Shameek Robinson, chair of the Homewood caucus and an educational adviser at the Center for Talented Youth, said that the BFSA wanted to show its support for both community service and the president's "one university" efforts.
The NAACP, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Hip Hop Caucus, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the National Council of La Raza are among the groups supporting President Obama's approach to holding the for-profits accountable.
The Robert M. Takasugi Public Interest Fellowship, created in his honor in 1999, financed internships for students at organizations including the Asian Law Caucus and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Supporters have also contended, shamefully, that opposition to Mr. Estrada is anti-Latino, even though his nomination is opposed by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and other leading Latino groups.
Some have fairly self-explanatory titles, like the Congressional Caucus on Qatari-American Economic Strandgic DEducationaltural and Educational Partnership, which has the honor of being the caucus with the longest name.
The special caucus is being held at the Adelson Educational Campus, a Jewish school in Las Vegas named after billionaire casino titan Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam.
Among the groups urging his defeat are the Mexican-American Legal DeFunde and EducationaLaFund and La Raza as well as the Hispanic Caucus, the group of 20 Hispanic members of Congress, all Democrats.
Mr. Barron added that the Black and Latino Caucus of the Council would meet this weekend to develop its own educational plan.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund opposed him, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund said it had "grave concerns" about his record.
One possibility that he and several other caucus members mentioned was to require each board member to have specific educational qualifications.
