Dillard University: Center For Racial Justice Receives $1 Million Grant From W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Press release from Dillard University:

August 13, 2021

IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 13, 2021

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504.816.4024 NEW ORLEANS – Center for Racial Justice Center for Racial Justice   “This grant is of significant importance in allowing us to work on issues of race
both locally and nationally. This includes areas related to education, law enforcement,
voting rights, criminal justice and juvenile delinquency, among others,” said Dr.
Ashraf Esmail, the Center for Racial Justice’s director and an assistant professor
of criminal justice at Dillard. “The grant will also allow us to provide paid internships and travel
money for Dillard University students to be able to work, conduct research, and present
on issues related to race and social justice.”    CRJ recently hosted the “Ride Revived” summer institute. Organized, in part, by a
group of 2021 Dillard graduates, the institute taught strategies to fight voter suppression
and advance voting rights. CRJ also looks to collaborate with state and local correctional
facilities to develop a memorandum of understanding to provide Dillard’s Bachelor
of Arts criminal justice program online. Esmail also plans to work with Dillard’s
Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center and Pre-Law Program to host events centered around the intergenerational, legal and socio-medical effects
of policing on the African American community.  Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center Pre-Law Program  

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