Second Annual Webinar

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In case you missed it, this year's Expo featured a special keynote from revolutionary scholar and organizer Jerome Scott!

We showcased two radical scholarship projects: Operation 2052 and Out of the Woods. Both project pages are still under construction. At the Expo, we played episode one of Operation 2052 and episode two of Out of the Woods. Both are available to watch below and on the RCRC Youtube Channel.

In June 2021, Root Cause Research Center launched the second annual Community Research Incubator. With support and training from RCRC, these three brilliant and determined Community Researchers were able to develop two compelling and critical research projects on Black land dispossession and the role of academia in propping up and protecting policing in Louisville, KY.

Out of the Woods (EP1) – History of Police Data | Academic Complicity with Police

Out of the Woods Episode 1 - Page still under construction (Full Page release date: March 14, 2022) Out of the Woods is a podcast series that investigates the role of academia in propping up and protecting policing in Louisville, KY. Episodes 1 and 2 were released at the 2022 Community Research Expo powered by the Root Cause Research Center. Episode 1 covers the history of data, and Episode 2 covers Dr. Deborah Keeling, a key figure in understanding academic complicity with policing and white supremacy in the city of Louisville. References and other source materials will be shared on the full project page, which is still under construction.

Operation 2052 (EP1) – Research & Creative Storytelling | Black Displacement and Racial Violence in KY

Operation 2052 Ep1 Operation 2052 is a creative, sci-fi series and ongoing research project that explores the connections between Black housing dispossession and displacement, and racial terrorism in Kentucky. The series covers historical events from the 1800s to present day violences, including gentrification. Episodes 1 was released at the 2022 Community Research Expo powered by the Root Cause Research Center. This project was created by Mariel Gardner with support from the Root Cause Research Center. References and other source materials will be shared on the full project page, which is still under construction.

Out of the Woods (EP2) - Deborah Keeling | Academic Complicity with Police

Out of the Woods Episode 2 - Page still under construction (Full Page release date: March 14, 2022) Out of the Woods is a podcast series that investigates the role of academia in propping up and protecting policing in Louisville, KY. Episodes 1 and 2 were released at the 2022 Community Research Expo powered by the Root Cause Research Center. Episode 1 covers the history of data, and Episode 2 covers Dr. Deborah Keeling, a key figure in understanding academic complicity with policing and white supremacy in the city of Louisville. References and other source materials will be shared on the full project page, which is still under construction.

2022 Community Research Expo

On Saturday, Feb 26, 2022, the Root Cause Research Center was honored to host the 2022 Community Research Expo. This year we featured a special keynote from revolutionary scholar and organizer Jerome Scott. In June 2021, Root Cause Research Center launched the second annual Community Research Incubator. With support and training from RCRC, three brilliant and determined Community Researchers were able to develop two compelling and critical research projects on Black land dispossession and the role of academia in propping up and protecting policing in Louisville, KY.

Jerome Scott

Keynote Speaker for 2022 Community Research Expo

Jerome Scott is a founding member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, serves on Move to Amend's National Leadership Team, and on the National Planning Committee of the U.S. Social Forum. He is active in Grassroots Global Justice and other social justice movement organizations, including the League of Revolutionaries for a New America. He was a founding member and former director of Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide in Atlanta, GA. Jerome has also written numerous chapters and articles on race, class, movement building and the revolutionary process, and is a contributing editor to four popular education toolkits including The Roots of Terror and Today's Globalization. He was co-recipient of the American Sociological Association’s 2004 Award for the Public Understanding of Sociology.