At the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference (ALC), CBC Chair Congressman Steven Horsford highlighted critical issues facing Black communities, including economic opportunity and access to health care. While at the ALC, Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno was featured on MSNBC’s The Weekend where she touted the success of the Kitchen Table Tour, highlighted Vice President Kamala Harris’ opportunity economy, and underscored the significance of the Biden-Harris administration’s historic accomplishments.
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- Thousands descended in Washington, D.C., for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 53rd Annual Legislative Conference.
- Like every conference, affectionately known as “CBC Week,” the caucus, which is its largest in history with 60 members, hosted several panels on various policy issues impacting Black communities across the country, from voting rights and the economy to Black maternal health and public safety.
- On Monday, the CBC released its “Corporate Accountability Report on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” which calls on Fortune 500 corporations to reaffirm their commitments to DEI, update on racial equity investments, and work with the CBC to create legislative solutions that will help close the racial wealth gap.
- “We cannot allow a handful of right-wing agitators to bully corporations, and this report offers corporate America a guide to strengthening their diversity practices,” CBC chairman U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., said in a statement.
- “This report is the initial step in a strategic effort to ensure the tools of economic opportunity are protected as we work to advance our Black wealth and economic prosperity agenda in the next Congress to close the Black-white wealth gap in America.”
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