Joint Center President Joins Panel Session ‘Where Do We Go from Here? Building Black Political and Economic Power for This Moment’ at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference.

Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad participated in the panel session “Where Do We Go from Here? Building Black Political and Economic Power for This Moment” at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference.

This session brought together policymakers, advocates, attorneys general, and narrative strategists “to confront the urgency of this moment.” Panelists examined “the challenges and opportunities in building durable political and economic power and identify the strategies and collective investments needed not only to resist immediate threats, but to sustain Black progress for generations to come.”

Speakers included Rep. Harold Love, Jr. (U.S. Representative from Tennessee & President at National Black Caucus of State Legislators), Carolyn Hugley (GA Minority Leader at Georgia House of Representatives), April England-Albright (Co-Founder & National Legal Director at Black Voters Matter Fund), Mayor Phyllis Dickerson (Montgomery, AL), Mayor Paul Young (Memphis, TN), and Ryan Haygood (President & CEO at Southern Poverty Law Center).

Watch the conversation below.