Our Mission: The Race and Opportunity lab examines race, opportunity, and social mobility with an emphasis on informing policies, interventions, and intra-professional practice
What is Happening in the Lab?
Thank you to everyone who attended HomeGrown StL’s 4th Annual Regional Summit: Closing the Healing, Growth, & Opportunity Gaps!
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Regional Steering Committee Named To Enhance Efforts For Black Boys, Young Men In St. Louis.
Brown School Center for Social Development on our Regional Steering Committee initiative – read here.
Dr. Sean Joe on New Horizons, The Mind & Body Connection with Dr. Keisha Ross
Dr. Joe appeared on the Intentional Talk Radio Network podcast to discuss his research on suicidal behavior in Black people with Dr. Keisha Ross. Listen to the episode here.
Analyzing mass incarceration: Dr. Sean Joe’s editorial was published in a special issue of Science.
With almost 2 million people in confinement, the United States locks up more people per capita than any other nation. Understanding the reasons and then forging a path to reduce mass incarceration in America will require better research and analyses of the government policies and spending that sustain the US carceral system. Read the editorial […]