Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m. to
2:00 p.m. EDT
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Join Sarah Rosen Wartell, president of the Urban
Institute, for the next installment in Urban’s conversation
series, Evidence to Action. During
this virtual event, Senator
Cory Booker (D-NJ) will discuss his
efforts to close the racial wealth gap through federal
legislation. Following that, Kilolo Kijakazi,
Institute fellow at the Urban Institute, and Darrick Hamilton, executive director
of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at
the Ohio State University, will join Wartell to address how the
racial wealth gap has exacerbated the harms of the pandemic,
how the pandemic may be exacerbating the wealth gap, and how
tools like baby bonds can help reduce racial inequities.
For generations, racist policies and practices have both
deprived many people of color, particularly Black and
Indigenous Americans, of opportunities to accumulate wealth and
stripped them of any wealth they acquire. Consequently, these
families frequently lack the wealth that would grant them
access to stable housing and quality education, as well as
allow them to invest in their futures and weather health and
economic crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of Urban’s
Next50 last year, Kijakazi and colleagues noted
that disruptive forces over the next fifty years could further
widen today’s equity gaps. This thesis has been tested far too
soon. Our guests will discuss what the evidence says about the
pandemic’s effects on the racial wealth gap and what we can do
to prevent the current crisis from exacerbating the inequities
caused by systemic racism.
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Speakers:
- Cory Booker, Senator, New
Jersey
- Kilolo Kijakazi, Institute
Fellow, Urban Institute
- Darrick Hamilton, Executive
Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and
Ethnicity, and Professor, John Glenn College of Public
Affairs, Ohio State University
- Sarah Rosen Wartell, President,
Urban Institute (moderator)
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The Evidence to
Action conversation series elevates the voices of leaders and
changemakers responding to, recovering from, and building
resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Urban
Institute was built for this moment. We answer tough questions
with unbiased, rigorous research and evidence-based
solutions. For 50 years, we have studied what it takes to
strengthen social safety net programs, dismantle structural
racism, protect workers and families, and build community
resilience. Using advanced analytics, data science,
technology, and decades of expertise, we equip changemakers
with the facts and insights they need to accelerate
solutions.
Send any
inquiries regarding this event to events@urban.org.
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