Events | Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy (PREE)

Achieving Economic and Racial Justice for Black Workers: Policy Priorities for 2021 and Beyond

Date: February 24, 2021

As the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, we must define what economic justice and racial justice look like for Black workers in the 21st century. EPI’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE) hosted a discussion to identify essential policies for achieving recovery, as well as necessary structural and systemic changes that are key to remedying longstanding racial disparities in the labor market.

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Who:
Marc Bayard, Director, Institute for Policy Studies Black Worker Initiative
Rebecca Dixon, Executive Director, National Employment Law Project
Kyle Moore, PREE Economist, Economic Policy Institute

Moderated by Valerie Wilson, PREE Director, Economic Policy Institute

What:
A webinar discussing specific policies for recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and overcoming longstanding racial disparities in the labor market.

When:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
4 p.m.—5:30 p.m. ET / 1 p.m.— 2:30 p.m. PT

Where:
YouTube