Poverty and Race Research Action Council

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a national nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C.

PRRAC was founded in 1989-1990, through an initiative of specific interest groups, e.g., major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups [1].

Throughout the existence of this organization its mission was to promote reasonable outreach strategies to address an ongoing inequality that make low-income people of color struggle. Their first published report refers us to 1997. Back then, they published 61 articles from a bi-monthly newsletter journal, Poverty & Race, in paperback and hardback as Double Exposure: Poverty & Race in America. It was a sold-out and it had been adopted as a course text in several dozen colleges and secondary schools [2].

Their current work is no difference as it still focuses on the areas of housing, education, and environmental justice. They provide technical assistance and support for local partners working on innovative, inclusive policies. Besides, they engage in a range of public education activities.

Speaking about now, in 2022, there were several reports to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, specifically in response to Periodic Report of the United States of America.

For instance, on July 14^th a “Shadow Report” called “Residential Segregation and Racial Discrimination in Housing: Continuing Harms for Communities of Color in the United States” was submitted. It’s the most recent report.

If we analyze this report, we see that the issue of housing discrimination is still an ongoing problem in almost every region in the country. Make a long story short, it evaluates the current state of the problem and, most important thing to mention, the federal government’s failure to fulfill its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Thus, we can say that some organizations are straightforward and brave enough to face the government [3].

Moreover, they show frustration with the Biden Administration, which have made a lot of promises, but still failed to reverse the damage done in previous years during the Trump Administration [4].

It’s a very interesting organization to analyze, so for additional full information – all links are clickable.

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