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 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…
Racial Diversity Among Top Staff of Congressional Delegations of Six States
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today released detailed reports on the troubling lack of racial diversity among the 167 top staff in the Washington, DC offices of…
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 President Writes Washington Post Op-Ed on House Diversity Report
Joint Center President, Spencer Overton, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post calling on Congress to address the lack of racial diversity among top staff in the U.S. House of…
Joint Center President Speaks on MSNBC Regarding Recent Report on Racial Diversity Among Top House Staff
On September 23, 2018, Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss the recently released Joint Center report on top staff diversity among U.S. House staff.…
Joint Center Releases Report on Racial Diversity Among Top House Staff
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released…
Racial Diversity Among Top U.S. House Staff
Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released Racial Diversity Among Top U.S. House Staff. The report examines racial diversity among top staff in Washington, DC offices of…
Joint Center’s Don Bell Speaks at Diversity in Advocacy Event
On July 25, 2018, the Joint Center’s Don Bell, Director of the Black Talent Initiative, participated in a panel discussion titled “Diversity in Advocacy, a Discussion to Advance the Workplace.”…