Global Policy Solutions (GPS), a social-change strategy organization based in Washington, D.C., seeks an experienced and innovative communications professional to support policy and program efforts. As a member of the Global Policy Solutions team, the communications associate will support the communications strategies by developing target media lists and assisting with the design, build, and maintenance […]
2016 Asset Builder Champion Awards Reception
Every year, we honor people who have dedicated their careers to helping low-income communities and communities of color build wealth and attain economic self sufficiency. These are the 2016 honorees. Charles Rangel War hero, civil rights advocate, master lawmaker, Charles B. Rangel has represented the 13th Congressional District of New York, which includes his […]
The Miami Times: Woman fights to save home from foreclosure
Avis Thomas Lester talks to Senior Research Fellow Algernon Austin about the deep effects of foreclosures on the black community: “Blacks started losing homes from about 2004. So we saw a wealth loss even before the recession,” said Algernon Austin, a senior research fellow at Global Policy Solutions in D.C. “Gains in homeownership that Blacks had […]
Huffington Post: These Charts Explain How Racial Inequality Continues Into Retirement
Daniel Marans looks at racial disparities in income and wealth that undermine retirement security for people of color: Social Security benefits and public assistance are not enough to erase the racial disparity in retirement account savings and overall household wealth once working families reach retirement age. As a result, black and Latino seniors are more likely […]
Huffington Post op-ed: Why a Hollywood Shuffle Is Important for Democracy
After the Oscar ceremony, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore explained that, Lost in the uproar over the lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar awardees and the subsequent analysis of the Hollywood power structure is the impact that biased cultural representations purveyed through film and other forms of mass media have on our democracy and national sense of […]
The Washington Informer: Foreclosure Crisis Still Hammers Blacks
This story highlights the plight of African American homeowners who are struggling to hold on to their houses. “Blacks started losing homes from about 2004. So we saw a wealth loss even before the recession,” said Algernon Austin, a senior research fellow at Global Policy Solutions in D.C. “Gains in home ownership that blacks had […]
Kansas lags behind on insurance equality, report says
CGPS research was cited in an Insurance Business Association Magazine report on the lagging health coverage rate in Kansas. A reported prepared by the Kansas Health Institute revealed that Kansas still has a way to go before it can achieve insurance equality. This is despite a recent report published by nonprofit Center for Global Policy Solutions that […]
The Hill: Group Calls for Diverse Supreme Court Nominee
The Experts of Color Network wrote an open letter to President Obama to ask him to nominate a Supreme Court judge that would reflect the country’s diversity. The letter was covered by The Hill. In a letter to Obama this week, the Experts of Color Network said it wants the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s successor […]
Press Release for Letter on Supreme Court Justice Nomination
CONTACT: Simona Combi, 202-265-5111, simona@globalpolicysolutions.org Supreme Court Nominee Should Reflect and Respect Nation’s Diversity, Group of Experts Asks President Obama in Open Letter Washington, D.C., February 18, 2016—A national group of experts focused on building an inclusive society laid out a set of characteristics they are seeking in the next nominee for Supreme Court Justice. […]
Read Experts of Color Letter on Supreme Court Justice Nomination
February 17, 2016 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20006 We the undersigned, representing the Experts of Color Network–a group of more than 200 scholars, advocates, and community-based practitioners focused on building a fair and inclusive society, request that you use […]
