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Clinton\nPresidential Library Staff.\nCollection/Record Group:\nClinton Presidential Records\nSubgroup/Office of Origin:\nDomestic Policy Council\nSeries/Staff Member:\nIrene Bueno\nSubseries:\nOA/ID Number:\n17177\nFolderID:\nFolder Title:\nPIR [President's Initiative on Race]: Board Meetings\nStack:\nRow:\nSection:\nShelf:\nPosition:\nS\n97\n7\n7\n3\nMAY. 15. 1998\n3:55PM\n202 395 1020\nNO.938\nP.1/3\nONE AMERICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY\nThe President's Initiative on Race\nThe New Executive Office Building\nWashington, DC 20503\n202/395-1010\nCONFIDENTIAL FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION\nDate:\n5-15\nTo:\nJulie F\nFrom:\nMichele Cavataio\nFax #:\n6-5581\nTel.:\n(202)395-1013\nPages:\n3 (including cover sheet)\nFax:\n(202)395-1020\nSubject:\nInet:\[email protected]\nCOMMENTS:\nBoard Events\nPIR EVENTS - ALL\nP.2/3\n12/07/97\nAd Board\nEducation\nK-12 School Visits\nNational\nus\nNational\n07/14/97\nAd Board\nOrganizational\nMeeting\nWashington\nDC\nNortheast\n08/16/97\nAd Board\nFacts\nAmerican Psychological Association\nChicago\nIL\nMidwest\n09/19/97\nAd Board\nFacts\nDemographics/Attudes\nWashington\nDC\nNortheast\nNO.938\n10/16/97\nAd Board\nEducation\nAmerican Council on Education Conference\nMiami\nFL\nSoutheast\n10/27/97\nAd Board\nOutreach\nNorth Carolina Conference on Race Reconciliation\nCharlotte\nNC\nSoutheast\n11/19/97\nAd Board\nEducation\nHigher Education\nCollege Park\nMD\nNortheast\n11/20/97\nAd Board\nOutreach\nNational Congress of American Indians Annual Meeting\nAlbequerque\nNM\nSouthwest\n12/01/97\nAd Board\nEconomic\nCorporate Roundtable\nMiami\nFL\nSoutheast\n12/07/97\nAd Board\nEducation\nK-12 School Visits\nNational\nus\nNational\n12/16/97\nAd Board\nEducation\nK-12 Event\nFairfax\nVA\nSoutheast\n01/13/98\nAd Board\nEconomic\nEmployment Meeting\nPhoenix\nAZ\nSouthwest\n01/14/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nPhoenix\nAZ\nSouthwest\n01/30/98\nAd Board\nEconomic\nCorporate/Labor Forum\nLos Angeles\nCA\nSouthwest\n02/10/98\nAd Board\nEconomic\nPoverty/Race Meeting\nSan Jose\nCA\nSouthwest\n02/23/98\nAd Board\nEducation\nRutgers University\nNew Brunswick\nNJ\nNortheast\n03/04/98\nAd Board\nEconomic\nCorporate Roundtable\nSt. Louis\nMO\nMidwest\n03/04/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nNational Association of Latino Appointed and Elected Officials\nWashington\nDC\nNortheast\n03/13/98\nAd Board\nCivil Rights\nLeadership Conference on Civil Rights\nWashington\nDC\nNortheast\n03/16/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nUniversity of Mississippi\nOxford\nMS\nSoutheast\n03/24/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nDenver\nCO\nMountain\n03/25/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nStereotyping\nDenver\nCO\nMountain\n03/27/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nPromising Practices\nLos Angeles\nCA\nSouthwest\n202 395 1020\n03/28/98\nAd Board\nYouth\nChildren's Defense Fund Town Hall Meeting\nLos Angeles\nCA\nSouthwest\n03/28/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nCDF Town Meeting\nLos Angeles\nCA\nSouthwest\n04/02/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nDrew University Town Hall\nDrew University\nNJ\nNortheast\n04/04/98\nAd Board\nEducation\nRecruiting New Teachers\nChicago\nIL\nMidwest\n04/06/98\nAd Board\nEducation\nCampus Days of Dialogue\nNational\nUS\nNational\n04/15/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nNAFEO Conference\nWashington\nDC\nNortheast\n04/15/98\nAd Board\nReligious\nReligious Leaders Forum\nNew Orleans\nLA\nSoutheast\n04/23/98\nAd Board\nEconomic\nHousing Meeting\nNewark\nNJ\nNortheast\nMAY.15.1998 3:55PM\n04/30/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nState Days of Dialogue\nNational\nUS\nNational\n04/30/98\nAd Board\nEducation\nYWCA-Erase the Hate Day\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\n05/01/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nCongressional Awards\nWashington\nDC\nNortheast\n05/10/98\nAd Board\nEducation\nNational Association of Museums\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\n05/07/98\n- 1\n06:43 PM\nPIR EVENTS - ALL\n12/07/97\nAd Board\nEducation\nK-12 School Visits\nNational\nUS\nNational\nNO. P.3/3\n05/19/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum/PBS Roundtable\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\n05/20/98\nAd Board\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\n06/17/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nKansas City\nMO\nMidwest\nNO.938\n06/18/98\nAd Board\nTBD\nTBD\nKansas City\nMO\nMidwest\n06/19/98\nAd Board\nCrime/Justice\nNALEO Annual Conference\nHouston\nTX\nSoutheast\n06/30/98\nAd Board\nOutreach\nPossible Town Meeting\nBirmingham\nAL\nSoutheast\n07/31/98\nAd Board\nYouth\nTown Meeting\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\n07/31/98\nAd Board\nYouth\nRace Jam\nWashington\nDC\nNortheast\n08/31/98\nAd Board\nImmigration\nDefinition of American\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\n09/26/98\nAd Board\nEducation\nNational Conference Leadership Summit\nNational\n3:56PM 202 395 1020\nMAY.15.1998\n05/07/98\n-2- -\n06:43 PM\nRough Draft -- PIR Policy, Board Meetings, Pres. Events\nNov. 14, 1997\nMonth\nPres. Events\nBoard Mtg. Topics\nPolicy Proposals\nNovember\nHate Crime Conf.\nHigher Ed.\nHate Crime proposals\nNov. 10th\nNov. 19th\nCR Enforcement $\nDecember\nRace & Health\nK-12 Education\nMoney for HHS to\nDec.17±\ninstitute programs to\nTown Hall: Dec. 3rd\nbridge the gap.\nHispanic Education\nAction Plan?\nJanuary\nK-12 Education school\nEmployment\nJan 13th\nEducation Empowerment\nreform; educational\nZones\nopportunity\nCR Enforcement Phoenix\n(Jan. 20th is MLK Day)\nCR\nRace & the Media\nRace & Class Isolation\ntug\nFebruary\nFair Lending initiative?\n+\nor\nIntegration & Opportunity\nworking with realtors to\nCR Enforcement\nimprove non-\nHUD HUDhas Treasury\nCriminal Justice / Public\ndiscrimination training +\nenteredinto\nTown Hall on BET?\nSafety CR Enf.\nHome seekers seminars\nan agreement\nor\nW/NAR.\nEnvironmental\nTransportation\nJustice?\ninfrastructure\ndevelopment? (Access to\nhigh-job areas)\n+\nurban transport public\nMarch\nHousing\nMore $ for vouchers +\nOMB\n(30th Anniversary of Fair\nRace & the Media\nregional counseling (MTO\nEstimate\nHousing Act)\nexpansion?) and expanded\nFY99\nIsolation, Opportunity &\nIntegration incl uding housing)\nportability.\naltached work\nwelfare townk\nof $20mithe\nApril\nLaw Enforcement\nRace & Immigration\nMore $ for community\nCR Enf\npolicing? + other parts of\ntargetting\nRace & the Media\npolicing package\n(including Indian law\nenforcement? community\nprosecution?\nat-risk kids?\nChris areas\nMay\nEmpowerment Zones or\nRace & Criminal\nDesignation of new\nCommunity\nJustice/Public Safety\nzones?\nDevelopment Fin. Instit.\nCommunity Development\nEmployment\nFin. Instit./ Unbanked?\nJune\nHigher Education\nUndetermined\nRace/Telecommunication\n(Graduations)\nideas?\nImmigration\nQ: What is The Diverse Neighborhoods Initiative\n(saw in OMBassessment J FCR enforment proposals)\nto develop stronger links btum HUD's fair housing\nefforts, local block grant planning efforts, and\nCommunity Reinvestment Act efforts.\nGoal: to achieve more diverse neighborhoods\nPOSSIBLE SITES IN SAN FRANCISCO\nYerba Buena Gardens Theater\n(Available)\n700 Howard Street/3rd Street (Downtown)\nParking available / Wheelchair accessible\nTheater - Seats 755 people\nContact: David Holker\n(415) 978-2710 x157direct\n(415) 978-2700 general\nThe Cowell Theater - Fort Mason (Booked)\nLocated on the Waterfront\nParking available\nTheater - 435 people\nContact: Joan Lazerith (general manager)\n(415) 441-3400\nPalace of Fine Arts\n(Available)\n3301 Lyon Street/Bay St.\nParking available / Wheelchair accessible\nTheater - 1000 people\nContact: Kevin O'Brien\n(415) 563-6504\n(Theater operated by the Union)\nThe S.F. Mascone Center\n747 Howard Street (Downtown)\nParking available in parking garages in surrounding area.\nThis will not work. They do not rent out individual rooms. The entire Civic\nauditorium must be rented at one time - holds 7,000 people.\n(415) 974-4000\nMuseum of Modern Art Auditorium\n(Available)\n151 3rd Street (Downtown)\nTheater - 278 people\nParking lots available within two blocks of the Museum / Wheelchair accessible\nContact: Julie Miller King\n(415) 357-4072\nGlide Memorial - (Reverend Cecile Williams)\n330 Ellis Street\nParking Difficult\n(415) 771-6307\nSan Francisco State University\nMcKenna Auditorium\nContact: Wendy Pappas\n(415) 338-2020\nU.C. San Francisco\nGymnasium - 350 people\nConference Ctr. - 150 people\n(415) 476-2019\nS.F. Public Library\nCorett Auditorium- 239 people\nParking available / Wheelchair accessible\n(415) 557-4400\nUniversity of San Francisco\nGershwin Theater\nJosh Marcasey\n(415) 422-2222\nGolden Gate University\nBooked\nTheater - 500 people\n(415) 442-7000\nTemple Emanuel\nAvailable\nAuditorium - 300 people\nContact: Frana\n(415) 668-2522\nPOSSIBLE HOTELS IN SAN FRANCISCO\nHoliday Inn Union Square\n480 Sutter Street (Powell St.)\nSan Francisco, CA 94108\n(415) 398-8900\nBest Western Canterbury\n750 Sutter Street (Bet. Taylor & Jones)\nSan Francisco, CA 94109\n(4150 474-6464\nGrand Hyatt\n345 Stockton Street (Sutter St.)\nSan Francisco, CA 94108\n(415) 398-1234\nHyatt Regency\n5 Embarcadero Center\nSan Francisco, CA 94111\n(415) 788-1234\nPOSSIBLE SITES IN OAKLAND\nOakland Museum of California\n1000 Oak Street\nOakland\n(510) 238-2200\nMills College\nBooked\nConference Center - 500 people\nContact: Vanessa\n(510) 430-2255\nLaney Community College\nContact: Laverne Stuart\n(510) 834-5740\nOakland Paramount Theater\nAuditorium - 2,900 people\n(510) 893-2300\nFeb. 10/11\nsuburban\n45min 45 min\nsouth\nSan Jose\nOakland\nSF\n1990\n5% 2620 1920 64 (1990)\n5,4% 11,20 2920 13%\nW\nw B A H\nB H\nA\ndemographics' ?\n+\nEast Palo Alto\n+\n(w/more Black\npopulation\nmaybe w/ primising\npractices in\nOakland ?\nSan Jose/East Palo A Ho\nRace Board's Focus Turns to Economic Gap\nPage 1 of 3\nevery restaurant\nInside\nwashingtonpost.com I home page I site Index I search I help I\nwashingtonpost\nNews From the 50 States\nRace Board's Focus Turns to\nFind news, reference materials\nEconomic Gap\nand Internet resources for every\nstate. Type the name of any state\nRange of Explanations Offered for Disparity\nbelow:\nBy Michael A. Fletcher\nWashington Post Staff Writer\nFind It\nThursday, January 15, 1998; Page A08\nNational Section: news,\nPHOENIX, Jan. 14-After spending months struggling to\nbackground and Web resources\non the topics of national interest.\nget organized and then hosting two sessions focused on\neducation, the president's race commission today turned its\nNational Breaking News:\nattention to the complicated issue that lies at the heart of\n24-hour-a-day updates in the\nthe nation's modern racial conflict: the economic gap that\nToday's Top News section.\nseparates whites and most everyone else.\nAll National stories from this\nmorning's Washington Post.\nIn their first meeting outside of the Washington area,\nmembers of the advisory board sifted through a range of\nexplanations for why whites are financially better off than\nminorities. Some blamed continued racism, others\neducational disparities, and still others claimed the\nproblem was rooted in \"cultural differences\" that make\nsome groups -- particularly African Americans -- less\ncompetitive in the workplace. Others blamed all three.\nEach explanation offers vastly different implications to the\nadvisory board, which is charged with making policy\nrecommendations to President Clinton later this year.\nMembers of the panel and Clinton administration officials\nagreed that closing the economic gap between the races is\nessential to easing the racial animosity that divides many\nAmericans.\n\"We really can't expect racial unity without economic\nequity,\" said Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman.\nAfter substantially narrowing during the 1950s, 1960s and\nearly 1970s, the economic gap between blacks and whites\nhas diminished little in the past two decades. The median\nweekly earnings of blacks, at $387, is roughly\nthree-quarters that of whites, and the net worth of African\nAmericans is roughly one-tenth that of whites.\nIn addition, the economic status of Hispanics, relative to\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:26 AM\nRace Board's Focus Turns to Economic Gap\nPage 2 of 3\nwhites, is lower now than in the early 1970s -- a fact\nlargely attributable to the rapid immigration that has\ncaused the nation's Hispanic population to double since\n1980.\nFor Asian Americans, median family income levels are\ncomparable with whites, but a greater proportion of them\nlive below the poverty level.\nJames Smith, a senior economist at the Rand Corp., said\nthat while the economic status of third-generation\nHispanics and Asians typically mirrored that of whites,\nblacks lag stubbornly behind. The disparity, he said, is\nlinked to the history of slavery and the\ngovernment-sanctioned discrimination that ended in many\nparts of the nation only three decades ago.\n\"Over time, the wage disparity between blacks and whites\nis much more pronounced than it is for the other minority\ngroups,\" Smith said. \"There is something quite different\ngoing on there,\" which requires a separate policy response.\nSmith's assertion drew sharp retorts from Asian and\nHispanic members of the panel, who pointed out that both\ngroups also have endured their own painful histories of\ndiscrimination in America.\n\"I'm disturbed by your declaration that this is a black and\nwhite issue,\" said Angela Oh, an advisory board member\nwho several months ago differed with board chair John\nHope Franklin over a similar issue. \"The issue is just who\nis an American.\"\nGlenn Loury, a Boston University economist and a\nconservative social commentator, said the economic\ndisparity between minorities and whites is caused by\nlimited opportunity, disparities in job skills and\n\"behaviors,\" particularly among blacks, that he said make\nthem undesirable on the job market.\n\"Employer suspicion [and the reluctance to hire blacks] is\ndriven to some degree by these distinctions,\" said Loury.\nHe added that the skills gap could be addressed by what he\ncalled \"developmental affirmative action,\" which would\nextend training opportunities to underskilled people on\nsome type of nonracial basis. But he urged the board not\nto gloss over the \"social\" factors that contribute to the gap.\nOther experts pointed out that blacks -- and to a lesser\nextent other minorities -- continue to face significant\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:26 AM\nRace Board's Focus Turns to Economic Gap\nPage 3 of 3\ndiscrimination in the workplace.\n\"It is clear that American employers are more reluctant to\nhire blacks than any other group,\" said Harry J. Holzer, a\nMichigan State University economist.\nClaudia Withers, executive director of the Fair\nEmployment Council of Greater Washington, said her\ngroup has tested for discrimination by sending equally\nqualified minority and white \"testers\" to apply for jobs.