BREAKING NEWS !!
Rauner/Republicans SNUB historic Chicago Defender Newspaper !!
I did not believe the calls I received telling me that The historic Chicago Defender's 2014 Election Edition did not have one ad from from Governor candidate Bruce Rauner, Senate candidate Jim Oberweis or any of the Republican party candidates for election DESPITE their public propoganda about their serious attempts to reach out to the Black community for their votes next week. So I went and got a copy of the legendary Black newspaper to see for myself that indeed the 2014 election edition of The Chicago Defender had NOT ONE ad promoting the candidacies of Rauner, Oberweis and no other Republican candidate for office "allegedly" looking for Black votes. Rauner and others may have found their way to spend some of this historic campaign spending with the historic Black radio station WVON and thats good BUT HOW do you snub The Chicago Defender??
Now I can understand if a number of the many other lessor known Black owned newspapers were out of these candidates radar, BUT NOT Chicago's oldest Black owned newspaper!! I reached out to The Chicago Defender to now find out that throughout the campaign The Chicago Defender was NOT on Rauner and other Republican candidates radar to receive their ongoing campaign announcements of their outreach efforts the the Black community. Rauner Campaign allegedly NEVER responded to any of The Chicago Defender reporters many requests for personal interviews with the candidates; they never attended the traditional editorial board meetings that Governor Quinn, Senator Durbin and other Democratic candidates responded to, and any reports of Rauner, Oberweis and other Republican candidates Black outreach efforts were obtained through other sources but NEVER directly from Rauner, Oberweis or other Republican candidates!
This snub of the historic Chicago Defender was hard for me to believe when my Black economic advocacy organization National Black Wall Street Chicago hosted the meeting where Rauner came and made a public pledge that he would have an aggressive Black media outreach effort that would include WVON and other Black media, so HOW does that outreach NOT also first include the historic Chicago Defender??
From talking to some other contacts at other Black community newspapers, Black e-blast and Black social media outlets their ONLY personal invitation for them to have access to Rauner was when our organization (National Black Wall Street Chicago) hosted the meeting that Rauner attended, and the other was from when Oberweis had his Black community office opening and that personal invitation came from Black PR agency JERRY THOMAS PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY and Jerry Thomas was released from Oberweis employ after that press event thus no more communication on Obwerweis behalf to the Black community media!!
While Governor Quinn may not have personally attended The National Black Wall Street Chicago invitaion to personally come to the organization and commit to our CAMPAIGN SPENDING AGENDA, Quinn Campaign did fulfill part of our requests that included public commitment to spend money with Black vendors and professional service providers. On the Black media side, Quinn and Durbin DID fulfill the basic foundation of our requests to advertise starting with our historic Black media outlets of WVON and The Chicago Defender.
Rauner/Republicans SNUB historic Chicago Defender Newspaper !!
I did not believe the calls I received telling me that The historic Chicago Defender's 2014 Election Edition did not have one ad from from Governor candidate Bruce Rauner, Senate candidate Jim Oberweis or any of the Republican party candidates for election DESPITE their public propoganda about their serious attempts to reach out to the Black community for their votes next week. So I went and got a copy of the legendary Black newspaper to see for myself that indeed the 2014 election edition of The Chicago Defender had NOT ONE ad promoting the candidacies of Rauner, Oberweis and no other Republican candidate for office "allegedly" looking for Black votes. Rauner and others may have found their way to spend some of this historic campaign spending with the historic Black radio station WVON and thats good BUT HOW do you snub The Chicago Defender??
Now I can understand if a number of the many other lessor known Black owned newspapers were out of these candidates radar, BUT NOT Chicago's oldest Black owned newspaper!! I reached out to The Chicago Defender to now find out that throughout the campaign The Chicago Defender was NOT on Rauner and other Republican candidates radar to receive their ongoing campaign announcements of their outreach efforts the the Black community. Rauner Campaign allegedly NEVER responded to any of The Chicago Defender reporters many requests for personal interviews with the candidates; they never attended the traditional editorial board meetings that Governor Quinn, Senator Durbin and other Democratic candidates responded to, and any reports of Rauner, Oberweis and other Republican candidates Black outreach efforts were obtained through other sources but NEVER directly from Rauner, Oberweis or other Republican candidates!
This snub of the historic Chicago Defender was hard for me to believe when my Black economic advocacy organization National Black Wall Street Chicago hosted the meeting where Rauner came and made a public pledge that he would have an aggressive Black media outreach effort that would include WVON and other Black media, so HOW does that outreach NOT also first include the historic Chicago Defender??
From talking to some other contacts at other Black community newspapers, Black e-blast and Black social media outlets their ONLY personal invitation for them to have access to Rauner was when our organization (National Black Wall Street Chicago) hosted the meeting that Rauner attended, and the other was from when Oberweis had his Black community office opening and that personal invitation came from Black PR agency JERRY THOMAS PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY and Jerry Thomas was released from Oberweis employ after that press event thus no more communication on Obwerweis behalf to the Black community media!!
While Governor Quinn may not have personally attended The National Black Wall Street Chicago invitaion to personally come to the organization and commit to our CAMPAIGN SPENDING AGENDA, Quinn Campaign did fulfill part of our requests that included public commitment to spend money with Black vendors and professional service providers. On the Black media side, Quinn and Durbin DID fulfill the basic foundation of our requests to advertise starting with our historic Black media outlets of WVON and The Chicago Defender.
Today I commended the Quinn Campaign for not only advertising with WVON and The Chicago Defender but the visibility that Quinn is getting from his promotion on a number of Black social media outlets, "hands on" street visibility with street signs and literature, and the Blacks involved in his telemarketing, and significant that his Black community grassroots field operation has "publicly" actively and systematically included veteran street activists, ex-offenders and their organizations that engage those constituencies in this important elections Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts!!
marksallen2800@aol.com
Chairman & COO National Black Wall Street Chicago
(Rev. Willie T. Barrow Consumer Education and Consumer Action Project)
Founder/Lead Organizer, Illinois Voter Restoration Civic Education Project
Chief of Staff to National Chairman, National Black Wall Street USA
"And The Ordinary People Said" News Blog, www.chicagonow.com
Chairman, Community Reinvestment Organizing Project
Listed in 2012 Edition Who' Who In Black Chicago
4655 South King Drive, Suite 203
Chicago, Illinois 60653
(Office) 773-268-6900 or direct 773-392-0165
The Rev. Al Sharpton calls Mark Allen "one of Chicago's legendary political activists and one of the best organizers of his generation"
Chairman & COO National Black Wall Street Chicago
(Rev. Willie T. Barrow Consumer Education and Consumer Action Project)
Founder/Lead Organizer, Illinois Voter Restoration Civic Education Project
Chief of Staff to National Chairman, National Black Wall Street USA
"And The Ordinary People Said" News Blog, www.chicagonow.com
Chairman, Community Reinvestment Organizing Project
Listed in 2012 Edition Who' Who In Black Chicago
4655 South King Drive, Suite 203
Chicago, Illinois 60653
(Office) 773-268-6900 or direct 773-392-0165
The Rev. Al Sharpton calls Mark Allen "one of Chicago's legendary political activists and one of the best organizers of his generation"
https://theblacklist.net/
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