{"product_id":"creating-justice-in-a-multiracial-democracy-new-will-for-evidence-based-policies-that-work","title":"Creating Justice in a Multiracial Democracy: New Will for Evidence-Based Policies That Work","description":"“Together, with the values and vision of the Kerner Commission as helpful guides, we can―and we will―build the kind of society that those who came before us dreamed of.” ―From the Foreword by Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland\nAmerican democracy is at an inflection point. Will we stride toward the 22nd century with evidence and will? Or will we lurch fearfully backwards, reinscribing the white supremist domination of the 19th century?\nAfter hundreds of urban protests in the 1960s, the presidential Kerner Commission, composed mainly of privileged white men, concluded, “ It is time to make good the promise of American democracy to all citizens―urban and rural, white and Black, Spanish surname, American Indian and every minority group.” Today it still is time―to reduce racial injustice, economic inequality, and poverty.\nSince the Kerner Commission, there has been little or no progress in some areas, and in other ways things have gotten worse. Yet the visionaries on these pages are passionate about how the problem is not lack of resources, nor a dearth of knowledge on the economic, education, youth investment, criminal justice, public health, and housing policies that work. Rather, the problem is that America still does not have the “new will” the Kerner Commission concluded was needed to scale up what works.\nHow to create “new will”? We need to identify those who are thwarting majoritarian preferences. Use strengthened voter rights and new messaging techniques to advance Dr. King’s economic justice movement based on both class and race. Weave the middle class into the coalition. Know that perfect unity is not necessary for effective collaboration. Better expose the exploitation of Americans by the privileged and the rigged system with its big myth of market fundamentalism. Make clear how that exploitation is smoke-screened by cultural deniers. Build moral language and moral fusion coalitions to revive the heart of democracy and advance a Third Reconstruction. Recover a moral commitment to long-term struggle. Balance outraged intensity with bridge-building persuasion. Don’t just preach to the choir―but recognize that the choir is where, to use John Lewis’ phrase, good trouble starts. Strengthen the role of nonprofit organizations. Base action on evidence and science, not on ideology, supposition, disinformation, and misinformation. Advocate for how universities can better engage their communities. And create a Harry Belafonte-like infrastructure of hope and empathy through the visual arts, monuments, and the performing arts.\nThrough this book, and through its companion volume―the republication of the original Kerner Report of 1968―we commit to enhancing the movement and healing our divided society.\nBook Features: Brings together public and private sector decision-makers, seminal thinkers, activists, advocates, students, and commonsense change-oriented scholars to address a broad range of economic, education, youth investment, criminal justice, public health, and housing issues requiring urgent action. Cuts through campaign rhetoric to focus on evidence and science, not on ideology, supposition, disinformation, and misinformation. Examines what we have learned since the Kerner Commission and updates trends in economic, education, police reform, youth development, public health, and housing policies. Identifies what works and what doesn’t work. Offers core lessons and takeaways for creating new political will to reduce racial and economic injustice, inequality, and poverty.\nContributors:\nWilliam Barber, Director , Center for Public Theology and Public Policy , Yale University , Co-Chair , The Poor People’s Campaign , MacArthur Fellow\nBranville Bard, Jr., Vice President Public Safety \u0026amp; Chief of Police, Johns Hopkins University\nSindy M. Benavides, President and CEO, Latino Victory\nJared Bernstein, Chair , White House Council of Economic Advisors\nCornell William Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice , Kennedy School of Government , Harvard University\nLaTosha Brown, Co-Founder , Black Voters Matter Fund\nElliott Currie, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society , University of California, Irvine\nLinda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO , Learning Policy Institute , Professor of Education Emeritus , Stanford University\nRobert Faris, Senior Researcher , Berkman Center for Internet and Society , Harvard University Law School\nMichael Feuer, Dean , School of Education and Human Development , George Washington University\nNazgol Ghandnoosh, Co-Director of Research, The Sentencing Project\nNeil Gross, Professor of Sociology, Colby College\nGeorge Huynh, Executive Director, Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAid)\nJohn Jackson, President and CEO , Schott Foundation for Public Education\nJudith LeBlanc, Executive Director, Native Organizers Alliance\nCarlton Mackey, Co-Creator\/Co-Director, Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program, Emory University\nJustin Milner, Executive Vice Preside\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0807769940\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0807769940.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Curtis, Alan|Moore, Wes\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43024017457213,"sku":"BVV.0807769940.G","price":27.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0807769940-0.jpg?v=1772571890","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/creating-justice-in-a-multiracial-democracy-new-will-for-evidence-based-policies-that-work","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}