GD eNews | Vol. 2, No. 14 | September 30, 2003

New Jobs Are Leaving
By Henry Duarte -- The numbers are startling: 3.3 million jobs in less than 15 years. That’s the number of U.S. jobs expected to be lost overseas by 2015 according to a recent report by Forrester Research. But the sheer size of the exodus isn’t what’s worrying analysts the most, it’s the type of jobs. Some critics are worried that this time it’s the corporate main office is getting ready to shut down and head out of the country, packing up cubicles and all. [FULL_TEXT]

Minority Firms Outperformed S&P 500 First Study Of Minority Venture Capital Industry
Kansas City, MO -- The Kauffman Foundation recently released a pioneering report, Minorities And Venture Capital: A New Wave in American Business, the first profile of venture capital funds that make significant equity investments in minority business enterprises (MBEs). [FULL_TEXT]

Where’s Our Talented Tenth? Over A Million Black Men In Prison
By William Reed -- “We are allowing the elimination of an entire generation of black people?” As the prison industrial complex becomes increasingly central to the growth of the U.S. economy, its growth is predicated on the blacks of young black. Justice Department statistics suggest the African American community will perish based on the ongoing losses of young black men. [FULL_TEXT]

Diversity Initiative Aims to Increase Minority Contract Participation
By Christian Morrow
PITTSBURGH, PA (NNPA) — Pennsylvania is fundamentally changing the way it does business and administration officials say the change will result in more state contracts for minority- and women-owned firms and millions in cost savings. This initiative will allow General Services, which is responsible for nearly all state contracting and purchasing, to increase business opportunities for minority- and women-owned firms while eliminating redundant and excessive costs. [FULL_TEXT]

Federal Lawsuit Charges Florida with Mis-education of Minority Children By Monica Steward, Capital Outlook
TALLAHASSEE, FL — “On this particular day, we have filed against the State of Florida for the mis-education and the lack of education of minority children,” said Adora Obi Nweze, Florida NAACP president, during a recent press conference to announce the organization’s dissatisfaction with the current state of education in Florida. The organization has mailed the complaint to the federal offices. The complaint says the organization seeks relief from the inequity that has divided white and black students in Florida’s schools.[FULL_TEXT]

Black, Latino Officers Remain United
By Gordon Jackson, The Dallas Weekly
DALLAS, TX (NNPA) — The fallout after the Aug. 26 firing of Dallas’ first black chief of police, Terrell Bolton, continues, spawning off and touching several other sensitive side issues along the way. At least two more issues have been raised to the surface, resulting however in the black and Hispanic community passing a critical test toward solidarity, as opposed to turning against each other. [FULL_TEXT]

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