Cat Goughnour @CatGoughnour
(views expressed are my own) #RacialWealthEquity #RacialWealthDivide #AAFCI #RWDI #ABOD Washington, DC Joined January 2019-
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When efficiency comes with upward wealth redistribution, our recommendations frequently become little more than a lic… imf.org/en/Publication…
NEW: Employment rates among the 130 single-caregiver households selected for then-Mayor @cllrsiddiqui & @Cambridge_CF's #GuaranteedIncome pilot rose from 36% to 40% after 12 months, while employment fell among the control group by 2% over the same period. thecrimson.com/article/2024/3…
Economic justice requires addressing a minimum wage that has remained stagnant for 15 years - thru a Great Recession , housing crisis, sequestration, pandemic, & inflation - & the federal poverty-line, still pegged to 1968 living costs. In 2024, Just policy must raise the floor.
Economic justice requires addressing a minimum wage that has remained stagnant for 15 years - thru a Great Recession , housing crisis, sequestration, pandemic, & inflation - & the federal poverty-line, still pegged to 1968 living costs. In 2024, Just policy must raise the floor.
Number of nurses, teachers, firefighters, and other public servants who got student debt relief from this program in its first 14 years: about 7,000. Number who’ve gotten relief since the Biden-Harris administration made key fixes: over 870,000. nbcnews.com/politics/white…
A federal program that made internet access affordable for millions is ending soon. But thanks to a #publicoption in Tennessee, residents will continue to have access to affordable high-speed internet! prospect.org/economy/2024-0…
PhD students are organizing around basic income. If you're working on UBI research as part of your PhD, or wish to do so and would like to connect with others to help you go about doing so, join the group. Cheers! basicincome.org/news/2024/03/n…
Institute Founding Director @DarrickHamilton joined @kendallciese and @RepPressley on the @ACLU's At Liberty podcast to discuss #BabyBonds, the racial wealth gap, and the functional role of wealth and access to capital. Listen or read the transcript: aclu.org/podcast/this-e….
"Those in our pilot program actually gained employment after receiving monthly payments." -Saint Paul Mayor & @mayorsforagi co-chair, @melvincarter3 Read the latest data on Saint Paul's guaranteed income pilot, the second mayor-led pilot in the US: guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-sain…
Received PSLF forgiveness this week after paying on these student loans for 20+ years - 3/4 of debt load discharged - nearly 6 figures 😮💨 as a 1st gen, mature, non trad student who has never owned a home, this is HUGE relief for me, my family, & community 🙏🏽🙌🏽 #racialwealthgap
Received PSLF forgiveness this week after paying on these student loans for 20+ years - 3/4 of debt load discharged - nearly 6 figures 😮💨 as a 1st gen, mature, non trad student who has never owned a home, this is HUGE relief for me, my family, & community 🙏🏽🙌🏽 #racialwealthgap
💥 Powerful tool: The U.S. Government administers more than 2,300 Federal financial assistance programs. This website allows visitors to explore Federal financial assistance programs across categories, agencies, eligible applicants, and more. fpi.omb.gov
We find in a new report that Black-owned employer businesses overall had the highest percentage increases in employees, revenue, and payroll compared to white, Asian American, Latino or Hispanic, and Native American ones. brookings.edu/articles/closi…
Evidence of impact.
Today, we celebrated the launch of #RxKids, a landmark #guaranteedincome program that will give every pregnant resident of Flint, MI $1,500 followed by $500/month for the first year of their child’s life. 1/
ERA history is Black history. As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we must honor the groundwork laid by the Black women who came before us in the century-long struggle to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment. Our destinies are tied & equality is overdue.
My fellow Marylanders, please join us live for my second State of the State Address: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
In two days, I will deliver my second State of the State address. Join as I report on Maryland's progress over the past year and my administration's plans as we continue to move forward in building a stronger, safer, more affordable, and more competitive Maryland.
Join us next Thursday 8 Feb to discuss the concept of inclusive #EconomicRights and #HumanRights economies with @DarrickHamilton - Professor of Economics & Urban Policy and founding director of @RacePowerPolicy at the New School. 🎟 Secure your spot bit.ly/4b85jGp
Join us in welcoming @Roslynh4gvmayor, Mayor of Golden Valley, a Minneapolis suburb, to MGI this week 👏
“Why We Can’t Wait”
Goal: 1) provide a $40K trust account funded by private foundations PLUS $6K/yr guaranteed income… for up to 250 people ages 15-24 to more quickly prove effectiveness 2) to use the pilot outcomes to advocate for legislation at the state & local levels. atlantaciviccircle.org/2024/01/25/bab…
Prosperity Now @prosperitynow
11K Followers 2K Following Prosperity Now works to build an economy that is just, fair and free from structural racism.
