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Shifting Narratives: Philanthropy's Role in Tackling Income Inequality

Explore how health philanthropy advocates for economic justice through advocacy, research, and community mobilization. Learn about Community Wealth Building Initiative & strategies to reform economic systems for a fairer society.

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Shifting Narratives: Philanthropy's Role in Tackling Income Inequality

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  1. Minding the Gap: Philanthropy’s Role in Addressing Income InequalityLarger Community Foundations Annual MeetingAustin, TexasFebruary 27, 2014Yanique Redwood, PhD, MPHPresident & CEOThe Consumer Health Foundation

  2. “We always have inequality, and in America we’re not upset about inequality of outcomes. But we are upset about inequality of opportunity.”

  3. From Brookings Report • The majority of Americans believe that redistribution favors racial minorities • Americans believe that we live in an open and fair society and that if someone is poor it is his or her own fault

  4. Why does a health philanthropy care about income and wealth?

  5. Advocacy for Economic Justice • Research • Community Education • Public Will Campaigns • Policy Analysis • Community Mobilization • Coalition Building

  6. CWBICommunity Wealth Building Initiative • Worker-owner cooperative businesses • Anchor institutions • Hospitals • Universities • Local governments • Living wages • Ownership and wealth

  7. Narrative and Economic Policy Image borrowed from www.bmecommunity.org

  8. Summary • Fund advocacy to reform our current economic system • Seed efforts to create more just and democratized economic systems • Lift up a more accurate set of images, narratives, and representations of people of color who are poor

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