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.
"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.