REP Published Literature

Below is the list of articles (with links to the articles themselves) that we have published in our quarterly REP e-newsletters. The articles are in inverse chronological order by publication year and newsletter edition.

2011

• Using Public Notice Hearings to Compel Child Welfare to Provide Family Support to Aid Fragile Families of Color – By Cynthia Robbins, Edgar S. Cahn, and Keri A. Nash, Racial Justice Initiative of TimeBanks USA (E-Newsletter 6.1: Race, Poverty, and Foster Care)

• Kinnections for Kids – By Tracy Hancock, Lilliput Children’s Services, and Janice Montgomery, Sacramento Child Advocates, Inc. (E-Newsletter 6.1: Race, Poverty, and Foster Care)

• Confronting the Domino Effect of Foster Youth and the Juvenile Court’s Responsibility to Ensure Education Entitlements – By Randi Barrat, Sacramento County Office of the Public Defender (E-Newsletter 6.1: Race, Poverty, and Foster Care)

2010

• The Intersection of Race and Class in U.S. Immigration Law and Enforcement – Dean Kevin R. Johnson, U.C. Davis School of Law (E-Newsletter 5.4: Race, Poverty, and Immigration – Part 2)

• Piloting an Immigration Workshop for Survivors of Domestic Violence – Sarah R. Ropelato, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 5.4: Race, Poverty, and Immigration – Part 2)

• Race, Immigration, and Birthright Citizenship – Professor Victor M. Goode, City University School of Law (E-Newsletter 5.4: Race, Poverty, and Immigration – Part 2)

• Understanding SB1070 From the Lens of Institutionalized Racism and Civil Rights – Professor Bill Ong Hing, University of San Francisco (E-Newsletter 5.3: Race, Poverty, and Immigration – Part 1)

• How LSC Programs Can (and Should) Do Immigration Work – Erin Hernandez, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, and Gillian Sonnad, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 5.3: Race, Poverty, and Immigration – Part 1)

• An Overview of the T-Visa and U-Visa – Patricia Medige, Colorado Legal Services (E-Newsletter 5.3: Race, Poverty, and Immigration – Part 1)

• A Matter of Life and Death: Asylum Seekers’ Lack of Access to Competent Legal Representation – Yunie Hong, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, and Timothy Griffiths, Survivors of Torture, International (E-Newsletter 5.3: Race, Poverty, and Immigration – Part 1)

• Racial Disparities in Specialty Mental Health Services Programs – Stacey Wittorff & Gillian Sonnad, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 5.2: Race, Poverty, and Health Care)

• What Health Reform Will Do For Women And Families – Raising Women’s Voices (E-Newsletter 5.2: Race, Poverty, and Health Care)

• Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Key Health Equity Provisions – Families USA (E-Newsletter 5.2: Race, Poverty, and Health Care)

• How to End the Criminalization of Students of Color: Lessons from Louisiana – by Annie Balck, program and policy associate at National Juvenile Justice Network, and Gina Womack, executive director of Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (E-Newsletter 5.1: Race and Education)

• Advocating for Improved School Climate – by Diana Tate Vermeire, Racial Justice Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (E-Newsletter 5.1: Race and Education)

• Complexities Aside, Race is Still a Factor: How Racially Disparate Discipline is Discussed – by Tammi Wong, volunteer attorney at Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 5.1: Race and Education)

2009

• Countdown to 2042: Equity in America – Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of PolicyLink (E-Newsletter 4.4: Race and the Recession)

• Making the Case for Fair Housing: Evidence for Litigation and Actions for Stabilizing Communities Under Stress – Jesus Hernandez, real estate broker and doctoral candidate, University of California, Davis, Department of Sociology (E-Newsletter 4.4: Race and the Recession)

• Foreclosure Crisis Built on Racial Injustice: The recession has resulted from, and contributed to, America’s racial divide – Seth Wessler, Research Associate at the Applied Research Center (E-Newsletter 4.4: Race and the Recession)

