Week of August 17, 2016 Vol 35 • No 39 • www.thechicagocitizen.com
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Violence and Race:
Citizen Panel Explores the Issues
PROTESTORS DEMAND ARREST OF POLICE WHO SHOT AND KILLED ALTON STERLING + P3
By Lisette Gushiniere and Chelsea Johnson
D
uring a panel discussion hosted by the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc. entitled, “Violence and Race Relations in America: Where Do We Go From Here?” a group of panelists came together to discuss numerous topics under the banner of violence and race relations in the US. The panelists touched on numerous issues commenting on everything from black-onblack crime, to police brutality and excessive force, to black economics and race relations in America. The panel discussion was held at the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc. located on 806 East 78th Street and was streamed live on Facebook and Periscope.
Congressman Danny K. Davis, (D-Illinois, 7th)
Rev. Dr. Derrick B. Wells, Senior Minister, Christ Universal Temple
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Melinda Kelly, Executive Director, Chatham Business Association
Paula Thornton Greear, Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Chicago Urban League
William Natale, Regional Director of Public Affairs – OH/IL/CO/Miami Media Schools and Author of “1968 - A Story As Relevant As Today As It Was Then”
Rev. Dr. Leon D. Finney Jr. President, Woodlawn Community Development Corporation, Community Organizer and Pastor of the Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church
Carl C. Bell, MD
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Pastor Richard A. Wooten Executive Director and Founder Gathering Point Community Council
July Unemployment Numbers Unchanged at 4.9%; Voter Participation Will Help Determine Future Stats The Chicago Urban League’s Workforce Development Director Andrew Wells recently issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) July 2016 jobs report: “The July national unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent.
Unfortunately, the story for Chicago’s African American community is also the same with a heightened unemployment rate of more than 18 percent coupled with scarce opportunities for upward movement in the workplace. Twenty-sixteen is a critical year. We are witnessing one of the most historic,
unprecedented and unpredictable Presidential elections on record. ‘We, the people’ get to decide what type of future we want and who best can lead us to where we want to be, particularly as it relates to the job market.
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