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As the number of gun related crimes continue to rise across the country, the question, again, remains what do we need to do about it? More than 313 deaths this summer alone in Chicago's South Side, 13 injured recently during an all out assault on employees at Washington, DC's Navy Yard, movie theaters unsafe, people shot dead nightly on America's city streets, yet applications for gun permits reach all time highs. Gun violence, a lot like the issue of homelessness in major cities, is a pervasive social problem, seemingly with no solution.  Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu offer up recommendations during a visit last week to The National Press Club . "Said Landrieu, "We've bought into the evil notion that somehow the lives of Black men are somehow less valuable than the rest of us. We've all heard it before, "just thugs, killing thugs."" Mayor Nutter, who took to a church pool pit to rende

Phase 1 has ended. Phase two begins in 30 days. National Black Religious Broadcasters Joins Boycott Black Church: Stop doing business at BB&T     The National Black Church Initiative, a coalition of 34,000 churches representing 15.7 million African American churchgoers, located 32,587 complaints against BB&T Bank throughout the Southeast United States. The findings, both surprising and shocking, are part of the first phase of a seven year boycott against BB&T Bank. The complaints alleged unethical behavior, unnecessary fees, online banking trickery, bad loans, rude personnel, and overall uneasiness concerning white personnel towards black customers. We plan to aggregate these findings and file them online over the next two months so the public can appreciate the breadth and scope of why NBCI has taken this extraordinary effort. We also plan to speak with state regulators in Georgia, Virginia, Florida, and throughout the southeast to publicize the findings.   Re

' It Starts With You .' The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference (ALC)  will be held  Sept. 18-21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. First Lady Michelle Obama, Former President  Bill Clinton,  Shaquille O'Neal, Robert Townsend, Dr. Bernice King, Sherri Shepherd, Rev. Al Sharpton, andTrayvon Martin's family, Isiah Thomas are scheduled to participate during this year's conference which includes over 70 sessions on issues and policies facing the African American experience.  The conference also features a new author and book showcase, job and health fairs. President Barack Obama will be the keynote speaker during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's (CBCF) 43rd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner this Saturday evening. The Awards Dinner is the signature event of a four-day conference It is scheduled from 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (WCC). Th