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During the Center’s multi-city tour, Mastercard engaged with leaders from more than 100 organizations in seven U.S. cities to identify opportunities to advance inclusive growth.

Inequality and exclusion have become entrenched barriers to opportunity and success in the United States, particularly in cities and metropolitan areas. We saw and heard this in vivid detail during the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth’s recent multi-city tour, “On the Front Lines of Inclusive Growth.” During the tour, we met with more than 100 civic leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers and independent citizens across seven cities—Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, New York, Oakland, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. Our goal: to better understand what is limiting inclusive growth in the U.S. and identify opportunities to leverage Mastercard assets to make a difference. 

This week, we published the <a href="https://www.mastercardcenter.org/insights/identifying-opportunities-advance-economic-mobility-us-cities">findings from the tour</a> —identifying the key areas where we plan to act—and announced <a href="https://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-expands-inclusive-growth-efforts-in-the-u-s-2/">initial philanthropic commitments</a> we’re making.

Finding New Solutions for Inclusive Growth in the US