IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Check out the letter, signed by PolicyLink and other equity organizations, to the President and members of Congress that lays out a policy platform for the 99 percent


On Sunday, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, PolicyLink led a conversation in The New York Times Sunday Dialogue section about equity in America and how to create a nation in which everyone can participate and prosper.

On Jan. 24, President Obama shared with the U.S. Congress—and the rest of America—his plan for the future during the 2012 State of the Union address.

We believe that equity must be a top priority in that plan.

 

 

 

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Improving Healthy Food Access
Exciting news -- $77 million has been allocated for Healthy Food Financing Initiative!
Healthy Corridor for All
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Q&A with PolicyLink Deputy Director Mary Lee The Loop21
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Youth-Led "Teach-In" in Oakland
Advocates mobilizing people around the critical challenges – and opportunities – facing boys and men of color across the state.
Urban Agriculture & Community Gardens
Addresses urban agriculture efforts focused on serving low-income communities and communities of color
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Equity Blog

"Sarah Treuhaft, associate director at PolicyLink, says grassroots equity advocates who have been working on these issues [income inequality] for years are now much more confident to speak up about inequality. That makes sense, since according to the Pew Research Center, conflict between the rich and poor is now "the greatest source of tension in American society,"... read more at The Nation> 

-- Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Occupy Effect, The Nation 

NOTE: The publication America's Tomorrow: Equity is the Superior Growth Model  makes the case that racial and economic inclusion is critical to succeeding in the global economy.