Voices of Vision
Pathfinders Discuss What It Will Take to Build a Just World
Voices of Vision is a series of conversations between Hope Rohrbach, RWJF Digitial Communications Specialist, and visionaries who inspire us to imagine a world where health is not a privilege, but a right.
This future can feel pretty distant amidst rollbacks to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; cuts to public health research and federal nutrition and family supports; and challenges to our reproductive freedom. That’s why we’re chatting with RWJF grantees to catalog their perspectives, experiences, and hot takes on ways to work together to build a future where everyone can live their healthiest lives.
Economic Solutions
RWJF interviewed three notable experts about creating an economic system in America that prioritizes and serves families: Darrick Hamilton, Dorothy Brown, and Natalie Foster.
Darrick Hamilton
Darrick is the founding director of the Race, Power and Political Economy at the New School and brings researchers, analysts, and organizers together to steward economic inclusion. We spoke with Darrick about baby bonds, wealth, and what mindset shifts are needed to prioritize children and their families in our policy decisions.
Dorothy Brown
Dorothy is a law professor at Georgetown University and author of “The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans and How We Can Fix It.” Dorothy is known for her work on tax policy, workplace equity and inclusion, and law school reform. She is an advocate of collecting and sharing data on tax and race to inform the tax system.
Natalie Foster
Natalie is an author of “The Guarantee” and president and co-founder of the Economic Security Project, an organization dedicated to advancing guaranteed income in the U.S. and building economic power for all Americans through grantmaking, research, issue campaigns, and convenings.