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News and Opportunities

Request for Articles: Immigration and Identities


The Russell Sage Foundation is accepting abstracts for a new journal issue devoted to understanding the effects of the changing ethnic, racial, and immigrant-origin composition of the U.S. population. Proposals are due by May 2.

Department of Labor Scholars Program


The Department of Labor is soliciting proposals for research projects related to the well-being of wage earners, retirees, and job seekers. Grants will be awarded in the range of $10,000-$50,000 and the competition is open to faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students.
Measuring Poverty in the 21st Century

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality is hosting a conference on the future of poverty measurement on March 11-12 at Stanford University. Google Chief Economist Hal Varian will deliver the keynote, "Innovative Flash Measures of Poverty Trends."

Featured Content
A Scorecard on Poverty and Opportunity Policies

What are the U.S. presidential candidates saying about poverty and opportunity? Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution provides an analysis of their policy proposals in the newest edition of Pathways Magazine.

Talks and Events

Prisoners of the American Dream?


Why hasn't the American public responded to the takeoff in income inequality with increased demands for redistribution? NYU professor Jeff Manza suggests the answer rests on two factors: partisan polarization and persisting support for the American Dream. Read his recent Pathways piece on the subject.

Thursday March 3, Mendenhall, 12:30pm

Activism and Public Service


The Sally Dickson Lecture on Diversity, Inclusion and Reflection features four prominent speakers who have taken different pathways to social justice. The panelists include filmmaker Bree Newsome, #ProudToLove creator Raymond Braun, MacArthur Fellow Rick Lowe, and PowerPAC+ senior VP Aimee Allison.
 
Monday March 7, Cemex Auditorium, 7pm

Pathways of Gentrification in the Changing American City


Princeton University research fellow Jackelyn Hwang explores how gentrification unfolds along racial and ethnic lines in U.S. urban neighborhoods.
 
Tuesday March 8, Margaret Jacks Hall, 4th floor, Terrace Room, 12:30pm

Social Choice and Individual Values


This colloquium marks the 65th anniversary of the publication of Social Choice and Individual Values by Ken Arrow. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and NYU professor John Ferejohn will offer remarks on the significance of Arrow’s findings, after which Arrow will join them for a discussion. Arrow and Ferejohn are CPI affiliates.

Wednesday March 9, Cubberley Auditorium, 4pm

How Religion Divides And Unites Americans


Harvard University professor Robert Putnam will examine the complex interaction of religion, politics, and social movements over the past half-century and how this specifically impacts Jewish life. 

Sunday, March 13, Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, 5pm
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The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, a program of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, is partly supported by Grant Number 1H79AE000101 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and receives funding from the Elfenworks Foundation.

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