The new mission of the Evans School includes a call to host community conversations that support and inspire public leaders, and our Dean’s Forum events have focused on the intersection of race and public policy. Join me as this series continues with a live conversation with partners from the UW School of Social Work and...
Our spring Dean’s Forum, part of our regular series hosted by the Evans School, will focus on how race influences the shaping and implementation of public policy. At this virtual event, we have invited Dr. Jennifer Chudy to present her research about white “racial sympathy” and two Washington state policy leaders, Sarita Siqueiros Thornburg and Dr....
While advancing racial equity through public policy is an enduring and ever important mandate, there are no clear or easy pathways for this work. Decentralization is a reality of the American political system that poses both problems and possibilities for addressing the racialized nature of policy and its implementation. This panel will consider critical questions...
Indigenous communities in the U.S. and across the globe face health inequities rooted in settler colonialism, intergenerational trauma, and structural racism. As sovereign nations, tribes have developed innovative public health policies to promote and protect the health and well-being of their communities in response to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental pollution, and...
The Dean’s Forum series focuses on the intersection of race and public policy in support of the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance’s mission to host community conversations that inspire public leaders. Join us on October 30, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. PT for a discussion about how addressing racial inequity underpins “Bidenomics” - the...
Navigating through student and consumer debt is difficult for individuals, disproportionately affecting people from communities of color. Data-driven investigations is important to inform policies, interventions, and strategies that actively promote more equitable consumer protection. Federal and state laws that intervene in the market provide some basic protections but much of their impact hinges upon implementation....
During this election year, we are constantly reminded of the importance of voting and other acts of political participation. This election comes at a time when racial and ethnic disparities in voting and participation persist. The election system is under scrutiny and federal protections against racialized disenfranchisement, such as the Voting Rights Act, have been...