colvin could make your way.escribed as an artist who speaks the truth we desperately need to hear, is a harvard law graduate, prison activist, hip- hop artist, grand slam poetry champion, actor, author, and educator. his new book, "the ugly side of beautiful: rethinking race in prisons in america" will be published later this year. the start of the off-broadway hip-hop theater production, he has lectured and performed at over 100 colleges and correctional facilities in the united states, africa, asia, latin america, and europe. he has released two albums to critical acclaim, taught at brooklyn college, new york university, the new school in columbia university, and is now touring lyrics for lockdown. one of those is sponsored by the naacp. i learned that he is beginning rehearsals for the remakes of "the wiz." let's welcome him. [applause] our moderator for this afternoon, world renowned anti- racist, multicultural educator. [applause] yes. as many of you in the audience know, she is an accomplished front line t

colvin, without you we would not be where we are. [applause] thank you for sharing your story, and keep telling your story because we need to know, and our children need to know, and our children's children need to know your story. and we want to thank our sponsors today. we have the san francisco unified school district. we have marked as bookstores, who will be selling this -- ms. colvin's book, written about her, by philip house. we have sponsorship from the african diaspora, and the friends of the san francisco public library. i serve as part of the african- american interest committee that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to mrs. colvin and also to byrin bain for telling his

colvin earlier. she said the media has a certain way to take people and put them up and you do not hear about everyone else. as if these are isolated incidents. so they called and his producers were like, we want to interview. we want to interview you on your campus in cambridge. i said, my brothers would like to, too. we have been putting this case for five months. basically, i said we are not going to do it. this is bogus. my porter rican red-haired cousin, he has funny hair. he was there, too. so we came back and they decided to do it with everybody. when that story came out, i started getting harassed. the police were giving out my social security number, my name. i had 50 cases of identity theft that followed. the next thing you ask to talk about was november 23, 2002. this experience changed my life. we started going to the prisons with a purpose now. we turned into touring artists for the prisons around the country. talking to the folks who were incarcerated, folks in the local community to in

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colvin would come up as well. >> it is an honor to be asked to make these presentations. elected officials represented here are trailblazers themselves. many of them have been the first in their community to hold office. for example, ed lee, the first chinese-american to be appointed mayor in san francisco, is represented in this group. so is our congresswoman, nancy pelosi, the first woman ever to become speaker of the house in the history of the united states. [applause] tom amiano, who has been a historic figure and trailblazer, coming from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered community. [applause] also, our newest elected official, supervisor cohen, with her election last november at age 32, is the youngest african-american ever to be elected to the board of supervisors. [applause] she is now san francisco's highest-ranking elected official who is african-american, one of three women on the 11-member body, and the only african- american on that 11-member body. let me read -- since we are short on time -- the letter from the united states senator, dianne feinstein

colvin, how can i help you? it is a little over-polite, and i get tired of it sometimes. [laughter] now, you remember i live in new york, the big apple. help me to stay the word -- say the word -- i do not want to sound like sarah palin -- [laughter] what is the word for many races? multi-cultural, yes. they could not care one less if you were white or black. let mayor bloomberg tell you what their value is, the money. in new york, every night, racism raises its ugly head and you have these killings, racial profiling, like we had sean bell. anyway, we see racial profiling. one of my neighbors said, yes, they are always going to find a psychological reason why the white child is bad, but an african-american or child of color is just a badass. that is true. they do not think you have any value. they think you do not know what life is, you do not have any goals or dreams. you know why i am telling you that? i am basing it on my family. i wanted you all to know that my grandson graduated and will be the first doctor in my family. [applause] i do not like to put labels on it,

telling his story, but thank you for coming so that we can say thank you to miss colvin for being a living history maker. join us. thank you. ♪ lift every voice and sing>> ts to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would

this is at colvin run road. the right lane is blocked.eling eastbound on i-66 as you make your way to the beltway, left shoulder is blocked by a disabled vehicle there. your travel lanes are open. traveling on 395, getting a bit busy northbound, not seeing any accidents, but a bit of congestion. travel speed still looks good. 57 miles per hour as you make your way across the 14th street bridge. no issues heading into the city. joe and eun, back to you. >> thanks. >>> today virginia drivers can start taking care of their dmv needs on the go. the new mobile customer service van will be parked near the front of the fairfax county government center today from 9:00 to 4:00. virginia drivers can get renewed or driver's licenses, vehicle titles and license plates. dmv's website says it will park at businesses, college campuses and other locations around the state so residents can take care of anything they need for their vehicle. >>> one local celebrity chef wants to make sure you don't get a speeding ticket. jeff geoff tracy received three spee

