Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
The National Fairness and Growth Conference Call
National Fairness and Growth Campaign Steering Committee
- General Chairman Joesph Debro Co-Founder, National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) and Board Member of Housing Assistance Council
- Co-Chairwoman Pandora Ramsay, Founding President , Ohio Fairness Campaign
- Co-Chairman Fredrick Hargrove, Sr. PE, MBA. former Chairman of Cincinnati Change
- Co-Chairman Irvin Henderson, former Chairman, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and on the board of the CRA Fund and the National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Convener Dr. Robert Day PhD, President, Center for Urban & Rural Redevelopment
Lawrence Auls, Chairman of MDi, Executive Director LISW, LTD
National Fairness and Growth Conference Dial-in Number: (605) 475-4850
Participant Access Code: 570587#
Agenda
| 9:00 – 9:15 AM | Call to Order and Introductions |
| 9:15 – 9:55 AM | National Growth and Fairness Conference 50 Year Review |
| 9:55 - 10:15 AM | Impact and Solutions as to Prop 209 What is Best Practice Legislation look Like? |
| 10:15 – 10:30 AM | The Emergency Contractors Fund Who? Why? When? |
| 10:30 – 10:40 AM | Faith Based Initiative Briefing and Introduction From the Pulpit to the White House |
| 10:40 – 11:00 AM | Broadband America and LEED Buildings = One Million NAPS in smartHouseholds that creates a broadband means tested network for 200 Million People in the United States |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Break |
| 11:15 – 11:30 AM | ARRA PRP, PRG, PPIP |
| 11:30 - 11:45 AM | Economic Security Initiatives |
| 11:45 AM – 12:05 PM | Organizational and Community Development Best Practices Review |
| 12:05 – 12:25 PM | Health Policy Options and Telemedicine with the ability to develop a Statewide Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) Laboratory Simulation |
| 12:25 – 12:45 PM | Best Practices Recommendations Review |
| 12:45 – 1:00 PM | Wrap-up |
The current host agency is the Emergency Contractors Fund and
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50 YEAR REVIEW & ANALYSIS
WHAT WORKED? WHY NOT?
Among the issues to be reviewed -
- War On Poverty: Community Action Agencies, Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (Model Cities), Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Act of 1968
- 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 capitalization programs such as Specialized SBIC’s [MSBIC’S]
- Construction Apprenticeship Programs
- Small Business Administration (SBA) and other business economic and technical assistance programs
- CETA, New Careers, Jobs Corps, Military Service, Peace Corps, Vista
- Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones
- Minority, National and Regional Purchasing Councils
- Positive capacity building pass-throughs, joint ventures, and mentor protégés
- Non capacity building pass-throughs, fronts, and joint ventures
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
$100B SDR...lets be about it.
Change is possible we just got to make it happen. One Million American Citizen Households in change for the better is my goal. Starting in Cincinnati and then Oakland and 48 other places.

