Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement is a monthly podcast showcasing the projects and partners of the University of Minnesota’s North Minneapolis-based Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC). Conversation topics center on UROC’s research mission of working in scholarly-based partnership with urban communities to advance learning, improve quality of life, and discover breakthrough solutions to critical problems. The series is hosted by UROC Senior Director for Community Partnerships, Makeda Zulu, with production assistance from Blackbird Revolt.
Topics include birthing justice, community partnerships, job creation, food justice to name a few.
About UROC:
Located in North Minneapolis, the Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) links the University of Minnesota in vital public partnership with urban communities to advance learning, improve quality of life, and discover breakthrough solutions to critical problems. Since opening its doors in 2009, UROC has worked to build thriving, innovative, and respectful collaborations, create new models of urban and community development, and strengthen the University as a vitally engaged 21st-century university serving the public good.
Rules of Engagement
Getting to the Root Cause of Inequity
UROC Research Agenda awardee and nationally recognized community-engaged scholar Rachel Hardeman is leading a major research project titled Multidimensional Measures of Structural Racism. The project explores the measurement of the impact of structural racism in urban communities and documents the ways that Black communities have been and are currently systemically disenfranchised. In particular, structural racism disadvantages Black birthing people before, during, and after pregnancy, leading to heartbreaking health inequities for them and their babies.
