Middle Class Summit

OIC of South Florida’s 2024 Middle Class Summit, is a two-day, mission-centric event dedicated to addressing the challenges facing the middle class and those aspiring to enter it. By convening a diverse group of powerful voices including workforce, housing, health care and economic development professionals, policymakers, educators, employers and community stakeholders, the Middle Class Summit strives to drive progress toward removing or abating obstacles that threaten the realization of America’s thriving middle class.

The Middle Class Summit is happening October 2nd & 3rd, 2024 at the Hardrock Hotel & Casino located at 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314. The Summit is open to the public and tickets are available at www.middleclasssummit.com.

This action-packed event is a convening of thought leaders brought together to define and create an eco-system that can develop innovative solutions to issues like the disparities in education, affordable housing, rising costs of childcare and healthcare, criminal justice reform and unsustainable increases in the everyday costs of basic necessities facing America’s middle class.

The Summit features an impressive lineup of industry experts and community voices of whom the is Summit intended to positively impact. Highlights include Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola, Jr., of the Seminole Tribe of Florida; Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick; José Javier Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Lenita Jacobs-Simmons; Broward County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Howard Hepburn, Miami-Dade County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jose Dotres, Desmond Meade of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition; and more.