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Letter to Gov Healey on Student Loan Expansion for ECE Teachers

March 28, 2024
Food Equity One Pager

March 25, 2024
CEOARE Fellowship - Businesses in Support for the End Predatory Court Fees Act

March 14, 2024
Business Support for the Elimination of Juvenile Fines and Fees in Massachusetts

January 24, 2024
Business Support for the Elimination of Juvenile Fines and Fees in Michigan: Senate Bills 428 - 431

October 23, 2023
Written Testimony submitted to the Massachusetts Joint Education Committee for Senate Bill 301 and House Bill 489

October 17, 2023
Letter to Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee Members Supporting Senate Bills 428 - 431, Eliminating Juvenile Fines and Fees

September 14, 2023
Letter to Michigan House Committee supporting House Bills 4634 – 4637, eliminating juvenile fees

June 19, 2023
Letter to Illinois Governor to sign Senate Bill 1463, eliminating juvenile fines and fees in Illinois, into law

June 9, 2023
CEOARE Letter to share our views on how the City of Oakland can potentially increase funding for affordable housing and gain oversight efficiencies.

June 7, 2023
Letter to Illinois Legislature Supporting House Bill 0277, eliminating driver’s license suspensions for failure to appear

May 22, 2023
CEOARE Comments to National Telecommunications and Information Administration on the Matter of Digital Equity Act of 2021

May 15, 2023
Letter to New York state Legislature Supporting the New York Clean State Act

May 15, 2023
CEOARE Response to Criminal Justice Statistics

March 30, 2023
Letter to Illinois General Assembly Supporting Elimination of Juvenile Fines and Fees (SB.1463 and HB.3120)

March 29, 2023
Letter to MA Legislators Supporting Racial Equity Principles within the Early Childhood Education House and Senate Bills (SD.667 and HD.2794)

March 3, 2023
Letter to the Transition Teams of Massachusetts Governor-Elect Healey and Lt. Governor-Elect Driscoll

December 23, 2022
Comments for December 13, 2022 Meeting of the Board of Early Education and Care

December 13, 2023
Comments to MA Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission Responding to Draft Regulations on Databases and Dissemination of Information

December 5, 2022
Letter in Support of Affordable Housing EIFDs

December 5, 2022
Response to CMS “Make Your Voice Heard” Request for Information: CEOARE Comments on Promoting Efficiency and Health Equity Within CMS Programs

November 21, 2022
Letter to Illinois Legislature Supporting Implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act

November 15, 2022
Letter to Ohio Legislature Affirming Support for HB 315, Make Bail Changes

November 10, 2022
CEOARE Comments to Department of Health and Human Services on Nondiscrimination in Health Programs

October 3, 2022
Response to Request for Information on CY 2023 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

September 6, 2022
Written Comments on the Illinois Supreme Court Statutory Court Fee Task Force Draft Report

August 26, 2022
Response to National Decertification Index (NDI) Request for Information from International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST)

August 20, 2022
CEOARE Response to FCC Proposal on Increasing Minimum Broadband Speed Standard

July 29, 2022
Letter to Massachusetts Legislature Supporting H.2400 An Act Regarding Racism as a Public Health Crisis

July 29, 2022
Comments to Dept. of Health and Human Services for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

July 26, 2022
Letter to Senate Finance Committee Providing Comments on Discussion Draft of the Ensuring Access to Telemental Health Services Act

July 22, 2022
Letter to Congress Supporting the Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2021

July 12, 2022
Letter to the MA Budget Conference Committee

July 15, 2023
Letter to Massachusetts Conference Committee on FY 2023 Budget

June 15, 2022
Letter to MI Oversight Committee on Pretrial Policies Hearing

June 14, 2022
CEO Action for Racial Equity Letter Supporting OH Pretrial Bill

May 20, 2022
Response to the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Inquiry on Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination

May 16, 2022
Letter to MI Governor, highlighting Food Equity policy initiative

April 19, 2022
Letter Supporting Election Day Registration in the VOTES Act in MA

April 15, 2022
Letter to NY Governor, introducing CEOARE

April 14, 2022
Response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)'s Request For Information on Strengthening Community Health Through Technology

