Equality Action Center | UC Law San Francisco

What Equality Action Center | UC Law San Francisco does

The Equality Action Center is an academic research center launched in 2024 within UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings College of the Law), a constituent college of the University of California system. The center works to remedy inequality based on class, race, and gender through a pragmatic, data-driven approach that links rigorous research with practical steps designed to produce change within a 2-5 year timeframe. Its current programmatic focus is on data-driven methods for building cross-class multiracial coalitions to defend democracy and build support for progressive policies on climate, culture-wars issues, and economic inequality.

The center's portfolio consists of research publications, interactive tools, and practical frameworks rather than commercial products. Key offerings include the Bias Interrupters framework (evidence-based tools to interrupt racial and gender bias in organizations, distributed in partnership with NYU's Melzer Center on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging), the Class Bubble Quiz (a 10-question interactive assessment), and the Diploma Divide research publication providing reporters and citizens with roadmaps for understanding and countering far-right populism. Forthcoming work includes co-authored reports with Jared Abbott of the Center for Working-Class Politics on building progressive coalitions and analyzing electoral effects of working-class-resonant policies. The center is led by Founding Director Joan C. Williams (Distinguished Professor of Law, Emerita) and Director of Research Dr. Rachel Korn.

The Equality Action Center does not operate a commercial business model. As an internal research center of a public university law school, it is funded through institutional budgets and donations rather than product sales or fees. Its primary stakeholders include UC Law SF's institutional infrastructure, donors, partner organizations (NYU Melzer Center, WorkLife Law, SpeechSkills Foundation, Center for Working-Class Politics), and the broader community of reporters, activists, and organizations that consume its research outputs. Its 17-person staff operates out of UC Law SF's San Francisco campus at 200 McAllister Street.

Name

Equality Action Center | UC Law San Francisco

Legal name

UC Law San Francisco

Website

https://equalityactioncenter.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Equality Action Center is a 2024-launched non-profit research center at UC Law San Francisco that produces data-driven research, interactive tools, and policy roadmaps to address inequality based on class, race, and gender, serving journalists, activists, and partner organizations.

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Product category

Social Policy Research

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Educational Support Services (611710), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD), LGBTQ+ Rights & Advocacy Organizations (BPAGAFAE), Education Equity, Access & Inclusion Policy Research (EDADADAF)

Keywords

• Social inequality research
• Bias interruption tools
• Progressive policy research
• Workplace bias research
• Cross-class coalition building

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Equality Action Center is a non-profit academic research center that produces evidence-based research, practical toolkits, and policy roadmaps aimed at remedying inequality based on class, race, and gender. Its work focuses on building cross-class multiracial coalitions to defend democracy and advance progressive policies on climate, culture-wars issues, and economic inequality, with deliverables including the Bias Interrupters toolkit, the Diploma Divide research platform, the Class Bubble Quiz, and co-authored policy reports.

Product overview

The Equality Action Center is an academic research center that operates as a unified offering combining research publications, interactive tools, and practical frameworks. The portfolio includes Bias Interrupters (evidence-based tools to interrupt bias), WorkLife Law (caregiver workplace rights), the Class Bubble Quiz (interactive assessment), and the Diploma Divide research publications—all connected by the center's mission to use data-driven methods for building cross-class multiracial coalitions to defend democracy and advance progressive policies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bias Interrupters: Evidence-based tools to interrupt racial and gender bias in organizations
• Diploma Divide
• WorkLife Law

Products and services

• Bias Interrupters Evidence-based tools to interrupt racial and gender bias in organizations, developed in partnership with NYU's Meltzer Center on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging and distributed via biasinterrupters.org.
• WorkLife Law UC Law program helping to protect the rights of mothers and other caregivers at work, housed within UC Law San Francisco and referenced by the Equality Action Center for caregiver-rights inquiries.
• Diploma Divide Research publication providing reporters and citizens with deep research boiled down into roadmaps for understanding and countering far-right populism, with content taking under 6 minutes to read.
• Bridging the Diploma Divide Background research resource for reporters needing quick actionable insights and for citizens seeking paths forward from far-right populism.
• Class Bubble Quiz

Quantifiable outcome

• Research output focused on producing change within 2-5 year timeframes

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• NYU Melzer Center on Diversity, Inclusion and BelongingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Melzer Center at NYU is the designated contact for organizations seeking evidence-based Bias Interrupters tools to interrupt racial and gender bias in workplaces. This partnership enables distribution of the center's bias interruption methodology through NYU's diversity and inclusion infrastructure.
• WorkLife Law at UC Law San FranciscocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorkLife Law, also housed at UC Law San Francisco, handles inquiries about protecting the rights of mothers and other caregivers at work. The Equality Action Center refers parties to WorkLife Law for this specialized legal support, indicating a complementary operational relationship within the same institution.
• SpeechSkills FoundationsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Equality Action Center refers organizations seeking evidence-based tools around leadership training, professional development, and inclusion to SpeechSkills Foundation as a partner for delivering these services.
• Center for Working-Class PoliticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Equality Action Center co-writes reports with Jared Abbott of the Center for Working-Class Politics, including 'To Build Progressive Coalitions, You Need to Bridge the Class Divide' and 'The Working-Class Winometer: Dialing Up to Victory', indicating a collaborative research partnership.
• Bias InterrupterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBias Interrupters is a key initiative of the Equality Action Center providing evidence-based tools to interrupt racial and gender bias in organizations. Distribution and further development of these tools is handled in partnership with NYU's Melzer Center.

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NYU Melzer Center on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: NYU's hub for diversity, equity, and inclusion research and practice. Direct peer because it is an actual distribution partner for the center's Bias Interrupters framework and operates in the same DEI methodology space.
• WorkLife Law at UC Law San Francisco: Sister initiative at UC Law San Francisco focused on protecting the rights of mothers and caregivers at work. Direct peer because it shares the same institutional home, leadership ecosystem, and gender-equity policy mission.
• Center for Working-Class Politics: Academic research center studying working-class political behavior and coalition building. Direct peer because it is an active co-author of the Equality Action Center's coalition-building reports.
• SpeechSkills Foundation: Partner organization delivering evidence-based leadership, professional development, and inclusion training. Direct peer because it is a designated referral partner for the center's leadership and inclusion work.
• National Women's Law Center: Legal and policy organization advancing gender justice, particularly for women and girls. Direct peer because its research and advocacy on gender equity and caregiver rights overlaps with the center's gender and care-economy agenda.

Broad incumbents

• Demos: National racial equity and democracy think tank. Broad incumbent because it operates at a larger scale and broader scope across the same class, race, and democracy policy themes the center addresses.
• Center for American Progress: Large progressive policy research and advocacy organization. Broad incumbent because it publishes on virtually every policy area the center targets, including economic inequality, democracy, and progressive coalition strategy.
• Economic Policy Institute: Nonprofit research organization focused on economic inequality, wages, and working-class economic conditions. Broad incumbent because it covers much of the economic-inequality research domain the center addresses.
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: Major civil rights legal organization advancing racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and education. Broad incumbent because it works on the racial-equity dimension the center emphasizes at significantly larger institutional scale.

Emerging players

• Roosevelt Institute: Progressive economic policy think tank focused on inequality and democratic economy. Emerging player because it operates at smaller scale than Demos or CAP but works on closely related class-and-race economic policy issues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uclaw_sf
• YouTubeyoutube.com/uchastings
• Facebookfacebook.com/uclawsanfrancisco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/equalityactioncenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/uclaw_sf

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Profiles2 records

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