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Emerging Leadership
The Joint Center had its origin in providing guidance and training to emerging leaders in the African American community, particularly those in the public sector. Today, as a new generation of leaders emerges, leaders who did not endure the struggles of the civil rights era, new challenges have arisen. Among these challenges are how to apply the lessons of the past to the issues of today and how to build collaborative relationships between emerging leaders in the public sector and those in the private sector.
In a forum held in April, 2005, the Joint Center convened four emerging leaders in the public sector and four emerging leaders in the private sector to explore the new challenges they confront. The Joint Center continues its work in this area through dissemination of the Thematic Summary that emerged from this forum, as well as through the planning of additional forums and research.
To facilitate the ability of Black Elected Officials and other black public employees at all levels of government to provide leadership on key issues of mutual concern and to speak with one voice whenever possible, the Joint Center has served as convener of the National Policy Alliance, an alliance composed of the nine major organizations representing Black public officials.
2006 Midterm Election Analysis - by David A. Bositis
The following is a brief review of some of the available evidence of what transpired on November 7, 2006, when the Democrats gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and the black vote played a critical role in the outcome of a number of closely contested elections, especially for the U.S. Senate....[Read More]
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