Hill Diversity
The Joint Center’s Hill Diversity Program analyzes racial diversity of congressional staff. See below for our research, analysis, and activities.
The Hill Covers Joint Center Analysis on Senate Democrats Staff Diversity
The Hill covered the Joint Center’s analysis of the Senate Democrats’ staff diversity that ranks the offices for most and least diverse, and improved in diversity from last year’s data.…
Joint Center Ranks Senators Based on 2023 Senate Democratic Diversity Data
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2023 Contact: Chandra Hayslett, chandra@jointcenter.org Joint Center Ranks Senators Based on 2023 Senate Democratic Diversity Data Senators Hirono, Schatz, and Booker have most diverse staff…
Digging Deeper: 2023 Senate Democratic Caucus Diversity Numbers
By Dr. LaShonda Brenson and Kimberly Victor On July 13, 2023, the Senate Democratic Caucus released an update of its demographic data on Democratic staff (find 2023 numbers here and…
Roll Call Covers Joint Center-Signed Letter Calling for the Senate to Set Aside Funds to Compensate Committee Interns
Roll Call covered a letter, signed by the Joint Center, that calls for the Senate to “set aside at least $7 million in the coming budget year to compensate committee…
Joint Center Signs Letter Calling for Funds to Be Set Aside to Pay Committee Interns
The Joint Center signed a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Legislative Branch Chair Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senate Committee on Appropriations Legislative Branch Ranking Member Deb Fischer (D-NE) calling…
June 2023 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Hill Diversity)
Joint Center’s House Top Staff Diversity Research Mentioned in Politico
The Joint Center’s 2022 report, Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in the U.S. House of Representatives, was mentioned in a Politico newsletter on the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion…
Joint Center Board Chair Quoted in Bloomberg Law
Joint Center Board Chair and Mehlman Consulting Principal Paul Thornell was quoted in Bloomberg Law. “Across the board everybody needs to do better by any measure, on all races, all…
Joint Center Senior Researcher Quoted in The Boston Globe
Joint Center Senior Researcher Dr. LaShonda Brenson was quoted in an article in The Boston Globe on the lack of diversity among Massachusetts’ congressional staff. “The perspectives and decisions of…
May 2023 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Hill Diversity)