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The César E. Chávez Institute
A community-based research center where impassioned science and peaceful social action intersect to produce change
College of Ethnic Studies
San Francisco State
For students For faculty
Mentoring and research opportunities for faculty and students ~ for a
new generation of socially engaged researchers.
Mentorship & Training
César E. Chávez Institute • Belinda Reyes, Director • San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave EP103 • San Francisco CA 94132 • cci@sfsu.edu • http://cci.sfsu.eduDecember, 2014
The César E. Chávez Institute gratefully thanks our funders
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California Endowment • California HIV/AIDS Research Program • California
Policy Research Center • Center for Financial Service Innovation • Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention • David and Lucile Packard Foundation •
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Community-University
Empowerment Grants
CUE mini-grants are competetively
awarded to College of Ethnic
Studies faculty to support their
professional development
and simultaneously fund the
implementation of policy-relevant
or community development
projects - in close collaboration
with community partners.
Latino Policy Summers
Excellent undergraduate students are
sent to Washington D.C. each year,
with all expenses paid, to participate in
the Summer Institute for Latino Policy
- a program of the Inter-University
Program for Latino Reseasrch
(IUPLR) which develops the policy
research skills of young Latinos and
exposes them to the world of politics.
Internship and
Employment
We engage students in research,
training and community
engagement opportunities, as
salaried work experience or for
academic credit.
Faculty Work Groups
The Institute facilitates
multidisciplinary work groups to
collaborate on projects, events, and
grant proposals.
We foster the research and creative work of faculty of color
and support the
missions of the
College of Ethnic
Studies and of San
Francisco State
University.
we are dedicated to examining,
documenting, and providing strategies to
better address the needs of communities
of color – highlighting our histories,
experiences, resiliency and strengths.
Inspired by César E. Chávez’ example of peaceful social justice action,
between academic
research and community
action, developing
partnerships between
students, faculty, and
community
We serve as a bridge
In-depth, meaningful research and community mobilization
depend on the ability to listen, to accurately perceive needs,
to allow the community itself to move our work in new
directions.
Our forums and seminars bring together community
organizations, researchers and policy makers to share best
practices on topics relevant to community stakeholders.
Research/Practice Forums at the Institute
bring together key academic and community representatives
to share new knowledge and best practices on a critical
issue. These carefully structured events allow community-
based organizations, policymakers, researchers, artists,
students and educators to learn from each other’s work
and exchange ideas, allowing participants to improve local
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Effective, informative,
and provocative...
“
”
“It was so powerful to
participate in this event, this
celebration, coming-together, learning
experience...This was a very
invigorating experience. ”
Policy & Action Seminars
enable community members to discuss critical
issues of the day with faculty, policymakers,
students, and researchers, in a less structured format.
CCI presents research evidence on the subject
or brings in experts to
frame the discussion. The
intention is to share best
practices and provide a
forum for open dialogue.
Community Seminars and Forums
“The perfect venue for
networking and having significant
dialogue between
community, academia and
researchers... Thank you! ”
Low-income persons and communities of
color have been severely impacted by the
nation’s profound economic deterioration.
The protracted crisis is strongly affecting
WKH�QRQ�SURÀW�VHFWRU��IRUFLQJ�PDQ\�organizations to close their doors while the
need for their services is greater than ever.
The remaining community organizations
need staff capable of providing a wide
range of services to an increasingly
PXOWLHWKQLF�SRSXODWLRQ��'LIÀLFXOWLHV�LQ�KLULQJ�DQG�UHWDLQLQJ�TXDOLÀHG�SURIHVVLRQDO�staff in Bay Area CBOs requries strategic
SODQQLQJ�IRU�WKH�QRQSURÀW�ZRUNIRUFH��8QIRUWXQDWHO\��PRVW�WUDLQLQJ�SURJUDPV�in existence utilize a white/middle class
PRGHO�WKDW�IDLOV�WR�DGGUHVV�WKH�VSHFLÀF�challenges faced by underrepresented and
Currently in development: $�FXOWXUDOO\�EDVHG�QRQ�SURÀW�OHDGHUVKLS�SURJUDP
See:�FFL�VIVX�HGX�QRQSURÀWOHDGHUVKLS
The César E. Chávez Institute
A multi-ethnic research center committed to
promoting socially engaged scholarship and
community action, with the overall goal of
empowering communities and individuals of color in
their struggles for inclusion and equality. We have a
decade-long record promoting change in the areas
of health, education, and self-determination.
