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SAVE THE DATE! The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will celebrate 40 years of outstanding service at its Annual Dinner, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Washington, D.C., 1150 22nd Street, NW, Washington, D.C. |
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Click here for the Joint Center blog. Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh was a guest on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" on December 15 as part of a discussion about homeownership levels among people of color and how they have been affected by the mortgage crisis. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson was the speaker when the Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change met Sept. 23, 2009 [Photo gallery].
March 8 - 15, 2010 Guest editorial: Environment a priority for African-Americans, Tennessean.com Broadband Access – A Civil Right in the Digital Age, salon.com Rep. Conyers misses House votes today, last night, The Detroit News Poll: African Americans will pay higher energy bills to reduce global warming, USA Today Black Voters Want Green Candidates, The Huffington Post Poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November, Google News, The Washington Times, WISTV Broad Spectrum of Organizations Endorse FCC's Broadband Adoption Recommendations, News Blaze New Study on Climate Change Attitudes, BlackPressUSA HOW TO CUT JOBLESSNESS FOR BLACK AMERICANS, Jet, March 8, 2010
Broad Spectrum of Organizations Endorse FCC’s Broadband Adoption Recommendations New Study on Climate Change Attitudes Press Releases: National, Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, and South Carolina. Joint Center Receives $3.6 Million Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation Joint Center Issues Report on High Rate of Broadband Adoption by Some Minorities |
New Study on Climate Change Attitudes African Americans in Key States See Global Warming as an Election Issue Please click here to download the full report. Please click here to download the press release. For more information, and specific state by state information, please click here. Principles to Address Climate Change Legislation Joint Center's Climate Change Initiative Fact Sheet
Broad Spectrum of Organizations Endorse FCC’s Broadband Adoption Recommendations: Press Release and Letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Letter to FCC from Black Elected Officials Open Internet, Innovation, Economic Development Forum-March 3, 2010 - The webcast archive is here. - Twitter hashcode #jcmtioiforum. NATIONAL MINORITY BROADBAND ADOPTION: COMPARATIVE TRENDS IN ADOPTION, ACCEPTANCE AND USE - Download report here - Download press release here. - View webcast archive (courtesy NextGenWeb) here. - Twitter hashcode #jcmtibbreport.
Dr. Brian D. Smedley's essay "Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health and Health Care Inequities: The Imperative to Achieve Equity," was released November 17, 2009, when United Health Foundation revealed its 20th anniversary edition of America's Health Rankings. - HPI News
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