the chief justice had great comments on what they are doing in california on civics education. justice souter, justice o'connor have been pushing that, and i think that is a key to our future. i want to put in a plug for the national association of women judges informed voter project. aser areas have not made much as project, florida has done good work, but our efforts have been to make available speakers and materials to every staff,ith help from our to put on programs that involve civics education, all the way down to kindergarten and all the way up to retirement date -- retirement age. solid base of knowledge of how the judiciary works, and it is an absolutely bedrock fundamental. we do see pressures in the states, both in the lead up to elections where there may be attack ads. there is research that judges are less kind and ruling in criminal cases in the year or so leading to a reelection effort. most of us know there is politics involved in the process . and what comes with the territory is that you have to push that aside and deal with a case on its merits. all of us try as hard

i would love to see the city of san francisco continue to lead the way in educational justice throughout the nation. thank you for your time and listening and i love that all the public comments so far have been unanimously in support of this amendment. thank you. >> hello. i will read a student statement who got into an accident brushing here. >> good afternoon. my name is all my. i'm 19 and a benefit greatly from the free free safety program period last year i was fortunate enough to attend usf. but due to finances, i had to transfer to city college. my mother works two jobs to pay for the mortgage. in the last two years, we lost my grandparents on my mom paid for all of the funeral expenses on her own period due to these financial hardships, a tent city college for free, as i cannot afford any other option period i am beyond grateful for the opportunity to attend city and work towards my career goals and veterinarian medicine. without city college chakra free city program, i might not be attending school this year. i urge the community to think about this decision as it affects the ed

thousand nine hundred forty seven whose million and a half student members are fighting for education justice welcome both sonia if you could talk to the younger you what advice would you give her about debt. you know i was thinking on their question and it's a really go one i would really have to tell my younger self to choose a profitable major a lot of times we see students including myself there go into college with no game plan out not even think about what the marketplace really needs in in how i guess and talents can support that so i would tell myself for sure college is a wonderful tool but make sure that it has a good return on investment just this week a sobering number from the apartment list study by the federal reserve bank in new york less than one eighth of college grads with student loan debt will be able to scrape together the twenty percent downpayment they're going to need to buy a house within the next five years and two thirds will need more than two decades to get there just so in young people today are being told the same thing my baby boomer cohorts and i heard strive

the religious system, educational justice system. and then that leaves you in a chaotic situation. not having your father or brother and then to be damaged and then began talking about when you were arrested in front of your class at 12 years old. let's just start with the impact of all the systems failing you over and over and the impact. >> when eric garner passed the first thing i thought about was black women left behind. not only then do we get served but then we have to take the mantle for everybody else we suffer and that is a sacrifice trying to challenge government that they are sacrificing a lot. or your health because it is a well oiled machine with lots of resources and you are often left to share your humanity and dignity. and it's why a movement starts because the system failed brown and then trey von martin like so many activists. >> you talk about the impact of the system and you make the leap to one of the most powerful and difficult moments in the book when there is a police s.w.a.t. riot gear raid on where you live for looking for somebody. and tell you as an act

just want to amplify the calls in the room that this is a step towards a larger movement for education justice. for those who are most marginalized to really amplify the other populations, the up or , undocumented and immigrants. part-time workers, full-time lookers -- workers, that is our long-time vision. and the coalition, everyone will not stop until that is met. >> good afternoon. i am here representing the san francisco chapter of our revolution. as you are probably aware, san francisco has the highest rates of income in the country despite being one of the richest cities in the united states. we have a ton of new innovative industries that have come here and brought a ton of wealth and wealthier newcomers as well. the working class is being priced out of the city and is losing its foothold. i think it is essential that we address this income inequality and make sure we have universal access to free higher education, which is why we are advocating for you to vote on this amendment, as well as norman he 's friendly amendment would be something that bernie kratz would love to see. thank yo

