When Is Fear for One\u27s Life Race-Gendered? An Intersectional Analysis of the Bureau of Immigration Appeals\u27s \u3ci\u3eIn re A-R-C-G-\u3c/i\u3e Decision

In August 2014, the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) handed down a breakthrough decision, In re A-R-C-G-, permitting courts to consider domestic violence as a gendered form of persecution in a home country and thus grounds for asylum in the United States. Along with two other 2014 decisions, In re W-G-R- and In re M-E-V-G-, this case represented a marked shift from prior BIA decisions, which for fifteen years had interpreted sections 208(a) and 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act more narrowly, thus excluding claims of home country abuse as reasonable grounds to grant asylum. Specifically, in A-R-C-G-, the BIA found that Guatemalan women fleeing domestic violence can be considered a “particular social group” (PSG). Its decision has been celebrated as a step forward in resolving contradictory and arbitrary outcomes that persisted in a vacuum of jurisprudential norms about the issue

Giving Black in Los Angeles: Donor Profiles and Opportunities for the Future

Historically, African Americans have had a rich tradition of giving, but have seen themselves as givers not philanthropists, and have been perceived by others primarily as recipients of philanthropic dollars. With the financial successes of many African Americans over the last half century, that perception must change. With financial success comes greater interest, consideration and sophistication in the philanthropic efforts by African Americans.The report was authored by Professor Ange-Marie Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California and funded by The California Endowment, Tides and Rockefeller Philanthropy Associates. Based on focus groups and survey data from African American donors in Los Angeles there are some surprising findings. The three donor profiles that emerged from this study are:The "Building the Black Community" Donor. Donors more concerned that their dollars go to organizations that target African American recipients than other respondents.The "Issue Impact" Donor. Donors more concerned with the issues they care about than the identity of the people affected by the issues.The "Hardwired To Give" Donor. Donors that embrace giving as part of their personal identity, but are also identifiable by their public as well as their private behavior.Their findings represent just the beginning of intensifying interest within the African American community about its philanthropic assets and power, and how to deploy them. The study also provides four opportunities for building black philanthropy, and examines where African Americans make charitable gifts and dispels the myth that African Americans give only, or even primarily, to the church

“A Foot in Both Worlds":Institutionalizing Progressive Community-Engaged Research Centers within Universities

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State of the Work: Tackling the Tough Challenges to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

D5?s 2014 State of the Work highlights new tools and resources, recently completed research, and new organizational approaches that can help foundations and philanthropic organizations take action, achieve their goals regarding DEI, and advance the common good. The 2014 State of the Work also features perspectives and analysis of three thought leaders on DEI issues and their charge to their peers in philanthropy: Ange-Marie Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California; Todd Vogel, the Managing Director of Loom; and Gerri Spilka, Founding Director of the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning. The new report catalogs the progress D5 has made in laying the groundwork for a growing movement including several long-term projects that came to fruition in the past year:An Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing DEI. In fall 2013, D5 released a comprehensive scan and analysis of scores of written and web-based resources.Deployment of a Regional Strategy. Recognizing that most philanthropy occurs on the local level, D5 complemented its national work by implementing a regional strategy, which targets DEI resources and support to pre-existing and emerging local networks in select regions of the country.Insights on Diversity: Three Commissioned Research Projects. D5 commissioned a series of research projects to explore: 1) The role of leadership in advancing DEI; 2) Career pathways for people of color in philanthropy; 3) The interactive factors between philanthropy and nonprofit organizations

2006 Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries

The 3rd Annual APSA Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science hosted over 300 participants in lively discussions of trends, techniques, and models in teaching in political science. Held in downtown Washington, D.C. on February 18-20, the Conference was organized as a workshop-based forum to develop models of teaching and learning as well as to discuss broad themes affecting political science education today. Joining the discussion, APSA President Ira Katznelson (Columbia University) and keynote speaker Thomas E. Cronin (Colorado College) shared their thoughts on teaching and learning in the discipline

Keynote Address- Ange-Marie Hancock “Intersectionality: An Intellectual History”

Dr. Ange-Marie Hancock is Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California. She is considered one of the primary scholarly authorities on Intersectionality. With Dr. Nira Yuval-Davis, Dr. Hancock is the co-editor of the book series, The Politics of Intersectionality, from Palgrave-Macmillan. She is also a founding co-editor of the Western Political Science Association’s Politics, Groups and Identities journal. Later this year, Oxford University Press is publishing the first of what will be a two-book treatment of intersectionality: Intersectionality: an Intellectual History