NCBCP Unity '08 Gospel Breakfast & Intergenerational Leadership Dialogue

NCBCP members available for interview during convention

DENVER, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Coalition on Black
Civic Participation's (NCBCP) Unity '08 Voter Empowerment Campaign will host
and participate in a number of events during the Democratic and Republican
Conventions. In Denver, the NCBCP will host a Unity '08 Gospel Breakfast &
Intergenerational Leadership Dialogue. Prominent African American leaders will
answer the question "What Does Be The Change Mean To You."

WHAT: Gospel Breakfast and Intergenerational Leadership Dialogue

WHO: The NCBCP and its Unity '08 Be The Change Partners. Participants include:
Bev Smith, The Bev Smith Show,
Dr. Dorothy I. Height, NCNW,
Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, The Peoples' Agenda,
Melanie L. Campbell, NCBCP,
Marc Morial, NUL,
Susan L. Taylor, Essence magazine,
Gary Flowers, Black Leadership Forum
William "Bill" Lucy, CBTU,
Clayola Brown, A. Philip Randolph Institute,
Stephanie Brown, NAACP Youth & College Division,
Charles Steele, SCLC, and
Felicia Davis, Just Environment
Carla Brooks, BYV!,
Featuring entertainment by Grammy nominated gospel artist Tonex

WHEN:Monday August 25, 2008
TIME: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

WHERE:Colorado Convention Center Four Seasons - Ballroom One 700 14th Street
Denver, CO

RSVP: Edrea @ 818 613-9521

Unity '08 members are also available during the convention to comment on:

-- African American participation in the upcoming election, specifically,
participation among Black women and youth.
-- The increase in Independent voters in a post civil rights era.
-- Issues important to the Black community as outlined in the following
excerpt from The Black Leadership Family's unified 2008 statement titled
"Where Do We Go From Here?"

"Our community has a great stake in this presidential election, and issues
that we are most concerned about must be addressed.
We share with all Americans a call for the prompt ending of the war in Iraq,
universal health care, access to quality education, affordable housing free
from predatory lenders, quality jobs and economic stability.
Our particular domestic priorities include: re-creating a high-wage economy,
transforming underserved schools, increasing funding for historically Black
colleges and universities, restoring communities devastated by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, reconstructing a Supreme Court committed to justice for all,
sustaining strong enforcement of civil rights laws and rebuilding urban and
rural infrastructures.
We also call for expanding HIV/AIDS research, the recognition of workers'
rights to organize, entrepreneurial opportunity, environmental justice,
criminal justice reform, and the reduction of disproportionately high
incarceration rates. These are critical human rights issues." (For a full
letter and list of signers go to www.ncbcp.org/drkinglegacy.html)

The NCBCP is a 501 (c) 3, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to
increasing Black civic engagement and voter participation. Unity '08 Voter
Empowerment Campaign is a coalition of over 40 of the nation's most powerful
organizations joining forces to make history in the 2008 Election.

Unity '08 Campaign partners include: The National Urban League, 100 Black Men
Of America, The National Council Of Negro Women, Black Youth Vote!, The A.
Philip Randolph Institute, The Coalition Of Black Trade Unionists, American
Urban Radio Networks, BET, UniverSoul Circus, and the Council of
Presidents-Devine 9.

NOTE: To schedule an interview contact Edrea at 818.613.9521 or
edmedia@dogonvillage.com.

SOURCE National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

Edrea Davis, +1-818-613-9521, edmedia@dogonvillage.com, for National Coalition
on Black Civic Participation