What happens when Black women stop asking for permission and start rewriting the script?

Join the DC Black MBA Association for a powerful Women’s History Month panel exploring how Black women are redefining voice, visibility, and value across television, film, radio, and emerging media platforms.

To purchase a ticket, please click HERE.

Event Details:

Trinity Washington University, Washington, DC

Saturday, March 28th from 10 am to 2 pm

Pricing:

• DC Black NBMBAA Members: $25 Early Bird / $35 General Admission

• Non-Members: $35 Early Bird / $45 General Admission

• Early Bird Tickets: March 2 – March 9
  General Admission: March 10 – March 27 (or until sold out)

The Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative (RPII) at Brookings is launching a new series, “Uprooted: Rediscovering American history,” highlighting the narratives, contributions, and policies championed by marginalized groups that have helped shape a more inclusive democracy.

On March 25, join RPII at Brookings for a two-panel discussion featuring insights from the project’s lead researchers. Panelists will explore the major themes of the project and offer timely analysis of current issues through a historical lens.

To register for this hybrid event, please click HERE.

Event Details:

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

11:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT

The Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC

Join U.S. Senator Cory Booker for a timely and hopeful conversation about our shared American ideals. Centered around his new book, Stand, Senator Booker will share stirring personal reflections and powerful stories of leadership that will challenge us to reclaim our national story and work together to redeem the American dream.

To purchase a ticket for this event, please click HERE.

Event Details:

Sixth & I | Politics & Prose Bookstore | Washington, DC

Tuesday, Mar 24 at 7 pm

Through Her Lens highlights the leadership and resilience of women peacebuilders, peacekeepers, and human rights defenders across 11 conflict-affected contexts.

Featuring powerful photography by local women photographers, the exhibition brings visibility to the often-overlooked stories of women and their allies as they advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. 

To mark the 25th anniversary of the WPS agenda, the exhibit offers a timely moment to reflect on progress and recommit to its implementation. UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will provide remarks.

To rsvp for this event, please click HERE.

Event Details:

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Russell Senate Office Building, Room 198

2 Constitution Ave NE | Washington, DC 20002

Join us for an evening of conversation and connection at our Women in Leadership Panel and Happy Hour on Tuesday, March 24, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar on Capitol Hill.

We will hear from leaders from at the Progressive Policy Institute and elsewhere as they discuss trends in women in leadership. The panel will address barriers that women continue to face, where they are making progress, and what strategies and options women are considering as they shape the next generation.

Following the panel discussion, we’ll have a happy hour to connect with attendees, panelists, and colleagues over drinks and light bites.

To register for this event, click HERE.

Panelists:

• Diana Moss, Vice President and Director of Competition Policy at PPI

• Katie Phillips, Executive Director of the Blue Dog Coalition

• Moderated by Jolie Libert, Political Director, PPI

• Additional panelists to be announced!

P.S. Join the Progressive Policy Institute and the Women in Policy Alliance for our monthly Coffee & Conversation events!

Join us for a powerful and timely conversation as CNN News Anchor and Senior Political Correspondent Abby Phillip discusses her new book, Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power, moderated by Rev. Kevin Lamár Peterman.

Stick around afterward for a signing session to snag a signed copy and chat personally. It’s a perfect chance to connect, learn, and celebrate great writing together.

To purchase tickets, please click HERE.

Event Details:

4606 16th St NW | Washington, DC

Sunday, Mar 22 from 12 pm to 2 pm

Please join us at Nationals Park on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, for the 14th edition of the Congressional Football Game!

The Congressional Football Game is an annual event featuring Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle and former NFL players, John Booty and Ken Harvey, (the “Mean Machine”) versus members of the U.S. Capitol Police (the “Guards”).

Since its inception in 2004, the Game has awarded nearly $4.5 million to the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund, 4 Advantage 4 Kids, Our Military Kids and the Boys & Girls Club of America.

To purchase tickets, please click HERE.

Affordability has become a central issue for millions of Americans striving to get by and get ahead. In response, the Urban Institute continues its work to better understand what it truly takes for families to thrive. 

Building on previous work, Urban researchers have updated and enhanced the True Cost of Economic Security measure for 2023. This comprehensive measure captures the full range of household costs and the resources families rely on to meet those costs. The updated measure includes the costs of caring for a person with self-care disabilities and the resources derived from homeownership. 

