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Second Annual Mildred & Richard Loving
Civil Rights Award Dinner
2010 HONOREE & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
john powell
Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute For
The Study of Race and Ethnicity
When: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Where: The Bond Hotel, 338 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
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1-860-263-0731 or click here
“I believe bringing racial justice awareness to regionalism is the single most important civil rights task facing us today.” john a. powell
Professor john a. powell
Professor john a. powell, is an internationally recognized authority in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, and issues relating to race, ethnicity, poverty and the law. He is the Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University.
Under his leadership, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University has taken a national leadership role in developing, advocating for and researching an opportunity-based housing model. This model provides a critical and creative framework for thinking about affordable housing, racialized space, and how an individual’s destiny is impacted by where they live.