July 2014–New Report from Women’s Funding Network, authored by CR2PI demonstrates strength of collective impact approach to building economic security for women and families
The Women’s Funding Network report, entitled Learning, Leveraging and Giving for High Impact, aims to inform both current and future conversations regarding the long-term economic security of women and families. Specifically, it focuses on the [...]
January 31, 2014–CR2PI Research Helps Win Wage Increase for Over 8,000 Airport Workers
Above Board: Raising the Standards for Passenger Service Workers at the Nation’s Busiest Airports written by CR2PI’s Executive Director, C. Nicole Mason helped to win a much needed wage increase for more than 8,000 low-wage [...]
Division Street U.S.A.
Division Street U.S.A. New York Times article focuses on the significance of place to growing inequality in America as a part of its series The Great Divide. In the article, Robert Sampson boldy asserts that [...]
Worlds Apart: New Index Reveals Sharp Race and Class Divide for Neighborhoods and Women in New York City
For black and latino women in New York City, overcoming poverty is like to winning the lottery — very few ever win and the odds are about the same. A newly released Economic Security and [...]
Minimum Wage Increase Would Be Economic Boon
President Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage is a welcome relief. American workers, not big businesses, have been the biggest losers in a sagging economy and sluggish recovery. Stagnant job growth, coupled with record [...]
Amid Pressure, NYC Anti-Choice Billboard Targeting Black Women and Communities Comes Down
From welfare reform to single motherhood, images of Black women and girls have often been used to promote agendas and public policies that run counter to their agency and autonomy. A three story billboard placed [...]