News•Press Releases New COVID-19 Relief Bill Has Major Gaps, Greenlining Institute Says April 21, 2020 More Attention to Hard-Hit Communities of Color Still Needed Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – With Congress apparently ready [...] News Coronavirus life not sweet, especially for minorities April 16, 2020 • General By Otis R. Taylor Jr. San Francisco Chronicle David Benton opened a pastry shop in East Oakland’s Millsmont neighborhood a week before Thanksgiving. He chose a [...] News The Cameras in Your Car May Be Harvesting Data as You Drive April 15, 2020 • Technology Equity By Keith Barry Consumer Reports There’s a problem with a bike lane in Brooklyn, N.Y. City officials painted it along part of Manhattan Avenue, a major [...] News Salesforce plans to hire the laid-off family and friends of its staff. What about diversity? April 7, 2020 • Technology Equity By Levi Sumagaysay Protocol Salesforce, known for calling its employees “ohana,” is taking that family mentality up a notch. Seeking to fill 2,200 positions, the company [...] News•Press Releases Greenlining’s Economic Summit Moves Online May 21 April 7, 2020 • Economic Equity Virtual Summit Features Ibram X. Kendi, Alicia Garza, john a. powell and More Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – [...] Opinion Columns Extend the census deadline to protect public health April 6, 2020 • Technology Equity By Gissela Moya and Vinhcent Le SFExaminer In 1920, as the world was recovering from the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu, the U.S. Census Bureau told Congress [...] News Need money during coronavirus pandemic? How to avoid loan sharks and debt traps March 31, 2020 • Economic Equity By Manuela Tobias Fresno Bee As millions of Americans lose jobs, shifts and other sources of income during the coronavirus health crisis, financial experts worry [...] Opinion Columns Senate COVID-19 Relief Bill Put Corporations First – Now, Let’s Take Care of People March 26, 2020 • Economic Equity By Debra Gore-Mann and Adam Briones CommonDreams The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated glaring structural and racial inequities in American society. What the Senate has put [...] News•Press Releases Senate Bill Puts Corporations Ahead of People, Greenlining Institute Says March 25, 2020 • Health Equity, Economic Equity Covid-19 Crisis Requires Strong, Consistent Support for Workers and Small Businesses, Attention to Communities of Color Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 415-846-7758 (cell) [...] News US Workers Need Financial Relief Now March 23, 2020 • Economic Equity By Lea Ceasrine & Rose Aquilar KALW LINK TO AUDIO On this edition of Your Call, we’re discussing the dire need for economic relief as millions [...] 12345…194 Media Contacts Bruce MirkenMedia Relations Director Email: brucem@greenlining.org Office: 510.926.4022 Cell: 415.846.7758 Show These TopicsDiversity & InclusionEconomic EquityEconomic SummitEnergy EquityEnvironmental EquityGeneralHealth EquityLeadership AcademyTechnology EquityShow these Resource TypesNewsOpinion ColumnsPress ReleasesShow This Date Range From toAuthor Greenlining -
