For Immediate Release
April 30, 2010

Contact: Ricci Graham
(510) 763-0370

Lee to speak at event hosted by Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and various community partners

OAKLAND – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) will give a State-of-Black-America Address on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the African-American Organization Making Connections Forum at Merritt College, 12599 Campus Drive, Oakland, CA at 9:30 a.m.

Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congresswoman Lee will provide an overview of the CBC’s “Opportunities for All – Pathways out of Poverty,” legislative priorities for the 111th Congress.  “Opportunities for All – Pathways Out of Poverty” focuses on enhancing education opportunities in low-income communities, increasing the reach of economic security, eliminating health disparities, proving just and affording housing, strengthening civil rights and judicial system reform, and addressing global poverty.

Congresswoman Lee will attend a series of events following her address:

Grand Re-opening of the Oakland Museum of California
11 a.m., Saturday, May 1, 2010
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA

Albany Fire Department Preparedness Fair
12 noon, Saturday, May 1, 2010
1000 San Pablo Avenue
Albany, CA

Eighth Annual Cinco de Mayo con Orguillo
1:15 p.m., Saturday, May 1, 2010
Ashland Community Center
1530 176th Avenue
San Leandro, CA

Ashland Village Apartments Grand Opening
2 p.m., Saturday, May 1, 2010
1300 Kentwood Lane
San Leandro, CA

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