http://www.datacenter.org Research Justice Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:21:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.datacenter.org/2012-annual-report-is-here/ http://www.datacenter.org/2012-annual-report-is-here/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 18:23:07 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=7527 We’d like to invite you to explore our 2012 annual report. New to DataCenter? The annual report is a great way to get a snap shot of what we do and why we do it. Already a DataCenter supporter? Check out the victories that your time and support made possible. A million thanks to everyone – the donors, monthly sustainers, [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/2012-annual-report-is-here/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/report-offers-vision-for-a-new-transit-policy-that-puts-race-and-the-environment-at-the-forefront/ http://www.datacenter.org/report-offers-vision-for-a-new-transit-policy-that-puts-race-and-the-environment-at-the-forefront/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:26:15 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=6672 People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) has just released Next Stop: Justice – Race and Environment at the Center of Transit Planning (pdf), a joint project with DataCenter and Urban Habitat. The report offers a [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/report-offers-vision-for-a-new-transit-policy-that-puts-race-and-the-environment-at-the-forefront/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/domestic-workers-suffer-abuses-illegal-in-most-of-labor-force/ http://www.datacenter.org/domestic-workers-suffer-abuses-illegal-in-most-of-labor-force/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:26:33 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=6602 http://www.datacenter.org/domestic-workers-suffer-abuses-illegal-in-most-of-labor-force/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/fcwareport/ http://www.datacenter.org/fcwareport/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:10:04 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=5515 Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA), and Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC) are excited to release a new report: The Hands That Feed Us: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers Along the Food Chain. The report looks at wages and working conditions of workers across the entire food chain – a sector that employs 20 million people in the [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/fcwareport/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/state-of-miami-renters-a-report-by-power-u-center-for-social-change-datacenter-and-community-justice-project-of-florida-legal-services/ http://www.datacenter.org/state-of-miami-renters-a-report-by-power-u-center-for-social-change-datacenter-and-community-justice-project-of-florida-legal-services/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 21:58:46 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=5453 Overtown, a small neighborhood in Miami, Florida. In the 40 years she’s lived in Miami, she’s moved six times. Two years ago she lost her job and, with it, her apartment. Lacking options, April ended up living on the streets with her children. She was able [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/state-of-miami-renters-a-report-by-power-u-center-for-social-change-datacenter-and-community-justice-project-of-florida-legal-services/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/ar201/ http://www.datacenter.org/ar201/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:29:17 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=5116 In 1977, our cofounder Fred Goff sat at his desk with a notepad, pens, a list of names and a mission. The newly formed DataCenter would fortify low-income workers, housing project residents, and immigrant workers with the very information and tools hidden in plain view. Thirty-four years later, DataCenter continues its commitment to Research [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/ar201/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/deepening-roots/ http://www.datacenter.org/deepening-roots/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:02:43 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=4885 DataCenter, we know that communities are experts about the problems and solutions affecting their lives. DataCenter helps surface that knowledge in ways that develop leadership, increase community power, and generate momentum for social change. As marginalized communities take the tools and power of research into their own hands, they produce accurate information [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/deepening-roots/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/the-datacenter-fall-2011-newsletter-has-arrived/ http://www.datacenter.org/the-datacenter-fall-2011-newsletter-has-arrived/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:32:00 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=4680 Download full newsletter (pdf) Now that’s what we call RESEARCH JUSTICE! Research justice involves a process in which one youth, immigrant, or low-wage worker meets a peer and says, “I am struggling.” That peer responds and says, “I am too.” They share their first-hand knowledge, and, in doing [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/the-datacenter-fall-2011-newsletter-has-arrived/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/the-datacenter-spring-newsletter-has-arrived/ http://www.datacenter.org/the-datacenter-spring-newsletter-has-arrived/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 17:30:24 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=4032 Renowned activist-poet Audre Lorde had it right when she said, “In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.“ Check out our latest newsletter to see how a variety of grassroots communities are defining themselves and finding empowerment through research and action. Download full newsletter (pdf) Page One (pdf): Food [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/the-datacenter-spring-newsletter-has-arrived/feed/ 0 http://www.datacenter.org/datacenter-translates-shape-up-sf-policy-analysis/ http://www.datacenter.org/datacenter-translates-shape-up-sf-policy-analysis/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:57:40 +0000 DataCenter http://www.datacenter.org/?p=3474 We are excited to share with you our latest project, the Shape Up SF Policy Analysis. This is a translation of a research-heavy report produced by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, with recommendations to create environments that promote physical activities. Thanks to DataCenter, Shape Up is a concise, accessible and useful document [...]]]> http://www.datacenter.org/datacenter-translates-shape-up-sf-policy-analysis/feed/ 0