Joint Center Updates
Biden Budget Increases Spending for Education and Poverty Reduction: April 9 Joint Center Roundup
Biden Administration First draft of the budget proposal: Today, the White House will release its budget plans for the 2022 fiscal year. The plan proposes $1.52 trillion in spending, including a 16% spending increase on domestic priorities like education and reducing poverty. President Biden has yet to nominate a replacement for the Office of Management and Budget…
Now Hiring: Development Coordinator
The Joint Center is seeking a Development Coordinator. The Joint Center is enhancing its internal capacity to meet the demand for expert leadership in this critical time for advancing Black communities. The Joint Center’s strategic plan calls for implementing a development program to double annual revenue by 2025. The organization will achieve this growth by…
Black Women Nominated for Appellate Court & Op-Ed on Tech CEOs Testimony: April 1 Joint Center Roundup
Biden Administration Biden’s First Appellate Court Nominations: Three Black Women. For his first three federal Court of Appeals nominations, President Biden named three Black women—Ketanji Brown Jackson, Tiffany Cunningham, and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi. The Joint Center—which urged President Biden to prioritize Black federal appellate court nominations in February—commends President Biden for this major step. The nominations are critical because…
Our March 2021 Work: MSNBC, SXSW, Data Privacy Roundtable, Another Black Senate LD, OMB Director & More
This is our regular monthly newsletter, which reviews the Joint Center’s work over the past month. Economic Studies American Rescue Plan and Black communities: Joint Center Vice President Jessica Fulton joined MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle to discuss how the American Rescue Plan is laying a foundation for a more inclusive economy. Watch the segment…
DC Statehood, OMB Director, Gun Reform & Tech CEOs Testify: March 25 Joint Center Roundup
Biden Administration Funding for infrastructure: The Biden Administration may propose $3 trillion to spend on its Build Back Better jobs and infrastructure proposal, The Hill reports. The new package will reportedly be “split into two separate bills” including one focused on infrastructure (manufacturing and climate measures, broadband and 5G, and roads and bridges) and another focused on funding…
Joint Center Recommendations in Stimulus Package & Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: March 18 Joint Center Roundup
Biden Administration Biden promises 100 million vaccines & stimulus checks: On Monday, President Biden promised to deliver 100 million vaccine doses and 100 million relief checks in the next 10 days. So far, 109 million vaccine doses have been administered in the U.S. (93 million under the Biden Administration and 16 million under the Trump…
Stimulus Will Cut Black Child Poverty, Confirmation of Marcia Fudge: March 9 Joint Center Roundup
Biden Administation Biden will likely sign COVID-19 relief bill this week: On Saturday the U.S. Senate passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, and the House is scheduled to vote on the bill on “Wednesday morning at the latest” according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). President Biden is slated to sign the legislation before unemployment programs…
Mourning the Passing of Joint Center Co-Founder Vernon Jordan
Vernon Jordan, Dorothy Height, Joe Allbritton, and Rev. Jesse Jackson at a Joint Center event. The Joint Center mourns the passing of Vernon Jordan, a civil rights icon and lawyer, former president of the National Urban League, and close advisor to President Bill Clinton. Mr. Jordan was also one of the founders of the Joint…
Our February 2021 Work: Shaping Section 230 Reform, Small Business Priorities & More
Happy Black History Month! This is our regular monthly newsletter, which reviews the Joint Center’s work over the past month. Economic Studies Joint Center proposal centerpiece of Section 230 reform bills to protect civil rights: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and…
Feb. 24 Roundup: The Possibility of a Black Woman as OMB Director
Biden Administration Aid for Black essential workers: In a roundtable with Black essential workers, President Biden said the White House is focusing on the needs of “the most left-behind community: the African American community” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. An April 2020 report found that Black workers are overrepresented in public transit, childcare and social services, health care, trucking, warehouse,…