Please join the Urban Institute and the National True Cost of Living Coalition, a partnership between the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies and the Community Service Society of New York, for a discussion on the updated measure and how policymakers and researchers can leverage insights from this research to improve American families’ well-being.

To register for this virtual event, please click HERE.

Event Details:

Opening Remarks:

• Mary K. Cunningham, Senior Vice President, Research and Programs, Urban Institute 

Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Remarks: 

• Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; Cochair, National True Cost of Living Coalition 

Keynote: 

• Gwen Moore, US Representative, Wisconsin’s Fourth District 

Research Presentation:

• Ilham Dehry, Senior Research Associate, Tax and Income Supports Division, Urban Institute

Panel: 

• Gregory Acs, Vice President, Tax and Income Supports Division, Urban Institute

• Afua Atta-Mensah, Chief Equity Officer and Commissioner, New York City Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice

• Heidi Goldberg, Senior Director, Economic Opportunity and Workforce, Center for Municipal Strategies and Programs, National League of Cities

• Kirabo "Bo" Jackson, Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

• Jim Taylor, Chief Institutional Health and Culture Officer, Urban Institute (moderator)

Join the Québec Government Office in Washington for a crowd-pleasing romantic comedy featuring a kennel owner, grappling with climate anxiety, who falls in love with a customer service rep over the phone. Amid a natural disaster, he embarks on an adventurous, bilingual romantic journey to find her.

Presented in French with English subtitles.

To reserve a spot, please click HERE.

Event details:

Location: Ambassade de France aux États-Unis Washington, DC

Monday, Mar 16 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Please note: Persons under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Join DC Caribbean Bar for a panel of judges sharing how their Caribbean heritage shaped their journeys to the bench.

“Honoring Our Heritage: Caribbean Roots and the Journey to the Bench” will induce a fruitful and engaging conversation among distinguished Superior Court judges with Caribbean heritage and how their roots continue to inform them today.

To register for this event, please click HERE.

Event Details:

• Date & Time: Wednesday, March 12, 2026 | 6:00 – 7:30 PM

• Location: DC Court of Appeals

Panelists:

• Judge Errol Arthur

• Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier

• Judge Kimberley S. Knowles

• Magistrate Judge Adriane Marblestein-Deare

Join us on Wednesday, December 17 to discuss innovative policies, community-driven initiatives, and cross-sector strategies that cities can implement to foster Black wealth creation, support asset building, and ensure long-term economic equity and prosperity.

Across the country, local leaders are driving bold, data-driven strategies to build inclusive economies and advance Black prosperity. Through insights from the field, demonstrations of innovative data tools, and examples of promising practices already making an impact, this webinar offers a road map for turning data into action.

To rsvp for this virtual event, please click here.

Event Details:

Welcome

• Christina Prinvil, Research Analyst, Research to Action Lab, Urban Institute

Diagnostic Tool Presentation

• Noah McDaniel, Research Associate, Housing and Communities Division, Urban Institute

Fireside Chat

• Andre K. Fowlkes, President, Start Co. Memphis

• Ellen Shepard, CEO and Principal, Community Allies

• Brett Theodos, Senior Fellow, Housing and Communities Division, Urban Institute (moderator)

Local Strategies and Data Panel

• LesLeigh D. Ford, Associate Director, Center for Equity and Community Impact, Urban Institute

• Harsha Mallajosyula, Data Director, Black Wealth Data Center

• Michael Neal, Senior Fellow, Housing and Communities Division, Urban Institute

• Kimberly Burrowes, Senior Training and Technical Assistance Manager, Research to Action Lab, Urban Institute (moderator)

Please join Dēmos and Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) for a one-hour webinar, “We've Been Here Before: Planning for a Third Reconstruction" as panelists share their perspectives on what it takes to devise new social norms, new institutions, and new forms of power that can advance racial and economic justice.

In the fourth week of our Third Reconstruction series, Sulma Arias—executive director of People’s Action—lays out how we defeat authoritarianism and build the multiracial democracy America has never fully achieved.

To RSVP for this webinar, please click here.

