endinequality is digital portal for public scholarship on structural inequality, and innovative solutions to inequality, in an effort for us all end-in-equality. endinequality is published by the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME). CLiME is dedicated to interdisciplinary scholarship on issues of structural inequality and place-based opportunity New Jersey and beyond.
"Economic growth for a lot of cities is not that difficult to do... Equitable growth is very difficult to do." David D. Troutt, founding director of the Rutgers Law School Center on Law in Metropolitan Equity, on Newark, NJ's Commission to Fight Gentrification. Listen to the podcast here.
Read MoreDon't miss CLiME Director David Troutt's keynote address during tomorrow's Equity Leadership Symposium: Aligning Restorative Practices and Restorative Justice!
Read MoreMayor Ras J. Baraka, Manager of the Office of Affordable Housing Al-Tariq Shabazz, President & CEO of the Newark Alliance Aisha Glover, and Founding Director of the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) David D. Troutt, will hold a press conference to announce the creation of the Equitable Growth Advisory Commission on Thursday, December 6, at 11:15 a.m., in the City Hall Press Room, located on 920 Broad Street. The Municipal Council approved this initiative at its regular meeting today.
Read MoreThis year was one of decisive forward momentum for CLiME. We advanced our interdisciplinary framework for public scholarship on issues of metropolitan equity through the following programmatic highlights: The Trauma, Schools and Poverty Project (TSP); Equitable Growth—Newark; Fellowship; Scholarship; Staffing; and Communications.
Read MoreOn May 5th, CLiME hosted a national conference on Trauma, Schools and Poverty. The Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) is committed to studying the role of law and policy in encouraging or inhibiting opportunity based on place. This conference is an outgrowth of the Trauma, Schools and Poverty Project.
Read MoreOn May 5, 2017 CLiME hosted an interdisciplinary conference around systemic response to psychological trauma in youth. Dr. Alexandra Margevich has written an outstanding summary of the conference, which can be downloaded here. Recent CLIME publications on the topic of trauma and law include two new legal memos, one on emotional disturbance classification and the other on international perspectives on child trauma, a critical literature review and an article by CLiME Director Professor David Dante Troutt.
Read MoreAt the invitation of the Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use, a joint partnership between the Urban Land Institute and the National League of Cities, CLiME Senior Fellow Cristina Garmendia served as a member of a panel of experts to the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Mayor of Grand Rapids, The Honorable Rosalynn Bliss, along with three members of her staff, challenged the panel to help the City of Grand Rapids find ways to align its community and economic development policies, practices, and incentives to achieve a more equitable city.
Read MoreMetropolitan equity is the idea that all parts of a region are relevant to the distribution of opportunity in any part of that region. As CLiME continues our work on metropolitan equity in the Greater Newark Area, we invite our readers to help us define the geographical boundaries of the Greater Newark Area.
Read MoreIt is with great pride that the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) announces the release of our literature review for the Trauma, Schools and Poverty Project (TSP). "A Critical Review of the Psychological Literature" provides a critical and comprehensive review of the empirical literature literature on the sequelae of childhood exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTEs), with special emphasis on low socioeconomic status populationsat disparate risk for exposure to PTEs across the lifespan.
Read MoreOur 2015-2016 Equity and Opportunity Studies Fellows have spent the Spring semester completing coursework with Prof. Troutt and advancing their qualitative research projects that span an array of issues in place-based inequality and opportunity, including the topics of Diverse and Inclusive, Moderate-Income municipalities (DIMIs) to accompany the ongoing work by David Ruske and David Troutt; investigation into the impact of state takeover in troubled cities, including Camden and Atlantic City; interrogation of the theoretical benefits of localism in two affluent …
Read MoreBeginning in the fall of 2015, CLiME’s Trauma, Schools and Poverty Project (TSP) is a multi-year effort to understand the relationships between structural inequality and the pervasive experience of complex psychological stress and trauma. Psychological research has demonstrated the cumulative destructive effects caused by exposure to complex trauma—traumatic experiences linked to school and community violence, family separation as well as domestic abuse and neglect that are often repetitive, if not continuous—on children and adults, especially those …
Read MoreThe Center on Law, Inequality & Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) was proud to host the Trauma-Informed Care Roundtable on April 15th, 2016 at the Rutgers School of Law-Newark, co-sponsored with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. CLiME Director David Troutt and Assistant Attorney General Wanda Moore served as the facilitators for three panels on the following topics: Understanding Trauma in Adults and Children, Understanding Trauma-Informed Care Practices in Action, and Understanding the Capacity to Provide Trauma-Informed Care.
Read MorePlease join us at Rutgers University-Newark for the 2015 Equity and Opportunity Studies Fellowship culminating scholarship conference. The conference will take place on Thursday, September 24th, 2015 from 4-6:30pm in Esterly Lounge, located on the second floor of Engelhard Hall, 190 University Avenue in downtown Newark, NJ. Fellows will be presenting their year-long interdisciplinary research papers on how racial and economic inequality is reproduced to sustain geographies of relative opportunity throughout Northern New Jersey.
Read More2015 marks the second full year of operations for the Center on Law in Metropolitan Equity, and we are busy expanding the discourse on structural—often place-based—inequality in the Greater Rutgers University Newark region and across metropolitan America. Thanks to the support of Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Provost Todd Clear and a growing partnership with the Graduate School under Dean Kyle Farmbry’s stewardship, CLiME has been able to embark on a broad array of exciting (and challenging) new activities that demonstrate our mission to connect law with …
Read MoreNationally recognized metropolitan scholar and former Albuquerque Mayor David Rusk will present his article, Measuring Regional Equity, followed by a moderated discussion with the distinguished audience of elected officials, scholars, activists, representatives of non-profits and the public. CLiME Director and Rutgers Law Professor David D. Troutt will also give a talk on the structure of place-based inequality, including a reading from his new book, The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America.
Read MoreCLiME Director Daivd Troutt will provide an overview account of government data trends at the Regional Fair Housing and Equity Assessment Workshop Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University. The workshop will bring together stakeholders and subject matter experts in the region to learn about the analysis to date and help guide the project.
Read MorePeople don’t tend to think of their lives within structures, but rather as days, relationships and places. Families seek supportive schools, reasonable commutes, quality local stores or, when they have time, nice parks to relax in. Working people worry about commutes, neighbors they can trust rather than fear and affordable tax rates. Matters of racial disparity or class differences are not common features of our everyday thoughts. We have enough to worry about meeting needs in the time available, with the people we encounter and in the places where our needs are likely to be met.
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