Archive for November 2017
Joint Center News: Recap of November 2017
In November, the Joint Center and NALEO unveiled our Hill staff diversity collaboration, and we welcomed Stanley Ray (left) as our new Director of Operations! Details below. The Joint Center spoke about the future of work at National Action Network, CBC, RainbowPUSH, and Politic365 events. The Joint Center and NALEO also unveiled our Hill staff…
Joint Center Talks Future of Work at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Symposium
On November 15, Rainbow PUSH Coalition & Citizenship Education Fund’s Annual Media & Telecom Symposium organized a session “How Automation Will Affect the Future of Work for Communities of Color” at the AT&T Forum for Tech. Speakers included Black Female Founders CEO Erin Horne McKinney, DC Employment Services Director Odie Donald II, AirBnB’s Janaye Ingram,…
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Joint Center Moderates CBC Blue Collar STEM Briefing
On November 7, Spencer moderated the Congressional Black Caucus briefing on Blue Collar STEM: The Future of the U.S. Workforce. The briefing was presented by the Co-Chairs for the CBC’s Technology and Infrastructure Development & Education and Labor Task Forces: U.S. Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson, Val Demings, Frederica Wilson, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Danny Davis.…
Joint Center Talks Future of Work at Rev. Sharpton’s NAN Conference
On November 2, Joint Center President Spencer Overton spoke at the National Action Network’s Annual Legislative & Policy Conference’s opening reception. His remarks highlighted the fact that 27% of Black workers are concentrated in just 30 occupations that are at high risk to automation. Compared to Whites, Black workers are over three times more likely…
Joint Center and NALEO Partner on Staff Up Congress
On November 1, the Joint Center and NALEO Educational Fund publicly announced their new partnership on Hill staff diversity by unveiling Staff Up Congress. Speakers included Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, NALEO President Arturo Vargas, Spencer, Democracy Fund Governance Director Betsy Hawkings, and Democracy Fund Constructive Politics Associate Director Laura Maristany. Staff Up Congress…