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NEW: Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect @JoeBiden's transition, marking one of the most diverse agency review teams in history. My latest for @AP: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-race-and-ethnicity-police-coronavirus-pandemic-7fcdbfc35dd4212aa06393a7b49df8f6
Of the 500+ team members announced, more than half are women -- & Black men & women are leading more than one-quarter of the teams.
Diversity is significant: The teams will be responsible for evaluating the operations of federal agencies that have a broad impact on Americans’.
Diversity is significant: The teams will be responsible for evaluating the operations of federal agencies that have a broad impact on Americans’.
More on why it matters: Biden will take office at a time when the nation is confronting a historic pandemic, joblessness & police brutality -- crises that have disparately impacted Black Americans.
Black voters powered his victory. They want action now.
Black voters powered his victory. They want action now.
Also worth noting: Many of these team members are HBCU grads. “The agency review process will help lay the foundation for meeting these challenges on Day One,” said Tony Allen, a transition advisory board member and president of historically Black Delaware State University.
Last thing I’ll note: Civil rights leaders & activists plan to press Biden’s administration. #BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, in a letter this week, congratulated Biden and Harris on their victory and sought a meeting to discuss “commitments that must be made to Black people.”
