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CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP INITIATIVE
Experts of Color Network Newsletter
"Diverse Voices Lead to Equitable Solutions"
REGISTER NOW FOR CRWG DECEMBER SUMMIT
The Why We Can’t Wait summit will bring together scholars, practitioners, advocates, and media 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.
The summit will take place from Monday, December 3rd through Wednesday, December 5th, at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa, Miami Beach, FL.
Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns, has just been added to our esteemed panel of speakers!
As a special offer, the first 50 Experts of Color Network members to register will receive a complimentary hotel room on the nights of December 3rd and 4th. This offer will expire on Wednesday, October 31st.
For more information and to register, please click here.
REGISTER NOW FOR CRWG POST-ELECTION EVENT
Please join us and political analysts, policy advocates, and national thought leaders for Race and Wealth Inequality in the Post-Election Political Environment, as we 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.
Karen Finney (MSNBC Political Analyst) will give the keynote presentation and Jeff Johnson (BET) will moderate the two roundtables: What Happened? How People of Color Influenced the 2012 Elections and What’s Next? Opportunities to Address Racial Wealth Inequalities in the New Political Environment.
For more information and to register, please click here.
NEW NETWORK MEMBER
 Please join us in welcoming Devin Fergus to the Experts of Color Network. You can read more about Devin by clicking on his name.
The CRWG Experts of Color Network Criteria and Responsibilities is now accessible online. If you are not familiar with them, please review at your convenience.
NEWS
For the latest news on the CRWG Initiatve and Experts of Color Network Members, please visit our Twitter and Facebook pages.
OPPORTUNITIES
Teaching Poverty 101 Workshop, Call for Applications
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking applications for its inaugural Teaching Poverty 101 Workshop.
Ford Asset Building Team Senior Associate, PolicyLink
PolicyLink seeking a new Senior Associate for its Ford Asset Building Team.
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions:
Director of Administrative Support Services
Editor, Office of Communications
Investment Accountant
Program Officer, China
Program Officer, Indonesia
Program Officer, Mexico and Central America
Representative, China
Representative, West Africa
Strategic Communications Manager
Please visit the CRWG blog here and prior network newsletters here.
Please submit any news, reports, events or job opportunities you would like us to feature in the next newsletter 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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