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[[6 images - scenes of people attending the Black Caucus Weekend]]

• Issues which need the collective effort of the entire Caucus;
• Legislative briefings for Caucus Members' offices;
• Caucus media issues;
• Publication of the Caucus newsletter For The People;
• Casework referral system;
• Legislative research for Caucus issues; 
• Weekly legislative update;
• Caucus meetings, forums, brainstorming sessions, brain trusts, press briefings;
• Meetings with other organizations around common legislative concerns; 
• Coordination of the Caucus graduate legislative intern program;
• Coordination of annual legislative workshops for Black elected officials and representatives of various organizations.

[[caption]] Among the business and fraternal persons who attended the 8th Black Caucus Weekend were: Hilda Stokley, DELEGATE Magazine; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Turbee; Robert Saunders, Somerset Distillers; John Allen, Assistant to Gov. of Mississippi; Joseph Nelson, Schlitz Brewing; Willa Benge, Gulf Oil; James Smith, Sears-Roebuck; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shropshire, James Thompson, Sal Belnavis, Ey[[?]] [[/caption]]

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