\n\"Twenty to 25 percent of the time we find the minority\ncandidate has been treated less well,\" she said.\nIn those cases, she said, minorities were not called back\nfor interviews. When they were, she said, they frequently\nwere offered lesser jobs at lower pay than their white\ncounterparts, who on paper had identical qualifications.\nToday's advisory board meeting came on the second day\nof a two-day visit to this sun-drenched southwestern city.\nOfficials said they now plan to hold monthly meetings in\ncities across the country.\nToday's meeting was sparsely attended as an audience of\nabout 100 filled fewer than half the seats in the middle\nschool auditorium where it was held. Likewise, Phoenix\nMayor Skip Rimsza was the only local elected official\nwhose presence was announced at the session.\nOn Tuesday, members of the advisory board visited two\ncompanies that were held up as places that exhibited the\nbroad racial diversity that is going to make increasing\nmoral and economic sense as the nation's minority\npopulation continues to grow into the next century. Board\nmembers also visited with participants in job training\nprograms that have had success placing people in\nproductive jobs.\nLater, board members held a meeting with Native\nAmerican leaders, who complained that their reservations\nneither receive the respect they deserve as independent\ngovernments nor the financial aid they need to make\nreservations economically viable.\nCopyright 1998 The Washington Post Company\nBack to the top\nwashingtonpost.com\nAround\nI home page I site Index I search I help I\nthe World.\nABCNEWS\ncom\nWORLD NEWS TO LOCAL ISSUES 24 HRS A. DAY\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:26 AM\nRace panel told of workplace bias\nhttp://www.dallasnews.com/national-nf/nat22.htm\nNational\nThe Dallas Morning Netus\nSearch\nHelp\nFeedback\nSite Map\nHome\nBUS\nRelated links\nRace panel told of workplace\nThe Front Page\nNational\nbias\nIn the News\nsummaries\nNational\nWhat do YOU\nInternational\nthink? Post your\n01/15/98\ncomments in our\nTexas&Southwest\nNational Forum\nBy Kathy Lewis / The Dallas Morning News\nMetropolitan\nBusiness\nPHOENIX - Addressing issues of\nScience/Tech\ndiscrimination in the workplace, experts\nmeeting with President Clinton's advisory board\nSports Day\non race Wednesday debated how blacks fared\nThe Arts\ncompared with other minorities.\nLifestyles\nGuide\nAs has often been the case since Mr. Clinton\nOpinion\nbegan the national discussion on race,\nReligion\naffirmative action was a central issue. Some of\nWeather\nthe experts said the problem of relations\nHelp/FAQ\nbetween blacks and whites deserves special\nThe Wire\nemphasis. Others objected, saying that such\ndistinctions are not helpful and that full\nNews to Use\nattention must be given to all groups.\nAdvertising\nClassified ads\nSparking a spirited discussion, Dr. James\nSmith, senior economist at the Rand Corp.,\nsaid: \"Wage discrimination on the basis of race,\nand I mean black-white, is a much more\nD/W/UPDATE\nimportant phenomenon than wage\ndiscrimination in the aggregate with these other\ngroups.\"\nCLICK HERE\nDr. Smith, however, said other discrimination\nproblems should not be dismissed. He also\nlinked Latino problems to immigration issues,\nwhich he said are different from racial issues.\nJose Roberto Juarez Jr., associate dean of\nacademic and student affairs at St. Mary's\nUniversity School of Law in San Antonio, said\nAfrican-Americans' unique history should not\nbe minimized. But he rejected any suggestion\nthat the real problem Hispanics have is tied to\nimmigration.\nIn Texas, the best way to get the highest-paying\njob as a lawyer \"is to be born white,\" he said.\n\"It doesn't matter how well you did in law\nschool\nThose are realities we face.\"\nHe said he is not an immigrant, nor were his\n1 of 3\n01/15/98 10:12:16\nRace panel told of workplace bias\nhttp://www.dallasnews.com/national-nf/nat22.htm\nancestors.\n\"It has nothing to do with immigration,\" he\nsaid. \"The discrimination that I suffered had\neverything to do with the perception that I was\nnot white. I think that continues to be a reality\nfor far too many. It does extend unfortunately\nbeyond the African-American community.\"\nDuring the session, White House Council of\nEconomic Advisers Chairwoman Janet Yellen\npreviewed a report on racial and ethnic\neconomic inequality. She said that progress\ntoward equality slowed between the mid-1970s\nand the early 1990s, but that there are some\nsigns it may be resuming.\n\"In any case, it is clear that unacceptably large\neconomic disparities remain,\" she said.\nU.S. Labor Secretary Alexis Herman was there\nwith her own statistic. When she worked in the\nLabor Department 20 years ago, she said, black\nteenagers had an unemployment rate above 30\npercent. That is still true today, she said.\nThe causes of discrimination and disparity vary,\nsaid Dr. Harry Holzer, professor of economics\nat Michigan State University and author of The\nBlack Youth Crisis.\n\"It is clear that American employers are more\nreluctant to hire blacks than any other ethnic\ngroup in the United States, especially black\nmen, especially young black men,\" he said.\nDr. Paul Ong, professor of urban planning,\nsocial welfare and Asian-American studies at\nthe University of California at Los Angeles,\nsaid that Asians often have the higher education\nneeded but still hit a glass ceiling.\nDr. Glenn Loury, professor of economics at\nBoston University, said \"comparative\nvictimology\" is unproductive, as is glossing\nover distinctions.\nDr. Loury, who said he spent much of his career\ncriticizing affirmative action, called for an\nemphasis on skill-oriented \"developmental\"\naffirmative action. He said a company that\ndoesn't have enough blacks in its managerial\nranks could \"disproportionately\" work on\ndeveloping skills for its black employees.\nAt day's end, the board listened to dozens of\nPhoenix-area residents talk about local\n2 of 3\n01/15/98 10:12:16\nRace panel told of workplace bias\nhttp://www.dallasnews.com/national-nf/nat22.htm\nproblems that include recent controversies over\nthe Scottsdale Police Department's treatment of\nblacks and a roundup of Hispanic citizens and\nlegal residents in suburban Chandler.\nIn two-minute speeches, some residents gave\npersonal examples of slurs used against them at\nwork or in daily life; others called for programs\nto teach cultural sensitivity to schoolchildren\nand police officers.\nThe panel's next meeting outside of Washington\nis scheduled for next month in San Francisco,\nwhere the topic will be poverty.\nBack to Top\nDiscuss this issue in the National Discussion Forum\nSend a letter to the Editor about this story\nBack to National indexes\nSearch\nSite map\nCityView\nA.H. Belo\nSubscribe\nFeedback\nHome\n,\n1997 The Dallas Morning News\[email protected]\n3 of 3\n01/15/98 10:12:16\nLabor Secretary Is Probed by Justice Dept.\nPage 1 of 3\nStrayer College\nEARN COLLEGE CREDIT\nTAKING CLASSES ONLINE\nInside\nwashingtonpost.com I home page I site Index I search I help I\nwashingtonpost\nNews From the 50 States\nLabor Secretary Is Probed by\nFind news, reference materials\nJustice Dept.\nand Internet resources for every\nstate. Type the name of any state\nBusinessman Alleges Herman Sold Clout\nbelow:\nBy Roberto Suro and Charles R. Babcock\nWashington Post Staff Writers\nFind It\nThursday, January 15, 1998; Page A01\nNational Section: news,\nThe Justice Department has opened a preliminary\nbackground and Web resources\non the topics of national interest.\ninvestigation into allegations that Labor Secretary Alexis\nM. Herman accepted illegal funds in exchange for\nNational Breaking News:\nassisting a business associate while she served as a White\n24-hour-a-day updates in the\nHouse aide during President Clinton's first term,\nToday's Top News section.\ndepartment officials said.\nAll National stories from this\nmorning's Washington Post.\nThe opening of the investigation is not itself a sign that\nthere is proof of wrongdoing by Herman. Under the\nIndependent Counsel Act, the attorney general is required\nto look into any specific and credible information that a\nCabinet official may have committed a crime. The inquiry\nwill determine only whether there is enough information\nto justify appointment of an independent counsel who\nwould further probe the matter.\nThe investigation is due to be completed in a matter of\nweeks, an official said. Herman's sole accuser is Laurent\nYene, a 42-year-old African businessman who has told\nfederal investigators that Herman participated in a scheme\nto sell the influence of her White House office on behalf\nof companies needing help from the federal government,\nofficials said.\nHerman's attorney, Neil Eggleston, said: \"These\nallegations against Secretary Herman are just not true. We\nhave not been contacted by the Justice Department. If we\nare, we will provide whatever information they need to\nhelp them put this to rest.\"\nIn an interview yesterday on ABC's \"World News\nTonight,\" Yene alleged that he delivered an envelope of\ncash to Herman at her home. Yene said he has given\nfederal investigators bank documents that he says show a\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:12 AM\nLabor Secretary Is Probed by Justice Dept.\nPage 2 of 3\ncomplex financial scheme to funnel to Herman a 10\npercent cut of the consulting fees he received from a client\nwho needed help getting a license for a satellite telephone\nsystem.\nYene shared a business with Vanessa Weaver, who is\nHerman's longtime friend. Weaver bought out Herman's\nmanagement consulting firm when Herman joined the\nClinton White House as director of the office of public\nliaison. In that post Herman became an influential political\nfigure who served as a point of contact between the\nadministration and a wide variety of interest groups.\nEfforts to reach Yene last night were unsuccessful. His\nprevious comments have already caused Herman trouble.\nBefore Herman's confirmation hearings as secretary last\nspring, Yene alleged in news media interviews that\nHerman did favors for Weaver, although at the time he did\nnot mention any payments.\nWeaver's lawyer, E. Lawrence Barcella, called Yene \"an\nembittered former boyfriend.\" Weaver, he said, \"poured\nmoney into a company she started for him, and he was\npersonally and professionally unfaithful.\"\nBarcella noted that the Justice Department has no\nalternative but to open an investigation whenever any\nallegation is made against a government official covered\nby the independent counsel statute.\nJeffrey Fried, another Weaver attorney, said that Weaver\nfiled suit against Yene in July charging him with\nmisappropriating funds, including cash withdrawals from\ntheir business, and making false charges about Weaver\nand her business affairs. Fried also said that Yene\n\"approached us in April saying unless Dr. Weaver paid\nhim $250,000 -- a figure he later lowered to $125,000 --\nhe would destroy Dr. Weaver and Alexis Herman.\"\nLast May after Yene made his initial allegations, Herman\nsaid: \"I have never been a party to anyone's effort to\nexploit their relationship with me for profit or to take\nadvantage of my position in the White House\nGiven\nmy position at the White House I recognize that I should\nhave been more attentive to the fact that even social\ninteractions might, without my knowledge, serve a\ncommercial purpose for others.\"\nAt the White House, press secretary Michael McCurry\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:12 AM\nLabor Secretary Is Probed by Justice Dept.\nPage 3 of 3\nsaid the president \"continues to have full faith and\nconfidence\" in Herman.\nHerman won Senate approval only after a long hazing in\nwhich her past business relationships drew intense\nscrutiny from skeptical Republicans.\nYesterday morning in Phoenix, Herman helped lead a\nmeeting of the president's advisory board on race. She\nmissed a midday news conference, however, because she\nhad to take an \"urgent\" phone call, according to an\nadvisory board spokesman. In the afternoon, Herman\nmoderated a discussion with business leaders before\nleaving for the airport.\nHerman's relationship with Weaver and Yene was the\nsubject of several news reports last year, particularly in\nUSA Today, which detailed how Weaver bought Herman's\nconsulting company for $88,000 after Herman joined the\nWhite House staff in 1993. Yene, a friend of Weaver's,\nattended White House functions with her arranged by\nHerman at least twice in 1994, according to White House\nrecords.\nStaff writers John F. Harris and Susan Schmidt in\nWashington and Michael A. Fletcher in Phoenix\ncontributed to this report.\n©\nCopyright 1998 The Washington Post Company\nBack to the top\nwashingtonpost.com\nVirginia\nI home page I site Index I search I help I\nCampus\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:12 AM\nO'Ree Draws All-Star Honor\nPage 1 of 2\nNobody will beat our prices on certified\nloose diamonds\nInside\nwashingtonpost.com I home page I site Index I search I help I\nwashingtonpost\nNHL Section: news, scores and\nO'Ree Draws All-Star Honor\nroster information on every NHL\nteam.\nFrom News Services\nSports Section: the latest news,\nWednesday, January 14, 1998; Page D06\nresults and stats from more than\n30 sports from around the world.\nWillie O'Ree, the first black player in the NHL, will be\nhonored this weekend during the NHL's All-Star\nAll sports stories from this\nfestivities in Vancouver.\nmorning's Washington Postand\nan image of the Sports section\nfront.\nO'Ree played for the Bruins during the 1957-58 and\n1960-61 seasons and his professional hockey career\nspanned 21 years. O'Ree, 62, was born in Fredericton,\nNew Brunswick.\nA ceremony will be held before the Heroes of Hockey\ngame Saturday at GM Place to commemorate O'Ree's first\nNHL game on Jan. 18, 1958. Taking part via a video\nmessage will be Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr.,\nwho is a recreational hockey player. The ceremony will\nformalize an announcement about O'Ree's new position\nwith the NHL-USA Hockey diversity task force, the NHL\nrelease stated.\nJan. 31 will be Willie O'Ree Day in Boston prior to the\nBruins' game against the Rangers.\nFEDOROV TAKES A STAND: Restricted free agent\nSergei Fedorov said he's prepared to sit out the season if\nthat's what it takes for him to get the contract he wants.\nThe former MVP said it has been a long 3 1/2 months, but\nit's worth it for him to wait out his bitter contract dispute\nwith the Red Wings.\n\"It seems to me it's going to take a little longer, I guess.\nThat's fine,\" he said.\nThe Russian center, a winner of the Hart and Selke\ntrophies, reportedly is seeking a $6 million a year salary in\na four-year contract. The Red Wings reportedly have\noffered $5 million a year over four years.\nCLARK OUT: The Maple Leafs said LW Wendel Clark\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:49 AM\nO'Ree Draws All-Star Honor\nPage 2 of 2\n(strained groin) will miss a week.\n©\nCopyright 1998 The Washington Post Company\nBack to the top\nwashingtonpost.com\nI home page I site Index I search I help I\nCOMNET\nWASHINGTON.D.C.