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NATIONAL BLACK WALL STREET CHICAGO CHALLENGES CTA RED LINE CONTRACTORS FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON VALIDITY OF BLACK CONTRACTORS LIST ALLEGED IS RECEIVING OVER $60 MILLION IN CONTRACTS

Today, The Black Community Contractors and Workers Coalition of National Black Wall Street Chicago led by veteran activist Mark S. Allen; Save Our Community Coalition led by Bob Israel and others are publicly calling for MORE transparency in the report released by CTA Red Line General Contractors Kiewits and F.H. Paschen promoting that they have awarded over $60 million dollars to Black contractors and service providers,  and we are concerned because some of the names being listed as Black community contractors and service providers -  we have had a hard time finding their offices or facilities within the Black community so we MUST have accountability that the names listed as Black contractors are indeed legitimate Black contractors that we can physically FIND in the Black Community, and then ensure that the majority of the workers are also from the Black community.  

Our thanks to WBEZ Reporter Natalie Moore for a great job at doing the research and feature story on how much real money from The CTA Red Line is being promoted by CTA's General Contractors, The Kiewit’s Company and F.H. Pashen Company as being specifically targeted to Black community contractors - PLEASE support the leadership and work of National Black Wall Street Chicago and others allies as we call for even more transparency behind the good looking headlines that over $60 Million dollars being awarded to the Black community INDEED come to legitimate Black community contractors who we can SEE in the Black community!!  From a collective Black economic empowerment perspective, we have right to ask that Black contractors have legitimate operations within the Black community; if they are using Black community financial institutions, and of course with double digit unemployment in the Black community, if they are using majority Black workers!!