Joanna Ain @JoannaAliseAin
1K Followers 2K Following #BostonStrong #JerseyGirl living in the District. Interim Policy Director @ProsperityNow. Formerly @Kennedy_School, @HCArlington, @CornellAlumni. Tweets my own.
TerriFriedline @TerriFriedline
2K Followers 2K Following make finance public | rein in #fintech | redistribute wealth | socialism not #racialcapitalism | Opinions my own
Vanna Cure @Vanna_the_Cure
416 Followers 814 Following Assoc. Dir. for Advocacy @ProsperityNow. Former @DemStateParties, @thedemocrats. Policy by day. Spontaneity by night. #GoDawgs Tweets are my own
Alejandra Montoya-Boy.. @alejandramontyb
441 Followers 903 Following Snr Director of CCRT @civilrightsorg: seeking tech, economic & racial justice, good books by folks of color, and rest. Opinions are my own. she/her/ella
Liberation in a Gener.. @liberation_gen
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Quien quieroser @asturiesyeverde
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pat lando @lando_pat
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Prosperity Now @prosperitynow
11K Followers 2K Following Prosperity Now works to build an economy that is just, fair and free from structural racism.
Joanna Ain @JoannaAliseAin
1K Followers 2K Following #BostonStrong #JerseyGirl living in the District. Interim Policy Director @ProsperityNow. Formerly @Kennedy_School, @HCArlington, @CornellAlumni. Tweets my own.
TerriFriedline @TerriFriedline
2K Followers 2K Following make finance public | rein in #fintech | redistribute wealth | socialism not #racialcapitalism | Opinions my own
The.Ink, from Anand G.. @AnandWrites
672K Followers 12K Following ✍️ https://t.co/3U5gLjvY9g.📚 @PersuadersBook, @WinnersTakeAll, THE TRUE AMERICAN, INDIA CALLING. 📺 MSNBC. @PriyaParker's man. Father.
PolicyLink @policylink
32K Followers 4K Following PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity by Lifting Up What Works®.
Jeremie Greer @JeremieGreer
2K Followers 682 Following Co-founder and ED of @Liberation_gen, #racialjustice activist, husband, dad, my thumbs are bad spellers, tweets=me, so blame mom and dad they made me.
Mosaic @MosaicPPI
650 Followers 1K Following A @ppi project that aims to put more women at the forefront of policy making. Our mission is to empower expert women to engage with the media and lawmakers.
Nonprofit Quarterly @npquarterly
134K Followers 9K Following Journalism for civil society. Reporting on climate justice, #racialjustice, health justice, economic justice, leadership, philanthropy & equity issues.
Vanna Cure @Vanna_the_Cure
416 Followers 814 Following Assoc. Dir. for Advocacy @ProsperityNow. Former @DemStateParties, @thedemocrats. Policy by day. Spontaneity by night. #GoDawgs Tweets are my own
Alejandra Montoya-Boy.. @alejandramontyb
441 Followers 903 Following Snr Director of CCRT @civilrightsorg: seeking tech, economic & racial justice, good books by folks of color, and rest. Opinions are my own. she/her/ella
Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa_b
3K Followers 1K Following Co-President and Founder @mavencollab. Bengali badass. It’s time to Center Blackness in our policymaking. Opinions my own. Alternate: @jhumpa.b @[email protected]
Liberation in a Gener.. @liberation_gen
2K Followers 1K Following We are a national movement-support organization, building power for POC and demanding a #LiberationEconomy. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 IG: @libgen_econ
Economic Mobility Pat.. @DisruptPoverty
5K Followers 3K Following EMPath transforms lives by helping people move out of poverty and provides other institutions with tools to do the same. Led by President & CEO @Kim_Janey.
anthony_barrows @anthony_barrows
1K Followers 2K Following Just this guy...you know? Art/BehavSci/Boston/ChildWelfare/Philosophy/Politics/Sports @Kennedy_School, @SFAIalumni @UMassBoston & @BostLatinSchool alumnus
Project Evident @project_evident
979 Followers 1K Following Project Evident helps organizations harness the power of evidence to achieve greater impact.
Lorena Roque @Roque_L
1K Followers 795 Following Economist | Labor Policy @CLASP_DC | PhD Candidate @GWtweets | Former @amprog @iteptweets | 🇲🇽 | I don't even endorse my tweets.
DorothyBGilliamTrailb.. @DorothyBGilliam
10K Followers 382 Following First African-American female reporter, columnist, & editor for The Washington Post. My memoir "Trailblazer,” is now available in stores & online. #Trailblazer
The Maven Collaborati.. @mavencollab
524 Followers 343 Following Centering race, gender and joy in the pursuit of economic justice
Dawn Flythe Moore @DawnFlytheMoore
3K Followers 99 Following Mother, advocate for women and children and lover of the arts. First Lady of Maryland.
