March 30, 2009 posted by admin
Last week, the Insight Center for Community Development convened 75 assets-building experts of color from around the nation for the Color of Wealth 2009 Policy Summit . During the Summit, experts met with members of Congress and policy staff to discuss the gap between people of color and whites in [...]
March 26, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
And that was BEFORE the recession hit! This week, I attended an amazing presentation by the Community Service Society and the New York Women’s Foundation, “Raising the Voice of Low-Income Women.” The Community Service Society (CSS) presented its 2009 findings for their annual Unheard Third Survey. According to CSS, “the [...]
March 12, 2009 posted by Kyla Bender-Baird
This week is National LGBT Health Awareness week. In honor of this important week, I wanted to share with you a stat I found from the Big Five Research: 50 percent of uninsured women have dependent children and half of them (54 percent) are employed. Even as much of our energy has [...]
March 11, 2009 posted by admin
This just in: by executive order President Obama has created a White House Council on Women and Girls. As NOW stated in their press release, “We asked for a Cabinet-level office to work on women’s issues, and we got the entire cabinet.” The Council will headed by Valerie Jarrett and [...]
March 11, 2009 posted by Delores M. Walters*
The disproportionate effects of the seized-up economy on citizens of color whether in housing, employment or educational opportunity soundly refutes the idea that “we can put to rest the myth of racism as a barrier to achievement in this splendid country” as the Wall Street Journal claimed one [...]
