Presentation to San Jose PACT Leaders by Eli Moore, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society
- 1. Eli Moore Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society October 12th, PACT San Jose
- 2. 1. Introduction of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society 2. Everyone is a Researcher 3. How do We Measure Opportunity? 4. Mapping People and Community Change in Santa Clara County 5. Identifying Structures of Opportunity • • • Infrastructure Industry Institutions 6. Discussion 1. Introduccion al Instituto Haas para una Sociedad Justa e Inclusiva 2. Todo el Mundo es Investigador 3. Como Medimos Oportunidad? 4. Haciendo Mapas de la Gente y el Cambio Comunitario en el Condado de Santa Clara 5. Identificando Estructuras de Oportunidad • Infraestructura • Industria • Instituciones 6. Discusion
- 3. Communities and Organizers – Comunidades y Organizadores Policy Advocate s– Politica Research ers Investiga dores Communicators Comunicadores Professor john a. powell Executive Director
- 4. Research is: • Something everyone can do • Critical for a winning strategy • Often used against us Investigacion es: • Algo que todo el mundo puede hacer • Crítico para ganar una estrategia • Se ha usado en contra de nosotros
- 5. • “Opportunity” is a situation or condition that places individuals in a position to be more likely to succeed or excel. • Opportunity structures are critical to opening pathways to success: • High-quality education • Healthy and safe environment • Stable housing • Sustainable employment • Political empowerment • Outlets for wealth-building • Positive social networks • “Oportunidad” es una situacion o condicion que pone a individuos en una posicion de salir adelante y ser exitoso • Estructuras de oportunidad abren caminos criticos para el exito: • Educacion de buena calidad • Un ambiente sano y seguro • Vivienda estable • Empleo sostenible • Poder politico • Estabilidad financiera • Redes sociales positivas
- 6. Some people ride the “Up” escalator to reach opportunity. Algunas personas suben las escaleras para alcanzar el exito. Others have to run up the “Down” escalator to get there. Otras tienen que correr en la escalera que va para abajo.
- 7. Opportunity is often about where you live, work, pray and play La oportunidad tiene que ver con donde vives, trabajas, haces culto, y juegas El cambio porcentual en la Población Afro-Americana 2000-2010
- 9. • INFRASTRUCTURE: Our shared property and services, like bridges, buses, schools. • INDUSTRY: the number of jobs, their location and quality, and how wealth is shared and used. • INSTITUTIONS: create pathways or barriers to opportunity, by funding infrastructure, excluding or including communities, and being responsive and accountable. • INFRAESTRUCTURA: La propiedad y de servicios compartidos, como puentes, autobuses, escuelas. • INDUSTRIA: el número de puestos de trabajo, su ubicación y la calidad, y cómo la riqueza se comparte y utiliza. • INSTITUCIONES: crear caminos o barreras a la oportunidad, mediante la financiación de infraestructuras, excluyendo o incluyendo a las comunidades, y ser sensible y responsable.
