The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies held its 2005 Annual Dinner on April 20. The dinner featured remarks from United States Senator Barack Obama.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies held its 2006 Annual Dinner on April 11. Former President Bill Clinton served as keynote speaker and was also the recipient of the Louis E. Martin Great American Award.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies held its 2007 Annual Dinner on April 17. United States Congressman Charles Rangel served as keynote speaker and was presented with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies held their 2008 Annual Dinner on April 8. United States Congressman James E. Clyburn served as keynote speaker and was presented with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award. The inaugural Partnership Award was presented to William D. Novelli, CEO of AARP.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies held its 2009 Annual dinner on April 21. Famed civil rights leader Dr. Dorothy I. Height served as keynote speaker and was honored with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies celebrated its 40th anniversary at a gala held on April 27, 2010, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., served as keynote speaker and was honored with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award.
The Media and Technology Institute hosted FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Michael Copps at a luncheon held on September 22, 2009. The FCC's National Broadband Plan was discussed and MTI's first report, Broadband Imperatives for African Americans, was released at this event.
The Health Policy Institute, along with Drexel University and Johns Hopkins University, hosted a briefing on health care reform and its implications for racial and ethnic minorities at the National Press Club on September 17, 2009.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies launched the Media and Technology Institute (MTI) at an event held on November 13, 2008. MTI was created to study the effects of the media industry and emerging communications technologies on African Americans and other people of color.
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn made her first policy speech as a commissioner at a Joint Center Media and Technology Institute event on September 21, 2009. She called for the National Broadband Plan to address existing gaps in broadband adoption, as well as broadband access.
The Media and Technology Institute released a research publication entitled National Minority Broadband Adoption: Comparative Trends in Adoption, Acceptance, and Use at an event held on February 25, 2010.
The Media and Technology Institute held a Technology Policy Forum entitled Open Internet, Innovation, and Economic Development on March 3, 2010. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioners Mignon Clyburn, Meredith Baker, and Michael Copps offered keynote remarks.