PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/158157.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Grassroots Reformers Announce Urgent Measure Following "Global Corruption Barometer 2009" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2544664.htm The grassroots good government and legal reform advocate known as POPULAR, Inc. announces the 2009 midyear recipients of its "Restore Integrity Award". Co-administrators of the award program conclude it is an "urgent measure given results and implications of the Global Corruption Barometer 2009 of Transparency International, a prestigious anti-corruption coalition." (PRWeb Jun 18, 2009)

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]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2544664.htm New Report Suggests Judicial Reform is a Stimulus America Needs http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2394764.htm May 7, 2009 is the official release date for the much anticipated Report with Recommendations of the Citizens' Forum On Judicial Accountability (CFOJA) that took place May 15, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. While the CFOJA report makes clear that the forum's presiding panel heard compelling arguments for both maintaining and reforming America's judicial oversight methodology, those panelists who helped draft the report seem most persuaded by the contention that restoring the Rule of Law when breached is an obligation of and should directly involve all Americans. According to Zena Crenshaw, executive director of National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc., a CFOJA co-sponsor, "anyone calling for more government regulation or chastising its past failures during this time of economic crisis should consider that some of America's best regulators are private litigants, cut out of oversight processes by the rulings of judges who themselves may be part of the problem." (PRWeb May 7, 2009)

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]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2394764.htm Groups Appeal to U.N. for Alleged Prisoner of War on Judicial Misconduct http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2319484.htm Joined by Disclosure Watch and other legal reform advocates, the grassroots nonprofit known as POPULAR (Power Over Poverty Under Laws of America Restored) lobbies the U.N. for leverage following the arrest of California judicial whistleblower and international legal scholar, Dr. Richard Isaac Fine. POPULAR representatives describe Fine as a "prisoner" of the metaphorical war on judicial misconduct. (PRWeb Apr 14, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2319484.htm Grassroots Advocates Question Legal Aid for Wealthy Supporter by House Judiciary Committee http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2020094.htm Today, the grassroots advocate known as POPULAR noted in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr.: "(u)nless an era has dawned in which 'due process' routinely includes direct congressional review of questionable legal proceedings, that being provided (Mississippi lawyer) Paul Minor is a serious misdirection of limited government resources." (PRWeb Feb 12, 2009)