\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:49 AM\nReading, Writing, Religion\nPage 1 of 5\nOlde Worlde Quality and Service!\nhttp://www.housoofdoors.com\nInside\nwashingtonpost.com\nI\nhome\npage\nI\nsite\nIndex\nI\nsearch\nI\nhelp\nI\nwashingtonpost\nLiving in Loudoun County\nReading, Writing, Religion\nSection: community news and\nSaudi Academy Sees Its Mission as Education,\ninformation, recent home sales,\ncrime reports and more.\nNot Politics\nMetro Section: Metro news,\nBy Jennifer Lenhart\ncommunity information,\nWashington Post Staff Writer\nentertainment listings and\nSunday, January 11, 1998; Page V01\nreviews, local economy news\nand local sports.\nThe halls of the Islamic Saudi Academy on Route 1 in\nAlexandria are lined with bright green lockers and\nAll Virginia Weekly stories from\ngiggling, fresh-faced students.\nThursday's Washington Post.\nGirls wearing the school uniform -- plaid skirts, matching\nsweaters or blouses, dark tights -- complain to each other\nthat the full skirts make them look fat. \"They grow on\nyou,\" Hala Alharithy, 17, reassures a friend.\nThe traditional veil worn by Muslum women is optional,\nand most girls opt out. As fashion statements, they favor\nmod black boots.\nIn a computer lab -- one for girls, one for boys -- students\nbusily map out scale models of their classroom. In a\nscience lab, they study the oceans. Bulletin boards, all of\nthem conceived and decorated by students, are\neverywhere. The one outside the library charges them to\n\"fall into a new book\" and displays the covers of\n\"Surviving Homework: Tips for Teens,\" \"American Indian\nChildren of the Past\" and \"Fantastic Cutaway Books of\nGiant Machines.\"\nThe library, with its 12,500 volumes in English and\nArabic, is one of the few school facilities that is shared by\ngirls and boys.\nThese students, huddling over computer terminals to do\ntheir homework, are at the heart of a controversy miles\naway in Loudoun County.\nA proposal to move the school to a site near Ashburn\nVillage and expand it to 3,500 students from kindergarten\nthrough 12th grade has been greeted warmly by county\nofficials.\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:13 AM\nReading, Writing, Religion\nPage 2 of 5\nBut an anti-Muslim flier sent to some homes in the\nneighborhood warned of a \"Saudi Invasion,\" and some\nneighbors raised other objections, including lost revenue\nfrom a tax-exempt school and traffic congestion.\nEven before the Planning Commission takes up the\nproposal at its Jan. 21 meeting, the issue has drawn\nenough attention that President Clinton mentioned it at a\nfund-raiser Thursday in remarks about his race initiative\nand efforts to increase tolerance among cultures. Former\ncongressman and Democratic presidential candidate\nGeorge S. McGovern has written to the chairman of the\nCounty Board of Supervisors urging acceptance of\ndiversity.\nFor students and teachers at the academy, however, the\ninitial issue is space. Books and supplies already are\ncrammed into every available space in its 58 classrooms,\nand more than 1,700 public school children have applied\nto join the 1,200 students enrolled here.\nMany of the students are the children of diplomats or\nprofessionals with roots in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan,\nSudan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and other\ncountries. Almost all of the students are Muslim, and\nabout 60 percent are U.S. citizens.\nThe Saudi government, which pays their tuition, first\nproposed building a bigger school in Poolesville, but its\nannexation request was turned down. Its Loudoun County\nproposal calls for a 1 million-square-foot facility on\nFarmwell Road on property zoned for warehouse and\noffice use.\nIn the seventh-grade honors classroom at the old\ncolonial-style school in Alexandria, nine boys sit\nattentively, backpacks at their sneaker-clad feet. It is early\nafternoon during the month of Ramadan -- a time of\nprayer and daylight fasting observed by Muslims -- and\nschool will let out 90 minutes early. But the boys remain\nintent on their studies -- a reader's theater project.\nTeacher Barbara Blair, who lives in Leesburg, said her\ncharges love the performance aspect. When she asks for a\nvolunteer to read, all nine boys raise their hands. In this\ngroup, three children are trilingual, and many have lived in\nseveral countries other than the United States.\nMostafa AbdelKariem, 12, an American citizen who was\nborn in Tokyo, has lived in Egypt and now lives in\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:13 AM\nReading, Writing, Religion\nPage 3 of 5\nSpringfield, reads aloud in English for a few minutes from\na magical tale with words kids like to use, such as \"gross.\"\nMostafa rolls the word out of his mouth, seeming to enjoy\nit.\nHe is also learning Arabic and studying Islam; like\nEnglish, they are mandatory subjects. Except for Arabic,\nthe curriculum is taught in English.\n\"Two languages are going to be very useful in the future,\"\nMostafa observed after class. \"It'll really help for college.\"\nAt 12:40 p.m., a low chanting call to prayer goes out over\nthe loudspeaker. Girls and boys pray twice daily at\nseparate times in the low-ceilinged mosque in an adjacent\nbuilding.\nSulaiman N. Al-Fraih, the principal of the boys' school,\nsaid many students and their parents choose the academy\nfor cultural enrichment and academic excellence. It offers\nthe standard Virginia curriculum and five advanced\nplacement courses.\n\"The school mission is to provide these kids with the best\nquality of education we could ever offer,\" says Al-Fraih,\n50, who has a master's in education from Indiana\nUniversity and a penchant for fiddling with his silver and\nblack prayer beads, called sabaha, which he carries in his\npants pocket.\n\"We believe strongly that interaction between cultures is\ngood for our children. We are not here to convert people\nto Islam. We are not a missionary here.\"\nSaad H. Al-Adwani, the academy's director general, said\nhe hoped to be able to invite the still-unidentified authors\nof the Ashburn Village flier to see the school for\nthemselves.\n\"Accusing us, saying we're going to be terrorists\nthat's\nreally unexpected and unacceptable,\" Al-Adwani said.\n\"We have been here 14 years, and we have an excellent\nrelationship with the community. We are helping the\ncommunity, not hurting them.\"\nIn this multiethnic section of Alexandria about four miles\nfrom Fort Belvoir, positive comments about the school\nabound.\nEnoch Mensah, 50, raked his lawn and pondered the\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:13 AM\nReading, Writing, Religion\nPage 4 of 5\nschool's history in the area. \"I haven't heard any derogatory\nstatements about them, and I've been here 17 years,\"\nMensah said. \"I think they helped the economy in the\nneighborhood.\"\nThe principal of the girls' school, Monerah M. Al-Angary,\ndoes not understand the fuss generated by the school's\nproposals in Poolesville and Loudoun. \"What did we do?,\"\nAl-Angary asked. \"You cannot generalize people. We as a\ngroup are very peaceful. We have students from 35\nnationalities, and we all live in peace. I wish the world\ncould learn a lesson from ISA.\"\nAl-Angary, who likes to brag about her students'\nachievements, takes particular exception to the flier's\ncharge that Muslim women are subjugated. \"My girls just\nwent to the model United Nations at Harvard two weeks\nago, and I have girls who have already been admitted to\nJohns Hopkins\" for next fall, she said. \"Ninety-nine\npercent go to colleges in the United States,\" and most are\nguided toward careers.\nOn this Wednesday afternoon, a girls' social studies class\nis taking up Napoleon III and his decision to send the\nill-fated Maximilian, archduke of Austria, to Mexico. A\ncopy of the Declaration of Independence hangs on the\nwall.\n\"What did Napoleon tell Maximilian?\" asked Delores\nRader, one of 122 American teachers on a faculty of 166.\n\"Napoleon told him that he was going to be emperor,\" a\nstudent said.\n\"And what happened?\"\nAnother student responded: \"He wasn't made emperor,\nand he was executed.\"\n\"Good,\" said Rader, adding that Maximilian's wife\npleaded with the heads of European nations to try to save\nher husband from his fate and later went into seclusion.\nSome women, Rader said, went into seclusion in convents\nbecause they were Catholic.\n\"You really can't walk the halls of this school and say it's\ndifferent from any other school,\" said Becky Hendon, 45,\nthe chairman of the English department and a Fairfax\nresident. \"The kids are teenagers.\"\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:13 AM\nReading, Writing, Religion\nPage 5 of 5\n©\nCopyright 1998 The Washington Post Company\nBack to the top\nwashingtonpost.com\nOlde Worlde Quality\nI home page I site Index I search I help I\nand Service!\nhttp://www.houseofdoors.com\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:13 AM\nEmbattled Census Director Quits\nPage 1 of 3\nABCNEWS\nSTARWAVE\ncom\nWORLD NEWS TO LOCAL ISSUES 24 HOURS A DAY\nInside\nwashingtonpost.com\nI home page I site index I search I help\nI\nwashingtonpost\nFederal Community Section\nEmbattled Census Director Quits\nnews and columns for federal\nRiche Leaves in Midst of Sampling Dispute,\nworkers and tips on finding\ngovernment jobs.\nPreparations for 2000 Count\nToday in Congress: House and\nBy Barbara Vobejda\nSenate hearings and witness\nWashington Post Staff Writer\nlists.\nTuesday, January 13, 1998; Page A13\nAll federal government stories\nThe nation's census director, after fighting with Congress\nfrom this morning's Washington\nfor two years over how to conduct the next population\nPost.\ncount, announced yesterday she is quitting, leaving\nunfilled a critical leadership position as the nation heads\ninto the 2000 census.\nMartha Farnsworth Riche said that the dispute with\nRepublican congressional leaders did not directly lead to\nher resignation, but several people who know her well said\nshe was frustrated by the political battle and the prospect\nthat it would continue for another two years.\n\"This is going to be a brutal fight,\" said Rep. Thomas C.\nSawyer (D-Ohio), who has been closely involved in the\ncensus and is among those who believes the ongoing\ndebate played a role in Riche's departure. Replacing Riche\nwill be, by all accounts, enormously difficult, given the\ndisagreement over the census that divides the Clinton\nadministration and the Republican leadership in Congress,\nwhose approval is necessary for Senate confirmation.\nThe dispute centers on a technical question with broad\npolitical repercussions: Republican leaders, particularly in\nthe House, are adamantly opposed to the administration's\nplan to combine head counts with statistical estimates to\narrive at a national population count.\nRiche, backed by a National Academy of Sciences panel,\nhas argued steadfastly that in order to improve its\naccuracy, the census should rely more than ever before on\nsampling, which gathers information from a random\nselection of households and then uses that to extrapolate\ncharacteristics for a larger group. The idea is to get a better\ngauge for accounting for millions of Americans,\npredominantly poor and minorities, who have been missed\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:21 AM\nEmbattled Census Director Quits\nPage 2 of 3\nwhen the government has relied almost exclusively on a\ndoor-to-door head count.\nSampling, because it would increase the numbers of\nminorities counted in the census, is generally considered\nlikely to benefit Democrats more than Republicans.\nWith that issue unresolved, the bureau is heading into the\nfinal planning stages for the 2000 census, a $4 billion\neffort that will employ 300,000 people.\nRep. Dan Miller (R-Fla.), who heads the House\nsubcommittee that oversees the census, said he was\nstartled by Riche's departure.\n\"I have expressed my concern that we are rapidly headed\ntoward a failed census in 2000,\" he said in a statement.\n\"Riche's sudden departure adds to my anxiety\n\"\nRiche said yesterday she was leaving to pursue other\ninterests, including writing and teaching, and an\nadministration source said she had been offered a lecturing\nposition at Princeton University.\n\"I have done what I came to do,\" she said, citing improved\nmethods of collecting and managing the nation's statistical\nsystem. She said she had not made a commitment to the\nadministration to stay through the 2000 census.\nRiche has in the past expressed her frustration that the\ncontroversy over sampling had forced her to focus most of\nher attention and energy on the 2000 head count, while the\nagency is also responsible for numerous other projects.\n\"I want a life,\" she said. \"This is a tough job. I can't tell\nyou how many people say, 'That's a thankless job.' Why\nwould somebody want to stay in a thankless job when\nthey've done what they wanted to do?\"\nRiche, 58, an economist who helped found American\nDemographics magazine, took office in 1994, the day\nbefore the electoral victory that gave the Republican Party\ncontrol of Congress.\nOthers say Riche was in an nearly impossible role.\n\"The difficulty in that position is being stuck between the\nscholarly community, advising her how to take a good\ncensus, and the political community, reacting to political\nforces,\" said William O'Hare, a demographer with the\nAnnie E. Casey Foundation.\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:21 AM\nEmbattled Census Director Quits\nPage 3 of 3\nA Commerce Department spokesman said the\nadministration would begin the process of appointing an\nacting director soon and then search for a permanent\nreplacement.\nHowever, several congressional sources expressed\nconcern that replacing Riche with someone who meets\nRepublican approval could be difficult, because any\nnominee's position on sampling could emerge as a litmus\ntest. It is unlikely the White House would nominate a\nsuccessor who did not support sampling, and equally\nunlikely Republican leaders would look favorably on such\na candidate.\nThat raises the prospect that the position could go unfilled\nfor a long period, even as the Census Bureau conducts its\nrehearsal of the census this spring and begins final\npreparations for the 2000 count.\nAccording to the administration's plan, census employees\nwould attempt to collect a questionnaire from every\nhousehold, but then contact a statistically representative\nsample of people who failed to respond. The results of that\nsample would be used to arrive at a total population figure\nand the race, income and other characteristics of those\nwho could not be counted directly.\nRepublicans, particularly those in the House, have\nmaintained that such a process is subject to manipulation,\nless accurate than a traditional head count and\nunconstitutional. In the appropriations bill approved late\nlast year, Congress allowed the bureau to test sampling\nthis spring, but vowed to renew the fight before the 2000\ncensus.