Haas Institute Co-Authors Supreme Court Brief Signed by 35 Prominent Social Scientists Arguing for Race-Conscious Admissions Policy 

National Groups Join Forces to Center Racial Equity in Government

This week the Haas Institute announced it was joining forces with the New York based Center for Social Inclusion to jointly run the Government Alliance on Race & Equity, a national network of local and regional government working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all.  CSI and the Haas Institute, both national organizations working at the forefront of racial equity and inclusion, will support the work of the Government Alliance to move local governments toward racial equity and inclusion.

Director of GARE Julie Nelson, who is a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute, said, “GARE becoming a joint project means we now have the opportunity to align community, government, and academia in a way that improves life outcomes for everyone, particularly for communities of color."

A new online resource guide and toolkits are part of the efforts to inform, educate, and support jurisdictions and its constituents in these regards.  Read the press release here. 

Michael Omi Featured Speaker at Boston City Awake, a Social Impact Festival

Wage Increases for Non-Tech Workers

Enrico Moretti, member of the Haas Institute's Economic Disparities research cluster, will be speaking about wages and jobs at the University of Washington's Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies' Leadership Dinner tonight. 

Moretti is the author of The New Geography of Jobs, a book that examines trends in the employment markets. "What he calls 'America's new economic map' shows a handful of cities with the 'right' jobs that offer high wages, and many other cities with the 'wrong' industries that offer dead-end jobs and low average wages, what Moretti calls this the Great Divergence.

Read the Biz Journal's article on Moretti's work, the wage increases in Seattle, and what it means for non-tech wage earners.