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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

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January 25, 2013

Janet Griffin-Graves

jgriffin-graves@howard.edu

(202) 865-8582

Betty Anne Williams

bawilliams@jointcenter.org

202-789-3505

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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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