[applause] >> belinda, thank you. welcome to this amazing evening. you know, this is our third book launch at the new york stock exchange. and it is really great to be back here in the magnificent states. also, it is wonderful to be here with belinda. we know each other pretty well. and i want to start by paying tribute to the corporate leaders in this room. the task force has grown from seven to 75 companies over the last nine years. billion companies. we have moved from a very modest startup to being a global think tank, which has really changed especially how he can handle it. many accomplishments over the last few years the 250 best practices over the last few years, none of this could've been done without your courage and your commitment. so thank you. i would like to also point out the companies that are so important in the sponsorship book. not only did these 12 companies help us to create the funds to create the data to make the case, but they have put on the ground initiatives which really demonstrate conclusively that sponsorship can crack

in six years of teaching, belinda carucci spent more than 21-thousand dollars out of pocket on books, chalk and other supplies for her students. sixteen years ago, she decided to open the chicago teacher store and hired other teachers to run it with her because of what all teachers know---they pay for a lot of they use in class out of their own pockets. "the first couple of years is spend, spend, spend because you're building your classroom." teachers paying out of pocket is nothing new. but the amounts are getting higher. in 2005, the average was $552 dollars a year. now, the national school supply and equipment association, a trade group says the average public k-through-12 teacher spends more than a thousand dollars a year. "for me, personally, it's going to be a lot because i'm moving to 2nd grade and that'll be more expensive than as if i'd taught the same grade 2 years in a row." a survey by online coupon site retailmenot.com found 87% of teachers reach into their own pockets to pay for classroom expenses. more of them from urban districts. more of them in the western u-s. "we a

i would like to in invite belinda christian and davis to take us through the award part of this meeting and thanks for coming. >> good evening. thank you so much for coming, for taking the time to come and fill the chamber tonight to help us celebrate the memory and the anniversary of the march on washington. we don't have a lot of time tonight, so i don't think commissioner davis or i are going to spend a lot of time speaking, but there were a couple of things that i just wanted to note. the march on washington took place on the centennial of the emancipation proclamation which was enacted in january of 1863. the march on washington also took place on the anniversary of em it hills murder. he had been murdered 8 years before the march. this is 58th year since that horrendous event. as the staff member, the hrc staff member who is primarily responsible for this meeting tonight, noted, these were noted to me in conversation, these are some of the many things that were on the minds of the organizers of the march and also the hundreds of thousands of people that traveled from throughout th

[applause] >> belinda, thank you. welcome to this amazing evening. you know, this is our third book launch at the new york stock

national coordinator belinda bee on fox news earlier. >> we have a right to ride those streets.are tax-paying americans. they can't deny us riding the streets. had they issued the permit, and had we had the police escort and assistance, we would have been done with this ride in less than i'd say three hours. now it's going to take us six, seven hours. >> well, i suppose. but the only thing i will say in defense of the parks service, they didn't know how many muslims were going to show up. what they were trying to do was avoid a great clash between these two crowds. so you can't really blame them. the muslim march was in there early and they got their permit. if i were the parks service i'd be worried about that, too. what do you say, greg? >> >> they could have made an exception on this date to honor the people we lost on 9/11. i don't think it's a bad thing. >> what about 100 muslims walking past the biker? think they'd have made it down the block? >> that shouldn't be the reason for the permit. you have a right to demonstrate, right to show up. they have a right. they said it

rally, belinda bay. what was the problem? what did they tell you that stopped you?g about the parks department? >>brian: yes. >> basically they told us that açó permit would not beçó granted because it was a weekday. it would disrupt the residents of d.c. and they didn't want any of the roads blocked off because there was only -- when i toldÑi her there were 12 other rallies that i knew of, she said, no, they only had a permit for one rally. and i've already been invited to four other rallies today. >>brian: you're not buying it. what do you think is behind it? >> you know it is a political agenda.Ñi and the main reason why is because it came -- it started off as two million bikers to protest the millionxd muslim march. well, you know, because of the way it started off, i'm sure that mixed message, when we changed it, that's when it went viral is when we changed the theme of it. but i'm pretty sure that because of that, the protest. >>brian: you're still doing it any way, aren't you? >> yeah. we have a constitutional right to ride those streets. we pay taxes. we are

the basic principle every life is equal value then a lot of things flow from that and bill in belinda as well as my children i have foundations for each children that are of significant size you can read the letters that i wrote them i do not direct them to do anything but they do say if they succeed in everything they're doing the wrong thing in you will fail but i have much younger people that are very energetic with common objectives and work for nothing. [laughter] that is not a bad deal. >> that stretches the many a long way. >> absolutely in you require them to move the money ought? >> when i die albany has to be spent within ted years after the state is close i don't think i can pick out a great great grandchild yet to be born just because they have the right name. there will be plenty of philanthropist 50 years from now but i want the money to be spent promptly and i don't believe to control things from the grave i'd like to think i can think outside the box but not that particular box. [laughter] >> that may take a lot. [laughter] i read an article this week's people know tha