\n©\nCopyright 1998 The Washington Post Company\nBack to the top\nwashingtonpost.com\nLearn How To\nI home page I site Index I search I help I\nRaise Money Online\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:21 AM\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed In\nPage 1 of 7\nMedinate?\nwww.policy.com\nInside\nwashingtonpost.com\nI home page I site Index I search I help I\nwashingtonpost\nNews From the 50 States\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed\nFind news, reference materials\nIn\nand Internet resources for every\nstate. Type the name of any state\nThe Rev. Flake Left Congress to Pursue Urban\nbelow:\nRenewal Beyond Party Lines\nBy Terry M. Neal\nFind It\nWashington Post Staff Writer\nNational Section: news,\nSaturday, January 10, 1998; Page A01\nbackground and Web resources\non the topics of national interest.\nNEW YORK-The sun had just brought daylight to\nsoutheast Queens as much of the city slept. But by 7:30,\nNational Breaking News:\nAllen African Methodist Episcopal Church was already\n24-hour-a-day updates in the\nfired up with the Rev. Floyd H. Flake exhorting his\nToday's Top News section.\nparishioners to reject the stale, old ideas that hinder the\nAll National stories from this\nprogress of black people.\nmorning's Washington Post.\n\"We get caught up in a group-thought ideology, and we\nthink that we all have to think alike, speak alike, say the\nsame things, do the same things, go to the toilet at the\nsame time, eat the same things, do everything at the same\ntime everybody else is doing it!\" Flake thundered this\nearly Sunday morning. \"I'venever seen a leader who\nallows himself to be kept in the box.\"\nFlake climbed out of his box Nov. 15 when he abruptly\nresigned from Congress midway through his sixth term.\nUntil then, he had preached much the same gospel on\nCapitol Hill: that deliverance was in entrepreneurism and\neconomic development, not marches and protests; that\nprogress was in education and community empowerment,\nnot government programs.\nIn the months before he resigned, the longtime Democrat\nhad emerged as, perhaps, America's most prominent black\nproponent of federally funded vouchers for private\nschools, angering other African American leaders and\nmuch of his party's core constituency, who believe\nvouchers would undermine America's commitment to\npublic education. Particularly irksome to his critics was\nhis repeated assertion that vouchers were the \"next wave\nin the civil rights movement.\"\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:17 AM\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed In\nPage 2 of 7\nSome Democrats have accused him of allowing himself to\nbe used as a pawn of conservative Republicans. And in\nNew York, some black critics have taken to calling him\n\"Floyd Fake.\"\nFlake, 52, left Congress disenchanted with both major\npolitical parties, as well as black leadership in general. He\nhad come to believe he could be a more effective leader as\na private citizen -- free of partisan and racial orthodoxy --\nthan as a politician caught in the constraining \"box\" of\nWashington politics.\n\"He's in God's Congress now, and he's going to shake the\nworld,\" said Bishop Eddie Long, who leads an\n18,000-member black Atlanta church, during a recent\nguest sermon at Flake's church.\nFlake is being watched by political, academic and\nreligious leaders, many of whom have trekked to his\ndistrict in Jamaica, Queens, and come away impressed\nwith what he has done to reverse the decline of the mostly\nblack middle-class community. What they want to know is\nwhether Flake's model of community and government\ncooperation to revitalize downtrodden communities can be\nduplicated in other cities.\nIn his 21 years as pastor of Allen A.M.E., Flake built one\nof the biggest churches in New York, established a\nsuccessful parochial school, transformed vacant\ngarbage-strewn lots into neighborhoods, built a living\nfacility for the elderly, renovated dozens of boarded\nstorefronts and entered into partnerships with government\nagencies to perform dozens of social services for the\ncommunity.\nFlake's efforts in Queens have drawn praise from\nconservatives to liberals. Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.), a\nBaptist minister and Congress's only black Republican,\nvisited Flake's district this year and \"when I saw what he\nwas doing, I started to ask the brother to open his shirt to\nsee if he had an 'S' on his chest.\" Rep. Louis Stokes\n(D-Ohio), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus,\nsaid: \"No other congressman, white or black, can boast of\nthe type of economic development that Floyd Flake has\naccomplished around his church there in New York.\"\nBut it is his support for efforts by conservatives to reframe\nvouchers as public policy that would benefit poor children\ntrapped in substandard public schools that has stirred\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:17 AM\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed In\nPage 3 of 7\ncontroversy.\n\"While he has credibility and impeccable integrity, I don't\nagree with him and I don't think hordes of people are\ngoing to go along with him,\" said Rep. Maxine Waters\n(D-Calif.), chairman of the black caucus. House Minority\nLeader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) said: \"I've been to\nFloyd Flake's school, and I've seen how truly remarkable it\nis. But if we're going to rip the rug from underneath the\npublic schools, we've made a grave error.\"\nFlake acknowledged that because funding for public\nschools is based in part on enrollment, they would be hurt,\ninitially, by vouchers, which would drain students. But he\nsaid that only when hit by financial crisis and competition\nfrom private schools will the forces that control public\nschools -- the unions, the politicians, the bureaucrats --\nbegin working in earnest to improve them. \"What you\nwould do is create a competitive enough environment that\nthe market then would dictate whether [a voucher plan] is\na viable option that people will choose,\" Flake said. \"I am\nof the opinion that the system will begin to right itself.\"\nFor 15 years, Flake and his wife have run a\nchurch-affiliated school, with 480 kindergarten through\neighth-grade students. The students wear uniforms,\nreceive religious instruction, take Spanish classes, use\ncomputers and browse the Internet. The class sizes are\nsmall, and the course work is rigorous. When Flake walks\ninto classrooms, the children snap to attention with a\nrespectful, \"Hello, Mr. Flake!\" Many advance to\nprestigious private schools. The waiting list usually\nnumbers in the hundreds of students.\nLike the church, the school draws mostly from the\nsurrounding communities of Jamaica, St. Albans and\nSpringfield Gardens, which demographically resemble\nmostly black Prince George's County. There are\nimpoverished pockets, but working- to middle-class\nneighborhoods with everything from boxy tract houses to\nlarge brick colonials predominate.\nFlake blames the poor performance of many black public\nschool students on what he sees as a complicated set of\nsocial realities, from low expectations of white teachers\nfor black students, to teacher union interference, to the\nsubstandard expectations some blacks set for themselves.\nChurch- or community-based private schools like his are\nthe salvation of black children, he said, and vouchers\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:17 AM\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed In\nPage 4 of 7\nwould make more schools like his possible.\nLast year, Flake joined House Speaker Newt Gingrich\n(R-Ga.) to promote private-school scholarships for D.C.\npublic schoolchildren and co-sponsored a bill with Watts\nand Rep. James M. Talent (R-Mo.) that would offer\nschool vouchers and tax cuts in designated low-income\nareas.\nWhile some Democrats support vouchers, Flake said the\nrecalcitrance of most Democrats is proof that his party is\nout of touch. Marshall Mitchell, Flake's chief of staff in\nCongress, noted that polling by the Joint Center for\nPolitical and Economic Studies, a black think tank in\nWashington, showed that 57 percent of black Americans\nsupport school vouchers.\nDemocrats are too beholden to special interests groups,\nparticularly unions, Flake argues. And most black leaders\nare mired in the protest politics of the civil rights era and\nwasting precious energy advocating welfare, affirmative\naction and other government programs.\nUnlike conservatives, Flake doesn't argue that such\npolicies are corrosive but that they have done little to help\nblacks progress, as evidenced by the fact that \"our\ncommunities still look like war zones.\"\nIn Congress, Flake often blasted the GOP for everything\nfrom opposition to a minimum wage increase to efforts to\nkill the student loan program and eliminate the Education\nDepartment.\nBut Flake also worked to build coalitions with those who\ncould help him, courting allies even in the unlikeliest\nplaces. He counted Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato (R-N.Y.)\namong his closest allies, and for years D'Amato helped\nsteer federal projects and dollars into Flake's district,\nCapitol Hill sources said. So close is their relationship,\nFlake is seriously considering giving D'Amato his\nendorsement for reelection this year.\nA New York Daily News analysis showed that in 1995\nalone, Flake, as a member of the Democratic minority,\nbrought back $230 million to the district, more than any\nother downstate member of either party. While such\nsuccesses endeared him to constituents, Flake's increasing\nrefusal to play along party lines frustrated some New\nYorkers.\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:17 AM\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed In\nPage 5 of 7\nHe created a stir last year when he refused to endorse Al\nSharpton or anyone else in the New York Democratic\nmayoral primary, then endorsed GOP Mayor Rudolph W.\nGiuliani in the general election. Flake said he endorsed\nGiuliani because he was the better candidate on crime,\neconomic development and education. \"I am beyond race\nand party now,\" Flake said.\nPrivately, critics in Congress accused Flake of putting\npolitical pragmatism above principle. In the final days of\nlast year's congressional session, he was one of a small\nnumber of Democrats and one of only two members of the\nblack caucus to advocate Clinton's request for \"fast track\"\ntrading authority.\nSome saw Flake's support as one last attempt to curry\nfavor with those who will be able to help him later. Flake\ndenies such assertions, pointing to his long record as a\nfree-trader, including his support for the North American\nFree Trade Agreement. \"For me, it's not about personality\nor simple politics,\" he said, leaning back on a chair in his\nchurch office. \"But for me, it's about the pragmatic\nrealities of economics and power.\"\nMuch of his power comes from helping his community,\nthrough the church, accumulate capital. When he took\nover Allen A.M.E. in 1976, it had 1,200 members. Today\nit has 9,000. Last August, the church moved to a huge,\nnew $23 million chapel. The church takes in nearly $6\nmillion a year in collections and employs more than 800\npeople, making it the second largest private employer in\nQueens.\nFlake's specialty is using church money to leverage\ngovernment dollars. Since Flake took over, the church has\nbeen renovating the surrounding neighborhood. Among its\nbiggest projects was an effort to build hundreds of homes\non a vacant lot that had become home to vagrants and\ndrug dealers. So defiled was the area that two corpses\nwere unearthed as the lot was cleared for development,\nchurch officials said.\nThe city agreed to give the church the land. The state\nagreed to back low-interest loans for first-time home\nbuyers with incomes less than $35,000. The church used\nits money to build 110 duplexes, which it sold for\n$157,000 apiece. Qualified purchasers bought the entire\nduplex and were encouraged to rent out the other half to\ntenants. The $800- to $900-a-month rent a landlord could\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:17 AM\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed In\nPage 6 of 7\ndemand for the three-bedroom apartment could easily\ncover the mortgage.\nFlake said he had no interest in low-cost rental housing.\nCrucial was the requirement that every family pay the\ndown payment. \"You've got to put something in, or else it\nbecomes a wasteland,\" he said.\nLongtime residents of the surrounding neighborhood are\nimpressed. \"I've lived in this neighborhood for 20 years,\nand I've seen a dramatic change,\" said Deborah McCaffity.\nThe church gets millions of local, state and federal dollars\nto help administer programs, such as teenage pregnancy\nprevention and day care. But the church matches, or at\nleast contributes to, everything -- a crucial aspect of\nleveraging government dollars.\nFlake said the problem is that black leaders often don't\naccept the responsibility that they must bring something\ninto the debate in order to get something from\ngovernment. \"So what happens in that arrangement is, you\ndon't go in from a position of respect. You go in from a\nposition where you are looked down upon, as people have\na tendency to do with beggars,\" he said.\nIn interviews, Flake discussed plans to write a book and\nspread his mantra for vouchers and revitalizing\ncommunities. He is in demand on the political lecture\ncircuit. And he is offering his expertise in banking and\nother financial matters to help fellow religious leaders do\nwhat he has done in Queens.\nFor now, he says he has no plans to seek elected office,\nalthough there is speculation in New York that he fancies\na run for mayor. The dark spot on Flake's resume was a\n1990 indictment for income tax evasion, which later was\ndropped by prosecutors when a judge ruled key evidence\ninadmissible. But the matter could complicate future\npolitical plans.\nIn the pulpit one recent Sunday, Flake explained his\nincreasing isolation and eventual political emancipation\nfrom Washington. \"I couldn't stay in the box any longer.\nBecause the Lord has brought me to a point in my life\nwhere I could no longer be caught up in ideas that are 35\nyears old. The reason we are not blessed is because we are\nliving in a new age but we are trying to do the same stuff\nthat we did in the old days. We're still acting like it's 1967\nwhen it's now 1997. It's time for us to do some growing\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:17 AM\nEx-Lawmaker Refuses to Be Boxed In\nPage 7 of 7\nup.