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The “Anti-DEI Crusade” is hurting Black women
By Jenn M. JacksonApril 24, 2024 In recent months, Black women’s educational credentials and professional qualifications have been a central topic in the news media following the public attacks on Dr. Claudine Gay, the first Black woman to be President of Harvard University, and the ongoing political debates about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs
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Perspectives on Community Safety: a Panel Discussion
Watch the GenForward and the Movement for Black Lives panel discussion titled “Perspectives on Community Safety” The panel was moderated by Dr. Amara Enyia from the Movement for Black Lives who was joined by Dr. Cathy Cohen and Dr. Kumar Ramanathan from GenForward, Cat Brooks from the Anti Police-Terror Project, Terun Moore of Strong Arms
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Youth Polling Project
In 2024, Institute of Politics students, GenForward, and renowned political scientist Cathy Cohen, will develop a survey to glean new insights about the issues driving young voters to the polls. The Project Students will work over the course of five months to develop an original survey ahead of the 2024 elections. The survey will oversample the political, economic,
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Gen Z Voters Are Steady to Influence the 2024 Elections
By Diane WongJanuary 5, 2024 We are less than one year out from the 2024 Elections and the future of the country couldn’t be more uncertain: inflation is at an all-time high, extreme climate events have devastated communities in Maui and elsewhere, there have been more mass shootings than days in the year, all the
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The 2024 Election, Abortion, LGBTQ Rights, and Affirmative Action (November 2023)
About the Survey The GenForward November survey is a project of Professor Cathy J. Cohen at the University of Chicago. Interviews were conducted with a representative sample from GenForwardSM, a nationally representative survey panel of adults recruited and administered by NORC at the University of Chicago. The toplines for this survey include survey findings, questions,
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Data – Perspectives on Community Safety from Black America (March 2023)
About the Survey The GenForward survey is a project of Professor Cathy J. Cohen at the University of Chicago. Interviews were conducted with a representative sample recruited and administered by NORC at the University of Chicago. The toplines for this survey include survey findings, questions, responses, demographics, and the complete study methodology. The March 2023
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Lessons in Empowerment: The Civic Potential of Historically Grounded Conversations among Racially Marginalized Youth
By Matthew D. Nelsen Matt NelsenNovember 9, 2023 Civic education is associated with the development of democratic capacity. However, this concept is measured using a limited battery of metrics (e.g., trust in government) that do not adequately capture the political sentiments of racially marginalized youth. Drawing from conversations with Chicago high school students and their
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Founder Cathy J. Cohen Receives 2023 Angela Y. Davis Prize
THE 2023 AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION ANGELA Y. DAVIS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP Professor Cathy Cohen Professor Cathy Cohen’s career exemplifies the ethos of the Angela Davis’ Prize’s. As a scholar, institution builder, mentor, and activist, Professor Cohen “has worked to educate the public and address inequalities in imaginative, practical and applicable forms.” As detailed
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Fighting Back to Move Forward: Defending the Freedom to Learn
The African American Policy Forum is excited to be Fighting Back to Move Forward at this year’s Critical Race Theory Summer School! Our founder and leader Prof. Cathy Cohen will participate in the event, which will focus on the “war on woke,” a dog whistle campaign conservatives have mobilized to undermine our democracy, impair public
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Under attack: fighting the assaults on black queer and black feminist studies
It seems like literally every day those on the right are drafting, and sometimes passing, more legislation that curtails investigation, discussion, and the teaching of subject matter related to racism, white supremacy, and anti-blackness, with such efforts often portrayed as a necessary kind of corrective to what they call or we used to call “woke