Rise for Boys and Men of Color
Better Understanding Means
Better Strategy & Better Outcomes"
About
RISE for boys and men of color is an interdiscplinary field advancement effort.
We aim to understand and strategically improve the lives, experiences, and outcomes of boys and men of color in the United States.
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our focus
We focus on 4 populations
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans
Our Research
Our research spans five domains
Education, health, human services and social policy, juvenile and criminal justice, and workforce development.
Principles
A RISE Theory of Change
Ten principles were used to construct a RISE theory of change and develop its strategic activities. These principles respond to longstanding needs, challenges, and opportunities in academic research, community-based and youth-serving organizations, government and policymaking venues, and media.
activities
Our Responses & Activity Categories
Community‐based organizations, educational institutions, and other entities have launched hundreds of initiatives across the U.S. focused on boys and men of color. Foundations have invested considerably in these initiatives, research studies, and evaluation projects. Despite this, life experiences and outcomes among boys and men of color remain largely unchanged; in some instances, they have worsened over time.
RISE responds to these problems and opportunities with six main activities:
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#1
Activity #1
Convening education, health, human services and social policy, juvenile and criminal justice, and workforce development researchers and evaluators to take stock of what is known and what remains to be known about Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Black, and Latino boys and men. At each convening, boys and men of color, families, community stakeholders, policymakers, and practitioners will help scholars identify urgent, culturally responsive research and evaluation needs. Scholars will be convened within and across the five fields.
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Activity #2
Translating research and evaluation results from the five fields for policymakers, community stakeholders, journalists, and practitioners.
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Activity #3
Maintaining a vibrant virtual community that unites evaluators and researchers across the five fields with each other and promotes learning and action by policymakers, community agents, and practitioners. This dynamic web portal will include an extensive, open-access library of research on boys and men of color, a national directory of experts on each ethnic group and in each field, occasional virtual community engagement forums, and numerous other resources.
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Activity #4
Developing cohorts and communities of postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. students, and undergraduates of color to study boys and men of color and rigorously evaluate programs that serve them.
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Activity #5
Identifying emerging solutions with and on behalf of boys and men of color. This will be done through the regranting of funds for new research studies, ideation challenges, and program evaluation and capacity-building efforts.
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Activity #6
Disaggregating data by race, ethnicity, and sex for Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Blacks, and Latinas/os. Also creating new databases and data systems, while more finely disaggregating data within existing national data systems.
Advisory Board
Guidance and Expertise to Execute our Vision
RISE benefits from the guidance and expertise of 13 advisory board members who represent some of the nation’s leading research, evaluation, and community engagement organizations.
Pedro Naguera, Ph.D.
National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education, UCLA
Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D.
National Collaborative for Health Equity
Joseph T. Jones, Jr.
Center for Urban Families
Erik Stegman
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
Ninez A. Ponce, MPP, Ph.D.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Dr. Victor Sáenz
Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color
Quyen Dinh, MPP
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Kevin Nadal, Ph.D.
Asian American Psychological Association
Ron Mincy, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Frank Harris III, Ed.D.
Minority Male Community College Collaborative, San Diego State University
J. Luke Wood, Ph.D.
Minority Male Community College Collaborative, San Diego State University
Marc Philpart, MPA
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