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BLACK THRIVING IN AMERICA REPORT DIVES DEEP INTO BLACK LIFE EXPERIENCES
A new report examines the wellbeing of Black Americans through decades of research and surveys. “Black Thriving in America: 2024” is a product of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice (Payne Center) partnership with Gallup’s Center on Black Voices. TMCF founder and Payne Center namesake Dr. N. Joyce Payne emphasized the importance of the report, with its release concurrent with the Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference and ahead of a historic presidential election.
“Black Thriving in America is the result of cutting-edge research, which I’m certain will be a catalyst for important conversations and drive impactful change,” Payne said.
Natasha S. Alford (CNN, TheGrio) provided a response to the report during the event. After the event, she signed copies of her book, “American Negra.” Following Alford’s response was a panel discussion featuring Dedrick Asante- Muhammad, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; Yolanda Cash Jackson, shareholder
at Becker & Poliakoff; Dr. Jonathan M. Cox, vice president of the Center for Policy Analysis and Research at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
“This groundbreaking report, using the Gallup World Poll, reveals key insights across six vital areas: justice, economic opportunity, education, jobs and work, health and wellbeing, and community and environment,” Dr. M.C. Brown II, executive director and research scientist at the Payne Center, said.
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