34th Annual Civil Rights March and Day of Service 19 Jan 2009

as member organization supports the

34^th Annual Civil Rights March

Sponsored by the

Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition of Cincinnati

Monday, January 19, 2009

Emancipation, the Dream, Unfinished Business: It’s Left to Us

Commemorative March and Celebration Schedule

• 10:30 a.m., National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, March Kick-Off

• 11:00 a.m., Fountain Square, Interfaith Prayer Service

• 12:00 p.m., Music Hall, MLK Commemorative Celebration featuring the Voices of Freedom Choir

• 3:oo p.m. Get on the Bus for Change at Washington Park
  

For our day of service we will Host a National Retrospective Symposium and

Best Practices Identification as part of our road to economic recovery.

It is part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Fairness Campaign

Ohio will be a demonstration for review and development of best practices

Convener of the National Ad Hoc Fairness Campaign Steering Committee Dr. Robert Day, President of the Center for Urban & Rural Development

National Ad Hoc Fairness Campaign Steering Committee

• General Chairman Joesph Debro Co-Founder, National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC)
• Co-Chairwoman Pandora Ramsey, Founding President ,Ohio Fairness Campaign
• Co-Chairman Fredrick Hargrove, Sr. PE, MBA. former Chairman of Cincinnati Change
• Co-Chairman Irvin Henderson, Founding Chairman, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC).
• Dr. Robert Day PhD, President, Center for Urban & Rural Development
• Executive Coordinator, Michael Cole, President, Thouh Communications

Friday January 23, Cincinnati, Ohio 8:00 AM - 4:00PM

Where: PRESIDENT WILLIAM H TAFT HISTORIC SITE, 2038 Auburn Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45219

50 YEAR REVIEW & ANALYSIS:

Office of Equal Opportunity [OEO], Affirmative Action, Setasides, Affirmative Access, Diversity, Inclusion, New Markets Tax Credits, Business Programs, Models, Structures, Approaches, and delivery systems for Opportunity[s] and Capacity Building. The Fairness Campaign will review past political agreements and governing compacts and their relationship to the social, economic development environment under an Obama Presidency. The Fairness Campaign will also identify and address historic moral gaps.

WHAT WORKED? WHY NOT?

Among the issues to be reviewed -

• War On Poverty: Community Action Agencies, Metropolitan Cities Demonstration Act (Model Cities)
• Black Capitalism, Philadelphia Plan, Selected Contractors Strategy
• Executive Order 8802 Fair Employment Practices and follow-on actions
• Public Law 95-507 and modifications
• Ohio House Bill 584 Set Aside and its descendants such as EDGE
• The Small Business Investment Act and Minority programs such as Specialized SBIC’s [MSBIC’S]
• CETA, New Careers, Jobs Corps, Military Service, Peace Corp, Vista
• National and Regional Purchasing Councils
• Positive capacity building pass-throughs, joint ventures, and mentor protégés
• Non capacity building pass-throughs, fronts, and joint ventures