On our road to economic recovery we will make sure that
African Americans in Cincinnati will support a
National Capacity Building Symposium
"A Retrospective &
Best Practices Identification"
Part of the American Recovery &
Reinvestment Fairness Campaign in Cincinnati, Ohio
Convener of the National Fairness Campaign Steering Committee
Dr. Robert Day
President of the Center for Urban & Rural Development
Where: PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT HISTORIC SITE
2038 Auburn Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45219
Saturday January 31, Cincinnati, Ohio 8:00 AM - 4:00PM
National Fairness Campaign Steering Committee
- General Chairman Joesph Debro Co-Founder, National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC)
- Co-Chairwoman Pandora Ramsey, Founding President , Ohio Fairness Campaign
- Co-Chairman Fredrick Hargrove, Sr. PE, MBA. former Chairman of Cincinnati Change
- Co-Chairman Irvin Henderson, Founding Chairman, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC).
- Convener Dr. Robert Day PhD, President, Center for Urban & Rural Development
- Executive Coordinator, Michael Cole, President, Thouh Communications
Ohio is a focal point because it is middle America, and has demonstrated past and current innovations to address fairness and capacity building, including state government minority business development programs, initiatives to increase the budget for the African American males commission, and the recent appointment of a non government "infrastructure czar" to oversee Ohio's portion of the proposed American reinvestment & recovery program.
Steering Committee Advisor and Panel Moderator
Lawrence Auls, Chairman of MDi, Executive Director LISW, LTD MORNING SESSION
8:00AM-11:00 AM
50 YEAR REVIEW & ANALYSISOffice of Equal Opportunity [OEO], Affirmative Action, Setasides, Affirmative Access, Diversity, Inclusion, New Markets Tax Credits, Business Development Programs, Empowerment Zones, Model Cities, CDBG, DOL Workforce Development Grants, Community Action Agencies, Structures, Approaches, and delivery systems for Opportunity[s] and Capacity Building. The Fairness Campaign will review past political agreements and governing compacts and their relationship to the social, economic development environment under an Obama Presidency. The Fairness Campaign will also identify and address historic moral gaps.
WHAT WORKED? WHY NOT?Among the issues to be reviewed -
- War On Poverty: Community Action Agencies, Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (Model Cities), Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Black Capitalism, Philadelphia Plan, Selected Contractors Strategy
- Executive Order 8802 Fair Employment Practices and follow-on actions
- Public Law 95-507 and modifications
- Ohio House Bill 584 Set Aside and its descendants such as EDGE
- The Small Business Investment Act and Minority capitalization programs such as Specialized SBIC’s [MSBIC’S]
- Construction Apprenticeship Programs
- Small Business Administration (SBA) and other business economic and technical assistance programs
- CETA, New Careers, Jobs Corps, Military Service, Peace Corps, Vista
- Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones
- Minority, National and Regional Purchasing Councils
- Positive capacity building pass-throughs, joint ventures, and mentor protégés
- Non capacity building pass-throughs, fronts, and joint ventures
A WORKING LUNCH
11:00AM-12:30 PM
AFTERNOON SESSION
12:45PM – 4:00PM
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?BEST PRACTICES FOR FAIRNESS: JOBS AND CAPACITY BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE – LEED [GREEN/ENERGY] – REDEVELOPMENT- Access to Capital & Credit: Dr. Robert Day, Dr. Herb Smith and the Institute for Open Economic Networks
- Commercial, Retail and Residential Development: Irvin Henderson, President The Henderson CompanyConstruction and LEED Buildings: Fred Hargrove, PE. MBA, President, Hargrove Engineering, LLC with invited - Small, Medium and Large Contractors
- Next Generation Workforce Development and the American Labor Market: Bill McCoy, President, The McCoy Company; George B. Edwards, Founder & President, Black Trades Council of Ohio Invited – construction craftspeople including union members, apprentice and journeymen, along with workforce policy makers.
- Health Policy Options and Telemedicine: Mark Batson, Executive Director, PolicyBridge [think-tank]; Carl White, President The Net Video
- Broadband America and SMART Buildings: Hershel Daniels, Junior, Co-Founder MDi and invited Technologists
4:00PM NEXT STEPS
ADJOURNMENT
NATI NUBIAN NEWS YOU CAN USE THE CINCINNATI EMPOWERMENT ZONE ANNUAL EVENT
Join the partners, businesses, residents and friends of the City of Cincinnati Empowerment Zone [EZ] to recognize its 10-year milestone, honor its partners, and award new grants totaling $2 million. Special Guest Speaker: Bootsy Collins along with Lincoln Ware, Courtis Fuller, and this year's Program Grantees celebrate the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation's [CEC] decade of support for the nine EZ neighborhoods and the CEC staff i.e. they've spent over 25 million dollars.
