| WHAT: |
The Legislative Black Caucus (LBC) will hold its second town hall meeting on The State of Black California at the Capitol on Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. As vice chair of the LBC, Assemblymember Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) will convene the meeting to obtain information on the social, economic, political and cultural conditions of the Black community in Sacramento. Attendees will have an opportunity to share with the Caucus their issues and concerns as members of the Sacramento community. Speaker Fabian Nũńez, Sacramento Assemblymember Alan Nakamishi, city councilmember Kevin McCarty, city councilmember Lauren Hammond and leadership from Sacramento’s Black Community will also attend the community forum. Sacramento Assembly members Dave Jones and Lois Wolk have also been invited.
The State of Black California is a report that will put forth an action agenda to address public policy issues facing Black Californians. The information gathered at the Town Hall meetings throughout the State will be combined with quantitative research being conducted by a team from University of California Los Angeles and Berkeley. Along with Sacramento, the report will include data from four other regions in California: Los Angeles, The Bay Area, San Diego and the Inland Empire. |
| WHO: |
Legislative Black Caucus members: Caucus Chairman Mervyn Dymally, Assemblymember Karen Bass, Senator Kevin Murray, Assemblymember Jerome Horton, Assemblymember Mark Ridley-Thomas and Senator Edward Vincent; Speaker Fabian Nũńez; Assemblymember Alan Nakamishi; city council members Kevin McCarty, and Lauren Hammond; Sacramento’s Black Leadership |
| WHEN: |
Thursday, June 29, 2006
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
State Capitol
4th Floor – Room 4202
Sacramento, CA |
| BACKGROUND: |
The Legislative Black Caucus strives toward implementing strategies to empower the Black community throughout California. These strategies include stronger partnerships with our communities and businesses. The goal of the State of Black California report is to develop a public policy agenda for the Legislative Black Caucus (LBC) by engaging community members in a dialog about conditions faced by Blacks in five regions of the State and by engaging academics in compiling data documenting the social and economic conditions of African-Americans in California. An additional goal is to expose African-Americans around the State to Black legislators and expand participation in the legislative process.
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