POST 160 PZ -Racl Justice Initiative Polc Lab

Institution: Pitzer

Description: Racial Justice Initiative Policy Lab: Environmental Justice The course is an intersection of public policy analysis and applied research. The diffused nature of the U.S. political system provides policy entrepreneurs with an opportunity to develop policy ideas and shape policy outcomes. Students will understand the roles research, expertise, and strategic communications play in shaping public policy. In this class, students will research a contemporary policy issue and develop a policy research brief drawing on existing data sets and original analysis. The RJI Policy and Issues Briefs will be published quarterly, widely disseminated and posted on the RJI Policy Lab webpage. In the fall of 2021, the course and lab will focus on environmental justice and environmental policy issues. While the readings cover environmental justice issues widely, we will center our analysis and work around local environmental justice work in the Inland Empire. We will work with the Robert Redford Conservancy to identify relevant partners to provide objective analysis and research in an effort to strengthen the work of advocates seeking to improve the health and wellbeing of local residents.

Prerequisite(s): See the current course schedule for registration restrictions.

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