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Join Us For a Research Justice Webinar!

By DataCenter On May 20, 2013 · Add Comment
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Decolonizing Knowledge: A Night to Remember

By DataCenter On May 20, 2013 · Add Comment
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Over 500 community members, scholars, and youth leaders came together in Oakland on Friday, April 26th to learn about, connect with, and celebrate Research Justice, a theory of change DataCenter has developed since 2009 to advance grassroots social justice, self-determination, and solidarity struggles. “[The event] taught me that research, when it prioritizes self-determination and social [...]
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Join the Research Justice Team for Summer 2013!

On May 14, 2013 By DataCenter
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Time period: Minimum 3 month commitment. Hrs/wk: 15 hours/week (schedule & work location flexible). Compensation: This is an unpaid internship (transportation stipend provided). Description: The Research Justice intern will work on projects in partnership with grassroots and community organizing groups working for social change. Projects vary in terms of issue area and methodology and interns [...]
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Ensuring Health Impact Assessments are Community-Driven

On April 10, 2013 By DataCenter
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DataCenter has a long legacy of work in the environmental justice movement. Most recently, DataCenter joined the Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) as a research partner for their health impact assessment (HIA) on bus funding and access in the regional transportation plan. ACPHD set out to examine the effects of bus service cuts [...]
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Another Success! Bringing Community-Driven Research to the Forefront

On February 28, 2013 By DataCenter
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DataCenter held the 5th annual Research Justice Academy (RJA) on February 20-21, 2013. Twenty-five community members, organizers, and leaders gathered to affirm their lived expertise, analyze the power structure of information and knowledge, and learn how to develop a community-driven research strategy that aligns with their social change strategy. Read Full Article →

Report Offers Vision for a New Transit Policy that puts Race and the Environment at the Forefront

On December 3, 2012 By DataCenter
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With San Francisco on the cusp of approving free transit passes for low income youth, 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 [...]
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Domestic Workers Suffer Abuses Illegal in Most of Labor Force

On November 27, 2012 By DataCenter
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First-Of-Its-Kind Survey Reveals Myriad Subpar Working Conditions, Provides Policy Recommendations for Reforming Care Sector “Home Economics offers a way out of this shameful situation, a clear course of action toward a society in which everyone’s work is respected and valued.” — Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed Pop quiz: What do nannies, caregivers, and housecleaners [...]
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Announcing the 2013 Research Justice Training Academy

On October 22, 2012 By DataCenter
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What: DataCenter is pleased to invite Bay Area Environmental Justice organizations to join us for two full packed days of training and strategizing to build research capacity and create more successful grassroots organizing campaigns. The Research Justice Training Academy provides is a unique and intensive capacity-building program that combines various forms of learning [...]
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2 Key Elements of Research Justice: Making the Justice for Families Report a Success

On October 8, 2012 By DataCenter
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In September, DataCenter and Justice for Families (J4F) released the ground-breaking report “Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice” (PDF). The report details how the juvenile justice system actually does more to feed the nation’s vast prison system than to deter young people from [...]
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Let the Voices Be Heard!

On October 8, 2012 By DataCenter
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See What the 5,000+ Participants in the OccupyResearch Survey Have to Say About the Occupy Movement: Concrete data on Occupy participants is, at best, sparse. Important questions have been left to speculation and conjecture. Who participates in the Occupy protests? What race, class, and gender are they? Why do they participate? Well, now [...]
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