Pictured: Members of the 2019-2020 Organizing Team with Dr. Janet Yellen
Photo Credit: Cheriss May, The Urban Institute |
Founded by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Fanta Traore, and co-led by an incredible team of young Black women, the Sadie Collective is named after Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the first African American to earn her doctoral degree in economics in 1921 from the University of Pennsylvania.
Unfortunately, due to racial barriers that persisted at the time, Dr. Alexander was unable to find work in the economics profession and instead pursued a career in law, holding a variety of positions such as Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia. Our organization aims to bring together Black women at different stages in their academic and/or professional careers in quantitatively demanding fields such as economics, finance, data science, and public policy. We provide resources and program to Sadie Collective members and advocate for broader visibility in the field. |
I knew well that the only way
I could get that door open was to
knock it down.
Because I knocked all of them down.
- Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander
Second Annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Conference for Economics and Related Fields
With over 270 attendees and 30 career recruiters, our 2020 sold-out conference was a resounding success. Learn more about the conference by clicking either link below!
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With over 300 members across 120 institutions, 30 states, and four global regions, new members have access to a network of peers and institutions dedicated to the success of Black women in economics and related fields.
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