Panelists:

• Peniel Joseph, Historian

• Analilia Mejia, Center for Popular Democracy Co-Executive Director

• Richard Besser, Robert Wood Johnson President & CEO

• Taifa Butler, Dēmos President

• Steve Dubb, NPQ Senior Editor

Join us for a conversation about how local governments, in collaboration with schools, nonprofits, and community partners, are reimagining systems to promote economic mobility and educational success.

Drawing from emerging models, the conversation will highlight how the cities of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Orlando, Florida, in collaboration with community-based partners, are confronting intergenerational poverty, transforming neighborhoods, and driving cradle-to-career place-based efforts through coordinated systems of supports, opportunities, and data-informed decision-making.

To register for this hybrid event, please click here. The in-person option is available to those only with Harvard University IDs.

Panelists are as follows:

• Monroe Nichols - Mayor, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Ashley Harris Philippsen - Executive Director, ImpactTulsa; Director, Mayor’s Office of Children, Youth and Families, city of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cradle-to-Career Partnership Leader Fellow, The EdRedesign Lab at HGSE

• Abraham Morris - Children, Youth, and Families Division Manager, Orlando, Florida

• Rob Watson (Moderator) - Executive Director, The EdRedesign Lab; Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Faculty Affiliate, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

Major cuts to foreign aid this year have created deep uncertainty for global health programs and their futures. GiveWell has responded by leveraging 18 years of experience in cost-effectiveness research and analysis to assess the impacts in real time and identify funding gaps where donors’ contributions can have exceptional impact.

Join us for a webinar on December 4th at noon to discuss the effects of recent cuts, how GiveWell is responding, and what we’re learning along the way—including our predictions and uncertainties about the future. Panelists working across malaria, HIV, health systems, family planning, and rapid response will answer questions selected live by the audience and share their latest insights from this pivotal year.

To register, please click here.

March of Dimes will host a congressional briefing Wednesday, December 3, on the release of our 2025 Report Card, to raise the visibility of the report for Congressional staff, stakeholders, partners, and the public to offer policy options to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.

For the past 17 years, the March of Dimes Report Card has told the story of maternal and infant health in the United States through data, revealing both progress and persistent challenges. This year’s Report Card provides a clear view of where action is advancing and where opportunities remain.

To register for this in-person event, please click here.

Join Maryland comptroller Brooke Lierman, Urban Institute president Sarah Rosen Wartell, and leading experts as we discuss how changemakers can get income-boosting state tax benefits into the hands of all eligible residents. Speakers will share where they see gaps between policy and practice, what has changed in 2025, and which outreach, community engagement, and tax filing supports may be most promising going forward.

This event, hosted by the Urban Institute in collaboration with the Comptroller of Maryland, will serve as a capstone to the Helping Maryland Connect Underserved Residents to Crucial State Tax Credits initiative, a research and policy project aimed at connecting underserved residents to Maryland’s largest income tax credits.

To register for this hybrid event, please click here.

Event Details:

• Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET
  Check-in and lunch at 12:00 p.m. ET

• Keynote Conversation: Brooke Lierman, Comptroller of Maryland and Sarah Rosen Wartell, President, Urban Institute (moderator)

Speakers:

• Aravind Boddupalli, Senior Research Associate, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center 

• Simone Brody, Special Projects Fellow, New Practice Lab, New America 

• Luisa Godinez-Puig, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute 

• Robin McKinney, Cofounder and CEO, CASH Campaign of Maryland 

On December 2-4, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) will host the annual Research and Policy Symposium on Gender Equality in and through Education. The event will open with a plenary discussion among the 2025 Echidna Global Scholars, who will share their research, which centers the voices, leadership, agency, and rights of marginalized girls and women across diverse contexts.

Panelists:

• Betty Akullo: 2025 Echidna Global Scholar - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

• Faith Nkala: 2025 Echidna Global Scholar - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

• Racheal Kalaba: 2025 Echidna Global Scholar - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

• Zaynab Gates: 2025 Echidna Global Scholar - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

To RSVP for this virtual event, please click here.

Join us to celebrate DOC NYC’s first ever collaboration! DOC NYC is partnering with Creatively Speaking, a program of the New School’s Institute on Race, Power & Political Economy to present HOME OF THE BRAVE, a powerful program of five documentary shorts exploring urgent social issues shaping America today.

