Hill Diversity Press
Joint Center Op-Ed: After Georgia, Senators Must Prioritize Staff Diversity
Sources: CNN, NYT, Cook & Joint Center.* After Black voters in Georgia enabled Democrats to control the Senate, Morning Consult published this commentary by Joint Center Senior Fellow of Diversity and Inclusion Dr. LaShonda Brenson and Joint Center President Spencer Overton calling for the Senate to take key steps to prioritize hiring, developing, and promoting…
Joint Center Joins WURD Radio to Discuss The Importance of Black Top Staff in Congress
Joint Center Senior Fellow of Diversity & Inclusion Dr. LaShonda Brenson appeared on WURD Radio’s Reality Check to discuss the importance of congressional staff diversity. “If you think about Congress, a lot of the work that’s being done is usually being handled by top staffers,” said LaShonda referencing chiefs of staff, legislative directors, and communications…
In CNN Op-Ed, the Joint Center Presses Congress to Address Top Staff Diversity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: press@jointcenter.org In CNN Op-Ed, the Joint Center Presses Congress to Address Top Staff Diversity WASHINGTON – In a CNN op-ed, Spencer Overton, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, highlighted the alarming lack of top staff diversity at the top level in the Washington offices of…
Joint Center President Writes Washington Post Op-Ed on House Diversity Report
Joint Center President, Spencer Overton, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post calling on Congress to address the lack of racial diversity among top staff in the U.S. House of Representatives. The piece highlights troubling statistics concluded in our study, Racial Diversity Top U.S. House Staff: “An astounding 86 percent of the top decision-makers in…
Joint Center President Speaks on MSNBC Regarding Recent Report on Racial Diversity Among Top House Staff
On September 23, 2018, Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss the recently released Joint Center report on top staff diversity among U.S. House staff. On September 23, 2018, Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss the recently released Joint Center report on top staff…