Poverty Race and Research Action Council (PRRAC)

About Staff Board SSAB Jobs Contact Reports PRRAC's "Civil Rights Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of the Fair Housing Act Symposium" in Selma, Alabama: PRRAC board member Damon Hewitt and civil rights activists Bruce and Betty Boynton.7th National Conference on Housing Mobility: PRRAC Executive Director Philip Tegeler honoring Alexander Polikoff, “Father of Mobility,” lead counsel on Gautreaux, honored for blazing the trail of mobility as a means of integrating cities based on race and income.Cleveland, OH: Housing Choice Partners Executive Director Andrea Juracek and PRRAC Deputy Director Megan Haberle. The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a civil rights law and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote research-based advocacy strategies to address structural inequality and disrupt the systems that disadvantage low-income people of color. PRRAC was founded in 1989, through an initiative of major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups seeking to connect advocates with social scientists working at the intersection of race and poverty. Our current work focuses on the areas of housing, education, and environmental justice, with a focus on developing actionable policies to overcome the mechanisms that continue to reproduce historical patterns of racial segregation. In addition to federal-level law and policy research and advocacy, we provide technical assistance and support for local partners working on innovative, inclusive policies. We also engage in a range of public education activities. We believe in strong coalition and partnership models, and our work is informed by an extensive national network of researchers, organizers, attorneys, educators, and public health and housing professionals. PRRAC is a founding member of the National Coalition on School Diversity (NCSD), and helps to staff the coalition’s organizing, advocacy, and outreach. Check out our digital explainer here!