Summit at Tillery

Here's an event that I would really like to attend, but work demands here in Oklahoma are keeping me home this weekend. Gary Grant and BFAA are continuing to advocate for Black farmers who did not receive justice under the Pigford Class Action Suit. At last notice, there were approximately 67,000 "late claimants," who for various and sundry technicalities were disallowed from entering the class action suit.

Now that we have a new administration in the White House, new appointments are being made in the USDA Office of Civil Rights. One of those is Dr. Joe Leonard. There appears to be a legitimate effort to right the wrongs perpetrated upon Black farmers of our country.

One of those efforts will be a listening session in Tillery on Friday, May 15.

Here is what the schedule looks like.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Tillery Community Center
321 Community Center Road
Halifax (Tillery), NC 27839

12:30 – 2:00pm

LUNCH

The Resettlement Café
8311 Hwy 561
Tillery, NC 27839
252-826-4076

3:30 – 5:00 PM

Town Hall Meeting
Tillery Community Center
321 Community Center Road
Halifax, NC 27839

5:05 – 7:00 PM

Individual Meetings With Dr. Joe Leonard,

Assistant Secretary for Civil Right, United States Department of Agriculture

5:15 – 6:30pm: BFAA MEETING
Tour the Remembering Tillery History House

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Hosted by: Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association
And
Concerned Citizens of Tillery’s Land Loss Fund

Check out BFAA's web page for more information about these and other important concerns.