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Leaders to Announce Commission to Engage African Americans
July 23, 2008
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Leaders to Announce Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change
Broad Focus on GHG Mitigation, Energy and Climate Impacts on Community; Release of New Poll on African American Climate Views
(Washington, DC) – Leading African American experts and policymakers on energy and the environment will hold a press conference at the National Press Club to announce the Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change. The Commission will also release a new opinion survey on the views of African Americans on key climate and energy questions, and present a background paper on key issues of concern, and discuss how the Commission members will engage with Congress, the new President, business and environmental leaders and the African American community generally regarding the challenges and opportunities that climate change presents.
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Press Conference to Announce the Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change, Release New Poll on Climate Change |
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Commission Co-chairs Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies President and CEO Ralph B. Everett and Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis; U.S. House of Representatives and Majority Whip James E. Clyburn; and others representing scientists, activists, policymakers, labor, entrepreneurs, educators, religious and business leaders. |
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Tuesday, July 29 at 10:00 a.m. EDT |
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The National Press Club, White & Murrow Rooms |
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is one of the nation’s premier research and public policy institutions and the only one whose work focuses exclusively on issues of particular concern to African Americans and other people of color. For more information, go to www.jointcenter.org
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