U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Pennsylvania Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Sieglinde A. Shapiro, Chairperson
Philadelphia  

Patricia Hopson-Shelton*
Lancaster

Richard Max Bockol*
Gladwyne

Sam Y. Hwang**
Philadelphia 

Im Ja Park Choi*
Blue Bell

Steven D. Irwin*
Pittsburgh

Henry Cruz**
Philadelphia

Oliver H.M. Jordan***
Philadelphia 

Karen Detamore**
Philadelphia 

Denise S. Perry
Philadelphia

Joseph Fisher***
Philadelphia 

Judith T. Skelly-Reedman**
Yardley 

James T.G. Frazier, Vice Chairperson
Pittsburgh 

Connie L. Tarr
Greensburg

William M. Gonzalez*
Holland 

Vuong G. Thuy**
Jenkintown      

Charles E. Greenawalt
Annville 

Hoa Thi Tran*
Philadelphia

Judy M. Hirsch**
Philadelphia 

Jean H. Woods
Wyncote

*Appointed to the Advisory Committee in fall 2001, these members did not vote on this report. 
**No longer a member of the Advisory Committee.
***Deceased.

Acknowledgments

The Pennsylvania Advisory Committee wishes to thank the staff of the Commission s Eastern Regional Office. The planning and holding of the community forum, report writing, and follow-up research were conducted by Marc D. Pentino, civil rights analyst. Ki-Taek Chun, director of the Eastern Regional Office, provided extensive assistance during all report development and writing stages and supervised the project. Former civil rights analyst, Brett Kynard, drafted the Committee's earlier project proposal on the Philadelphia Plan, under the supervision of Edward Darden, then acting director of the Eastern Regional Office. That proposal concept served as context to the Committee's current project idea. Dawn Sweet provided editorial services and prepared the report for publication. Dorothy Pearson-Canty and T. Furaha Raufu Bey provided production and distribution services.

The Committee also wishes to thank John W. Macklin, former legislative and regulatory affairs monitor with the Philadelphia Minority Business Enterprise Council, for his assistance, and Michelle D. Flamer, senior attorney with the city of Philadelphia Law Department, for her editorial comments relating to procurement and contracting in Philadelphia.

The Committee acknowledges Joseph Fisher, former chairperson and member of the Committee, and members Judy M. Hirsch and Oliver H.M. Jordan for their invaluable contribution during the planning and holding of the Committee's forum. Mr. Fisher died in 1999 after a long illness. Mr. Jordan, who frequently hosted the Committee's planning meetings and provided extensive assistance to the Committee during all phases of the project and report drafting, died in 2002.