Niiobli Armah IV, The Obama Foundation:Catch up on our most recent efforts to build safe and supportive communities

 

Hi there, It’s hard to believe it’s almost the end of the year! This fall season, we’re continuing our work to expand pathways to opportunity for our boys and young men of color. Below you’ll find news from the MBK Network, including how local governments and nonprofits have sprung into action to reassess their outreach programs and policy priorities in response to the pandemic. You’ll also hear from dynamic leaders about innovative approaches to create systems change from our Reimagine Policing Workshop and find opportunities to get involved and take action. — Niiobli   MBK COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT MBK Communities are Filling the Gaps During the COVID-19 Pandemic The impact of the pandemic has hit us hard, but MBK Communities have met the moment by stepping up their work and implementing proactive solutions to meet the needs of boys and young men of color. Using local funding and assistance from MBK, individuals and organizations are urgently making a difference   LEARN MORE What Works: The Center at Sierra Health Foundation New Financial Assistance Program Jumpstarts Higher Learning for Students in California MBK Impact Community partner, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, recently launched the “Improve Your Tomorrow College for All” initiative. Upon enrollment to the University of California, Davis or California State University, Sacramento, students who opt into this program will be eligible to receive a $3,000 scholarship, paid fellowship opportunities, and potential educational awards to supplement the costs of college tuition. 170 young men of color will make up the first cohort of this campaign starting this fall.   LEARN MORE CNN Feature on My Brother’s Keeper President Obama Chats with Five Young Men President Barack Obama and CNN's Anderson Cooper joined a group of young men in Chicago to discuss their experience with our Becoming A Man program. Watch their full conversation and learn more about the potential we’re seeing through programs like these.   LEARN MORE MBK YOUTH SPOTLIGHT MBK Young Leader Spotlight: Thaddeus Jones Jr. Finding Restoration and Brotherhood in Big Sky Thaddeus Jones Jr., a C.H.A.M.P.S. Male Mentoring program participant and incoming sophomore at Columbia College in Chicago, traveled to Big Sky, Montana with four other young men from MBK Chicago partner organizations to participate in Capital One’s The Match, a premier live golf event. Watch Thaddeus speak with Good Day Chicago about how the opportunity provided a chance for him to learn new skills and gain new mentors from an extended network.   LEARN MORE MBK Alliance Curated Funding Opportunities Visit this new page for MBK Community leaders or anyone seeking funding for their work. Funding opportunities are from a diverse array of funders from across sectors, as well as tools, grant maker profiles and tips that can help enhance your work. Opportunities are updated monthly, so check back often.    LEARN MORE “We often say people closest to the problem should be closest to the solution, but imagine if you're trying to solve something with the same tool, over and over again. What we need to do is equip our communities with more tools, and then give the money to actually solve the problem.”   —James Brodick Director of Community Development and Crime Prevention at the Center for Court Innovation Our recent Reimagine Policing Workshop, “Money for Change,” provided a forum for mayors offices and partners to hear from leading practitioners on how they can find dollars to support all aspects of policing and public safety reform—from planning and data collection, to pilots and staffing. This virtual event was part of our ongoing series hosted in partnership with Cities United and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights to provide educational tools and analysis on the spectrum of policing and public safety options, alternative public safety models, and community-centered review processes.   LEARN MORE

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT     MUST READ: The 2020 Obama Foundation Annual Report is here.  Enterprise supports MBK Alliance and nearly 700 other like-minded organizations with $20M as part of their commitment to young people of color in underserved communities.  We Are Hiring! Learn more about MBK Alliances’s open roles and apply today to join our team. Educators open the doors of possibility to our children. Check out this inspiring video about Chicago Public Schools teacher Monique Thorpe, who got a surprise call from President Obama. ​Explore how you can help build the Obama Presidential Center, including construction job and training opportunities.   If You Want to Stand for Something, Stand for Someone Sign up to become a mentor.   BECOME A MENTOR

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IMF New Chart of the Week: The Unequal COVID Saving and Wealth Surge

 

Dear maria, We just published a new blog—please find the full text below. The Unequal COVID Saving and Wealth Surge By Cian Allen and Cyril Rebillard Household saving increased sharply during the COVID-19 crisis in many countries. Lower consumption, both as a result of lockdowns or precaution, combined with an increase in disposable income from government transfers allowed households to put more money into their bank accounts, buy shares, a house, or pay back their debt. Along with saving, surging equity and housing prices also made certain households a lot wealthier. In our latest chart of the week, an analysis of US data as part of our recent External Sector Report found the bulk of the increase in saving and wealth occurred at the top of the wealth distribution. Indeed, while recent research has documented that household saving has historically been very unevenly distributed in the United States, very little is known of how the increase in saving or wealth since the beginning of the pandemic was distributed. Our chart, based on data published by the Federal Reserve, tries to answer this by plotting the changes in household net wealth by percentile (expressed as a ratio of total nationwide personal disposable income) during the pandemic and during a period of time before the pandemic we refer to as “normal times.” What we found is the net wealth of the top 1 percent richest households rose by nearly 35 percentage points of the economy’s disposable income compared to a modest 5-percentage-point increase for households in the bottom 50 percent. The chart unveils four key points: The overall increase in net wealth, in percent of disposable income, was considerably larger during the pandemic (between the end of 2019 and the second quarter of 2021) than during normal times (between the end of 2014 and end of 2019). It was driven mainly by valuation changes (due to booming equity and housing prices) as well as, to some extent, by the “COVID saving surge” (with a jump in “other assets,” including bank deposits). This overall increase in net wealth was also unevenly distributed, with much of it accruing to people at the top of the distribution. Indeed, the equity price boom mostly benefitted the rich, while lockdowns more heavily affected spending on dining and travel, which make a larger part of wealthier households’ consumption habits. Additionally, government support, in the form of direct stimulus or support to firms, also benefitted the saving of wealthier households compared to poorer households that were more likely to spend the extra cash. At the same time, the distribution of wealth across groups did not change much, as the increases in net wealth were relatively in line with the pre-pandemic shares in the wealth distribution. ***** Related links: How the Rich Get Richer How COVID-19 Will Increase Inequality in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies When Inequality is High, Pandemics Can Fuel Social Unrest Glenn Gottselig Managing Editor IMF Blog ggottselig@IMF.org

ΙΜF:What climate negotiators need to know – a playbook of pathways to 1.5-2 degrees

 

Dear maria, To keep warming to 1.5-2 degrees, we need to cut global emissions by 30-55 percent below business-as-usual levels by 2030. It’s up to negotiators to agree how cuts should be balanced across countries. Under revised plans, advanced economies have committed to reduce emissions rapidly—with collective pledges of 43 percent below projected 2030 levels (up from 21 percent in 2015 pledges). Higher-income emerging market economies have together pledged a 12 percent cut (up from 3 percent in 2015), and lower-income emerging market economies, 6 percent (up from 4 percent). But everyone needs to do more. Now, the IMF has identified multiple pathways to keep warming contained. These are feasible, affordable and—arguably—fair, since they place a bigger burden of cuts on richer countries. And the costs are manageable. To stay within range of a 2 degrees target would cost 0.2 to 1.2 percent of GDP—again—with the biggest burden of costs on richer countries. And of course these costs pale in significance compared to the huge costs and risks from not acting and allowing temperatures to rise out of control. Want to know more? Download the new IMF Staff Climate Note: “Not Yet on Track to Net Zero: The Urgent Need for Greater Ambition and Policy Action to Achieve Paris Temperature Goals” Further reading: IMF Staff Climate Note series Finance & Development magazine: the Climate Issue          Recent speeches

 

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