\"\n©\nCopyright 1998 The Washington Post Company\nBack to the top\nwashingtonpost.com\nI home page I site Index I search I help I\nwww.policy.com\nThursday, January 15, 1998\n10:17 AM\nJan. 5th\nFeb. 10 and/or 11\nIsolation/Poverty/Housing\nSuggested Titles: Race and Poverty in America: Isolation, Integration, and Opportunities in\nthe 21st Century\n(Or)\nRace abd Poverty in America The Dilemmas of Progress\nsince the Kerner commission Report\nThemes:\nThe purpose of the meeting would be to address the close relationship between\nrace, poverty and the social isolation of minority poor families in most urban and rural\ncommunities in America. There would therefore be a structural assessment of the relationship\nbetween racial segregation, poverty, the lack of employment opportunities and the\nconsequences of this isolation. These relationships are not simple and one way but are\nreciprocal and simultaneous. A part of this assessment is the growing concentration of blacks\nand Hispanics living in deeply poor, concentrated neighborhoods in the central cities of most\nAmerican metropolitan areas. Such \"underclass\" areas are typically seen as the site of many\nand a lack of work ethic, female headed households, and other majorurban pathologies. (also rural\nof the worst examples of social, race behavior including gangs and crime, welfare dependence\nThese issues typically involve both African American and Hispanics, but there are also cases\nof Asians gangs replicating the same behaviors.\nThe meeting wold also involveCissues of housing segregation and discrimination as they\n(directly bear on the persistent isolation of minorities in America. A discussion of community\ndevelopment tolls that both promote integration and broadened racial and economic\nopportunities would also occur.\nDevelopment,\nOverview of how parts of the country are becoming more racially isolated; may want to\nof racially\nstart the day with a presentation of housing discrimination, demonstrated through film or\nisolatedies.\ntestimony from testers.\nHistory & continuing\nConsequences of racial isolation\nWJW problems.\na.\nEmployment opportunities (jobs leaving these areas to go to the suburbs)\nb.\nContact with people from outside your community.\nc.\nMobility: transportation issues; child care; affordable housing; etc.\n3.\nIs the issue of equal opportunity linked more to class than race. Is there a place where\nrace matters more? Link between race and lack of opportunities for mobility out of\nisolated areas (role of housing discrimination and white flight -- both residential and\ncommercial)\n4\nPolicies or programs to increase opportunities for families who want to move out of\nisolated areas. Promising practices on how programs improve economic opportunities.\n5.\nCommunity development activities, including community development banks.\nPossible panelists\nWilliam Julius Wilson (Harvard University) has, for roughly twenty years, argued that policy\nmakers place too much emphasis on issues of race in cities and need to be clearer about the\ncritical role of class and jobs in remedying major racial disparities in this country. This\nunderclass thesis has been at the heart of a generation of research and policy debate which will\nform a critical part of the Meeting.\nAlex Polikoff (BPI)\nKale Williams (Loyola University; formerly ED of Leadership Council; leader of Open Housing\nmovement in Chicago from 1966 to the present)\nJack Kemp (former Secretary of HUD)\nOri Pennick (ED of Leadership Council)\nJim Rosenbaum (Northwestern University)\nSomeone from Urban Institute, Cato, American Enterprise Institute\nDoug Massey - co-author of American Apartheid, has written extensively on the intersection of\nrace, class and housing segregation and would be a key presenter or panelist. Discrimination\nin housing is also a major societal issues for which there are clear testing and research data. A\ndiscussion of this evidence would parallel the use of comparable evidence in the January\nmeeting on employment.\nJohn Yinger - Syracuse University, has done a useful, recent book (Closed Doors, Lost\nOpportunities) on this issue.\nWe should try to consult with Bill Apgar (new Asst. Secy. for Policy at HUD), Isabelle Sawhill7\n(Brookings Institute) on possible other experts and format for discussion.\nPolicies:\nPolicy solutions to these problems are at the core of many of this\nAdministration's major urban and rural development programs aimed at the concentration and\nisolation of minorities and the poor. Inner city revitalization and job development are, for\nexample, critical policy themes and a discussion of them offers the opportunity to assess how\nwell current efforts are working to redress serious racial and spatial inequities. There are a\nnumber of related voluntary and governmental anti-discrimination strategies that are being\nproposed that can be featured as well.\nPolicy solutions to the issue of minority \"ghettos\" have a long history, with the Kerner\nCommission offering one set of proposals thirty years ago. This PIR meeting would occur\nroughly thirty years after the Kerner Commission and a reanalysis of their issues would help\nfocus attention on changes, continuities, and new policy goals.\nApril is the 30th anniversary of the Federal Fair Housing Act. The lead-up to the\nAnniversary (e.g in March) offers the opportunity for the AB to celebrate the achievement of\nimproved levels of racial dispersion in housing, most especially the suburbanization of black\nand Asians in conjunction with HUD and other agencies, such as Justice, which help enforce\nthe Act. The celebratory aspect of the Meeting would include a focus on major efforts at\nhousing integration, such as the Gautreaux program in Chicago. HUD Secretary Andrew\nCuomo is a natural partner for the AB meeting and is currently planning a major set of events.\nStereotypes/Media\nDay 1\nA set of focus groups discussing stereotypes, etc.\nObjective:\nGet people thinking about their own prejudices (how we have internalized\nstereotypes about groups of people, positive and negative).\nRole of TV, newspapers, national magazines (images who have been presented to\nus through the news, etc.).\nDay 2 (morning)\nModerated discussion (with some experts who have studied the media and how we learn about\neach other and those who participated in the focus groups) on what went on the prior day and\nwhat they learned.\nIssues:\nWhat we teach in school about people of different races and ethnic backgrounds in\nAmerica.\nRole of the family in teaching kids about others -- inculcating values and views.\nWhat are the consequences of these stereotypes?\nIdentifying the source of our fears, etc.\nDay 2 (afternoon)\nPromising practices about dialogues and people coming together.\nShould set up a meeting with Dr. Tatem to develop questions and format for focus groups on\nDay 1. Also could ask James Jones (expert psychologist who is a consultant to the Initiative) to\nhelp us with setting this up (format for Day 1, etc.)\nCriminal Justice\nMinorities stereotyped as criminals -- issue of profiling by law enforcement and fears by citizens.\nDoes profiling (that leads to negative contact with police officers by law abiding citizens)\nundermine minority citizen's faith in the system? (easier to believe that arrests are without cause,\netc.)\nPolice departments equal treatment of citizens.\nIssue of whether minority communities receive the same level of police protection as majority\ncommunity.\nFear of police officers by minorities -- question of abuse and mistreatment by rogue officers\ngoing unchecked by departments? Is this still a reality or a perception that undermines\nconfidence in the cops.\nRace or ethnicity bias within the criminal justice system (are minorities more likely to receive\ntougher sentences for similar crimes?)\nHow have progressive policing efforts brought cops closer to communities and therefore started\nto break down barriers with community members.\nDoes tougher law enforcement generally (zero tolerance) lead to an overly zealous enforcement\nof the law in minority communities?\nImmigrants and Our Growing Racial Diversity\n1.\nOverview - U.S. as a nation of immigrants - history, costs and benefits of immigration.\nProvide a historical context on how US has traditionally absorbed the various waves of\nimmigrants from different shores to our country. Provide a current snapshot of\nimmigrant populations today - who they are, where they live, socio-economic and\npolitical backgrounds. Brief overview of future trends - extension of the Farley\npresentation.\nMarta Tienda (Princeton demographer as a possible person to do the overview)\n2.\nEthnic identity and \"assimilation\" or \"Americanization.\" What do these terms mean and\nwhat is our goal? Are post-1965 immigrants (Latinos/Asians) more interested in\nretaining ethnic identity than those prior or are the second/third generations equally likely\nto becoming integrated? Is the American culture static or dynamic? What is different\nnow from before about integration (cultural, social, political and economic).\n3.\nWhat does it mean to be an American? What are our shared traditions and values? What\ndoes it mean to have a national identify in the 21st century when we have people from all\nover the world? Does this new wave of immigrants pose a treat to American culture and\nidentity?\n4.\nWhat do we offer new immigrants and what do we expect from them?\n5.\nWhat more can we do to better acclimate new immigrants. How can our education\nsystems, etc. help new immigrants learn about our civic and political culture to assist in\nbecoming American? What can we do better to affirm our nation's commitment to being\na nation of immigrants?\nMeeting early next week with Doris Meissner and Bob Bach to discuss this, including their\nsuggestions for format, participants, etc.\nLater meeting with Alex Alenikoff to do the same. He is directing a project at at Carnegie re:\ncitizenship and immigration.\nMay want to later contact Michael Fix and Jeff Passel from the Urban Institute and Mark\nKrikorian from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).\nPossible panelists:\nPeter Brimlow (anti-immigrant British guy; Anglo-Saxon traditions)\nIra Glasser (ACLU)\nPat Buchanan (though this may just be an opportunity for him to grandstand)\nLinda Chavez\nDan Stein (FAIR)\nDimitrios Papademetriou and Alex Alenikoff (Carnegie)\nMichael Fix and Jeff Passel (Urban Institute)\nGeorge Borjas (Harvard economist; immigration and economics)\nBill Hing (Stanford Law School; written a book about Asian immigrants)\nPeter Salins (wrote a book about immigration and assimilation issues)\nShirley Hufstedler (CIR)\nJack Kemp (conservative who favors immigration).\nCecilia Munoz and Charles Kamasaki (La Raza)\nFrank Sherry (National Forum)\nask Maria re: advocates\nWhen is the last Board meeting?\nFebruary\nSan Francisco\nMarch\nDenver\nApril\nChicago\nMay\nSan Antonio\nJune\n?? (South)\nJuly\n?? (Northeast)\nJohn M. Goering\n01/10/98 03:56:56 PM\nRecord Type:\nRecord\nTo:\nJulie A. Fernandes/OPD/EOP\nCC:\nSubject: February Advisory Board Meeting\nWould you be free for a coffee or for a few minutes for me to get oriented on the February\npoverty/race/housing meeting in San Francisco ( need to develop further the plan revision you and\nLin did and get names and issues down more completely. I did put in a call to William Julius\nWilson's office to see if we could get him there on 2/11. I assume we will repeat the Phoenix\nmodel without the corporate labor forum and that we need to identify the right set of promising\ninner city/race development projects in the SF/Oakland area. Call me if you can break free so that I\ncan start thinking and planning while out west.\nI presume no one has yet called Secretary Cuomo's office to see if he can be there. I did call Aida\nAlvarez's office as Judy wants her invited. Have we touched base with Emile Parker on this yet;\nhis area is housing and race isn't it? Talk with you soon. Thanks. John\nFlesh out month by month\nWhat, why, Where\nStereotyping /media\nFeb\nSan Francisco, CA\nStereotypring Media\nEducat\n?\nwhat March\nDenver\n-\nin\nChicago, IL\nHousing/Race Povety/Intsd\nMay\nSan Antones, TX\nImmigration\nJune\nBirmingham or Jackson\nCriminal Justice\n7\nwhere can we do criminal justice\n7\nFeb - Aug.\nCommit to substantive issues\nBoard too much\nCriminal\nReport - written Ang -Dee a Jan.\nOur expectation that Board will give us Their\ncontribution along the very\nAre some members st the Board who do not understand\nthat they will not be making remmendations c reputs\noutside the Pres report\nI\nX\nFrauklin letters (Advison letters result of Board mks.)\n2\nExperiences of Board members (written form) Persmal eflectims\n3\nLeadership recrestment (list of leadas + what done they and what have\nfrom Then The time fids in\n4\nPromoted dialogue (tomm mtgs\n+\nPromising practices\nindividual stuff)\nS\n5 Consubuted to he study\n(transcripts +) summanes) )\nthey will do.\nEach category\nBoard as fact finders a recorders\nJW: Yes, but is the staff\nReport as workplan\nTown Hall mtg on Generational differences\nin vacial attitudes\nFoutlines : topics - have and lefts ont\nInterspense\nWork Plan mtg. next\nTalking Pts for general use\n(race)\n2pm\n(I)\n0\nFeb.mtg\nEva Plaza\nFact of poverty\nspatial concentration\nWays to end it (income inequality )\nwhy\nC\nLay out issues\n/\nCauses\nI\nParenty\n2\nHow Who to breaks breakcut ont -how of provedy\n@ Honsing\n&\nvan\nwhy\nRelationship\nA\nweatth\nunientration\nRobert Woodser\nIssue of\nImmigrants and Diversity\n1.\nHistory, costs and benefits of immigration. Understanding where we are now, while\nproviding a historical context. Does the changing face of immigrants (Latino/Asian)\nmake assimilation harder? Does this wave of immigrants from Latin America and Asia\npose a threat to American culture?\nMarta Tienda (Princeton demographer as a possible person to do the overview)\n2.\nEthnic identity and \"assimilation\" or \"Americanization.\" Is this our goal? Are post-1965\nimmigrants more interested in retaining ethnic identity than those prior? Do we have any\ngood data to support our hypotheses?\n3.\nWhat does it mean to be an American? What are the shared traditions and values? What\ndoes it mean to be a \"nation\" in the 21st century when boundaries no longer exist\nbetween countries?\n4.\nWhat do we offer new immigrants and what do we expect from them?\n5.\nImmigrants establishing isolated communities, thus not \"integrating\" into mainstream\nAmerican culture. What is different now from before about assimilation, etc. (how new\nimmigrants are acclimating or not to American culture).\n6.\nWhat more can we do to better acclimate new immigrants. How can our education\nsystems, etc. help new immigrants learn about our civic and political culture to assist in\nbecoming American? What can we do better to affirm our nation's commitment to being\na nation of immigrants?\nMeeting early next week with Doris Meissner and Bob Bach to discuss this, including their\nsuggestions for format, participants, etc.\nLater meeting with Alex Alenikoff to do the same. He is putting on a panel discussion at\nCarnegie re: citizenship and immigration.\nMay want to later contact Michael Fix and Jeff Passel from the Urban Institute and Mark\nKrikorian from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).\nPossible panelists:\nPeter Brimlow (anti-immigrant British guy; Anglo-Saxon traditions)\nIra Glasser (ACLU)\nPat Buchanan (though this may just be an opportunity for him to grandstand)\nLinda Chavez\nDan Stein (FAIR)\nDimitri Papademetriou and Alex Alenikoff (Carnegie)\nMichael Fix and Jeff Passel (Urban Institute)\nGeorge Borjas (Harvard economist; immigration and economics)\nBill Hing (Stanford Law School; written a book about Asian immigrants and assimilation)\nPeter Salins (wrote a book about immigration and assimilation issues)\nShirley Hufstedler (CIR)\nJack Kemp (conservative who favors immigration).