About IPSInstitute for Policy StudiesIPS_6f374deb-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed928IPS is a community of public scholars and organizers linking peace, justice, and the environment in the U.S. and globally. We work with social movements to promote true democracy and challenge concentrated wealth, corporate influence, and military power. As Washington's first progressive multi-issue think tank, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) has served as a policy and research resource for visionary social justice movements for over four decades -- from the anti-war and civil rights movements in the 1960s to the peace and global justice movements of the last decade. Some of the greatest progressive minds of the 20th and 21st centuries have found a home at IPS, starting with the organization’s founders, Richard Barnet and Marcus Raskin. IPS scholars have included such luminaries as Arthur Waskow, Gar Alperovitz, Saul Landau, Bob Moses, Rita Mae Brown, Barbara Ehrenreich, Roger Wilkins and Orlando Letelier. Today the Institute's work is organized into more than a dozen projects, reflecting our public scholars' diverse areas of expertise. In practice, these projects collaborate strategically to pursue three overarching policy goals ...ActivistsLocal: Since 1980, IPS has run an evening school for activists in Washington, DC. From the start, IPS has also worked with local officials and has brought groups of such officials to Washington to amplify their message.Local OfficialsMembers of CongressNational: Much of IPS's policy work is aimed at the national level, and IPS has always worked closely with, and provided analysis and model pieces of legislation to, progressive members of Congress.Congressional Progressive CaucusCurrently, IPS advises the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which, with more than 70 members, is the largest non-party Caucus.Transnational InstituteGlobal: IPS founded the Transnational Institute (TNI) in 1973 to bring together public scholars from around the world to tackle the growing divide between rich and poor nations and peoples around the world. Since then, IPS has been involved in international networks of researchers and activists to oppose corporate-led globalization (and U.S. intervention) and to propose citizen-based alternatives. Under the Bush Administration, IPS has helped catalyze the global peace movement, which the New York Times referred to as the "second superpower."IPS Board of TrusteesSarah AndersonSECRETARY -- Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies Harry BelafonteSinger, Actor, Producer, ActivistRobert L. BorosagePresident, Institute for America's FutureJohn CavanaghDirector, Institute for Policy StudiesJames EarlyDirector of Cultural Heritage Policy, Smithsonian InstitutionBarbara EhrenreichVICE CHAIR -- Award-winning author, social criticNoura ErakatLaw professor, Temple University and Georgetown UniversityJodie EvansCo-Founder, CODEPINK: Women for PeaceTope FolarinSpecial Assistant, PCAOBSarita GuptaNational Director, Jobs with JusticeLawrence JanssFilmmaker, Los Angeles entrepreneurKathleen MaloyPublic health specialistE. Ethelbert MillerCHAIR -- Professor, Howard UniversityMarcus RaskinDistinguished Fellow, Institute for Policy StudiesAndy ShallalArtist, Owner, Busboys & PoetsBurke StansburyTREASURER -- Fellow, Center for Community ChangeLewis SteelGeneral Counsel Civil rights attorney, Outten & Golden, LLPMarvin StenderAttorneyKatrina vanden HeuvelEditor and Publisher, The NationIPS StaffSarah AndersonFellow, Director, Global EconomyPhyllis BennisFellow, Director, New InternationalismTracy BindelJP Forum Coordinator, JPNET, NET New England, Inequality and the Common GoodSarah ByrnesCo-Director, NET New England, Inequality and the Common GoodPeter CertoEditor, Foreign Policy In FocusChuck CollinsDirector, Inequality and the Common GoodKaren DolanDirector, Economic Hardship Reporting ProjectCarlos Espinoza-ToroDirector of Community Organizing, JPNET, NET New England, Inequality and the Common GoodJohn FefferDirector, Foreign Policy In FocusDavid HartDirector, New Economy MarylandJosh HoxieDirector, Project on Opportunity and Taxation, Inequality and the Common GoodOrion KriegmanCo-Director, NET New England, Inequality and the Common GoodNoel OrtegaCoordinator, New Economy Working Group; Advisor, New Economy MarylandMiriam PembertonResearch Fellow, Director, Peace Economy TransitionsMarcus RaskinDistinguished Fellow, Director, Paths for Reconstruction in the 21st CenturyJanet RedmanDirector, Climate Policy ProgramEmily Schwartz GrecoOp-Ed Manager, Managing Editor, OtherWords; Writing Coach, New Economy MarylandDiana Torres-ValverdeNew Mexico FellowSanho TreeFellow, Drug PolicyCecilia VelascoNew Mexico FellowSamantha WechslerAssociate Director, Inequality and the Common Good Tiffany WilliamsAdvocacy Director, Break the Chain CampaignMarjorie WoodSenior Economic Policy Associate, Global Economy; Managing Editor, Inequality.orgLeah BoudreauxAssociate DirectorJohn CavanaghDirectorEmily NortonNext Leaders Program ManagerLa Shawn WalkerOperations AssociateElaine de LeonCommunications DirectorNetfa FreemanEvents CoordinatorLeslie GarveyNewman FellowMeropi “Mimi” PlatoDigital Communications