AVALAN INSTITUTE
Directed by Dr. Niaz Kasravi
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Avalan Institute is to connect just and objective data, research and strategy with organizations and campaigns to impact change as it relates to social justice, with a heightened focus on criminal justice, juvenile justice, and racial justice.
DR. NIAZ KASRAVI
Research Expert, Justice Advocate and Founder of the Avalan Institiute
As a social and criminal justice advocate, Dr. Kasravi draws upon her Iranian-American immigrant experience to help foster change in America's institutionally racist system, which routinely discriminates against people of color, the poor, and other marginalized communities.
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
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Africa-America 2021 Re-Envisioning Liberation for the Global Black Diaspora
This issue has a special focus on topics including in-depth and innovative approaches to help advance the study of Black identities, ethnicities and diasporas, and in turn, highlights how these perspectives inform representative governance and public policy.
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BORN SUSPECT: Stop-and-Frisk Abuses & the Continued Fight to End Racial Profiling in America
NAACP’s groundbreaking report opens a renewed dialogue about racial profiling by law enforcement in America. This conversation includes a call to action for NAACP members to work toward ending this ineffective policing practice across the country.
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West of Middle East: Stories from the Diaspora (Podcast)
Hosted by Dr. Niaz Kasravi
Season II: EducationIn Season II of West of Middle East, we hear from people from the Middle East diaspora who are changemakers working in and around the field of education- be it through traditional academia, technology, the arts, advocacy or movement-building.
