Remember to set your TiVos or tune into CSpan

[mandyky]

online or on the TeeVee tomorrow starting at 9 AM. Beware, though, they've invited Kenneth Blackwell (yes that Kenneth Blackwell) and some other RWers.

I look forward to Tavis Smiley's State of the Black Union every year!

[qanda]

1. I posted about this in GD

State of the Black Union 2006: Economic Empowerment (Starting at 9 A.M.)
The list of morning speakers:

Herman Jerome Russell, Sr. Founder and Chairman, H.J. Russell & Company
Janice Bryant Howroyd, Founder and CEO, ACT-1
Ulysses Bridgeman, "Junior" Owner, Bridgeman Foods
Michelle Singletary, Columnist, , Personal Finance
Floyd H. Flake, Minister, Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York
Harriet R. Michel, President, National Minority Supplier Development Council
Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League
Tavis Smiley, Talk Show Host, PBS
Najee McGreen, President and CEO, Techmaster Computer Works
Alphonso R. Secretary, Jackson, Department of Housing & Urban Develop.
Julianne Malveaux, President and CEO, Last Word Productions
Keith I. Millner, Senior Vice President, Nationwide Financial, In-Retirement
Gene A. Moore, Minister, St. Agnes Baptist Church (Houston, TX)
Lynnette Khalfani, Author

State of the Black Union 2006: Defining the Agenda (Starting at 2:00 P.M.)
The list of afternoon speakers is:

Nikki Giovanni, Poet
Harry Belafonte, Entertainer
Melvin Watt, U.S. Representative, D-NC
Sheila Jackson-Lee, U.S. Representative, D-TX
Wade Henderson, Executive Director, Leadership Conf. on Civil Rights
Jesse Jackson, Founder and President, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Remus E. Wright, Minister, Fountain of Praise (Houston, TX)
Jamal-Harrison Bryant, Minister, Empowerment Temple A.M.E. (Baltimore)
Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State, R, Ohio
Na'im Akbar, Psychologist
Ian Smith, M.D. Physician
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, President, African American Policy Forum
Cornel West, Professor, Princeton University, African-American Studies
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. Associate Professor, Princeton University, Religion
Joseph E. Lowery, Chairman Emeritus, Black Leadership Forum
Trish Millines Dziko, Executive Director, Technology Access Foundation
Tavis Smiley, Talk Show Host, PBS
Kamala D. Harris, District Attorney, San Francisco, CA
Suzanne Malveaux, Correspondent, CNN, White House
Raymond Brown, Visiting Professor, Seton Hall University, Law School
Marcyliena Morgan, Associate Professor, Stanford University, Communication
Harry R. Jackson, Founder and Chairman, High Impact Leadership Coalition
Jennette B. Bradley, Treasurer, R, Ohio
Roland G. Fryer, Jr. Assistant Professor, Harvard University, Economics
Jerome C. Ringo, Chair, National Wildlife Federation, Board of Directors
Jim Program Shelton, Director, Gates (Bill and Melinda) Foundation, Education Division
Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/fullschedule.csp?timeid=212007613912

On Edit: Must See TV is what Harry Belafonte will say to Kenneth Blackwell. Get your TIVOs ready.

[msgadget]

2. I was glued to the tv

and very, very disappointed Blackwell from Ohio wasn't there and the guy from HUD wasn't there. The one republican from Oregon said something smart, that we should have representatives from BOTH caususes and then went on to reassure that she works with her 'sisters' across the aisle. I never saw her campaign spiel or even her before, to be honest.

I loved that the black megachurch was represented and discussed on the panel. I regretted there wasn't a forum for Mosley to be questioned further regarding his Black PAC idea too.

I've got to get the covenant because its one thing to be all uplifted for one day out of the year and let that feeling fade until the next such event. They sure made it seem like a good reference piece to use for demanding better for ALL Americans and for organizing.

What I got from the whole long affair was what we already know: it's not about r & d but about r & w. Yeah!