Spring 2008

	CBCF News is the official newsletter of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. It is published four times a year and is intended to provide an in-depth look at how CBCF is implementing its mission. Also in each edition, various CBC members offer opinions about issues and concerns impacting the country and their districts and detail what steps they as elected representatives are taking to help make a difference.
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Departments

 

• From the CBCF Chairman: Rep. Kendrick B. Meek of Florida (PDF)

• From the CBC Chairwoman: Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick of Michigan (PDF)

• From the CBCF President: Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D. (PDF)

• CBCF Spotlight: Ronald W. Walters, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland (PDF)

• CBCF News & Notes (PDF)

 

Features

 

Remembering Rep. Julia M. Carson

CBCF celebrates the life and legacy of Rep. Julia M. Carson of Indiana, a tireless advocate for the poor and disadvantaged in Indianapolis and around the country. Rep. Carson died at her Indianapolis home on Dec. 15, 2007, less than a month after disclosing that she had terminal lung cancer. She had served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997, after previously serving four years in the Indiana House of Representatives and 14 in the state senate. (PDF)

 

Honoring Heroes Fighting Heart Disease
CBCF and Cheerios have partnered to bestow awards totaling $25,000 to heart-inspiring leaders and organizations, in the second-annual Sisters Saving Hearts grant initiative that is part of the Cheerios Circle of Helping Hearts marketing campaign. “We are excited to partner with Cheerios to award grant monies to ordinary individuals who are doing extraordinary things to fight heart disease,” said Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D., CBCF’s president and chief executive officer. (PDF)

 

Making a Difference in South Africa

A CBCF delegation traveled overseas for a weeklong trip to visit health-related sites and meet with government health officials and business leaders in South Africa. The trip coincided with World AIDS Day and was an initiative of CBCF’s African Globalism Committee. The five-member delegation included Rep. Barbara Lee of California, Del. Donna M. Christensen of the Virgin Islands, and Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D., CBCF’s president and chief executive officer. (PDF)

 

Persevering to a Day in His Celebration
On Jan. 14, 2008, the day before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 79th birthday, CBCF and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-sponsored a seminar focusing on the legislative history of the federal holiday held annually in Dr. King’s honor. Titled “The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: How Did It Happen?” the seminar featured as a panelist, Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, a primary force behind the legislation that created the holiday. (PDF)

 

Exploring the Connection Between Education and Health

On Feb. 7, 2008, Marjorie A. Innocent, Ph.D., CBCF’s new director of research and programs, delivered a keynote presentation to some 200 researchers and students during the opening session at the 27th annual conference of the Research Association of Minority Professors (RAMP) in Houston. Here is an adaptation of the presentation, titled “The Education-Health Connection: What We Know, What We Don’t and Where We Should Go From Here.” (PDF)

 

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus

• Rep. Donald M. Payne of New Jersey (PDF)

• Rep. Gregory W. Meeks of New York (PDF)

• Del. Donna M. Christensen of the Virgin Islands (PDF)

• Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina (PDF)

• Rep. James E. Clyburn of South Carolina (PDF)

• Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana (PDF)

• Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia (PDF)

• Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida (PDF)

• Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (PDF)

• Rep. Bobby L. Rush of Illinois (PDF)

• Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott of Virginia (PDF)

• Rep. Albert R. Wynn of Maryland (PDF)

• Rep. Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania (PDF)

• Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland (PDF)

• Rep. Diane E. Watson of California (PDF)

• Rep. Al Green of Texas (PDF)

• Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota (PDF)

 

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