• Recession Proofing the Economy: Building Wealth in Communities of Color – Meizhu Lui, Director of the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development (E-Newsletter 4.4: Race and the Recession)

• Legal advocates challenging stereotypes and increasing access to justice for LGBT communities, Lisa Cisneros, California Rural Legal Assistance, and Cathy Sakimura, National Center for Lesbian Rights (E-Newsletter 4.3: LGBT Advocacy, Race, and Poverty)

• Economic realities in the transgender community by Matthew Wood, Transgender Law Center (E-Newsletter 4.3: LGBT Advocacy, Race, and Poverty)

• Blacks and gays: Bridging the cultural divide by Joel A. Brown (E-Newsletter 4.3: LGBT Advocacy, Race, and Poverty)

• A case study of environmental justice work in West Oakland, Helen H. Kang, Golden Gate University School of Law (E-Newsletter 4.2: Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part II))

• Infrastructure and environmental justice: a case study of the Hurley Way Revitalization Project, Graham Brownstein, Environmental Council of Sacramento (E-Newsletter 4.2: Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part II))

• Building collaborative communities: the Center for Regional Change and the Environmental Justice Project at UC Davis, Maggie La Rochelle, Jonathan London, Julie Sze, University of California, Davis (E-Newsletter 4.2: Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part II))

• Securing Environmental Justice through Community Lawyering, Steve Fischbach, Rhode Island Legal Services (E-Newsletter 4.1: Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part I))

• Environmental Justice and Community Lawyering:  Successful Advocacy Strategies, Sofia Sarabia, The Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (E-Newsletter 4.1: Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part I))

• Workplace Environmental Justice, Silas Shawver, California Rural Legal Assistance (E-Newsletter 4.1: Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part I))

2008

• Fighting for the Employment Rights of Workers with Criminal Record, Jessie Warner, Staff Attorney, National Employment Law Project (E-Newsletter 3.6: The Intersection of Criminal Law, Race, and Poverty Law Practice)

• Lake Worth, Florida, Settles Discriminatory Code Enforcement Case with Guatemalan Residents, Mona Tawatao, Regional Counsel, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 3.6: The Intersection of Criminal Law, Race, and Poverty Law Practice)

• Targeted Enforcement of Section 8 Participants in Antioch, The Race Equity Project, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 3.6: The Intersection of Criminal Law, Race, and Poverty Law Practice)

• The Situation of IDEA for Families with Limited English Proficiency, Jith Meganathan, Staff Attorney, Central California Legal Services (E-Newsletter 3.5: Social Cognition, Situationalism, and Mind Science)

• Reversing the Trend in Antidiscrimination Jurisprudence, Kimberly Thomas Rapp, Director of Law and Public Policy, Equal Justice Society (E-Newsletter 3.5: Social Cognition, Situationalism, and Mind Science)

• Connecting Poverty Practice and Mind Science, William Kennedy, Managing Attorney and Acting Deputy Director, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 3.5: Social Cognition, Situationalism, and Mind Science)

• Using California Law to Advance Race Equity in Land Use, Mike Rawson, Co-director, The Public Interest Law Project (E-Newsletter 3.4: Land Use and  Housing)

• Public Housing Redux, Demetria McCain, Esq., Director of Advocacy & Education, Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. (E-Newsletter 3.4: Land Use and  Housing)

• Empowering Communities of Color Through Land Use Advocacy, Zenobia Lai, Senior Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services (E-Newsletter 3.4: Land Use and  Housing)

• Language Access to the Courts, T. Wong, Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 3.3: Language Access Issues Faced By Low-Income Persons of Color)

• Avoiding Burnout of Bilingual Employees, Annie Struby, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of Western Missouri (E-Newsletter 3.3: Language Access Issues Faced By Low-Income Persons of Color)

• Race Equity via Language Access to Public Benefits Services, Jodie Berger, Regional Counsel, Legal Services of Northern California (E-Newsletter 3.3: Language Access Issues Faced By Low-Income Persons of Color)