for more on this i'm joined by maurice jones.former commerce secretary of virginia, and a former housing and urban development official. jones is now the ceo of an organization called oneten, which seeks to close the opportunity gap. it's great to have you with us here in studio. maurice: thanks, man. geoff: i want to start with this -- what accounts for this disparity in employment and in wages? maurice: so the disparity is really about the holistic picture of blacks in the economy today, right? you have to have quality training, you have to have access to transportation, all of those things impact one's employment, one's wages, one's ability to get to a job. and so all those things have to be addressed in order to really close this, if you will, employment gap that you're seeing. geoff: and so how is oneten seeking to do that? and then we should say your organization is trying to get 1 million african american workers into sustainable successful careers over the next 10 years. maurice: over the next 10 years, that's right. so o