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Power, Measured: Mapping Power, Longevity, and Liberation

A Live Conversation with Dr. Andre Perry & Amber Jones
Presented by the African American Leadership Forum
Date: May 20, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Location: Livestreamed on Instagram | Replay available on YouTube

What does Black power look like when we measure it on our own terms? What if longevity, homeownership, and community health carried more weight than symbolic success? What happens when data becomes a tool for self-determination?

Join us for Power, Measured, a live, intimate conversation between esteemed scholar Dr. Andre Perry and Amber Jones, Managing Director of Policy Impact at the African American Leadership Forum. This dialogue centers Dr. Perry’s powerful new book, Black Power Scorecard: Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It—a bold, data-driven blueprint for closing racial power gaps in America.

This conversation goes beyond talking points. Together, Amber and Dr. Perry will explore how Black power shows up in policy, in longevity, in ownership—and in the freedom to imagine futures not defined by oppression, but by possibility.

Expect a conversation that is

  • Honest and human

  • Backed by data, history, and lived experience

  • Rooted in joy, imagination, and structural change

  • Livestreamed and amplified for community access

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About the Participants

Dr. Andre Perry is a scholar, policy analyst, and author of Black Power Scorecard: Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It. As a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, his work focuses on structural inequality, race, and education. His scholarship bridges data, justice, and strategy—offering grounded solutions for a more equitable future.

Amber Jones is the Managing Director of Policy Impact at The Forum. A former policy advisor to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, Amber brings deep experience in advocacy, organizing, and systems change. She leads The Forum’s Black-centered policy initiatives and is a passionate champion of Black liberation, longevity, and joy through visionary public leadership.