Mississippi Today, in partnership with The Atlantic, convened local leaders, policymakers and journalists in downtown Jackson on Thursday to discuss problems and opportunities facing Mississippi, the South and the nation.
Topics covered at the all-day event, “The State of Our Union: Mississippi,” included: the current political landscape of Mississippi, shifting demographics in the state and region, health care challenges facing the state, economic development, criminal justice reform, K-12 education, climate change, and more.
To watch the program, click this link. Photos from the event can be found below.
Cassandra Welchlin, executive director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable, center, talks about women’s economic security during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayEvan Smith, senior advisor to the Emerson Collective and co-founder of the Texas Tribune who advised planning of the Mississippi event, listens as Anna Wolfe, investigative reporter with Mississippi Today, talks during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayEvan Smith, senior advisor to the Emerson Collective and co-founder of the Texas Tribune, moderates a panel called “National Politics With a Southern Flavor” with, from left: Errin Haines, editor at large for The 19th; Eddie S. Glaude Jr., professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University; and Elise Jordan, MSNBC political analyst, during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayAdam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today’s editor-in-chief, left, interviews Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayMississippi Today health reporter Isabelle Taft, right, moderates a panel on maternal health in Mississippi featuring Lejeune Johnson, founder and CEO of Therapy Plus, left, and Lauren Jones, co-founder and executive director of Mom.ME., center, during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayAtlantic senior editor Vann R. Newkirk II, left, and Catherine Coleman Flowers, founding director at the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, discuss climate change in the South during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayNew York Times former executive editor Dean Baquet, left, moderates a panel about The New York Times and Mississippi Today’s investigation of Mississippi sheriffs with reporters, from right: Jerry Mitchell, Nate Rosenfield, Brian Howey and Ilyssa Daly during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayMississippi Today senior political reporter Geoff Pender, left, moderates a panel on economic development featuring, from right: former Congressman Chip Pickering, Brownkey Consulting Group President Lemia Jenkins, and senior partner at Ten One Strategies Ladarion Ammons during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayVerite editor-in-chief Terry Baquet talks with New York Times columnist and University of North Carolina professor Tressie McMillan Cottom about the New Deep South during the State of Our Union: Mississippi event at The Faulkner in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
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