the chief justice had great comments on what they are doing in california on civics education. justice souter, justice o'connor have been pushing that, and i think that is a key to our future. i want to put in a plug for the national association of women judges informed voter project. aser areas have not made much as project, florida has done good work, but our efforts have been to make available speakers and materials to every staff,ith help from our to put on programs that involve civics education, all the way down to kindergarten and all the way up to retirement date -- retirement age. solid base of knowledge of how the judiciary works, and it is an absolutely bedrock fundamental. we do see pressures in the states, both in the lead up to elections where there may be attack ads. there is research that judges are less kind and ruling in criminal cases in the year or so leading to a reelection effort. most of us know there is politics involved in the process . and what comes with the territory is that you have to push that aside and deal with a case on its merits. all of us try as hard

education, juvenile justice, welfare reform. the fourth one was the only additive that came from the outside. the other three were his. this gave him a chance to go out there and figure out how he wanted to talk about these things. he was a yell history major and a harvard mba. he is a competitor. he would go out there and talk about, meeting the crowd and revise. this was a constant thing ever vision. it is also a recognition that when you are running for governor of a big state like texas, unit may have run for congressional district, but it is a bigger stage. it is a lesson he learned on a presidential level. he had been the governor of the second-most populous state in the union, but he very quickly recognized it was a bigger stage with bigger necessities and bigger requirements. >> i know the politics have changed dramatically since this all started, but if you had a candidate come to you now, a potential candidate with these qualifications, has a good family name or whatever, do they run now? can you run these plays anymor

need from washington to help you effectively deal with the needs, health care needs, education needs, criminal justice your city as an incoming mayor, what do you need? >> one of the things we're truly focused on here in the city of little rock is the internet sales tax, which had already been passed from a federal perspective, it's a local perspective. we really want to address that, how we can get those internet sales tax dollars back into our cities in arkansas. that's number one. number two, we have to start with infrastructure. we want to see a new infrastructure bill come forward and we also have to continue focus on what we're doing for securing our communities, both by understanding the recidivism rates and understanding prison reform and things of that nature as we move forward. >> we saw a strong race in florida by andrew gillum. we saw a strong race by stacey abrams in georgia, which i thought clearly she won, but because of other circumstances that we're going to keep fighting, it did not end up that way. and we see you elected mayor where the big battle around desegregation was 60 years a

justice. we are looking at all issues of any qualities. it could be immigration, women and girls, education, racial justice, so the umbrella is big in terms of the issues we will be tackling. like,away, it is literally when i was writing the business plan, the first page was talking about the lack of diversity in this business. that is the beauty of seeing the incredible diversity. this is not a normal room in hollywood. team.ld an incredible that helped carry the stories. zolay the incredible marcia ricci who is here. sonia luckett, the head of impact who came from the bt foundation. a team of incredible women who are running this company and finding this content. they found a story that was in thenew york times about female women firefighters that are incarcerated fighting the fires that are ravaging our community today. claudia: wow. [applause] scott: yeah. and the fact that the women and the men in our inmate fire cramps, over 3000 people in california are out at these four fires that are burning now on the front lines. that they are being paid a dollar an hour. lives inrisking their th

juvenile justice reform was not a critical issue. education was. him?hy did you pick >> because he cared deeply about them and when he talked about them, people would say, he cares about this. when he got to talking about welfare, it was an entirely different way. than the ordinary republican talked about it. had graham talking people in the wagon and all the people riding in the wagon. bush talked about welfare and the way that we are losing some of our best. we have to help people become the best that they can be in life. >> to underline that, carl gets a lot of credit, but it is often overshadowed. just to give you a reflection of that, whenever he sat down with me and my media team, here is what i think, here is what i do.l ou figure out how to communicate it, but that's what i want to do. there was never any discussion. the best example was the campaign for president on the issue of immigration. a bunch of people were saying this is crazy. we want to reform this in a border friendly way. he just said stop. i do not want to hear it again. i do not c

