Empowering the Black Community through Entrepreneurship: The Role for States
This presentation by Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh, originally shown at the 2013 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation conference, offers strategies for state legislators looking to increase entrepreneurship in their communities. Empowering the…
Confidence About Financial Security at Retirement: Perspectives of African Americans and white Americans
This presentation accompanies a study based on a Fall 2012 poll from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies — Confidence About Financial Security at Retirement. Perspectives of African…
Solvency and Adequacy for the Social Security System: Perspectives of African Americans and white Americans
This 2012 poll conducted by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies finds that majorities of Black and white Americans hold the same views about proposals that would foster…
Retirement Confidence in the Education Sector: Comparisons by Race
During the economic doldrums that have followed The Great Recession, employees in the education sector (administrators, staff, and teachers or faculty at both the K-12 level and the post-secondary level)…
Strengthening Social Security by Modernizing the System
Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh spoke on the whys and hows of social security modernization at the National Academy of Social Insurance’s 25th Annual Policy Research Conference on January 31, 2013. More…
Developing an Asset-Building Agenda – Lessons From the Field
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies collaborated with the Center on Race and Wealth at Howard University to host a discussion with asset-building coalition leaders from Illinois and…
Demystifying Social Security: How Does it Work? Benefit Adequacy
This slideshow discusses how Social Security benefits truly help those who receive them. Presented at a National Academy of Social Insurance 2012 Summer Academy session entitled Demystifying Social Security on…
A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s
This report looks at trends in the share of African American, Hispanic, and white families in high-poverty neighborhoods since 1970. While there is a smaller share of Black, Hispanic, and…
FACT SHEET: A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000’s
This fact sheet summarizes the results of A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s. View it below. Lost Decade Fact Sheet
Obstacles to Saving for Retirement
A presentation on Obstacles to Saving for Retirement was given by Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh for the National Press Foundation’s Retirement Issues 2011 forum on June 14, 2011. This presentation is available…