{"id":1880,"date":"2016-07-05T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/blog\/joint-center-hosts-june-2016-roundtable-of-the-south\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:34:54","slug":"joint-center-hosts-june-2016-roundtable-of-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/joint-center-hosts-june-2016-roundtable-of-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Center Hosts June 2016 Roundtable of the South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nLast week, the Joint Center hosted over 20 of the nation\u2019s most innovative and influential state, county, and local elected officials from the South for a three-day policy roundtable in Washington, DC. The elected officials met with leading experts and federal policy-makers at the White House, Capitol Hill, and George Washington University Law School.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions focused on jobs and workforce development, the school-to-prison pipeline health equity, and building leadership infrastructure. On the final day, the Joint Center partnered with INSIGHT America to organize a session on Flint Water and a lunch in which state and local elected officials talked over lunch with top staff from the offices of U.S. Senators from the South.<\/p>\n<p>The selection committee that chose the innovative state and local elected officials who participated in this event included Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin, Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Atlanta) Stephanie Cho, Former White House Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement and Counsel with Kilpatrick Townsend &amp; Stockton LLP Charles Galbraith, Austin, Texas City Councilwoman Delia Garza, former Kansas State Representative Raj Goyle, San Antonio, Texas City Councilman Cris Medina, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies President &amp; CEO Floyd Mori, Port Madison Enterprises General Counsel and DNC Native American Council Chair Rion Ramirez, Hollister, California Mayor Ignacio Velazquez, and Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Program Director Amy Watanabe.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Center thanks the following entities for their generous support:\u00a0 the Annie E. Casey Foundation, AT&amp;T, CenturyLink, Comcast NBCUniversal, CTIA, ExxonMobil, Google, GW Law, the Hewlett Foundation, Home Depot, Honda, The Joyce Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, MasterCard, Microsoft, NEO Philanthropy, PepsiCo, Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein &amp; Birkenstock, P.C., Southern Education Foundation, Venable LLP, Verizon, Viacom, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>View photos from the roundtable <a href=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.smugmug.com\/June-2016-Roundtable-of-the-So\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JC_June2016-Roundtable_Program_Updated.pdf\">Click here<\/a> for the event program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roundtable Participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tennessee Representative <strong>Karen D. Camper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tampa, Florida City Council Transportation Committee Chair <strong>Yvonne Yolie Capin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>El Portal, Florida Mayor <strong>Claudia Cubillos<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Forth Worth, Texas Mayor Pro Tem <strong>Sal Espino<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Memphis, Tennessee City Council Vice-Chair <strong>Edmund Ford, Jr.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Edinburg, Texas Mayor <strong>Richard Garcia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Arkansas House Assistant Speaker Pro Tem <strong>Monte Hodges<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Osceola County, Florida Commission Chairwoman <strong>Viviana Janer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>North Bay, Florida Mayor <strong>Connie Leon-Kreps<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem <strong>Vi Lyles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>North Miami Beach, Florida City Councilwoman <strong>Marlen Martell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Brownsville, Texas Mayor <strong>Tony Martinez<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kentucky Senate Minority Caucus Chair <strong>Gerald Neal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Georgia House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee Vice Chair <strong>B.J. Pak<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>South Carolina House Minority Leader <strong>Todd Rutherford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus Chair <strong>Horacena Tate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Texas Representative <strong>Hubert Vo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mississippi Senator <strong>Tammy Witherspoon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Texas Representative <strong>Gene Wu<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Joint Center hosted over 20 of the nation\u2019s most innovative and influential state, county, and local elected officials from the South for a three-day policy roundtable in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[104],"jc_blog_category":[81],"hashtags":[],"ppma_author":[138],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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