Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) report in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), speaks about the Property. These include a racial gap in homeownership a persistent undervaluation of properties owned by families of color,” President Biden said in a Memorandum on Redressing Our Nation’s and Federal Government’s History of Discretionary Housing Practices and Policies. “Ongoing legacies of residential segregation and discrimination remain ever-present in our society. “This is happening as the stock market soars and the rich get richer.”Ī 2018 Brookings report found that Black neighborhoods are undervalued by $48,000 per home on average, resulting in closer to $156 billion in cumulative losses for the Black American. “We are facing an enhanced crisis with the pandemic taking the floor out from under people who are already precariously unbalanced in terms of mortgages, rental assistance and in terms of poor folk who have either lost their jobs or seen their work undervalued,” said Carr. Since taking on the lead role at HUD, Fudge has navigated the inequities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and congressional gridlock. It has been this connection that defined the first year of Secretary Fudge’s tenure at the federal agency dedicated to ending housing discrimination and advancing inclusive and equitable solutions. And it shows a clear connection between Black people and independent Black institutions, and how that relationship outweighs electoral politics.” “This appointment is a testament to who Marcia Fudge is and who Adjoa Asamoah is. “Creating this role and selecting such a highly qualified individual is something that no presidential administration, in terms of a president and his advisor, would ever have been to draw up intentionally,” said Carr, an HU adjunct law professor. He went on to indicate that, in selecting Asamoah, Secretary Fudge will find a fearless proponent in the fight for racial equity. Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Afro-American Studies, Howard University, speaks on a panel, 'Post-Election Reflections'.(Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty ImagesĬarr, who serves as HU’s Afro-American Studies Department chair, said Secretary Fudge is creating a new template for how the federal government should tackle racial equity. On Wednesday, November 16, in the Ira Aldridge Theater at Howard University, Dr. For Howard University (HU) Professor Greg Carr, Asamoah has been on the cutting edge of racial equity’s infusion in public policy. She also heads D.C.’s Title I Committee of Practitioners. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). Senate, Asamoah has dedicated her life's work in the fight for equity, inclusion and the end of racial discrimination.Īsamoah is a leader of various public policy campaigns and a strategist who has worked with current and former members of Congress, including Rep. Known distinctly for her work on the Crown Act, an anti-discrimination bill focused on hair texture and protective hairstyles that passed the House and currently sits before the U.S. And those who have no place to lay their heads,” Secretary Fudge said in a 2020 speech to then-President-elect Joe Biden and his assembled officials.Īnd it was that push for dignity that caused Secretary Fudge to hand select Asamoah as a senior advisor on race, equity and their intersection with government policy. “There is dignity and there is grace within every woman, every man and every child in this nation, including those who live on the outskirts of hope, those who work hard and struggle to make it work. During this period, Fudge ardently fought for conferring dignity on those struggling to make ends meet. and Asamoah having served on the national social action commission for the organization primarily committed to serving the Black community, these Black leaders and sorority sisters have dedicated their lives to fighting for racial equity in America and abroad.įor Secretary Fudge, that work includes 12 years in the House of Representatives, eight years as mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio and a stint as director of budget and finance in the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office. With Secretary Fudge previously serving as national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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