Painting by Amir Khoury
Cesar Chavez
• Work to enhance
capacity and
enable voice in
our communities
• Engage in research
that informs policy
and practice
• Examine the
impact of structural
disadvantage and
institutional bias
on access and
representation
We:
marginalized communities.
We are examining the needs of Bay Area
QRQSURÀWV�DQG�ZD\V�WR�KHOS�IRUP�D�QHZ�generation of professionals equipped
with a critical and social-justice lens.
Many College of Ethnic Studies students
DUH�DWWUDFWHG�WR�QRQSURÀW�FDUHHUV��ZH�are exploring the possibility of creating
a program for undergraduates and
SURIHVVLRQDOV�LQ�WKH�ÀHOG�RI�QRQSURÀW�management. The curriculum would be
grounded in a culturally based capacity-
building model that embraces liberatory
SHGDJRJLHV��FRPPXQLW\�SDUWLFLSDWRU\�OHDUQLQJ��DQG�FUHDWLYH�WKLQNLQJ�RQ�solving social problems.
Our Capacity Building Initiative assists CBOs in building their research and
evaluation capacity, in order to strengthen their programs and advocacy, meet contract
requirements, and gain support from the community, regulatory agencies and funders.
Products and Services can include:
• Research methods designed to meet
WKH�VSHFLÀF�QHHGV�RI�DJHQFLHV• In-depth interviews
• Survey instrument development
• $VVLVWDQFH�GHÀQLQJ�DQG�DUWLFXODWLQJ�community needs, program
objectives and design
• Literature reviews
• Data analysis
• Program evaluations
• Community assessments
• Impact reports
• Culturally appropriate educational
materials
• Training and technical assistance
to implement assessments
Public policymakers and funders are
increasingly turning to community-based
organizations to create new solutions to
the multiple social ills where both the
public and private sectors have failed to
KDYH�VXIÀFLHQW�LPSDFW��&%2V�DUH�DVNHG�WR�help build, educate, protect and empower
communities, and at the same time
operate under an ever-greater demand for
HIÀFLHQF\�DQG�HIÀFDF\��0DQ\�SURJUDPV�designed to bolster the wellbeing of
communities of color need outside help
to better address the complexities of the
social and political issues they face.
Capacity building
We aim to improve educational progress and
ensure that students of color have access to a
high-quality education. We examine the varying
educational attainment levels of students of color
and the barriers to education.
Education
We aim to improve health by increasing access
to high-quality, culturally and linguistically
appropriate care in our communities. We
explore the social determinants of health and the
intersection of social and institutional factors that
perpetuate lax care, medical disadvantages, and
poor health.
Health
We are committed to building the capacity of
individuals, families, and communities, expand
wealth, foster leadership, and promote the
enfranchisement of people of color.
We examine and document barriers to self-
determination and inclusion, explore programs that
promote community empowerment, and support
already present sources of resiliency and strength.
Self-determination
Action-centered Research A few of our projects
Diversifying California’s School Boards: Latino Representation
Latinos comprising over half of public school students in
California, but the political leadership in schools remains
mostly white. This study examined barriers to Latino
representation and board members’ perceptions of the
problems and policy issues in their districts. We found
VLJQLÀFDQW�XQGHU�UHSUHVHQWDWLRQ�RI�/DWLQRV�LQ�&DOLIRUQLD�school boards and differences in policy priorities and
choices between white and non-white board members.
Three recommendations are proposed to increase
representation: non-citizens voting in local school board
elections, district-based elections instead of district-wide
or at-large election, and to review accessibility issues in
the candidacy process.
The Latina/o Educational Achievement Partnership (LEAP)
is an advocacy and research initiative to promote the
advancement of Latina/o students in higher education in the
San Francisco Bay Area. Latinos/as are now California’s
largest racial/ethnic group, but have the lowest educational
attainment level of any group. LEAP’s goal is to assist
local post-secondary institutions to become more “equity
minded” – providing tools for evaluating institutional
barriers to Latino success, and assessing Latino students’
needs. LEAP seeks to engage Bay Area institutions in
a dialogue about how to best serve this population. The
Institute is conducting research on barriers to college
enrollment, persistence and completion, as well as on the
many promising practices for improving services. This
research and dialogue together will generate solid, campus-
VSHFLÀF�UHFRPPHQGDWLRQV�WR�FUHDWH�WKH�LQVWLWXWLRQDO�FKDQJH�needed to better serve Latino students.
