Winter 2007-The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

Winter 2007


	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: A. Shuanise Washington of Altria Corporate Services (PDF)
CBCF News & Notes (PDF)

Features

Remembering Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins

CBCF celebrates the life and legacy of former Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins, the California businessman who spent more than half a century in public service. He died on Nov. 10, 2007, at age 100. Rep. Hawkins was a Congressional Black Caucus co-founder and was the longest-serving black member of Congress when he retired in 1990 at age 82. He served as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and House Administration Committee. (PDF)

ALC ’07: National Town Hall Meeting
In what CBCF Board Chairman Kendrick B. Meek called the “centerpiece of our conference, a distinguished panel took to the stage at ALC ’07 for a National Town Hall Meeting, titled “Disrupting the Prison Pipeline.” The panel included three members of Congress – Reps. Charles B. Rangel of New York, Danny K. Davis of Illinois and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott of Virginia – and three former inmates now helping to keep wayward souls on the right course. (PDF)

ALC ’07: Power Unleashed | Text by Herbert Lowe | Photography by Imagine Photography
CBCF produced another dynamic and successful Annual Legislative Conference (ALC), Sept. 26-29, 2007, in Washington. “Each year, ALC offers a chance to discuss important issues facing our community,” said Rep. Kendrick B. Meek of Florida, the Foundation’s Board chairman. “It is also our premier fund-raising event and we thank all for supporting our scholarship, research and education programs. Don’t miss this 10-page photo gallery. (PDF)

ALC ’07: Helping America’s Small Businesses
CBCF and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have produced a comprehensive Supplier Business Initiative Study aimed at helping Corporate America assist small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs). Members of Congress and senior-level representatives from three other companies committed to diversity joined CBCF and GSK officials in promoting the urgent need to help SDBs compete in the global economy. The study was released during a news conference at ALC ‘07. (PDF)

Aiding the Process by Tarrah C. Cooper and Jamille Fields

CBCF and Wal-Mart have partnered to provide minority students with valuable experiences working within the U.S. government. The first nine interns arrived in Washington for their assignments on Labor Day weekend unsure of what to expect. It was time well spent. “There is no other program or internship out there that is as comprehensive as this one,” said Alona Sistrunk, a Howard University senior who interned at the U.S. Department of Justice. (PDF)

Doing Right by Our People by Lisa Fager Bediako and Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D.
CBCF has concluded its three-year Anti-Smoking Education Initiative (ASEI), a program aimed at providing a focused response to the tobacco control needs of African-American college students. The program was based on student activism, peer health education and environmental strategies implemented at HBCUs to educate young African-Americans adults about tobacco control, encourage cessation and to advocate tobacco control policies on campuses. (PDF)

Financial Empowerment by Muriel Cooper and Lindsay M. Morton

CBCF continues to present its national series of economic empowerment forums aimed at helping to bridge the gap between African Americans and others. More than 100 people turned out for a free, daylong forum on Oct. 27, 2007, in Oakland; more than 150 attended an event on Nov. 10, 2007, in Miami. The seminar’s topics feature several leading financial experts helping participants learn how to create economic empowerment and build personal wealth. (PDF)

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus