Since its establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), and Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) applauded the passage by… Read more »
Diversity in the tech world has been a problem for years, but only recently have companies begun to release data on just how skewed the numbers are. The vast majority of tech companies have an overwhelmingly white male workforce while Latinos and blacks make up as little as 4 percent.
In an effort to increase minority participation in tech, the Congressional Black Caucus recently… Read more »
Yesterday, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) hosted a live stream panel discussion event to launch CBC TECH 2020, a new initiative aimed at increasing African American representation and inclusion in the tech industry. Through it, the CBC seeks to close the gap by encouraging industry leaders "to use the same entrepreneurial spirit they use when creating new technologies to become… Read more »
Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), led the CBC in the launch of its CBC Tech 2020 Diversity Initiative. His statement, as prepared for delivery, follows:
CBC TECH 2020 Launch
Friends, we are here to unite around a common vision for the future.
For more than 44 years, the Congressional Black Caucus has been on the… Read more »
Today, May 19th at 4:00 p.m. EDT, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) will launch CBC TECH 2020, a new initiative aimed at increasing African American representation and inclusion in the tech industry. CBC members will encourage industry leaders to use the same entrepreneurial spirit they use when creating new technologies to become innovators in diversifying tech. Ben… Read more »
The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday will launch a push to increase African American representation in the tech sector.
The effort reflects concerns about a lack of diversity at companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
“Many of the technology companies have African Americans as very loyal customers, and many of those don’t have any African Americans on their… Read more »
Today, Representative G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), issued the following statement celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Head Start.
“Head Start has served over 30 million children and their families in urban and rural areas all over the country,” said CBC Chairman Butterfield. “Children participating in… Read more »
(CNN) Early this spring, we stood together with our colleagues in Congress, civil rights leaders and thousands of others on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, trying to imagine the incredible courage it must have once taken to simply walk across that bridge despite knowing with grim certainty that clubs, tear gas and fire hoses were waiting for you on the other side.
We were… Read more »
On Tuesday, May 19 at 4:00 p.m. EDT, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) will launch CBC TECH 2020, a new initiative aimed at engaging the tech sector in increasing African American representation and inclusion in the industry. CBC members will encourage the industry to use the same entrepreneurial spirit they use when creating new technologies to become innovators in diversifying… Read more »
Congressional Black Caucus chairman Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina on Friday said civil unrest in Baltimore is tied to poverty and predicted that the budget deal reached by congressional Republicans this week would “wreak havoc.”
The Congressional Black Caucus on Friday also expressed approval of the criminal charges filed against six police… Read more »
