Solana Rice

Advocate for financial security & tackling racial wealth inequality | All opinions my own

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[End Child Poverty CA @EndChildPovCA]

✊🏾HOPE Accounts fight poverty and the racial wealth gap head-on. The future of 55,000 kids is worth more than a budget line.
📢Take action! We have less than a month until the #CABudget is final. https://t.co/1YUp2HcJD4
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[Drew Astolfi @DrewAstolfi]

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[Liberation in a Generation @liberation_gen]

Who benefits from corporate tax breaks? Wealthy elites, white households, and foreign shareholders reap the greatest rewards. Learn more about #CorporateTaxBreaks in new our new report with @iteptweets: https://t.co/xcGuVRaFe8

[Liberation in a Generation @liberation_gen]

Join us and Bliss Collective on Jun 25 at 3 PM ET for an interactive dialogue on reparations, baby bonds, and other policies and narratives that pave the way for #LiberationInAGeneration, and how we can collectively move toward cohesive advocacy. Register: https://t.co/qqV9369JQY

[OxfamAmerica @OxfamAmerica]

Join us in-person in D.C. this Wednesday May 22 with @EconomicSecProj.

We're welcoming some of the country's leading voices on fighting inequality and creating an economy that guarantees economic rights for all. With keynote by @SenSanders.

Register now: https://t.co/OV5OZvfF7N

[Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy @RacePowerPolicy]

It's time for a new economic vision. Join us and @EWDinstitute on April 17 for a virtual roundtable with @nataliefoster of @EconomicSecProj and @SolanaRice of @liberation_gen to discuss next-gen strategies for racial, gender, and economic justice.

RSVP: https://t.co/9wayXXJ1tR

[Liberation in a Generation Action @LibGenAction]

"Not only are we letting corporations drive our economy, we're also letting them drive inequality and fuel the racial wealth gap." @SolanaRice joins @RBReich and Heather Lofthouse of
@imcivicaction on #CoffeeKlatch https://t.co/ZqnkLum2op

[Bioneers @bioneers]

"The fact that shareholders are basically the ones running the companies, and companies are the ones saying what we can legislate, that means that basically, the shareholders are the ones in co-governance with our politicians." @SolanaRice #Bioneers2024

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Beyoncé, the Baltimore bridge, Trump & other white collar criminals, plus what you need to know about taxes.

Heather Lofthouse of @imcivicaction and I dive into the week’s news in the Coffee Klatch, with special guest @SolanaRice. Pour a cup and join us. https://t.co/SujoKa4iaa

[Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy @RacePowerPolicy]

Join us and @EWDinstitute on April 17 for a virtual roundtable with @nataliefoster of @EconomicSecProj and @SolanaRice of @liberation_gen to discuss #TheGuarantee, #LiberationEconomy, and next-gen strategies for racial, gender and economic justice.

RSVP: https://t.co/9wayXXJ1tR

[Bharat Ramamurti @BharatRamamurti]

Since the media seems more focused on other topics, I'm launching a new recurring feature: Biden v. Trump on the actual issues -- what they did as president and what they would try to do in a second term.

First up: taxes. 1/

[Julia Rhodes Davis @SociotechJRD]

I had a great time talking with @SolanaRice and @JeremieGreer on @LibGenAction's #racismisprofitable! podcast. Take a listen!

[Liberation in a Generation Action @LibGenAction]

New Ep. of #RacismIsProfitable! How do tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Apple exploit racial dynamics for profit? Guest @SociotechJRD joins @SolanaRice and @JeremieGreer to uncover the ways tech giants influence our society & exploit black communities. https://t.co/givCWDFZaU

[Economic Security Project @EconomicSecProj]

With @liberation_gen, we are co-hosting a webinar on how the struggle against concentrated corporate power is central to the work of building a Liberation Economy. Let's reflect on the possibilities for antimonopoly action rooted in racial justice! https://t.co/ZPwD4tWgjp

[Rohit Chopra @ChopraUSA]

Today, the @CFPB and @FTC took multiple enforcement actions against @TransUnion, the credit reporting conglomerate that harvests and monetizes our sensitive personal data. $TRU https://t.co/fyq8rDI66E

[The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice @ForgeOrganizing]

@SolanaRice of @liberation_gen @ & @mo87mo87 of @interruptcrim discuss the need to disrupt and dismantle capitalism and the carceral state to achieve true liberation and outline what it would look like to have a real Liberation Economy.

https://t.co/KHKRZhdLFl

[Economic Security Project @EconomicSecProj]

It's not just about profits—it's about power. Big Business co-governs with elites and politicians to shape the economy in their favor. Discover the impact on communities of color in this new report from
@liberation_gen. A #LiberationEconomy is possible!

https://t.co/bpUoZxqDkh

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: National rent control is closer than you think.

A historic wave of tenant organizing is on the verge of winning renter protections that would be attached to federal loans—affecting 1 in 4 apartments.

But Greystar, Blackstone, & AvalonBay are spending millions to block it.