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Joint Center Commends Senator-Elect Doug Jones on Hiring of Black Chief of Staff
This afternoon Senator-elect Doug Jones (D-AL) announced Dana Gresham as his chief of staff. In selecting Mr. Gresham, Senator-elect Jones will have the only African American chief of staff in…
2017 Accomplishments
Highlights of 2017 Joint Center Community: 2017 was a successful but challenging year. In May, we lost the most significant figure in our history, former Joint Center President Eddie…
Updated Senate Staff Diversity Fact Sheet
We have updated our Key Facts: In 2015, we indicated that people of color made up over 36% of the U.S. population, but only 7.1% of top U.S. Senate staff…
Joint Center Letter to Senator-Elect Doug Jones (December 2017)
December 19, 2017 The Honorable Doug Jones United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator-Elect Jones: Congratulations on your historic victory in last week’s election. As you prepare to staff…
Joint Center Sends Letter, Urges Senator-Elect Jones to Hire Diverse Staff
Joint Center and 16 Other Organizations Urge Senator-Elect Doug Jones to Increase Racial Diversity Among Staff in U.S. Senate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2017 (Washington, D.C.) Today, the Joint…
Race & Jobs at High Risk to Automation
Innovation is changing America, from self-checkout lanes in grocery stores to driverless cars. New jobs will emerge, like technicians who service these technologies. Other jobs will be eliminated, such as…
Joint Center Speaks at Google on the Future of Civil Rights
On Thursday, December 7, Joint Center President Spencer Overton served on a panel on “Racial Justice and Civil Rights Policy: Looking Back and Looking Forward” at the Next Gen Policy…
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…
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”…
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