Opening the Path to Jobs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Communities of Color
Diversity and Inclusion works with all our policy teams to open the path to jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for communities of color.
Despite a congressional mandate to pay more attention to diversity within federal financial regulatory agencies, Greenlining found that these agencies generally lack diversity at executive and upper management levels and often lack the systems needed to track progress. Greenlining examined…
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Over the past few weeks a lot of attention has been paid to sexual assault survivors, thanks in large part to the courage of “Emily Doe”, a woman attacked by the infamous Brock Turner on Stanford’s campus last year. Following… Continue reading 
The Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion can leverage diversity to reform the financial sector. Greenlining’s fact sheet analyzes how congressional support and improved metrics will drive this outcome. To read the fact sheet, click here. Continue reading 
Greenlining’s 2015 Supplier Diversity Report Card finds that contracting with minority-owned businesses by California energy and telecommunications companies dropped in 2014 and contracting with Latino-owned businesses plunged to its lowest level in the past five years. While the overall level… Continue reading 
The Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion can play a key role in making our financial system more responsive to communities of color. Greenlining’s fact sheet looks at how congressional oversight and improved data collection can help the OMWIs do… Continue reading 
Greenlining strongly supports programs that encourage large companies to do business with minority small businesses. Our 2014 Supplier Diversity Report Card documents a record-setting year for the CPUC’s supplier diversity program, with $8.5 billion in contracts going to diverse businesses.… Continue reading 
California’s largest banks buy few goods and services from minority-owned businesses, according to the first study to ever examine such contracting in detail. In a state where people of color make up 60 percent of the population, banks obtained less… Continue reading 
California and the nation face a growing crisis of unemployment and underemployment among boys and men of color, but the rapid growth of the health services sector – with an urgent need for more health care workers – presents an unprecedented opportunity… Continue reading 
In 2013, major California insurance companies reported for the first time on their contracting with businesses owned by women, minorities and disabled veterans. The information was reported to the California Department of Insurance under the provisions of AB 53, Greenlining-sponsored… Continue reading 
As policymakers in financial regulatory agencies work to craft policies appropriate for an increasingly diverse America, we have created a new tool to assist those working to develop fair and equitable policies in the financial sphere. To read the report,… Continue reading 
