Former U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond, D-Louisiana, appointed to serve as senior advisor and director of the Office of Public Engagement, talks about democracy, Black and minority development, and COVID-19 with rolling out CEO Munson Steed.
If there were three things all Black Americans need to do right now, what should we prioritize?
Join us on a couple fights; protect our voting rights, continue to push for racial equity in all things that we do, and continue getting vaccinated and get our friends, families, and communities vaccinated.
If you were giving a speech at an HBCU, what three things would you want them to do to be prepared to be in your spot one day?
To push them [toward] my spot I would tell them to stay real to who you are and your community and stay focused on being a servant. If we talk about the things we are doing to make sure that young Black kids can be in my position, I would say the 3 billion dollars we gave to HBCUs, the 1.6 billion dollars in capital finance loans we waived for, the increased child tax credit that families are going to start receiving July 15 to the end of the year. We are trying to invest in all communities to make sure people can dictate their own future.
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