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CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP INITIATIVE
Experts of Color Network Newsletter
"Diverse Voices Lead to Equitable Solutions"
NEW NETWORK MEMBERS
Happy New Year! Please join us in welcoming Ngina Chiteji, Michael De Los Santos, William Elliott, Jeanette Huezo, and Patsy Schramm to the Experts of Color Network. You can read more about them by clicking on their names.
The CRWG Experts of Color Network Criteria and Responsibilities are now accessible online. If you are not familiar with them, please review at your convenience. CRWG SUMMIT
TheWhy We Can’t Waitsummit took place from December 3rd through December 5th, 2012 in Miami Beach, FL, and brought together scholars, practitioners, advocates, and pundits of color from across the nation to connect, reflect, and share new ways to inspire and mobilize support for closing the racial wealth gap.
Materials from the summit are available here. Video coming soon!
CRWG POST-ELECTION EVENT
On November 14, 2012, political analysts, policy advocates, and national thought leaders came together for Race and Wealth Inequality in the Post-Election Political Environment to analyze the role that communities of color played in the 2012 elections and explore how the administration and Congress can advance policies that promote asset building and help close the racial wealth gap.
Video of the event can be viewed here.
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE FISCAL CLIFF
The CRWG Initiative hosted a webinar on December 19, 2012, entitled African Americans and the Fiscal Cliff: Understanding the Issues and Consequences, featuring U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Experts of Color Network Member William Spriggs (AFL-CIO).
Materials from the webinar can be accessed here.
NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES
For more news on the CRWG Initiative and Experts of Color Network Members, and information on available opportunities, please visit our Twitter and Facebook pages.
Please visit the CRWG blog here and prior network newsletters here.
Please submit any news, reports, events or job opportunities you would like to feature to anands@insightcced.org.
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THE EXPERTS OF COLOR NETWORK
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CONTACT US
Anne Price,
Director aprice@insightcced.org
Anand Subramanian, Program Manager anands@insightcced.org
The Insight Center for Community Economic Development is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to help people and communities become, and remain, economically secure through innovative employment, early childhood, business development, and asset building programs.
Learn more at: www.insightcced.org
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