\nCecilia Munoz and Charles Kamasaki (La Raza)\nask Maria re: advocates\nIsolation/Poverty/Housing\nStructural inequalities in the country; housing isolation leading to lack of job opportunities and\nthe consequences generally of racial and economic isolation.\n1.\nOverview of how parts of the country are becoming more racially isolated; may want to\nstart the day with a presentation of housing discrimination, demonstrated through film or\ntestimony from testers.\n2.\nConsequences of racial isolation\na.\nEmployment opportunities (jobs leaving these areas to go to the suburbs)\nb.\nContact with people from outside your community.\nc.\nMobility: transportation issues; child care; affordable housing; etc.\n3.\nIs the issue of equal opportunity linked more to class than race. Is there a place where\nrace matters more? Link between race and lack of opportunities for mobility out of\nisolated areas (role of housing discrimination and white flight -- both residential and\ncommercial)\n4\nPolicies or programs to increase opportunities for families who want to move out of\nisolated areas.\n5.\nCommunity development activities, including community development banks.\nPossible panelists\nWilliam Julius Wilson (Harvard University)\nAlex Polikoff (BPI)\nKale Williams (Loyola University; formerly ED of Leadership Council; leader of Open Housing\nmovement in Chicago from 1966 to the present)\nJack Kemp (former Secretary of HUD)\nOri Pennick (ED of Leadership Council)\nJim Rosenbaum (Northwestern University)\nSomeone from Urban Institute, Cato, American Enterprise Institute\nWe should try to consult with Bill Apgar (new Asst. Secy. for Policy at HUD), Isabelle Sawhill\n(Brookings Institute) on possible other experts and format for discussion.\nStereotypes/Media\nDay 1\nA set of focus groups discussing stereotypes, etc.\nObjective:\nGet people thinking about their own prejudices (how we have internalized\nstereotypes about groups of people, positive and negative).\nRole of TV, newspapers, national magazines (images who have been presented to\nus through the news, etc.).\nDay 2 (morning)\nModerated discussion (with some experts who have studied the media and how we learn about\neach other and those who participated in the focus groups) on what went on the prior day and\nwhat they learned.\nIssues:\nWhat we teach in school about people of different races and ethnic backgrounds in\nAmerica.\nRole of the family in teaching kids about others -- inculcating values and views.\nWhat are the consequences of these stereotypes?\nIdentifying the source of our fears, etc.\nDay 2 (afternoon)\nPromising practices about dialogues and people coming together.\nShould set up a meeting with Dr. Tatem to develop questions and format for focus groups on\nDay 1. Also could ask James Jones (expert psychologist who is a consultant to the Initiative) to\nhelp us with setting this up (format for Day 1, etc.)\nCriminal Justice\nMinorities stereotyped as criminals -- issue of profiling by law enforcement and fears by citizens.\nDoes profiling (that leads to negative contact with police officers by law abiding citizens)\nundermine minority citizen's faith in the system? (easier to believe that arrests are without cause,\netc.)\nPolice departments equal treatment of citizens.\nIssue of whether minority communities receive the same level of police protection as majority\ncommunity.\nFear of police officers by minorities -- question of abuse and mistreatment by rogue officers\ngoing unchecked by departments? Is this still a reality or a perception that undermines\nconfidence in the cops.\nRace or ethnicity bias within the criminal justice system (are minorities more likely to receive\ntougher sentences for similar crimes?)\nHow have progressive policing efforts brought cops closer to communities and therefore started\nto break down barriers with community members.\nDoes tougher law enforcement generally (zero tolerance) lead to an overly zealous enforcement\nof the law in minority communities?\nWhen is the last Board meeting?\nFebruary\nSan Francisco\nMarch\nDenver\nApril\nChicago\nMay\nSan Antonio\nJune ?? (South) Birmingham, AL\nJuly ?? (Northeast) Philadelphia, PA\nPRESIDENT'S INITIATIVE ON RACE\nSTATUS REPORT\nFebruary 26, 1998\nA.\nPRESIDENT'S AND OTHER PRINCIPAL'S RACE-RELATED\nACTIVITIES - POTUS, VPOTUS, FLOTUS, Mrs. Gore\nPOTUS Town Hall/Public Events Planning - Planning President's next two\npublic discussions, e.g. PBS proposal and ESPN proposal\nYWCA Congressional Awards Luncheon, April 30 \"National Erase the Hate\nand Eliminate Racism Day\" - (related to bipartisan outreach effort)\nPresidential Speeches on Race\nB.\nADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS - Advisory Board has held 6 meetings;\nanother 5 to 6 are being planned.\n1.\nMarch Meeting\nRace and Stereotypes (Denver)\nThe Following Topics and Locations are Tentative:\n2.\nApril Meeting\nCampus Week of Dialogue or\nHousing/Environmental Justice\n(Chicago/Atlanta?)\n3.\nMay Meeting\nAdministration of Justice (PBS Roundtable\nProposal or San Antonio)\n4.\nJune Meeting\nAccess to Health Care/Racial Disparities in\nHealth (Location TBD - Minneapolis?)\n5.\nJuly Meeting\nYouth Focus (Location TBD)\n6.\nAugust Meeting\nWhat it Means to be an American (Location\nTBD - Seattle?)\nC.\nTARGETED OUTREACH:\n1.\nBi-Partisan Elected Officials -\nGovernors and the Statewide Days of Dialogue - Kicked off at\nNGA winter meeting on February 23.\nC.\nTARGETED OUTREACH:\nCongressional Outreach Plan - Being developed in conjunction\nwith Janet Murguia and WH Legislative Affairs.\nYWCA Congressional Luncheon on April 30 - National\nDay to Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism (POTUS\nparticipation a high priority)\nU.S. Conference of Mayors and National Association of\nCounties - They are conducting One America Conversations;\nNACO is presenting a survey of Best Practices to the Initiative\nthis weekend.\n2.\nEducation - Principal focus is on the higher education community.\nCampus Week of Dialogue - During the week of April 6-10, PIR\nwill engage colleges and universities across the nation in a\nCampus Week of Dialogue on Race. Our desired goal is to\npartner with at least 1000 colleges and universities. PIR's outreach\nwill be to higher education institutions and associations, student\nleaders and organizations, professional/academic associations, and\ncommunity-based organizations with special focus on education.\nSuggested Events:\nCampus Town Hall Meeting on Race\nCampus-Community Partnerships\nStudent Leaders Meetings\nPOTUS meeting with Higher Education Leaders -\nCall-to-action to promote diversity and inclusion in institutions of\nhigher education. Goal is the establishment of inter-\nuniversity/inter-higher education task force modeled after\nLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.\nUniversity of Mississippi event - On March 16-17, Advisory\nBoard members and Secretary Slater will visit promising practices\nand participate in a town hall meeting.\n3.\nCorporate/Business Community Forum - The purpose of these forums\nis to engage the business community in the Initiative, focusing on the\neconomics and management of diversity, Promising Practices in the\nworkplace, and networking between majority-owned and minority-owned\nbusinesses. Corporate Forums have already been held in Miami, Phoenix,\nand Los Angeles. The next forum is scheduled for March 4 in St. Louis.\n2\nOne additional forum has been planned for the Northeast.\n4.\nReligious Community Forum - Religious Leaders Forums are scheduled\nfor New Orleans on April 15 and Louisville on an April date to be\ndetermined. These forums will focus on Promising Practices in the faith\ncommunity focusing on racial reconciliation.\n5.\nYouth Outreach\nChildren's Defense Fund Town Hall meeting, Los Angeles,\nMarch 28. (JHF, WW, SJC and JAW).\nTown Hall at Drew University with Governor Thomas Kean.\nFederal Agency Youth Task Force to conduct One America\nConversations within 30 federal agencies.\nTeam Harmony in Washington, D.C. Kick-Off (May) - Event\nmodeled after Team Harmony Boston which the First Lady\nattended.\nIn Development:\nYoung Entrepreneurs Roundtable\nRace Jam\n6.\nOne America Conversations - Administration officials have hosted 155\nconversations in 42 cities and towns around the country.\nD.\nOne America Community Partnerships - A long-term goal of all outreach\nactivities is to pull all of the different sectors and networks together for a\nsustained effort after the end of the Initiative year.\nE.\nPolicy/Research -- The Domestic Policy Council has the lead on policy\ndevelopment and has been coordinating with PIR policy staff and Cabinet\nagencies on policy initiatives that are linked to race and the PIR.\n1.\nPromising Practices - Our goal is 500. Projected outcome by the end of\nMarch is 150.\nIntegration of Promising Practices with Advisory Board Meetings.\nLos Angeles Promising Practices Visit -- March 26 and 27\n2.\nResearch Agenda - National Academy of Sciences\n3\n3.\nFact Book -- CEA\n4.\nPIR Report to President/President's Report\nF.\nFederal Sector/Administration -\nCabinet participation in race-related events, including One America\nConversations and policy announcements (e.g., SBA Big 3 MOU, HHS\nRace Related Health Disparities, Hispanic Education Initiative)\nG.\nCommunications -- The press/communications team has expanded its outreach\nto national, regional, and speciality press through detailed press plans for each\nPIR event. The PIR team will continue to provide public information in\nsupporting and publicizing the Initiative's many external activities.\nH.\nDeveloping strategy to maximize the input of the Advisory Board to the\nPresident's Report.\n4\nFOR INTERNAL PURPOSES ONLY 2/25/98\nPIR INITIATIVE MASTER SCHEDULE - June-February\nDate\nPrincipal\nIssue\nEvent\nPlace\nJune 14\nPresident\nRace Initiative\nAnnouncement\nSan Diego, CA\nJuly 14\nAdvisory Board\nOrganizational\nMeeting\nWashington DC\nJuly 17\nPresident\nEducation\nTeacher Recruit\nPittsburgh, PA\nSeptember 19\nAdvisory Board\nFacts\nFacts\nWashington, DC\nSeptember 24\nPresident\nEducation\nCntrl.High 40th\nLittle Rock, AR\nSeptember 26-27\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nNatl. Conf. Lead. Summ. AR,SF,Chic.,DC\nSeptember 30\nPresident\nHousing\nEnforc. Actions\nWashington, DC\nOctober 16-17\nAdvisory Board\nEd./Outreach\nACE\nMiami, FL\nOctober 27\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nN.C. Conf. On Race Rec. Charlotte, N.C.\nOctober 30\nFirst Lady\nEducation\nHistory Ourselves\nChicago, IL\nNovember 10\nPresident\nCrime/Justice\nHate Conference\nWashington, DC\nNovember 19\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nHigher Education\nCollege Park, MD\nNovember 20\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nNatl. Cong. Amer. Ind.\nNew Mexico\nNovember 20\nPresident\nReligious\nPrayer Breakfast\nWashington, DC\nNovember 28\nPresident\nYouth\nLeaders Letter\nNationwide\nNovember 29\nPresident\nService\n\"Day On\" Grants\nWashington, DC\nDecember 1\nVice President\nYouth\nMedia Briefing\nWashington, DC\nDecember 1\nSlater & Thomas\nEconomic\nCorp Roundtable\nMiami, FL\nDecember 2\nWhite House\nYouth\nPSA\nWashington, DC\nDecember 3\nPresident\nYouth/Outreach\nRace Town Meeting\nAkron, OH\nDecember 4\nPresident\nFacts\nAmistad Premier\nWashington, DC\nDecember 7-12\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nK-12 School visits\nNational\nDecember 9\nFirst Lady\nYouth\nTeam Harmony\nBoston, MA\nDecember 17\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nK-12 Event\nFairfax, VA\nDecember 19\nPresident\nConservative\nConserv Leaders\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 12\nPresident\nCivil Rights\nRights Leaders Forum\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 13\nAdvisory Board\nEconomic\nEmployment Mtg.\nPhoenix, AZ\nJanuary 14\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nPhoenix, AZ\nJanuary 15\nPresident\nEconomic\nWall Street Project\nNew York, NY\nJanuary 15\nPresident\nService\nMedals of Freedom\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 19\nVice President\nCivil Rights\nEnforcement Funds\nAtlanta, GA\nJanuary 19\nPresident\nService\nMLK \"Day On' Cardozo Washington, DC\nJanuary 21\nFirst Lady\nEducation\nSpeech at Goucher St.\nBaltimore, MD\nJanuary 25\nPresident\nSports\nSuperbowl PSA\nNationwide\nJanuary 26\nWhite House\nEducation\nOpp Zones\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 27\nPresident\nCivil Rights\nEEOC Funds\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 30\nPresident\nCrime/Justice\nComm Prosecutors\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 30\nAdvisory Board\nEconomic\nCorp/Labor Forum\nLos Angeles, CA\nFebruary 2\nVice President\nEducation\nHispanic Initiative\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 4\nPresident\nEducation\nSchool Partnership\nWashington, DC\n1\nFebruary 6\nWH, Advisory Board\nWomen\nLeadership Briefing\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 7\nPresident\nSports\nNBA All-Star\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 10\nVice President\nEconomic\nSBA Credit Event\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 10\nCEA\nEconomic\nERP Chapter on Race\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 10\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nSan Jose, CA\nFebruary 11\nAdvisory Board\nEconomic\nPoverty/Race Meeting\nSan Jose, CA\nFebruary 11\nPresident\nEconomic\nRon Brown Awards\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 18\nVice President\nEconomic\nSBA Announcement\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 21\nPresident\nHealth Care\nDisparities-Radio Addr\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 23\nPresident\nOutreach\nNGA-Call to Action\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 23\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nRutgers University\nNew Brunswick, NJ\n2\nPIR INITIATIVE MASTER SCHEDULE - March-August\nMarch 10 (T)\nPresident\nEconomic\nChild care\nConnecticut\nMarch 16-17\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nUniversity of Mississippi\nOxford, MS\nMarch 18\nPresident\nEmployment\nAFL-CIO Meeting\nLas Vegas, NV\nMarch 24\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nCitizen Dialogue\nDenver, CO\nMarch 25\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nStereotyping\nDenver, CO\nMarch 27or 28\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nPromising Practices\nLos Angeles, CA\nMarch 28\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nCDF Town Meeting\nLos Angeles, CA\nMarch TBD\nPresident\nOutreach\nAfrica Trip Event\nTBD\nMarch 4\nAdvisory Board\nEconomic\nCorporate Roundtable\nSt. Louis, MO\nApril 4\nVice President\nEducation\n30th Anniv MLK Death Memphis, TN\nApril 4 or 5\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nRecruiting New Teachers Chicago, IL\nApril 6-9\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nCampus-Dialogues\nAll over the nation\nApril 15\nAdvisory Board\nReligious\nRel. Leaders Forum\nNew Orleans, LA\nApril 15-18\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nNAFEO Conference\nWashington, DC\nApril 22\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nChicago, IL\nApril 23\nAdvisory Board\nHousing (T)\nChicago, IL\nApril 29(T)\nPresident\nSports\nESPN Town Hall\nTBD\nApril 30\nTBD\nDialogue\nState-Days of Dialogue\nTBD\nApril 30\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nCongressional Awards\nWashington, DC\nApril TBD\nPresident\nEducation\nEducators Meeting\nTBD\nApril TBD\nAdvisory Board\nEconomic\nCorporate Roundtable\nNew York, NY\nApril TBD\nAdvisory Board\nReligious\nMay 10-14\nAdvisory Board\nEducation\nNat. Assoc of Museums\nTBD\nMay 19\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nTBD\nMay 20\nAdvisory Board\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\nCran.Just. Just.