2009 CTA-LC Purpose
The Call-To-Action Leadership Conference (CTA-LC) is held during the last weekend in January during a legislative year in Salem, Oregon. This conference may be a one-day conference or two-day conference. The Conference is open to the public, and the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs (OABA) hosts it. The purpose of the Call-To-Action Leadership Conference (CTA-LC) is to bring together persons concerned with the political development of Blacks in Oregon, to discuss legislative and executive priorities of the Oregon Black Community and the State of Oregon, and to prepare a legislative agenda with strategies of implementation. Participants will learn from Legislative Leaders and many others with expertise in the political arena. Participants will collectively establish legislative priorities of the Black Community, prepare a legislative agenda, and develop strategies for implementation. Resolutions and issues that were developed at the last Oregon Black Political Convention are helpful to the participants in carrying out the purpose of the conference.

2009 OABA Call-To-Action Leadership Conference

January 31, 2009
“EMBRACING CHANGE”   

Legislative Proposals and Issues

Legislative Proposals  

1. Propose legislation, in the Oregon Legislature, that requires Oregon attorneys to provide effective and unbiased legal representation to all clients regardless of their ability to pay or their status in the Oregon society.
2. Propose and support legislation, in the Oregon Legislature, that requires the Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Oregon Board of Education to vigorously enforce state laws relating to equal and open access to educational opportunities for Black students.
3. Oppose legislation in the Oregon Legislature that would change financial aid for students from need-based aid to merit-based aid for higher education.
4. Propose a resolution, in the Oregon Legislature, that urges the United States government to provide immediate resources for adequate after care for all troops and their families.
5. Propose legislation, in the Oregon Legislature, that requires all law enforcement agencies to collect and record traffic stop data to document disproportionate enforcements, which targets minorities.
6. Propose legislation that opposes the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries.
7. Propose legislation in the US Congress that provides for a comprehensive immigration law that protects the citizens within this country and those seeking to immigrate here.
8. Support legislation in the US Congress that will establish a comprehensive healthcare system for all US citizens.

9. Oppose legislation, in the US Congress, that will privatize Social Security or Medicare.   

Issues  

1. Strongly support and encourage Black Oregonians to seek appointments on boards, committees and commissions within municipal, city, county and state governments.
2. The United States government should seek and find a swift and decisive plan to end Iraq and Afghanistan Wars without further commitment of troops.
3. The United States Secretary of Education should enforce the accountability laws of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB Act) on the school districts in Oregon.
4. Elected officials and government agencies should provide access to affordable housing that is decent for Black Oregonians.
5. The US President and his administration should enforce all the immigration laws.
6. All Oregon County Health departments and Providers should address and correct issues of health disparities.
7. ALL elected and appointed official in Oregon and throughout the USA should ensure that the Constitution of the United States is being upheld.

On 1/31/09, the CTA-LA participants discussed, approved and ranked these legislative proposals and issues.  On 2/7/09, OABA Board adopted these CTA-LC legislative proposals and issues and agreed to take the lead in working to implement them as well as to disseminate them per OABA protocols and procedures.  
- OABA, PO Box 12485, Salem, OR 97309 -

Techniques and Strategies with Commitment:  
The issue before the 2009 OABA Call-To-Action Leadership Conference is to consider some techniques and strategies with commitment that will allow the legislative proposals and issues of this conference to be implemented with full commitment.  A technique is the systematic procedure (or skill) by which a complex task is accomplished.  Strategy is the approach by which the legislative proposals and Issues may be achieved.  Commitment is one’s obligation to the legislative proposals and issues to take time or energy required to work for their implementation.

 Techniques   

1. Be a fully informed Citizen about the legislative proposals and Issues of this conference.
2. Become a committed individual to the legislative proposals and issues of this conference.
3. Know your legislators  & the processes to reach them.
4. Understand the polices and procedures of the administrative process
5. Understand the lobbying process
6. Understand the process of how a bill becomes a law    

Strategies   

1. Advocate for the legislative proposals and issues of 2009 OABA Call-To-Action Leadership Conference.
2. Lobby for the legislative proposals and issues that were approved by the 2009 OABA Call-To-Action Leadership Conference.
3. Contact legislators in person, in writing, by phone and by the Internet concerning the issues and legislative proposals of this Conference.
4. Contact other organizations in person, in writing, by phone and by the Internet concerning the issues and legislative proposals of this Conference.
5. Reach-out to organizations within Oregon Black Community with respect to the issues and legislative proposals.
6. Act when called upon to assist with actions needed to implement legislative proposals and issues of this Conference.
7. Hold house-house meet-ups in local communities to caucus around the legislative proposals and issues of this Conference.     

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