Wellbeing Economy All.. @WEAll_Alliance
12K Followers 2K Following Global movement for economic systems change. It's time to put people & planet first. It's time for a #WellbeingEconomy. Will you join us? https://t.co/ckhYbMEtLx
Dorian Warren @dorianwarren
18K Followers 6K Following Co-President @CommunityChange. Organizer. Scholar. SouthSide Chi. Mourn, then Organize! Co-founder @EconomicSecProj. Personal account.
Tina Kotek @TinaKotek
30K Followers 332 Following Progressive Democrat. Oregon Governor. Committed to building a future of opportunity and justice for all Oregonians.
Gov. Wes Moore @iamwesmoore
108K Followers 3K Following Husband, father, combat veteran, Governor of the state of Maryland. Follow @GovWesMoore for updates. By authority: Moore for Maryland, Mary Tydings, Treasurer
American Energy Socie.. @AES_Energy
2K Followers 844 Following The American Energy Society promotes and supports sustainable energy and its practitioners.
Basic Income Earth @BasicIncomeOrg
17K Followers 1K Following Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) was founded in 1986 as an international organisation that fosters informed discussion about a Basic Income.
Stanford Basic Income.. @StanfordBIL
2K Followers 522 Following Advancing our collective understanding of the politics, philosophy, economics, & implementation of basic income and related cash policies. housed @centerpovineq
Booz Allen Hamilton @BoozAllen
52K Followers 870 Following We’re first to the future—moving missions forward to realize our purpose: Empower People to Change the World. RTs ≠ Endorsements
Governor Wes Moore @GovWesMoore
26K Followers 492 Following Governor of the state of Maryland, husband, father, combat vet.
SANDI 🏆 @ShesTheSmArtist
152 Followers 459 Following Creative Entrepreneurs | Owner @besmartistic | OMO
Greater Washington Co.. @communityfndn
4K Followers 1K Following Leading, Mobilizing, and Igniting the power of philanthropy to build a racially equitable, just, and thriving region where everyone prospers.
Mike Ben @Mikeben55
226 Followers 1K Following Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine. Families are blessings ✨
Scott Santens @scottsantens
148K Followers 146K Following Founder & President of @ITSAfoundation. I focus on unconditional/universal basic income (#UBI) and have a crowdfunded basic income (https://t.co/FjhtKCxYE0)
Cora Daniels @IamCoraDaniels
258 Followers 95 Following Journalist & Author. My books: Impolite Conversations, Ghettonation, Black Power Inc. Web series dabbler: http://t.co/xOQJHX8PbN
Harvard Kennedy Schoo.. @Kennedy_School
139K Followers 242 Following Ask what you can do. Official account for Harvard Kennedy School.
Linda Bilmes @LJBilmes
1K Followers 1K Following Prof at Harvard's @Kennedy_School, member of UN Committee of Experts, wife, mom, dog-lover. My focus is war costs, veterans, budgets and natural capital.
Rev. & Prof. Cornell .. @CornellWBrooks
47K Followers 11K Following Prof., Harvard Kennedy School; Vis. Prof., Harvard Divinity ; Dir. @harvard_trotter; Min.; Attny; & 18th NAACP pres. & CEO.For speaking: https://t.co/X2Zm4Uw82G
ACRE @ACREcampaigns
10K Followers 4K Following We fight for racial-economic justice by challenging financial & political actors who profit at the expense of BIPOC communities. Press: [email protected]
Doug Ryan @douglaslryan
430 Followers 437 Following housing & financial security advocate, expert; adjunct @AU_SPA; believer in criminal justice reform, all opinions my own
Jacob Raiford @MrJacobRaiford
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Poor People's Campaig.. @UniteThePoor
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NationalHousingTrust @NatlHsingTrust
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The Aspen Institute @AspenInstitute
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Mayors for a Guarante.. @mayorsforagi
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Parity @ParityHomes
267 Followers 24 Following Parity is an equitable development company turning vacant buildings into affordable homeownership.
California Legislativ.. @CaWomensCaucus
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Keary Kase @KearyKase
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LSE Inequalities @LSEInequalities
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Laudan Aron @laudyaron
3K Followers 5K Following Senior Fellow @UrbanInstitute researching the policies/practices/systems that advance health, wellbeing, and justice. I read and tweet widely.
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UpTogether @Move_UpTogether
2K Followers 880 Following UpTogether influences policies and changes systems that prevent hardworking people from getting ahead.
Cousin P @ColonelKSpeaks
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Atlantic Fellows for .. @AFSEE_LSE
2K Followers 154 Following Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity are social-change leaders from around the world who join forces at LSE to share knowledge, insights and hope.
