COMMUNITY SHOULD ATTEND THE OPENING DAY AT RAINBOW/PUSH CONVENTION SATURDAY JULY 6th
Special Community Organizations and Community Outreach Appeal From Veteran Activist, Mark S. Allen, Chairman of National Black Wall Street Chicago, and former National Staff Member to The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr and The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
I am making this personal appeal to community organizations and the general community to attend the kick-off of the 42nd Annual Rainbow/PUSH Convention. The Opening Day activities are FREE and open to the public and taking place in the community at Rainbow/PUSH Headquarters. Community organization leaders should attend the first national leadership panel, and our general community organization membership and community in general should fill the main auditorium for the national TV Radio Broadcast!!
I am making this personal appeal to community organizations and the general community to attend the kick-off of the 42nd Annual Rainbow/PUSH Convention. The Opening Day activities are FREE and open to the public and taking place in the community at Rainbow/PUSH Headquarters. Community organization leaders should attend the first national leadership panel, and our general community organization membership and community in general should fill the main auditorium for the national TV Radio Broadcast!!
SATURDAY JULY 6th
STATE OF THE LAW ROUNDTABLE & LEGISLATIVE PANEL
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Leaders from around the nation will convene to discuss issues raised and explored by Dr. King in his last book, "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?"
Leaders from around the nation will convene to discuss issues raised and explored by Dr. King in his last book, "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?"
SATURDAY MORNING FORUM - LIVE TV/RADIO BROADCAST
From Main Auditorium of Dr. King's Workshop at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
930 East 50th Street (50th & Drexel)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Auditorium Doors Open at 9:00 AM
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE
The convention will open with a panel of national leaders addressing the key issues we face today: access to health care, achieving high quality public education for all students, home and church foreclosures, urban violence, unemployment, economic recovery, and more.
Moderator: Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard University School of Law
Panelists:
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus
Michelle Alexander, Attorney and Author of “The New Jim Crow”
Barbara Arnwine, Attorney & Executive Director, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
David Slane, Attorney
Bob Borosage, Founder & President, Campaign for America’s Future
Cliff Kelley, Talk Show Host, WVON Radio, Chicago
Willie Gary, Attorney
Jonathan Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition National Spokesman
Fred Gray, Civil Rights Attorney
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus
Michelle Alexander, Attorney and Author of “The New Jim Crow”
Barbara Arnwine, Attorney & Executive Director, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
David Slane, Attorney
Bob Borosage, Founder & President, Campaign for America’s Future
Cliff Kelley, Talk Show Host, WVON Radio, Chicago
Willie Gary, Attorney
Jonathan Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition National Spokesman
Fred Gray, Civil Rights Attorney
- See more at: http://rainbowpush.org/index.php/pages/1659/
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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"
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