Nationally, only 16 percent of high school seniors show proficiency in math and express interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Unfortunately, representation and degree completion in STEM fields is even more scant for students of color. David Johns, White House, Executive Director,White House Initiative on […]
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Black Caucus Town Hall Raises Need for New Direction
A diverse mixture of political, civic and civil rights leaders participated in a town hall meeting to discuss the problems that Blacks faced and what direction should be taken under a new presidential administration in 2017. During the CBC conference’s National Town Hall Sept. 15, Valerie Jarrett spoke about President Obama’s accomplishments during his time […]
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Black Caucus Conference Focuses on Voting Rights
The leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus and its foundation recently announced that the focus of their annual legislative conference will be on protecting and increasing the voting rights of people of color. U.S. Rep. Karen Bass is the co-chair, with Rep. Lacy Clay, of the 46th Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference. The […]
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Obama Recognizes Women, Pushes for Criminal Reform
Obama and Michelle wave to attendees at the CBCF’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner on Sept. 19 after Obama delivered a speech centered on Black women. (AP Photo) President Obama presented a very “pro-women” message during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation(CBCF)’s Phoenix Awards Dinner on Sept. 19. He stressed the importance of female […]
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Rep. Maxine Waters Wants to Rid Mandatory Minimums
Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaking to audience. (Photos by Linda Poulson) Mandatory minimum sentencing is an out-of-touch, unfair mechanism in the criminal justice system that disproportionately affects people of color, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) argued during a forum titled “Mandatory Minimums: New Opportunities for Criminal Justice Reform” at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual […]
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Congressman Davis’ Forum on Best Practices for Reentry Programs
Congressman Danny Davis (D-Ark.) addressed the need for more comprehensive re-entry programs for those formerly incarcerated. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) While several panels during this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference convened to discuss how best to keep African Americans from being disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system, U.S. Rep. Danny […]
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Obama Pays Tribute to Female Civil Rights Leaders
President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 45th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, about black women’s role in helping shape American democracy, calling them “the thinkers and the doers” who made things happen at the height of the […]
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Obama to Address Black Caucus Dinner, Clinton to Mingle
In this Sept. 27, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk across the stage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington. Obama has had the spotlight to himself at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations annual awards dinner during all but one of […]
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Panelists Ponder if Church Is Still Viable in 2015
Dr. Iva E. Carruthers and the Rev. E. Terri LaVelle talk on a panel during the CBC Annual Legislative Conference about the Black church in America. (Photo by Shantella Sherman) U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) is no stranger to the pulpit – he is an ordained minister – or civil unrest, as a former member […]
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Millennial Leaders Give Advice on Engaging Peers in Voting Advocacy
Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s resurfaced in public memory in March during the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a seminal march that resulted in passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On Sept. 17, at the Annual A. Leon Higginbotham Voting Rights Braintrust, U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) acknowledged a […]