Jillian Medeiros
Jillian Medeiros, PhD is the Senior Research Associate at Race Forward. Jillian received her doctorate in political science at the University of Southern California in 2009. She then traveled to the University of New Mexico where she was an assistant professor until spring of 2013. Jillian’s research areas have included issues regarding race and ethnicity, policy and inequity, and issues regarding Latina/os and health care.
Presentations from Facing Race 2014
Breaking Down the Racial Divide at Work: Tools and Stories that Inspire Action
In an era of job uncertainty, cut hours, and diminishing wages and benefits, it is increasingly important to have a unified social justice labor movement to combat racial and gender discrimination. This session will unveil Race Forward’s interactive visual and web-based tool that unifies frames and messaging on occupational segregation by race and gender, in collaboration with the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC), National Domestic Worker’s Alliance (NDWA) and Retail Action Project (RAP). ROC will also unveil their newest mobile app.
Speakers: Julia Sebastian, Jillian Medeiros, Ai-jen Poo, Ariel Jacobson, Sasha Hammad, Alicia Garza