FERGUSON COMMENTARY: If We Bend Not Our Energies
LISTEN TO SHARON DAVIES COMMENTARY ON WOSU’S ALL SIDES “. . . the hands of none of us are clean if we bend not our energies to righting these great wrongs.”  –W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk  
 
A More Perfect Union—Responding to the President’s Call to Action on Stand Your Ground
The President has called today for thoughtful collective action in the wake of the tragic death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of the man who took his life. The Kirwan Institute looks forward to working with our partners across the nation to examine the impacts of “Stand Your Ground” laws, and to build a movement that will give African American boys the reassurance they need to feel valued, cared for and supported as full members of our society.
 
Food Stamps are Vital to Lifting People Out of Poverty
By Sharon Davies, Executive Director, published in the Columbus Dispatch,
 
Fisher and the Hidden Crisis of Black Male Collegians
By Sharon Davies, Executive Director,
 
QUICK BLOG: U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up Michigan’s Proposal 2
By Sharon Davies,
 
Don’t Be Fooled, the Attack is on Diversity and Inclusion
By Sharon Davies, Executive Director, The challenge in the Fisher v. University of Texas case is about more than whether the University of Texas (and others like it) should be permitted to factor race along with numerous other aspects of an applicant’s biography when attempting to create a diverse learning environment. It is an attack on diversity and inclusion as a value.
 
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