Archive for September 2018
Joint Center President Speaks on MSNBC Regarding Recent Report on Racial Diversity Among Top House Staff
On September 23, 2018, Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss the recently released Joint Center report on top staff diversity among U.S. House staff. On September 23, 2018, Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss the recently released Joint Center report on top staff…
Joint Center Moderates Rep. Blunt Rochester’s CBC Future of Work Session
On Saturday, September 15 Joint Center President Spencer Overton moderated Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester’s 2018 CBC ALC Policy Session workshop: “The Future of Work: What’s Next?” Congresswoman Blunt Rochester (D-DE) is a member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce, and is a former Delaware Secretary of Labor and CEO of the Metropolitan…
Joint Center Speaks at CBC ALC on the Black Family Today
On Friday, September 14 during CBC ALC week, the Joint Center participated in a session organized and moderated by Tony Waller of Walmart entitled “Real Talk: The Black Family Today.” The panel grew out of a report that Walmart commissioned focused on the American family, which found that today’s families are very busy, need convenient…
Black Policy Lab – CBCF ALC Pre-Conference Summt
Think Rubix, a social impact and consulting firm based in Washington, DC, organized a day-long summit on key issues facing the African American community. The summit highlighted topics relating to Black women, Justice & White Supremacy, Invisible Violence (Guns, Water, Education), and the future of the economy. The Joint Center’s Harin Contractor, Workforce Policy Director,…
Joint Center Releases Report on Racial Diversity Among Top House Staff
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released…
Joint Center News: August 2018
In August, we analyzed Black job numbers, put the finishing touches on our soon-to-be released r eport on diversity among top U.S. House staff, and remembered Congressman Ron Dellums. Details below. Economic Studies: Future of Work Joint Center Organizes Discussion of Black Job Numbers: Howard University’s Dr. Bill Spriggs, workforce expert René Bryce-Laporte, and the…
Joint Center Participates in #BlackLaborDay
On September 3, the Joint Center participated in the second annual #BlackLaborDay social media conversation, led by the National Black Worker Center Project. The conversation recognizes that too often Black work goes unacknowledged, and thanks Black workers for the significant contributions they make to the economy. It also creates awareness about the ways in which…