The mission of the University of Pittsburgh Center on Race and Social Problems is to conduct applied social science research on race, ethnicity, and color and their influence on the quality of life for all Americans. The University of Pittsburgh established the Center in 2002 with the goal of leading America further along the path to social justice by conducting research, mentoring emerging scholars, and disseminating knowledge. The Center is interdisciplinary in its approach, multiracial in its focus, and the only race-related center to be housed in a school of social work.
The goals of the Center are to foster high quality, multidisciplinary research on racial issues, to mentor scholars who focus on race-related research and to disseminate race-related knowledge and information to the academic and the larger Pittsburgh community.
Dream Fund Project
Dream Fund funding supports the Center's research into the processes by which contracts are awarded by local governments in Boston and Chicago. The research documents specific and current discriminatory policies and practices which exclude qualified women and minority-owned businesses from prime contracts. It also seeks to increase understanding by local government officials of the discriminatory barriers which often preclude women and minority owned firms from winning competitive contracts.
The Center's reports will recommend administrative and policy actions to redress patterns of discrimination. Community and legal partners will advocate for local government adoption of these recommended actions.
Public Contracting
Contact Representative
School of Social Work
2001 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburg, PA 15260
Fax: (412) 624-1984