This Truthout story features Dr. Maya Rockeymoore’s statement on President Obama’s proposal to expand Social Security. The Center for Global Policy Solutions represents one of the plethora of organizations that have been tenaciously advocating for enhancing Social Security benefits, fighting an inside-the-beltway climate that has been trying to reduce Social Security checks for years. Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, president […]
Statement from Dr. Maya Rockeymoore on President Obama’s Proposal to Expand Social Security
June 2, 2016, Washington, D.C. — Strengthening Social Security is one of the best ways that America can reduce and prevent poverty among seniors, the disabled, and surviving dependents of deceased workers, and promote economic security for all. We applaud President Obama’s proposal to strengthen Social Security given that our nation is facing a retirement […]
Center for Global Policy Solutions Statement on Passing of Cassandra Butts
The Center for Global Policy Solutions (CGPS) mourns the loss of Cassandra Quin Butts, a policy expert, civil rights activist, and humanitarian. “I first met Cassandra when she worked for former Majority Leader Congressman Dick Gephardt in the U.S. House of Representatives,” said CGPS President Maya Rockeymoore. “Cassandra’s ready smile, keen intelligence, kindness, and collegial […]
Fast Company: One Of The Biggest Challenges Of Getting Funding For Minority-Owned Business
Getting funding is just one roadblock for entrepreneurs of color, Lydia Dishman writes. The other is lack of access to networks and advisors. Recent research from McKinsey indicates that companies that have racial and ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians. A McKinsey study from 2012 […]
Inside Philanthropy: A Bank Supports a Black Women’s Tech Startup Focusing on Personal Finance
Alyssa Ochs focuses on WealthyLife, a startup that won the financial inclusion competition at our 2016 Color of Wealth Summit. WealthyLife is a black women’s tech startup that’s focused on financial literacy as a means to end poverty. The JPMorgan Chase Foundation just gave this group a $10,000 grant to develop a financial literacy mobile app […]
Slate: The Trouble with Credit Cards
Helaine Olen continues the United States of Debt series at Slate with a conversation about credit cards. Maya Rockeymoore was a guest on the show. Olen: Let’s pause for a moment here to discuss one other thing. If an African Americans, like Louis, possesses a credit card, the chances are they maintain a balance on […]
Black Enterprise: This Black Women’s Tech Startup Was Just Awarded A $10,000 JPMorgan Chase Grant
WealthyLife, the winner of the financial inclusion competition at the 2016 Color of Wealth Summit and a $10,000 planning grant from JPMorgan Chase, was profiled in Black Enterprise. The additional capital will allow WealthyLife to offer CreditStacker as a mobile app and add features including animation and levels to make the user experience interactive and […]
Huffington Post: Crowdfunding’s Power To Close The Racial Wealth Gap
Startups and small businesses are now allowed to raise $1 million annually from small-dollar investors, which opens the doors to opportunity for businesses owned by women, veterans and minorities. And why is this important? Because access to capital is a major barrier to growing a business and people of color have little family wealth they […]
Press Release for the Financial Inclusion Competition Winner, WealthyLife
Contact: John Keaten, 212-784-5701, jkeaten@groupgordon.com Simona Combi, 202-735-0519, simona@globalpolicysolutions.org Center for Global Policy Solutions’ Financial Inclusion Competition Winner WealthyLife Gets JPMorgan Chase & Co. Grant to Build Mobile Game to Increase Financial Capability “Credit Stacker” will be distributed for free in 28 cities through WealthyLife’s work with ConnectHome, a public-private initiative to expand broadband access, […]
Time.com op-ed: Obama Should Propose a 9/11-Style Fund for Flint
In this op-ed, Maya Rockeymoore discusses why government officials need to develop a policy response that residents actually need: a 9/11-style fund that provides resources, in the form of direct compensation and subsidized lifetime healthcare, for affected households. The time has come for state and federal policymakers to fix what they broke by offering Flint […]
