THE C4C FEDERAL EXCHANGE The Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C) Volume 3, Number 7 (2016 October/ November) ISSN 2375-7086 (Online)
In This Issue
HR 1557 Solidarity Letter
C4C Membership Dues
EEOC Reply to C4C EEO Program Inquiry
TEDx-Blowing the Whistle While Black
Office of Special Counsel (Brown Bag and Strategic Plan)
Tanya Ward Jordan Editor - C4C Federal Exchange
Advocacy Groups Call for Reforms Within the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) A host of advocacy groups and whistleblowers have signed a solidarity letter to support the bill HR 1557-Federal Employee Antdiscrimination Act. Congressman Elijah Cummings introduced HR 1557 on March 24, 2015. The bill, which amends the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation (No FEAR) Act of 2002, strengthens Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) protections for Federal employees who have been discriminated against and provides accountability within the Federal government for retaliatory acts. The bill is now with Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on (HSGAC). According to advocacy groups the bill has stalled since the senate added a controversial amendment involving discipline without providing for full due process rights. The group sent a united letter to Senator Ron Johnson, Chairman of HSGAC, asking for the Chairman to move forward on the reform measures as agreed upon by both the House and the Senate. SEE PRESS RELEASE click HERE.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fails to provide a
numeric goal in days for deciding employee appeals. EEOC recently informed the C4C --- “as of August 2016, the oldest pending appeal is about 3,065 days old (8.4 years).”
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently provided its reply to C4C’s Federal Sector EEO Program Inquiry report. See EEOC’s reply by clicking HERE. The C4C has scheduled a follow-up meeting with the EEOC in November 2016 to address membership concerns about the EEOC’s handling of widespread discrimination and reprisal complaints against Federal government officials.
Ms. Arthuretta Martin, Chair of the Health and Wellness Committee for the Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C), an advocacy organization that informs the public on the systemic practices of discrimination against Black Americans within the Federal Government discussed “Blowing the Whistle While Black at TEDx Wilmington. Learn more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J30hHT6Xrw
C4C Health and Wellness Chair-Arthretta Holmes-Martin (left)) and President Tanya Ward Jordan (right) pose with National Blacks In Government (BIG) 2nd VP Matthew Fogg after providing seminar at the National BIG Conference in August 2016. The C4C representatives spoke before a packed audience about the Federal workplace discrimination’s adverse impact on the health and wealth of Black Americans.
President Tanya Ward Jordan and C4C supporter and activist Joyce E. Megginson greet civil rights icon Rev. Walter Fauntroy. Civil rights leader Walter Fauntroy is finally home but vows to go back, overseas. Read article at link HERE.
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ATTENTION: The C4C will commence MEMBERSHIP DUES effective January 1, 2017.
About C4C Federal Exchange The C4C Federal Exchange Newsletter is a publication of The Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C). The Internet publication, which addresses “race” discrimination and retaliation in the Federal sector, obtained its ISSN from the U.S. Library of Congress in October 2014.
Individual membership of $50 can be paid semi-annually with minimum of $25 due by January 1, 2017 and balance due June 1, 2017. Membership fee may be paid via PayPal or by check. The Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C) P.O. Box 142 Washington, DC 20044
In The News OSC Presents Its Strategic Plan for FY 20172022
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Latest Developments at the Office of Special Counsel WHEN: Click HERE Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Eastern Time RSVP needed by Nov. 14th U.S owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel, Washington Post, by Ishaan Tharoor -- Click HERE Contact Us C4C@coalition4change.org
Leading Veterans Groups Urge the Federal Circuit to Uphold the Whistleblower Rights of FBI Employees Click HERE.
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