do, fix the issues plaguing america; fix pre-existing conditions, properly fund public education, criminal justiceescription drugs more affordable. now we have a chance to go to congress and actually legislate on them, so i'm happy they wrote this letter finish. kennedy: well, at least they have an agenda, and that's what they're putting first, which i certainly commend them on that. ned, what really happens to people who don't march in lockstep with the ice princess, nancy pelosi? >> well, first of all, i have to say, kennedy, i'm impressed that they sent a letter instead the of texting their demands. [laughter] these nearly four dozen freshmen, or as i like to call them america's future back-benchers, think they're doing to dictate priority to the leadership, let me tell you how this works in the house. they're going to find themselves in the equivalent of the siberian gulag. we're getting reports, kennedy, that democrats are lining up to be in judiciary because they think impeachment's ion go to happen. -- isn't going to happen. and i swear adam schiff is starting to twitch, he's so excited abo

and ushered in a new career educational system. and criminal justice reform to give people a chance of redemption making its way through up to the end. landmark crack down and after years of doubt and saying it could not be done, we achieved the first overhaul of our tax code in 31 years. this is something i worked on for my aput life and will help improve lives of people for a long time still to come. and is why we do this. not every outcome has been perfect but that is our great system at work. and i'm proud of what we've achieved together to make this a stronger country. central task is to offer superior ideas of government. i see it more of a mask. as a labor of love. and you can make a career out of criticism. many people do. seems like an easy living but well done is always, always a better pursuit than well said, isn't it? in this miss you watch slings and arrows. it's a mice i've been happy to pay because nothing is as fulfilling as an idea that will make a difference in lives and seeing it through from start to finish. that is the ultimate in

health care, education, criminal justice system, and we have obama authorized $300 million to pay force. we have two recent cases where innocent people, one in oregon, one in texas, were murdered by illegal immigrants. why can't we just do this all legally? >> first of all, when obama campaigned to be president, he promised that he was going to do immigration reform first year he he was in office. and nancy pelosi was the head of the speaker of the house -- >> sean: sir, i ask you a very simple question, what do you say to the families -- >> let me finish. >> sean: the families in the last three weeks that lost loved ones because of illegal immigration? why can't we, as america, have the right to bed people to make sure that they can take care of themselves when they are here and that they don't have any criminal ties or backgrounds? is that fair? >> the democratic party failed to do immigration reform. >> sean: you're not answering my question. is that fair that we vet people? >> what we ended up getting was a program for -- >> sean: you have no intention of answering my question. wh

that tension and reality, she was a great activist and committed to all of the programs for justice and education for children. for housing in new york city. it is really equal education that was her big passion. she did wonderful work and as i said there is no biography. there are many papers. i know that because her children gave me 10 boxes. paul: we will be happy to take them off your hands. you are going to get them -- blanche: you're going to get them. paul: this photo was the only photograph in eleanor's wallet on the day she died. blanche: i did not know that. paul: we have everything from her pistol permit to her press photographs of her children, grandchildren, franklin roosevelt, just that one photo of joe lash. blanche: that is amazing. paul: april 12, 1945, franklin roosevelt dies. his body is brought up to hyde park where he is buried. this is a traumatic moment for the country, world, particularly for eleanor roosevelt. whatu want to talk about happened and how eleanor responded to both her personal tragedy and this global loss? fdr had just written an incredible speeches that he w

seven ten report regarding their task force on building public trust in the american justice system was and i quote educate the public about how the criminal justice system works but the truth. that there is a lack of public trust in the american justice system apparently won't set you free if you watch it on our t.v. at least according to suzanne spaulding and harvey richelle wrote a recent piece for a lost their blog and which they explained quote help in works to weaken faith in the rule of law and our justice system so about how is putin and the evil russians are undermining our most sacred impure criminal justice system he said r t and sputnik were to me produce content that alleges corruption partisanship and fundamental unfairness of the justice system it seems that according to these experts the russian government is purposely trying to undermine american democracy by reporting on how americans are losing faith in american democracy what happened to educating informing letting people use their own minds to decide for themselves well that is what prominent trial lawyer might happen tonio does every

