Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality

07/29/2020

CPI affiliate Matthew Clair discusses the role of the criminal legal system in perpetuating racial inequities in the United States.

Stanford sociologist discusses how race and class inequalities are embedded in the American criminal legal system.

01/16/2019

If you have a passion for hearing people's stories, if you believe it's important to make the world a better place, if you're willing to spend a year touring America, this fellowship is for you. – Kathy Edin

Join our research team. Talk to people across America about their lives, their families, their experiences, and their hopes and dreams. Receive intensive res...

12/05/2018

The American Voices Project will interview 5,000 individuals across the country to understand their successes and struggles, their hopes and dreams, and their ideas for making our country work better. Apply now for the 2019–20 research fellowship. http://americanvoicesproject.org

11/14/2018

Let's Talk About Rural America: Service in the Mississippi Delta
Thurs., Nov. 15, 3:30pm | Haas Center DK Room
RSVP: https://buff.ly/2FceACw

What's it like to work and serve in rural America? Stanford students, come hear from the founders and participants of Spring Initiative. Spring Initiative empowers children, youth, and families in the North Mississippi Delta to overcome adverse circumstances and systemic inequality through educational interventions; personalized, holistic support; and long-term relationships. This Cardinal Careers event is cosponsored by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.

07/27/2018

With the 5th largest economy in the world and an unemployment rate near 4%, why are 40% of Californians living at or near the poverty level? Join the

01/26/2018

Come hear Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi speak at Stanford on February 8!

Kailash Satyarthi has been a tireless advocate of children’s rights for over three decades. He and the grassroots movement founded by him, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement), have liberated more than 86,000 children from exploitation and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation. Mr Satyarthi has been the architect of the single largest civil society network for the most exploited children, the Global March Against Child Labour, whose mobilization of unions, civil society and most importantly, children, led to the adoption of ILO Convention 182 on the worst forms of child labour in 1999. He is also the founding president of the Global Campaign for Education, an exemplar civil society movement working to end the global education crisis, and GoodWeave International which raises consumer awareness in the carpet industry. In 2014, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”

http://events.stanford.edu/events/750/75013/

01/17/2018

The winter 2018 issue of Pathways examines whether the welfare reform of 1996 delivered as intended and whether it’s time to undertake a new round of reform. Read it now!
https://inequality.stanford.edu/publications/pathway/next-round-welfare-reform

01/10/2018

What policies are state and local governments pursuing to reduce gender inequality? How do male and female students fare in the U.S. education system? Find out at our March 16 conference on gender inequality. Register now!
Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality will host our fifth annual State of the Union Conference on March 16, 2018. Come hear the country's top experts deliver a comprehensive assessment of where the country stands on key poverty and inequality outcomes. This year’s focus: gender inequality....

12/18/2017

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality will host our fifth annual State of the Union Conference on March 16, 2018. Come hear the country's top experts deliver a comprehensive assessment of where the country stands on key poverty and inequality outcomes. This year’s focus: gender inequality.

Registration is now open!

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality will host our fifth annual State of the Union Conference on March 16, 2018. Come hear the country's top experts deliver a comprehensive assessment of where the country stands on key poverty and inequality outcomes. This year’s focus: gender inequality....

10/30/2017

Come hear Matt Desmond speak at Stanford on Nov. 28!

"Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families spend more than half of their income on housing. Eviction has become routine—part of a vicious cycle that deepens our country’s vast inequality. In this lecture, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted, Matthew Desmond tells the story of eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, Desmond transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem."

Free and open to the public; RSVP to [email protected]

November 28, 2017, 7:30 PM. Koret Taube Conference Center.

09/08/2017

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