IRRPP activities focus on historically underrepresented people of color experiencing persistent inequality and include three areas of scholarship:Migration, Dispacement, and Diaspora; Home, Community, and Institutions; and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity in a Globalizing World. The Policy & Social Engagement Fellowship provides funding and staff support to faculty members who work with community organizations on community action projects related to race, ethnicity and policy.
Policy and Social Engagement Fellowships
2012-2013
Roseland/Pullman - Chicago Boys and Girls Club SMART GIRLS Program
Sabine French (Psychology)
Partner Organization: Roseland/Pullman - Chicago Boys & Girls Club
Collaborative Research for Education Justice in Chicago
Pauline Lipman (Educational Policy Studies)
Partner Organization: Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
2011-2012
60 Years After Migration: The State of the Puerto Rican Community of Metropolitan Chicago
Ralph Cintron (English and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program)
Partner Organization: The Puerto Rican Agenda
Museum of the Streets: A Visual History of the Conservative Vice Lords, (1966-1970)
Lisa Lee (Director, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum) and Lisa Junkin (Education Coordinator, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum)
Partner Organization: Conservative Vice Lords members
“When we have better, we can do better”: Building Community Capacity to Improve the Health and Well-Being of Women and Their Families
Angela Odoms-Young (Kinesiology and Nutrition)
Partner Organization: Englewood Neighborhood Health Center and Greater Englewood Healthy Start Initiative
2010-2011
Girl Talk
Laurie Schaffner (Sociology)
Partner Organization: Project NIA
Community Defense Conference: Leadership Development for Latino/a Immigrant Workers in Chicago
Ruth Gomberg-Munoz (Anthropology)
Partner Organization: Chicago Community and Workers' Rights
