Displaying items by tag: economic development

Meizhu Lui, Director of the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative - Insight Center, discusses closing the racial wealth gap, income security and economic health and security among people of color at the 2011 Color of Wealth Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.  Wrap Up and Closing Remarks.

Dr. William Spriggs, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, discusses the importance of homeownership, income security and social insurance reform for women and people of color.

Doua Thor, Executive Director of the South East Asia Resource Action Center, speaks about wealth, poverty and income security at the Color of Wealth Policy Summit.

Lisa Hasegawa of CAPACD discusses the racial wealth gap, homeownership and the effects of the foreclosure crisis at the Color of Wealth Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.

Eric Rodriguez of the National Council of La Raza speaks about the racial income gap, job security and homeownership in Latino communities at the 2011 Color of Wealth Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Algernon Austin, Director of Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Program at the Economic Policy Institute, speaks about the racial wealth gap, the shrinking of the middle class, and economic policy reforms that can be implemented to close the income gap among people of color.


Panel discussion of the racial wealth gap and the actions that can be taken to promote jobs and income security.

Part 2: Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Margaret Simms on the income gap economic security and job creation at the 2011 Color of Wealth Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.

Part 1: Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Margaret Simms on the income gap economic security and job creation at the 2011 Color of Wealth Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.

Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) discusses the racial wealth gap and the role of government in promoting income security and job creation to support a prosperous middle class.

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