The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) today announced its participation in #GivingTuesday on December 2, 2014. #GivingTuesday is a global movement dedicated to giving.
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Sensing Change: How Proposed Changes to Race and Ethnicity Questions Will Impact the 2020 Census
Does the current version of the Census Bureau’s race and ethnicity questions accurately reflect our rapidly changing population?
Read More2014 Midterm Elections: You May Have Lost the Battle, But it Does Not Mean You Lost the War
Like so many others around the country on the evening of November 4, 2014, I was glued to my TV screen flipping in between the different major news networks for the results of the 2014 midterm elections.
Read MoreOnline Voting: The Wave of the Future?
It was a crisp fall day in 2008, when students all over the University of Memphis campus boarded buses heading to local voting facilities to cast their votes in a landmark, meritorious presidential election.
Read MoreCBCF Statement on President Obama’s Nomination for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch
A. Shuanise Washington, president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) today released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch.
Read MoreMaking Election Day a Family Affair
I am very proud to say that Election Day is a huge event for my family. Ever since my boys were born, I have taken them to vote with me in each primary, runoff, midterm and general election.
Read MorePayton, a Rightful Life Borne of a Wrongful Act
During my first year of law school, my Torts professor and I had a tense exchange over the concept of ‘wrongful life.’
Read MoreThe Village Lost a Child
In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the U.S. infant mortality rate (IMR) at 6.05 which means that out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S., six are unlikely to survive beyond the stages of infancy.
Read MoreIf We Don’t Celebrate Our Brothers…Who Will?
Roughly two years ago, after recent gun violence incident in South Florida, a local community group hosted a much needed “Stop the Gun Violence” town hall.
Read MoreTwo Faith Leaders on Youth Violence and Solutions – Part 2 of 2
“America’s schools were not designed to do what we’re asking them to do…there has to be a collaborative effort between church, schools and community. Kids need something different…Our kairos moment is now.” — Rev. Dr. Velma Union
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