CSREA at Brown University
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The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) at Brown University is a leading voice in the study and research of the complex social issues surrounding identity, power, and justice.
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THIS WEEK 🔜
We’re welcoming sociologist Christina Cross for a powerful, data-driven talk on her new book, "Inherited Inequality"—and why the two-parent family is not the equalizer we’ve been told it is.
📅 Feb 19, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Andrews House, Room 110
🔗 csrea.link/cross
We’re welcoming sociologist Christina Cross for a powerful, data-driven talk on her new book, "Inherited Inequality"—and why the two-parent family is not the equalizer we’ve been told it is.
📅 Feb 19, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Andrews House, Room 110
🔗 csrea.link/cross
February 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
THIS WEEK 🔜
We’re welcoming sociologist Christina Cross for a powerful, data-driven talk on her new book, "Inherited Inequality"—and why the two-parent family is not the equalizer we’ve been told it is.
📅 Feb 19, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Andrews House, Room 110
🔗 csrea.link/cross
We’re welcoming sociologist Christina Cross for a powerful, data-driven talk on her new book, "Inherited Inequality"—and why the two-parent family is not the equalizer we’ve been told it is.
📅 Feb 19, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Andrews House, Room 110
🔗 csrea.link/cross
Featured Speaker!
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Featured Speaker!
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
Does the “two-parent family” really cure inequality?
In her new book "Inherited Inequality", sociologist Christina Cross challenges decades of policy myths and shows why marriage promotion fails to protect Black children from structural racism.
📅 Feb 19, 2026 | ⏰ 4:00 PM
🔗 csrea.link/cross
In her new book "Inherited Inequality", sociologist Christina Cross challenges decades of policy myths and shows why marriage promotion fails to protect Black children from structural racism.
📅 Feb 19, 2026 | ⏰ 4:00 PM
🔗 csrea.link/cross
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Does the “two-parent family” really cure inequality?
In her new book "Inherited Inequality", sociologist Christina Cross challenges decades of policy myths and shows why marriage promotion fails to protect Black children from structural racism.
📅 Feb 19, 2026 | ⏰ 4:00 PM
🔗 csrea.link/cross
In her new book "Inherited Inequality", sociologist Christina Cross challenges decades of policy myths and shows why marriage promotion fails to protect Black children from structural racism.
📅 Feb 19, 2026 | ⏰ 4:00 PM
🔗 csrea.link/cross
Come spend some time with us today, Wednesday, February 4, from 4:00–5:00pm at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (96 Waterman Street) for a time of fellowship, community, and light refreshments. We’d love to see you!
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Come spend some time with us today, Wednesday, February 4, from 4:00–5:00pm at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (96 Waterman Street) for a time of fellowship, community, and light refreshments. We’d love to see you!
We welcome you to swing by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (96 Waterman Street) on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 between 4:00 - 5:00pm for a time of fellowship and community.
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We welcome you to swing by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (96 Waterman Street) on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 between 4:00 - 5:00pm for a time of fellowship and community.
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Rafael Medina, Dominican-American photographer from Providence, captures the city’s soul through street & event photography. His piece "Last Kiss Goodbye"—a fleeting moment on a quiet downtown night—is on view now in our Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit.
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Rafael Medina, Dominican-American photographer from Providence, captures the city’s soul through street & event photography. His piece "Last Kiss Goodbye"—a fleeting moment on a quiet downtown night—is on view now in our Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Toby Sisson, Providence artist & professor, explores hybridity and belonging through layered work. Her piece "Deconstructed American (5)" uses fractured collage to reflect complex national identity. On view now in our Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit.
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Toby Sisson, Providence artist & professor, explores hybridity and belonging through layered work. Her piece "Deconstructed American (5)" uses fractured collage to reflect complex national identity. On view now in our Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Jeremy Dennis is a Shinnecock fine art photographer who uses cinematic imagery to explore Indigenous identity & the impacts of colonization. His "Rise" series confronts erasure & historical violence. See his work "Monolith" in our Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit.
October 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Jeremy Dennis is a Shinnecock fine art photographer who uses cinematic imagery to explore Indigenous identity & the impacts of colonization. His "Rise" series confronts erasure & historical violence. See his work "Monolith" in our Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit.
Join us TODAY at 4 PM for a moving conversation with anthropologist Laurence Ralph about his new book Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him. Through Sito’s story, Ralph explores the cycles of violence and the strength of communities in the face of loss.
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join us TODAY at 4 PM for a moving conversation with anthropologist Laurence Ralph about his new book Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him. Through Sito’s story, Ralph explores the cycles of violence and the strength of communities in the face of loss.
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
Join us on for a conversation with anthropologist Laurence Ralph on his new book "Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him." Through the story of a 19-year-old lost to gun violence, Ralph reflects on violence, loss, and the resilience of communities.
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
September 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join us on for a conversation with anthropologist Laurence Ralph on his new book "Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him." Through the story of a 19-year-old lost to gun violence, Ralph reflects on violence, loss, and the resilience of communities.
