The Joint Center will hold an Issue Briefing and Panel Discussion entitled Building a Healthy Economy: Creating Employment Equity and Opportunity on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the Joint Center's conference center in Washington, DC. This briefing will explore the issue of job creation in African American and Latino communities, from current employment rates among minorities to sectors that could help underserved groups get back to work. Findings from two new reports will be presented: Further to Go: Job Creation in African American Communities and Infrastructure Investments and Latino and African American Job Creation.

Confirmed panelists include:

Cynthia G. Marshall
Senior Vice President of Human Resources, AT&T
Chair, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Board of Governors

Ralph B. Everett
President & CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Algernon Austin, Ph.D.
Director, Economic Policy Institute, Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy

To register for this panel, please click the REGISTER button to your right. Registration ends on April 3, 2013.