\nMay 28\nPresident/First Lady\nYouth\nTeam Harmony\nWashington, DC\nMay TBD\nPresident\nReligious\nLeaders Meetings\nTBD\nMay TBD\nPresident\nEducation\n\"One America\" Speech\nTBD\nMay TBD\nPresident\nCorporate\nLeaders Meetings\nTBD\nJune 17-18\nAdvisory Board\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\nJune 18-20\nAdvisory Board\nCrime/Justice (T)\nNALEO Annual Conf\nHouston, TX\nJune TBD\nAdvisory Board\nOutreach\nPossible Town Meeting\nTBD\nJuly 26\nTBD\nEducation\n50th Anniv of Truman\nTBD\nJuly TBD\nAdvisory Board\nYouth\nTown Meeting\nTBD\nJuly TBD\nAdvisory Board\nYouth\nRace Jam\n?\nWashington, DC\nAugust TBD\nAdvisory Board\nImmigration\nDefinition of American\nTBD\n3\nOther Events\nMarch TBD\nTBD\nFacts\nUnderground RR\nOhio\nApril TBD\nAdvisory Board\nYouth/Ed.\nDrew U. Town Hall Mtg.\nMadison, NJ\nTBD\nTBD\nYouth\nYoung Entrepreneurs\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\nSports\nStudy -Sports in Society\nBoston, MA\nTBD\nTBD\nImmigration\nEllis Island Town Hall\nNew York, NY\nTBD\nTBD\nYouth/Service\nCity Year Town Hall\nCleveland, OH\nTBD\nTBD\nDialogue\nDinner Conversations\nTBD\nTBD\nPresident\nEconomic\nAssisting Unbanked\nTBD\nTBD\nPresident\nEducation/Justice\nIndian Law Enf and Ed TBD\nOther Issues\nBi-lingual vote - Elena, Maria, Christopher to convene meeting\nSports commissioners meeting development - Minyon\nEducators meeting development - Maria, Christopher, Peter\nPresidential Speeches development - Christopher\n4\nPIR PRINCIPALS EVENTS\nPRESIDENT\nJune 14\nRace Initiative\nAnnouncement\nSan Diego, CA\nJuly 17\nEducation\nTeacher Recruitment\nPittsburgh, PA\nSeptember 24\nEducation\nCentral High 40th Anniv.\nLittle Rock, AS\nSeptember 30\nHousing\nEnforc. Actions\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nWH Conf on Hate Crimes\nWashington, DC\nNovember 29\nService\n73 \"Day On\" Grants\nWashington, DC\nNovember 28\nYouth\nLeaders Letter\nNationwide\nDecember 3\nYouth/OutreachRace Town Meeting\nAkron, Ohio\nDecember 4\nEducation\nAmistad Premier\nWashington, DC\nDecember 19\nOutreach\nConservative Thinkers\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 12\nCivil Rights\nLeaders Forum\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 15\nEconomic\nWall Street Project\nNew York, NY\nJanuary 15\nService\nMedal of Honor Ceremony\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 19\nService\nMLK \"Day On\" Cardozo\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 25\nSports\nSuperbowl PSA\nNationwide\nJanuary 27\nCivil Rights\nSOTU Section on EEOC\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 30\nEconomic\nComm Emp Fund\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 30\nCrime/Justice\nComm Prosecutors\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 4\nEducation\nSchool Partnership\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 5\nReligious\nPrayer Breakfast\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 7\nSports\nNBA All-Star\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 11\nEconomic\nRon Brown Awards\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 23\nOutreach\nNGA\nWashington, DC\nFebruary TBD\nHealth Care\nDisparities\nBaltimore, MD\nMarch 10\nHousing\nOpportunities\nConnecticut\nMarch 12(T)\nOutreach\nPossible Town Meeting\nTBD\nMarch 18\nEconomic\nAFL-CIO Annual Meeting\nLas Vegas, NV\nMarch TBD\nOutreach\nAfrica Trip Event TBD\nTBD\nApril 29(T)\nSports\nESPN Town Hall\nTBD\nApril TBD\nEducation\nEducators Meeting\nTBD\nApril TBD\nEconomic\nAssisting the Unbanked\nTBD\nMay 28\nYouth\nTeam Harmony\nWashington, DC\nMay TBD\nEducation\n\"One America\" Speech\nTBD\nMay TBD\nReligious\nLeaders Meeting\nTBD\nMay TBD\nEconomic\nLeaders Meeting\nTBD\nJune TBD\nJustice\nIndian Ctry Law Enf &Ed\nTBD\nJuly 26\nCivil Rights\n50th Anniv of Truman EO\nTBD\nVICE PRESIDENT\nDecember 1\nYouth\nMedia Briefing\nWashington, DC\nDecember 19\nOutreach\nConservative Thinkers\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 12\nCivil Rights\nLeaders Meeting w/POTUS Washington, DC\nJanuary 19\nCivil Rights\nEnforcement Announcement Atlanta, GA\nFebruary 2\nEducation\nHispanic Initiative\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 10\nEconomic\nSBA Credit Event\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 18\nEconomic\nSBA Announcement\nWashington, DC\nMarch TBD\nOutreach\nBET Town Hall\nWashington, DC\n5\nApril 4\nCivil Rights\n30th Anniv of MLK Death\nMemphis,\nTN\nFIRST LADY\nOctober 30\nEducation\nHistory Ourselves\nChicago, IL\nDecember 9\nYouth\nTeam Harmony\nBoston, MA\nJanuary 21\nEducation\nSpeech at Goucher State\nBaltimore, MD\nSECRETARY RUBIN\nSeptember 8\nOutreach\nMeeting-Treasury's Role in PIR\nWashington, DC\nNovember 17\nEconomic\nMinority Business Leaders\nChicago, IL\nNovember 16\nReligious\nYeshiva Dinner\nDetroit, MI\nJanuary 15\nEconomic\nWall Street Project Conference\nNew York, NY\nATTORNEY GENERAL RENO\nOctober 27\nCivil Rights\nNC Reconciliation Conference\nCharlotte, NC\nOctober 31\nCrime/Justice\nWH Hate Crimes Summit\nWashington, DC\nNovember 5\nCivil Rights\nBill Lann Lee Press Conference\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nWH Hate Crimes Conference\nWashington, DC\nDecember 5\nCivil Rights\nSpeech-Civil Rights Office\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 1\nService\nTown Hall/Habitat for Humanity\nJackson, MS\nJanuary 16\nService\nDOJ MLK Prog-Great Hall\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 19\nOutreach\nBlack History Month events\nWashington, DC\nSECRETARY GLICKMAN\nSeptember 29\nEducation\n100th Annv of Langston U.\nLangston, OK\nOctober 27\nEducation\nHispanic Association of Colleges\nSan Antonio, TX\nOctober 28\nOutreach\nIntertribal Agriculture Council\nChandler, AZ\nOctober 30\nOutreach\nHispanic Advisory Council\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nWH Hate Crimes Summit\nWashington, DC\nDecember 8\nEconomic\nHosted \"One America\" Conversation\nTuskegee, AL\nDecember 17\nEconomic\nMtg. W/POTUS& Minority Farmers\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 22\nEconomic\nSmall Farms Commission Report\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 30\nEconomic\nConference on Rural Life\nPine Bluff, AR\nJanuary 28\nService\nMLK Event\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 3\nHealth/Outreach/ MOA w/ Tribal Universities\nWashington, DC\nEducation\nSECRETARY DALEY\nNovember 20-22\nCivil Rights\nMED Week National Conference\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 30\nOutreach\nCorporate Forum\nLos Angeles, CA\nSECRETARY HERMAN\nOctober 8\nWomen\nCongress on Women's Issues\nWashington, DC\nOctober 8\nWomen\nWomen Employed Coalition\nWashington, DC\nOctober 9\nOutreach\nDiversity Task Force\nWashington, DC\nOctober 10\nOutreach\nU.S. Hispanic Leadership Conf.\nChicago, IL\nOctober 16\nEmployment\nArchdiocese No Sweat 'Event\nNewark, NJ\nOctober 10-17\nOutreach\nNew England Roundtable\nNovember 6\nOutreach\nFounder's Day Convocation\nBaltimore, MD\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nWH Hate Crimes Conference\nWashington, DC\nNovember 14\nOutreach\nBureau of National Affairs\nWashington, DC\nNovember 14\nEducation\nOut-of-School Youth Initiative\nWashington, DC\nDecember 9\nWomen\nNational Council of Negro Women\nWashington, DC\n6\nDecember 10\nWomen\nN.C.N.W. Gala\nWashington, DC\nDecember 11\nOutreach\nNatl. Council of States Leg.\nMilwaukee, WI\nJanuary 12\nOutreach\nHHS MLK Commemoration\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 13\nOutreach\nMtg. with Amer. Indian Leaders\nPhoenix, AZ\nJanuary 14\nOutreach\nRace Advisory Meeting\nPhoenix, AZ\nJanuary 15\nOutreach\nAttended Presidential Wall St. Event New York, NY\nJanuary 15\nCivil Rights\n\"PBS Nightly News\" Action\nNew York, NY\nSECRETARY CUOMO\nSeptember 30\nEconomic\nHousing Discrimination\nWashington, DC\nOctober 30\nEconomic\n$11.5 million for Housing Discrim\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\n\"Make 'Em Pay Initiative\"\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nHate Crimes-Public& Private Hous.\nWashington, DC\nNovember 13\nEconomic\nSettlement-Discrimination Suit\nWashington, DC\nNovember 25\nEconomic\nCharges-Discriminatory Landlords\nRichmond, VA\nNovember\nEconomic\nNAR Partnership\nNew Orleans, LA\nDecember 17\nEconomic\nFair Lending-Best Prac. Agreement\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 15\nEconomic\nInvestigation-Housing Discrimination Orange County, CA\nSECRETARY SLATER\nOctober 8\nOutreach\nAfrican Aviation Initiative\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nWH Meeting on Hate Crimes\nWashington, DC\nNovember 24\nCrime/Justice\nLCCR website Announcement\nWashington, DC\nDecember 1\nOutreach\nRoundtable-Race Relations Initiative\nMiami, FL\nJanuary 15\nService\nSSA-Speech\nBaltimore, MD\nJanuary 17\nOutreach\nUrban League-MLK Event\nGreater Muskegon, MI\nJanuary 19\nService\nMLK Activities\nAtlanta, GA\nMarch 4\nEconomic\nCorporate Forum\nSt. Louis, MO\nSECRETARY PEÑA\nOctober 15\nOutreach\nFederal Hispanic Initiatives Meeting\nWashington, DC\nOctober 19\nEconomic\nTexaco Prtnrshp & Minority Gas\nN/A\nNovember 21\nOutreach\nMED Week-Diversity Contract\nNovember 21\nOutreach\nIntroduced Diversity Clause\nWashington, DC\nDecember 5\nOutreach\n\"One America\" Conversation\nSan Diego, CA\nJanuary 13\nService\nDOE MLK Commemorative Program Washington, DC\nJanuary 16\nService\n\"Everybody Wins\"-Service Intiative Washington, DC\nSECRETARY RILEY\nOctober 10\nEducation\nStatement-Civil Rights for Students\nWashington, DC\nOctober 22\nCivil Rights\nCongressional Black Caucus Mtg.\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nWH Conference on Hate Crimes\nWashington, DC\nNovember 24\nOutreach\n\"One America\" Event\nAlexandria, VA\nDecember 3\nOutreach\nRace Town Hall Meeting\nAkron, OH\nDecember 5\nEducation\nReport-Dropout Rates &Hispanics\nWashington, DC\nDecember 11\nOutreach\n\"One America\" Conversation\nLauret, MD\nDecember 11\nOutreach\nUSA Today \"One America\" Intrvw\nWashington, DC\nDecember 17\nOutreach\nAdvisory Board Meeting\nFairfax, VA\nDecember 18\nOutreach\n\"One America\" Conversation\nBaltimore, MD\nJanuary 19\nService\nLiteracy Fair w/ \"American Reads\"\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 11\nOutreach\nPromising Practices Visit\nSan Francisco, CA\nApril 6\nEducation\nCampus Week of Dialogue\nTBD\n7\nSECRETARY WEST\nJanuary 16\nOutreach\nAnnual MLK Dinner\nChicago, IL\nFebruary 26\nOutreach\nUrban League Dinner\nBaltimore, MD\nFebruary 25\nOutreach/Ed.\nHBCU President Dinner\nMississippi\nADMINISTRATOR BROWNER\nNovember 19\nOutreach\nAfrican American Environ Leaders\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 19\nOutreach\nEPA MLK Event\nWashington, DC\nREPRESENTATIVE BARSHEFSKY\nOctober 10\nOutreach\nCommerce Minority Memberships\nWashington, DC\nADMINISTRATOR ALVAREZ\nOctober 2\nEconomic\nUS Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Houston, TX\nOctober 8\nOutreach\nHispanic Heritage Month Celebration Washington, DC\nOctober 29\nEconomic\nAfrican American Small Bus. Mtg\nNovember 20-22 Economic\nMinority Enterprise Develop. Week Washington, DC\nJanuary 19\nService\nMLK Service Event\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 6\nOutreach\nWomen Leadership Briefing\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 12\nEconomic\nPoverty-Race Advisory Board Mtg.\nSan Jose, CA\nFebruary 19\nEconomic\nMemo-Understanding w/Automaker Washington, DC\nDIRECTOR LACHANCE\nOctober 26\nEducation\nConference of Hispanic Universities San Antonio, TX\nDecember 14\nOutreach\nTown Hall\nPittsburgh, PA\nJanuary 19\nOutreach\nMLK Celebration\nBridgeport, CT\nADMINISTRATOR BARRAM\nJanuary 19\nYouth\nRace Discussion w/School Students\nWashington, DC\nCOMMISSIONER APFEL\nDecember 9\nOutreach\nRoundtable Discussion\nSeattle, Washington\nSECRETARY SHALALA\nNovember 10\nCrime/Justice\nWhite House Hate Crimes Conf.\nWashington, DC\nSECRETARY BABBITT\nNovember 19\nOutreach\nGettysburg Address Commemoration Gettysburg, PA\n8\nPIR ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS /EVENTS\nDate\nIssue\nEvent\nCities\nJuly 14\nOrganizational\nMeeting\nWashington, DC\nSeptember 30\nFacts\nDemographics/Attitudes\nWashington, DC\nNovember 19\nEducation\nHigher Ed\nWashington, DC\nDecember 1\nEconomic\nCorporate Roundtable\nMiami, FL\nDecember 17\nEducation\nK-12 Education\nFairfax, VA\nJanuary 13\nEconomic\nEmployment Mtg.\nPhoenix, AZ\nJanuary 14\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nPhoenix, AZ\nJanuary 30\nCorporate\nRoundtable\nLos Angeles, CA\nFebruary 10\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nSan Jose, CA\nFebruary 11\nEconomic\nPoverty and Race\nSan Jose, CA\nFebruary 23\nEducation\nRutgers University\nNew Brunswick, NJ\nMarch 4\nEconomic\nCorporate Roundtable\nSt. Louis, MO\nMarch 16-17\nOutreach\nUniversity of Mississippi\nOxford, MS\nMarch 24\nOutreach\nCitizen Dialogue on Race\nDenver, CO\nMarch 25\nOutreach\nRace and Stereotyping\nDenver, CO\nMarch 27\nOutreach\nPromising Practices\nLos Angeles, CA\nMarch 28\nOutreach\nCDF Town Meeting\nLos Angeles, CA\nApril 4\nEducation\nRecruiting New Teachers Chicago, IL\nApril 6-10\nEducation\nCampus-Days of Dialogue National\nApril 15\nReligious\nReligious Leaders Forum New Orleans, LA\nApril 22 (T)\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nChicago, IL\nApril 23 (T)\nTBD\nTBD\nChicago, IL\nApril 30\nOutreach\nStates - Days of Dialogue TBD\nApril TBD\nEconomic\nCorporate Roundatble\nNew York, NY\nMay 1\nOutreach\nCongressional Awards\nWashington, DC\nMay 10-14\nEducation\nNat. Assoc of Museums\nTBD\nMay 19\nOutreach\nCommunity Forum\nTBD\nMay 20\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\nJune 17-18\nTBD\nTBD\nTBD\nJune 18-20\nCrime/Justice (T)\nNALEO Annual Conf\nHouston, TX\nJune TBD\nOutreach\nPossible Town Meeting\nBirmingham, AL\nJuly 26\nEducation\n50th Anniv of Truman\nTBD\nJuly TBD\nYouth\nTown Meeting\nTBD\nJuly TBD\nYouth\nRace Jam\nWashington, DC\nAugust TBD\nImmigration\nDefinition of American\nTBD\n9\nISSUES ADDRESSED BY PIR\nEDUCATION\nPOTUS-Teacher Recruitment\nJuly 17\nPittsburgh, PA\nPOTUS-Cntrl High 40th Annv.\nSeptember 24\nLittle Rock, AR\nAd Bd Higher Education\nNovember 19\nCollege Park, MD\nPOTUS-Amistad Premier\nDecember 4\nWashington, DC\nAd Bd K-12 Event\nDecember 16-17\nFairfax, VA\nFLOTUS Speech at Goucer St.