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The Kirwan Institute would like to congratulate Faculty Affiliate Karen Patricia Williams, PhD for her publication in the Harvard Medical School Primary Care Review. Co-authored by  Johnnie (Chip Allen), "Finding the Courage to and Will to Achieve Health Equity: Asking the Right Questions" focuses on the importance of health equity discourse, asking courageous questions and moving toward authentic efforts for equality, diversity and inclusion. 

Our spring series returns on Thursday, February 4, 2022.

Opinion: A Response to Auditor Rhodes: Misunderstanding of Report’s Findings 10 August 2021 Download

Principles for Equitable Technology Policy: An Overview for Policymakers and Agency Officials Kelly Capatosto, Eyako Heh, Mikyung Baek The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity |The Ohio State University Abstract:

Ohio State Bar Foundation Awards Ohio State’s Kirwan Institute, Knowlton School of Architecture and John Glenn College with Grant to Develop City’s First Opportunity Policy Portal January 19, 2022 The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, with the John Glenn College of Public Affairs and Knowlton School, received a $54,000 grant from the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Racial Justice Initiative.

Join Ohio’s first-ever statewide coalition of the My Brother’s Keeper Network. MBK Ohio is a statewide coalition of communities and leaders dedicated to improving outcomes for boys and young men of color and creating opportunities for all of Ohio’s youth.

Hosted by the Department of Asian American Studies. Asians/Asian Americans/APIDA communities have been reeling with the spike in anti-Asian racism this past year.

"The 2021 Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change is as timely as ever, focusing on the inextricable relationships between public safety and public health with featured speakers Cameron A. Granger, Baseera Khan, Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, and Kyle Strickland. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Amy Acton.

An article co-authored by Mikyung Baek, PhD, Kierra Barnett, PhD, Michael B. Outrich & Jason Reece, Ph.D was published in the March 2021 issue of The International Journal of Environmental Research and Publication. This article belongs to the Special Issue: Child-Friendly Planning and Public Health.  Abstract

Released in February 2021 by Darrick Hamilton, Ofronama Biu, Christopher Famighetti, Avi Green, Kyle Strickland, and David Wilcox and sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This research report examines the way workers from different demographic groups experience recessions, including the current one, and the role of educational attainment in eliminating racial disparities. Download here.

Watch the recording of February 11th's virtual forum on the historical context of current US racial tensions with Dr. Hasan Jeffries.  Recording available here. 

The 2021 Health Equity Summit provides attendees the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussion with subject-matter experts along with business leaders and members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Subjects are wide-reaching policy and social issues impacting the lives of Black Americans. Visit the full website

February 8, 2021 3-4:00 p.m.

Toward Genuine Equality Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, January 15, is timely in the context of the upheavals happening in the United States. Remembering this courageous and thoughtful man has allowed me to review his works. One of his speeches is pertinent today as it was in 1967, over 50 years ago.

Join Dr. Hasan Jeffries, Associate Professor of History and Kirwan Institute Faculty Affiliate as we revisit and analyze Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter From Birmingham Jail. Originally published in June of 1963, Dr. King’s words continue to be relevant amidst growing racial tensions in modern day America.

Focus on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in Research Pilot Program Request for Applications for Projects AY 2021-2022   Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, The Ohio State University’s Kirwan Institute, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center hosted a second event in the My Brother's Keeper Ohio (MBK Ohio) virtual leadership series. Josh Cribbs, the former Cleveland Browns wide receiver who was recently named to the Browns’ Legend Class of 2020,  also participated and provided opening remarks on the importance of mental health to overall success.

November 17 | 6:00 p.m.  Dean Amy Fairchild welcomes you to join the College of Public Health for a conversation with Dr. RaShall Brackney. Brackney, chief of police for Charlottesville, Virginia, will discuss the path forward in America, including a need to uproot policing as we know it and regrow American law enforcement in partnership with the communities police are meant to serve.

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To the Valued Partners of the Kirwan Institute, It is bittersweet that in January I will be returning to The New School as a university professor and inaugural director of an institute for the study of race, stratification and political economy. This is an attractive opportunity for me both professionally and personally. I remain proud of and committed to the mission of the Kirwan Institute, and will remain so even after I return to New York.