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
🔗 csrea.link/Sito
We are 1 WEEK AWAY from our Dr. Jean S. Yun Lecture Series with immigration law scholar Hiroshi Motomura. His lecture will trace 150+ years of AAPI experiences with U.S. immigration policy.
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
September 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We are 1 WEEK AWAY from our Dr. Jean S. Yun Lecture Series with immigration law scholar Hiroshi Motomura. His lecture will trace 150+ years of AAPI experiences with U.S. immigration policy.
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
Today’s the day!
We’re gathering in Pembroke 305 for the 90th Anniversary Conference of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.
Join the dialogue with scholars, educators & community voices on race, democracy & labor that Du Bois began nearly a century ago.
Zoom 🔗: csrea.link/DuBoisZoom
We’re gathering in Pembroke 305 for the 90th Anniversary Conference of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.
Join the dialogue with scholars, educators & community voices on race, democracy & labor that Du Bois began nearly a century ago.
Zoom 🔗: csrea.link/DuBoisZoom
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today’s the day!
We’re gathering in Pembroke 305 for the 90th Anniversary Conference of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.
Join the dialogue with scholars, educators & community voices on race, democracy & labor that Du Bois began nearly a century ago.
Zoom 🔗: csrea.link/DuBoisZoom
We’re gathering in Pembroke 305 for the 90th Anniversary Conference of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.
Join the dialogue with scholars, educators & community voices on race, democracy & labor that Du Bois began nearly a century ago.
Zoom 🔗: csrea.link/DuBoisZoom
Today at 4 PM — Join us at Rites & Reason Theatre (or online) for an artist roundtable on creativity, resilience & connection, followed by the launch of CSREA’s Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit with refreshments. Free & open to all!
csrea.link/ArtTalk
csrea.link/ArtTalk
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today at 4 PM — Join us at Rites & Reason Theatre (or online) for an artist roundtable on creativity, resilience & connection, followed by the launch of CSREA’s Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit with refreshments. Free & open to all!
csrea.link/ArtTalk
csrea.link/ArtTalk
We are excited to welcome artist + writer Mary-Kim Arnold to our Community + Connection: Artist Roundtable on Sept 18.
She’ll share her work, "Customs", a textile work exploring Korean adoption, forced family separation, and the documents that reduce lives to data points.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
She’ll share her work, "Customs", a textile work exploring Korean adoption, forced family separation, and the documents that reduce lives to data points.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We are excited to welcome artist + writer Mary-Kim Arnold to our Community + Connection: Artist Roundtable on Sept 18.
She’ll share her work, "Customs", a textile work exploring Korean adoption, forced family separation, and the documents that reduce lives to data points.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
She’ll share her work, "Customs", a textile work exploring Korean adoption, forced family separation, and the documents that reduce lives to data points.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
In her talk “The Politics of Memory and the Truth-Telling Legacies of Black Reconstruction.”, Dr. Hajar Yazdiha will examine Du Bois’s lessons on history, memory, and truth-telling—and how they help us imagine a better future.
You won’t want to miss her talk on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
You won’t want to miss her talk on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
September 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In her talk “The Politics of Memory and the Truth-Telling Legacies of Black Reconstruction.”, Dr. Hajar Yazdiha will examine Du Bois’s lessons on history, memory, and truth-telling—and how they help us imagine a better future.
You won’t want to miss her talk on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
You won’t want to miss her talk on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
ONE WEEK AWAY from a powerful gathering honoring the 90th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.
Expect a full day of:
🎤 Keynote lectures from leading voices
💡 Thought-provoking panel discussions
👥 Engaged dialogue across disciplines and generations
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
Expect a full day of:
🎤 Keynote lectures from leading voices
💡 Thought-provoking panel discussions
👥 Engaged dialogue across disciplines and generations
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ONE WEEK AWAY from a powerful gathering honoring the 90th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.
Expect a full day of:
🎤 Keynote lectures from leading voices
💡 Thought-provoking panel discussions
👥 Engaged dialogue across disciplines and generations
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
Expect a full day of:
🎤 Keynote lectures from leading voices
💡 Thought-provoking panel discussions
👥 Engaged dialogue across disciplines and generations
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
Our featured speaker, Freeden Blume Oeur explores how Du Bois and Helen Boardman exposed racism in school textbooks—and why their lessons still matter today.
Catch his talk at “US Democracy, Then and Now” on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
Catch his talk at “US Democracy, Then and Now” on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our featured speaker, Freeden Blume Oeur explores how Du Bois and Helen Boardman exposed racism in school textbooks—and why their lessons still matter today.
Catch his talk at “US Democracy, Then and Now” on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
Catch his talk at “US Democracy, Then and Now” on Sept 19th!
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
We are excited Dr. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo —rapper, beatmaker, and scholar —will be joining our Community + Connection: Artist Roundtable on Sept 18 at 4pm!
She’ll be talking about her track "PRAISE WORSHIP", a powerful exploration of perfectionism, anxiety, and freedom.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
She’ll be talking about her track "PRAISE WORSHIP", a powerful exploration of perfectionism, anxiety, and freedom.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
September 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We are excited Dr. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo —rapper, beatmaker, and scholar —will be joining our Community + Connection: Artist Roundtable on Sept 18 at 4pm!
