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Upcoming Events: Black Women Equal Pay Day + Women’s Equality Day

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This text is adapted from an email sent from PowHer New York on July 25, 2018. Click here to sign up for email updates.

Black Women Equal Pay Day: August 7th

This year Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is August 7th to reflect that nationally black women make 63 cents compared to a dollar earned by the average white male. In New York, the number is 66 cents which is especially egregious because our overall gap is 89 cents, and NY has the second largest population of full-time working Black women, over 500,000. We must close this gap.

Join us by:

  • Participating in the online PowHer Hour. We will be rallying alongside the national twitter storm on August 7th from 2:00 to 3:00PM EST using #BlackWomensEqualPay and #DemandMore.
  • Signing on as a sponsor for the  #BlackWomensEqualPay PowHer Hour to be a leading organization for the network and submit tweets of your own to be posted in our toolkit. Email abby@powherny.org if you would like to sign up.
  • Submitting a blog post that tells your story about why there is still such a large wage gap for Black women; what the government, business and/or individuals can do; and/or tell an unequal pay story. All blogs will be posted on powherny.org and promoted during the national twitter storm hour.

Upcoming Events

  • Women’s Equality Day: August 26, 2018. More details to come!
  • Launch of PowHer the Vote 2018: September 2018.  Women are gearing up to head to the polls and we want to make sure they are informed and confident when they get there! Join us in the weeks leading up to the mid-terms as we cover some of the top issues you should know about this election season.