On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Climate Policy Office (CPO), and Office of Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation hosted the first-ever White House Electrification Summit. Dozens of leaders from government, industry, labor, academia, and stakeholder groups participated and many viewers from across the country joined virtually.…
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Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. On my first day in office, I signed Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Advance Pay Equity on the 15th Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
New Biden-Harris Administration actions will help close wage gaps and improve pay transparency for workers. President Biden and Vice President Harris have long championed equal pay as a cornerstone of their commitment to ensuring opportunity and fairness for all workers. Closing gender and racial wage gaps is essential to ensuring that women and people of color can fully…
Readout of Meeting on Priority Issues for First-Generation College Students
On Wednesday, in honor of National First-Generation College Celebration Day, the White House Office of Public Engagement convened approximately 80 first-generation college students from across the country to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing efforts and investments in equity and access for first-generation students. During the briefing, participants discussed ongoing efforts to increase opportunity for first-generation…
Readout of White House Meeting with Leaders from Legacy Black Civil Rights Organizations
Last week, senior White House officials convened a meeting with leaders from legacy Black civil rights organizations. During the meeting, the officials highlighted the Biden-Harris administration’s continued efforts to advance justice and equity for the Black community and all Americans amid a groundswell of harmful attacks on the progress that has been made. They discussed efforts…
Vice President Harris Announces Tens of Millions of Dollars for Historically Underserved Entrepreneurs in North Carolina as part of Administration’s Strategy to Invest in American Small Businesses
Vice President to announce American Rescue Plan-funded awards to ten firms in Durham’s Historic Black Wall Street to help historically underserved entrepreneurs launch and scale their businesses To close out the Biden-Harris Administration’s fourth Investing in America tour, Vice President Harris and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo will join Governor Roy Cooper to…
FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Advances Equity and Opportunity for Black Americans and Communities Across the Country
Over the past two years, President Biden has worked to advance racial equity and ensure the promise of America for Black Americans and all communities across the country. From increasing access to homeownership and rooting our discrimination in the housing market to promoting entrepreneurship, from reducing child poverty to historic lows to expanding access to…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Key Progress on Efforts to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Under President Biden’s leadership, the home appraisal gap—an indicator of potential racial and ethnic bias—has shrunk by more than 40% 80% of Congressional Republicans are supporting a plan that would reverse this progress, while cutting Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act Nearly three years ago at a speech to commemorate the centennial of…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Uplifts Commitment to Protecting the Civil Rights of all Americans
Sixty years ago, on July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“the Act”)—the most significant piece of civil rights legislation in our Nation’s history since Reconstruction. The Act outlawed segregation in business establishments, public schools, and other public places and prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color,…
White House Announces Juneteenth Concert
The President and First Lady to Host a Juneteenth Concert on Monday, June 10, 2024 The White House announced today a Juneteenth Concert on Monday, June 10. The South Lawn concert will be a celebration of community, culture and music. In 2021, President Biden signed bipartisan legislation establishing Juneteenth as the nation’s newest Federal holiday,…
