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In April, Prosperity Now’s Racial Wealth Divide Initiative hosted three Listening Sessions with nonprofit leaders from across the country with a clear objective: we wanted leaders of color to share the ways that they have shifted program and service delivery and adapted their work in response to the COVID-19 crisis. We quickly learned they are doubling-down on existing programs, innovating to take their services virtual, and building for post-pandemic health and economic equity. Even though COVID-19 has exacerbated existing health, employment, income, housing and education challenges their clients face, they are pioneering and resilient. The voices of these leaders and their experiences are captured in our new report: COVID-19: NEW CRISIS, SAME STORY! Highlighting the Innovations to Racial Economic Inequality from Leaders of Color
Prosperity Now is also excited to announce a six-part video series highlighting the grassroots and community innovations that have been developed and piloted to address the challenges of racial economic inequality. We will feature nonprofit organizational leaders from Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Des Moines, IA; Miami, FL; Minneapolis, MN; New Orleans, LA; Seattle, WA; St. Paul, MN; Tacoma, WA; and Wilmington, DE. These city-level nonprofits will share how they are advancing racial economic equity solutions– particularly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will discuss the historical basis for present-day inequality and elevate solutions that disrupt the reoccurring patterns of inequality in communities of color.
Episodes will be released on the dates below at 3 pm EDT.
Series Overview – June 3
Health—June 17
Employment— July 1
Income—July 15
Housing—July 29
Education—August 12
