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Our Latest Events:

Joint Center Co-Hosted High-Stakes 2025 Tax Debate

2024 Improving Policy Narratives for Young Black Workers

Joint Center Hosts Webinar on Improving Policy Narratives for Young Black Workers

Experts Discuss Advancing Digital Equity for Black Communities at 2023 Joint Center Summit

2023 Future of Black Communities Summit

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo in Conversation with the Joint Center

Joint Center Organizes ‘Tax Policy & Black Communities – Making the System Work for All of Us’ at ABFE 2023 Conference

Joint Center Organizes ‘Black Philanthropy’s Role in Building Multiracial Democracy’ at ABFE 2023 Conference

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Joint Center Hosts Salon Dinner with Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV)

Federal Reserve Board Governor Dr. Lisa D. Cook in Conversation with the Joint Center

Experts Discuss Prioritizing the Black Rural South at the 2022 Joint Center Summit

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Discuss Technology Policy Priorities for Black Communities at the 2022 Joint Center Summit

Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, Discusses the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 at 2022 Joint Center Summit

Voice at the Table with Rep. Terri A. Sewell

Joint Center Hosts Voice at the Table Conversation with Rep. Terri A. Sewell

Improving Tax Policy for Black Communities

The Rationale for and Key Elements of a Business Civil Rights Audit

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Advancing Equal Protections & Civil Justice in an Automated Society

Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South (5)

Joint Center Hosts ‘Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South’ Webinar

NNPA Hosts Event on Congressional Staff Diversity with Joint Center and Black Voters Matter

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Joint Center and GW Law Host Debate on Section 230 With Key Experts

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Joint Center Hosts ‘Pandemic Relief Priorities for Black Workers’ Twitter Chat with Experts

Joint Center Briefing on Black Businesses, Access to Capital, and Future Stimulus Proposals

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Joint Center Co-Hosts Telehealth Webinar on ‘The Missing Link to Improving Delivery and Quality of Care for Latino and African American Communities’

Joint Center Briefing on COVID-19 Stimulus, Black Workers & Black Students with House Ed & Labor Chair Bobby Scott

Joint Center Hosts Online Briefing with CBC Staff on Accessible Vote-by-Mail and Safe In-Person Voting in Black Communities

Joint Center Recognizes the Biden-Harris Administration and Senator Durbin for Championing Diversity With Their New Hires

Joint Center Joins Civil Rights Advocates in Decrying the Removal of Civil Rights Protections in American Privacy Rights Act

Joint Center’s New Data Shows Senate Top Staff Racial Diversity Increased Since 2020, but Most Groups of Color Underrepresented

Joint Center Commends Sen. Debbie Stabenow for Hiring Eyang Garrison, the First Black Senate Full Committee Staff Director in Nearly Two Years

Top Staff of Freshmen Members of the 118th Congress Less Diverse than Freshman Top Staff of 117th Congress, Especially in U.S. Senate

Senators Padilla, Hirono, and Booker Have Most Diverse Staff; Over 22 Percent of Senate Democratic Committee Offices Have No Black Staff

Poll Results: New Poll from Joint Center Reveals Black Americans Are Deeply Concerned Regarding Direction of the Country, Economy

Joint Center Commends the U.S. Senate for Confirming the Nomination of Reta Jo Lewis as President and Chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States

Joint Center Statement on Bomb Threats Against Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Joint Center Commends President Biden for the Nominations of Dr. Lisa Cook and Dr. Philip Jefferson

Joint Center Board Members LaTosha Brown, Michael Collins, and Dr. Safiya Noble

Joint Center Welcomes Three New Board Members

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JOINT CENTER TO SENATE: Help Black Workers, Extend Expanded Earned Income Tax Credit in Build Back Better Act

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Black Economic Alliance, and Several Black-Led Organizations Call for Appointment of Black Members to Federal Reserve Leadership

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