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Washington Post Op-Ed Mentions Joint Center Letter Urging President Biden to Appoint Black Members to the Federal Reserve Board
In a Washington Post op-ed, columnist Joe Davidson quoted a Joint Center and Black Economic Alliance letter to the Biden Administration encouraging them to appoint multiple Black candidates to Federal…
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Black Economic Alliance, and Several Black-Led Organizations Call for Appointment of Black Members to Federal Reserve Leadership
Washington D.C. — Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) issued a letter to the Biden Administration encouraging them to appoint multiple Black candidates to Federal Reserve leadership…
POLITICO Covers Joint Center Letter Urging President Biden to Appoint Black Members to the Federal Reserve Board
POLITICO’s Morning Money—which is a version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter—mentioned the Joint Center and Black Economic Alliance’s letter urging the Biden Administration to appoint Black members to…
Joint Center, Black Economic Alliance to Biden Administration: Appoint Black Members to Federal Reserve Leadership
Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) issued a letter to the Biden Administration encouraging them to appoint multiple Black candidates to…
Report Card on Black Chiefs of Staff to Cabinet Secretaries in the Biden Administration
The full report card can be found below, or click here to read the PDF version. Of the 15 appointees who serve as chief of staff to a cabinet secretary…
Report Card on Biden Administration Black Assistant Secretary and Under Secretary Nominations
As of June 18, 2021, President Biden had announced nominees for about half the Assistant Secretary and Under Secretary positions that require Senate confirmation at the 15 executive branch agencies…
100-Day Report on Black Appointments in Biden Administration
Today, the Biden Administration reported on its progress over the first 100 days, and announced that of “the approximately 1,500 agency appointees hired by President Biden so far… 18% identify…
Joint Center Discusses Diversity Among Biden-Harris Political Appointments at American Constitution Webinar
Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined the American Constitution Society’s webinar providing advice for lawyers interested in being politically appointed by the Biden-Harris administration. During the discussion, Spencer shared the…
Strong Black Support for Shalanda Young for OMB Director
WASHINGTON — Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies submitted a letter signed by nearly 30 Black organizations calling for President Joe Biden to nominate Shalanda Young for Director…
Creating Public Awareness Campaigns that Work
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Center on Race and Wealth at Howard University hosted a discussion about the secrets to designing and implementing public awareness…