I have a number of documents relating to race that I should share with everyone. They've been sitting on my hard drive for years doing nobody any good.
The first:
"POVERTY AND RACE: LOCAL POLICY ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS"
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1998
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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THE PRESIDENT’S INITIATIVE ON RACE
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ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
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AFTERNOON ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
"POVERTY AND RACE: LOCAL POLICY ISSUES AND
SOLUTIONS"
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WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 11, 1998
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
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The Commission’s Advisory Board met at
Independence High School, Luiz Valdez Performing Arts
Center, 1776 Educational Park Drive, San Jose
California, at 1:00 p.m., Dr. John Franklin, Chairman,
presiding.
BOARD MEMBERS:
Dr. John Hope Franklin, Durham, NC, Chairman
Linda Chavez-Thompson, Washington D.C.
Suzan D. Johnson Cook, Bronx, NY
Thomas H. Kean, Madison, NJ
Angela E. Oh, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Thomas, Fort Lauderdale, FL
William F. Winter, Jackson, MS
OPENING REMARKS:
Blanca Alvarado, Supervisor
Santa Clara County
Aida Alvarez, Administrator
Small Business Administration
PANELISTS:
Moderator: Lorna Ho, KNTV
San Jose, California
Rose A. Amador, President/CEO
Center for Training and Careers, Inc.
San Jose, California
Gordon Chin, Executive Director
Chinatown Community Development Center
San Francisco, California
Amy B. Dean, Executive Officer
South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council
San Jose, California
Dr. Denise Fairchild, President
Community Development Technologies Center
Los Angeles, California
Jose R. Padilla, Director
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
San Francisco, California
Dennis Turner, Executive Director
Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s
Association
San Diego, California
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS:
Joyce Lawrence
Louis Rocha
Bob Meggs
Eugene Galvan
Jazmin Sanchez Jonson
Connie Burgess