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Experts urge Nevada lawmakers to act to end racial wealth divide….

May 12, 2017 By Phil Johncock

There is a wealth gap between white families and those of color, an issue that experts say Nevada lawmakers can help solve.  Solana Rice of CFED and Opportunity Alliance Nevada’s President, Nancy Brown, spoke on May 9, 2017 before the Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development and the Assembly Committee on Taxation, telling lawmakers what they can do to help close the growing racial wealth gap.

“The purpose of this presentation was is not to point fingers but to provide an understanding of policy history that have kept minorities from building wealth and what can be done now and in the future to change the course of history.”

Click Here to Read Full Story in the Las Vegas Sun

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