Hi Friend!
June celebrates Pride Month and we’re honored to work with so many passionate staff and members who are members of LGBTQIA+ community. We can’t hope to achieve economic justice without lifting the voices and needs of the people at the intersections of gender and race who are more likely to experience pay disparities, workplace harassment, housing discrimination, and other issues core to our mission.
LGBTQIA+ people across the country remain vulnerable to being denied service, being displaced from their housing, being denied health care, and other basic freedoms simply because of who they are or who they love. The Equality Act would expand civil rights protections to explicitly and consistently protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination.
In Solidarity,
Mica Whitfield and Ashley Panelli
Co-Presidents & CEOs
Spotlight
Juneteenth signals the end of slavery and as we acknowledge this day we also must think about what it means for Black families to thrive on our terms. Black women have always been on the frontlines of social movements and to achieve our collective liberation our movements needs resourcing. We need robust funding that gives us the flexibility to act to make meaningful change and create a sustainable infrastructure for our future.
9to5 Co-Presidents and CEOs Ashley and Mica were featured in Ms. Magazine this month. They stressed the importance of funding Black lead organizations not as an afterthought or a checkbox on a diversity agenda, but as an integral part of the fight against racism and inequality.
Colorado
Learn, develop, and deepen your grassroots organizing skills! Our deadline for the Community Justice Fellowship Program has been extended, apply now!
Georgia
The Georgia Coalition for Paid Leave collaborated with Poder Latinx and Small Business Majority for an event called “Small Businesses for Paid Leave!”
Wisconsin
We’re looking for driven individuals across Wisconsin to join our Elections Connections Committee to make a difference this election season!
What We’re Reading
How Uber Screwed You and Your Driver to Make Its First Profit
Uber raised prices and took a bigger cut from drivers to increase their profits leaving the working people who keep the service functional in the dust.
Why the 19th Amendment Did Not Guarantee All Women the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment did not guarantee all women the right to vote. Despite the adoption of the 19th Amendment, many women of color, immigrant women and poorer women continued to face barriers at the polls.
All the Single Ladies … Shouldn’t Struggle to Pay Rent
Rental assistance programs and tenant protections are evidence-based solutions that help women, LGBTQIA+ people and families stay in their homes during financial crises, which in turn, strengthens our economy and helps our communities thrive.
These disabled people tried to play by the rules. It cost them their federal benefits
SSI is an old and broken system that often harms the low-income people it serves. This article takes a deep dive into the problems with the system.