Economic Policy
Joint Center Joins Conversation on Understanding the Economic Crisis in Black Communities
Joint Center Vice President Jessica Fulton discussed the importance of disaggregated data and including Black communities in the policymaking process during a conversation on Black economics and the jobs crisis with Solana Rice, co-founder and co-executive director of Liberation in a Generation and Kyle Moore, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute. The conversation was hosted by Dr. Seft Hunter of Community Change Action.
The event—Talking Power Summit—was hosted by The Black Freedom Collective, an initiative at Community Change. “250 Black movement leaders and allies, policy policymakers and practitioners” with the goal to “equip these leaders as they work to shape local state and federal policies that help determine the availability of jobs and economic opportunities for historically marginalized Black and other communities of color.”
Learn more here, and read tweets from the event below.
@JessicaJFulton: We want to create something on our own that white people had help to do. @SolanaRice: Yes *and* we’re up against real corporate power, and we need to tell our federal government to deconcentrate our economy and democracy. #TakingPowerSummit #FollowTheMoney
— Liberation in a Generation (@LiberationIn) August 24, 2021
Now: @SolanaRice of @LiberationIn, @KKM_Econ of @EconomicPolicy & @JessicaJFulton of @JointCenter answer questions about how race intersects with workers' rights & health outcomes.
Learn about our speakers:https://t.co/LrCBUw54qLhttps://t.co/6WW8vKP7Xvhttps://t.co/C4lyShZPBI pic.twitter.com/pmZZJ1oLf0
— Community Change Action (@CommChangeAct) August 24, 2021
"Affected communities know best what's gonna be helpful for them." – @JessicaJFulton pic.twitter.com/6qlO5wpVTg
— Community Change Action (@CommChangeAct) August 24, 2021
Chivas Watson of @PureJustice_HTX asks about how we can engage Black-first leaders to help build pipelines that Black communities need. pic.twitter.com/j1RKHycHxu
— Community Change Action (@CommChangeAct) August 24, 2021
"We are funneling resources into other communities and corporations that are owned by mostly white folks. That is something that can easily be redirected at the federal level." – @SolanaRice of @LiberationIn pic.twitter.com/rFU5BqpNcB
— Community Change Action (@CommChangeAct) August 24, 2021
That's a wrap of Session 1 of the #BlackFreedomCollective's 2nd annual #TakingPowerSummit! Thank you to all of our incredible speakers and guests for the powerful conversation.
Join us tonight for Part 2 – https://t.co/eZM4hFNWVP pic.twitter.com/9XzEF3kArZ
— Community Change Action (@CommChangeAct) August 24, 2021