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Keeping the Dream Alive: President Obama's Work with the African American Community (WTF!)
White House ^ | 4/08/11 | Michael Blake

Posted on 04/09/2011 8:37:00 AM PDT by Libloather

Keeping the Dream Alive: President Obama's Work with the African American Community
Posted by Michael Blake on April 08, 2011 at 10:30 AM EDT

On Wednesday, April 6th, the National Action Network kicked off its 20th anniversary convention, celebrating "20 years of struggle, 20 years of progress, 20 years of shaping history."

During the day, four Cabinet members--Education Secretary Duncan, Attorney General Holder, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan--spoke to convention attendees about how the Obama Administration has been working with the African American community. That night, President Obama spoke at the Keepers of the Dream Awards Gala.

The President shared how we are building upon a new foundation to ensure that we are winning the future through job creation, access to affordable health care, providing housing assistance, tackling poverty, and focusing on education to be the pathway to our long-term economic prosperity. He spoke words from his heart of how public service can help people: "Yes, we have a ways to go to address unemployment and housing, but if we work together, we can get to another of King's beloved mountaintops and promised lands."

While the night was filled with memorable moments, the one that stuck with me was sitting next to my mom, Hilary Lawrence, a breast cancer survivor who went from no house in Jamaica to helping me work at the White House in D.C. My mom and my loving dad did so much to pave the way for me. To sit there as the Director of African American Outreach and experience this with her was one of those revelation moments where I reflected on the past and am so grateful for the future.

On the same day, we launched a new website--Winning the Future: President Obama and the African American Community. This website will allow for people to better understand how the Obama Administration's policies and work have benefited the African American community, from minority-owned businesses having more access to capital, to the benefits of health reform that are improving the lives of all Americans. We hope you'll find the new site useful!

Michael Blake is the Director of African American Outreach for the White House.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: african; american; arneduncan; blacks; community; communityorganizer; dream; ericholder; lisajackson; nan; wtf
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To: Libloather

“Working” with the African-American community one busboy, maid amd caddy at a time.


21 posted on 04/09/2011 10:06:27 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (The heresy of heresies was common sense - Orwell)
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To: Joann37

You are right. In fact, I put him up there with Van Jones, who Beck made a (and rightly so) big stink about.


22 posted on 04/09/2011 11:01:57 AM PDT by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: Libloather

Note to self: Don’t you dare tell them what you really think.... they can’t handle it, wouldn’t understand it and don’t give a damn.

Angry White Cracker....


23 posted on 04/09/2011 11:08:31 AM PDT by Gator113 (I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: Libloather

Obama, let me break this to you gently. There is no African American, no Hispanic American, no Asian American or anything else American like that. Either you are American or you are not.


24 posted on 04/09/2011 11:08:49 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: sinanju

Blacks in America, the very vast numbers of them, blindly supported this “Flim/Flam”, hate America, Barack Hussein Obama. Obama could care less about Black America. Black folks have been had real bad in many more ways then one!!! Obama has thrown them under the bus, by every measurement. Worse, Blacks are never going to be forgiven for the support they gave and still give to Obama. No jobs, unwanted pregnancies, poor education, no upward mobility, home foreclosures, neighborhood collapse, family breakups, etc. Hey, Dudes & Chicks, how’s that Obama “Hope & Change” working out for you. Dummies!!! It is really unbelievable!!! Shame, too bad these folks don’t get it. Actually, it is only one word, folks!!! Assimilation!!!


25 posted on 04/09/2011 11:41:24 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX
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