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Joint Center Workforce Director Harin Contractor Joins The Atlantic’s Future of Work Roundtable
Joint Center’s Workforce DIrector Harin Contractor joined The Atlantic’s roundtable on the future of work. Other notables in attendance included Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Senior Fellow Jared Bernstein, The…
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.…
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)…
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.”…
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…
Joint Center Releases Report on Racial Diversity Among Top House Staff
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released…
September Jobs Report Analysis
Joint Center analysis of September 2018 Black Workforce Jobs Numbers on September 7, 2018. The Joint Center organized an online conversation on the implications of the latest Employment Situation Report…
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…
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…
Analysis of Black Youth Summer Employment in 2018
Joint Center Analysis of Black Youth Summer Jobs in 2018 On August 16, 2018, the Joint Center’s Harin Contractor did an analysis on summer employment for young Black workers. The…