Black Women for Positive Change Supports Presidential Initiatives on Gun Control and Job Creation in Six States

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During the past 6 weeks, BW4PosChange networkers have supported President Obama's events in six states on gun control and job creation. Our networkers have been in the audience, have extended invitations to other local supporters of the Administration and are working to support positive and effective Administration policies. 

Activities have included:

• Gun Control Event with Moms of Victims of Gun Violence, White House,  Washington, DC;

• Gun Control Event at Denver Police Academy, Denver, Colorado;

• Gun Control Event, Hartford, Connecticut;

• Health Affordability Act Event, White House, WDC

• Job Creation and Innovation Event, Austin, Texas;

• Job Creation and Economic Development Event at Ellicott Dredging,  Baltimore, Maryland
• African American Leadership Conference, White House, WDC

Other BW4Positive Change Activities have included:

• WOL Radio interview with Dr. Carter, President of Johnson C. Smith University to support Anthony Foxx, U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary Nominee 
• WOL Radio interview with Rev. Ronald Braxton, Metropolitan Baptist Church to discuss "Pipeline to Prison." and "By Invitation Only" DC School policy.
• WOL Radio interview with Bernadette Tolson, Charter Member, BW4Positive Change to discuss "By Invitation Only" DC Summer School Policy   
• Endorsement of Curren Price, Los Angeles City Council, 9th District
• Endorsement of Justin Fairfax, Attorney General, Virginia

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A Special Op-Ed by Boston Networker Faye Morrison

Dear Editor~

“Shame on you” words uttered today by an observer in the Senate when a washed down version of gun legislation failed to pass.  I didn’t believe it when Senator Reid said taking out the teeth of the legislation, banning automatic “war type” weapons and clips with a greater than ten bullet capacity would make the laws passage more likely.

Unlike Senator Reid I wasn’t willing to trust this version of the GOP, it is their actions that should be judged, so they filibuster forcing the vote to be sixty members not the majority rule like any other piece of law would need.

This is how democracy dies if we are not vigilant, when a majority of polled Americans support it, how does the NRA and a minority of the Senate keep it from becoming a reality?  When did we walk through the looking glass in to this Wonderland, where as Senator Rubio said today “I have stuck my neck out for gay marriage and immigration I don’t have the cover to do this”.  When do you need cover to do the right thing?  When did we let that happen America?  How can we allow folks to become life time politicians who represent the funders of their next re election campaign and not “We the People?”

Well for those of you living in MA cheering this set back know this, the efforts of our FBI, BPD, and the Attorney Generals are being hampered because the NRA successfully helped defeat a bill that required taggets in gun powder so it could be tracked back to it’s point of sale.

Yes it appears the NRA is a terrorist’s best friend whether they are wielding a gun or a bomb.   Rather than protect us, the Senate has decided to sacrifice us to their greed.  Believe me they are making money and at the end of the day you better believe for the NRA that is what it is all about.

Tell your reasons to the Richards who lost their 8 year old Monday in that bomb blast, whose five year old sister lost a leg, whose mother suffered a concussion.  Tell that to the seven people who had amputations today.  The one hundred and seventy six wounded and the families of the three dead.  Why not track gun powder so that our law enforcement under so much pressure to bring people to justice have the tools to do so.

Why not back ground checks for all weapon sales no matter who the buyer or seller is?  The GOP is happy to go back when it suits them, won’t consider equal pay for women, gays should have no rights and should march back to the closet, abortion, head start, social security turn all of that back.  But go back and reinstitute the automatic gun ban of the ninety’s that they can’t hear.

Well we need to speak louder and vow not to give up on this fight, 2014 is coming and we need to know how everyone voted and do our best to help the opponent of the ones who got it so wrong today.

Faye Morrison

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