COVID-19 Resilience Policy Proposals

CLOSE THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP

Close the racial wealth gap by establish “Baby Bonds”, canceling federal student debt and making college debt free (federal)

Address inequitable treatment within the financial services industry through strengthening the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (federal)

RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE

Raise the minimum wage to a living wage (federal, state, and local)

OUTLAW EXCLUSIONARY ZONING

Mandate inclusionary zoning laws and ban exclusionary zoning to begin to undo the negative impacts of redlining (federal, state, and local)

ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN MATERNAL MORTALITY

Address the epidemic of maternal mortality among Black women (federal, state, and local)

INCREASE ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH SERVICES

Address the regulatory impediments to making telehealth/telemedicine services widely available and covered by insurance (federal, state, and local)

FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE LENS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Fight disparate environmental impacts in low-income communities by committing to worldwide emissions reductions through planning, incentivizing, and investing in zero-emissions infrastructure and manufacturing (federal, state, and local)

REIMAGINE POLICING

Reimagine “community-centered policing” to include independent review boards, implicit bias training, community engagement, and diverse hiring (federal, state, and local)

BAIL/PRISON REFORM

End cash bail and phase out state, private prisons (federal, state, and local)