By Ashleigh FieldsAFRO Assistant Editorafields@afro.com
Roughly 75 years in the past, President Harry S. Truman desegregated america navy, ceaselessly altering the panorama of protection by blurring racial traces and unblocking life altering alternatives to service members of colour.
This yr, native non-profit Depart No Veteran Behind, invited troopers from the entrance traces to high-ranking White Home officers to debate the affect of Truman’s choice over seven many years later. Anthony Woods, secretary of Maryland Division of Veteran Affairs, Dr. James Dula, USAF Retired and Mieia Edmonds, a consultant, Navy Federal Credit score Union along with a number of others served as affect panelists. The subject of dialogue was “Creating Veteran Pipelines Into Civic Options” with a heavy give attention to veteran employment.
Featured audio system included Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18), Edna W. Cummings, U.S. Military Retired, advocate of the championed Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021 and Dr. William Rowe, Chairman of the seventy fifth EO9981 Advert Hoc Committee EO9981 which was established because the President’s Committee on Equality of Remedy and Alternative within the Armed Providers.
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Eli Williamson (left) , co-founder/board president, Depart No Veteran Behind;Antony Woods, secretary of Maryland Division of Veteran Affairs; Julian Purdy, principal deputy assistant secretary for Coverage Veterans Employment and Coaching Providers, Division of Labor;Mieia Edmonds, consultant, Navy Federal Credit score Union; James D. Sydnor, D.C. member – Mayor’s Advisory Board on DC Veterans Affairs,Chief of Employees; Brigadier Normal Charles E. McGee VFW Publish 341 and James A. Dula, Ph.D, Veteran Affairs director, Workplace of the County Government, Prince Georges County communicate to veterans in attendance. Ret. Col. Edna Cummings, the researcher and advocate for the six triple eight infantry provides the keynote speech with a give attention to points presently affecting veterans. James D. Sydnor (left), D.C. member – Mayor’s Advisory Board on DC Veterans Affairs, chief of employees, Brigadier Normal Charles E. McGee VFW Publish 341, Emanuel Johnson, Black Veterans Coalition; Julian Purdy, principal deputy assistant secretary for Coverage Veterans Employment and Coaching Providers, Division of Labor; Eli Williamson, co-founder/board president, Depart No Veteran Behind talk about financial alternatives for veterans. Dr. James A. Dula presently serves because the Veteran Affairs director within the Workplace of the County Government for Prince George’s County. Dr. William Rowe is the Chairman of the seventy fifth EO9981 Advert Hoc Committee EO9981- established the President’s Committee on Equality of Remedy and Alternative within the Armed Providers to advocate revisions to navy laws to implement this coverage and revealed the founding beliefs of a totally inclusive drive within the “Freedom to Serve” report on Might 22, 1950.
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