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Joint Center President Pens Op-Ed on the Marginalization of African Americans in Public Higher Education
Joint Center President penned an op-ed on the marginalization of African Americans in public higher education for the National Newspaper Publishers Association. In the op-ed, Spencer cites a Georgetown University…
Joint Center President Appears on Comcast Newsmakers
Joint Center President Spencer Overton appeared on Comcast Newsmakers to discuss congressional staff diversity. During the interview, Spencer noted that the lack of diversity among top staff “is problematic because…
Joint Center’s Workforce Policy Director Meets With FCC Commissioner
The Joint Center’s Workforce Policy Director Harin Contractor provided key insight in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. This included the fact that “connectivity is key for the Black…
Joint Center President Joins National Skills Coalition Panel
Joint Center President Spencer Overton spoke on a panel at the National Skills Coalition’s Skills Summit. The panel, “Uneven Prospects for Different Workers,” also had the following speakers: Liz Shuler (Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO), Christina…
Joint Center’s Workforce Policy Director Joins The Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative Workshop
Our Workforce Policy Director, Harin Contractor, joined The Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative workshop on January 31. The focus was to discuss how advances in technology are impacting farming…
February Jobs Analysis
On the first Friday of every month, the Joint Center’s Workforce Policy Director Harin Contractor hosts an online conversation on the implications of the latest Employment Situation Report for Black…
Joint Center’s Economic Policy Director Joins Panel at National Academy of Social Insurance’s 31st Annual Policy Conference
Economic Policy Director Jessica Fulton joined the National Academy of Social Insurance for its 31st Annual Policy Conference. This year’s focus was “Regenerating Social Insurance for Millennials and the Millennium.”…
Joint Center News: January 2019
The Joint Center started the year off by participating in a panel at the Data for Black Lives conference, and we continued our diversity push amid the robust staff hiring…
Joint Center President Joins Women in Government Relations Panel on #DiversityOnTheHill
Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined a Women in Government Relations panel discussion on diversity in senior staff positions in the House and Senate (based on theJoint Center’s research). Other…
Joint Center Economic Policy Director Moderates Panel at Data4BlackLives Conference
Joint Center’s Economic Policy Director Jessica Fulton moderated a panel at the Data4BlackLives second annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Jessica’s panel,Black People vs Robots: Reparations and Workers Rights in the…