PRRAC Executive Director national search: With the anticipated departure of PRRAC’s longtime executive director Phil Tegeler, we are seeking a dynamic individual to lead PRRAC into its next act. The ideal candidate is grounded in racial justice policy, understands the role of law, policy, and social movements in advancing structural change, is an innovative thought leader and an excellent collaborator. Ford Webb Associates is leading the search. For more information, please see the full job posting on PRRAC’s website, www.prrac.org/vision/ or reach out PRRAC@fordwebb.com
In the new Poverty & Race: Our summer issue features articles by Johnathan Smith (on the future of Title VI), Thomas Silverstein (reflections on housing decommodification), Stephanie Deutsch (on the role of the “Rosenwald Fellows” in the civil rights movement), and an interview with a lead activist fighting the Grants Pass homeless exclusion laws.
More state funding for housing mobility: Enterprise Community Partners has just released a new RFP to expand the state-funded “Making Moves” housing mobility programs to new locations in NY State (the program currently operates in Buffalo, Long Island, Duchess and Orange Counties, Westchester County, and the Ithaca region). New York is one of five states that currently fund housing mobility programs.
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