Helaine Olen talked to Maya Rockeymoore about the unequal impact the housing and financial crises had on minority communities: Maya Rockeymoore: Once you have foreclosures happening left and right, property values in the neighborhoods where you tend to live, or in the cities where you tend to live start heading straight down. And that actually happened. That’s Maya […]
It’s Time for An Inclusion Revolution
Center for Global Policy Solutions: Driving Society Toward Inclusion After months of protracted debate regarding our nation’s future, it all comes down to this: leadership matters. The United States of America has espoused the principles of democracy and opportunity worldwide. She has repeatedly chastised foreign nations for repressive tactics resulting in exclusion and the abuse […]
Central Penn Business Journal
This story cites CGPS’s report on entrepreneurship. People of color face added hurdles, rooted in decades of discrimination that limited access to education, good-paying jobs and advancement in the workplace. As a result, many African American families do not have access to savings and investments that are key to economic advancement. The median wealth level […]
Comment Letter on OMB’s Review of Federal Race Data
October 19, 2016 Katherine K. Wallman, Chief Statistician Office of Management and Budget 1800 G St., 9th Floor Washington, DC 20503 Docket No. OMB-2016-0002 Comments on the review and revisions to OMB’s Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity Dear White House Office of Management and Budget, Members of the […]
CNNMoney.com: It’s Lonely In the Black 1%
Tanzina Vega interviewed Maya Rockeymoore on why only 1.7% of the top 1% are black:
Press Release for the ADELPHI Project on Big Data
Contact: Simona Combi, 202-735-0519, simona@globalpolicysolutions.org Center for Global Policy Solutions Launches ADELPHI Strategy Collective to Harness Big Data for Equity-Centered Solutions to Societal Challenges WASHINGTON, October 14, 2016—The Center for Global Policy Solutions (GPS) convened today the first meeting of the ADELPHI Strategy Collective (ASC), which seeks to harness big data to drive innovative, equity-centered […]
Experts of Color Network Letter In Support of CFPB Ruling on Predatory Lending
September 22, 2016 Director Richard Cordray Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 Docket No. CFPB-2016-0025 Comments on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau proposed rule: Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Dear Director Cordray, Members of the Experts of Color Network appreciate the opportunity to submit comments on the […]
Inc.com: These Black CEOs Couldn’t Get a Loan (Now They Run Some of the Fast-Growing Companies in America)
The story delves into why only 1.5 percent of Inc. 5000 companies are run by black Americans. History plays a large role, says Algernon Austin, senior research fellow at Washington, D.C.-based think tank Center for Global Policy Solutions. Long-term, systemic oppression has had a dampening effect on entrepreneurship within African American communities. In particular, Austin […]
The Undefeated: Cicely Tyson — a pioneer still going strong
This story about Tony and Emmy winner Cicely Tyson mentions Dr. Maya Rockeymoore’s role as the chair of the Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts, which presented Ms. Tyson with a lifetime achievement award: “We have supported arts education for 20 years through the Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts, during a time […]
Youth Today op-ed: Advocating for Social Security Is Advocating for Youth
In this op-ed, CGPS President and CEO Maya Rockeymoore discusses how the debate on Social Security reform focuses on seniors and ignores children. The national focus on Social Security’s benefits for seniors obscures its role as one of the largest antipoverty programs for children. Without Social Security, the child poverty rate would skyrocket to 43 […]