Latino Educational Achievement Partnership
Social Lending: A credit-building tool for underbanked communities
In this project we evaluated a culturally relevant and
VRFLDOO\�UHVSRQVLEOH�SURJUDP�WR�LPSURYH�WKH�ÀQDQFLDO�situation of low- and moderate-income persons. Through
a cooperative approach, Mission Asset Fund’s Lending
Circles participants build assets, improve credit scores,
ORZHU�GHEW�EXUGHQV��DQG�GHYHORS�ÀQDQFLDO�H[SHUWLVH��:H�IRXQG�VLJQLÀFDQW�LPSURYHPHQW�LQ�FUHGLW�VFRUHV�DQG�reductions in debt for people in Lending Circles. We also
examine the replicability of the model to other ethnically
GLYHUVH�SRSXODWLRQV��DQG�IRXQG�VLJQLÀFDQW�LPSURYHPHQWV�across populations and sites.
The César E. Chávez
Institute is committed
to the highest quality
research, with the goal
of developing effective
and culturally appropriate
strategies and policies.
Our community partners
are not merely the
objects of research and
intervention, but rather
active participants in
the investigative process
and in the meaningful
interpretation and
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We employ a wide
range of quantitative and
qualitative methods, such
as surveys, secondary
data analysis, policy
analysis, ethnography,
indepth interviews, oral
histories, focus groups,
social documentation and
literary criticism.
We seek only meaningful
projects that have the
potential to create change
in our communities.
We are a member center of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research, a national
network of Latino researchers and scholars.
We aim to improve educational progress and
ensure that students of color have access to a
high-quality education. We examine the varying
educational attainment levels of students of color
and the barriers to education.
Education
We aim to improve health by increasing access
to high-quality, culturally and linguistically
appropriate care in our communities. We
explore the social determinants of health and the
intersection of social and institutional factors that
perpetuate lax care, medical disadvantages, and
poor health.
Health
We are committed to building the capacity of
individuals, families, and communities, expand
wealth, foster leadership, and promote the
enfranchisement of people of color.
We examine and document barriers to self-
determination and inclusion, explore programs that
promote community empowerment, and support
already present sources of resiliency and strength.
Self-determination
Action-centered Research A few of our projects
Diversifying California’s School Boards: Latino Representation
Latinos comprising over half of public school students in
California, but the political leadership in schools remains
mostly white. This study examined barriers to Latino
representation and board members’ perceptions of the
problems and policy issues in their districts. We found
VLJQLÀFDQW�XQGHU�UHSUHVHQWDWLRQ�RI�/DWLQRV�LQ�&DOLIRUQLD�school boards and differences in policy priorities and
choices between white and non-white board members.
Three recommendations are proposed to increase
representation: non-citizens voting in local school board
elections, district-based elections instead of district-wide
or at-large election, and to review accessibility issues in
the candidacy process.
The Latina/o Educational Achievement Partnership (LEAP)
is an advocacy and research initiative to promote the
advancement of Latina/o students in higher education in the
San Francisco Bay Area. Latinos/as are now California’s
largest racial/ethnic group, but have the lowest educational
attainment level of any group. LEAP’s goal is to assist
local post-secondary institutions to become more “equity
minded” – providing tools for evaluating institutional
barriers to Latino success, and assessing Latino students’
needs. LEAP seeks to engage Bay Area institutions in
a dialogue about how to best serve this population. The
Institute is conducting research on barriers to college
enrollment, persistence and completion, as well as on the
many promising practices for improving services. This
research and dialogue together will generate solid, campus-
VSHFLÀF�UHFRPPHQGDWLRQV�WR�FUHDWH�WKH�LQVWLWXWLRQDO�FKDQJH�needed to better serve Latino students.
