The statement by Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, on the situation of Roma in Europe is to be welcomed for its unequivocal and forthright commitment to Roma inclusion.
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Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Equality
Topics: Bernard Rorke, European Commission, European Union, evictions, France, Roma, Vivane Reding
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How do you describe five years in the life of New Orleans in ten minutes? Dr. Allison Plyer of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center does just that in GNOCDC’s youtube briefing on The New Orleans Index, a comprehensive assessment of the city’s recovery after the storm and the breaking of the levees.
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For poor communities of color in the post-Katrina South—and all across America—citizenship isn't enough. Their real fight is for first-class citizenship.
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"I'm hopeful that five years from now we’ll see reduced incarceration rates, more community services, and increased political power for low-income communities and communities of color in the Deep South," says Dana Kaplan of the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana in this interview.
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