Lynum Elected President of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials

 Orlando, Fla. – Orlando Commissioner Daisy W. Lynum was elected 2009 president of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO) this week during the group’s annual membership meeting at the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Congress of Cities in Orlando.

The Congress of Cities is the National League of Cities’ annual conference for city leaders. It encourages city leaders to exchange best practices and new program ideas that provide economic opportunities, make available more affordable housing, ensure public safety, and allow more effective interaction with state and federal agencies.

Lynum was first elected to the Orlando City Council in 1998, where her primary focus for Orlando citizens has been quality of life through sustainable neighborhoods. She is a member of NLC’s Bo ard of Directors and the Florida League of Cities. [Read more]

History!!

Senator Barack Hussein Obama will make history on November 4, 2008 by becoming the first African-American to be elected President of the United States of America. The Post News Group and its publisher Paul Cobb proudly endorses him and urges all to vote for him and our slate of candidates in Tuesday’s election.

Sarah Palin’s Record on Alaska Native and Tribal Issues

By Sue Taylor,
Special to the Post

The silence surrounding Sarah Palin’s “real” views is about to be broken on her record with Alaska’s Native tribes.
“Almost half the nation’s Native tribes are located in Alaska – most of them using subsistence fishing and hunting to have any food to eat.  Most are poor – way below poverty level. About 20% of all tribes are in California,” says a local Native-American attorney, who asked not to be identified.
“With Alaska and California having almost 70% of all Native tribes, it’s important to know how they are treated by current political leaders.”
Just as African Americans did, many Native-Americans did not vote until tribes fought for the right to vote and to have polling places on the tribal lands, not somewhere hundreds of miles away.
“Yes, these are recent fights,” says the local Berkeley attorney.  [Read more]

“Obama: From Promise to Power” by David Mendell

c.2007, Amistad    $14.95 paperback  

406 pages, includes notes

Enjoying 2008?

For some of us, it’s been a year of new beginnings, new possibilities, and new adventures. For others, it’s been one of comforting predictability and a happy dearth of change.

For all of us, it’s a year campaign ads and – ultimately – a moving van at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Have you made up your mind to which candidate you’ll throw support?  If your opinion isn’t set in concrete, read “Obama: From Promise to Power” by David Mendell. It might not change your thinking, but it might make you take a second look.

Born to a white woman who was originally from Kansas, and a father born and raised in Kenya, Barack Obama is a self-admitted child of many cultures. When Barack (who was born in Hawaii and named for his father) was two years old, Obama Sr. left the family to attend Harvard, then returned to his native country.  Despite the abandonment, Obama’s mother painted her ex-husband in a very favorable light and taught her son positive history about African American culture.  [Read more]

“Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama” by Steve Dougherty

c.2007, Black Dog & Leventhal 

$9.95 / $12.95 Canada 128 pages

According to a Gallup survey taken last month, 94% of Americans queried said they’d be willing to vote for an African American candidate for president next year, which leads politicians from both sides to wonder:

Will 2008 be the Year of Obama? 

No matter how you answer that question, you owe it to yourself to learn about all the candidates first, before you head to the polls.  In the new biography “Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama” by Steve Dougherty, you’ll read about the charismatic Senator who might just make history.

When Barack Obama, “an utterly obscure Illinois state senator”, was tapped to give the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic convention, many people were surprised.  One of them was Obama himself.  Afterward, politicians from both parties hailed it as one of the greatest keynote speeches in memory, and Americans sat up and took notice. [Read more]

Obama Nomination a Moment in African American History

The Post Newsgroup attended the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado to witness and participate in the ratification of Senator Barack Obama as the first acknowledged African American to be selected as their Presidential nominee. Photos by Ace Washington, Kevin Jefferson, Gay Plair Cobb, Conway Jones and graphic design by Alapi Bhatt.

Photos from the Democratic National Convention

Actor Danny Glover Speaks at the Democratic National Convention

By Post Staff

The Post was on the ground at the Democratic National Convention.  Here are some of the pictures we took throughout the week. [Read more]

Obama’s acceptance speech

Following is the text of Barack Obama’s speech accepting DNC nomination for president.To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation;

With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest - a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours — Hillary Rodham Clinton. To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it; to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service; and to the next Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, I thank you. I am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the Amtrak train he still takes home every night.

To the love of my life, our next First Lady, Michelle Obama, and to Sasha and Malia - I love you so much, and I’m so proud of all of you. [Read more]

Obama’s Electric Moment in Denver

From left to right: Post Publisher Paul Cobb, Kevin Jefferson, Conway Jones and Gay Plair Cobb in “the Post Situation Room” at the Sheraton Hotel in Denver. Photo by Ace Washington.

By Paul Cobb
Special from Denver, Co

The Post News Group converted the Denver Sheraton Hotel’s main lobby into its “situation room” during the Democratic national Convention. Many impromptu interviews and photo-ops were available. Senators, Governors, Mayors, Congresspersons, other electeds and many of the selecteds, along with “other ordinary greats” were “Posterized.” From the Post’s perch we were able to see the passersby; from Willie Brown to Rev. Amos Brown, from Jesse Jackson Sr. to Jesse Jackson, Jr., from Ray Taliaferro to Wade Woods from Desley Brooks to Dezie Woods Jones, from Alice Huffman to Chris Jackson, from Tom Hayden to Charles Rangel, from Barbara Lee to Bill Clinton from Delores Huerta to Gloria Allred, from Vernon Jordan to Percy Pinkney, from David Chai to Gay Plair Cobb, from Jean Quan to Alicia Wang, from Angela Glover Blackwell to Danny Glover and many more volunteers and political aficionados were interviewed, photographed and given bottles of H2Obama water to quench their thirsts for “Change”. [Read more]

Lee Alarmed By U.S. Census Bureau Report Findings

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-09) on Wednesday issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Census Bureau report that found that 8.4 percent of the residents over the age of 65 in Alameda County are living in poverty and that African-American households continue to pull up the rear when it comes to family incomes, earning substantially less than their Hispanic, Asian-American and non-Hispanic white counterparts.
“I am troubled by the statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau that found that the number of elderly residents living in poverty continues to increase throughout Alameda County,” Congresswoman Lee said. “It is unconscionable to have so many of our elderly residents living at or beneath the poverty line, especially when you consider that they reside in a state that is among the wealthiest in the nation. The report shows that we must redouble our efforts to ensure that those in the twilight of their lives can live comfortably. [Read more]

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