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Jan 12, 2010
USA TODAY
The campaign to get blacks to participate in the 2010 Census has forged an unprecedented bond between two groups that have not traditionally shared common goals: African Americans and black immigrants.
Jul 15, 2009
The Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley News
Washington, DC - The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation's (NCBCP) Black Women's Roundtable (BWR) is proud and elated to hear President Obama's announcement today that their 2009 honoree, Dr. Regina Benjamin, has been selected as the next U. S. Surgeon General.
May 29, 2009
Florida Courier
When the subject of the criminal justice system and its impact on the African-American community is discussed, the emphasis is usually placed on males. This is understandable if we focus exclusively on numbers. Black males are victimized, arrested and incarcerated in much greater numbers than Black females.
May 11, 2009
The Final Call Newspaper
Let's tell the truth: We've fallen into forgetfulness and apathy. Though our foreparents risked all that was dear to them to open a way for us, we have relinquished the fundamental Black values that guided their lives. The great benefits that millions of us enjoy today don't come from nothing. They have grown out of a long and glorious legacy of mutual love, faith in God and commitment to the children. These core values traveled with them over the seas and centuries. They emboldened enslaved Africans to get up from servitude, challenge racist practices, stand strong in the face of heinous acts of violence today's Black people will never know.
Apr 8, 2009
Chicago Defender
When the subject of the criminal justice system and its impact on the African-American community is discussed, the emphasis is usually placed on males. This is understandable if we focus exclusively on numbers. Black males are victimized, arrested and incarcerated in much greater numbers than Black females.
Press Releases
Mar 3, 2010
Congressman William Clay, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Al Green join the Unity Diaspora Coalition to kick off 30-day countdown and launch of Census Poster and Social Media Competition
Jan 13, 2010
Joint Statement of Wade Henderson, Melanie Campbell and Benjamin Jealous on the Use of the Word “Negro” on the 2010 Census Form
Dec 10, 2009
African American leaders and activists are in Copenhagen working to make sure environmental justice and gender are included in any agreements resulting from the tense negotiations
Dec 4, 2009
Several grassroots organizations convene for a roundtable discussion to develop a unified strategy for the UN Climate Change Conference next week
Dec 2, 2009
Written Testimony to the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee Oversight and Government Reform Committee Submitted by
Melanie L. Campbell
