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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be joined by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other notable leaders to commemorate the District of Columbia Emancipation Day with the "March Through the Monuments,"Today, April 11, 2012. Norton, who will speak at the Lincoln Memorial at 2:00 p.m.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce at the start of tonight's D.C. Commission on Black Men and Boys forum, "Lessons from the Life and Death of Trayvon Martin," that she will introduce a bill to reestablish a federal grant program for states to develop racial profiling laws, to collect and maintain data on traffic stops, to fashion programs to reduce racial profiling, and to train law enforcement officers.
Washington, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her Commission on Black Men and Boys will host a panel of four witnesses at a roundtable hearing entitled, "Lessons from the Life and Death of Trayvon Martin," on Tuesday, April 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the D.C. Armory. The commission, which Norton established a number of years ago, holds roundtable hearings and works to help resolve the issues that have a great impact on Black men and boys, including criminal justice, education, and chronic unemployment.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on the General Services Administration (GSA) 2010 Western Regional Conference:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will use the coming of the cherry blossoms and spring weather to reintroduce her Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act when Congress returns from recess. The Affordable Care Act, which is pending at the Supreme Court, is only one part of what needs to be done about health care in the United States. Norton said, "If we are serious about health care, we must start where our most serious health conditions begin, the epidemic of overweight and obesity."
WASHINGTON, DC –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton(D-DC) will introduce former President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative University on Sunday, April 1 at Kelly Miller Middle School at 9:30 a.m.