The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles

The Civil Rights Project/ El Proyecto de CRP, originally named The Civil Rights Project, is a renowned multidisciplinary research and policy think tank focused on issues of racial justice^[1]. In January 2007, The Civil Rights Project moved from Harvard University to the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA ^[2].

Mission

Its mission is to help renew the civil rights movement by:

• Bridging the worlds of ideas and action
• Becoming a preeminent source of intellectual capital and
• Becoming a forum for building consensus within that movement^[3].

Founders

It was founded by Christopher Edley, Jr. (formerly of Harvard Law School, now Dean of Boalt Hall Law School at UC Berkeley) and Gary Orfield (formerly of Harvard Graduate School of Education, now Professor of Education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies) in 1996 to provide needed intellectual capital to academics, policy makers and civil rights advocates^[4].

Links

• Official Website

See Also

• Teaching for social justice

References

1. ^ Faculty profile of Christopher Edley, Jr., (19 August 2005).
2. ^ CRP moves to UCLA article
3. ^ The Civil Rights Project Mission Statement, (19 August 2005).
4. ^ The Civil Rights Project Mission Statement, third paragraph, (19 August 2005).