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Yesterday, The King's speech outlined the Government's legislative agenda. 📜 In our latest blog, the GBCC policy team breaks down each aspect and analyses its impact on the business landscape of Greater Birmingham. 📊✨ 🔗 Read more and stay informed: https://loom.ly/VhWg3MQ #BusinessNews #GreaterBirmingham #PolicyUpdate #Legislation #BusinessGrowth #EconomicInsights

In Ohio, the income of Black residents compared to white residents has fallen from 92 cents on the dollar in 1979 to 76 cents in 2019. This inequity is reflected in more than just wages. From healthcare to housing, our current systems do not support all members of our community. Learn how GCF is investing in systems change work from economic mobility, to education, housing, food access, and more: https://hubs.ly/Q028Z_380

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Check out Executive Officer Jay Bradshaw's new Member letter to learn about the NCCU's latest initiatives, victories and more. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gTTiF2k5 #NorCalCarpentersUnion #CarpenterUnionPower

3 years ago, I wrote this Black Paper on Real Estate Finance along with my colleagues, to transform how capital gets allocated in the community development industry. The goal was to get capital on the right terms to build community wealth and power for Black and other communities of color, and poor and working class communities. It's encouraging to still see the paper referenced and uplifted across various conferences, webinars, and other places. Since we wrote it, The Guild has worked to acquire and develop 6 different community-owned real estate properties, and that has come with a ton of learning, and even more detailed (and bolder) recommendations for philanthropy, CDFIs, and other community development practitioners and policymakers. So we're working on a 2.0 for the paper this year. If you're a practitioner or funder in this field, what questions (or feedback) do you have that we can shed light on in this next version? https://lnkd.in/eYVTSPYJ

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress took a break from writing the Articles of Confederation and passed a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” Over 100 years later, in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson marked the anniversary of that decree by officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day. #HappyFlagDay #AmericanHistory #OldGlory #HemlockInsuranceGroup #HemlockisHere #LivingstonCountyInsurance #LivingstonCountyMI #LivCo #BrightonSmallBusiness #HomeAutoLifeCommercialInsurance

What are the Black radical roots of today’s economic justice vision? NPQ’s next Remaking the Economy webinar on March 20 will explore this and more: https://bit.ly/3uNkEMr

Another great article posted by the Director of Second Look Network at The Sentencing Project regarding use of clemency powers to address excessive sentences. The number of older people in State & Federal prisons is increasing faster than any other age group. How could anyone claim that the point of incarceration was to incapacitate the truly dangerous when there are more people older than 55 in US prisons than there are people in high crime range of 18-24? Geriatric healthcare in prison is both disgraceful and expensive. It costs on average, 3x more to incarcerate an older person than a younger one. National survey data according to the Prison Policy Initiative show that most victims support violence prevention, social investment, and alternatives to incarceration that address the root causes of crime, not more investment in carceral systems that cause more harm. Governor Andy Beshear could help alleviate the excessive costs mass incarceration has incurred on Kentucky as a proponent for second chances, and providing additional resources to protect public education and access to affordable healthcare-basic rights to the citizens of the Commonwealth. #SecondLookLaws #KyFreeKarenBrown

This is a first step towards what hopefully will start the process of reconciliation for Black employees and systemic change within the Federal Public Service. #blackinclusion #Blackactionplan