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2018 PRRAC Board Meeting: PRRAC board members posing after meeting.PRRAC's "Civil Rights Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of the Fair Housing Act Symposium" in Selma, Alabama: PRRAC board member Damon Hewitt and civil rights activists Bruce and Betty Boynton.7th National Conference on Housing Mobility: PRRAC Executive Director Philip Tegeler honoring Alexander Polikoff, “Father of Mobility,” lead counsel on Gautreaux, honored for blazing the trail of mobility as a means of integrating cities based on race and income.Cleveland, OH: Housing Choice Partners Executive Director Andrea Juracek and PRRAC Deputy Director Megan Haberle.PRRAC's "Reproductive Justice and the Politics of Resistance: An Evening with Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger" event: NCSD Outreach Coordinator Tyler Barbarin moderating event.7th National Conference on Housing Mobility: PRRAC staff preparing for presentation.7th National Conference on Housing Mobility: PRRAC Senior Research Associate Brian Knudsen giving a presentation.PRRAC's “Civil Rights Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of the Fair Housing Act Symposium” in Selma, Alabama: Panelists, including PRRAC Executive Director Philip Tegeler.7th National Conference on Housing Mobility: PRRAC Law & Policy Associate Peter Kye.Fair Housing Intersections Panel Discussion (from left to right): PRRAC Board Members Dennis Parker and Demetria McCain, as well as co-founder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice Vernice Miller Travis, former Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, and former Secretary of Education John King.Former PRRAC Executive Director Chester Hartman's retirement party: PRRAC board members (from left to right) Philip Tegeler, John Brittain, Elizabeth "Betsy" Julian, and John Charles Boger.Deputy Director Megan Haberle participating in HUD meeting on the Rental Assistance Demonstration program.PRRAC and LCCR's "Fair Housing Act At 50 Symposium:" Presentation on the Small Area Fair Market Rule court case by PRRAC Executive Director Philip Tegeler.2018 PRRAC Staff Holiday Lunch.UDC Law School's “FHA @ 50: Renewing our Commitment to Housing Equity Symposium:” PRRAC Executive Director Philip Tegeler and other panelists at event.PRRAC board members speaking at PRRAC anniversary event.Buffalo, NY Fair Housing Work: Deputy Director Megan Haberle.PRRAC Executive Director Phil Tegeler and Board Member Dennis Parker at a 2019 NYU Law Panel on Race and Segregation.

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a civil rights law and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote research-based advocacy strategies to address structural inequality and disrupt the systems that disadvantage low-income people of color. PRRAC was founded in 1989-1990, through an initiative of major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups seeking to connect advocates with social scientists working at the intersection of race and poverty.

Our current work focuses on the areas of housing, education, and environmental justice, with a focus on developing actionable policies to overcome the mechanisms that continue to reproduce historical patterns of racial segregation. In addition to federal-level law and policy research and advocacy, we provide technical assistance and support for local partners working on innovative, inclusive policies.  We also engage in a range of public education activities. We believe in strong coalition and partnership models, and our work is informed by an extensive national network of researchers, organizers, attorneys, educators, and public health and housing professionals. PRRAC is a founding member of the National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD), and helps to staff the coalition’s organizing, advocacy, and outreach.

Staff

Gina Chirichigno
Director, NCSD
Katherine DeFord
Operations & Development Asst.
Brian Knudsen
Senior Research Associate
Darryn Mumphery
Law & Policy Associate
Dave Pringle
Director of State & Local Engagement
Philip Tegeler
President/Executive Director
Nina Todd
Policy Fellow
Jenna Tomasello
Communications Consultant, NCSD

Board of Directors

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Olati Johnson
Chair
Brian Smedley
Treasurer
john a. powell
Secretary
Justin Steil
Justin Steil
Board Member
Gabriela Sandoval
Board Member
Dennis Parker
Board Member
David Hinojosa
David Hinojosa
Board Member
Damon Hewitt
Damon Hewitt
Board Member
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Rachel Godsil
Board Member
Craig Flournoy
Craig Flournoy
Board Member
Sheryll Cashin
Sheryll Cashin
Board Member
John Brittain
Board Member
John Charles Boger
Board Member
Chinh Q. Le
Board Member

Previous Members of the Board of Directors

Social Science Advisory Board (SSAB)

PRRAC’s Social Science Advisory Board is a group of leading scholars who are committed to PRRAC’s vision of an inclusive society, and who believe that civil rights and poverty law advocacy need to be informed by research.  Our Social Science Advisory Board members provide us with important insights into the work we do to affect federal, state and local housing, educational, and environmental policies.

Members of PRRAC’s Social Science Advisory Board (SSAB)

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