because people needed and wanted food, jobs, economic security, justice, freedom, security, peace, education. and some of her most powerful articles are about the failure of education. not just education in the three arts. she was insistent in sports and music. eleanor roosevelt loved music. i love it that we started with music. thank you. in her later years she waited for her grandchildren to come home, listening to jazz. she loved jazz, she loved folk music. pip seeger and ronnie gilbert or -- were her friends. she took her grandchildren to hear florence price, the first woman who had a symphony -- african american woman who had a symphony. i did not know this until recently, she studied the piano herself, as a girl. so music was just a very big part of her life. to me, a very big part of her life for me was an epiphany when i read it, something she wrote that the happiest day that she wrote this when she was 76 -- she wrote that the happiest day of her life was the day she made the first team at field hockey. [laughter] paul: do we have any pictures of her as a child? blanche: ok. that ga

justice, he had a fairly conservative record in many ways. so what changed for us as the nation and warren was brown v. board of education it seems to me. when he had his first conference with the justices , the new chief justice he was dealing with some extremely abominable and elects on that court like hugo black and robert jackson. they were also appear your legal minds and warren was not considered superior and also he was feeling a number of justice that came from the segregated south and indeed had voted to retain segregation in public schools. so at the conference, warren starts off as chief justice and speaks first and says the only way you can justify segregation of the public schools is to say that african-americans are inferior. there is no other rationale to justify the segregation of the races in the public schools. he just threw it out there. not a single justice could say that they are inferior. nobody said a word. so basically he threw down the gauntlet early on and from then on his conviction on the discrimination under the consultation with equal protection clause got stronger and stronger. >> you say he actually change

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whether that is access to education, economics, housing, criminal justice practices, whatever those upstream type of issues that make substance use a choice is where public health has to work in that space. that is critically important. as far as pow clugs, and what are the new drugs, what i see -- and these are the deaths of individuals -- it is always mixed drug toxicity. we can talk about opiods and fentanyl, but the majority of them also have cocaine on board, or p. c. p. in the district. so yes, there are specific things that we want to know about these substances and how to prevent and support the user, pause there are different profiles for the user. but we also have to realize that substance use disorder construct is what we really need to be focusing on. >> just to add to this wonderful point to my colleagues, one drug use is all about geography and history and humanity. i think we need to understand a lot about the history. we don't see the same patterns of methamphetamine in some parts of the country than we do in others. we see a lot of cocaine. stimulants are there, but they tak

decide to utilize drugs to numb their own pain, and whether that's access to education, economics, housing, criminal justice practices, whatever those upstream type of issues that make substance use a choice is where public health has to work in that space. and that's critically important. as far as how drugs and what are the new drugs, in what i see, and these are the deaths of individuals, it's always mixed drug toxicity. so we can talk about opioids and fentanyl, but the majority of them also have cocaine on board or pcp in the district. right? and so it is it's -- yes, , there's specific things that we want to know about these substances and how to prevent and support the user because there's different profiles for the user. but we also have to realize that the substance use disorder construct is what we really need to be focusing on. >> one thought or two thoughts to add to this from my , colleagues. drug use is all about geography and history and humanity, and i think we need to understand a lot about the history. we don't see the same patterns of methamphetamine in some parts of the country that we d

lawyer an she's an executive director of muslim arc which is an organization that trains and educates on racial justice and to mira's left we have asa. she is an organizer based in washington, d.c. whose advocacy centers on radical inclusion and access, disability justice and collaborative lip raising a collaborative liberation and joining us via skype is a muslim scholar, civil rights activist and speaker. he's the founder and president of the yakin institute of islamic studies and professor at the university. we wanted to delve in and head on into the panel to make sure that we have enough time at the end for q and a from you guys. so what i'm going to do is i'll ask three questions of our co-panelists, and the first question i wanted to, you know, to ask you guys is if you could talk a little bit about the way that you've been organizing in your community specifically again, during this administration where our community has constantly been under attack, and ways that you -- you think or believe that it's been different than traditional organizing efforts that you've been doing. sf >> we have a mode

i care about education because i care about our communities and economic opportunities and justice. i cannot just focus on education without taking on this other thing. said, i have to call jason and get smart on this. we really spent about a year. we planted the seeds out the marshall project. we connected with other philanthropists. with george soros, to people in between. we connected with these philanthropists. little by little, i saw there were these opportunities, we were able to use this bipartisan raise the age so boys would not be tried as adults. that is how i kind of got immersed in this thing. --eard allender shoe it's dershowitz, who works with an organization particularly focusing on jewish people in prison. i was at their benefit. they are honoring alan. he said, i am going to fight this fight until my last breath. fight one in justice and another. the thing about injustices is that there is always another one. this will never end. we will raise the age and fix probation. it will never go away. it doesn't mean that it is not worthwhile. thanks to everyone for being her