SpecialistHollie AinbinderConsultantAngelique BeenDirector of DevelopmentChristina CurtinDevelopment AssociateIPS Associate FellowsAssociate Fellows are scholars who share their expertise with IPS through one of the Institute’s projects or program areas. Inclusion into the IPS community as an Associate Fellow requires invitation or sponsorship by an IPS project director, and on-going sponsorship to remain in good standing. Most Associate Fellows work on volunteer basis, unless dedicated funds are raised to support their work.Robert AlvarezSenior Scholar, Nuclear PolicySalvatore BabonesAssociate Fellow, Inequality and the Common GoodAjamu BarakaAssociate Fellow, Foreign Policy In FocusMarc BayardAssociate Fellow, Global EconomyBeverly BellSarah BrowningRon CarverAssociate Fellow, Global EconomySteve CobbleAntonia JuhaszDavid KortenCo-Chair, New Economy Working GroupCarl LeVanAssociate Fellow, Foreign Policy In FocusBob LordFiroze ManjiBen ManskiAssociate Fellow, Economic Hardship Reporting ProjectManuel Perez-RochaAssociate Fellow, Global EconomySam PizzigatiAssociate Fellow, Inequality and the Common GoodOscar ReyesAssociate Fellow, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network; Associate Fellow, Climate Policy ProgramOsagyefo Uhuru SekouAdil E. ShamooAssociate Fellow, Foreign Policy In FocusEmira WoodsAssociate Fellow, Foreign Policy In FocusDaphne WyshamAssociate Fellow, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network_6f374dec-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed928To promote true democracy and challenge concentrated wealth, corporate influence, and military power._6f374ded-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed928IndependenceNo government funding: Since it is difficult to "speak truth to power" if one takes funds from that "power," IPS does not accept any government money.ScholarshipPublic scholarship: IPS turns "ideas into action" through staff who combine inter-disciplinary research and writing skills with activist experience, based on the belief that dynamic social movements drive most social change.AlternativesBuilding alternatives: At least half of the Institute's work focuses on positive alternatives to current policies and institutions. Some of this work is transformational and visionary, laying out alternative systems and institutions. Some offers steps toward those larger transformations.Social InventionIPS has created many projects that then spin off into independent organizations, such as the Government Accountability Project and the Institute for Southern Studies, or become government initiatives, such as the National Teacher Corps in the 1960s and 1970s.AllianceThe power of convening: With progressive movements often weakened by their fragmentation, IPS convenes unlikely allies to meet new challenges for peace, justice, and the environment.Peace[Foster] security, both economic and social._6f374dee-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed9281ChinaPalestineAfghanistanEvery human being has the right to security, both economic and social. From China to Palestine to Afghanistan to the borders of our own nation, IPS scholars believe that such security is only possible when governments deal with their citizens and with each other based on principles of mutual respect, human rights, and international law._6f374def-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed928JusticeLink the welfare of people in the United States to the welfare of people in impoverished countries and emphasize the need to reverse the global and national policies accelerating inequality_6f374e26-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed9282Impoverished CountriesThe world's wealth derives in large part from resources that belong to all of us. Extreme income inequality is both unfair and unsustainable. The Institute's work explicitly links the welfare of people in the United States to the welfare of people in impoverished countries and emphasizes the need to reverse the global and national policies accelerating inequality._6f374f0c-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed928EnvironmentKeep the planet habitable for future generations of humans and other living things_6f374ff2-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed9283Each of us has the right to clean air, land, water, and food. We have a responsibility to keep the planet habitable for future generations of humans and other living things. IPS scholars monitor the negative role of the World Bank and other international financial institutions in climate-altering fossil fuel investment. We collaborate with international efforts to keep the alternative economy and energy movements focused on truly sustainable solutions.Fossil FuelsMonitor the role of the World Bank and other international financial institutions in climate-altering fossil fuel investment._6f3750ce-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed9283.1World BankInternational Financial InstitutionsSustainable SolutionsCollaborate with international efforts to keep the alternative economy and energy movements focused on truly sustainable solutions._6f3751d2-d03d-11e4-ad1c-3887057ed9283.22015-03-21http://www.ips-dc.org/about/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net