In the final half of this two-part panel, hosted by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and moderated by Mark and Nkechi Taifa, panelists dig deeper into the topics President Biden covered in his first formal address to Congress. LaTosha Brown opens with remarks on voter suppression and then participants provide additional analysis and reflection on topics including unemployment, international relations, reparations, and police violence. The panel closes with moving remarks by Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba of Jackson, Mississippi.

Moderated by: Mark Thompson and Nkechi Taifa, Esq., President, The Taifa Group, Author, Black Power Lawyer

Panelists: Dr. E. Faye Williams, National President/CEO, National Congress of Black Women; LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder, Black Voter Matters; Bill Fletcher, Author, Labor and Social Justice Activist; Tamika Mallory, Co- Founder, Until Freedom; Dr. Greg Carr, Chairman, Africana Studies Department, Howard University; Pastor Michael McBride, Co-Founder, Black Church PAC; A’Dorian Murray-Thomas, School Board Member; Kyleesha Wingfield-Hill, Policy Advisor Office of the Mayor, Newark, NJ; Jamecia Gray, Manager, M4BL Electoral Justice Project; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Author, Political Economist, Commentator

Executive Producer: Adell Coleman

Producer: Brittany Temple

Distributor: DCP Entertainment

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