Latino Educational Achievement Partnership
Social Lending: A credit-building tool for underbanked communities
In this project we evaluated a culturally relevant and
VRFLDOO\�UHVSRQVLEOH�SURJUDP�WR�LPSURYH�WKH�ÀQDQFLDO�situation of low- and moderate-income persons. Through
a cooperative approach, Mission Asset Fund’s Lending
Circles participants build assets, improve credit scores,
ORZHU�GHEW�EXUGHQV��DQG�GHYHORS�ÀQDQFLDO�H[SHUWLVH��:H�IRXQG�VLJQLÀFDQW�LPSURYHPHQW�LQ�FUHGLW�VFRUHV�DQG�reductions in debt for people in Lending Circles. We also
examine the replicability of the model to other ethnically
GLYHUVH�SRSXODWLRQV��DQG�IRXQG�VLJQLÀFDQW�LPSURYHPHQWV�across populations and sites.
The César E. Chávez
Institute is committed
to the highest quality
research, with the goal
of developing effective
and culturally appropriate
strategies and policies.
Our community partners
are not merely the
objects of research and
intervention, but rather
active participants in
the investigative process
and in the meaningful
interpretation and
HSGYQIRXEXMSR�SJ�½RHMRKW��
We employ a wide
range of quantitative and
qualitative methods, such
as surveys, secondary
data analysis, policy
analysis, ethnography,
indepth interviews, oral
histories, focus groups,
social documentation and
literary criticism.
We seek only meaningful
projects that have the
potential to create change
in our communities.
We are a member center of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research, a national
network of Latino researchers and scholars.
Low-income persons and communities of
color have been severely impacted by the
nation’s profound economic deterioration.
The protracted crisis is strongly affecting
WKH�QRQ�SURÀW�VHFWRU��IRUFLQJ�PDQ\�organizations to close their doors while the
need for their services is greater than ever.
The remaining community organizations
need staff capable of providing a wide
range of services to an increasingly
PXOWLHWKQLF�SRSXODWLRQ��'LIÀLFXOWLHV�LQ�KLULQJ�DQG�UHWDLQLQJ�TXDOLÀHG�SURIHVVLRQDO�staff in Bay Area CBOs requries strategic
SODQQLQJ�IRU�WKH�QRQSURÀW�ZRUNIRUFH��8QIRUWXQDWHO\��PRVW�WUDLQLQJ�SURJUDPV�in existence utilize a white/middle class
PRGHO�WKDW�IDLOV�WR�DGGUHVV�WKH�VSHFLÀF�challenges faced by underrepresented and
Currently in development: $�FXOWXUDOO\�EDVHG�QRQ�SURÀW�OHDGHUVKLS�SURJUDP
See:�FFL�VIVX�HGX�QRQSURÀWOHDGHUVKLS
The César E. Chávez Institute
A multi-ethnic research center committed to
promoting socially engaged scholarship and
community action, with the overall goal of
empowering communities and individuals of color in
their struggles for inclusion and equality. We have a
decade-long record promoting change in the areas
of health, education, and self-determination.
Painting by Amir Khoury
Cesar Chavez
• Work to enhance
capacity and
enable voice in
our communities
• Engage in research
that informs policy
and practice
• Examine the
impact of structural
disadvantage and
institutional bias
on access and
representation
We:
marginalized communities.
We are examining the needs of Bay Area
QRQSURÀWV�DQG�ZD\V�WR�KHOS�IRUP�D�QHZ�generation of professionals equipped
with a critical and social-justice lens.
Many College of Ethnic Studies students
DUH�DWWUDFWHG�WR�QRQSURÀW�FDUHHUV��ZH�are exploring the possibility of creating
a program for undergraduates and
SURIHVVLRQDOV�LQ�WKH�ÀHOG�RI�QRQSURÀW�management. The curriculum would be
grounded in a culturally based capacity-
building model that embraces liberatory
SHGDJRJLHV��FRPPXQLW\�SDUWLFLSDWRU\�OHDUQLQJ��DQG�FUHDWLYH�WKLQNLQJ�RQ�solving social problems.
Our Capacity Building Initiative assists CBOs in building their research and
evaluation capacity, in order to strengthen their programs and advocacy, meet contract
requirements, and gain support from the community, regulatory agencies and funders.