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]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2020094.htm Anti-Corruption Advocates Announce Their "Obama Lights The Way" Campaign And Candlelight Vigils For Justice http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1763674.htm POPULAR is the acronym for Power Over Poverty Under Laws of America Restored. It is also an association of public interest attorneys and Juris Doctors, advised by a board of nonlawyer community leaders. Writing on behalf of "poor and otherwise disenfranchised U.S. citizens", POPULAR urged President-Elect Obama, through his virtual office at Change.Gov, to foster a Justice Department that fervently prosecutes criminal violations of civil and constitutional rights. According to POPULAR Advisory Board Vice-President Nancy Swan, the online communication started what the group calls its "Obama Lights The Way" campaign. "Our campaign is to include candlelight vigils for justice; periodic, post-inauguration requests that the Justice Department investigate certain violations of civil, constitutional, and/or human rights; and corresponding evaluations of the Justice Department's user-friendliness," explains Swan. (PRWeb Dec 18, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1763674.htm Innovative Kappa Alpha Psi Federal Credit Union Announces the 4th Annual Shareholders Meeting in Dallas Texas at the InterContinental Hotel http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1741104.htm Victor F. Russell, President and Chairman of the Kappa Alpha Psi Federal Credit Union (KAPFCU) announces the 4th Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held in Dallas, Texas on December 13, 2008 beginning at 9:30AM at the InterContinental Hotel. National dignitaries will attend this meeting including Dwayne Murray, President of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and its national board of directors, the Honorable John Conyers (D-MI) Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the Honorable Craig Watkins, District Attorney of Dallas County. (PRWeb Dec 11, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1741104.htm DESTIN Enterprises Leads The Way For Workplaces To Embrace and Accommodate Transitioning Veterans with PTSD and TBI http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1704734.htm Maryland-based DESTIN Enterprises, LLC (DESTIN) has teamed with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Pennsylvania Business Leadership Network (PA BLN), theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Technology Fast Forward, to host a diversity workshop and career fair at the Radisson Hotel in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on January 21-22, 2009. For employers, DESTIN's president and CEO, Ed Crenshaw, describes the anticipated, two-day event as "a cost-effective, proactive step towards mitigating workplace disruption, reducing the prospect of litigation, and improving productivity." PA BLN's Project Director, Stacy Kyle explains that "the King of Prussia workshop and career fair are very timely given President-Elect Obama's commitment to enhancing quality of life, support, and employment opportunities for veterans transitioning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars." Crenshaw further notes that "the King of Prussia events as well as our (employer training known as PERCEVD, Preparing Employers to Reintegrate Combat Exposed Veterans with Disabilities) align with many of President-Elect Obama's initiatives." (PRWeb Dec 4, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1704734.htm Corruption Threatens America's Medical And Legal Systems Says An Expanding Coalition Of Anti-Corruption Advocates http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1666694.htm The prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC provided the backdrop as a "growing coalition (of anti-corruption advocates attested) to serious abuses of government and corporate power" says Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Matthew Fogg (INA). He urged the Obama Justice Department to fervently prosecute criminal violations of civil and constitutional rights "so American whistleblowers can effectively help protect our country from entrenched corruption which destroys institutions." Medical doctors representing the International Association of Whistleblowers and Semmelweis Doctors' Society forecasted a possible medical system breakdown if conscientious doctors are not extended federal whistleblower protection and fairer consideration by American courts. Juris Doctor Christina Pak capitalized on their points to underscore the need for national judicial whistleblower protection and her organization's international campaign for that relief. (PRWeb Nov 26, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1666694.htm Grassroots Advocates Urge President-Elect Obama To Fight Root Causes Of Corruption http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1626224.htm "Oddly enough, a Democrat will occupy the White House and Democrats will control Congress at a time in America's history when the financial difficulties of wealthy people arguably impact social policy more than the underlying need to protect human rights," says Andrew D. Jackson, a Juris Doctor with a Masters in History and Deputy Director of POPULAR, Inc. The nonprofit corporation is an acronym for "Power Over Poverty Under Laws of America Restored" and joined by various anti-corruption advocates, will debut with a