Archive - Aug 20, 2009

Major General Donald M. Campbell will close-out American GI Forum’s 61st National Annual Conference, with his address tonight@8:00pm. He will address the Assembly during tonight’s COMMANDER’S BANQUET. The banquet will be held at the Omni Bayfront Hotel/Corpus Christi Ballroom.Major General Donald M. Campbell is the Commanding General of the US Recruiting Command, Head-Quartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Bill White the Mayor of Houston who also is a candidate for the United States Senate; will address the American GI Forum at their luncheon, today @ Noon.

Governor Rick Perry is to address the American GI Forum National Conference at their opening luncheon, today at 12:00pm/Noon.

Angel Escobar, City Manager of Corpus Christi with City of Austin Veterans’ Consultant Allen Bergeron and former Austin City Manager Toby Futrell, Texas Veterans Leadership Program Regional Directors Bob Gear and Gabriel Lopez, and Texas ESGR Committee Executive Director Dwain James met with the American GI Forum’s leaders today, helping kick off the Forum’s 61st Annual Conference with a special presentation on their organization’s programs and services implemented to assist veterans in obtaining employment and resolving workplace issues related to military service. Austin’s veteran preference hiring initiative and the Texas Veterans Leadership Program are models for both the private and public sector to effectively assist veterans’ transition from military status to the civilian workforce; and, ESGR has a successful history of gaining employers’ support for managing veterans and reservists through its outreach programs and consultation services.

CORPUS CHRISTI - The American G.I. Forum of the United States is coming home to Corpus Christi, the birthplace of the national veterans civil rights organization, which was founded by Corpus Christi resident and Hispanic civil rights advocate Dr. Hector P. Garcia.