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To mark the historic occasion of our 50th anniversary, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies convened Black thought leaders, academics, elected officials, and other stakeholders to help frame the economic policy agenda for Black America for the next four years.

The Eddie Williams

Future of Black Communities

Leadership Summit

Watch the entire program below.

 

DAY 1: THE FUTURE OF BLACK AMERICA

WELCOME: OPENING REMARKS (00:00)

  • Joint Center President Spencer Overton

 

POLLING PRESENTATION: THE ROLE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE 2020 ELECTION (06:48)

  • HIT Strategies Founding Partner Terrance Woodbury

 

CONVERSATION: THE NEXT FOUR YEARS FOR BLACK AMERICA (23:08)

  • Moderator: NPR's All Things Considered Weekend Host Michel Martin
  • Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman-elect Joyce Beatty
  • Biden-Harris Transition Team Outreach Director Ashley Allison

 

PANEL: PRIORITIES OF EMERGING BLACK COMMUNITIES (01:02:42)

  • Moderator: CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellers
  • Hudson-Webber Foundation President & CEO Melanca Clark
  • University of Chicago Professor Cathy Cohen

 

FIRESIDE CHAT: BLACK AMERICA, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ECONOMY (01:32:03)

  • Uber Chief Legal Officer Tony West
  • Algorithms of Oppression author Safiya Noble

DAY 2: BLACK RESILIENCE AFTER 2020

PANEL: THE FUTURE OF BLACK WORKERS, FAMILIES, AND BUSINESSES AFTER 2020 (00:32)

  • CBS News Analyst Jamal Simmons
  • House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott
  • Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester

 

CONVERSATION: THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES (39:27)

  • Color of Change President Rashad Robinson
  • Michigan State University Economics Professor Lisa Cook

 

FIRESIDE CHAT: CORPORATE COMMITMENT TO BLACK ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS (01:14:31)

  • Black Economic Alliance Co-Chair Charles Phillips
  • Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall

 

CONVERSATION: INCREASING BLACK WEALTH IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PANDEMIC (01:39:40)

  • Ariel Investments Chairman, Co-CEO & Chief Investment Officer John W. Rogers, Jr.
  • Joint Center President Spencer Overton

DAY 3: THE FUTURE OF THE JOINT CENTER

FIRESIDE CHAT: LEARNING FROM THE LEGACY OF BOULE ARCHONS EDDIE WILLIAMS, ELIJAH CUMMINGS, AND JOHN LEWIS (00:18)

  • House Majority Whip James Clyburn
  • Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, Professor and Executive Director, Education and Civil Rights Initiative, University of Kentucky 48th Grand Sire Archon, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Inc. (the Boulé)

 

REMARKS FROM JEARLINE WILLIAMS (41:16)

 

PRESENTATION: THE LEGACY OF THE JOINT CENTER (44:51)

  • ABFE President Susan Taylor Batten
  • Black Voters Matter Co-Founder LaTosha Brown
  • Duke University Economics Professor William “Sandy” Darity
  • Hewlett Foundation President Larry Kramer
  • Lumina Foundation President Jamie Merisotis

 

THE ROLE OF A BLACK THINK TANK TODAY AND MOVING FORWARD (52:20)

  • Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Karen Bass
  • Joint Center President Spencer Overton

 

REMARKS FROM THE HONOREE OF THE 2020 LOUIS E. MARTIN AWARD (01:30:55)

  • Congressman Cedric Richmond

 

CLOSING REMARKS (01:37:24)

  • Joint Center Board Chair Barbara Johnson

Special thanks to our staff, sponsors, speakers (listed above), Board of Governors, and host committee (listed below), who helped bring our 50th anniversary event to you.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Barbara L. Johnson, Chair  Robert Raben, Secretary Robert R. Hagans Jr., Treasurer  Spencer Overton, President A. Scott Bolden  Paula Boyd  Chanelle Hardy  Kenneth Jones  Dr. Dianne M. Pinderhughes Carla Thompson Payton  Paul N.D. Thornell  Antonio Williams

 

EDDIE WILLIAMS FUTURE OF BLACK COMMUNITIES LEADERSHIP SUMMIT HOST COMMITTEE

Paul Brathwaite • Roz Brooks  Ellen-Blair Chube  Fabrice Coles  Satonya Fair  Isaac Fordjour  Adam Hodge  Fred Humphries  Maria Kirby  Ashley Lewis  Marcus Sebastian Mason  Aaron Moore • Michelle Persaud  Michael Powell  Dontai L. Smalls Nigel Stephens  Kenny Thompson, Jr.  Dr. Gregory Vincent  Hilary West   Cherie Wilson

 

SPONSORS

Chair: The Boulé Comcast NBCUniversal

Member: Amazon Apple GCM Grosvenor General Motors Google Mastercard Microsoft The Rockefeller Foundation TMobile W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Friend: Advocate Aurora Healthcare Aflac Alabama Power Company AT&T Duke Energy Facebook IBM Kapor Center NCTA PepsiCo Peter G. Peterson Foundation Pfizer PWC STARZ

Advocate: AARPAmerica's Health Insurance Ariel Investments BET Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationCharter CommunicationsCSX DELL TechnologiesFedExGoldman Sachs InforJPMorgan Chase & Co Reed Smith LLPToyotaUPSUpstart NetworkUS Telecom Waymo Wells FargoWilliam Blair & Company

Gold: Business RoundtableEpsilon Phi Boulé Exelon CorporationMindsetVerizon

Silver: CalpineFederal Street StrategiesFICOHondaLyftMedtronicNew York LifeStructured Finance Association Washington Government Relations Group

Bronze: American Political Science Association Bad Robot Edgar Lomax MUFG Union Bank National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies Retail Industry Leaders Association Sabio Enterprises, Inc.