She’ll be talking about her track "PRAISE WORSHIP", a powerful exploration of perfectionism, anxiety, and freedom.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
She’ll be talking about her track "PRAISE WORSHIP", a powerful exploration of perfectionism, anxiety, and freedom.
🔗 csrea.link/ArtTalk
CSREA presents the Dr. Jean S. Yun Lecture Series with immigration law scholar Hiroshi Motomura. Motomura will present on AAPI communities, U.S. immigration policy, and how borders conceal inequality and laws normalize discrimination.
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
September 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
CSREA presents the Dr. Jean S. Yun Lecture Series with immigration law scholar Hiroshi Motomura. Motomura will present on AAPI communities, U.S. immigration policy, and how borders conceal inequality and laws normalize discrimination.
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
📅 October 2, 2025
⏰ 4:00 pm
📍Petteruti Lounge
🔗 csrea.link/JYL25
Our featured speaker, Dr. Robert Gooding-Williams asks: can democracy survive without solving both Du Bois’s “race-problem,” and the “poor white problem”?
Join the conversation Sept 19th at US Democracy, Then and Now.
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
Join the conversation Sept 19th at US Democracy, Then and Now.
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
September 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our featured speaker, Dr. Robert Gooding-Williams asks: can democracy survive without solving both Du Bois’s “race-problem,” and the “poor white problem”?
Join the conversation Sept 19th at US Democracy, Then and Now.
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
Join the conversation Sept 19th at US Democracy, Then and Now.
🔗: csrea.link/DuBois
See his piece Smile in CSREA’s Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit. Inspired by the life of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins, it’s a tribute to his spirit, bravery & light. Meet Palmer at our artist roundtable & exhibit launch Sept. 18, 4 PM.
csrea.link/ArtTalk
csrea.link/ArtTalk
September 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
See his piece Smile in CSREA’s Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit. Inspired by the life of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins, it’s a tribute to his spirit, bravery & light. Meet Palmer at our artist roundtable & exhibit launch Sept. 18, 4 PM.
csrea.link/ArtTalk
csrea.link/ArtTalk
Dr. Andrew J. Douglas joins US Democracy, Then and Now: Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction at 90 with: “The Counterrevolution of Property after Black Reconstruction.”
How did Du Bois envision education as a force against capitalism & empire—and what can we learn today?
csrea.link/DuBois
How did Du Bois envision education as a force against capitalism & empire—and what can we learn today?
csrea.link/DuBois
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Dr. Andrew J. Douglas joins US Democracy, Then and Now: Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction at 90 with: “The Counterrevolution of Property after Black Reconstruction.”
How did Du Bois envision education as a force against capitalism & empire—and what can we learn today?
csrea.link/DuBois
How did Du Bois envision education as a force against capitalism & empire—and what can we learn today?
csrea.link/DuBois
Join educators, researchers, & community scholars on Sept 19th for a one day conference re-examining Du Boi's groundbreaking ideas on race, democracy, and labor - and why they remain urgent today.
Register: csrea.link/DuBois
Register: csrea.link/DuBois
August 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Join educators, researchers, & community scholars on Sept 19th for a one day conference re-examining Du Boi's groundbreaking ideas on race, democracy, and labor - and why they remain urgent today.
Register: csrea.link/DuBois
Register: csrea.link/DuBois
Join us Sept 18, 2025, for an artist roundtable on creativity in times of uncertainty, followed by the launch of CSREA’s Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit. Connect with artists, scholars & community over light refreshments. Free & open to all!
csrea.link/ArtTalk
csrea.link/ArtTalk
August 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Join us Sept 18, 2025, for an artist roundtable on creativity in times of uncertainty, followed by the launch of CSREA’s Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit. Connect with artists, scholars & community over light refreshments. Free & open to all!
csrea.link/ArtTalk
csrea.link/ArtTalk
‼️ LAST DAY TO APPLY‼️
Join a community of creatives, engage with scholars, and contribute to transformative conversations in this virtual fellowship.
The CSREA Practitioner Fellowship at Brown University is now accepting applications for Spring 2026!
Apply Here: bit.ly/APF26
Join a community of creatives, engage with scholars, and contribute to transformative conversations in this virtual fellowship.
The CSREA Practitioner Fellowship at Brown University is now accepting applications for Spring 2026!
Apply Here: bit.ly/APF26
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‼️ LAST DAY TO APPLY‼️
Join a community of creatives, engage with scholars, and contribute to transformative conversations in this virtual fellowship.
The CSREA Practitioner Fellowship at Brown University is now accepting applications for Spring 2026!
Apply Here: bit.ly/APF26
Join a community of creatives, engage with scholars, and contribute to transformative conversations in this virtual fellowship.
The CSREA Practitioner Fellowship at Brown University is now accepting applications for Spring 2026!
Apply Here: bit.ly/APF26