Two charter buses with activists from Detroit arrived at the rally about an hour after it started on 200 North Main Street.
Protesters want the male student, who told university officials it was a Halloween prank, publicly identified and to face charges.
"This is not a black and white issue. It's an everybody issue. We are taking a stand. This man has to have his day in court," said Kierre Majors, a senior at CMU who helped organized the march and rally.
The protesters endured a steady wet snow fall and cold temperatures as speakers took turns addressing the crowd from a podium and microphone provided by the county. CLICK HERE TO READ REST OF STORY
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Richard Roberts Finally Resigns
TULSA, OK - 11/24/07 - On November 24 2007 the Tulsa world reports that Richard Roberts resignation has finally been submitted. This comes on the heels of the blatant displeasure of ORU staff, the ORU professor’s and the clergy rally held in October calling for the resignation of Former President Richard Roberts. click here for more
The National Council for Community Empowerment protested Roberts on Tuesday, delivering a letter they say is on behalf of some ORU students, although they did not give their names. The letter calls for the end of what the group calls "nepotism and self-indulgent leadership" at the university.
The group is also attacking Roberts’ defense on accusations against him.
"We don't think that the God defense works anymore. It's kind of like the race defense," said Pastor David Bullock, Chair of the National Council for Community Empowerment. "We believe that the allegations are very sincere, very serious, students are speaking out, they're signing an online petition even right now as we speak." CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE STORY
Ministers Protest Sub-Prime Loans
Pat Sweeting, WWJ Newsroom Reporting
Detroit (WWJ) -- Some area ministers and others protested outside a Countrywide Home Loan office in Detroit Tuesday, asking the mortgage lender to stop offering sub-prime loans Click here for rest of the story
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Mary Church Terrell Council for Community Empowerment Torpedoes Ticket Quota A planned protest at the Redford Township, Michigan police station yesterday helped kill a ticket quota that officials had adopted last month. The Mary Church Terrell Council for Community Empowerment canceled the Monday event after the group succeeded in convincing the township to drop its cash incentive to police officers that write traffic tickets. click here for article
Rev. Williams and Rev. Rudds call for Resignation of Michigan DNR Director for her inaction in following reccomendations of state Equal Employement Investigator click to read story
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Don Imus, Puff Daddy and Jay-Z should all be protested" by, Rev. Charles E. Williams II
I received over 50 emails to my email box on Monday the 9th, 2007 all of them being related to the issue, of the comment made by Mr. Don Imus and his producer. Certainly, I believe that this is a racist comment and that the statements that were made were very inappropriate. These click here to read whole article
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Tuskegee Experiment: continued in Detroit and around the country
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A controversial clinical trial in which hundreds of people were unknowingly injected with an experimental blood substitute primarily took place in cities with a disproportionate number of minorities, including Detroit. Thirteen of the 20 cities have higher minority populations than the national average, including the small Illinois town of Maywood, where 83% of the population is black. Click here to read Detroit Free Press Story
"END POOR PEOPLE'S TAX'
Coalition forms to repeal Driver Responsibility Law
By Eric T. Campbell Michigan Citizen
DETROIT — Calling the Michigan Drivers’ Responsibility Act economically devastating to poor and working class drivers, a coalition of state representatives, clergy and social activists gathered Mon., Oct. 15, to protest the law and announce a campaign for its repeal.
Public Act 165, or the Drivers’ Responsibility Law, took effect Oct. 1, 2003 with very little public debate. Its stated purpose was to “encourage traffic safety by deterring potentially dangerous driving behavior.” CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING STORY
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Rally supports former professors who filed a lawsuit.
Pastors from Detroit called for accountability and integrity at Oral Roberts University and asked for President Richard Roberts to resign at an event that was billed as a rally in support of former professors who are suing the college.
The Rev. Charles E. Williams II and Pastor David Bullock, both with the National Council for Community Empowerment, led the rally at Morning Star Baptist Church in Tulsa. They spoke at the beginning of an annual Oklahoma Baptist State Convention meeting on Monday night. CLICK HERE TO READ STORY
NO MORE SUBPRIME LOANS PRODUCTS
Brother and Sisters,
Countrywide Home Loans is the largest culprit in giving out subprime loans.These loans have devestated communities and families in Michigan. Most communities across the country are experiencing the highest foreclosure rates that this country have seen in years because of these predatory practices and loan structures that are harmful to low income and first time borrowers. The president says that he will create a bail out plan that will "jawbone" the lenders into renegotiating the terms. Let's get real, this is only a ploy to keep the loans in the hedge funds safe from loss.
Countrywide Mortgage, Subprime products need to be eliminated NOW!!!
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Community Empowerment Conference 2007
THEME: URBAN VIOLENCE AND URBAN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Rev. Williams II
Violence was present in the 1800s in New York City when Irish and Italian immigrants found themselves as second-class citizens, oppressed and living in poverty, Perry said. The difference is that the immigrants "learned to be white and moved up the social ladder,'' he said. Today, blacks and Latinos, unable to become white, remain stuck in a cycle of poverty for generations, Perry said.
Rev. AD Givens, Rev. Charles Williams and Dick Gregory
Other speakers at the conference included civil rights activist Dick Gregory and Virgie Rollins, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee Black Caucus. The daylong conference was organized by the Rev. Charles E. Williams II, president of the Mary Church Terrell Council for Community Empowerment. The Detroit-based community group aims to confront urban violence and poverty.
The community empowerment council is promoting "Peace in the Hood''; a campaign to commit 100,000 black men to improving their neighborhoods by joining or forming block clubs, neighborhood watch groups and other neighborhood improvement groups. For information on "Peace in the Hood,'' visit www.im4justice.com or call 313-344-9014.
