Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

POPVOX Foundation launched a nonpartisan podcast designed to support new House members and staffers navigating New Member Orientation, and the Joint Center launched an interactive tracking tool that shows which newly-elected and returning members of Congress are hiring diverse top staff and whether their top hires' diversity falls short of their constituencies' racial makeup. Learn more in our Hill Diversity newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gQyErhTg

?? #AmericaHasAProblem: The Joint Center's research found that people of color make up 41.1% of the U.S. population, but only 18% of U.S. House top staff and 15.8% of U.S. Senate top staff. Learn why we’re calling for #DiversityOnTheHill in this short explainer video: https://lnkd.in/ef9NFUst

The lack of #DiversityOnTheHill is a bipartisan problem. Both Democrats and Republicans have less top staff of color than the people of color they represent. ?? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eeF6hVmz

For #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, here are five things you should know to understand Black registered apprentices in the United States and four policy solutions to address the issues Black apprentices and potential apprentices face: https://lnkd.in/g53-JwUW

The Joint Center organized nearly 70 organizations to call on members of Congress to prioritize #DiversityOnTheHill. ?? Read the letters and learn more about why this issue is important here: https://lnkd.in/ebNMkzEz

In our latest newsletter on economic policy, learn about the U.S. Department of the Treasury's National Strategy for Financial Inclusion in the United States, the Census Bureau pausing plans to cut Current Population Survey funding, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy's new blog examining the intersection of tax policy and racial justice, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's initiative to provide capital to small farming operations. https://lnkd.in/ecfmUFks

"Amid this political backdrop, new and returning members of Congress will grapple with critical issues affecting our increasingly diverse nation. Reaching their policy goals and meeting the needs of their diverse constituencies will depend, in part, on how well congressional staff can represent, understand, and provide policy solutions for the problems facing this nation," writes Joint Center Senior Researcher Dr. LaShonda Brenson in The Hill. Read the full op-ed here: https://lnkd.in/ezd8a47D

The National Bankers Association joined nearly 70 Civil Rights and Advocacy Groups in signing the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' letters urging new members of Congress to hire a diverse staff. ?? ??? The letters, individually addressed to all incoming and returning House Members and incoming and returning senators, recommended 1). Adopting a diversity plan; 2). Working with the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO); 3). Working with the Tri-Caucus Staff Associations; 4). Engaging the Tri-Caucus nonprofit organizations and other organizations similarly focused on diversity in government; and 5). Supporting the establishment of a Bipartisan Senate Diversity and Inclusion Office to Improve Staff Diversity. Learn more here. https://lnkd.in/gQkTty9C

?? Our tracker is live! Our researchers are tracking top staff hired by members of Congress and will share if their top staff matches the diversity of the people they represent. The data will be regularly updated as top staff are hired. Explore the data: https://lnkd.in/eeF6hVmz

Did your member of Congress hire diverse top staff? Find out tomorrow when we launch our tracker that shows if a member of Congress hired top staff that reflects the people they represent. See our 2022 data here: https://lnkd.in/eBV3RN5b