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AFRICAN AMERICAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT TO FOCUS ON POLICIESAND LEGISLATION NEEDED IN THE SECOND OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, DCA national summit of scholars from universities and policy think tanks
will meet at Howard University on February 1, 2013, for the Fourth Annual African American
Economic Summit to discuss and analyze policy options and initiatives they think should be
considered during President Obamas second term. A central theme of the Summit will be the
remarkably persistent racial disparities in U.S. society and how policymakers should seek to
address them.
Scholars from leading universities (Duke, Howard, Georgetown, the New School, the University
of Pennsylvania, and John Jay College), and think tanks (the Joint Center for Political andEconomic Studies and Brookings Institution) will take a hard look at issues such as wealth and
income disparities, unemployment and labor, housing, health, education and treatment of
returning veterans. Congressman Robert (Bobby) Scott (D-VA) and Bernard E. Anderson of
the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School will examine the current economic crisis,
especially with regard to its impact on African Americans, and offer policy prescriptions for the
Presidents second term.
Distinguished scholar and policy expert James (Jim) Carr, who has served in senior positionswith the Opportunity Agenda, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Fannie
Mae, will speak on the challenges that continue to afflict the housing market.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will be represented by President and CEO
Ralph B. Everett and Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh, an expert on wealth accumulation and housing
policy.
Other presenters at the day-long summit will include Howard University faculty member Dr.
William Spriggs, until recently Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy and currently chief
economist for the AFL-CIO, as well as Drs. Charles Betsey, Rodney Green, Haydar Kurban and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 25, 2013
Janet Griffin-Graves
jgriffin-graves@howard.edu
(202) 865-8582
Betty Anne Williams
bawilliams@jointcenter.org
202-789-3505
mailto:jgriffin-graves@howard.edumailto:jgriffin-graves@howard.edumailto:bawilliams@jointcenter.orgmailto:bawilliams@jointcenter.orgmailto:bawilliams@jointcenter.orgmailto:jgriffin-graves@howard.edu7/29/2019 AFRICAN AMERICAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT TO FOCUS ON POLICIES AND LEGISLATION NEEDED IN THE SECOND OBAM
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Omari Swinton from the Howard University Department of Economics; Dr. Lorenzo Morris and
Jonathan Hutto from the Howard University Department of Political Science; Duke University
economist Dr. William (Sandy) Darity, known for his advocacy of a federal job guarantee forall workers; and other scholars from Dukes Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality,
including Margaret Gayle and Dr. Rhonda Sharpe.
The summit will provide an array of innovative policy options aimed at driving informed
advocacy for progressive social change. Organizers said it also will generate alternatives to the
deadlocked and polarized inside the Beltway policy discourse that has gripped Washington.
The event willbe held at the Blackburn Center on Howard Universitys main campus from 9:00
a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on February 1, 2013, and includes a luncheon address by Jim Carr. The
event is open to the public, but space is limited so registration is required.
The event will be live streamed from a link at http://www.coas.howard.edu/economics.
TheJoint Center for Political and Economic Studies is one of the nations leading research and public policy
institutions and the only one whose work focuses primarily on issues of particular concern to African Americans
and other people of color. To learn more, please visitwww.jointcenter.org.
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