Black Male Positioning for the Economic Recovery

The May 2010 edition of City Limits magazine featured an examination of "The Black Depression," an ever deepening crisis among New York's black men. In this city, and the nation at large, no group has suffered more in the current recession than black men. The recent spike in joblessness that has nearly one in five black males unemployed in 2010 is the end result of decades of high unemployment rates for blacks, with devastating consequences for them as individuals, for their families, and for the neighborhoods in which they live.

As the recovery in the United States begins, City Limits and the Open Society Institute Campaign for Black Male Achievement will convene leading voices to outline key industries and educational opportunities for black men to be positioned for economic success. This event will bring together media, philanthropic, community, and educational leaders to discuss ways communities must prepare black men for inclusion in our nation's economic recovery and growth.

Panelists

• Christian Dorsey, Director of External and Government Affairs at the Economic Policy Institute
• Rob Carmona, Cofounder of the East Harlem Employment Service/STRIVE, now known as STRIVE International
• Ronald Mincy, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at Columbia University
• Michelle Holder, Labor Market Analyst at the Community Service Society of New York and PhD candidate in the department of economics at the New School for Social Research
  
• Elinor Tatum, Publisher and Editor in Chief of the New York Amsterdam News (Moderator)

Location

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
219 West 40th Street
New York, NY