Washington, DC- The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) announced President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend the Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner Saturday, September 24. The dinner concludes the Foundation’s 41st Annual Legislative Conference (ALC). President Obama is scheduled to address more than 3,000 expected attendees at the evening’s event. Four distinguished individuals will receive the […]
Jobs Bill a Step in Right Direction – By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
I was among the millions who eagerly looked forward to President Obama’s speech on jobs last week, among the millions who hoped our President would finally get his arms around the issue that plagues millions of Americans. The official unemployment rates, after all, are nothing more than a pleasant fiction. The 9.1 percent unemployment rate […]
CBCF Statement on President Obama’s Jobs Act Proposal
Last week, President Obama posed the question, “What’s the best way to grow the economy and create jobs?” Millions across the country tuned in to hear the president’s answer to rebuilding our nation’s economy, among them African Americans and other communities of color who remain disproportionately affected by the recession. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s […]
President Endorses Three National Urban League Job Creation Proposals, But Expansion Is Necessary
New York, NY – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said he was encouraged to see that President Obama’s job creation plan includes three components of the National Urban League’s 12-Point Jobs Plan, but Morial urged expansion of the proposals. “While it’s important to recognize the limitations imposed on the President by […]
Rep. Waters: Obama ‘heard’ Congressional Black Caucus with jobs plan
By Daniel Strauss – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) praised President Obama’s new jobs plan and said that Obama clearly had the African-American community in mind while he was making it. “He heard us. As a matter of fact we can see our hand print all over this proposal. We’re pleased about it,” Waters said Friday […]
White House: Here’s How American Jobs Act Will Help African Americans
By Kenneth Mallory (Politic365.com) On the heels of President Barack Obama’s speech to announce the $450 billion American Jobs Act, the White House gave specifics Friday on how the legislation would benefit African Americans, who have an unemployment rate of 16.7 percent. The roundtable with reporters included Danielle Gray, deputy director of the White House […]
Obama’s Burden: Addressing the Black Labor Crisis in “Post-Racial” America
By Avis Jones-DeWeever (HuffingtonPost.com) – When President Obama addresses the nation with his long-awaited jobs prescription, one thing is certain. Any strategy he puts forth now must not only seek to move the needle for the nation as a whole, it must also include specific remedies for the ever-deepening jobs crisis within black America. Though […]
President Obama Reaches Out to his Base – the Black Community
Obama appears on Tom Joyner radio show, tries to reassure African American listeners By Peter Wallsten – Under fire from some black lawmakers for not directly addressing rising unemployment in their communities, President Obama appeared Tuesday morning on a popular African-American-oriented radio show to assure listeners that he understands their concerns. Obama reflected on the […]
Downgraded Yet Lifted Up!
By Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner – Can you believe it? America, the richest and most powerful nation on the face of the earth, was downgraded in its credit rating for the first time in its 235 years as a nation. What does it mean to be downgraded? It means a lack of confidence that America will […]