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Kate Richey
August 28, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the fifth post in a running series based on our recent report, Closing the Opportunity Gap: Building Equity in Oklahoma, which assesses the racial wealth gap and proposes solutions for closing that gap through asset-building. Previous posts detailed …
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This is the fourth post in a running series based on our recent report, Closing the Opportunity Gap: Building Equity in Oklahoma, which assesses the racial wealth gap and proposes solutions for closing that gap through asset-building. Previous posts explored …
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The racial wealth gap has been a hot topic lately on our blog. The United States remains one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet escaping poverty and achieving prosperity remains out of reach for millions of Americans. Too…
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Kate Richey
February 11, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Some core assets are best described as foundational: health, education, and transportation are critical to our ability to achieve and maintain financial security throughout our lifetime. Health, education, and transportation position us to obtain employment, generate enough income to make…
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The program Moyers & Company recently hosted PolicyLink Founder and CEO Angela Glover Blackwell to discuss the status of the American dream and the prospect of an equitable America. We’ve previously blogged about PolicyLink’s equity-driven economic development agenda. In this…
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The share of Oklahomans with a college education has lagged behind the national average for decades and in the last twenty years we’ve fallen even further behind. Partly to blame is our lackluster college completion record. Oklahoma has one of…
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Dr. Gobar will be visiting Oklahoma to present the results of her research in full. She will be speaking Wednesday night, March 15th at the Oklahoma City Memorial Museum and Thursday night March 16th at the Mayo Hotel in Tulsa. …
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Kate Richey
February 16, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Closing the Gap: Race, Wealth, and Homeownership in Oklahoma
March 14th | Oklahoma City | 7pm | Oklahoma City Museum and Memorial
March 15th | Tulsa | 7pm | Mayo Hotel Terrace Room
You’re invited to attend an evening…
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Kate Richey
November 14, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This blog post was excerpted from remarks by Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of PolicyLink, during the opening session of PolicyLink’s 2011 Equity Summit in Detroit, Michigan. The speech presented a new framework for creating an equitable economy. Click…
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Kate Richey
August 26, 2011 // Updated: July 25, 2015
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
This week at OK Policy, we posted the second blog in a three-part series on “Oklahoma’s Unemployment Gap,” examining…
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