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Oct 14, 2016
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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a month-long initiative to raise awareness about domestic violence and to connect advocates across the nation who are working to end violence against women and children.
Oct 12, 2016
Press Release
Legislation would reduce and help eliminate gender and racial health disparities by improving clinical trial research diversity
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Oct 11, 2016
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The Human Rights Campaign released its Congressional Scorecard for the 114th Congress, a measure of Members of Congress’ voting record on LGBTQ equality. U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) earned a perfect score of 100 percent.
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Oct 5, 2016
News Articles
Yellen regularly gets asked about Fed diversity when she testifies on Capitol Hill and Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio, introduced legislation on Sept. 28 that would require the regional Fed banks to interview at least one diversity candidate when appointing new presidents.
Oct 5, 2016
Press Release
Bill stipulates that at least one woman and an individual of a racial or ethnic minority must be interviewed when there is a vacancy among the Federal Reserve Regional Bank presidents.
Oct 5, 2016
News Articles
U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty is pushing a bill that would require the Federal Reserve to interview at least one woman and one person who is a racial or ethnic minority when there is a vacancy among Federal Reserve Regional Bank presidents.
Oct 4, 2016
Announcements
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual initiative to increase awareness around breast cancer prevention, detection, and treatment.
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Sep 30, 2016
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has extended the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) through September 30, 2017.
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Sep 30, 2016
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A handful of House Democrats have proposed legislation that would require Federal Reserve banks to interview at least one minority when considering new bank presidents.
Sep 29, 2016
News Articles
For women, often tragically, there has been a long association between life-ending heart disease and silence.
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