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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 www.urbanissuesforum.com.
2007 Upcoming Forums
Friday February 23, 2007
CA Assembly Majority Leader, Karen Bass
The State of Black California Report
Friday, March 9, 2007
Academy Award Winning Actress, Halle Berry
Protecting Women and Children from Domestice Violence
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent, David Brewer
Plan to Improve Learning in LAUSD
Previous Speakers
2006 Speakers
Former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jocelyn Elders, December, 2006
Civil Rights Attorney, Connie Rice, November, 2006
U.S. Senator Barack Obama - October 27, 2006
U.S. Senator, Barack Obama (D-IL), October, 2006
California African American Museum
Port of Los Angeles Chief, Ron Boyd, September, 2006
Author/Commentator, Farai Chideya, August, 2006
California Assemblywoman, Karen Bass, July, 2006
Scholar, UNIA Chair, Dr. Julius Garvey, June, 2006
Civil Rights Activist/Television Judge, Greg Mathis, May, 2006
Clinton Commission On Race Member, Atty. Angela Oh, April, 2006
Author/Anti-Racism Activist, Tim Wise, March, 2006
Councilwoman Jan Perry and panel on Homelessness, February, 2006
SEIU #434b President, Tyrone Freeman, January, 2006
2005 Speakers
Tookie Williams Advocate Barbara Becnel 12/05
CA CBC Chair, Mervyn Dymallyn 11/05
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 9/05
Environmental Racism Forum 9/05
Minister Tony Muhammad 9/05
State of Black Los Angeles Panel 7/05
School Board Member Marguerite LaMotte 6/05
African American Voters Survey Panel 4/05
Former Speaker, Bob Hertzberg 1/05
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