March 31, 2022
Letter to Michigan House of Representatives in support of the Juvenile Justice Bills

March 23, 2022
Letter to President Biden on Hosting a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health

March 14, 2022
Response to The Modernization Subcommittee of the Healthy Futures Task Force Request for Information (RFI)

March 4, 2022
Letter in support of including the Driving for Opportunity Act in the FY22 omnibus package

March 1, 2022
Request for Information from the House Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth

February 18, 2022
Letter to House Financial Services Committee

February 15, 2022
Response to the US Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection Request for Information

February 10, 2022
Response to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation Request for Comment

February 4, 2022
Joint letter to NTIA regarding the $48b Broadband Infrastructure Grant Programs

February 4, 2022
Letter to Congress Supporting CDFI Funding

February 3, 2022
336 Stakeholders Seek Leadership from Congress to Create Permanent Comprehensive Telehealth Reform

January 31, 2022
Letter to the Florida Legislature Supporting the Debt-Free Justice for Children Act

January 12, 2022
Letter supporting the End Predatory Court Fees Act in NY

January 6, 2022
Letter to Ohio Senate Supporting Pretrial Reform

November 30, 2021
Written Testimony to Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education

Pia Flanagan

November 23, 2021
Written Testimony to Massachusetts Early Education and Care Economic Review Commission

Pia Flanagan

November 15, 2021
Letter to Massachusetts Legislature on Closing the Digital Divide

November 15, 2021
Comments on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Draft Strategic Plan FY 2022-2026

November 8, 2021
Written Testimony Supporting Establishment of the Officer Disciplinary Records Database in DC Bill 24-0356

November 5, 2021
Letter Supporting Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021

October 29, 2021
Letter for Michigan Pretrial Reform

October 26, 2021
Letter Reaffirming Support for Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021

October 26, 2021
Letter to Congress on Advancing Early Childhood Education

October 21, 2021
Comments on HHS CMS Proposed Physician Fee Schedule and Other Payment Policies CY 2022

October 6, 2021
Letter to Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus in Response for Information

September 26, 2021
Response to Congressional Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Caucus Request for Information

September 21, 2021
Letter to Congress on Post-COVID Telehealth Priorities

July 26, 2021
Letter to Congress Addressing the Decriminalization of Poverty

July 26, 2021
Letter to Congress on the Digital Divide

July 26, 2021
Letter to Congress Reaffirming Meaningful, Bipartisan Police Reform

June 23, 2021
Letter to Congress to Advance Meaningful Police Reform

April 1, 2021
CEO Action for Racial Equity Receives PRNEWS Impact Communications Award

April 8, 2024
CEO Action for Racial Equity Statement on Tyre Nichols

January 31, 2023
My Experience Taking Action for Racial Equity at PwC

Avery Joshua

August 16, 2022
Alabama Daily News Opinion: The harmful reality of debt-based driver’s license suspensions

Iris P. Frye

March 9, 2022
The business case for public investment in early-childhood programs

The Washington Post

November 8, 2021
PwC’s chairman wants to tackle systemic racism — and push corporate America not to ‘pass the buck’

MarketWatch

November 3, 2021
CEO Action for Racial Equity Expands Issue Agenda with Social Contract Initiative

October 21, 2021
Should Brands Take Stands? Corporations and Social Justice

July 30, 2021
Derek Chauvin sentencing: Now is the time to pass the national police misconduct registry

Jamie Campbell, The Hill

June 30, 2021
156 years after "Freedom Day," it's time to declare racism a public health crisis

Tanisha Sullivan, The Hill

June 19, 2021
On the Tulsa Massacre Anniversary, Corporate America Can’t Forget the Fight Against Racism

May 31, 2021
Meeting Uncertainty With Certainty That Change Is Possible

Forbes

May 26, 2021
The Fight for Racial Equity Cannot Overlook Technology

April 7, 2021
Can Companies Drive Social Change? PwC's Roy Weathers on Racial Equity

January 8, 2021
Consciously Unbiased Livestream: Action for Racial Equity with CEOAction

October 22, 2020
Companies Committed To Antiracism: A New Fellowship For Change

October 21, 2020
Corporate America’s public role in tackling racial inequity

October 13, 2020
CEO coalition launches fellowship to advance societal racial equity

