Gauging someone's tendency to leave a gang is difficult, but L.A. researchers devised a test to show what it takes to keep young people away from gangs.
"On Being A Black Lawyer (OBABL)" recently selected Rice as one of 100, whose social engineering abilities has impacted communities.
The acquittal of four police officers caught on tape beating Rodney King was the immediate spark that ignited the 1992 civil unrest. However, the uprising was rooted in historically poor police-community relations and long-standing economic inequity.
A place for California birth-to-five advocates to share ideas, discover common policy ground and coordinate advocacy efforts.
Connie Rice on transformative philanthropy and new models of civil rights work.
We launched the Community Research Lab (CRL) to help advocates effectively gather and utilize data from their communities. To broaden our impact, the CRL created the Community Research Lab Toolbox, a series of free and online guides for community-based research and action, designed to help advocates collect, map, and communicate data to enact change in their own communities.
The California initiative will provide a transformative investment in our children and K-12 education, on which the future of California and its economy depend.
Connie Rice, Advancement Project Founder and Co-Director, has taken on school and bus systems, Death Row, the states of Mississippi and California, and the Los Angeles Police Department—and won. Not just in court, where she vindicated major civil rights cases, but also on the streets and in prisons to reduce gang violence.
Power Concedes Nothing is the story of an indomitable woman who knows that, without a demand, power concedes nothing.