- 10. o Structures and policies are not neutral. They unevenly distribute benefits and burdens. o Institutions can operate jointly to produce racialized outcomes. School Segregation & Concentrated Poverty Lower Educational Outcomes Racial and Economic Neighborhood Segregation Increased Flight of Affluent Families o Estructuras y políticas no son neutrales. Se distribuyen de forma desigual los beneficios y cargas. o Las instituciones pueden operar conjuntamente para producir resultados racializados. 10
- 11. Subsidies of Public Transit and Racial Makeup of Ridership
- 12. Quality of Current Jobs in Santa Clara County Calidad de Trabajos Actuales en el Condado 323,760 21% 844,980 53% 418,150 26% Jobs Earning More than the Wage Needed to Afford a 2 Bedroom Apartment Jobs Earning Less than the Wage Needed to Afford a 2 Bedroom Apartment Jobs Earning Less than Half the Wage Needed to Afford a 2 Bedroom Apartment Trabajos que ganan más de el salario necesario para pagar un apartamento de dos habitaciones Trabajos que ganan menos de el salario necesario para pagar un apartamento de dos habitaciones Trabajos que ganan menos de la mitad del salario necesario para pagar un apartamento de dos habitaciones
- 14. • Four stations where small groups will dig in deeper to this research: • People and community change • Infrastructure • Institutions • Industry • Cuatro estaciones donde grupos pequeños cavará más profundo a esta investigación: • Poblacion y el Cambio Comunitario • Infraestructura • Instituciones • Industria
- 16. Fondos para las escuelas publicas en 2011-2012
- 17. Fondos planeados para las escuelas publicas despues de la reforma de control local
- 18. • All counties and cities in California will no longer include questions about past convictions on their applications • Todos los condados y ciudades en California ya np van a incluir una pregunta sobre condenas pasadas en su aplicacion de trababjo
Notas del editor
- #4: The Haas Institute brings together researchers, organizers, stakeholders, policymakers, and communicators to identify and challenge the barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable society and to create transformative change. GOALS:Advancing multidisciplinary research and policy analysis: The Haas Institute’s research agenda examines the structural and cultural impediments to full equity and inclusion and the benefits derived from a diverse and equitable society.Building relationships among researchers, organized stakeholders, and policymakers to effect change: Using an innovative model unique in higher education, the Haas Institute aligns research with community organizers, policymakers, and other stakeholders.Employing strategic communication to illuminate research and impact policy: The Haas Institute seeks to effectively communicate research discoveries as well as to help shape how research is framed in order to increase its impact. To be most successful, we must engage the conscious mind and the unconscious mind, which is less empirical, less fact driven, highly social, and more animated by stories, values, and metaphors.Making a difference: More than a third of Haas Institute resources will be devoted to a few “game changers” — issues that if won or lost will have a profound impact on society.
- #5: Demystifying ResearchHow do we use research in organizing? To step back and analyze context; To understand patterns and processes; To better understand our shared struggles and uniqueness; To have evidence we can use to make our case;What is research? We do research everyday; Research has been used against us; We are the experts on our communities; We can be surprised and empowered by research; Where does research come from? Data comes from the forms we fill out, the responses we give to census workers;
- #9: The opportunities we experience in our family, neighborhood, and region are not coincidences. Define structuresGroup them into themes: industry, infrastructure, institutions
- #12: InfrastructureIn our group on infrastructure, we will talk about: What has been the investment in our public infrastructure? Map of ARRA funded projects and amount of funding (Done! - Samir)Map of school funding for each district pre and post Local Control Funding legislation (spreadsheet prepared)Chart of subsidies of public transit system (Eli has)How well does this infrastructure meet the community needs? Chart of percentage of income spent on transportation for low-income workers (Eli has)Chart of over-burdened renters and homeowners (Eli has)
- #13: In our group on industry, we will talk about:Where are people working in our county? Map of major employers (Done! - Samir)Map of anchor institutions (Done! - Samir)What is the quality of the jobs we have? Chart of median wages of most common occupations in the county (done)Chart of racial make-up of workers in each occupation (done)What will be the jobs in the near future? Chart of projected numbers of jobs for each occupation in next ten years (done)Possible Discussion QuestionsWhat are the barriers that keep our community members from accessing the jobs with living wages and benefits? What are the practices and policies that keep us from turning the jobs we have into jobs with living wages and benefits?
- #14: In our group on Institutions, we will talk about research on: How well are our educational institutions serving as a pathways to good jobs? Map of percent of public school students graduating with required classes for UC system (spreadsheet prepared)Map of the gap between percentage white students at a school and percentage white school age residents living near the school (spreadsheet prepared)How significant are the barriers to our communities being served by public institutions? Map showing difference in median income of residents in adjacent school districtsChart of people who can’t vote due to criminal justice involvement or immigration statusChart of recidivism rate