Crisis Conversations: Calling for a New Bailout — for Women of Color
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July 10, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is completely upending the way we work, live, connect with one another and what we expect from our government, communities and each other. It’s all happening so fast that stress levels and anxiety are sky high. That’s why the Better Life Lab is hosting a weekly interactive conversation for people to come together, share stories and begin to make sense of what’s unfolding and what it could mean for the future of gender equity, health, how we work and how we live.
Crisis Conversations–Live from Better Life Lab is hosted by Brigid Schulte and produced by David Schulman.
Before the pandemic, even with historically low unemployment, Black women and women of color were more likely to be clustered in undervalued jobs that don’t pay well. Now, even though they are likely to be key breadwinners for their families, women of color are disproportionately likely to have lost their jobs in the pandemic. And because of gender and racial pay gaps and the deep wealth gap, women of color are less likely to have the resources to weather the current storm. How can we change that?
To take on these questions, Better Life Lab's Brigid Schulte is joined by:
- Jocelyn Frye, Senior fellow at the Center for American Progress
- Dominique Derbigny, Deputy Director of Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap (CWWG) initiative
- Latrice Wilson, furloughed payroll supervisor and advocate for Unemployed Action
- Dr. Michelle Holder, Assistant professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York
- Jaime Gloshay, Project Manager at Roanhorse Consulting (RCLLC), Co-founder of Native Women Lead
To hear more of this episode including stories and questions from callers, click here. You can also find this episode wherever you listen to your podcasts. The video and transcript of the conversation are down below.