Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Start: 11/20/2009 9:30 am

End: 11/20/2009 12:30 pm

The Closing the Racial Wealth Gap workshop helps participants critically examine the way in which race shapes the distribution of resources and privilege in the U.S. We use several participatory activities and dialogue to analyze the role of government in supporting (for people of European descent) or blocking (for people of color) the accumulation of assets. The workshop also reviews strategies, campaigns, and actions that will help close the racial wealth divide and promote create greater economic equality in general.

The Closing the Racial Wealth Gap presentation is the 2nd in a series of three workshops that focuses on tools that we, as individual organizations, and together as a coalition, can use to work more effectively for economic justice. This workshop series is organized by the

Campaign for Working Families

Friday, November 20, 2009, from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Philadelphia, PA

For more information contact Elly Porter-Webb at epwebb@gpuac.org

RSVP for the workshops: <http://www.eventbrite.com/event/447564678> by next Wednesday, October 7th

Projects

Estate and Federal Taxes

Campaigns that strive to expand public conversations and influence policy makers on key federal tax policy and economic issues.

Responsible Wealth

A network of over 700 individuals who are among the wealthiest five percent of Americans who advocate for fair taxes and corporate accountability.

Popular Economics Education

A series of participatory workshops that transform economic statistics into engaging learning experiences to move people to action.

Racial Wealth Divide

Provides resources that deepen understanding about boundaries to economic parity among communities of color.

Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative

A network of 28 state-level advocacy groups that promote fair and adequate taxation at the state and federal levels through grassroots organizing.