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August Is Black Business Month
August 09, 2011
August, which is National Black Business Month, is a good time for American businesses to confront the reality that supplier diversity should be a top strategic priority, not simply a corporate citizenship obligation, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Senior Advisor James H. Lowry, coauthor of Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the American Dream (Stanford Business Books, 2011). "Black Business Month is the right time to remember that minorities will become the majority ...
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Vault.com Ranks US Law Firms On Diversity
August 09, 2011
Vault.com has released its 2012 Law Firm Diversity Rankings, and the more things change, the more they stay the same. For the third straight year, Carlton Fields has claimed the No. 1 spot for its “Overall Diversity†initiatives. ...
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ACLU Issues Report On Reducing US Incarceration Rates
August 09, 2011
Bipartisan reforms in historically “tough on crime†states have significantly reduced incarceration rates, saved taxpayers billions of dollars, lowered crime rates and should be emulated nationwide, according to a new report ...
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Feds Address Drug And Alcohol Abuse In Tribal Nation
August 08, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar today announced a new federal framework to assist American Indian and Alaska Native communities in achieving their goals in the prevention, intervention and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse. ...
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North American Indians Suffer Disproportionate Climate Impacts
August 08, 2011
North American Indian tribes, who have lived close to the land for generations, are disproportionately affected by climate change, according to a study released by the National Wildlife Federation. There have been eight weather and climate disasters in the first half of 2011. ...
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US Sues Illinois City For Housing Discrimination
August 05, 2011
The federal government has filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against the city of Joliet in Illinois. The lawsuit filed in Chicago claims Joliet hasn't offered an affordable housing plan to accommodate the mostly black residents who'd be displaced by the planned condemnation of the Evergreen Terrace housing complex. The Department of Justice lawsuit alleges that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act by taking a series of actions, culminating in the taking through eminent domain ...
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Conference Focuses On Minorities In Foster Care
August 05, 2011
Child welfare advocates and experts gathered at Brown University for a forum focusing on racial disparities in the country's foster care and juvenile justice systems. The focus of the conference was why minority children are more likely to removed from their homes by child welfare officials than white children. ...
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Tuskegee Airplane Given To Smithsonian
August 04, 2011
Nearly 100 veterans of the Tuskegee Air Corps have reunited in Washington. for their national convention this week. America's first black military pilots are celebrating their 70th anniversary. One of the planes used to train the pilots has been donated to the Smithnonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. ...
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Banks Target Latino Customers
August 02, 2011
The founders of the Latino Community Credit Union launched the first branch of the financial institution in Durham, North Carolina, 11 years ago amid concerns about growing crime against Latinos. Erika Bell, the credit union's vice president of strategy and services, said the population was targeted as result of a perception ...
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Justice Dept. Bill Will Combat Violence Against Native Women
July 22, 2011
The Department of Justice proposed legislation that would significantly improve the safety of women in American Indian tribal communities. The bill will allow federal and tribal law-enforcement agencies to hold more perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their crimes. US Associate Attorney General Tom ...
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Defamation Case For Ousted USDA Official Begins
July 20, 2011
A year ago U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack ordered Shirley Sherrod to resign from her job as a Georgia rural development official following the distribution of a video that showed her supposedly making racist remarks. When Sherrod’s speech to an NAACP group was heard in its entirety, it became clear she was not showing ...
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Authors Say Ignoring Minority Businesses "Recipe For Disaster"
July 19, 2011
American businesses must make supplier diversity a strategic priority and stop viewing it as simply a corporate citizenship obligation, according to a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) book. "U.S. companies need to do a better job of supporting and developing minority businesses. Minorities will ...
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CO Native American Confab To Address Key Issues
July 18, 2011
The University of Northern Colorado will host a national conference that addresses Native American issues Aug. 10-11 at its Greenly campus. The second annual "Pathways to Respecting American Indian Civil Rights Conference" ...
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Discrimination Suits Found To Be Common Across US
July 18, 2011
Discrimination comes in many forms, but recent years have seen substantial discussion over public service provisions for, and environmental discrimination against, historically low-income, minority communities. Residents of Orange County, NC, are familiar with continued debates over landfill, water, ...
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Feds Focus On Protecting Native American Women
July 15, 2011
In testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Associate U.S. Attorney General Tom Perrelli has recommended legal reforms to improve the safety of women in tribal communities and allow Federal and tribal law-enforcement agencies to hold more perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their crimes. ...
