Center for Progressive Reform

The Center for Progressive Reform is a network of more than 60 acclaimed scholars from across the United States who work with a professional staff of policy analysts and communications experts to change public policy for the better. Thriving communities on a resilient planet. Educate, Advocate, Collaborate: CPR drives policy reform with rigorous an... d accessible legal analysis designed for changemakers. Pursuing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) is a moral imperative for CPR. Inadequate regulatory safeguards and disparities in implementation and enforcement of public interest laws disproportionately harm vulnerable communities, especially people of color and low-wealth families. We recognize these injustices are born of longstanding systemic inequalities, and are forms of continued systemic oppression. CPR is committed to working with communities that experience disproportionate harm from existing and emerging environmental hazards, from climate change to workplace safety risks. Their lived experiences, CPRs analytical capabilities, and our collaborative advocacy can enhance federal, state, and local government responses to those hazards. Since the government has failed to provide the necessary access, information, and resources for these communities to influence policy development and legal implementation, CPR is also committed to identifying legal reforms that enhance their influence in government and access to the courts. By incorporating JEDI principles into CPRs work, we will position ourselves to most effectively and thoughtfully protect and strengthen health, safety, and environmental safeguards and empower the people whose lives depend on them. CPRs Member Scholars and staff believe sensible safeguards serve important shared values, including doing the best we can to prevent harm to people and the environment, especially in socioeconomically vulnerable communities. We reject the view that the economic efficiency of private markets should be the dominant value used to guide government ...Read More