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Took part in our discussions around health care reform in her final months. last february i was scheduled to see her and other civil rights leaders to discuss the pressing problems of unemployment, reverend sharpton, evangelist of the naacp, mark morial of the national urban league. we discovered that washington was about to be blanketed by the worst blizzard in record. two feet of snow. so i suggested to one of my aides, we should call dr. height and say we're happy to reschedule the meeting. certainly if the others come, she should not feel obliged.

Organizer of this event and the founder and president of the national action network, has said several times throughout the course of the week, it's not just about rhetoric and inspiration and coming up with ideas, but he wants to come up with action, specific things that can be done to tackle some of the problems within the community. so, today there will be a public leadership meeting of some of the top civil rights leaders in the country including reverend sharpton and mark morial of the urban league and ben jealous of the naacp and congressman ben clyburn, to come up with a 12-point action...

Are going to do. not grandiose five-year plans, but over the next 12 months. our job is to hold them accountable. i made it clear on my show on "washington watch" on tv one, we are going to come back every 90 days and ask people what did you do? >> who is keeping track of the commitments made today? >> we are. >> this is what you promised, this is what you proposed to do. >> we are. folks that made the commitment, we are already compiling what these people said they are going to do. >> example on what some of those are? >> all of them. you had congressman james clyburn said the $1 billion sett...

Also people watching at home, online and in the audience. that's what the challenge was. everybody has attended black america events before, but that's been about meet, talk, disperse. >> tom joyner was helping to moderate with you. there are authors, professors of hbcus, congressmen. >> naacp, urban league. it's easy to have people who are in academics and activists, but you've got to have infrastructure. having the urban league and naacp, those groups have people, members and chapters. 100 black men. that it's difference. it's easy to say, folks do something. they say where do i go? >> you t...

I made it clear on black america web.com, we are going to come back 90 days and asking what are you doing? >> in 90 days you say this is what you promised, this is what you proposed to do? >> we are. the point is folks made the commitment. we are compiling what people said they are going to do. >> example on what some of those things are? >> all of them. you had congressman james clyburn said the $1 billion settlement for black farmers, he believes that will be approved by congress in the next 30 days. mark morial said they will train ex-felons. naacp will work with criminal justice. reverend ...