Research and Innovati.. @LSE_RI
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LSE Events @LSEpublicevents
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Shannonnn sharpes Bur.. @shannonsharpeee
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Angela Ciolfi @angelaciolfi
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#MedicareForAll #Clim.. @FelixMbuga
415 Followers 5K Following Scientist. Engineer. He/Him Nanofabrication. Statistics. Biostatistics. Computational Biology. Genomics. Social Justice. A Just & Livable World For ALL.
Michal Grinstein-Weis.. @MichalGW
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Susan Burket @sburket
420 Followers 771 Following nonprofit advocate, director of communications, public relations professional, editor, writer. End poverty.We are so proud of the AFSEE 2022-23 Cohort who have now finished their active #fellowship year and started their Senior Fellowship journeys! 👏 ℹ️: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/news/after-the…
@ibramxk @RepPressley @Kim_Janey "Being poor is not a character flaw." - @RepPressley Many thanks to Dr. Kendi & Rep. Pressley for their incredible insight and their support our mission to #DisruptPoverty
UpTogether was proud to partner with @CambMA on this important pilot. Congratulations on great findings that show investing in people has an incredible impact! cbsnews.com/boston/news/gu…
NEW: Employment rates among the 130 single-caregiver households selected for then-Mayor @cllrsiddiqui & @Cambridge_CF's #GuaranteedIncome pilot rose from 36% to 40% after 12 months, while employment fell among the control group by 2% over the same period. thecrimson.com/article/2024/3…
New analysis of Wall Street bonuses by @SarahDAnderson1 shows just how out of step the minimum wage is from economic realities.
Reflect for a moment on the sheer power of economic independence. UBI isn't just a policy; it's a catalyst for transformation - sparking passions, fueling dreams and igniting a society where fear doesn't dictate choices. Imagine the possibilities when survival isn't our main goal
Number of nurses, teachers, firefighters, and other public servants who got student debt relief from this program in its first 14 years: about 7,000. Number who’ve gotten relief since the Biden-Harris administration made key fixes: over 870,000. nbcnews.com/politics/white…
🏠Join us at the Disrupting Poverty Conference 2024—A Path Forward hosted by @DisruptPoverty. Stop by our table and discover our initiatives: affordable housing, guaranteed income, tackling the racial wealth gap, and promoting economic mobility. empathways.org/conference
We know that when you grow up in poverty, you are likely to die in poverty. We’ve introduced the ENOUGH Act as part of our larger effort to make Maryland more competitive and help us direct funding toward specific communities with high rates of generational child poverty.
A federal program that made internet access affordable for millions is ending soon. But thanks to a #publicoption in Tennessee, residents will continue to have access to affordable high-speed internet! prospect.org/economy/2024-0…
I have seniors in the #MA7 who’ve had their benefits taken to pay for their student loans. Unconscionable. We're calling on federal agencies to end this cruel practice for Social Security beneficiaries. essence.com/news/democrats…
PhD students are organizing around basic income. If you're working on UBI research as part of your PhD, or wish to do so and would like to connect with others to help you go about doing so, join the group. Cheers! basicincome.org/news/2024/03/n…
Institute Founding Director @DarrickHamilton joined @kendallciese and @RepPressley on the @ACLU's At Liberty podcast to discuss #BabyBonds, the racial wealth gap, and the functional role of wealth and access to capital. Listen or read the transcript: aclu.org/podcast/this-e….
"Those in our pilot program actually gained employment after receiving monthly payments." -Saint Paul Mayor & @mayorsforagi co-chair, @melvincarter3 Read the latest data on Saint Paul's guaranteed income pilot, the second mayor-led pilot in the US: guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-sain…
This relief will be life-changing for public service workers who have been denied the cancellation they were entitled too for far too long. .@POTUS must continue delivering & #CancelStudentDebt for as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
President Biden approves the cancellation of nearly $6 billion in federal student debt for thousands of public service workers. nbcnews.com/politics/white…
We find in a new report that Black-owned employer businesses overall had the highest percentage increases in employees, revenue, and payroll compared to white, Asian American, Latino or Hispanic, and Native American ones. brookings.edu/articles/closi…
First Lady @DawnFlytheMoore and I have been married for almost 17 years now. In our vows, I promised to keep it fun and fresh. She promised to be my fiercest protector. We promised each other to love unconditionally. And she truly is a promise keeper! Love you, always.
Big response as Harris County, Texas sees 82,000 applications for #BasicIncome initiative! zurl.co/s2XM
Policy is my love language — especially making the wealthy pay their fair share. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Evidence of impact.
Home ownership is the key to generational wealth. But appraisal bias keeps many minority families from reaching that American dream. We investigate cases of alleged bias, sift through public records and find out what's being done for those being undervalued. @InvestigateTV
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