Contact: Simona Combi, 202-265-5111, simona@globalpolicysolutions.org Kevin Walker, 202-265-5111, kevin@globalpolicysolutions.org More than 400 Health Experts Ask Senate to Reject Tom Price for HHS Secretary WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 – Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, president and CEO of Washington-based think tank Center for Global Policy Solutions and a noted health and economic disparities expert, is among the more than 400 health professionals, […]
Statement Opposing Nomination of Rep. Price for HHS Secretary
Statement from Health Care Researchers and Faculty Members Opposing the Nomination of Representative Tom Price for the Position of Secretary of Health and Human Services To contact the organizers of this letter, write to PriceOppositionLetter@gmail.com. January 18, 2017 The Honorable Lamar Alexander The Honorable Patty Murray U.S. Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 428 […]
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 […]
Press release for Inclusion Revolution Store
Contact: Simona Combi, 202-735-0519, simona@globalpolicysolutions.org T. Kevin Walker, 202-265-5111, kevin@globalpolicysolutions.org Center for Global Policy Solutions Launches Inclusion Revolution Store Proceeds Support Campaign Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in U.S. Washington, D.C., December 15, 2016—The Center for Global Policy Solutions (CGPS), a DC think tank and action organization, has launched its Inclusion Revolution store, offering a variety […]
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?
Open Letter on the North Dakota Access Pipeline
November 14, 2016 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20006 Attorney General Loretta Lynch United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Jo-Ellen Darcy Assistant Secretary of Army, Civil Works 108 Army Pentagon Washington, DC 20310 Governor […]
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 […]
