By Emily Thoman, Ph.D student When I was first approached about writing this blog post, I was excited–finally, an official space for me to share my perspective on Asian American issues that mattered to me! But as I started the writing process, that excitement quickly wore off and imposter syndrome set in. Not in the […]
By Alexandra Piñeros Shields, Visiting Associate Professor of the Practice of Racial Equity Through collective inquiry, the oppressed could make meaning of their sacred texts and the suffering in their lives. I had never been as excited about having breakfast as that summer. Every morning, I got ready as quickly as I could so I […]
By Maria Madison, IERE Director From the 15th through 19th centuries 12 ½ million Africans were forcibly transported across brutal waters to the Americas. An estimated 2 million perished ‘en route’; millions died or were murdered during brutal servitude, while others were forced to procreate or nurse plantation owners’ babies. Those who survived fought against […]
Disclaimer: Posts are solely the views of the author and do not represent the views of Brandeis University or the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity. By Mariela Martinez, MPP Candidate and IERE Graduate Research Assistant We hope to shed some light on the untold stories of Black WW II veterans who deserved to benefit […]
Disclaimer: Posts are solely the views of the author and do not represent the views of Brandeis University or the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity. By Maria Madison, IERE Director We stand now at the precipice of a technological revolution that is changing the very way that society operates. It feels like much longer […]
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Disclaimer: Posts are solely the views of the author and do not represent the views of Brandeis University or the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity. By Janelle Ridley, MPP Economic and Racial Equity Concentration Chair and PhD Student As I sit and reflect on 2021—what this past year has meant to me personally, professionally, and […]
Disclaimer: Posts are solely the views of the author and do not represent the views of Brandeis University or the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity. By Jessica Santos, PhD ’15, Director of the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research* A few years before I came to the Heller School as a PhD student to study social policy, I worked with newly arrived refugees. My job was […]
Disclaimer: Posts are solely the views of the author and do not represent the views of Brandeis University or the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity Education isn’t “the great equalizer,” as Horace Mann once said. Over the summer, I had the chance to work with the IERE Modeling Discriminatory Debt team as part of […]
Disclaimer: Posts are solely the views of the author and do not represent the views of Brandeis University or the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity. “The main question for our technological future becomes, ‘Whose technology are we using and for what cause?’” Technology’s impact stood at my periphery, where the joys of late-night YouTube binges […]
By Pierrce Holmes, MPP Candidate and Segal Fellow Disclaimer: Posts are solely the views of the author and do not represent the views of Brandeis University or the Institute for Economic and Racial Equity Despite this obsession with “fairness,” this country was built on the back of the most unfair system imaginable—chattel slavery. American culture […]
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