09/17/2026
During the CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference, CCBWG Chairs Clarke, Kelly and Watson Coleman celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Caucus with a panel event examining the growing economic hurdles facing Black women in the workforce and exploring the broader consequences of these challenges on their families, communities, and the U.S. economy. The panel highlighted how Black women are responding to workforce displacement through entrepreneurship and business ownership.
America is facing an affordability crisis fueled primarily because of the destructive policies of the Trump administration. Black women have borne the brunt, suffering far greater employment losses than most other groups of women or Black men.
In the wealthiest nation in the world, it is unconscionable that any of us would have to choose between paying bills or feeding our families. To improve our economy, we should be putting money back into the hands of those that need it – not lining the pockets of billionaires and corporations.
