Atlanta, Georgia: Please attend the July 8, 2012 Congressional Policy Briefing & Reception Dinner with Democrat and Honorable United States Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota

Congressional Policy Briefing & Reception Dinner with Honorable United States Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota

Important Info on:
United State Foreign Policy
Middle-East Diplomacy
International Finance

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Congressional policy briefing luncheon with the member of the House Financial Services Committee and the House Democratic Steering Committee, Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN).
http://ellison.house.gov

The House Financial Services Committee has jurisdiction over the banking system, stock exchanges, and the housing and insurance industries.

The Committee also handles policy matters including monetary policy, international finance, and combating terrorist financing.

Congressman Keith Ellison will share his perspectives on U.S. foreign policy towards Middle East and Pakistan and challenges that impact the nation’s ability to combat security threats within our borders and abroad.

This luncheon will also include a question-and-answer (Q&A) session on the challenging policy agenda facing the Foreign Affairs Committee and United States Congress.

This is the first in a series of conversations with policymakers by MS Global Partners & American Public Policy Council, Inc.

Date:
July 8, 2012

Location:
The LouderMilk Center
40 Courtland Street Northeast
Atlanta, GA
30303

Private Congressional Policy Briefing:
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Fundraising Reception:
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Honorary Host Committee:

Honorable U.S. Congressman John Lewis (invited)

Dr. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Leader (Invited)

Honorable Georgia Senator Minority Leader Steve Henson

Honorable Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams

Honorable Georgia State Senator Curt Thompson

Honorable Georgia State Representative Pedro Marin

Honorable Georgia State Representative Tyrone Brooks

Members of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials

Chairman Mike Berlon – Democratic Party of Georgia

Former Georgia House Minority Leader Dubose Porter

Asian American Caucus of the Democratic Party of Georgia

Online Payment:

Atlanta Host Committee – $250

Private Congressional Policy Briefing | Invitation to the Reception Dinner
Atlanta Host Committee Sponsorship – $500

Policy Briefing | Invitation to the Reception | Special Recognition
Reception Dinner (1 Attendee) – $75
Reception Dinner (2 Attendees) $125

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AOL News Story about the Claiming A Street Named King Project entitled "MLK, USA: Many King Streets Stuck on Economic Outskirts" by Stefanos Chen

"Claiming A Street Named King" Project

MLK, USA: Many King Streets Stuck on Economic Outskirts

| By Stefanos Chen | Posted Jan 17th 2012 3:48PM 

Twenty-six years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was first honored with a holiday, his legacy has flourished -- and not just in the annals of history. Today, there are more than an estimated 900 streets in America that bear the civil rights leader's name.

But even as the memory of King remains at the heart of American discourse, many of his namesake streets are drifting further to the social and economic periphery.

"There tends to be a marginalization of King's name," Derek Alderman, professor of geography at East Carolina University, told AOL Real Estate. Alderman, who has spent the better part of a decade chronicling the number of streets named after the slain civil rights leader, has encountered the paradox many times before -- beloved as the man may be, in real estate, some homebuyers and store owners ascribe a kind of stigma to the name.

Using Realtor.com's database of homes on the market, an analysis of properties on Martin Luther King Jr. streets lends some credence to that view. In 2010, the median list price for homes with "Martin Luther King Jr." in the address was $79,900. By 2011, it had fallen to $69,900, a 12.5 percent decrease. The U.S. median list price was more than twice that last year, at $170,000, and saw only a 4.7 percent drop in the same period, according to the National Association of Realtors. (In the gallery below, see a random sampling of homes on MLK streets.)

Gallery: Homes on MLK, USA

In many ways, Alderman said, it's a case of perception becoming reality. Residents and business owners oppose the renaming of thriving streets because of an unfounded fear that the civil rights leader's name may hurt property value. Instead, the commemorations of King, who was assassinated in 1968, are often quite literally pushed to the margins of town, on streets of communities that are already economically challenged.

"When a street's name means something [to property value] it's because of the location," said Alice Palmisano, executive director of Brown Harris Stevens Appraisal & Consulting Co. in New York City. "Park Avenue means something because it's in a great neighborhood," not because the name has some intrinsic real estate value.

Compounding the problem for many of these predominantly African-American communities was the rampant predatory lending that plagued poorer neighborhoods during the sub-prime mortgage run-up. In fact, the Justice Department is now seeking to repay more than 200,000 minority borrowers who were steered toward high-interest subprime loans when many qualified for better terms. The search is part of a historic $335 million discriminatory lending settlement levied against Bank of America's Countrywide Financial unit.

But to write off the more than 900 streets that pay homage to King as "struggling" would be wide of the mark, said the Rev. Terence Dicks, project director of the "Claiming a Street Named King" program in Augusta, Ga.

There are several prominent examples of MLK streets with healthy economies and rich cultural legacies, such as the ones in New York City, Austin and, of course, King's hometown of Atlanta. But Dicks' project aims to take an accounting of the problems faced by MLK throughways that continue to face economic hardship.

"I want to see an area meant for bad, used for good," he said, referring to the stigma accompanying many of the streets -- especially when King's legacy is at stake. "Young people do not remember Dr. King as well as they should," and the negativity being attributed to the streets named in his honor is not helping matters.

Alderman, who has collaborated with the grassroots project, echoes his sentiment.

"There's just no way that Martin Luther King's name causes poverty."

2011 "Hope and Unity" Rally reset for new date Monday, August 22 at the state capitol: Join Democratic Party of Georgia, its allies and residents as they fight GOP lies and the Republican Party painful state legislation that is hurting Georgia residents

(Atlanta, Georgia) - Georgia residents - and anyone – who are sick of right-wing legislation that is hurting state residents and their children are invited to the Hope & Unity Rally this month at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta.

The "Hope & Unity Rally" will be held starting at 9 a.m. on the new date - Monday, August 22, 2011.

The rally date was changed from the middle of the August to the fourth Monday "due to Governor Deal’s restrictive policies regarding rallies at the State Capitol," organizers said.

This purpose of this "call-to-action" at the state capitol is to "unite Georgians that have been sidelined by our state’s republican legislation: policies that are against public education, against workers and anti-middle class," said Mike Berlon, chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia.

The Democratic Party of Georgia is "partnering with several affiliate organizations for the Hope & Unity Rally at the Georgia Capitol," he said.

Organizers are hoping for a "good turnout for this event," Berlon said.

The Georgia State Capitol is located at 206 Washington Street in Atlanta.

The event website is:

www.HopeAndUnityRally.com

The Democratic Party of Georgia and the GaJournalist on YouTube present veteran GA U.S. Congressman John Lewis "Trouble:

U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA 5th District) is a 13-term Democrat from the great state of Georgia

13-term Georgia Congressman speaks out about the "Trouble" facing Georgia families thanks to Republican policies and legislation