Civil Rights on Deck (Volume 1, Issue 7)
Congressional Hearing on Coast Guard Civil Rights
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
A Continuing Examination of Civil Rights Services and Diversity in the Coast Guard2167 Rayburn House Office Building, 10:00 am, 18 June 2009
Civil Rights History
June 12 1967
In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional. Sixteen states that still banned interracial marriage at the time are forced to revise their laws.
Coast Guard Award Solicitation
ALCOAST 349/09, announces the solicitation for the 2009 National Organization of Mexican American Rights (NOMAR) Meritorious Service Award. NOMAR is a national non-profit organization established for the purpose of promoting and defending the civil rights of Hispanic Americans and their right to Equal Employment and Educational Opportunities.
National Organization of Mexican American Rights 2009 Conference
The 2009 NOMAR 12th Annual Training Conference & Business Meeting will be held August 26 to 28 in Las Vegas, NV. This years theme is “Hispanic Americans” Contributing to Positive Change in America.”
EEOC 2009 EXCEL Conference
The 12th Annual EEOC EXCEL Conference will be held in New Orleans, LA, July 27-30, 2009, at the New Orleans Marriott. This year’s program features: Eight plenary sessions, more than fifty different workshops and two specialty tracks: Hearings Preparation and Advanced Mediation.
Examining Conflicts in Employment Law (EXCEL) is the premier training conference for Federal managers, supervisors and EEO practitioners. This annual EEO conference is sponsored by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency responsible for enforcement of EEO laws in the Federal and private sectors. In keeping with its history, this conference features top-level officials from the EEOC, other federal agencies and nationally known EEO professionals.
Is it true a Coast Guard employee writes your version of Civil Rights on Deck for you.
Anon,
Yes that is true. A Coast Guard employee provides us with our content for Civil Rights on Deck. He has offered to to do the same for the OCR and been rejected. As recently as April of this year he offered up his thoughts on being the Coast Guard employee to have participated in the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and University Conference and was rejected there as well.