Vice President Joe Biden Addresses National Urban League

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 Chicago – Calling the Obama
administration “the most urban-friendly administration we’ve seen in a
long time,” Vice President Joe Biden addresses the members of the 2009
National Urban League conference earlier today.

After
a quick introduction from the NUL President and CEO, Marc Morial, Vice
President Biden wasted no time delving into President Barack Obama’s
plans and proposed policies to deal with the myriad of issues affecting
America’s urban communities. Speaking comprehensive about the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act to discussing the alarming unemployment
rates in the African American community, Biden assured the attentive
audience that even in the current economic climate, he and President
Obama are encouraged by the improvement they’re already seeing.


“The
commitment that Barack and I made to each other when we teamed up was
that it was not enough just to make the GDP [better],” Biden said.
“When we leave office, we will measure ourselves by whether or not we
made a leap forward in opportunities for Americans. We’ll be measured
by progress.”

After his speech, Rolling
out caught up with a few of the conference attendees to get their
perspective on what the vice president had to say and whether or not
they felt the Obama Administration is working for the good of the black
community. –gavin philip godfrey


alt  Lakesha Rice, Chicago
“What struck me the most was
him speaking about the urban community and what the administration has
done thus far to help advance the lives of people in the urban
community. He pointed out some of the their accomplishments thus far
[and] the changes they have made within the administration. I think
that’s what people want to hear. They want to know what’s being done to
assist the people who need it the most — and of course that is African
Americans.”
 alt  Whitney Walker, Ohio
“I thought it was really
inspiring and answered a lot of questions that people had, especially
concerning African Americans.”
 alt  Nikko Ross, Chicago
“It was actually astonishing.
He said they had 600,000 [people] unemployed the month before he came
into office [and] 700,000 the month after. Since then they have brought
that number down. He actually said this time next year we’ll be out of
[the] deficit, so it was kind of astonishing just hearing numbers from
him.”
alt  Malik Yoba, New York City
“He made it believable
that we’re doing good. Just to know that their putting forth the energy
and [making] plans to get us of our current situation makes me feel
confident in the current administration’s agenda.”
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