Joint Center Events
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Discuss Technology Policy Priorities for Black Communities at the 2022 Joint Center Summit
At the 2022 Joint Center Future of Black Communities Summit, the featured speaker and panelists for the Technology Policy Priorities for Black Communities conversation discussed how Black communities are targets…
Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, Discusses the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 at 2022 Joint Center Summit
At the 2022 Joint Center Future of Black Communities Summit Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator, and Joseph Shepherd…
Joint Center Hosts Voice at the Table Conversation with Rep. Terri A. Sewell
The Joint Center welcomed Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) in a robust, one-hour conversation to discuss tax policies for Black communities, equitable deployment of federal infrastructure resources in the Black…
Improving Tax Policy for Black Communities
Tax policy has significant implications for Black households. Unfortunately, too often, Black leaders and advocates are excluded from conversations about how tax policy can help to decrease wealth gaps and…
The Rationale for and Key Elements of a Business Civil Rights Audit
In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, about two-thirds of S&P 500 companies made statements in support of the need for more inclusive practices and racial…
Advancing Equal Protections & Civil Justice in an Automated Society
The Joint Center and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy co-hosted a virtual discussion where panelists explored current and emerging uses of technology that affect the equity…
Joint Center Hosts ‘Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South’ Webinar
On July 28, the Joint Center hosted a webinar highlighting the challenges and solutions to expanding broadband in the Black Rural South and featuring findings from our forthcoming report, Affordability…
NNPA Hosts Event on Congressional Staff Diversity with Joint Center and Black Voters Matter
National Newspaper Publishers Association hosted an online event to discuss the issue of a lack of congressional staff diversity and explain how local advocates can make their voices heard to…
Joint Center and GW Law Host Debate on Section 230 With Key Experts
The Joint Center partnered with George Washington University School of Law to host a debate entitled Should Congress Amend The Communications Decency Act to Address Discriminatory Ad Targeting by Social…
Joint Center Hosts ‘Pandemic Relief Priorities for Black Workers’ Twitter Chat with Experts
On September 11, the Joint Center hosted a Twitter chat with experts on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting Black workers, and what should be doing about it. The experts…