to race and law. It promotes courses, public lectures, scholarly workshops, symposia, and informal discussions. It also offers a concentration of courses on race and law. Vernellia R. Randall's homepage An eclectic collection of poetry, music, essays and the musing of one African American woman on race, gender, health care, law, and legal education
LINK DESCRIPTION South Africa Study Abroad This website describes UF's South Africa Study Abroad program. The program focuses on South African and human rights law. The program allows students to study law amidst the historic legal, political and social changes occurring in South Africa. University of Florida - African American Studies Program This is the website for the University of Florida's certificate program in African American Studies. The curriculum focuses on the historical and socio-cultural experience of the African American. University of Florida - Asian Studies Program This is the website for the University of Florida's program in Asian Studies. It offers a major and minor and encourages student outreach. University of Florida - Office of Multicultural Affairs This office strives to provide a safe environment that supports and encourages acceptance and appreciation of various cultures and heritages that comprise the university community.
LINK DESCRIPTION Harvard University - Project Implicit It is well known that people don't always 'speak their minds', and it is suspected that people don't always 'know their minds'. This web site presents a method that demonstrates the conscious-unconscious divergences much more convincingly than has been possible with previous methods. This new method is called the Implicit Association Test, or IAT for short. University of Florida - Asian Pacific American Law Student Association APALSA is an organization of law students interested in the growth of the Asian legal community and in the development of Asian and Asian-American-related legal issues. University of Florida - Black Law Students Association BLSA is an organization of law students interested in the growth of the African American legal community. University of Florida - African American Studies Program This is the website for the University of Florida's certificate program in African American Studies. The curriculum focuses on the historical and socio-cultural experience of the African American. University of Florida - Gator Chapter of the NAACP UF's Chapter of the NAACP initiates, coordinates and participates in projects designed to improve the quality of life in and around the campus. The organization addresses civil ills. University of Florida - Multicultural Student Organizations This is a list of links to the multicultural student organizations affiliated with the University of Florida.
LINK DESCRIPTION Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Archive This Manchester University website was founded specifically to combat racist ideas about black people and contains leaflets, books and videos, based on the lives and experiences of black people the world over. Canadian Race Relations Foundation The Canadian Race Relations Foundation produces a variety of publications on racism and racial discrimination, including fact sheets, newsletters and research reports. See the Publications section to access the race relations bibliography database, as well as a list of contract and commissioned researches. Independent Race and Refugee News Network The IRR aims to provide professionals in the voluntary sector, activists, students and interested individuals with a rich and dynamic news and information resource on race and refugee issues in the UK and the rest of Europe. South African Institute of Race Relations The South African Institute of Race Relations stands for constitutional and economic liberalism by promoting respect for individual rights, the rule of just law, democratic governance, free enterprise, the creation of opportunities for the poor, and racial goodwill. United Nations World Conference on Racism This is the website for the United Nations World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance, which was held in 2001. It contains information about the conference, a press kit, reports, resolutions, and decisions.
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