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Urban Issues Forum
The Urban Issues Breakfast Forum is a monthly discussion forum designed to publicly educate the urban community
on critical issues and improve minority media communications access to national and local newsmakers. The goal
is to provide the community, at large, community news sources with firsthand insights to their constituencies
on issues of national and local concern.
The attentive public is also invited to attend these forums and many
are held at no expense to the public. Past speakers over the past seven years have included U.S. Surgeon General,
Dr. David Satcher, South African Parliament member, Winnie Mandela, Rainbow/PUSH President, Rev. Jesse Jackson,
Sr., Minister Louis Farrakhan, Dr. Dorothy Height, former U.S. Senator, Carol Moseley-Braun and many state and
local newsmakers.
Annual sponsors of the Urban Issues Forum are Union Bank, Capital Vision Equities, Southern California Edison , SEIU 434b, Our Weekly,
Sempra Energy, KJLH Radio 102.3FM, Wells Fargo Bank, and Community Financial Resource Center. The host of the Urban
Issues Breakfast Forum is Syndicated Columnist (and former LA/NAACP President), Anthony Asadullah Samad.
Should you have any questions about the forum or to get involved,
please visit .
2009 Forums |
Actorvist, Isaiah Washington, 3/09
Mr. Vernon Jordan, 6/09
Inglewood Police Chief, Jacqueline Seabrooks, 7/09
Congresswoman Laura Richardson/ Speaker Karen Bass, 8/09
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We Are What We Were
Standing Up and Speaking Out
Accountability
Health Care Reform Town Hall
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2008 Forums |
Civil Rights Activist, Rev. Al Sharpton, 2/08
Exposition Authority Chair, Jan Perry 3/08
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, 4/08
Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas, 5/08
1968 Olympic Gold Medalist, Tommie Smith, 7/08
Princeton Professor Cornel West, 8/08
Former Essence Editor, Susan Taylor, 9/08
Judge Mablean Ephriam, 10/08
LAUSD Superintendent David Brewer, 12/08
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The Relevancy of Social Activism in Politics
Building Friendly Public Transportation
April 4th, 1968: The Assassination of MLK
Resolving California’s Health Care Crisis
My Olympic Reflections of Mexico City
Does Race Still Matter In America
The National Mentoring Movement
Responsible Fatherhood
The Children Still Come First
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2007 Forums |
CA Majority Leader, Assm. Karen Bass, 2/07
Assm. Davis, Price and Richardson 3/07
Panel on 15th Anniversary of L.A. Riots, 4/07
Panel on Emerging Community Movements, 5/07
Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, 6/07
Los Angeles Fire Chief, Doug Barry, 8/07
Dr. Terrence Roberts, 9/07
Civil Rights Attorney Tom Mesereau, 10/07
Panel on Knowledge Transfer Summit, 11/07
PBS Talk Show Host, Tavis Smiley, 12/07
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The State of Black California
The New Vision For Black Elected Politics
Lessons Learnt and Where Do We Go…
“A Change Is Gonna Come”
Two Year Report Card: City on the Mend...
Reforming The L.A. Fire Department…
50th Anniversary of the Little Rock Nine
Race and the Law: Analyzing Jena Six
Solving Intergenerational Problems
Who Will Earn The Black Vote in 2008?
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