ANNOUNCEMENTS

2010 PROPOSED POLICY RESOLUTION SUBMISSIONS

Broadband Wagon Threatens to Leave Blacks Behind

NBCSL and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies along with 4 additional organizations of black elected officials released a report on Tuesday, titled “Broadband Imperatives for African Americans”MORE

Smyre-Phoenix Award Rep. Smyre honored with CBCF Phoenix Award State

Rep. Calvin Smyre (GA) was honored with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Award. Rep. Calvin Smyre, President of the NBCSL and Chairman of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus, was among the recipients of the prestigious Phoenix Award...MORE

NBCSL hosts Mental Health Conference

NBCSL hosted its 16th anual Mental Health Conference on Oct. 2 in Indianapolis, Ind., engaging state legislators, health care professionals, community leaders and the public on solutions to improve the mental health of African Americans by reducing socioeconomic barriers, cultural stigmas and the incidence of misdiagnoses.MORE