justice system. using recidivism reduction programs including job training and vocational education we reduced our incarceration rate and crime rate by double digits at the same time. using the sort of recidivism reduction programs included in the first step act at the state level, we were able to reduce our incarceration rate and crime rate by double digits at the same time. i remember a few years ago, michael casey testified as the senate judiciary committee, said the most important measurement whether it was sentencing practices were working was the crime rate. this was at a time when people were talking about we put too many people in prison so we have to let some out. they weren't taking attention to how that impacted the crime rate and that stuck with me over many years because it is exactly right. if these programs do not protect the public safety then we shouldn't be doing them. if they don't lower the crime rate, they are not worth the effort, but our experience in texas, georgia, north carolina, rhode island, places that have implemented these programs, they have seen their incarceration rate and crim

education. young adults have been involved with the criminal justice system. ey have an obstacle to secondary education. they need a fair chance to thrive. we should support them and join in realizing their full potential. this is what we want to see in manifest in positive second chances. i also want to take a moment and recognize steven sajaka. he created the background research for this. thank you very much. i want to recognize all that came to us with the idea and presenting this forward. are there any discussions you would like to take place on the item? supervisor kim? >> i just want to thank president cohen for expanding. i want to add my name. >> thank you very much. i appreciate that. supervisor ronan. >> i want to thank you for your work at the committee. there were some really compelling stories from people who didn't get into certain programs despite their brilliance and their high test scores and incredible grades because of their criminal records. and i think this is a significant piece of legislation. >> thank you. it means a lot. >> i thank you

that president trump poses to racial progress in nearly every area of american life from education to the justice system to fair elections, elections that include protections for voting rights, and even in terms of housing. when trump said what the hell do you have to lose, he was asking his audience, in my mind, to forget about martyrs like dr. king. he wants everyone to forget about white people, black people, men, women, people of all religion, catholics and jews who risked their lives in this country for racial progress in the civil rights movement. that part of american history seems lost on our president. so let me -- and here, i'm speaking to people who i think are very much aware of this, that's why i appreciate your coming here tonight. but let me just say, from this city, new york city, a kid in harlem goes south in the early '60s. again, does president trump know about bob moses? does he know that someone would dedicate their life not to making money, but to going into mississippi to defy a racist white power structure? moses helped to register black people to vote at a time when the p

orrin hatch has compiled a record on issues ranging from tax reform, education, national defense, scientific research, criminal justice and health care. in fact, it's difficult to think of an issue where he has not left his mark. he's a dedicated advocate and fierce defender of the constitution. his wide-ranging accomplishments are united by the commitment to always move our country forward. our nation is so grateful for your service and i am so grateful for your wise counsel and worship and friendship over the years. i offer my best wishes to you and elaine for many years to come. thank you mr. president. >> as the session of congress draws to a close it provides us an opportunity to acknowledge and express our appreciation to the members of the senate who will be retiring in just a few weeks and one of the senators who is retiring and whose leadership and institutional knowledge will be missed as my friend of utah. i've known him since my first days 22 years ago in the senate, and i much appreciated working with him over the years. his mentor him, his guidance, his love and sharing of his faith have made a tremendou

so, department of justice, health and human services, education, labor, are all coming together to figure out how this is impacting nem and how we can lean in together and combine resources. i mention labor, 6 million unfilled jobs, more unfilled jobs than people looking for work. this opioid epidemic is not something that just affects my brother or affects me and our family, it affects all of us, our competitiveness, our ability to continue on this economic upswing. the government has put out $2 billion, more money than has ever been dedicated to the opioid epidemic. folks say it's not enough. what i will say is we can't spend our way out of the problem. we need to work smarter in addition to working harder and again, find ways to break down the silos in different funding streams so that we can all pool our resources to work together, but i'm also focused on making sure that money gets to local communities. i used to run the state department of health in indiana and one of the frustrations was that the money, we'd hear about it on tv, but it never seemed like it made it down to the commu

