Policy and Practice | June 2021

Leadership Corner

Conversations to Spark Inspiration and Innovation

JULY 27 | 2:00 PM EDT

The Role of Inclusive Economic Rights in Building a Moral Economy The conversation introduces the idea of Inclusive Economic Rights and how such a conception is indispensable to the creation of a Moral Economy. A Moral Economy is anchored on the notions of Shared Prosperity, Human Dignity and Human Flourishing. We have witnessed a manifest concentration of wealth where the top 10 percent of American households own nearly 80 percent of the nation’s wealth. More specifically, the top 0.1 percent own about as much of the nation’s wealth as the bottom 90 percent. Further, the nation’s wealth patterns are highly stratified by race: the average White family owns seven times as much wealth as the average Black family. We are not building a Moral Economy in America. We need to re-orient our political economy to guarantee Inclusive Economic Rights: the right to a good job; the right to capital; the right to a quality education from grade school through college, the right to housing; the right to food and food sovereignty; and the right to guaranteed income. This is the only way to advance transformational change towards economic inclusion, civic engagement and social equity. Join us as we learn with Renata Soto. Renata is a nationally recognized leader and champion for partnering with immigrant families and communities to realize a better social and economic future across generations. Renata will share her journey as an immigrant being Latina in the South, the search for belonging and what home means, as well as talk about her search to better understand U.S. history, the country’s origin story and its legacy of slavery and racism. Renata is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. At Harvard, Renata is drawing from vast intellectual resources to incubate Mosaic Changemakers, a new nonprofit organization seeking to weave a better South by supporting developing and connecting Black and Brown leaders who are advancing social, economic and racial justice. Prior to her work at Harvard, Renata led Conexión Américas, the nonprofit organization she co-founded in 2002 to support Latinx and other immigrant families in Tennessee as they strive to become − and be recognized as − an integral part of Tennessee’s social, cultural and economic vitality. Advancing a Strong Social and Economic Future for Black and Brown Families in the South NOVEMBER 16 | 2:00 PM EDT

Darrick Hamilton, PhD Founding Director, Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification and Political Economy University Professor, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy The New School CONVERSATION FACILITATED BY: Raquel Hatter Managing Director, Human Services, The Kresge Foundation

Renata Soto Senior Fellow, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative Founder, Mosaic Changemakers CONVERSATION FACILITATED BY: John L.S. Simpkins, JD LLM President, MDC Inc.

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