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Maya Rockeymoore was recently interviewed by RollingOut.com about her education, passions and what motivates her to fight for positive social change.
What inspired you to pursue your career?
The desire to tackle inequality drove me to embrace politics, policy, and programs as primary vehicles for improving lives. As the daughter of an Air Force officer, I traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad and witnessed how people lived around the world. I saw that there were haves and have nots everywhere and I was particularly struck by how government systems and policies made a material difference in people’s lives. As a result, I have dedicated my career to addressing health, educational, economic and civic inequalities by leveraging the tools of politics and policy to create positive social change.
Read the full interview at RollingOut.com
Maya Rockeymoore and Meizhu Lui, co-chairs of the Commission to Modernize Social Security, recently wrote an op-ed for the National Journal‘s “The Next America,” a feature on how demography shapes the national agenda. The op-ed discusses the persistence of income and wealth inequality in America:
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. argued that the isolation experienced by people of color living “on a lonely island of poverty” is unjust in a nation blessed with a “vast ocean of material prosperity.” Fifty years later, the racial wealth gap is just as stark and immoral, with families of color possessing only a few pennies for every dollar of wealth owned by white families.
The persistence of income and wealth inequality comes from years of disproportionately lower levels of earnings, employment, educational attainment, and ownership of family assets such as homes, stocks/bonds, savings accounts, and businesses. As a result, people of color have had significantly fewer opportunities to build assets over time and often lack the savings to ensure financial security throughout their lifetimes.
And the need to strengthen Social Security for future generations:
Although Social Security was not prominently mentioned by speakers during the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, it is a fact that this program plays an important role in raising the standard of living for all, but especially for people of color. As such, we cannot talk about achieving racial justice or launching a new civil-rights movement without standing in defense of Social Security.
Americans of all racial, ethnic, political, geographic, and gender backgrounds want Social Security preserved and strengthened for the future. It’s time for policymakers in Washington to choose community over chaos by ensuring that Social Security checks are paid in full.
Global Policy Solutions (GPS), a social change strategy firm based in Washington, D.C., is seeking an experienced, energetic, proactive and motivated Communications Director to lead its communications team. This full-time position will report to the President and will develop media and marketing plans, manage the implementation of targeted media strategies to increase awareness of the GPS brand and promote its executive leadership, clients, affiliated experts and other thought leaders in mainstream and specialty media outlets.
Global Policy Solutions (GPS), a social change strategy firm based in Washington, D.C., seeks an experienced researcher and writer to assist with policy product development. As a member of the Global Policy Solutions team, the research and writing intern will assist in conducting, analyzing and synthesizing research and writing policy products for GPS clients. The successful candidate will serve as a key member of the policy team. The ideal candidate will be an excellent writer, a creative and highly analytical thinker, a resourceful problem solver, and a highly productive worker. The position requires 20 hours per week.
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The successful candidate will serve as a key member of the policy team. The ideal candidate will be an excellent writer, a creative and highly analytical thinker, a resourceful problem solver, and a highly productive worker. The position requires 20 hours per week.
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