press conference and live webcast at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Thursday - November 20, 2008. According to Juris Doctor Christina Pak, vice-president of POPULAR's board of directors, "America certainly faces many complex, troublesome issues competing for solutions; but some are merely symptoms of more fundamental problems." Newspaper founder and medical whistleblower, Dr. Lokesh B. Vuyyuru, expounds, "if average Americans cannot help their country distinguish symptoms from root causes of systemic, systematic misconduct, it cannot be very serious about fighting corruption." (PRWeb Nov 18, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1626224.htm Employer Training Helps America Rally for Veterans http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1103124.htm America is rallying on multiple fronts to ensure its military personnel receive proper care for their war related injuries. Noting the Department of Labor's work with the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs ". . . to assist both returning wounded and injured service members . . . ," Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao recently ended a keynote address, extolling efforts to keep ". . . doors of opportunity . . . wide open for Americans with disabilities . . . " Addressing the challenge from a diversity perspective, Ed Crenshaw of DESTIN Enterprises, LLC notes with regard to combat exposed veterans that "reasonably knowing and understanding their specialized needs is the key to providing workplaces in which they are likely to thrive." (PRWeb Jul 15, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1103124.htm Private Citizens to Host on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. a Comprehensive Forum on Judicial Independence and Accountability in America http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb920204.htm On Thursday - May 15, 2008, various groups will co-host a "Citizens' Forum On Judicial Accountability" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. as part of a week long gathering of some of the world's most prominent government whistleblowers and human rights activists. Attorney Michael R. McCray, chairman of "The 3.5.7 Commission", a forum co-host studying the proliferation of summary judgments in employment discrimination cases, adds "in fact the greatest value of our event should be the comprehensiveness it brings to the debate about judicial independence and accountability in America." (PRWeb May 7, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb920204.htm Warning: The Wrong Civilian Work Environment can be Hazardous to the Health of Combat Exposed Veterans According to New PERCEVD Program http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb848054.htm Former Walter Reed psychiatrist Dr. Cynthia J. Washington explains, "veterans with combat related PTSD or similar challenges are significantly restricted in that certain reasonably predictable work environments will exacerbate their condition, albeit with substantial variation." Maryland headquartered DESTIN Enterprises, L.L.C. and Chicago-based Kaleidoscope Group, L.L.C., in association with Dr. Washington, have developed a comprehensive training and education program known as PERCEVD, "Preparing Employers to Reintegrate Combat Exposed Veterans with Disabilities". Kaleidoscope's nationally renowned CEO, Doug Harris, projects that "PERCEVD is essential for managing interplay between reasonable accommodations and conduct rules for combat exposed veterans, whether an employer's related goal is diversity and inclusion, ADA or USERRA compliance." (PRWeb Apr 10, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb848054.htm Haste Makes Waste: The Lesson of Community Reinvestment And Massive Foreclosure Recovery In America http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb816184.htm "It takes creativity and aggressiveness to channel investment dollars into economically blighted communities. And those efforts need not morph into predatory lending or mortgage fraud," says Matthew Fogg, a Deputy U. S. Marshal (inactive) and founder of Congress Against Racism and Corruption in Law Enforcement (CARCLE). "We must stop the crime destroying subprime credit opportunities while redressing it through appropriate reprieves, bail-outs, and innovative survival tactics," emphasizes Fogg. "Hastily throwing millions or billions of dollars at the problem without preventive training and effective law enforcement is not really a solution; in fact it is a response CARCLE does not endorse," Fogg adds. (PRWeb Apr 1, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb816184.htm Chief Deputy U. S. Marshal (INA) Claims That Sub-Prime Mortgage Collapse Is A Law Enforcement Problem And Announces National Mortgage Fraud Initiative http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb576164.htm Once considered a tolerable pastime of industry insiders and a relatively few unscrupulous borrowers; Predatory Lending and Mortgage Fraud including Fraudulent Foreclosures have spun America's $3 trillion mortgage market into a national crisis. Congress Against Racism and Corruption in Law Enforcement (CARCLE) and National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP) are spearheading a public awareness campaign among other national initiatives to promote early detection, prevention, and prosecution as appropriate of predatory lending and mortgage fraud schemes as well as related misuses of federal funds. (PRWeb Dec 13, 2007)

