Joint Center Workforce Team Hosted Industrial Policy Convening

The Joint Center Workforce Policy team convened project participants and thought leaders from diverse sectors including industry, government, and academia to discuss current industrial policy funding opportunities and initiatives. The discussion highlighted the urgency of engaging Black organizations and centering Black workers in industrial policy conversations.

Participants in the convening included Alí R. Bustamante, director of Worker Power and Economic Security at the Roosevelt Institute; Kendrick Davis, associate professor of Research and chief research officer at the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center; Karen R. Owens, senior policy advisor for CHIPS for America at the U.S. Department of Commerce; and Camille Moore from the Association of Blacks in Energy, who also prepared and shared a presentation with the group.