Niger Innis currently serves as the National Spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality. He works closely with the National Chairman and represents CORE across the country. He is a MSNBC contributor on the 24-hour news network providing insight and analysis on the day's news events. In addition to his role with CORE, Innis is on the Advisory Committee member of the National Center for Public policy Research Project 21. He is a Founding Member of 3rd. Millennium, an organization to promote young leaders that will focus of the problems facing the next generation. In August 1997, Innis served as a delegate for the 19th American-German Young Leaders Conference, sponsored by the American Council on Germany and Atlantik Brucke. He was selected along with 23 other Americans to travel to Hamburg, Germany to meet their German counterparts to discuss America's relationship with the European Union. In 1993, Niger served as campaign manager for the Roy Innis for Mayor campaign in New York City's Democratic Party primary. Although the candidate was outspent $3.5 million to $100,000 by the incumbent Mayor David Dinkins, the Innis campaign was able to garner more than 25% of the vote in the primary. Prior to his role as National Spokesman, Niger served in a variety of roles at CORE. In 1991, he was Special Assistant to the National Chairman and Director of Fundraising while acting as CORE's liaison to the Washington, D.C. chapter. In 1990, Innis was the Coordinator of Political Affairs while also serving as the Director of CORE's Washington, D.C. chapter. Innis' involvement with CORE began in 1990 when he was appointed Deputy Director of the Washington, D.C. chapter. Nigers' experience has lead to several appearances as a civil rights activist on CNN, Fox News, CNBC's "Equal Time", and Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect." His radio appearances include "The Jim Bohannan Show" and "The Gil Gross Show." He has guest-hosted on "The Bob Grant Show" & "Barry Farber Show". In 1990, Innis graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. While attending the University, he became the Chief Executive Officer of the Association for the Preservation and Development of the Negro Spiritual. Innis, born and raised in Harlem, New York, currently live in Westchester, New York. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NigerInnis http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NigerInnis TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I have a few words for Greenpeace as it conducts its latest radical campaign in the Asia-Pacific: not so fast. Not surprisingly, the pressure group's slick toilet paper campaign that rolled into New Zealand with a bang... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NigerInnis/2011/09/15/not_so_fast,_greenpeace 7a1e3658-28fb-48bd-9640-c50b29163665 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT The Environmental Protection Agency insists that its recent air quality initiatives will protect minority and poor Americans from pollution that "disproportionately affects" their health and impairs "environmental... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NigerInnis/2011/09/07/affordable_energy_is_essential_for_jobs,_justice_and_better_health e04436f4-60f4-4681-b283-e74622552e18 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT Editors' note: This piece is co-authored by Rev. Samuel Rodriguez and Amy FrederickThe Obama Administration still hasn't gotten the message voters sent Washington on November 2. The lame duck session and 111th... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NigerInnis/2011/01/02/driving_us_families_into_poverty bc8223e3-e30b-49fd-b0d9-5fe6a1cbe047 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:01:00 GMT Liberal politicians and environmental activists continue to say we must switch to "green" energy. Oil, gas, coal and nuclear must go, they insist. Informed voters support conservation and alternative energy. But they... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NigerInnis/2008/10/27/stop_the_war_on_poor_families 7b8c3e51-c1c4-4bde-a9a9-2cbb8ecebc5a Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:06:16 GMT As Democratic Party delegates gather in Denver, America is repeatedly being told that we must transform our economy to "green" energy. Our future is in wind and solar, liberal Democrats and environmental activists... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NigerInnis/2008/08/28/stop_the_war_on_poor_families 54a894b2-7742-4e9e-9ec1-a7da5d7d92c1 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:13:50 GMT