Please join the Insight Center's Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative and political analysts, policy advocates, and national thought leaders as we analyze the role that communities of color played in the 2012 elections and explore how the administration and Congress can advance policies that promote asset building and help close the racial wealth gap.
Keynote Speaker:
Karen Finney, MSNBC Political Analyst and Strategist
Moderator:
Jeff Johnson, BET/Tom Joyner Morning Show
Panelists Include:
Algernon Austin, Economic Policy Institute
Janis Bowdler, National Council of La Raza
Christina Chen, APAI Vote
Jeff Cruz, Latinos for a Secure Retirement
Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Margie Omero, Momentum Analysis
Julie Martinez Ortega, PowerPac.org
Jacqueline Johnson Pata, National Congress of American Indians
Cornell Belcher, President, Brilliant Corner Strategies (invited)
Date:
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 from 8:15 AM to 12:15 PM (ET)
Schedule:
8:15 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. - Keynote Presentation
9:45 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. - Political Roundtable: What Happened? How People of Color Influenced the 2012 Elections
11:00 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. - Policy Roundtable: What’s Next? Opportunities to Address Racial Wealth Inequalities in the New Political Environment
12:05 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. - Closing Remarks
