Community Development Committee and Economic Development Committee
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.
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Government Operations Committee
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Economic Status of Women in NYC
April 30, 2002
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.
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