     HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan at the National Council of La Raza 2010 Annual Conference It's a wonderful, wonderful book.
Jim Gibson, Senior Fellow and board member of the Center for the Study of Social Policy Uncommon Common Ground is an important book on several levels. It provides intelligent policy analysis regarding the powerful demographic trends and multi-decade data projections that are reconfiguring this nation's ethnic and cultural character. It ingeniously examines the seminal role of the "black-white paradigm" in shaping the current multi-ethnic dynamic.
E. Ethelbert Miller, literary activist and board chair of the Institute for Policy Studies So much begins with Obama but ends with ourselves. In their book, Uncommon Common Ground, Angela Glover Blackwell, Stewart Kwoh, and Manuel Pastor include their personal narratives. Their stories add a nice glitter to the opening chapter of this book. To some extent the three personal profiles overshadow the charts and graphs by reminding us that people make history.
"Uncommon Common Ground," The Tavis Smiley Show, November 12, 2010Stewart Kwoh discusses the idea of a post-racial society, lifting up themes from the book, Uncommon Common Ground.
"Race and America's Future," The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, July 14, 2010 PolicyLink Founder & CEO Angela Glover Blackwell and Manuel Pastor, professor and director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at the University of Southern California discuss race, equity, and their new book Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future, co-written by Stewart Kwoh, founding president and executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC).
"Who Issued Green Cards to the Pilgrims," Chicago Reporter, October 21, 2010 Megan Cottrell of the Chicago Reporter covers week 4 of the "Race and America's Virtual Book Club," which further explored critical issues like incarceration, immigration, and climate change.
"Since Obama's Election, Has Racism Gotten Better or Worse?" Chicago Reporter, September 30, 2010 Megan Cottrell of the Chicago Reporter covers the first week's installment of the "Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club," during which participants were asked to weigh in on the critical question, "Are We Post-Racial Yet?"
"Let's Get Real About Race," Chicago Reporter, September 23, 2010 Megan Cottrell of the Chicago Reporter covers the launch of the "Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club", a six-week online discussion on race and other critical challenges facing our changing nation.
"A Real Discussion About Race in America," AOL Black Voices, September 29, 2010 Policylink Founder & CEO Angela Glover Blackwell interviews with AOL Black Voices about the "Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club," and why a national conversation on race is long overdue.
"Cyber Race Dialogue," Black Star News, September 8, 2010 Black Star News, one of New York City's leading African American newspapers, announces the launch of the "Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club," a six-week online discussion exploring the challenges and opportunities facing our changing nation - and what we can do about them.
"Angela Glover Blackwell, One of the Speakers in the Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club," Asian Week, October 4, 2010 Asian Week highlights the "Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club."
"Questions and Answers: Angela Glover Blackwell," Los Angeles Wave, October 6, 2010PolicyLink Founder & CEO Angela Glover Blackwell talks to Los Angeles' largest group of community newspapers about the new book Uncommon Common Ground, and the pursuit of racial and social equity in America.
Media-ocracy Six-week online book club will join opinion leaders, equity advocates, and ordinary people in a national conversation on race andother critical issues facing our country today.
Salud Today This six-week project meets online to seek open, honest, constructive conversation on the challenges and opportunities facing our changing nation.
Latinola I've been following with interest an online conversation begun by PolicyLink's President and founder, Angela Glover Blackwell, about race in America today.
Citiwire.net America is changing: we have a black president, increasing diversity in the ranks of the nation's CEOs, and a new generation seemingly at ease with racial and other differences.
Black Pride Network Soon after America elected its first black president, pundits and politicians began proclaiming that America was now post-racial, or beyond race.
FeliciaPride.com Six-week online book club will join opinion leaders, equity advocates, and ordinary people in a national conversation on race and other critical issues facing our country today
Race Talk For years, we've all been lamenting the lack of a real, meaningful national discussion on race.
Springfield Institute These are some of the questions Angela Glover Blackwell poses in her new book: Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future...
Pull the Root Today is the launch of "Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club" – a six-week, online book club exploring the challenges and opportunities facing our nation.
GlueSpace "Race and America's Future Virtual Book Club," is a six-week online book club that will explore the challenges and opportunities facing our changing nation - and what we can do about them.
Asian Nation By broadening the racial dialogue, Blackwell, founder of PolicyLink; Kwoh, president of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center; and Pastor, professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC, bring new perspective to this essential American issue.
Change the Wind America's attitude toward race is complex and contridictory. This conversation shows the ironies and inconsistencies which make understanding one a challenge to say the least!
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