Commuter Rail Workers for Equal Rights
Date: 03/08/06
Speaker: Bill Regan

¿Oíste?: Challenges Faced by the Latino Community
Date: 04/11/06
Speaker: Giovanna Negretti

The Evolving Muslim-American Community
Date: 04/25/06
Speaker: Salma Kazmi (Islamic Society of Boston)

Communication Discrimination Threatens Boston
Date: 05/17/06
Speaker: Hiram Scott (Boston Neighborhood Producers' Group)

The Wealth Gap: What Does It Have to Do With "Racism"?
Date: 07/12/06
Speaker: Chaka Uzonda (United for a Fair Economy)

2004

Is Yellow White or Black? Race, Politics, and Asian Americans

Date: October 21, 2004

Description: Asian Americans are the fastest growing and least understood racial group in the United States. A detailed portrait of Asian Americans reveals at least three dominant themes:growth, diversity, and complexity.

The knotty problem of where to locate Asian Americans racially, given the dominance of the Black-white paradigm, has had important consequences for Asian Americans and the larger society. Paul will point to historical experiences and prevailing realities that suggest that issues for Americans of Asian descent have been constructed in different ways by different people—with enormous personal and societal consequences. We will look at how the legal and political realms, as well as social and cultural life, have been affected.

Dr. Paul Watanabe - The Institute for Asian American Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston

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The State of the Dream

Date: March 25, 2004

Description: United for a Fair Economy’s Dedrick Muhammad, Attieno Davis discuss racial inequities in unemployment, family income, imprisonment, average wealth and infant mortality are actually worse than when Dr. King was killed, according to United for a Fair Economy’s new report, "The State of the Dream: Enduring Disparities in Black and White." The report contrasts the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the reality of the continued racial divide.

Dedrick Muhammad and Attieno Davis - Racial Wealth Divide Project at United for a Fair Economy

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Who Sets the Agenda? When Will Environmental Justice Have its Day?

Date: March 10, 2004

Description: The Money in Politics project is highlighting what many of us know intuitively – that Massachusetts’ pay or play political system locks out the interests of voters of color because they are not serious financial contenders in the campaign finance system. Hear from Galen Nelson, author of a December 2003 report on the patterns of political giving (and receiving) in Massachusetts, then learn about one of the casualties of this system: the Clean and Healthy Communities Act. Senator Barrios will talk about this bill, which would give communities of color and low-income communities more say in their own neighborhoods’ destiny. The bill has been awaiting action in the State House for three sessions, held back by the monied opponents who benefit from the status quo.

Speakers include, Massachusetts Senator Jarret Barrios, Co-sponsor of the Clean and Healthy Communities Act, an Act to Establish Environmental Justice in the Commonwealth and Galen Nelson, Director, Money and Politics Project, The Commonwealth Education Project.

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Introduction
Donna Perry
Senator Jarret Barrios
Galen Nelson

Footprints on the Land: Stories about Race

Date: February 18, 2004

Description: Author Helen Helfer, interviewed 52 people, Black, White, Native American, Filipino, Chinese and Latino, ranging in age from 19-82, about their experience with race in the U.S.

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