I have been invited to join presidential candidate Barack Obama’s Urban Policy Committee and I humbly accepted.
Part of Senator Obama's plan is to create a “White House Office of Urban Policy to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to ensure that all federal dollars targeted to urban areas are effectively spent on the highest-impact programs. The Director of Urban Policy will report directly to the president and coordinate all federal urban programs.”
I will not be discussing this role with the press in connection with my being on the committee or campaign. I have also agreed to be a surrogate if needed by the campaign, but there is a lot of info to digest before I want to go on TV.
I look forward to the opportunity to help draft policy ideas that could shape the future of urban America.
8 comments:
Wow!!! Congratulations! From what I read and can gage about you from your blog, you are committed to making sure urban areas are on the receiving end of business development as well as crime eradication, so that the quality of life in these communities is held to the same standard as all other neighborhoods. You are deserving and an inspiration and I'm sure you'll live up to the responsibility!! You go, Mr. Davis!
FABULOUS!!!!!!
He could not have picked a better person from our area -- congrats. Lead us well!
Congratulations Michael. I only recently discovererd your blog, but I can tell that you're going to be a definite asset to Obama in whatever capacity that he utilizes you.
Congrats, Michael!
Hats off to you.
I'm so glad to see he has a specific "urban policy" focus, makes sense he would.
Congratulations/ felicitaciones!
Excellent! Congrats to you on this role! You have been in the trenches and are in tune to many of the needs of an urban community.
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