Let’s make it clear: Organizing matters. 🗣 It was because of advocacy AND organizing, we were able to cut child poverty by almost one-third in 2021. In the midst of one of the great economic crises of our time: we cut child poverty by a third. #LiveAtUrban
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Higher education serves as an engine for social and economic mobility. But we must first understand the inequality that exists in society even before a student enters the higher education space. #LiveAtUrban
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Today at 4 ET: Can college level the playing field? #LiveAtUrban urbn.is/3NlrEDt
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#LiveAtUrban, 8/3: Tune as experts discuss where baby bonds fit in an overall strategy for addressing the racial wealth gap & how state & local practitioners are developing systems approaches to tackling racial wealth gaps in their communities.
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We are #liveaturban with DOL ESBA Acting Assistant Secretary Ali Khawar to discuss improving the collection of race and ethnicity data to advance #healthequity.
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Kicking off the "State of the States" fiscal outlook for 2023.
"The economy is struggling, growth is slowing ... But I don't think we're in a recession." He added that risk of a recession has increased.
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CMS Administrator describes segregated hospitals - less than a lifetime ago - and how #americanrescueplan helped closed health coverage gaps- gains at risk if the ARP subsidies are allowed to expire #liveaturban
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#LiveAtUrban today at noon ET: What lies ahead for state budgets in FY2023?
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. cites analysis by on widening inequities if #AmericanRescuePlan subsidies expire rb.gy/bxhrlz #liveaturban
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#LiveAtUrban next Wednesday: Join , , , , , , , & other experts for a discussion on baby bonds & closing the racial wealth gap.
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"We've learned that the way communities rebuild depends a ton on what capacity is there in the first place. Disasters have highlighted the already pressing need to invest in capacity." -RD Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small #LiveAtUrban
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#LiveAtUrban Daniel Pang walks us through the stats on who is or is not taking advantage of forbearance
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Our second panel has kicked off!
Join the conversation with , , , , , and our co-pres on how we can continue to ensure equity and support for underserved communities. #LiveAtUrban #ARPEquity
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How do you finance community revitalization and operating businesses with #OpportunityZones? #LiveAtUrban
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My colleague Keith Wardip shares how skills can be a bridge, rather than a gap.
The top-requested skills across occupations are what some call "soft skills," but are essential 21st century skills that can help workers move between occupations. #LiveatUrban
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Corporations can assign their intellectual property to low-tax jurisdictions to reduce their global tax burden. The OECD and others are working to counter this type of tax avoidance. Join us tomorrow to hear from leading experts on these efforts. taxpolicycenter.org/event/internat
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Glad to be at the #liveaturban on how to improve health equity. ACAP’s Pathway to Equity shows how plans can join in this vital work. communityplans.net/wp-content/upl
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New report: What are the opportunities for better race/ethnicity data collection to advance health equity? What solutions could reduce existing barriers? urbn.is/3OmoorG
Join us today at 2pm ET to learn more: urbn.is/3yOE9mK #LiveAtUrban
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and others on Modernizing Banking Services, hosts - LIVE now on C-SPAN c-span.org/video/?520726- #LiveAtUrban
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What do we communicate to employers re apprenticeship? Flexibility. But, importantly, ROI - Canada found $1.47/hr return to employers in year 2 of apprenticeship. Not just a public good - this is a biz advantage. #LiveatUrban #TAEF #NAW
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