Los Angeles, CA -- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, more popularly known as President Obama’s economic stimulus package, is a $787 billion combination of economic incentives, tax cuts and relief measures that according to Congresswoman Diane E. Watson is the second leg of a three-pronged approach to resuscitating the American economy.

 Los Angeles, CA -- Ten years after he first convened it, talk show host Tavis Smiley is bringing the State of the Black Union symposium back to Los Angeles, and the key question that will be explored during the Feb. 28 event is what has changed?

Smiley said many of the Black thought leaders who were at that first meeting—including economist and College President Julianne Malveaux, Princeton professor Cornel West and National Urban League president Marc Morial—will come to this reprise to offer their thoughts.