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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/09/extending-middle-class-tax-cuts-98-americans-and-97-small-businesses

Extending Middle Class Tax Cuts for 98% of Americans and 97% of Small Businesses | The White House If Congress fails to act, a typical middle-class family of four will see its taxes go up by $2,200, and America’s small business owners would take a big hit. The President refuses to let that happen.

President Obama Creates Initiative to Improve Educational Outcomes for African Americans


On Wednesday, during his remarks at the National Urban League conference in New Orleans, President Obama announced an Executive Order to improve outcomes and advance educational opportunities for African Americans. On Thursday, he signed that Executive Order surrounded by some of the key leaders who have been at forefront of promoting those priorities.

The President has made it a top priority to provide a complete and competitive education for all Americans – from cradle to career. The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, created by this Executive Order, will work across Federal agencies and with partners and communities nationwide to produce a more effective continuum of education programs for African American students. The initiative aims to ensure that all African American students receive an education that fully prepares them for high school graduation, college completion, and productive careers.

In the nearly 60 years since the Brown v.Board of Education decision put America on a path toward equal educational opportunity, America’s educational system has undergone a remarkable transformation. Many African American children who attended substandard, segregated schools in the 1950s have grown up to see their children attend integrated and effective elementary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities. Nonetheless, substantial obstacles to equal educational opportunity still remain in America’s school systems. Disproportionately, students of color, including African Americans, lag in equal access to highly effective teachers and principals, safe schools, and challenging college-preparatory classes. And they experience school discipline and referrals to special education at higher rates than their peers.

Improving the educational outcomes of African Americans will provide substantial benefits for our country, like increasing college completion rates, employment rates, and the number of African American teachers. So, through this Executive Order, President Obama is taking an important step to promote a more promising future for all Americans.

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President Obama Holds a Cabinet Meeting President Obama holds a meeting with his Cabinet and addresses the issue of middle class tax cuts for Americans. July 26, 2012

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State Senator Eric Adams, a former police officer himself, at his press conference today, accused Police Commissioner Ray Kelly of perpetuating a negative NYPD policy against young black and Latino men:

“Too many white New Yorkers have turned their backs on the large number of young blacks and Hispanics who have done nothing wrong,” said Adams, a former police officer.

He said, “Because your children” are not complaining about it, “you have basically said, ‘let’s ignore it.’”

At the event, Adams said, “There’s one quote Commissioner Kelly told me that I’ll never forget. He stated, the reason we use stop-and-frisk and target the group that we do is because we want all people who fit that group to feel that any time they leave their house they can be searched by the police. This will prevent them from carrying weapons.”

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African American Resources


1. Wake Forest University has an opportunity for minority students to attend its MBA program for FREE, and so far, the response has been very poor. Please pass along this opportunity to your friends, families. This is a great school and a tremendous opportunity to attend a top graduate school. See the details below, the contact person is: Derrick S. Boone, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marketing, Rm. 3139 Worrell Professional Center, Babcock Graduate School of Management – Wake Forest University_ WINSTON_SALEM N.C 27109-8738 email:
derrick.boone@... or visit www.wfu.edu

phone # toll free (866) 925-3622



2. Black Male Teachers needed. Do you know any Black Males who are seniors in high school who want to go to college out of state for FREE?

The CALL ME MISTER program offered by 4 historical black colleges in South Carolina, Benedict College, Chaflin University, Morris College and South Carolina State University visit the www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htl details online application or call 1.800.640.2657



3. Harvard University is offering free tuition to families of HONOR STUDENTS and their income is less than $125,000 per year. Visit www.fao.fas.harvard.edc


or call 617.495.1581.



4. Syracuse University School of Architecture is desperately seeking young women and men of color interested in pursuing a 5 yr. professional degree in Architecture. Contact: Mark Robbins, Dean School of Architecture, 201 Slocum Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244-1250 (315) 443-256 www.soa.syr.edu/indes.php



5. A free pair of eyeglasses from Target for any child ages 12 and under brings a valid prescription for glasses from their doctor. You can find stores with optical departments at www.target.com



6. APPLY NOW - If you have/know young adults between the ages of 18-31 with a High School Diploma. Can earn up to $100,000 and earn benefits. The Federal Aviation Association is taking application for Air Traffic Controller School
visit the website www.faa.gov/jobs_opportunities/airtrafficcontroller/

Wake Forest University A collegiate university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina distinguished by small classes and faculty-student engagement.

Assemblyman Karim Camara, who leads the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, wrote a letter to Cuomo urging him to sign a bill allowing [the already occurring] street hails from livery cabs in the outer boroughs:

“What we find in the outer boroughs, and particularly communities of color, is that there is a dire lack of transportation options,” Caucus Chairman Karim Camara told the Daily News on Wednesday.

The letter marks the latest flash point in Cuomo’s precarious relationship with minority-group lawmakers who are still resentful of his steep budget cuts and refusal to renew the state’s so-called millionaires tax.

A veto of the livery bill, Camara added, could be “problematic” for Cuomo’s relationship with minority-group members.

The letter also creates a tug of war between the minority caucus and the yellow cab industry, which opposes the bill and has donated more than $100,000 to Cuomo’s campaigns over the past decade.

The bill, passed by both legislative bodies in the last session, is stalling partially due to a new push for alternative legislation to increase disability access.

The Hon. Mary Hobson & FDRC President Annie Williams were among the honored guest at the 42AD Democratic Club Meeting held on 9-27-2011 at The Church of the Nativity, on ocean ave in east flatbush.