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www.blackwomensequalpay.org
As IWPR research shows, Black women make 60.8 cents for
every dollar earned by a White man. Progress in closing the
gap is also glacially slow: if current trends continue Black
women will not see equal pay for another century, until 2119.
It is important to recognize Black Women's Equal Pay Day to
highlight these differences by race/ethnicity so that we can
better identify solutions to speed up progress.
IWPR
Institute for Women's Policy Research
A PODCAST SERIES WITH A MISSION TO DISPOSE OF THE PAY
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN
A WORD FROM OUR ALLY…

On Black Woman's Equal Pay Day, we are working together to draw
attention to the fact that Black women earn only two thirds of the
wealth of white men. But it's also important to shine a light on the
wealth gap for Black women, which is actually a chasm. Today, Black
women own just pennies on the dollar compared to white men and
white women. If we're going to get to the root causes of the insecurity
facing Black women and their families, we have to address the
systemic factors driving both income and wealth inequality.
Closing the Women's Wealth Gap
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is critical because it forces us to
consider the unique social and economic experiences of Black
women in America and takes our attention off averages. The
wage gap Black women face is rooted not only in patriarchal
attitudes toward women’s work, but historic injustices that
denied social and economic uplift to African American
communities, the effects of which are still unremedied today.
NOW
National Organization for Women
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

Many black women serve as the head of household for their
families. So in order to pursue a more equal world in which people
of color and especially black women have the same opportunities as
white people, we need to ensure that these families have the
monetary power to affect their situation. Also, the pay gap is just
straight up unfair and advocating for the closure of the pay gap is
just the right thing to do. We need to advocate for intersectional
feminism and acknowledge the challenges that women of color
face.
CHICAGO NOW
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

I think it’s imperative to highlight the BW EPD, so unjustified reduction
of female pay specifically black women are no longer is out of sight
out of mind. This day is a call to action… I believe we should pay
employees (both men and women) based on their skills, work,
education, and impact; not based on their gender or race.
TIFFANY WILLIS
First Black Woman LEAN IN Regional Leader
Founder of Lean IL, Chicago Women of Power, Chicago Black Women of Power
Chapters of LeanIn.org and CEO & Founding Principal of City Virtual Consultants
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

At PACO, our core mission is to do good both for our clients
and for our community – and that means all of our
community. Highlighting Black Women’s Equal Pay Day gives
us a vivid, easily understandable reminder that despite the
educational and professional strides being made by black
women, our society still has a long way to go to close ethnic
and gender wage gaps and ensure that the American Dream is
equally available to everyone.
PACO Collective
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

It is important to highlight Black Women's
Equal Pay Day so that communities are aware
and can take action. On top of that, valuing
diversity at your company, is imperative.
JESSA CHALLA
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

The repercussions of paying Black Women less for the
same work are far more reaching than financial. When
Black Women are underpaid, we affect the outcomes of
the families they support, the education that they and
those around them are able to attain, and their socio-
emotional well being. Equal pay for equal work is simply
what is right and fair.
Lulu's Nitrogen Ice
Cream
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

It's important for everyone to be aware of
injustices and take action whenever possible. We
cannot address the bias and structural inequalities
fueling this gap until we examine it.
Lean In Together
Minneapolis
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In the restaurant industry, Black women servers and bartenders lose
more than $400,000 over a lifetime to gender pay discrimination,
exacerbated in large part by the subminimum wage for tipped
workers, still just $2.13 an hour. Since 70% of tipped workers are
women, and a disproportionate number of tipped workers (servers
and bartenders) are women of color. All restaurant workers should
receive a full livable wage from their employer; and all workers
deserves to be compensated and valued for the professional work
that they do. We need equal pay for Black women now!
ROC Action
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Awareness of the wage disparity is needed in
order to take action and support our fellow
colleagues in the workplace and advise allies.
THE LATINISTA
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"To change the narrative we need to know the real story". In order to
ensure basic economic rights, healthier families and communities, we
must engage and encourage call to actions to leverage fair pay for all
especially black women who are the majority group of females as
head-of households.
SPORTS ON THE
LIPS
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Its important to highlight Black Women's Equal Pay Day because
women of color in general are never treated equally in the work place
when comparing the salary wages with those that are white men.
Women in general in comparison to men have always been considered
last on the totum pole when it comes to discussions about career and
salary for any profession so to high light Black women Equal pay day is
extremely important because to fight for Black women to have equal
pay means to fight for all women of color ....Black women in this fight
represent all women of color in the fight for equal pay !!
JC ROTARY CLUB
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