October 7, 2020
With nationwide fellowship program, PwC’s US chief ramps up racial equity effort

October 5, 2020
Food Equity One Pager

March 25, 2024
Closing the Gap Episode 8: Meet CEOARE Fellows Tricia Parolo and James “Doc” Dockery”

November 20, 2023
Closing the Gap, Episode 7: Meet Supplier Diversity Professionals and CEOARE Fellows Chris Stanley and Randy Brown

August 31, 2023
Closing the Gap, Episode 5: Meet Lenwood Long from the African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs

August 7, 2023
Closing the Gap, Episode 6: Meet Dafina Williams from Opportunity Finance Network

August 7, 2023
CEOARE Statement on Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action

Closing the Gap, Episode 4: Meet John Holdsclaw from Rochdale Capital

June 13, 2023
Closing the Gap, Episode 3: Meet Dimitrius Hutcherson from First Independence Bank

June 13, 2023
CEOARE Letter to share our views on how the City of Oakland can potentially increase funding for affordable housing and gain oversight efficiencies.

June 7, 2023
Social Determinants of Health

March 6, 2023
CEOARE Focus Report

March 6, 2023
Response to CMS “Make Your Voice Heard” Request for Information: CEOARE Comments on Promoting Efficiency and Health Equity Within CMS Programs

November 21, 2022
CEO Action for Racial Equity Introduces Framework for Law Enforcement Accountability Database Design

November 17, 2022
CEOARE Racial Equity Implementation Framework

October 14, 2022
Oakland Affordable Housing/Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) Report

October 10, 2022
CEO Action for Racial Equity Hosts a Virtual Educational Program Exploring the Minnesota Public Education System through an Equity and Inclusion Lens

June 15, 2022
CEOARE Letter Supporting a Racial Equity Lens in the Study of an Oakland Affordable Housing Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District

February 27, 2022
Closing the Gap, Episode 2: Meet Donna Gambrell from Appalachian Community Capital

February 3, 2022
Closing the Gap, Episode 1: Meet Colleen Hafner from St. Louis-based Rise Community Development

February 3, 2022
Michigan Manufacturers Magazine: Michigan Businesses Need Workers

January 21, 2022
Answering the Call for Policy Change through CEO Action for Racial Equity

Roy Weathers

November 3, 2021
Roy Weathers: Celebrating Black History & Possibility through the Lens of Policy

February 1, 2021
Pia Flanagan: A remarkable time for our country.

January 28, 2021
CEO Action for Racial Equity Receives PRNEWS Impact Communications Award

April 8, 2024
CEOARE Statement on Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action

CEO Action for Racial Equity Statement on Tyre Nichols

January 31, 2023
CEO Action for Racial Equity Receives Most Impactful Response to Racial Injustice Award

April 20, 2022
CEO Action for Racial Equity Statement on the 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Package

March 16, 2022
CEO Action for Racial Equity Statement on Federal Hate Crimes Trial for Murder for Ahmaud Arbery

February 23, 2022
CEO Action for Racial Equity Statement on HBCU Bomb Threats

February 17, 2022
Statement on Ahmaud Arbery Trial Verdict

November 24, 2021
Statement on Congressional Approval of The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

November 7, 2021
Statement on the Collapsed Congressional Negotiations for Police Reform

September 30, 2021
Closing Gaps in Health Disparities Through Telehealth

September 10, 2021
CEO Action for Racial Equity Statement on Historic SNAP Increase

August 26, 2021
Statement on Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

August 11, 2021
Our Statement on Juneteenth

June 19, 2021
Statement on the One Year Anniversary of the Death of George Floyd

May 25, 2021
Expanding Issue Agenda and Launching Place-based Approach

May 20, 2021
Our Statement on the Derek Chauvin Trial

April 20, 2021
Statement on the Protection of Voting Rights for the Black Community

April 1, 2021
CEO Action for Racial Equity Launches Initial Issue Agenda with Focus on Digital Connectivity

March 31, 2021
CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ Launches Social Justice Fellowship to Advance Racial Equity

October 5, 2020

CEO Action for Racial Equity

The Fellowship is a first-of-its-kind, business-led initiative working to advance racial equity through public policy.