Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration’s policies are eroding equal employment opportunity, economic security programs, higher education, and the federal workforce—all of which weaken important pathways to economic progress and stability for Black workers and their families at a time when more investment is needed, not less. To this end, The National Partnership for Women & Families, the Center for American Progress, and the Aspen Institute hosted a panel discussion exploring how to create and safeguard an inclusive economy for the Black middle class when it seems like the cards are stacked against them.
During the conversation, the panelists shared a forward-looking path that includes boosting homeownership, lowering costs of living, increasing wages and wealth, adapting to changing workplaces and new technologies, and policies that support families and caregiving responsibilities. The panelists included Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families; Broderick Johnson, Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Executive Vice President of Digital Opportunity at Comcast; Andre M. Perry, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and Director of the Center for Community Uplift at Brookings; and Janelle Williams, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO of Kindred Futures.
To watch a recording of the event, click here.
Read more: “Trump’s Agenda Is a Direct Threat to the Black Middle Class” by William Roberts and Mariam Rashid
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