“INSIGHT America is an organization that will empower communities of color with the principles of free enterprise, solutions that work and opportunities for all .  As our nation becomes more diverse, we must open up a dialogue about policy solutions to problems within today's minority communities and tomorrow's America."  -  The Honorable J.C. Watts, Jr.  Chairman

Insight America Presented
 A minority health forum entitled 
Public Private Partnerships in Communities of Color:
 Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions
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INSIGHT America Honorary Co-Chairman Rep. Steve Southerland (FL-02) and founding Chairman former Rep. J.C. Watts, Jr. were joined by a panel of private and public sector leaders to engage in a roundtable discussion about health care strategies and models that produce solutions to health disparity challenges.
          

Share the Facts
  • African Americans have the highest mortality rate of any racial and ethnic group for all cancers combined and for most major cancers. Death rates for all major causes of death are higher for African Americans than for whites, contributing in part to a lower life expectancy for both African American men and African American women.
  •  African Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. In addition, they are more likely to suffer complications from diabetes, such as end-stage renal disease and lower extremity amputations. Although African Americans have the same or lower rate of high cholesterol as their non-Hispanic white counterparts, they are more likely to have high blood pressure. 
  • African American adults are 40% more likely to have high blood pressure. 
  • Although African Americans are only 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 44% of HIV infection cases in 2010. 
  • African American adults are less likely than non-Hispanic white adults to have received the flu vaccine in the past year or to have ever received the pneumonia vaccine.
  • African American adults are 60 percent more likely to have a stroke than their White adult counterparts. Further, men are 60% more likely to die from a stroke than their White adult counterparts.


    Source- http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov

 The Historic Capitol Hill Debate 

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Former Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr. (R-OK) was joined by Former Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) on Capitol Hill for a Black History Month Forum. The event hosted by Insight America was a salute to the Black Republican Congressional Staff Association and the Congressional Black Associates for their willingness to offer common ground solutions for communities of color.

Watts and Lincoln gave closing statements that commended the congressional staffers for their participation. Both Watts and Lincoln made observations about the need to find issues where both sides of the aisle can agree. They both encouraged the staffers to then work on those points of agreement to move policy forward for the American public, more specifically communities of color.
 Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele was joined by Hilary Shelton, NAACP Senior Vice President of Advocacy to moderate this historic event.  The 20th Century Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. DuBois discussion was advanced by six congressional staffers who debated each other with strong diverse political ideologies.  Staffers were given the opportunity to debate, to find common ground solutions and discuss 21st century policies for the issues of Socio-Economic Mobility and Inequality before an audience of congressional staffers, business and community leaders.

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.DuBois