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New Lender Center – Syracuse Abroad Initiative Expands Student Social Justice Research to Global Locations
The work of the Lender Center for Social Justice will now have a global dimension as the result of a partnership with Syracuse Abroad. Through a new initiative called Lender Global, each year one of the University’s abroad centers will…
Lender Center Postdoctoral Researcher Studies Entrepreneur Attributes, Racial Wealth Gap Concerns
Determining what drives entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups is the focus of Yolanda Christophe’s research. Christophe is one of three Lender Center for Social Justice postdoctoral fellows who are involved in the center’s examination of the racial wealth gap in America….
Lender Center Hosts LA Conversation on Racial Equity in the Entertainment Industry
Five Syracuse University alumni—all prominent entertainment industry professionals—participated in a panel discussion last week regarding racial wealth disparities in American society and the inequities they have witnessed and experienced in that industry. The event, “Lender Conversation in Los Angeles: Seeking…
Urban Video Project Presents ‘This Side of Salina’
Light Work’s Urban Video Project (UVP) is pleased to present the exhibition of “This Side of Salina” by filmmaker Lynne Sachs, exploring reproductive justice from Oct. 12 to Dec. 21 at UVP’s architectural projection venue on the Everson Museum facade…
Call for Applications: Lender Center Student Research Fellowship Program
Students interested in researching how social justice issues and historic racism practices impact public health are invited to apply for the 2024-26 Lender Center for Social Justice Student Fellowship Program. Their project will explore the historic legacy of “redlining,” a discriminatory…
Kendall Phillips Appointed Director of the Lender Center for Social Justice
Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named director of the Lender Center for Social Justice. The center fosters proactive, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to issues related to social…
Miriam Mutambudzi Chosen as 2024-26 Lender Center Faculty Fellow
A public health professor whose research focuses on social determinants of health has been selected as the 2024-26 Lender Center for Social Justice faculty fellow. Miriam Mutambudzi will explore how Black adults who reside in historically redlined neighborhoods can experience…
Scholars, Community Leaders Examine the Racial Wealth Gap at Lender Center Symposium in Atlanta
Nationally noted author, activist and philanthropic strategy advisor Edgar Villaneuva joined Syracuse University faculty and Atlanta community, business and government leaders June 4 for the latest Lender Center for Social Justice symposium examining the racial wealth gap. “Closing the Racial…
Lender Center Postdoctoral Fellow Examines the Impact of Gentrification and Displacement in Western and Central New York
Growing up in Rochester and attending the University of Buffalo, Lender Center for Social Justice Postdoctoral Fellow J Coley saw firsthand how gentrification and displacement impacted those communities. Now, Coley (they/them) studies how the policies and actions of local, state…
Racial Wealth Gap Research Presented at MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Event
The U.S. racial wealth gap was the focus of a symposium hosted by the Lender Center for Social Justice last week. “Interrogating the Racial Wealth Gap: Thinking Locally,” featured presentations by five faculty teams whose research is supported by 2023…