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]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb576164.htm A New Process Launched to Revolutionize Social Justice Campaigns http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb551280.htm The process of mutual support among civic minded groups and individuals has been revolutionized. National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP) recently launched a commercial support network with a name that proclaims "You Can Count On Me". (PRWeb Sep 6, 2007)

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]]> Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb551280.htm Good Government Advocates Press To Place Judicial Accountability On The Agenda Of 2008 Presidential Candidates http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb547764.htm Rice University of Houston, Texas was the site of what may turn out to be one of the most important civil rights and constitutional liberties conferences in recent history. On August 11, 2007, National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP) hosted a free conference at the prestigious university campus to solidify a national grassroots movement for important judicial reforms. (PRWeb Aug 20, 2007)

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]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb547764.htm Renowned Activist Calls on Congress to End Power of States to Punish Lawyers for Criticizing Judges http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb544741.htm Attorney Thomas N. Todd, an accomplished civil rights activist, widely known for his dynamic oratorical skills as TNT, has personally called on House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich) to move towards federalizing the regulation of speech among lawyers. According to Todd, the reality of 50 different states providing "various interpretations of the federal standard" for a lawyer's free speech is a problem that "cries out for a solution which is one that is uniform". (PRWeb Aug 5, 2007)

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]]> Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb544741.htm U. S. Supreme Court Starts a Brush-fire of Grassroots Activism through a National Speak-Up Campaign http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb406585.htm The High Court’s recent failure to condemn the punishment of responsible speech in the landmark case of Garcetti et al., v. Ceballos, intensified the sting of "concerns . . . about the legislative branch setting up a so-called guardian for the judicial branch," reportedly expressed by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and prompted grassroots activists to massively lobby for that and related action by Congress. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb406585.htm Are Prescription Drug Manufacturers Safer In Indiana Than Children? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb386871.htm Indiana is the main forum for multiple federal court decisions, derailing consideration of whether certain judges improperly aligned with a multi-billion dollar, prescription drug manufacturer to supposedly conceal an alleged link between one of its products and the adverse prescription drug reaction of a child and possibly other children. Pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is Crenshaw v. Antokol et al. which chronicles that litigation and what Zena Crenshaw considers her related efforts to expose potential risks of a synthetic, antibacterial combination for children suffering initial, uncomplicated episodes of urinary tract infection. (PRWeb May 22, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 22 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb386871.htm More American Institutions Should Help Fortify Government Whistleblowers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb356593.htm Zena D. Crenshaw, Executive Director of The American Whistleblowers’ League (AWL) says “. . . we should not simply empower and then rely on administrative agencies and courts to redress the tremendous toll that conscientious, government whistleblowers can endure”. She explains, “the proposed whistleblower legislation before Congress contemplates relief that would be light at the end of a tunnel all federal whistleblowers should be equipped to travel in very practical ways”. It is reportedly “ . . . time for American institutions of social justice to embrace and nurture their de facto agents being government whistleblowers who act in good conscience”. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2006)

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]]> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb356593.htm Life is 'Devine' -- Tom Devine To Lead Revamped American Whistleblowers' League On Policy http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb353962.htm Tom Devine will serve as Policy Advisor and Major Initiatives Spokesperson for The American Whistleblowers’ League or AWL. He brings to the group his encyclopedic knowledge of federal whistleblower legislation which he has advanced before Congress, quasi-judicial agencies, various courts, and the media for nearly three decades. With his help, AWL will be more the voice of than a voice for government whistleblowers. (PRWeb Mar 6, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb353962.htm National Judicial Watchdog Organization to Investigate Allegations of Judicial Collusion and Cronyism by Retired Pima County Superior Court Judge and his Ex-Law Partner http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb304984.htm National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP) will investigate accusations made in a private civil rights action before a Federal Court of Tucson, Arizona involving former Pima County Superior Court judge, the late Joseph R. McDonald, and reportedly his ex-law partner, Tucson divorce attorney Leonard Karp. Plaintiffs in the case include D.C. attorney Robert S. Catz who based on personal knowledge and professional experience in cases of state court judicial collusion and cronyism, describes how McDonald and Karp may have gamed the Domestic Relations Division of the Pima County Superior Court for more than a decade. The Tucson Federal Court has been asked to create a class-wide trust fund requiring Leonard Karp and his co-counsel attorney Annette Everlove to repay with interest all attorneys fees, expenses and costs awarded to them by Judge McDonald from 1989 to 1999. Amounts involved could exceed two million dollars. After NJCDLP investigates the matter, a public report of its findings will be issued. (PRWeb Nov 2, 2005)

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]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb304984.htm Columbus Day 2005 Marks the Recent Discovery of a Reliable National Media Outlet for Government Whistleblowers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb295255.htm Columbus Day 2005 marks the recent discovery by government whistleblowers of a sure voice through “Diogenes”, the quarterly magazine of National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP). As a Greek philosopher known for his “uncompromising zeal for exposing vice and conceit and stirring men to reform”, Diogenes is a most appropriate namesake for the featured magazine of NJCDLP. It debuted at a summit hosted by the nonprofit, legal reform organization and WHEAG, Whistleblowers for an Honest, Efficient, and Accountable Government, at the historic Watergate Hotel in Washington, D. C. on September 23, 2005. Plans are underway to develop “Diogenes” into more of an advocacy tool for classic government whistleblowers as well as legal/judicial reform activists. (PRWeb Oct 9, 2005)

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]]> Sun, 09 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb295255.htm Unprecedented Alliance Between Government WhistleBlowers and Legal Reform Activists to Forge at the Historical Watergate Hotel http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb284517.htm The problems of government whistleblowers may or may not directly involve legal process, but they hasten to Congress as courts seemingly disregard their concerns. WHEAG, Whistleblowers for an Honest, Efficient, and Accountable Government has united with National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. to decry an American judiciary that is essentially final arbiter of whether it has been corrupted and exclusive regulator of any attorney or judge who would object. On September 23, 2005, the two organizations host their "First Annual Fall Summit" at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D. C., marking the first formal alliance between legal reform activists and government whistleblowers on a national scale. (PRWeb Sep 15, 2005)

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