Seeking Justice for Urban Families

The 2007 Groves Conference will examine the experiences of families in urban environments characterized by robust ethnic neighborhoods as well as vigorous new immigrant communities. For example, Detroit is home to America’s largest Middle Eastern populations with some other 67 designated ethnic communities. Questions to be considered include: What does it mean for families who live in racially, economically, and ethnically segregated communities? What is white privilege? How do transnational immigrant families negotiate multiple identities and homeplaces? What are the processes by which families cope with poverty, racism, and ethnic intolerance? What benefits to human development result from living with diversity? How do family scholars facilitate or impede economic, environmental, and social justice for all families?