front the baltimore quarterback was soon back in the thick of the action rocco connecting with kwan colvin to the ravens a sizable seventeen to free advantage at the end of the first quarter the texans beauvais were back in the game five minutes before half time to one yard touchdown run by reinforced trimming the deficit to seventeen the teen however baltimore's defense remain resolute despite instance best efforts they were unable to force overtime. so it's the ravens who advance in the new ten brady's new england patriots championship game well let's move to ice hockey where say it's raining cage i'll champion some about you live free won them home ice to clinch by win in a row and to spare claims for a playoff spot in the western conference. reports. of. sysco used to be one of the most degraded sites in soviet hockey but quite a lot has changed over the last twenty years now the club is struggling to return to the summit of the kid shell and facing the league's reigning champion so lucky life was an important test only way and they only now passed it in look to what twenty eleven they

twenty two kilometer run from two to forgets the four minutes in front of the fending champion mark colvin of spain one another sponsored a one boortz completed the podium american robby gordon meanwhile claimed victory on the day in the car section over a leader stephan peter hans of france a second but means top overall with a six minute advantage over gordon while spaniard nani roma came home in third. the next room with the p.c.'s in may not rev into action until april but you can be right or volunteer rossi is already counting down the days the nine time world champion him into shine at the opening pre-season test of and in malaysia at the end of this month the italian with redemption on his mind after finishing a disappointing seventh overall. spike that rossi is optimistic about the upcoming event with the moto g.p. class returning to one thousand c.c. engines from last season's eight hundred c.c. . for sure. we would be important. for sure. the bike. would be better to always impossible be competitive from the first test the but i think we will. get information before for war and t

they pray prevailed in the bikes category for a fourth time ahead of last year's winner mark colvin of spain. to roy triumphed in the trucks. and finally friends and relatives have turned out in their numbers to wish boxing legend mohammed ali a happy seventieth birthday in his museum in kentucky that the icons birthday is actually on tuesday but the first of five planned parties was held on saturday ali is now in the late stages of parkinson's disease but in his glory days he was crowned a limbic champion and defeated every top opponent of his era during his professional career and following his retirement in one thousand nine hundred one ali went on to travel the world on humanitarian missions and is now equally esteemed for both roles as a fighter and as a philanthropist. and that's all the sports news. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on. the week's major news on r t there's no let up in the around us dispute over nukes and sanctions following the ass

year olds currently suffering severe health problems international relations expert professor mark colvin told me honey mubarak would only bring harm to the region. structure. will come to our present state. to. be in wider group. but barring instant. hiram a person. finder and straight current resigning his memory crease. more than our life so in fact i could find a perspective here for our music so we can do great damage. to do so but the poor sound quality on the show would have interview there earlier on more thought radio host and author stephen leatherman said he believes that the trials merely a diversion from the continuing unrest in the country this is a distraction this is to divert the public a wrong story it's legitimate a year by believing the interstate for several days and then trait will result of cells in the process taking things or worse know one of the military and in know also the people running the country the same ones closely allied with know beric what you say is sane people because all agreements those of the people are objecting to but i think the protest will g

year olds currently suffering severe health problems international relations expert professor mark colvin told me honey mubarak would only bring harm to the region. christian. structures. will come to our present state or perhaps. one of the tibetans churches. to be sure. and certain wider group who will serve the doctor who. wouldn't bark and students can sue hire and. fire and say no current resigning was marie priest. marinara her serene track record combined expected here or are. we going to hatch. and. so about the poor sound quality on the show but of interview there earlier on more thought radio host and author stephen leatherman said he believes that the trials merely a diversion from the continuing unrest in the country this is a distraction this is to divert the public aid iran has three it's legitimate a year but i believe being the interstate mubarak for several days in their own trade will result of cells in the process taking things a worse know one of the military and in no also the people running the country the same ones closely allied with novara what you say is sane peo

. >> journalist rhonda colvin covers the state senate for alabama public television and was there that>> it was the last day of the session, so usually they stay until about midnight, getting a lot of last-minute legislation through. it was very mundane, actually. >> but mundane quickly turns to exciting when senators from both sides of the floor start spatting. >> and you can see between mr. barren and mr. bishop there was a heated exchange. >> republican senator charles bishop and democratic senator lowell barren, both notoriously outspoken, begin to argue heatedly. >> you definitely see when you watch the tape that there are some words being exchanged and you're not quite sure what they're saying, but you knew that there was an argument at least. we didn't know, you know, what the outcome would be, but we just sat there and watched it for a little bit, and all of a sudden it happened and it happened very quickly. mr. bishop had hit mr. barren. he had punched him. and there was a little bit of a struggle for a few seconds. the security guards ran out. they tried to break them up. a f