Justin Hansford, Professor of Law at Howard University and Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, as well as a member of the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, along with Howard University law students will be sharing their research about US cities commitments to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in communities of people of African descent. Register today

The SDSN Working Group on Diversity, Equity, and Justice (DEJ) for Sustainable Development will meet virtually on June 1, 2022 from 12-1:30pm. The Poor People's Campaign, in partnership with SDSN, will present the highlights of their new report, "A Poor People’s Pandemic Report: Mapping the Intersections of Poverty, Race and COVID-19 (06 April 2022). Information will also be shared regarding the upcoming Moral March on Washington on June 18, the newly released Hispanic Activation Toolkit, DEJ's foundation initiatives and more activities that you are invited to participate in. Register here.

In honor of Women’s History Month and National Nutrition Month, SDSN USA will be holding Zero Hunger Pathways Project Dialogue 5: Exploring Equitable Approaches to Ending Hunger in America on March 28th, 2022.

This dialogue is being jointly organized by US SDSN’s Zero Hunger Pathways Project and Diversity and Equity Working Group and Howard University’s Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership. It. will explore the impact of historic inequities and what policies and approaches are needed to address racial and gender inequities to put the country on the pathway to zero hunger.

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SDSN USA invites you to the Hispanic Heritage Month Research Webinar, co-hosted by the We Are All Human Foundation.

Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with presentations from SDSN USA members on important hispanic related research being done across the country.

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Join the Diversity, Equity, and Justice for Sustainable Development Working Group to share best practices in the DEJ space and find points of collaboration across the SDGs.

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Join Hispanic Star and SDSN USA as we prepare and ideate around meaningful activations for Hispanic Heritage Month. Learn more about SDSN USA's DEJ Working Group, the opportunity to submit research for Hispanic Heritage Research Panel, amplify Network Member HHM events & Initiatives, and explore the Hispanic Heritage Month toolkit and activations to join the effort to make this Hispanic Heritage Month bigger, better and bolder than ever!

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 fully recognizes the essential role of diversity, culture, equity, and justice in integrating the economic and social aspects of development. The Working Group on Diversity, Equity, and Justice for Sustainable Development is formed to highlight the essentiality of integrating these key elements into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Join working group co-chairs Helen Bond and Claudia Edelman for for the launch of this new SDSN USA working group on June 1 at 12 PM ET.

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How is the U.S. delivering on the SDGs across racial and ethnic groups? Join us on May 5 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time for the launch of In the Red: the US failure to deliver on a promise of racial equality, to learn about findings from an initial examination of disaggregated SDG data across US states.

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Learn more about SDSN USA's recent report, Never More Urgent: A Preliminary Preliminary Review of How the U.S. is Leaving Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous Communities Behind during a webinar on December 3, 2020 at 2pm ET!

Alainna Lynch (SDSN), Dr. Helen Bond (Howard University), and Dr. Clarence Lusane (Howard University) will present on the approach and key findings from this work, discuss next steps, and respond to audience Q&A.

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