Black Women Earn Less In Pgh. How Do We Change That?

Black women in Allegheny County earn significantly less than their colleagues — the wage gap between Black women and white men here is even worse than the national average. But a new campaign is trying to change that by encouraging employers to look at existing gaps in their own companies and commit to raising wages for women of color.

Rochelle Jackson, founder and director of the Black Women’s Policy Center, joins us to discuss the Level Up initiative. As she says, you can’t address what you won’t acknowledge.

The campaign is led by the Black Women’s Policy Center, YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh, and the Women and Girls Foundation.

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