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The Women Mean Business expo and panel was a big success!
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Women-owned businesses celebrated and economic issues examined at expo - WHEC.com The Greater Rochester Chapter of the National Organization for Women hosted the Women Mean Business Expo on Saturday at ArtisanWorks on Blossom ...
Women Mean Business Expo calls attention to pay equity and economic justice in Rochester WXXI News Rochester NOW Secretary Nadia Schaubroeck said the event was timed to honor Women's History Month — a celebration she noted has become less visible ...
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Nov. 5 or early, FLIP YOUR BALLOT OVER, vote Yes/Sí on Prop 1 for equal rights
The Pay Equity Coalition supports the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which will be on the back of all New York State resident’s ballots this November 5. Vote YES! The NYS Attorney General announced, “The ERA was advanced to protect access to abortion care, enshrine this basic right in our constitution, and protect people from discrimination. We will continue to do everything in our power to protect these rights and ensure everyone can live safely and freely in the great State of New York.”
See below for news which include calls to actions to end racist and misogynistic workplace policies and practices:
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To promote the 2024 Latina Equal Pay Day Rally and Press Conference on social media, please use this Social Media Pack daily until the event.
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Adam Bello, Monroe County Executive
Malik Evans, 
Senator Samra G. Brouk, NYS 55th District in Monroe County
Roxana Siaca, (she/her/ella) Campaign Organizer Worker Justice Center of New York
Mina Aguilar, (she/her/ella) 
Jeiri Flores, 
Annette Ramos, 
Jackie Ortiz,
▶️Listen WXXI CONNECTIONS
- Sasha Mitchell speaks as a Pay Equity Coalition advocate on Evan Dawson's WXXI Connections about "Why is there a labor shortage?" With Amit Batabyal, Arthur J Gosnell Professor in Economics at RIT.
OCTOBER 2021 Latina Equal Pay Day
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Latina Equal Pay Day 2021❗️
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC)— On this edition of Rochester In Focus, Lynette Adams sits down with local leaders of the Rochester Pay Equity Coalition. The coalition commemorated October 21, or Latina Women’s Pay Day. A Latina female has to work for 22 months to equal what a white male makes in 12 months. It’s a spirited conversation with a co-founder of the coalition Yversha Roman and two members: Sasha Mitchell and Samantha Parisi. You won’t want to miss the poignant conversation.
AUGUST 2021 Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Minority Reporter Pay Black Women What They Are Worth
WXXI News Local advocates call for compensation transparency in honor of National Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
News 8 Rochester First Rally for equal pay held at Liberty Pole
Democrat & Chronicle Black Women's Equal Pay Day focus of rally in downtown Rochester
Related learning: How to negotiate pay and benefits AFTER getting the job
News 10 'It is vitally important that women receive equal pay' rally held for Black Women's Equal Pay Day
City Newspaper Local advocates call for equity on National Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
WHAM 13 Community members hold rally to mark Black Women's Equal Pay Day
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AUGUST 2020 Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Many Voices, Many Visions: Equal pay for Black women video and article
WROC NEWS 8 Bello signs equal pay executive order requiring contractors to comply with law
Democrat & Chronicle Black Women's Equal Pay Day highlights how Black women lose nearly $1M over their careers (Photo Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Rochester Dem)
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day speakers Yversha Roman, Ernesta Walker, Dorothy Evans-Flaherty, and Adam Bello SOUND THE ALARM (from Monroe County Executive Adam J. Bello Facebook)
1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) SOUND THE ALARM for Black Women's Equal Pay Day 2020
Zola Brown and Kellie Miller speak from 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Union to SOUND THE ALARM for Black Women's Equal Pay Day 2020
WHEC NEWS 10: Monroe County Executive Adam Bello signed an executive order recognizing Black Women's Equal Pay Day
Zola Brown speaks from 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Union to SOUND THE ALARM for Black Women's Equal Pay Day 2020
MONROE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ADAM BELLO SIGNS
EQUAL PAY EXECUTIVE ORDER
Requires non-governmental County contractors to comply with Federal and New York State Equal Pay Laws Press Release
We mark the annual Black Women’s Equal Pay Day with a conversation about how to make change. Our guests:
Yversha Roman, co-founder of the Rochester Pay Equity Coalition, and Monroe County Legislator
Ernesta Walker, member of the Rochester Pay Equity Coalition and the Education Committee of Citizen Action Rochester
Candice Lucas, Ph.D., chief community engagement officer for Monroe County
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NOVEMBER 2019 Latina Equal Pay Day
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AUGUST 2019 Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
⏬ DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASES Black/African American Women’s Equal Pay Day 2019 ⏬
⏬ DOWNLOAD Governor's Letter PDF "This rally represents an important step… to find added solutions to minimizing the gender pay gap for African American Women in New York State.” −Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed August 22, 2019
Candice A. Lucas, EdD, MBA | Executive Director St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc.
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DOWNLOAD Making Pay Equity A Reality for All - by Melanie DellaPietra, Founder of People Minded
MINORITY REPORTER I’m Worth the Whole Dollar is Rally Cry for Equal Pay for Black Women
NEWS 10 WHEC Local rally calls for equal pay for African American women
DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE Black, Latina women: How to fix NY's wage gap that pays them cents to each dollar
WXXI News Community leaders speak out on pay equity for black women
▶️LISTEN Connections Discussing the impact of pay disparities for African American women
Special shout out to Cleveland, Ohio for benchmark coverage
APRIL 2019 Women’s Equal Pay Day
▶️LISTEN WXXI Mock Salary Negotiations
WROC NEWS 8: Equal Pay Day Rally held in Rochester
WHEC NEWS 10: Local and national rallies demand equal pay for women (April 2, 2019)
WXXI News: Rally calls for end to wage gap between genders (April 2, 2019)
Listen to Connections WXXI Radio: The state of equal pay
2019 WXXI Connections: Understanding the gender pay gap, and the double gap for Latinas
- Gaynelle Wethers, president of AAUW
- Jackie Ortiz, member of Rochester City Council
- Julie Damerell, associate professor emeritus at MCC; and volunteer for League of Women Voters, Action Together Rochester, and the Worker Justice Center Green Light campaign
Speakers (left to right) Dr. Daniele Lyman-Torres, Commissioner of the Department of Recreation and Youth Services City of Rochester, New York (on behalf of the Mayor), Molly Clifford, Rochester Councilmember Northwest Distric, Elaine Spaull, Rochester Councilmember East District, Gaynelle Wethers President Rochester American Association of University Women (AAUW), Jackie Ortiz City of Rochester Council-member At-large and Co-founder La Cumbre - Latinos United for Progress, Jerome Underwood President & CEO Action for a Better Community Inc. (ABC), Sylvia Mendez Assistant Director Financial Aid Monroe Community College (MCC), Angelica Perez-Delgado President & CEO Ibero-American Action League, Barb Moore President Rochester National Organization for Women (NOW)
NOVEMBER 2018 Latina Equal Pay Day
Watch NEWS 8 WROC Local leaders talk wage gap for Latina women
▶️ CNN Video In high-paying jobs, the wage gap can cost women millions ▶️
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