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Joint Center President's News Conference on Energy and the Environment

Date: 07/29/2008

Location: National Press Club, Washington, DC.

July 29, 2008: Joint Center President and CEO Ralph B. Everett joins Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis; U.S. House of Representatives and Majority Whip James E. Clyburn; other leading African American experts and policymakers on energy and the environment at a 10 a.m. press conference at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC.

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Did you know that the earliest age at which you can retire and receive partial Social Security benefits is 62 years? Did you know that the earliest age at which you can retire with full benefits is 65 years? Many African Americans do not know these facts—a October-November 2005 Joint Center survey found that a majority of African American respondents (61 percent) know that you can get benefits if you retire early. However, only 39 percent of African American respondents know that the early retirement age is 62 years, and only a third (32 percent) know that 65 years is the earliest age at which one can retire with full benefits.