The New Jim Crow
The US has used the War on drugs to create a racial caste system: a successor to the Jim Crow days we thought we left behind. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is one of the most important American books in the last decade. Alexander systematically explores the policy changes from the days of Nixon through the present – exploring how each decision has created and allowed a system which criminalizes blackness, brownness, otherness in way that both creates new racial biases and confirms them by incarcerating millions of young black and brown men (and to a lesser extent, black and brown women).
Five Minutes With Jan Perry
by Jeremy Loudenback When Jan Perry came to the Bedrosian Center’s Lunch with a Leader last month, we had opportunity to ask her a few questions about her 12-year run as a council member representing District 9 (which includes much of South Los Angeles and some parts of downtown), how to Read more…
Bedrosian welcomes Jan Perry
by Raphael Bostic Last week, the Bedrosian Center hosted former Los Angeles City Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Jan Perry as part of our Lunch with a Leader speaker series. Perry once again impressed. I had seen her in action last December, when I moderated a mayoral candidate summit on affordable housing Read more…
Lunch with a Leader : Jan Perry
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership September 18, 2013 12:00pm to 1:30pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders as well as share their ideas and gain inspiration for effective governance in an enjoyable, informal setting. Jan Perry is Read more…
New Economic Development Czar Returns to USC
by Jeremy Loudenback Even in a diverse, polyglot city like Los Angeles, Jan Perry cuts a unique profile that speaks to a multifaceted and sometimes contradictory political career. The former City Councilwoman is a Spanish-speaking, African-American, Jewish Democrat, whose pro-development efforts have sometimes put her into conflict with labor interests. Earlier this Read more…
Los Angeles Mayoral Candidates Forum on Affordable Housing
January 11, 2013 Join residents, friends and colleagues concerned about access to affordable housing for a panel discussion with the leading candidates to become the next Los Angeles mayor. The forum is free and open to the public. Reservations are limited and accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. We urge Read more…