Hill Diversity
The Joint Center’s Hill Diversity Program analyzes racial diversity of congressional staff. See below for our research, analysis, and activities.
Joint Center Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Tool to Track Diversity of Top Staff Hired by Newly-Elected Members of Congress
The Joint Center released the following press release on its new tool to track newly-hired top staff in Congress. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2018 Contact: press@jointcenter.org Joint Center Launches…
NALEO Educational Fund & the Joint Center Applaud U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto’s Appointment of Latino Chief of Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2018 Contact: press@jointcenter.org NALEO Educational Fund & the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Applaud U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto’s Appointment of Latino Chief of…
Newly-Hired Top Staff of Color by Returning Members
The charts below include data on top staff of color (chiefs of staff, legislative directors, communications directors, and full committee staff directors) hired by returning Members of the U.S. House…
Joint Center Tracker of Racial Diversity of Top Staff Hires in 116th Congress
The charts below include racial diversity data on top staff (chiefs of staff, legislative directors, and communications directors) hired by newly-elected Members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate for…
The Joint Center to Congressional Leaders: Make Staff Diversity a Factor in Committee Assignments and Leadership
FIND LINKS TO FULL LETTERS BELOW. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2018 Contact: press@jointcenter.org The Joint Center to Congressional Leaders: Make Staff Diversity a Factor in Committee Assignments and Leadership…
Joint Center President Joins Tom Joyner Morning Show to Discuss Diversity on the Hill
Joint Center President Spencer Overton appeared on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss diversity on the Hill with Roland Martin. “It matters because these staffing positions make big decisions,”…
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.
In CNN Op-Ed, the Joint Center Presses Congress to Address Top Staff Diversity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: press@jointcenter.org In CNN Op-Ed, the Joint Center Presses Congress to Address Top Staff Diversity WASHINGTON – In a CNN op-ed, Spencer Overton, president of…
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…