Dr. Emily Drew discussing research on challenges of racial inclusion

Join me on Thu as I talk with Dr. Emily Drew as we discuss her research findings on the challenges of creating a racially diverse and inclusive communities. Dr. Drew will be speaking 2/4/15 at the Hillsboror Library Dr. Emily Drew is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies at Willamette University, where she teaches courses about racism, immigration, and social change. Her research agenda revolves around understanding how race and racism get institutionalized, with the goal of helping to illuminate more effective strategies for interrupting systemic inequality. Drew’s newest published work in the Journal of Urban Affairs explores how a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon responds to gentrification by raising consciousness and building “antiracist place.” She is on the Board of several organizations, most recently the National Association of Ethnic Studies. For almost 20 years, Drew has been actively engaged in anti-racism activism and serves as a co-trainer of “Understanding Institutional Racism” workshops for Crossroads Anti Racism Organizing and Training. In that context, she works as a strategic planner, helping institutions develop and implement long term commitments to anti-racist, multicultural diversity. Drew also works with CAUSA, a coalition for immigrant rights, and is in the process of publishing research about mixed-status Latino families living “Under One Roof” in Oregon.