Asset Building
Town Hall Meeting Focuses on Harmful Banking Practices
by bob ()Town Hall Meeting in Boston with Rep. Barney Frank, Mass. AG Martha Coakley Focuses on Harmful Banking Practices, Rising Credit Card Interest Rates Hurting Working Families and Consumers. Co-hosted by Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG), and UFE.
Tales From the Wealth Gap
by bob ()Check out the range of real stories of the impact of economic inequality submitted to our website.
Motivation is Key
by bob ()George offers ideas on how to make the system work. Feburary 19, 2008.
Housing Crisis Hits Home(s)
by bob ()Dorothy's tale of how the housing crisis is effecting her family. January 21, 2008
Doing More to Help Subprime Crisis (Op-ed)
by bob ()The Bush administration is not doing nearly enough to help people who are facing foreclosure.
Let America Have Racial Wealth Equity
by bob ()Race and gender compound the greatest economic inequality since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is time for a change. By UFE staffer Amaad Rivera.
Fair Play Newsletter – Summer 2007
by bob (- Activism/Actions
- Asset Building
- Corporate Accountability
- Poverty
- Racial Wealth Divide
- Shareholder actions
Poverty: Of the Wallet, or of the Spirit? | UFE Contributes to National Poverty Task Force | Economics As If People Mattered, 2007 | Q&A with Peter Edelman, Contributor to the Center for American Progress Poverty Task Force | The Poor Pay More and Shareholders Hold their Noses | New Immigration Workshop | Western Union Pressured on Excessive Remittance Fees | Putting Pressure on Predatory Lending in Louisiana | All Aboard the Asset Train | Holding the Dems to Task | The Estate Tax—at Issue in Congress and in White House Race | Tax Cut Madness Continues
Wealth and Income
by Ben ()It should be well known by now that wealth=income+assets-debts. But it's not as well known as it should be, and this holds true across low-income communities and communities of color. A white family has more than five times as much wealth as a typical African American or Latino family.
Asset Development
by Ben ()Asset-Building Links
Racial Wealth Divide
by Ben ()
The Racial Wealth Divide (RWD) program deepens the understanding about the historical and contemporary barriers to wealth creation among communities of color. RWD highlights the importance of wealth and wealth-building strategies among communities struggling to attain economic equality.
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