October 2019
What the Future of Work Means for African Americans in Atlanta
Please join the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Public Policy, and Comcast NBCUniversal for an intimate discussion about the future of work for African Americans in the Atlanta area on October 29th from 9:30 AM to 3 PM. You will join twenty to thirty other Atlanta area leaders in discussing how technology (the internet, automation, AI, and sensors) is shaping and re-shaping the economy, job market, and economic opportunities for African Americans in and…
Find out more »January 2020
What Black Americans Want in 2020
The United States is home to 40 million Black Americans, but too often these communities are lumped together into a monolithic category of “Black” or the even vaguer “people of color” in public opinion research. This misses Black Americans’ diversity of identities, experiences, and priorities. That is why Third Way and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies launched a multi-round research initiative to understand similarities as well as differences among Black Americans as we head into a major…
Find out more »July 2021
Webinar: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South
We are pleased to invite you to a webinar highlighting the challenges and solutions to expanding broadband in the Black Rural South and featuring findings from our forthcoming report, Affordability & Availability: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South. Moderated by: Dr. Dominique Harrison, Technology Policy Director, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Congressman James E. Clyburn, U.S. House Majority Whip (D-SC 6th District) Mignon Clyburn, First Chairwoman & Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission Francella Ochillo, Executive Director, Next Century Cities Commissioner Geoffrey…
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