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The Center for Antiracist Research compiles and shares the latest news in racial policy, antiracism research, and social justice from around the globe, the country, and the neighborhood.

Over 200 Years Later: The Return of The Emancipator

The BU Center for Antiracist Research's Public Scholarship Shop and the BU College of Communication hosted ‘The Return of the Emancipator’ on Wednesday, January 26. During this virtual event, Deborah Douglas and Amber Payne explored how they intend to reframe the national conversation and hasten racial justice for our times... More

The Panola Project Screens at Sundance Film Festival

The Panola Project, a short documentary film created by Rachael DeCruz, Associate Director of Advocacy, and her partner, Jeremy S. Levine, is screening at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and will be available for virtual viewing until January 30. The Panola Project illuminates how an often-overlooked rural Black community came together... More

New Study Finds Advance Child Tax Credits Reduced US Food Insufficiency by 26%

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Shafer and colleagues for their recent JAMA Network Open publication: ‘Association of the Implementation of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Food Insufficiency in US Households’. As their new cross-sectional study demonstrates, using repeated surveys of a nationally representative sample of U.S. households, the introduction of... More

CAR Brings Together Center Affiliates for First Convening

The Center for Antiracist Research hosted our Inaugural Affiliates Program Networking Event on Wednesday, January 19th. Together, scholars from ranging fields and research methodologies collaboratively envisioned concrete plans for the Affiliates Program. Center colleagues and scholars had the opportunity to initiate relationship-building and explore strategies for future collaborations and interdisciplinary engagement. Around... More

Dr. Yanique Redwood To Join BU Center for Antiracist Research As Executive Director

Dr. Yanique Redwood, a values-driven and innovative leader with decades of combined experience in racial equity, community-based participatory research and philanthropy, will be joining The Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. The Center was founded in 2020 by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, one of America’s foremost antiracist scholars and the... More