Urban Strategies Council is a research and advocacy organization dedicated to social, economic and racial equity. We work to hold institutions and systems accountable to community needs.

This is what we’re about

Fresh Eyes on Equity in Aspen
Earlier this month, the Aspen Institute convened twenty-some national grantees, including Urban Strategies Council, to its biannual “Opportunity Youth Form” (OYF) in Aspen, CO. The OYF gathering was centered around deepening the capacities of communities [...]
More Data (and Equity) Love
Public Services Librarian, Reginald Constant of Laney Community College and Urban Strategies Council Partner, gives feedback on mapping ecosystems at NNIP's May (2018) convening. Earlier this year, the Urban Institute brought together roughly 100 participants [...]
San Quentin’s No More Tears
In 2015, the United States had the highest prison population in the world at 716 per 100,000 people. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, the incarceration rate for African American men in California [...]

Public Services Librarian, Reginald Constant of Laney Community College and Urban Strategies Council Partner, [...]

In 2015, the United States had the highest prison population in the world at 716 [...]

From 2014-2017, Urban Strategies Council was honored to serve as the backbone for the Oakland-Alameda [...]

We are excited that Urban Strategies Council recently was featured by the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership as [...]

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Our vision is for a just, equitable society without poverty, where basic needs are met and systemically oppressed people have agency, power, and the opportunity to thrive.