The IARA Project researches what works–and what doesn’t work–to create antiracist change
What policies and practices truly spark antiracist change in organizations? The Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project, situated within the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, is a team of researchers, students, and experts dedicated to answering this question. Through rigorous evaluations of policies and practices, we share what works to create antiracist change in organizations across sectors.
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A Democracy Post-Mortem: What Exit Poll Data Reveals About Race in America Today
On November 7, Professors Leah Wright Rigueur and Khalil Gibran Muhammad hosted a virtual conversation two days after the most pivotal U.S. presidential election in over a century. Elements of […]
Announcing Research Project Examining AMA Archives
August 31, 2022
To facilitate a landmark research project, the American Medical Association (AMA) is opening its archival collections to researchers from the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project beginning in the summer […]
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‘The writing was on the wall’
Five insights on race, class, and gender in the 2024 presidential election from Professors Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Leah Wright Rigueur
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Ash Center Event Examines Rightward Shift of Black and Latino Voters
Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Professor Leah Wright Rigueur examined how Black and Latino voters in the 2024 presidential election shifted rightward because of their broader dissatisfaction with the Democratic […]