Category: Project 21 Press Releases
Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists to Expose Environmental Policies that Harm Minority Advancement at National Press Club Earth Day Press Conference; Policies That Inadvertently Encourage Segregated Housing Among Those Cited as in Need of Reform – April 2004
Minority activists and environmental experts are joining together on Earth Day 2004 to condemn domestic and international environmental regulations that destroy economic opportunity, encourage neo-segregationist housing policies, endanger public health and generally pit human welfare against regulatory goals. Members of ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Represented on CNN Rice Testimony Panel – April 2004
Mychal Massie, a member of Project 21's National Advisory Council, participated in a CNN focus group watching National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's testimony before the September 11 commission. His reactions will be broadcast on Thursday, April 8 on CNN's "Paula ...
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Black Groups Call for Investigation of Congressional Black Caucus; Details of Black Lawmakers’ Relationship with Deposed Haitian Leader Sought
In response to actions and comments by members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) regarding American policy toward Haiti, the African-American leadership network Project 21 endorsed a letter to Chairman Joel Hefley (R-CO) asking the U.S. House of Representative's Committee ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Condemn Elitist “Earth Day” – April 2004
Elitist environmental activists observing "Earth Day" on April 22 are promoting a regulatory agenda hostile to minority ambitions for economic and social advancement. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 prefer an alternative environmental justice agenda that ensures human ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Organization Urges Senator Dodd to Resign Over Insensitive Comments; Senator Urged Punishment for Such Actions By Others in the Past – April 2004
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are asking U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd to resign his seat in the wake of inappropriate comments he made commemorating fellow senator Robert C. Byrd's 17,000th Senate vote. Senator Dodd said: "I ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Applauds Bipartisan Low-Tax Effort – March 2004
Critical of current tax law that effectively encourages American companies to keep their foreign profits abroad, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud efforts to lower this specific tax rate and allow these companies to bring their profits ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Commend NAACP for Reversing Position and Considering Morals Clause for Future Image Awards Nominees – March 2004
Members of the black conservative organization Project 21 are applauding the NAACP for "seeing the light" by determining that a morals clause may be warranted for future NAACP "Image Award" nominations. The goal of the NAACP's annual Image Awards is ...
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Project 21 Press Release: The Senate Won’t Police Itself: Justice Department Probe of Unethical Senate Conduct Sought – February 2004
In response to allegations of unethical conduct among U.S. senators - including the possible exchange of votes for campaign contributions - The National Center for Public Policy Research has joined other organizations in asking the U.S. Department of Justice's Public ...
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NAACP Legal Chief’s Resignation Proves Need for Probe of Special Interest Influence Over Senate Judiciary Committee
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 say the unexpected resignation of NAACP Legal and Defense Education Fund, Inc. president and director-counsel Elaine Jones - in the wake of Project 21's ethics complaint against her with the Virginia State ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Conservative Black Group Praises Recess Appointment of Judge Charles Pickering – January 2004
Members of the Project 21 African-American leadership network praised President George W. Bush for his recess appointment of Judge Charles Pickering to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Pickering, who was originally nominated in May of 2001, has over 40 ...
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