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Black Colleges Major Part Of Reviving US Education
July 13, 2011
If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in higher education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will need to play a major role, says a White House official on education. A local news report says, just how the nation's predominately Black institutions ...
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Hispanic GOPs Call For Herman Cain To End White House Bid
July 12, 2011
As the 2010 census and redistricting battles taking place around the country have shown, the U.S. Hispanic population has surged in the past 10 years, making it a critical political constituency for anyone running for president. But GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain may be a nonstarter with this key ...
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Campaign Promotes Use Of Minority Banks
July 12, 2011
The National Bankers Association {NBA}, a cosortium of minority-owned banks, is teaming with a popular, nationally-syndicated radio talk show host, Warren Ballentine, to spearhead a national campaign to get minorities and other consumers in the urban areas to bank with minority banks. ...
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WHITE HOUSE SPOTLIGHTS LATINOS
July 11, 2011
The White House began a 2-day Hispanic Policy Conference today. The confrence will bring community leaders from across the country together with a broad range of White House and Cabinet officials for an in-depth series of interactive workshops and substantive conversations on the Administration’s efforts as they relate to the Hispanic community. ...
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African American Civil War Museum Ready For Grand Opening
July 11, 2011
The African American Civil War Museum is reopening in a new location in D.C. to give it more space for exhibits and programs. The ribbon cutting is scheduled for Monday, July 18, but museum organizers have put together an entire weekend of events to mark the opening of the new location. ...
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Al Sharpton Teams To Discuss Sexual Diversity Among Black Men
July 08, 2011
In response to the brewing controversy around homosexuality and the Black community, the Black Men's Xchange (BMX) National has joined forces with the National Action Network and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement to present the community forum I AM A MAN: Black Manhood & Sexual Diversity in the Black Community next Saturday at the National Action Network in New York. ...
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Obama Admin. Accused Of Misleading Congress On Deportation Cases
July 08, 2011
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Obama Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that DHS officials misled Congress and the public about the scope of an immigration enforcement ...
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Bill To Establish Immigrant Museum On National Mall Intro'd
July 08, 2011
Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, today introduced legislation to create a Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a Museum of the American People devoted to the role immigration and migration played in development of American society. The legislation enjoys the ...
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Treasury Expands Small Business "Main Street" Program
July 07, 2011
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that six community banks received a total of $123 million as part of the first wave of capital provided by the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF). The SBLF, which was established as part of the Small Business Jobs Act that President Obama signed into law ...
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CA Latino Caucus Donations Questioned
July 06, 2011
Special interest groups are donating money to causes supported by California's Latino legislators without any public disclosure. Twenty-three Democrats make up The Latino Legislative Caucus. The caucus foundation was started seven years ago to promote Latino culture, boost civic participation and sponsor ...
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American Indian Infants Death Rate Double That Of Whites
July 06, 2011
American Indian infants in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota are roughly twice as likely to die as white infants, and health officials say the best defense is prevention and education. American Indian infants tend to face greater risks, including being born prematurely, having teenage mothers ...
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Minority Business Seen As Future Bedrock Of Economy
July 06, 2011
Minorities will become the majority of the U.S. population by 2045. When they do, they will also become the majority of America's workforce, supply chains, and entrepreneurial economy. Their success in creating wealth will determine the fortunes of the nation and everyone within it, according to James H. Lowry, a senior advisor ...
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Asian American Navigating The College Admissions Process
July 05, 2011
The existence of obstacles to Asian Americans gaining admission to elite universities stems from the perception that, as a group, they have performed relatively well in higher education. From 1976 to 2007, the percentage of Asian American college students increased from 1.8 to 6.7 percent ...
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Religious Blacks And Their Political Attitudes
July 01, 2011
Very religious white Americans are more than twice as likely to identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, while nonreligious whites are significantly more likely to identify with the Democratic Party. This relationship between religion and partisanship is also evident to a lesser degree among Asians and Hispanics, but does not occur among blacks, who are strongly likely to identify themselves as Democrats ...
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Program Seeks To Boost Latino Use Of Broadband
July 01, 2011
In conjunction with its 82nd Annual National Convention, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), along with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) launched two new public service announcements encouraging Latinos ...
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New Tribal Justice Center Project Reaches Milestone
June 30, 2011
The Oglala Sioux Tribe, Department of Public Safety (OST-DPS) today announced that designs for a new free-standing justice center in Pine Ridge, South Dakota are nearly 50 percent complete. Marking the first major construction ...
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