Avoice Webcasts

  • The Congressional Black Caucus, the Committee System and the President

  • Environmental Justice Exhibit

  • January 12, 2009 – Washington, D.C.
    Venue: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

    A seminar cosponsored by the Congress Project and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Avoice Virtual Library on January 12, 2009, in which panelists explored the relationship between the Congressional Black Caucus, congressional committees, and the president. Panelists included, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, George Dalley, chief-of-staff to Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY), Katrina Gamble, assistant professor of political science at Brown University, and Perry Bacon, staff writer, The Washington Post. Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, and Dr. Elsie L. Scott, president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, served as session moderators.

  • CBC Leadership and the Environmental Justice

  • Environmental Justice Exhibit

  • September 26, 2008 – Washington, D.C.
    Launch of the Avoice Environmental Justice Exhibit at CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference 2009
    Venue: Walter E. Washington Convention Center

    The Avoice Virtual Library launched its sixth online exhibit with a panel session during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 38th Annual Legislative Conference on September 26, 2008. Entitled “CBC Leadership and the Environmental Justice Movement,” the session highlighted both the legislative and grass-roots efforts of environmental justice leaders to ensure environmental equality for all people regardless of race, class or geographic location. The session was moderated by Adrena Ifill, project director of the Avoice Virtual Library, and included remarks from Dr. Elsie L. Scott, president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Kevin M. Brown, a vice president and chief procurement Officer at Dell, Inc. and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) with a keynote address from Harold Mitchell, South Carolina State Representative and founder of ReGenesis, Inc.

  • Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Bill

  • Martin Luther King Holiday Bill

  • January 14, 2008 - Washington, D.C.
    The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday: How Did It Happen?
    Venue: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

    On January 14, 2008, Avoice and the Division of U.S. Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center joined together to commemorate the 40th anniversary year of Rev. King's assassination and the 25th anniversary year of the passage of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Bill with a seminar addressing the social and legislative history of the bill as well as the continuing significance of Dr. King's life today. Speakers included Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Dr. Elsie L. Scott, President and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher of The Washington Informer, and Moses Boyd, Senior Counselor with the Washington Group and former Public Policy Scholar at the Wilson Center.

  • Understand Our Past to Unleash Our Power – Avoice at the CBCF’s 37th Annual Legislative Conference

  • ALC Avoice session sign, 2007

  • September 27, 2007 - Washington, D.C.
    ALC 2007 – Understand Our Past to Unleash Our Power
    Venue: Walter E. Washington Convention Center

    As part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 2007 Annual Legislative Conference theme of Unleashing our Power, Avoice hosted a panel on the importance of historic preservation in recognizing African American achievements and leadership. Entitled “Understand Our Past to Unleash Our Power,” the panel focused on the topic of capacity building, highlighting the importance of archiving and digitizing, in remembering the past achievements of African Americans and documenting their current progress. The panel was moderated by Adrena Ifill, the Avoice Project Manager, and included panelists Congressman James Clyburn, Faith Davis Ruffins of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, John W. Franklin of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Felicia Bell of the U.S. Capitol Society, and James Page with Dell Inc.

 

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