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In this Spotlight web cast, James Carr, chief operating officer of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Lisa Hasegawa, executive director of the National Coalition for Asia Pacific American Community Development, discuss the causes behind the racial disparity in economic security and mobility in the United States. Carr and Hasegawa also examine why closing the gap is critical to reinvigorating the U.S. economy. The webcast is hosted by Spotlight moderator Mary Jo Walsh.
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Spotlight Commentary:
By Ambassador James Joseph, Chairman of the Board of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
Attorney General Eric Holders Comments on Race and Poverty Spark Hope for Poor Children of Color
By Dr. Eric J. Cooper, President of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education
Improving Life Outcomes for Poor or Vulnerable Men as a Means of Combating Poverty
By Wade Horn, former Assistant Secretary for Children and Families. Department of Health and Human Services
Research Featured on Spotlight:
Asset Building in Low-income Communities of Color, Part 1
Wilhelmina A. Leigh, Lauren M. Ross, Anna L. Wheatley and Danielle Huff, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, March 2009
Weathering the Storm: Black Men in the Recession
Alexandra Cawthorne, Center for American Progress, April 2009
Check the Color Line: 2009 Income Report(pdf)
Dominique Apollon and Noel Bravo, Applied Research Center and the Center for the Study of Social Policy, February 2009
Black Male: Why the Mid South Cannot Afford to Ignore the Disparities Facing Its Black Men and Boys (pdf)
Chris Crothers,Foundation for the Mid South, December 2008
Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers
John Schmitt, Center for Economic and Policy Research, March 2008