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We Must Exist Beyond Our Communities

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 532 Views 0 Comments #Africa, #african, #afrodecade, #blackgirlmagic, #BlackLivesMatter, #BLM, #CentralAmerica, #Chile, #covid, #covid19, #dispora, #education, #gender, #government, #healthcare, #healthpolicy, #honduras, #indigenous, #LatinAmerica, #Latinx, #mindset, #optimism, #pandemic, #Policy, #politicalrepresentation, #rememberus, #vaccination

Since 18 October 2019 in Chile, the majority of the population has demanded a new constitution to break away from the neoliberalism of the dictator Pinochet; a new constitution was drawn up by an elected Constitutional Assembly representative of all Chileans, including indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants

Perspectives

Optimism as a Way of Life

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 650 Views 0 Comments #Africa, #african, #blackgirlmagic, #BlackLivesMatter, #BLM, #Brazilian, #CentralAmerica, #covid, #covid19, #dispora, #education, #gender, #government, #guatemala, #healthcare, #healthpolicy, #honduras, #indigenous, #LatinAmerica, #Latinx, #mindset, #optimism, #pandemic, #Policy, #rememberus, #vaccination

I have always been positive. That was my attitude when at 17 I left Puerto Barros, my hometown, for Guatemala City. Because of the color of my skin and my gender, I suffered from hunger, discrimination, and harassment; but I also met people who helped me in good faith and enabled me to get ahead.

Perspectives

Solidarity Is The Lifeline

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 1006 Views 0 Comments #400thousandpeopledied, #Africa, #african, #afrobrazilian, #BlackLivesMatter, #BLM, #Brazil, #Brazilian, #covid, #covid19, #dispora, #government, #healthcare, #healthpolicy, #hopetowincovid19, #indigenous, #LatinAmerica, #Latinx, #pandemic, #Policy, #rememberus, #southamerica, #vaccination

At the time of this writing over 400,000 people in Brazil have died of COVID-19. This trend does not seem to be slowing down. As time passes, I am increasingly fearful for friends and acquaintances, as Afro-descendants and indigenous Brazilians are 38 percent more likely to die of COVID-19 than white Brazilians and 32 percent higher than the general population. Negationist attitudes among our current political leadership means that these deaths are being trivialized. On top of this, restrictions do not allow funerals, do not allow humane farewells, the sharing of tears, the necessary rituals of passage.

Policy

Reimagining Policing In America

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 703 Views 0 Comments #CAHOOTS, #communitypolicing, #criminaljustice, #data, #georgefloyd, #Latinx, #law, #lawandjustice, #liabilityinsurance, #newjimcrow, #newyork, #Newyorkcity, #policeaccountability, #policereform, #policeshootings, #policing, #prison, #reimaginingcommunitypolicing, #Thewashingtonpost, #trafficstops, #unitedstates, #US, Academics, America, anti-racism, antiracism, ARPJ, Black Codes, black employment, Black Lives Matter, black men, black students, black voices, college, DEI, diversity, diversity equity inclusion, education, education equity, HARPJ, Harvard, Harvard Kennedy School, hks, Ivy League, Jim Crow, perspectives, police violence, racial equity

Reimagining Community Policing In America

Perspectives

Reclaiming Our Identity Is Reclaiming Our Dignity

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 1083 Views 0 Comments #Black, #BlackArabMuslim, #BlackLivesMatter, #BLM, #dispora, #ghananian, #global, #globalization, #Identity, #japan, #Japanese, #perspectives, #World, Africa, African, America, ARPJ, Black Codes, black voices, black woman, black women, Boston, covid, covid19, environment, environmental justice, equality, equity, gentrification, Ghana, HARPJ, Harvard, housing, Massachusetts, polution, United States

People of Afro-Japanese heritage like me (I am Ghanaian-Japanese) are not considered “true” Japanese due to our darker complexion. People

Perspectives

I Love who I Have Become

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 1261 Views 0 Comments #Arab, #Black, #BlackArabMuslim, #BlackLivesMatter, #BLM, #Identity, #lesbian, #LGBTQ, #LGBTQI, #Muslim, #queer, #Somali, #Somalia, #UAE, #UnitedArabEmirates, #Yemini, Africa, African, America, ARPJ, Black Codes, black voices, black woman, black women, Boston, covid, covid19, environment, environmental justice, equality, equity, gentrification, Ghana, HARPJ, Harvard, housing, Massachusetts, pay equity, polution, United States

The pandemic has been emotionally overwhelming and transformative – both for personal and professional reasons. There was so much uncertainty

Research Report

Harvard Kennedy School 2021 Diversity Report

December 29, 2021 1076 Views 0 Comments Academics, America, anti-racism, antiracism, ARPJ, Black Codes, black employment, Black Lives Matter, black men, black students, black voices, black women, college, covid, DEI, diversity, diversity equity inclusion, education, education equity, HARPJ, Harvard, Harvard Kennedy School, hks, Ivy League, Jim Crow, Paris, perspectives, police violence, racial equity, travel

Harvard Kennedy School 2021 Diversity Report

Perspectives

Claiming My Identity’s Journey

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 590 Views Africa, African, America, ARPJ, Black Codes, black voices, black woman, black women, Boston, covid, covid19, environment, environmental justice, equality, equity, gentrification, Ghana, HARPJ, Harvard, housing, indigenous rights, law, lawyer, Massachusetts, pay equity, polution, United States, urban cities

This piece is a continuation of the Anti-Racism Policy Journal’s collaboration with Collateral Benefits.

Policy

A Lexicon for Climate Justice

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 616 Views America, ARPJ, Black Codes, black men, black voices, Boston, environment, environmental justice, environmental lexicon, equality, equity, gentrification, HARPJ, housing, indigenous rights, Massachusetts, pay equity, polution, United States, urban cities, women's rights

*Excerpt from a piece that will be published in the print/and digital editions of The Anti-Racism Policy Journal*

A Lexicon for Climate Justice

Perspectives

From Paris to Death and Chaos

December 19, 2021December 20, 2021 345 Views 0 Comments America, anti-racism, antiracism, ARPJ, Black Codes, Black Lives Matter, black men, black voices, covid, Europe, France, HARPJ, Jim Crow, Paris, perspectives, police violence, racial equity, travel

“The Anti-Racism Policy Journal is happy to partner with Collateral Benefits and Manos Visibles to bring you “Voices of the African Diaspora”, a series of perspectives from Afro-descendants across the world on surviving, overcoming, and transcending COVID-19. Collateral Benefits is a platform that through perspective papers aims to lift up the voices of African and Afro-descendant people from all walks of life so that their intellect, wisdom, and experiences can contribute to and shape the global conversations on the critical issues of our time.”
This piece is the first essay of the series we are publishing today.