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by Betty Pleasant

Editor's Note: Wave Contributing Editor Betty Pleasant spent three days (Aug. 30-Sept. 1) in Haiti with members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Global Mission. This is the third in a series of reports on the people and places she saw while visiting the earthquake-ravaged nation.

by C.K. Moreland, Jr.

John Boyd, a fourth generation farmer, wants it to be clear - his effort to secure Congressional funding for a discrimination settlement that Black farmers reached with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not the pursuit of "reparation."

by Donna Payne

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held it's 40th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., on September 15th-18th. The CBC represents all of the black members of Congress. For over 10 years, HRC's political and diversity departments have participated in attending the conference.

"I would like to thank the Chairman for organizing this hearing and welcome Secretary Geithner back to our committee.  Thank you for taking the time to come and testify today on "The State of the International Financial System, Including International Regulatory Issues Relevant to the Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act."