CONTACTS:
• Clay Mosher, College of Liberal Arts, 360-546-9439, cmosher@vancouver.wsu.edu
• Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The Washington State University Vancouver Center for Social and Environmental Justice (CSEJ) released its "2010 Clark County Equity Report" today to the residents of Clark County. The report measures the level of equity in Clark County using a combination of secondary and primary data.
Clay Mosher, associate professor of sociology and a research affiliate of CSEJ, has collected descriptive data that measure numerous facets of equity throughout Clark County. Looking at measures for education, the economy, health and criminal justice, Mosher gathered rich data that gives a snapshot of differences among the county's various racial, ethnic and income groups.
The data collected complement other recent efforts to measure the overall well-being of Clark County such as the 2009 Community Report Card from the Vancouver-based, non-profit Community Choices.
CSEJ is making this report available to the public on its homepage in order to increase understanding about equity in Clark County, make data available to community organizations for their own purposes, and to begin a regular process of reporting about equity throughout Southwest Washington.
Future reports will serve to track changes in well-being and raise awareness among community organizations of progress being made to reduce inequities.
A partial list of the topics covered in the report includes the following: home ownership, income and poverty levels by race/ethnicity; dropout rates and educational attainment by race/ethnicity; variations in WASL standards for local school districts; juvenile sentencing rates by race/ethnicity and gender; and variations in adverse childhood experiences by family income.
CSEJ catalyzes collaboration between WSU faculty, students and community partners to foster rigorous analysis of social, economic racial and environmental justice issues and promote human rights and conflict resolution at the local, national and global levels through: interdisciplinary community-based research, interdisciplinary curricular innovations and media projects.
Since 2002, CSEJ has worked to make 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø a site for socially engaged research and community service. CSEJ is sponsoring its fourth regional conference March 27 () and has partnered with local universities and more than 50 community organizations to sponsor lectures and public forums on issues of concern.
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø is celebrating 20 years of bringing quality education, research and service to the citizens of Southwest Washington. The campus is located at 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø offers 16 bachelor's degrees, 10 master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 36 fields of study. Learn more at .
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