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On June 3rd, 2010, The University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and the Center on Race and Social Problems welcomed keynote speaker Julian Bond, chairman emeritus of the NAACP who officially opened “Race in America: Restructuring Inequality,” a national conference, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Center on Race and Social Problems is excited to make available to the public conference videos and reports.

View Race in America Conference Videos: Click here

View Race in America Conference Reports: Click here

  • News and Events

  • CALL FOR PILOT PROPOSALS
     Deadline for Written Proposals:
    Wednesday, January 11, 2012 (revised)

    The Center on Race and Social Problems (CRSP) invites full-time faculty and researchers with a PhD (or similar degree) at the University of Pittsburgh to submit pilot research proposals that address current race-related social problems within any of the seven areas of focus of CRSP: health, economic disparities; education disparities; interracial group relations; mental health; youth, families, and the elderly; and criminal justice.  This initiative is expected to support two or three new pilot projects. Preference will be given this year to interdisciplinary proposals with principle investigators from two or more disciplines.

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  • RACE AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS JOURNAL

    The third year of the national and international journal, Race and Social Problems, has been completed. To access the articles and call for manuscripts, Read more >
  • REED SMITH
    SPRING 2012 SPEAKER SERIES
    All lectures are from noon to 1:30PM in the School of Social Work Conference Center, 2017 Cathedral of Learning

    Wednesday, January 25
    The Supplemental Poverty Measure
    Kathleen Short, Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division, United States Census Bureau

    Wednesday, February 22
    Inequality and the American City: Implications of the Neighborhood Effect
    Robert Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences; Director of the Social Sciences Program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

    Tuesday, March 13
    Exploring Racial Residential Segregation with a Telescope and a Microscope
    Maria Krysan, Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Thursday, April 19
    Addressing Obesity in Black Communities: Is Food Justice the Answer?
    Monica Baskin, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham


  • BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
    FALL 2011 SPEAKER SERIES
    All lectures are from noon to 1:30PM in the School of Social Work Conference Center, 2017 Cathedral of Learning

    September 19, 2011
    Disparities in Health Care for Minorities:
    Institutional or Personal?     VIDEO
    Jeannette South-Paul, Andrew W. Mathieson Professor and Chair,
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    October 12, 2011
    When Affirmative Action Was White: Further Reflections VIDEO
    Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History,
    Columbia University

    November 4, 2011
    Equity is Not an Office VIDEO
    Linda Lane, Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools

    December 9, 2011
    The Imperative of Integration: Race and Education VIDEO
    Elizabeth Anderson, John Rawls Collegiate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan

  • 2011 SUMMER INSTITUTES
    This year's summer institutes focused on black male gun violence, economics, health, mental health, and education. Videos from the four institutes are available below.

    BLACK MALE GUN VIOLENCE
    David Hemenway, Professor of Health Policy, Harvard University
    Black Male Firearm Violence and People Affected: Click HERE

    Al Blumstein, Professor of Urban Systems and Operations, CMU
    Policies to Reduce and Prevent Black Male Gun Violence: Click Here

    BLACK MALE EMPLOYMENT
    Ronald Mincy, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University
    Employment and Labor Assistance Under the New York State
    Fatherhood in the Great Mancession: Click Here

    William Rodgers, III, PhD, Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Chief Economist, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development Rutgers University
    The Labor Market Challenges of African Americans: Click Here

    BLACK MALE HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH
    Tom LaVeist, Professor of Health Policy, Bloomberg School of Public Health and Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins University
    Black Males and Their Health: Click Here

    Harold Neighbors, Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education; Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity and Health; Director, Program for Research on Black Americans, University of Michigan
    Man Up Man Down: Black Men Talk about Manhood, Stress, and Depression: Click Here

    BLACK MALE EDUCATION
    John Jackson, president and CEO, Schott Foundation
    An Opportunity Agenda for Black Males: Click Here

    Donna Y Ford, PhD, Professor, Peabody College of Education, Vanderbilt University
    Black Males and Gifted Education: Click Here
  • PITTSBURGH PROMISE REPORT

    Pittsburgh Promise Report now available.
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  • HOMEWOOD CHILDREN'S VILLAGE

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    Homewood Children's Village Update
    John Wallace Inagurated as Philip Hallen Chair
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