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What role should businesses play in advancing DEI? 🤔 Despite recent legal challenges, 72% of executives are committed to increasing their DEI efforts. Forward-thinking leaders understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion are crucial for thriving communities and successful businesses. 💪 👨💻 👩💻 Healthy, thriving workforces create stronger communities and greater economic stability. However, attacks on DEI have led some businesses to downplay these initiatives. Read the full article by Dr. Michael McAfee and Mahlet Getachew on Impact Entrepreneur: https://lnkd.in/daYmnMR3 How can we reclaim the narrative around DEI and align it with business strategy for lasting impact? Share your thoughts! . . . . #ImpactEntrepreneur #ImpactEconomy #DEI #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #BusinessStrategy #SocialImpact #Leadership #CorporateResponsibility #SustainableBusiness #EconomicGrowth #CommunityBuilding #InclusiveWorkplace #FutureOfWork #Innovation #Prosperity

We need to value voting. #Voting is not the end of democracy – it is the beginning. It is how we give people a way to be all in, then when we hear their voices, that begins to allow #democracy to flourish.

In response to the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to overturn the Chevron doctrine, the long-standing 40-year precedent where courts provide deference to federal agency expertise in the interpretation of statutes, Dr. Michael McAfee, President and CEO of PolicyLink issued the following statement: Friday’s ruling by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority represents a dangerous power grab that takes policy decisions out of the hands of agency experts and into the hands of judges. Each and every day, government agencies implement a vast array of policies that protect Americans—such as ensuring the safety of food, drugs, drinking water, and more. The dismantling of the Chevron doctrine will undercut many of these regulations. With one ruling, the court undid our country’s long-standing approach to governing established by the separation of powers principle. And because of this ruling courts will have more authority to determine the availability of medications and ignore the expertise of the Food and Drug Administration. Judges will have more power to decide the acceptable levels of toxins in our drinking water and in the air we breathe. Read the full statement here: https://lnkd.in/gC9uKPzv

Homelessness is not simply a consequence of personal failure but a symptom of a deeply flawed housing system that prioritizes profit over people, resulting in a severe lack of stable, affordable housing that meets people's needs. Black, Indigenous, and Brown communities — along with young people, disabled people, seniors, and LGBTQ+ people — are disproportionately affected by housing insecurity and homelessness. A stark reminder of the historical and structural inequities that underlie our society, the court’s ruling will subject the most burdened among us to further harm and indignity. “Housing is a basic human need and an American civil right. What a shame to relitigate victories already won on behalf of all people. This decision underscores the urgent need for housing policy and strategies to ensure that everyone is safely housed, equally protected, and able to thrive.” Read the full statement here: https://lnkd.in/g5m-TwcT #HousingJustice #SupremeCourtRuling #HousingFutures #Homelessness

Happening NOW! Join the National Homelessness Law Center today at 1 PM EST for a Mass Organizing Zoom to discuss this decision and learn about the next steps to ensure everybody has a safe place to call home. https://lnkd.in/gw4sQt4A

Our nation's housing crisis continues to worsen: most tenants are rent-burdened, landlords are evicting more tenants, and homelessness is  record-high.  Over 114 million people rent in the U.S. Tenants deserve basic protections in a predatory housing market that lets corporate landlords exploit them. I am proud to join tenants, organizers, advocates, and legal experts to support a comprehensive policy agenda that lays out basic protections for renters. This policy agenda would complement affordable housing initiatives, bring down costs for renters, and begin to level the power imbalance between tenants and landlords. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/g3a9WQHe

No debate about it. We need to reimagine our democracy. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Baratunde Thurston about her thoughts on #voting. Watch the full video on the PolicyLink LinkedIn page here: https://lnkd.in/gnXKqsBM

Equity Summit 2024: A Revolution of the Soul Registration is open. I look forward to seeing you there! This year’s Summit, A Revolution of the Soul, is more than just an event. It's a powerful call to action, inviting you to join us in activating the individual and collective soul needed to demand and create a nation that works for all. This Summit marks a pivotal moment in our journey as we honor our past and shape our future. We're not just envisioning a better future; we are actively constructing it. This Summit is a seed we will nurture to foster the future we desire, a place where love and soul are not just whispered in quiet corners but are the loud, beating heart of our discourse and action. https://lnkd.in/grrws9na

Americans for Financial Reform , Bargaining for the Common Good, and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a new report exposing the network of housing industry groups, backed by corporate landlords, that work together to maintain the housing crisis. The report sheds light on the money behind the political influence that has distorted the politics of housing in favor of the wealthy, through the industry's web of influence at the national, state, and local levels. https://lnkd.in/gup-gs8Q

Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life explores how we can realize the fullest potential of a multiracial democracy. It offers a vision of hope for those who feel anxious or dispirited in the current political climate. Baratunde Thurston speaks with #podcast host Angela Glover Blackwell about the podcast and dives into all the episode summaries. This podcast is excited to share how people are coming together across racial lines to seize this moment and stretch democracy to serve all.