Closing the pay gap for Black women is fundamental to increasing
retention at our companies. Employees who are paid fairly and
equitably are more committed. And, more importantly, to take a
stance fo equal pay signals that we stand with the majority of
Americans who see that a pay gap exists and is unfair. It's time to
stand on the right side
SKILL SCOUT
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

Awareness through education, specifically around
bias, will drive change to remove bias and move us
closer to equality (aka no wage gap)!!
LIZ TRAINES
Coaching
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

We partnered on the launch of a Women's Empowerment Exchange
Traded Fund which includes the stocks of 200 publicly traded
companies who rank along 19 women's empowerment criteria. One of
the criteria is whether the companies have audited for equal pay. This
financial product creates an incentive for companies to evaluate their
human resources practices to protect against gender and racial
discrimination.
YWCA
Metropolitan Chicago
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A WORD FROM OUR PARTNER…

It's important that we acknowledge how structural
racism continues to create disparities for Black
Women, and that sometimes gets lost in the
narratives we have created around the gender
wage gap.
YWCA Evanston/North
Shore
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

We need to be sure to lend our voice and work
together to demand equal rights and equal pay day.
It is important to highlight the inequalities women
of color face in the workforce today and bring to
light the work we all doing to change that. More
awareness is needed to get others to join this cause.
AMPLIFY LATINX
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

Black Women's Equal Pay Day needs to be commemorated so we as a
society can move this past an act of commemoration to justice and
equity manifested and realized. Commemoration is passive and can be
used as a box checked without any necessary self-reflection or action
to actually address the issue. We at TiA/ST will observe and live this
day as a Call to Action and Cry for Equity instead.
THE IMPACT ALLIANCE NFP/
SPEAK TRUTH SUMMIT
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It is important to highlight BWEPD because we need to be laser
focused on how much work remains to be done. Gender equality and
racial equality are not realities yet; but we aspire to reach equality not
because of profits but because it is the right thing. It is the thing that
we know in our hearts is just and right. It is part of our American
values to our core. We use today to remind ourselves to keep chipping
away at bias, discrimination, and injustice. We use today to keep
advancing towards a more perfect version of our city.
Mayor's Office of Women's
Advancement, City of Boston
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

When everyone is viewed through the lens of justice
then we will recognize the greatness that everyone has
to offer. Compensation for a job should reflect skill set
and talent and we need to rid our systems of racism and
sexism or humanity as whole will not advance to it's
fullest potential.
ORGANIC ONENESS
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

Where will you be 100 years from now? Thought so. Today
Black women earn on average just 65 cents to every dollar
white men earn. At the current rate, Black women will not
reach pay equity until 2119. Pay equity can’t wait.
SHRIVER CENTER ON
POVERTY LAW
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Commemorating Black Women's Equal Pay Day is a critical step towards
improving women’s access to well-paying jobs that could help close the gender
pay gap. STEM industries and fields hold particular promise given their
continued growth and higher wages for those with proper training. But
women—and especially women of color—are significantly underrepresented in
STEM fields. The Chicago Council on Science and Technology aims to increase
the number of women pursuing STEM careers and to inspire the next generation
of diverse STEM professionals.
C2ST
Chicago Council on Science & Technology
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

In 2018, there were 2.4 million African-American women-owned
businesses, a growth of 164 percent over the past decade (2018 State
of Women Owned Business Report). As great as this figure is, it
highlights the increasing need to address the systemic barriers that
Black women face in receiving the same equitable access to
opportunities in a business and workplace landscape that has not
been inclusive. In spaces where Black women in particular have felt
invisible; the National Diversity Council will continue to advocate for
more representation, equal pay and overall support and growth.
NATIONAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL
GAP FOR BLACK WOMEN

Imagine asking a white male to work an extra eight months and twenty-two days
to earn what a Black woman earns in a year. It's unfathomable because for
centuries Black labor has been either free, undervalued, and underpaid. In a
world where the progressive movement is fighting for their lives, we should also
be fighting for the lives and livelihood of Black women. Their emotional,
physical, and invisible labor has been taken for granted and the time is now to
demand change. Pay women what we deserve but especially pay Black women
fair and equitable wages for the work they do now. There is no reason why we
should be asking Black women to work another decade or three to earn what a
white man earns now. We cannot have a just world without centering the needs
and experiences of Black women.
THE MELANIN COLLECTIVE
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