October 2010
This Network testimony, submitted to U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, critically assesses the effectiveness of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies and offers recommendations for strengthening the program’s ability to provide an essential safety net for women of color and their families.
August 2010
This testimony, submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor ERISA Advisory Council, identifies the unique challenges and barriers women of color face in retiring securely, including lower wages earned over a lifetime, occupational segmentation and unequal access to wealth builders such as pensions and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The Network offers long- and short-term policy-oriented and programmatic strategies needed to address systemic and structural barriers to retirement readiness among women of color.
Linking New York City's Economic Development Policies and Programs to Community Development Strategies May 16, 2005
This testimony before a joint committee hearing urged the City Council to adapt a coordinated and integrated strategy that links economic development policies with community development strategies.
The Glass Ceiling: Is there Diversity and Equal Opportunity at all Levels of NYC's Workforce?" March 29, 2004
This testimony highlighted the occupational segmentation of Blacks and Hispanics in a narrow range of agencies within the New York City workforce.
Issues for Women in 2006
February 27, 2006
This testimony urged the City Council to focus on health, employment, income, and poverty for poor women and women of color in New York City.
Women of Color and Incarceration in NYC
February 27, 2003
The testimony discussed how poverty, arrests and incarceration work in tandem disproportionately affecting women of color in New York City.
The Status of Women of Color in NYC
January 27, 2003
The testimony focused on the three factors that lead to the invisibility of women of color during policymaking: failure to identify their needs, tendency to view their issues thorough the prism of white women, and tendency to stereotype and misdiagnose problems of women of color.
The Economic Status of Women in NYC
This testimony highlighted the benefits and failures of the 1990's economic growth by reviewing unemployment trends, occupational and industrial arrangements in private and public sector and household incomes for women of color in New York City.