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Ackerman Lecture: Just Transition and Democratic Planning

Climate change and our broader ecological crisis pose a serious challenge to our basic social and political systems. A variety of styles of response to this scale have emerged. Some involve emphasis…

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LGBTQ+ Youth and Schooling: Research for Policy and Practice

Moderated by Robert Smith, Professor and Ackerman Chair and presented by Stephen Russell on his educational research for LGBTQ+ Youth and Schooling, considering the use of research to advance social…

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Building People Power to Win Change

The 2019 Spring Ackerman Lecture features Cristina Jimenez, a community organizer, strategists and freedom fighter. She is the Executive Director and Co-founder of United We Dream (UWD), the largest…

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Social Equality Leadership Conference. Promoting Equality in an Age of Austerity.

Keynote addresses from the National Academy of Public Administration sponsored event explore ways that states and localities can address inequality in the face of fiscal austerity. J. Philip…

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Social Equality Leadership Conference. Promoting Equality in an Age of Austerity. The Role of State and Local Governments.

Addresses from the National Academy of Public Administration sponsored event explores ways that states and localities can address inequality in the face of fiscal austerity. Bruce J. Katz: The New…

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The Dreamer and the Day Laborer : Two Faces of the Immigrants Rights Movements

This lecture focuses on Manuel Castro's work in and with New York City government to strengthen the labor rights and organizing of day laborers.

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Big Impact : Leadership through the Lens of Social Justice

The conversation will explore themes from the book Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America's Non-Profit Leaders, including lessons learned about philanthropy and nonprofit leadership at…

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Latinos and the Endangered Right to Vote

Juan Caragena discusses the consequence of recent policy changes on minority and particularly Latino voters

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The Changing Climate for Criminal Justice Reform

Marc Mauer delivers the 2015 Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture. This lecture examines how and why the climate for criminal justice reform has changed over the past decade. Is the new political…

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Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms

The Ackerman lecture features Professor Richard R. W. Brooks, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law, Columbia University. Prof. Brooks tells the charged, still controversial story of the rise and…

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Place not race : a new vision of opportunity in America

Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs welcomes Sheryll Cashin, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, as the guest speaker of the 2015 Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture. The lecture…

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Honorable Cynthia McKinney: The Struggle for Social Justice (Part 3)

Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney addressed current socioeconomic issues at the 12th Dr. Donald H. Smith Distinguished Lecture. She speaks about the U.S. national debt, outsourcing, green…

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Honorable Cynthia McKinney: The Struggle for Social Justice (Part 2)

Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney addressed current socioeconomic issues at the 12th Dr. Donald H. Smith Distinguished Lecture. She speaks about the U.S. national debt, outsourcing, green…

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Honorable Cynthia McKinney: The Struggle for Social Justice (Part 1)

Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney addressed current socioeconomic issues at the 12th Dr. Donald H. Smith Distinguished Lecture. She speaks about the U.S. national debt, outsourcing, green…

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The Role of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law (Part 1)

Baruch College School of Public Affairs presents the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Equality and Justice in America: "The Role of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law." During…

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The Role of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law (Part 2)

Baruch College School of Public Affairs presents the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Equality and Justice in America: "The Role of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law." During…

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Civil Rights in the 21st Century

Gerald A. Reynolds, Chairman for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights since December 6, 2004, gives a lecture entitled "Civil Rights in the 21st Century" as part of the Lillie and Nathan…

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Justice: What's the Right Thing To Do?

"Michael J. Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980, relates the big questions of political…

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