Press Statements
Joint Center Sent Letters to Several Senators-Elect to Address Diversity Among Their Top Staff
The Joint Center sent letters to Senators-Elect: Jacky Rosen (D-NC), Krysten Sinema (D-AZ), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urging them to hire diverse top staff and key mid-level…
Joint Center Calls on Leader Pelosi and Other Incoming House Members to Adopt Measures to Improve Diversity
On November 28, the Joint Center released the following statement in the wake up of Leader Pelosi’s nomination to be Speaker of the House. The letter was sent to Leader Pelosi…
Joint Center Urges Leader Pelosi to Prioritize Diversity in Letter
On November 8, the Joint Center sent Leader Pelosi a letter urging her to prioritize hiring diverse top and key mid-level staffers in the House. The letter also shared key…
Joint Center Shares Top Staff Diversity Reports With 100 Newly-Elected Members
On November 27, the Joint Center sent each of the 100 newly-elected Members of Congress all of our reports on congressional staff diversity. The e-mail correspondence from the Joint Center’s…
Joint Center President Presents Future of Work Survey Data at Partnership on AI Meeting
On November 14, Joint Center President Spencer Overton presented information on the Future of Work survey data of 600 African Americans, 600 Latinos, 600 Asian American/Pacific Islanders, and 600 whites…
Joint Center Applauds Democratic Leader Pelosi’s Letter on Staff Diversity
On November 9, the Joint Center issued the following statement in the wake of Nancy Pelosi’s letter addressing diversity on the Hill. Her letter comes after the Joint Center’s September 2018…
Joint Center Sends Ranking Members a Letter Urging Them to Prioritize Diversity
On November 9, the Joint Center sent twenty-two letters to Ranking Members: Elijah Cummings, Peter DeFazio, Ted Deutch, Eliot Engel, Raúl Grijalva, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Zoe Lofgren, Nita Lowey, Carolyn…
Joint Center and NALEO Educational Fund Launch Staff Up Congress Legislative Academy
The Joint Center and NALEO Educational fund have taken an important step forward to increase mid to senior level staff diversity–the creation of the Staff Up Congress Legislative Academy The…
Joint Center Issues Statement on Release of 2018 Senate Democratic Caucus Demographic Data
On July 17, the Joint Center issued the following statement in the wake of Senate Democrats releasing their 2018 demographic data. This is the second release of the data, which…
Joint Center Urges Swift Confirmation of Geoffrey Starks as FCC Commissioner
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 – The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today urged the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm Geoffrey Starks as the next FCC Commissioner. Starks,…