Welcome!
The Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago is a campus wide research center that focuses on promoting and coordinating engaged research on racial justice and related issues of poverty. IRRPP represents a major commitment on the part of UIC to use its intellectual resources to promote interdisciplinary collaborations between faculty and community groups working in ethnically diverse and racially marginalized communities. One of our central aims is to increase the quantity, quality and relevance of research on persistent racial inequalities, and to advance policy solutions linked to social justice outcomes. This work is outcome-oriented and based on action, community mobilization, organizing campaigns, policy reform work and community development activities. The goal of this type of engaged research is to foster relationships leading to sutainable projects with equitable social policy and racial justice aims at their core.
IRRPP News!
IRRPP funding awards announced! To read more please click here.
IRRPP Director Beth Richie's new book "Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation" featured by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education and reviewed in Ms. Magazine.
IRRPP Faculty Fellow Federico Waitoller discusses educational reforms on WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" show.
IRRPP Associate Director Francesca Gaiba was honored with the Award of Merit.
Upcoming Events: Save the Date!
DECEMBER 2012
1 Dec
ARRESTED JUSTICE: A CONVERSATION ON BLACK WOMEN, VIOLENCE, AND AMERICA'S PRISON NATION WITH BETH RICHIE
Panelists to discuss Beth E. Richie's new book include Jane Hereth, Mariame Kaba, Sharmili Majmudar, Erica Meiners, Andrea Ritchie, and Maria Scott-Boria
4:00pm - 7:00pm | Experimental Station | 6100 S. Blackstone Ave.
*Reservation required*
FEBRUARY 2013
14 Feb
NOT IN MY CLASS(ROOM): RACE, DISABILITY AND THE DILEMMAS OF DIFFERENCE
Alfredo J Artiles, College of Education, Arizona State University
Nirmala Erevelles, Educational Leadership, University of Alabama
Moderated by Federico Waitoller, Special Education, UIC
3:00pm - 5:00pm | Location to be determined
To see our full calendar of events, please click here.
