Joint Center Updates
More Than 60 National Civil Rights Organizations and Stakeholders Call on Congress to Seize Opportunity to Diversify Top Staff
The Joint Center signed a letter with over 60 national organizations and stakeholders asking Congress to prioritize diversity on the Hill among their top staffers.
Joint Center Sent Letters to Several Senators-Elect to Address Diversity Among Their Top Staff
The Joint Center sent letters to Senators-Elect: Jacky Rosen (D-NC), Krysten Sinema (D-AZ), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urging them to hire diverse top staff and key mid-level…
Joint Center Calls on Leader Pelosi and Other Incoming House Members to Adopt Measures to Improve Diversity
On November 28, the Joint Center released the following statement in the wake up of Leader Pelosi’s nomination to be Speaker of the House. The letter was sent to Leader Pelosi…
Joint Center Urges Leader Pelosi to Prioritize Diversity in Letter
On November 8, the Joint Center sent Leader Pelosi a letter urging her to prioritize hiring diverse top and key mid-level staffers in the House. The letter also shared key…
Joint Center Shares Top Staff Diversity Reports With 100 Newly-Elected Members
On November 27, the Joint Center sent each of the 100 newly-elected Members of Congress all of our reports on congressional staff diversity. The e-mail correspondence from the Joint Center’s…
Joint Center Applauds Democratic Leader Pelosi’s Letter on Staff Diversity
On November 9, the Joint Center issued the following statement in the wake of Nancy Pelosi’s letter addressing diversity on the Hill. Her letter comes after the Joint Center’s September 2018…
Joint Center Sends Ranking Members a Letter Urging Them to Prioritize Diversity
On November 9, the Joint Center sent twenty-two letters to Ranking Members: Elijah Cummings, Peter DeFazio, Ted Deutch, Eliot Engel, Raúl Grijalva, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Zoe Lofgren, Nita Lowey, Carolyn…
Joint Center News: October 2018
We’re gearing up to release six state-specific reports on top staff diversity in the House and Senate. In the meantime, we joined the Atlantic Festival’s roundtable on the future of…
Joint Center News: September 2018
We released a groundbreaking report—Racial Diversity Among Top U.S. House Staff—which was featured in the NY Times, on MSNBC, and on various other outlets. We also joined Markle’s Rework America…
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…