\nJanuary 21\nBaltimore, MD\nEd Opportunity Zones\nJanuary 26\nWashington, DC\nClass Size\nJanuary 26\nWashington, DC\nSchool Modern\nJanuary 26\nWashington, DC\nVPOTUS Hispanic Initiative\nFebruary 2\nWashington, DC\nVPOTUS-Hispanic Educ Initiative\nFebruary 2\nWashington, DC\nSchool Partnership\nFebruary 4\nWashington, DC\nAd Bd Rutgers University\nFebruary 23\nNew Brunswick, NJ\nAd Bd. Recruiting New Teachers\nApril 4\nChicago, IL\nAd Bd. Campus-Dialogues\nApril 6-10\nTBD\nPOTUS-Educators Meeting\nApril TBD\nTBD\n\"One America\" Speech\nMay 2\nTBD\nAd Bd Nat'l Assoc of Museums\nMay 10-14\nTBD\nIndn Cntry Law Enf and Ed\nJune TBD\nTBD\nECONOMIC\nCorporate Roundtable\nDecember 1\nMiami, FL\nAdvisory Board\nJanuary 13\nPhoenix, AZ\nPOTUS-Wall Street Project\nJanuary 15\nNew York, NY\nCEA/ERP Chapter on Race\nFebruary 10\nWashington, DC\nVPOTUS-SBA Credit Event\nFebruary 10\nWashington, DC\nAdvisory Board Meeting- Poverty\nFebruary 11\nSan Jose, CA\nPOTUS-Ron Brown Awards\nFebruary 11\nWashington, DC\nVPOTUS-SBA Announcement\nFebruary 18\nWashington, DC\nPOTUS-Child care\nMarch 10\nConnecticut\nPOTUS-AFL-CIO Meeting\nMarch TBD\nLas Vegas, NV\nPOTUS-Assisting the Unbanked\nApril TBD\nTBD\nPOTUS-Corporate Leaders Mtg.\nApril TBD\nTBD\nYOUTH\nPOTUS-Youth Leader Letter\nNovember 28\nNationwide\nVPOTUS-Youth Media Briefing\nDecember 1\nWashington, DC\nPOTUS-Youth PSA\nDecember 2\nWashington, DC\nPOTUS-Town Hall\nDecember 3\nAkron, OH\nFLOTUS-Team Harmony Event\nDecember 9\nBoston, MA\nPOTUS/\nFLOTUS-Team Harmony Event\nMay 28\nWashington, DC\nOUTREACH\nAd Bd Community Forum\nJanuary 14\nPhoenix, AZ\nAd Bd Community Forum\nFebruary 10\nSan Jose, CA\nPOTUS NGA-Call to Action\nFebruary 23\nWashington, DC\n10\nAd Bd Meeting-Ole Miss\nMarch 16-17\nOxford, MS\nAd BD Mtg. Community Forum\nMarch 25\nDenver, CO\nAd Bd Promising Practices\nMarch 27\nLos Angeles, CA\nAd Bd CDF Town Meeting\nMarch 28\nLos Angeles, CA\nAfrica Trip\nMarch TBD\nAfrica\nStates-Days of Dialogue\nApril 30\nTBD\nAd Bd Congressional Awards\nMay 1\nWashington, DC\nAd Bd Town Meeting\nJune TBD\nTBD\nCIVIL RIGHTS\nPOTUS-Rights Leaders Forum\nJanuary 12\nWashington, DC\nVPOTUS EEOC Announce\nJanuary 19\nAtlanta, GA\nSOTU-EEOC Funds\nJanuary 27\nWashington, DC\nVPOTUS-30th Anniv. MLK Death April 4\nMemphis, TN\n50th Anniv. Truman EO\nJuly 26\nTBD\nHOUSING\nHUD Enforcement Actions\nSeptember 30\nWashington, DC\nSERVICE\nPOTUS\" Day On\" Radio Address\nNovember 29\nWashington, DC\nPOTUS-Medals of Freedom\nJanuary 15\nWashington, DC\nPOTUS-MLK Day-Cardozo\nJanuary 19\nWashington, DC\nCONSERVATIVE\nPOTUS-Akron Town Meeting\nDecember 3\nAkron, OH\nPOTUS-Conservative Thinkers\nDecember 19\nWashington, DC\nCRIME/JUSTICE\nHate Crimes Conference\nNovember 10\nWashington, DC\nCommunity Prosecutors\nJanuary 30\nWashington, DC\nIndn Cntry Law Enf and Ed\nJune TBD\nTBD\nFACTS\nAd Bd Meeting\nSeptember 19\nWashington, DC\nSPORTS\nPOTUS-Superbowl PSA\nJanuary 25\nNationwide\nPOTUS-NBA All Star\nFebruary 7\nWashington, DC\nPOTUS ESPN Town Hall(T)\nApril 29\nTBD\nWOMEN\nWomen's Office Event\nFebruary 7\nWashington, DC\nHEALTH CARE\nPOTUS-Health Care Disparities\nFebruary TBD\nBaltimore, MD\nRELIGIOUS\nAd Bd. Mtg. w/religious leaders\nTBD\nTBD\nPOTUS-Prayer Breakfast\nMay TBD\nTBD\nIMMIGRATION\nMeeting on Immigration\nMay TBD\nSan Antonio, TX(T)\n11\nPOLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS\nDates\nPolicy\nEvent\nPrincipal\nPlace\nJuly 17\nEducation\nTeacher Program\nPresident\nPittsburgh, PA\nSeptember 30\nHousing\nEnforcement Actions\nPresident\nWashington, DC\nNovember 10 Justice\nHate Crimes Policy\nPresident\nWashington, DC\nDecember 3\nEducation\nOpportunity Zones\nPresident\nAkron, OH\nJanuary 19\nCivil rights\nEnforcement\nVice President\nAtlanta, GA\nJanuary 26\nEducation\nEd Opp Zones,\nWhite House\nWashington, DC\nClass Size, School Mod\nJanuary 27\nCivil Rights\nEEOC Funding\nPresident\nWashington, DC\nJanuary 30\nEconomic\nComm Emp Fund\nPresident\nWashington, DC\nJustice\nComm Prosecutors\nFebruary\nEducation\nHispanic Ed\nVice President\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 4\nEducation\nSchool Partnership\nPresident\nWashington, DC\nFebruary 10\nEconomic\nERP Race Chapter\nCEA\nWashington, DC\nFebruary TBD Health Care\nDisparities\nPresident\nTBD\nMarch 10\nEconomic\nChild care\nPresident\nConnecticut\nTBA\nEconomic\nUnbanked\nPresident\nTBD\nTBA\nCrime/Educ\nIndian Country\nPresident\nTBD\n12\nPROMISING PRACTICES BY REGION\nRegion\nProgram\nPlace\nNortheast\nUSDOJ Task Force on Police and Urban Youth\nNew England\nSamuel S. Fels Cluster-Philadelphia School District\nPhiladelphia, PA\nInterfaith Action for Racial Justice Inc.\nBaltimore, MD\nMaryland U. Moving Toward Community\nCollege Park, MD\nTeam Harmony\nBoston, MA\nUniting Neighbors in Truth and Equality\nHuntington, WV\nOperation Understanding DC\nWashington, DC\nNorthwest\nOpNet: The Multimedia Opportunities Program\nSan Francisco, CA\nMidwest\nMontana Human Rights Network\nBillings, MT\nMinnesota Churches Anti-Racism Initiative\nMinneapolis, MN\nGrow your Own: Ohio Projects for a Div. Teaching Force\nOhio\nKansas U. Medical Center Comprehensive Diversity Initiative\nLawrence, KS\nKentucky Commission On Human Rights\nLouisville, KY\nMich U. Program on Intergroup Relations\nAnn Arbor, MI\nCleveland Residential Housing and Mortgage Credit\nCleveland, OH\nThe Coming Together Project\nAkron, OH\nDuPage Media and Community Network\nWheaton, IL\nSouthwest\nLeadership Development in Interethnic Relations\nLos Angeles, CA\nTools for Tolerance for Professionals\nLos Angeles, CA\nCustomer Service and Cultural Diversity Program\nPhoeniz, AZ\nHands Across Cultures Corp.\nEspanola, NM\nCommunity-Based Fire Protection Program\nLos Angeles, CA\nSoutheast\nThe North Carolina Students Teach and Reach Program\nNorth Carolina\nMemphis Race Relations and Diversity Institute\nMemphis, TN\nBridging the Gap Project\nAtlanta, GA\nCentral/South Florida Higher Education Diversity Coalition\nMiami, FL\nStudent Unity Task Force\nColumbia, SC\nProject Harmony\nVolusia, FL\nThe Common Ground Program\nNew Orleans, LA\nNational\nTime Magazine-Celebration of America\nNational Diversity Project\nCenter for Living Democracy\nThe Study Circles Center\nThe Teaching Tolerance Project\nNational Conference\nA World of Difference\nFacing History and Ourselves\nNot in Our Town Campaign\n13\nPROMISING PRACTICES BY ISSUE\nIssue\nProgram\nPlace\nEducation\nGrow Your Own Ohio for a Diversified Teaching Force\nOhio\nN.C. Students Teach and Read Program\nNorth Carolina\nSamuel Fels Cluster of Philadelphia School District\nPhiladelphia, PA\nMemphis Race Relations and Diversity Institute\nMemphis, TN\nThe Common Ground Program\nNew Orleans, LA\nMich U. Program on Intergroup Relations\nAnn Arbor, MI\nMaryland U. Moving Toward Community Program\nCollege Park, MD\nThe Study Circles Resource Center\nNational\nThe Teaching Tolerance Project\nNational\nCentral/South Florida Higher Ed Diversity Coalition\nMiami, FL\nOutreach\nUniting Neighbors in Truth and Equality\nHuntington, WV\nKentucky Commission on Human Rights\nLouisville, KY\nMuseum of Tolerance Program\nLos Angeles, CA\nCommunity-Based Fire Protection Program\nLos Angeles, CA\nThe Coming Together Project\nAkron, OH\nThe Center for Living Democracy\nNational\nThe National Conference\nNational\nA World of Difference Institute\nNational\nTime Magazine-Celebration of America\nNational\nReligious\nMinn. Churches Anti-Racism Initiative\nMinneapolis, MN\nOperation Understanding DC-Black/Jewish Program\nWashington, DC\nInterfaith Action for Racial Justice Inc.\nBaltimore, MD\nDuPage Media and Community Network\nWheaton, IL\nYouth\nHands Across Cultures Corporation\nEspanola, NM\nUSDOJ Task Force on Police and Urban Youth\nNew England\nLeadership Development in Interethnic Relations\nLos Angeles, CA\nStudent Unity Taskforce\nColumbia, SC\nProject Harmony\nValousia, FL\nTeam Harmony\nBoston, MA\nNational Diversity Project\nNational\nFacing History and Ourselves\nNational\nHealth Care\nMaricopa Health System Customer Service\nPhoenix, AZ\nand Diversity Program\nKansas U. Medical Center Diversity Initiative\nLawrence, KS\nHate Groups\nMontana Human Rights Network\nBillings, MT\nEconomic\nCleveland Residential Housing & Mortgage Credit Project\nCleveland, OH\nEmployment\nOpnet: Multimedia Opportunities Program\nSan Francisco, CA\nImmigration\nBridging the Gap Project\nAtlanta, GA\n14\nCAMPUS WEEK OF DIALOGUE: WHO WILL BUILD ONE AMERICA?\nWHAT IS THE CAMPUS WEEK OF DIALOGUE?\nThe month of April 1998 has been designated by the President's Initiative on Race (PIR),\nas a \"Month of Dialogue.\" During the \"Campus Week of Dialogue,\" which is from April 6-9,\ncolleges and universities across America will take responsibility for leading the nation in\norganizing race-related events and laying the foundation for building one America. A letter from\nU.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Dr. John Hope Franklin, Chairman of the\nAdvisory Board to the President's Initiative on Race, invites college and university presidents to\ncommit to this effort by organizing events on their campuses during this week.\nWe expect that this week will bring people together across racial lines, reach young\nleaders, and stimulate solutions and next steps. The Campus Week of Dialogue theme, Who Will\nBuild One America?, evokes the notions of community, personal responsibility, and opportunity.\nBuilding one America is truly in the hands of every American.\nHOW CAN CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION PARTICIPATE?\nCampuses can participate:\nCampus Town Hall Meeting on Race: By organizing a campus town hall meeting or\nseries of meetings with students, faculty, and staff to discuss the complex issues of race\non campus, in the local community, or in society.\nCampus-Community Partnerships: By hosting a meeting involving both campus and\ncommunity leaders to discuss ways to work together to improve race relations.\nStudent Leaders Meeting: By reaching out to student leaders from all races on campus\nand encouraging them to convene a campus meeting of student leaders to discuss issues\nof race on campus and how they can work together across racial lines.\nOther Campus Activities: By sponsoring other events during the week, including faculty\nlectures on racial issues, film showings, cultural festivals, community service projects,\nand by encouraging faculty to set aside class time during the week to promote further\ndiscussion of racial issues in their classes.\nPromising Practices: By identifying promising practices, community-based and national\nefforts that are designed to promote racial reconciliation, increase positive dialogues, and\nexpand opportunities for every American. For more information about promising\npractices, visit the PIR web site at www.whitehouse.gov/Initiatives/OneAmerica.\nHOW WILL THE CAMPUS WEEK OF DIALOGUE HELP?\nParticipation in the campus week of dialogue will:\nIdentify committed campus leadership to sustain efforts to build One America.\nEngage thousands of young leaders in the President's Initiative on Race.\nIdentify new Promising Practices.\nThe Center for the Study of Southern Culture\nThe University of Mississippi\nSynopsis:\nThe University of Mississippi is sponsoring a series of events for members of the\nPresident's Advisory Board on Race, including a public forum on race in North Mississippi\ncommunities, on March 16 and 17. The University is an important venue for a Race Initiative\nevent because of its role in the integration of higher education--as a result of James Meredith's\neffort to enroll there, it is analogous to the role of Little Rock Central High School in public\nschool integration. Four Advisory Board members--Dr. Franklin, Gov. Winter, Rev. Johnson\nCook, and Bob Thomas--will participate, as will Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater.\nThese events are part of a larger effort by the University of Mississippi to address racial\nissues in the Oxford-Lafayette-University communities. The University's Black History Month\nCommittee hosted a race relations forum on February 6, moderated by Julian Bond. The forum\ngenerated community interest in racial dialogue and helped to set the stage for the March 16-17\nevents. Furthermore, facilitators on a Special Committee on Race (SCOR) began conducting\ndialogue sessions in February focused on different constituencies, such as business, education,\nand government. Representatives of these groups will report to the members of the Advisory\nBoard at the public forum. Following the public forum they will work toward the development\nand implementation of an 18-month agenda aimed at racial reconciliation.\nSchedule of Events:\nMarch 16--\nAfternoon--Tour of school and/or Aaron Henry Center in Clarksdale, MS.\n7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.--Public Forum\nMarch 17--\n8:30 a.m.--Tour of Oxford Elementary School\n10:30 a.m. Public Addresses by Dr. John Hope Franklin and Secretary of Transportation\nRodney Slater\n12 noon-1:15 p.m. Brown Bag Workshops with Dialogue Groups and Student Groups\nc:\\work\\wp\\u-miss.syn\n01/28/98 WED 13:46 FAX 202 456 6598\nCHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE\n0 001\nOUTREACH SCHEDULE (revised 1/8/98)\nPRESIDENT'S INITIATIVE ON RACE\nJanuary:\n13-14 Advisory Board Meeting, Phoenix, AZ Employment\n14\nWorkplace Diversity Forum, Phoenix, AZ\n30\nCorporate Executives Forum, Los Angeles, CA\nFebruary:\n10\nReligious Leaders Forum, Newark, NJ\n10-11 Advisory Board Meeting. Oakland/San Francisco, CA Race and Poverty\nTBD (week of 22nd) Corporate Executives Forum, New York City\nMarch:\n3 or 4 Advisory Board Town Hall Meeting, Atlanta GA or Minneapolis, MN\nTBD (week of 1st) Religious Leaders Forum, Baltimore\nTBD (week of 8th) Corporate Executives Forum, Chicago, IL or Cincinnati, OH\nTBD (week of 15th) Religious Leaders Forum, Columbia, SC\n24\nReligious Leaders Forum, Denver, CO\n24-25 Advisory Board Meeting Denver, co- Race and Stereotyping\nRace Elteact\nApril:\n22\nReligious Leaders Forum, Location TBD\nPittsburgh\n?\n22-23 Advisory Board Town Hall Mecting, Chicago,\n-\nTBD Campus/Community Week of Dialogue\nor Chicago - Immigration ?)\nMay:\n19-20 Advisory Board Meeting San Antonio, TX Immigration\nTBD Corporate Leaders/Religious Leaders Meeting with President\nJune:\n17-18 Advisory Board Town Hall Meeting, Birmingham, AL -\nJuly:\nTBD Advisory Board Meeting, Charleston, SC -- Administration of Justice\nAugust:\nTBD Advisory Board Hall Meeting, Seattle, WA Our Future (Youth)\nOne America\nAdditional Activities:\nwhat together brings us\nMarch 16-17 University of Mississippi (Dr. Franklin, Gov. Winter)\nMarch 17-20 AFL-CIO Executive Council, Las Vegas\nMarch 26-29 AFL-CIO Full Participation Conference, Los Angeles\nMarch 28\nChildren's Defense Fund Race Town Hall Meeting, Los Angeles\nTBD\nAmerican Indian/Alaska Native Town Hall Meetings\nTBD\nPresident's Town Hall Meetings (3)\nE\n-\n2\nDay 1\nFocus 9 mys\nbased m types\nof mede\n2 Dan 1\nFours groups based\non group. - identity\n3)\nPRESIDENT'S ADVISORY BOARD ON RACE\nTOWN HALL MEETINGS\nOEOB 476--1/28/98, 2 p.m.\nI. Background\nII. Formats\nIII. Role of Advisory Board\nIV. Topics\nV. Locations\nVI. Schedule\nVII. Desired Outcomes"
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