Leaders to Discuss Impact of Election on Black America

Town Hall Meeting to Kick-Off State of the Black World Conference III

Black leaders, activists and organizers from around the country are slated to converge on Washington, D.C.'s Howard University, November 14-18, for State of the Black World Conference III (SOBWCIII) -- which is being billed as the first "Great Gathering of Black People" after the re-election of President Barack Obama. Organized around the theme - State of Emergency in Black America: Time to Heal Black Families and Communities, a primary goal of the Conference is to assess the impact of the election on the interests and aspirations of people of African descent.

 

Now that President Obama has been elected to a second term with a solid 93% of the Black vote, what demands, if any, should Black people make on his administration in the next four years to address the State of Emergency?

 

The Conference will begin November 14^th with the launch of the Damu Smith Leadership Development and Organizer Training Institute which is designed to hone the skills of "servant leaders and organizers to do vital work in Black communities across the country. The Institute will be limited to one hundred participants. The first public event of the Conference will be a high profile National Town Hall Meeting, November 15,7:00 - 9:30 PM at Cramton Auditorium on the campus of Howard University. 

Susan Taylor, Former Editorial Director, Essence Magazine, New York; Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Host of Our World Today with Black Enterprise, New York; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, President Emeritus, Bennett College for Women, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Mtanguizi Sanyika, African American Leadership Project, Houston, Texas; Jeff Johnson, Political Commentator, B.E.T. and the Tom Joyner Morning Show, Washington, D.C.; George Fraser, President, FraserNet, the largest network of Black professionals in the world, Cleveland, OH; Atty. Faya Rose Sanders, Founder, National Voting Rights Museum, Selma, AL; Rev. Dr. Willie Wilson, Pastor, Union Temple Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., and Congresswoman Karen Bass, Congressional Black Caucus, Los Angeles, CA are the confirmed Panelists. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Congressional Black Caucus, Brooklyn, NY, and Rev. Al Sharpton, President, National Action Network have also been invited to join the Panel. Mark Thompson, Host of Make It Plain, SIRIUS/XM, and Bev Smith, Host, the Bev Smith Show, Empowerment Radio, SIRIUS/XM will serve as Moderators.
 

Ron Daniels

The meeting is being organized by Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21^st Century (IBW).

 

Dr. Daniels is former Executive Director of the National Rainbow Coalition and Deputy Campaign Manager for Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's 1988 campaign for President. He was an independent candidate for President in 1992.
 

For further information or to arrange interviews, contact Carolyn McClair 917.686.0854.