December 2006
State and City Asset Building Initiatives
Several states are at varying stages in forming statewide initiatives that take a holistic approach to asset policy development. This chart provides an update of the status of these initiatives, and their goals and accomplishments.
November 2006
Asset Building Policies in Massachusetts
The report presents the current status of numerous policies in Massachusetts and across the nation.
November 2006
"13 Myths About Affirmative Action: A Special Series on Public Policy Under Siege"
This 13-part series is written and produced in collaboration with Kimberly Williams Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum, and aired on the Michael Eric Dyson Talk Radio Show. Each installment in the series explores a widely held belief or assertion about affirmative action, and upon closer inspection shows that belief to be false, distorted, or unsupported by the evidence. The November 3rd installment features IASP Director Thomas Shapiro discussing the myth that individual effort and hard work determines who becomes prosperous and wealthy in the United States. To read about this and other installments in the series click here.
July 2006
Pioneering plan for Florida's minority communities
The Institute, in partnership with the Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition, has launched a comprehensive project to support economic revitalization, workforce development, homeownership and financial literacy in ten communities in Florida. The Institute will aid in community asset assessment and organizational capacity building, as well as provide policy analysis and research in this initiative to wage a war on poverty through assets for change. Download the document
March 2006
Wage War - A red-state wedge issue, but for the progressive side: the minimum wage
In this American Prospect article, authors Daphne Hunt and J. Larry Brown report on how local and state policy advocates view raising the minimum wage as an issue that crosses party lines and can carry with it support for progressive candidates and other progressive issues in the future.
March 2006
Perspective: NWO's as Institutions for Asset Building
Nelson Merced and Melvyn Colon discuss how organizations such as NeighborWorks America (r) and its local NeighborWorks Organizations (NWO) can be understood as institutions for asset building. Download the document
February 2006
Perspective: Medical Debt and Household Asset Stability
Jeffrey Prottas, Professor at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University and Director of Evaluations for the Robert Wood Johnson ACCESS Project, speaks about the ways medical debt undermines asset building and the kinds of policy initiatives that should be addressed. Download the document
January 2006
Perspective: Making Boston the "Opportunity City"
Paul S. Grogan, President & CEO, The Boston Foundation, speaks about asset building related to education, workforce development and housing in the city of Boston. Download the document
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