Sign on to demand action on Black women’s unemployment.

Movement family, my mother — like many Black women in this country — was often the last hired and the first fired.

Black women are truly the canary in the coal mine of the U.S. economy. And the latest jobs report shows that we have a crisis on our hands.

The unemployment rate among Black women has now risen for the third month in a row, reaching 7.5% — an alarming spike from 6.7% the month before, and well above the 4.4% national rate.

These numbers are damning.

This crisis has everything to do with the racist and fiscally irresponsible economic policies of the Trump White House — from his mass federal firing frenzy to his relentless racist attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

And it demands action.

I will keep calling on the Federal Reserve to follow its statutory mandate to promote maximum employment for all, including addressing the increasingly high unemployment rates of Black women. Add your name and join me in saying the Federal Reserve must address the alarming spike in unemployment for Black women.

Earlier this week in Boston, I convened Black women, economists, civil rights leaders, and community members for an urgent discussion on how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, and Black futures — because our policy response must always be informed by those directly impacted.

We cannot and will not allow Trump and Republicans’ anti-Black, anti-woman agenda to erase Black women and our contributions from the workforce.

Black women have always been essential to the American economy — from Sadie Alexander, the first Black woman to earn a PhD in economics, to Coretta Scott King’s fight for a federal job guarantee, to Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook shaping monetary policy today even as she faces racist, sexist, and unconstitutional attacks from Donald Trump.

When Black women are working, when Black women are innovating, when Black women are thriving, our entire economy and country benefits.

So the occupant of the White House must end his racist and fiscally irresponsible economic policies that are destabilizing our communities and harming our economy — and the Fed must act with the urgency that this moment demands.

Sign on to join me in demanding that the Federal Reserve uphold its statutory mandate and promote maximum employment for everyone — including Black women who are being disproportionately harmed right now.

In solidarity,
Ayanna