Stanford Center for Racial Justice
Who We Are
The Stanford Center for Racial Justice (SCRJ) was created in June 2020 in the wake of our country’s deep reflection about racial divisions and the urgent need for solutions. We are based in the Law School and serve the entire University. The aspiration of SCRJ is a multicultural democracy where our ability to create opportunities, promote wellbeing for all, and advance freedom is not undermined by racism.
Action and Impact
The SCRJ cares deeply about the pursuit of innovative solutions to the challenges of racism and the pursuit of racial justice. Our core operation goal is to democratize knowledge by producing well-researched information, translating complex ideas, and creating accessible content for dissemination to a variety of audiences. We organize our work to do the following:
- Create research opportunities for Stanford faculty
- Produce research, knowledge, and reports from the SCRJ
- Create digital research collections to attract scholars and supporters
- Catalyze partnerships to pursue practical evidence-based solutions
- Translate and distribute knowledge using creative methods and channels
- Engage with students to enhance their professional development and train future leaders
- Engage in programming activities to support all of the above
Current Projects
About Our Beta Release
The SCRJ's Model Policy is a collaboration with an experienced team of lawyers and former prosecutors with a major global law firm, along with other law enforcement and policy experts. During this beta release phase, we will be seeking feedback from experts, community groups, law enforcement, and other stakeholders—particularly those who are most impacted by public safety and policing issues.
Read MoreEssay: Why Develop a Model Policy?
In an essay that details SCRJ’s motivations for developing its Model Policy, Executive Director George Brown explains how personal and professional experiences led him to reflect on ways the Center could address the challenge of police reform. Amid so many unnecessary deaths, particularly of Black people who interact with police, Brown said it’s clear that we need to do better to “make our society safer for everyone.”
Read MoreChapter Releases and Next Steps
We have begun releasing individual Model Policy chapters, along with accompanying explanatory materials including fact sheets and blog posts that offer additional legal and policy context for each chapter, information on each chapter’s intended use, and external factors that may complement or influence the implementation of the Model Policy. Learn more about next steps in our FAQ section and fill out an inquiry form to collaborate or offer feedback.
Read MoreCorporate Governance and Racial Equity
On the Ground Storytelling Series
Alumni Voices
Learn how prominent Stanford alumni are challenging each of us to move America toward greater justice for all by expanding our knowledge, humanizing one another, and becoming advocates in the spaces where we each have influence and persuasion. View our full “Rethinking Race, Dismantling Racism, and Furthering Justice” panel below, featuring:
Cory Booker, ’91, MA ’92: United States Senator, New Jersey
Maureen Keffer, JD ’11: Chief of Civil Rights, Accessibility and Racial Equity, California Department of Social Services
Goodwin Liu, ’91: Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
Discussion and Dialogue
Contact
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
scrj@law.stanford.edu