The Jewish Encore Project is grounded in the hypothesis that Baby Boomers, as they enter their fifties and sixties, will radically alter the ways American deal with what may be a new stage of life from 60-80 years old.
This active and often iconoclastic Baby Boomer generation is changing the definition of work, volunteerism, affiliation and retirement; and their large numbers ensure that even changes on the margins can have enormous ripple effects for our society. They are healthier, wealthier, more mobile and more highly educated than any generation that preceded them.
The Jewish Encore Project's research focuses on the challenges facing the Jewish community: How to sustain Baby Boomer allegiance by providing meaningful institutional and communal engagement to a cohort that could offer 30 or more years of active and creative involvement, revitalizing Jewish culture, civic engagement, social activism, intellectual life and artistic creativity.
The Moral Courage Project is an initiative housed at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service directed by RCLA Scholar Irshad Manji.
The Moral Courage Project aims to identify and learn from leaders who will challenge political correctness, intellectual conformity and self-censorship. In the best spirit of liberal education, the Moral Courage Project teaches that rights come with responsibilities, that we are citizens rather than members of mere tribes, and that meaningful diversity embraces different ideas and not just identities.
Inspired by the Islamic tradition of independent thinking known as ijtihad, which celebrates dynamic interpretation, individual creativity and communal renewal, the Moral Courage Project hosts public conversations with current champions of moral courage, includes a graduate course called "Public Leadership and Moral Courage," and uses new media to foster dialogue within the school of public service and between young people worldwide about morally courageous leadership.
Founded in 2000 by Walter Stafford, as part of the Roundtable of Institutions of People of Color, the Women of Color Policy Network is the country's only research and policy institute focusing on women of color at a nationally ranked top ten public policy school. The Network conducts original research and collects critical data on women of color that is used to inform public policy outcomes at the local, state and national levels. The Network also serves as a hub for women of color scholars, leaders and practitioners.
The Women of Color Policy Network conducts original and informed research. It is home to the country's largest and most comprehensive data repository on racial and ethnic minority women. Our research reports and policy briefs help create public policies that work for women, families and communities. The Network engages in policy analysis on pressing issues, working hand-in-hand with elected officials, scholars and community advocates to ensure that the voices and concerns of women of color are reflected in policy and to generate solutions that help relieve disparities and increase access.
