1. john a. powell Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, Moritz College of Law State of the Region Hosted by Urban Habitat & the Bay Area Social Equity Caucus January 15, 2010 Berkeley, CA
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5. My parents were sharecroppers in the South. They left the South in search of opportunity.
15. We all live in opportunity structures. The opportunities available to all people are not the same. We must consider how institutions interact with one another to produce racialized outcomes. Fiscal Policies Employment Housing Childcare Effective Participation Health Education Transportation
18. Some people ride the “Up” escalator to reach opportunity. Others have to run up the “Down” escalator to get there.
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26. “ Regionalism: Growing Together to Expand Opportunity for All.” 2007. Summary report, pp. 1-2. “ Equitable regionalism affirms the need for every community to have a voice in the resource development and future of the region. It builds and sustains region-wide, collaborative institutions with inclusive representation and a common goal: improving the health of the whole and expanding opportunity for all people and communities across the region. Equitable regionalism requires comprehensive and strategic investment in people and neighborhoods.”
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28. Excerpt of chart from p. 132 of American Metro Politics by Myron Orfield (2002). Data from U.S. Census Bureau Metropolitan Area Total Local Governments Local governments per 100,000 residents 1. Pittsburgh 418 17.7 2. Minneapolis - St. Paul 344 12.3 3. St. Louis 312 12.2 4. Cincinnati 235 12.2 5. Kansas City 182 10.6 6. Cleveland 267 9.2 7. Philadelphia 442 7.4 8. Milwaukee 113 6.9 9. Chicago 567 6.6 10. Detroit 335 6.2 20. San Francisco 114 1.7
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30. Miller, David Young and Joo Hun Lee. “Making Sense of Metropolitan Regions: A Dimensional Approach to Regional Governance.” Publius online 12/10/2009 . 0:pjp040v1-40; doi:10.1093/publius/pjp040 A four dimensional model by David Young Miller & Joo Hun Lee
52. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1045/americans-claim-to-like-diverse-communities-but-do-they-really Hispanic Segregation Index Source: Pew Research Center using data from U.S. Census Bureau, Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000, Census 2000 Special Report CENSR-3, 2002. The dissimilarity index measures the percentage of a group’s population that would have to change neighborhoods for each neighborhood to have the same percentage of that group as the metropolitan area overall. 12-2-2008
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Editor's Notes
john – these are meant to be YOUR reflections that you share with your audience.
Their nice house that I grow up in with 8 brother and sisters has no equity. It is a nice house in a low opportunity structure
http://publius.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/pjp040v1#SEC2 See additional materials I provided for further explanation of diagram. In terms of the study’s taxonomy: The four regions represent three different structures of regional governance. The Fully Integrated Model – Minneapolis The State Centric Model – Boston Mixed Model – Pittsburgh and St. Louis
Indianapolis and Louisville: government consolidation with diluted power for African Americans, but did not address residential/educational segregation.
Cleveland’s 7 regionalism initiatives: · City County Workforce Development – single board consolidation · Living Cities Initiatives – effect state policies and programs that relate to competitiveness of Cleveland · Regional Prosperity Effort – revenue sharing · Joint Economic Districts – revenue sharing, housing, airports and land use contracts · County Land Bank – leverage federal resources · Education – high quality schools; college prep/scholarships/internships, STEM, John Hay, Ginn Academy · Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+
See speaking points sheet for additional information
“ The Hispanic segregation index includes the 36 Metropolitan Areas with 3 percent or 20,000 or more Hispanics and 1,000,000 or more total population in 1980.
