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Charlotte, NC - “Today, Senate Republicans voted to advance Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to a final vote. Despite credible allegations of sexual assault and an FBI investigative report that failed to interview Dr.
Charlotte, NC – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. announced the 12th District Community Career Fair. This event is a collaborative effort between Rep. Adams’ District office and over 20 Charlotte-Mecklenburg area businesses that are interested in hiring new employees. The Community Career Fair will take place next Tuesday, October 9th, from 11AM – 4PM at Walter G.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) responded to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to favorably report the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court without a proper investigation of the sexual assault allegations by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Julia Swetnick, and Deborah Ramirez.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) released a statement after the House passed a $1.68 billion disaster relief package in the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that includes Community Development Block Grant appropriations for Hurricane Florence disaster recovery. Rep. Adams joined a letter led by Rep. David E.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) responded to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s testimonies before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
Charlotte, NC – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. released a statement announcing the One Meck Service Academy Day, an annual event held for students interested in attending one of the nation’s five United States Service Academies.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Small Business, and Ranking Member Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) released a statement after a slate of Democratic legislation passed today in the House, including Rep. Adams’ bill - the Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act (H.R. 6382).
Washington, D.C.— Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), Co-chair of the Bipartisan HBCU Caucus, introduced legislation to reauthorize and bolster important Title III line-items for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).
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The Power Rising Summit took over Atlanta this past weekend with black women from all over the country coming to engage. The summit, planned for and by black women, was sold out and packed with celebrities, politicians and activists in attendance.
WASHINGTON — It took Rep. Alma Adams a few meetings to convince Bradley Byrne to partner with her three years ago and create a congressional caucus to advocate for black colleges and universities.
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus made a silent but strong statement during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday, wearing African kente cloth to protest disparaging remarks the president made about African nati
Teacher shortages are common across the United States. However, there are several high-need areas where this shortage is most profound.
The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and the ranking Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary want to censure President Trump for his remarks denigrating Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries. “We were deeply disturbed and offended by President Trump’s remarks regarding Haiti and African countries,” U.S. Rep.
The ruling came late Tuesday from a panel of three federal judges: North Carolina’s congressional district maps were found, yet again, to be unconstitutional.
District maps were redrawn in 2011 after the release of 2010 census data.
Farm and nutrition groups were slow to react to the farm bill and legislative principles Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue released.
With the mission of expanding opportunities for established business owners and entrepreneurial aspirants, Black Enterprise came to Charlotte to kick off the Entrepreneurs Summit, which will be held June 6-9, 2018, at the city’s convention center. A mix of media outlets as well as scores of entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and government officials, including Mayor Vi Lyles, assembled at