St. Charles, Missouri - February 27, 2006 Missouri State Representative Sherman Parker has been invited by the University of District Columbia's Journalism Club to be a panelist debating the impact of the Bush Administration's policies on African Americans. The forum will be held Monday, February 27th, from 7:00-9:30 p.m. (EST) at the Van Ness Campus Auditorium, 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW.

Joining Representative Parker in defending the Bush Administration will be Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) national spokesperson, Niger Innis. Expounding on what they view as the negative impact of the Bush Administration on African-Americans will be Hillary Shelton, Director of the NAACP's Washington Legislative Office and Mark Levine, talk radio host and former Legislative Counsel to Congressman Barney Frank,

Professor Joe Elam, Club Advisor and Associate Editor of the Kingmaker Magazine and Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of the Washington Informer, will moderate what should be an evening of lively discussion.