From legal justice and life after incarceration to progressive education and compassionate healthcare, these stories of grassroot activism showcase individuals and communities working to create meaningful change.

To RSVP for this free event, please click here.

Address: Tishman Auditorium at The New School - 63 Fifth Ave at 14th Street

In a wave of rollbacks, at least 10 states have passed laws to restrict child labor protections in the last couple of years. Today, children as young as 13 are working grueling jobs that put their health, safety, and development at risk — in meatpacking plants, warehouses, and tobacco fields instead of schools. Migrant children especially are at risk of being exploited. Over the last several years, there have been numerous reports about children being seriously injured or killed working in incredibly dangerous conditions.

In this discussion — hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program on November 19 — we’ll explore how we arrived at the current landscape of child labor; what it means in the current context; and how we can protect children moving forward and explore what policymakers, child advocates, and labor advocates can do to address weakening child protections.

Speakers: Yesenia Cuello (NC Field), Ron Estrada (Farmworker Justice), Reid Maki (National Consumers League), Jennifer Sherer (Economic Policy Institute), Charlie Wishman (AFL-CIO), Kristina Cooke (Reuters)

To rsvp for this webinar on November 19, from 2 to 3:30 pm, please click here.

Join the National Academy of Social Insurance and friends for a reception and programming to mark the 90th anniversary of Unemployment Insurance! Together, we'll reflect on the program's origins, its essential role in stabilizing the economy and supporting workers, and the opportunities ahead to strengthen UI for the next generation.

Speakers: Michele Evermore, Senior Fellow, National Academy of Social Insurance | Rachet West, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation | Rebecca Dixon, President & CEO, National Employment Law Project | Amy Simon, Head, Labor & Workforce Solutions, LexisNexis Risk Solutions | Portia Wu, Maryland Secretary of Labor

To get tickets for this free event, please click here.

Address: National Press Club, 529 14th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20045

Join us for a conversation led by Community Advocates Public Policy Institute Senior Fellow David Reimer as he discusses his recently released research report, “How a Work-Based Policy Package Can Reduce US Poverty.”

In this presentation, sponsored by Community Advocates Public Policy Institute’s Member Network, Reimer will explore how the policy package can greatly increase employment, earnings, and income, thus ensuring workers’ and retirees’ economic security and expanding the middle class. A Q&A will follow.

This discussion is free and all are welcome to attend in person or via Zoom. Registration is required at the link HERE.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation | 2153 N. Dr. MLK Jr Drive, #4000, Milwaukee, WI 53212

Baby bonds—publicly funded, race-conscious trust accounts for children—are gaining momentum as a powerful tool to help families build assets from birth and chart more self-determined, prosperous futures. Join the Asset Funders Network and The New School's Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy as we debut the release of Cradle to Capital: A Case for Philanthropy to Invest in Baby Bonds.

To register for this webinar, please click here.

Speakers:

• Joseph Antolin, President and CEO, Asset Funders Network

• Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, The New School Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, AFL-CIO

• Megan Elkins, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

• Kate Reeves, Director, The Connecticut Project

Join us at Lost City Books as Tarriona “Tank” Ball, New Orleans-based slam poet and Grammy-winning recording artist, as she discusses her book, The Thing About Falling.

After getting “vulnerable AF” on her 2021 book tour, Tank realized she was truly ready to move on from her first love. In The Thing About Falling, she writes about that experience as well as what followed—a period of shallow comfort, followed by a much deeper transformation.

To RSVP for this free event, please click here.

Lost City Books | 2467 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

In the Aspen Institute’s Writing an Op-Ed instructional webinar, participants will learn how to draft an op-ed — or any kind of opinion piece, whether in print or digital media — in order to advance a broader goal of policy change. An effective op-ed requires having a clear point, an understanding of your audience, and the unique voice of the writer. This webinar will go into the basics for achieving all of those points, as well as discuss strategies for pitching an op-ed to media stakeholders to reach the audiences that matter most for impacting policy.

To register for this event, please click here.

October 15, 2025 | 12pm - 1pm EST

Join the Aspen Institute’s webinar to learn the basics of the policy process. This program will teach you how to think about policy expansively, and introduce you to a framework for understanding how to change policy on the issues you care about. It also gives an overview of the six steps of policy impact.

To register, please click here.

October 8, 2025 | 2pm - 3pm EST