it puts a burden on our criminal justice system, educational system and healthcare system. the sympathy for the american people? we deserve to be protected first before we start thinking about helping other people in other countries. >> see your viewers know you as the tough guy. and, you know, you have a strong commitment to patriotism and i love you for it you are my brother. you know that when immigrants come to this country they come poor. they come because they are the wretched masses free or the jews suffering. >> sean: why don't we take care ever the poor americans first and then maybe we can think about helping with our generosity. never been a country accumulated more country and advanced it for human good than this one. >> the fellow you mentioned that killed his friend there, you mention that in fairness there are 10 million or 11 million undocumented immigrants. why not we talk about the 9,999,000 who did nothing but go to work and take care of their children and make their community a safer place. i think it's unfair when we take these antidotes and we scare pe

a lot of these touch different agencies, do juvenile justice system, education system, healthcare system, how do you share data across agencies and make sure that there is coordination? the fourth is that community-based providers, we contract with public agencies to implement services. they are held accountable for high-quality and also selected in contract based on quality as opposed to whoever has the lowest cost proposal. the fifth is that public dollars are used wisely. the sixth is that services are clinically informed and effective. the seventh is that systems are in place to reunite children and families. as quickly as possible. so i know christine will talk about the family first prevention services act which is a strong focus on preventing kids from entering care. also very important to think about how you bring children back into the community if they are brought into custody and then the last is the importance of supporting young people who emancipate or age out of the system and the united states about 20,000 young people annually, exit the foster care system having never ac

there will be other people who have a far better view around the education system and social justicent of these kids anger and frustrations. they threw fireworks and bricks, it's only a matter of time before one of my colleagues is very seriously injured or worse at the hands of these groups of feral gangs. durham police are calling on pa rents to gangs. durham police are calling on parents to have a great responsibility to their children. what are your thoughts? it is a lot broader than that. not enough police officers dealing with antisocial behaviour because we had our budgets cut. the education system needs to play its part. parents and family units need to play their part. things like youth clubs are being shaved right back in local communities are not making excuses because after he what these poor kids have, nothing to do, that's rubbish and nonsense, i grew up in inner—city liverpool would no youth clu bs, inner—city liverpool would no youth clubs, ididn't inner—city liverpool would no youth clubs, i didn't throw bricks at police officers to it is about the social environment

. >> we have in the justice department spokesman from liberty university attended by televangelists are your christian child will be corrupted by actual higher educationokesman for the justice department. these things that up and have real results in the world. is that going to be a backlash? intellectualism in hard-line conservatism, rather than the white supremacist stuff we are seeing? >> for reaction let's bring in richard fowler and pastor of first baptist church doctor robert jeffress, you can understand how a lot of folks would feel this is more along the lines for accusing average americans of clinking to god and guns and religion, maybe it won't go over so well. >> you can go to whatever university you like and never a problem where you went to school or how you believe until you get in a roll where your ability to enforce one thing or another, in this case you just got the job. >> and seem to be a spokesperson. here's a little bit of the university president responding to this. >> harvard, yale, princeton, brown, most ivy league schools were founded by preachers and evangelists and that is a long tradition in this country and she shows that

now this guideline was issued in 2014 jointly by the department of education and the department of justice, and it's really aimed at stemming the school to prison pipeline. we can debate and people do debate the merits and the reasoning behind an actual guideline specifically, but what is not debatable is that there is an incredible disparity in school discipline. the department of education's own office of civil rights has found that black boys, for example, are expelled three times, or three times more likely to be expelled than white boys. black girls are six times more likely to be expelled than white girls. and each just this past april, the government accountability office found that while black students make up about 15% of all public school students, they account for 39% of all students who are expelled. so this is an issue. and the 2014 guidance that this report recommends repealing, basically puts school districts on notice, and said, if you have policies in place that result in disparate disciplining meaning your students of color, or any students of a group is disciplined at a