Products and Services can include:
• Research methods designed to meet
WKH�VSHFLÀF�QHHGV�RI�DJHQFLHV• In-depth interviews
• Survey instrument development
• $VVLVWDQFH�GHÀQLQJ�DQG�DUWLFXODWLQJ�community needs, program
objectives and design
• Literature reviews
• Data analysis
• Program evaluations
• Community assessments
• Impact reports
• Culturally appropriate educational
materials
• Training and technical assistance
to implement assessments
Public policymakers and funders are
increasingly turning to community-based
organizations to create new solutions to
the multiple social ills where both the
public and private sectors have failed to
KDYH�VXIÀFLHQW�LPSDFW��&%2V�DUH�DVNHG�WR�help build, educate, protect and empower
communities, and at the same time
operate under an ever-greater demand for
HIÀFLHQF\�DQG�HIÀFDF\��0DQ\�SURJUDPV�designed to bolster the wellbeing of
communities of color need outside help
to better address the complexities of the
social and political issues they face.
Capacity building
We foster the research and creative work of faculty of color
and support the
missions of the
College of Ethnic
Studies and of San
Francisco State
University.
we are dedicated to examining,
documenting, and providing strategies to
better address the needs of communities
of color – highlighting our histories,
experiences, resiliency and strengths.
Inspired by César E. Chávez’ example of peaceful social justice action,
between academic
research and community
action, developing
partnerships between
students, faculty, and
community
We serve as a bridge
In-depth, meaningful research and community mobilization
depend on the ability to listen, to accurately perceive needs,
to allow the community itself to move our work in new
directions.
Our forums and seminars bring together community
organizations, researchers and policy makers to share best
practices on topics relevant to community stakeholders.
Research/Practice Forums at the Institute
bring together key academic and community representatives
to share new knowledge and best practices on a critical
issue. These carefully structured events allow community-
based organizations, policymakers, researchers, artists,
students and educators to learn from each other’s work
and exchange ideas, allowing participants to improve local
SUDFWLFHV�DQG�LQÁXHQFH�ZLGHU�GLVFRXUVH�DQG�UHVHDUFK�
Effective, informative,
and provocative...
“
”
“It was so powerful to
participate in this event, this
celebration, coming-together, learning
experience...This was a very
invigorating experience. ”
Policy & Action Seminars
enable community members to discuss critical
issues of the day with faculty, policymakers,
students, and researchers, in a less structured format.
CCI presents research evidence on the subject
or brings in experts to
frame the discussion. The
intention is to share best
practices and provide a
forum for open dialogue.
Community Seminars and Forums
“The perfect venue for
networking and having significant
dialogue between
community, academia and
researchers... Thank you! ”
The César E. Chávez Institute
A community-based research center where impassioned science and peaceful social action intersect to produce change
College of Ethnic Studies
San Francisco State
For students For faculty
Mentoring and research opportunities for faculty and students ~ for a
new generation of socially engaged researchers.
Mentorship & Training
César E. Chávez Institute • Belinda Reyes, Director • San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave EP103 • San Francisco CA 94132 • cci@sfsu.edu • http://cci.sfsu.eduDecember, 2014
The César E. Chávez Institute gratefully thanks our funders
�������������Ƥ��������������������������������Ǥ
California Endowment • California HIV/AIDS Research Program • California
Policy Research Center • Center for Financial Service Innovation • Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention • David and Lucile Packard Foundation •
���������������Ȉ� ��������������������������������Ȉ� ��ƥ����������ǡ����������������Ǥ� ��� ������� ��������� � Ȉ� � ������� ������� ���������� ��� ����������� � Ȉ� � �������Browne Foundation • Rockefeller Brothers Fund • San Francisco Foundation
Ȉ� ������������������������� � Ȉ� ������������������� � Ȉ� ������������������
Community-University
Empowerment Grants
CUE mini-grants are competetively
awarded to College of Ethnic
Studies faculty to support their
professional development
and simultaneously fund the
implementation of policy-relevant
or community development
projects - in close collaboration
with community partners.
Latino Policy Summers
Excellent undergraduate students are
sent to Washington D.C. each year,
with all expenses paid, to participate in
the Summer Institute for Latino Policy
- a program of the Inter-University
Program for Latino Reseasrch
(IUPLR) which develops the policy
research skills of young Latinos and
exposes them to the world of politics.
Internship and
Employment
We engage students in research,
training and community
engagement opportunities, as
salaried work experience or for
academic credit.
Faculty Work Groups
The Institute facilitates
multidisciplinary work groups to
collaborate on projects, events, and
grant proposals.