Tag: Black Women
October 31, 2023
For Many Women Workers, There Is No Time to Heal, Care or Recover
By Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director, Family Values @ Work I recently watched a television commercial about breast cancer awareness month, and thought, “How do workers…
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July 20, 2023
Here We Go Again: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2023
Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director You know what I’m tired of? Every year, I write the same letter to the universe: it’s incomprehensible that women still…
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July 17, 2023
The Death of A Champion and Would-be Mother: Centering Equity in Maternal Health and Paid Leave
Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director Tori Bowie was an Olympic gold medalist. When she was found dead on May 2, 2023, she was eight months pregnant.…
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September 1, 2022
Labor Pains: Birthing While Black in America
by Staci Lowry No recognition, awards, or accolades exist for those who birth a child. In the United States, most mothers would probably agree that…
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October 4, 2021
FV@W Welcomes New Executive Director
(WASHINGTON, DC)––Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical…
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August 24, 2021
Equal Pay Day: Why Black women shouldn’t have to work eight extra months to earn the same as white men
By Rep. Robin Kelly (IL) and Cherita Ellens of Women Employed This month we marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day when Black women’s…
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August 19, 2021
Equal Pay Day: Black women must work eight extra months to earn the same as white men
By U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Jenya Cassidy, director, California Work & Family Coalition The 2021 wage gap of $0.63 means that it takes…
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June 19, 2021
Statement on Juneteenth federal holiday
The Family Values @ Work network welcomes the news that Congress passed a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth (June 19) marks the…
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June 16, 2021
My Personal Journey to Juneteenth
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Staci Lowry [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As a Black woman living in America, I have felt undervalued, unappreciated, unheard and unseen more times than I can…
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April 18, 2017
Why Black Workers in DC Need Paid Family Leave
Political leaders and think tanks in DC talk about ways to alleviate racial disparities. Others explore how to reduce infant mortality. We hear calls for…
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