Listen as Dr. Maya Rockeymoore tells Free Speech Radio News’ Nell Abram why she and more than 400 other health experts signed an open letter opposing the confirmation of Rep. Tom Price as HHS secretary.
Fast Company: These Are The Countries With The Most Determined Entrepreneurs
A new story from Lydia Dishman looks at the challenges entrepreneurs face around the world, from cost to the complexity of the bureaucracy they have to navigate. She cites our report on entrepreneurship: As previously reported in Fast Company, one of the major challenges startup founders face is the lack of capital to get their […]
NJPHK’s Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey: Advancing the Population Health Agenda Conference deemed success
The N.J. Advance covered Maya Rockeymoore’s keynote address at the “Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey: Advancing the Population Health Agenda Conference.” Dr. Rockeymore discussed the Inclusion Revolution; Advancing a Health Equity Agenda for the Nation. During her keynote, she stated, “When it comes to public health and equity, our nation has a […]
How Will Blacks Fare in Trump’s Infrastructure Investment Plan?
Maya Rockeymoore tells the AFRO’s Charles D. Ellison that Trump’s infrastructure improvement plan may not benefit African-American workers. Rockeymoore worries that implementation of any Trump infrastructure plan could be a trap. “What’s interesting is that the way this is done is going to matter,” Rockeymoore told the AFRO. “The plan is to finance it with […]
Ellison Report: Perceptions & Strategy; What’s the policy focus?; #LatinoVoters; #LocalFocus
Maya Rockeymoore shares with WEAA FM host her concerns about Trump’s presidency. Maya Rockeymoore of Global Policy Solutions expresses grave concern for what’s next on the policy landscape now that Republicans control it all. What will or can a Trump administration deliver on in governance that its candidate promised on the campaign trail?
The Future of Social Security
Senior Policy & Program Associate Sarah Murphy Gray talks to WHUR’s Harold Fisher about the fate of Social Security. “Social Security, as you know, as all of your listeners know, is vitally important to every single African-American; and really it’s an inter-generational program. So whether you’re retired, whether you’re disabled, a child, or a millennial, […]
Slate: The Collapse of the American Dream
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 […]
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 […]
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:
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 […]
