hill harper was late coming to this forum. and attorneys bobby vasser and i were trying to determine whether we should issue a warrant or a subpoena to bring him here one way or the other. i'm glad we don't have to do that now. and i thank you, chairman scott. >> thank you, mr. conyers. now for equal time, we recognize hill harper. >> thank you, chairman. i was wearing my hoody and i got stopped on the way. you know, it's an honor to appear and speak on behalf of the youth promise act. when we talk about educational opportunities, mentoring, intervention, and all types of wrap around services for our youth, i'm the founder of a foundation called the man nest your des in addition. we seek to serve underprivileged youth in this country. we hope to empower them to give them access to college skills, academic programming, and also pass along lessons i learned coming out of the public school system and be able to go on, as the chairman said, to brown and harvard for grad school. i wouldn't have been able to make that transition if

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we started hill around harper's -- hill harper's presentation with an opportunity for equal time. i guess we'll provide the same opportunity for representative terry sewell. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. let me just say thank you so much, hill harper, for your beautiful introduction said just like my mother wrote it. [laughter] no, seriously, i am, um, honored to not only be a part of this program today and to support the youth promise act, but equally as proud of you and your work not only on the screen, but equally as important in our communities. you have been a role model not just for me and lots of young black boys and girls, but all youth. and for that your work should be commended. mr. chairman, i just want to say thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of this today and, also, just bringing attention to how important the youth promise act is, um, and i think that all of us will agree that in the waning days after trayvon martin, the incident with trayvon martin, all of us need to be looking at our youth in a different way an

panelists talk about in their own form, what it is to to support this deal and see this, hill harper, and to connect with brine because i was brine. i am brian. it breaks my heart. the relief is that hope is on the way and the message is still passing can definitely be for those who have committed themselves to reform, but also to the children who are paying attention. i guess i'll close with my new life. you know, i've been -- it's an honor to have been accepted at loyola miramonte university. i've been home for a year -- i think about you know, where i was just a year ago. 20 years of my life in prison. and i think about even as a man, i behaved like a sheep. just following along. how that is to acknowledge and of all things, thank god this university's mascot is a lion. and just recently, i was just thinking about the fact that because of this amazing opportunity, because of what's going on in my life, i can now behave and be courageous like a lion and embody what that means and no longer be a sheep. because of that framework in my mind that i'm adopting, i feel and anything else t

. >> we started hill harper's presentation with an opportunity for equal time. i guess we'll provide the same opportunity for the representative. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you so much, hill harper, for your beautiful introduction. said just like my mother wrote it. no seriously. i am honored to not only be a part of this program today and to support the youth promise act, but equally as proud of you and your work not only on the screen, but equally as important in our communities. you have been a role model not just for me and lots of young black boys and girls, but all youth. and for that, your work should be commended. mr. chairman, i just want to say thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of this today. and also bringing attention to how important the youth promise act is. i think all of us would agree in the days after trayvon martin's incident, all of us need to be looking at our youth in a different way and trying to do all we can do to make sure they live up to their own promises. thanks. >> thank you. thank you. john pendergrass. >> thank

hill harper, offered the account of in that letter. his entire life was gone one month after his 18th birthday and he asked me a question. he said why wasn't there anyone to tell me there was another way to go? and his question has haunted me. i am sorry to be here talking in support of the youth promise act. let me tell you why i'm sorry. i was here over three years ago talking in support of the youth promise act. why am i still here talking in support of this? why isn't it already funded? you are going to hear from panelist and you have heard from panelists who are telling the truth. they are armed with statistics, information, i can tell you what i am armed with from the streets. i am armed with these words, why isn't there another way? i am armed with the stories of people like a young woman i know named dark eyes who committed our first crime when she was 10 years old. her father belonged to a gang, her mother was a drug dealer, her brothers and sisters were all in gangs. why wasn't there another way? to ask that question, for the

the last seven years, i've been developing and designing such programs and like hill harper, we have developed a method program to be implemented by our local chapters all over the country. my recommendation at a court many of us put our lives on the line in the civil rights struggle to get the right to vote, get the right to be elected officials and eliminate discrimination. i personally at 19 years of age for six months was under death threats in virginia and intended to bring me into the prince edward case to come p pel the university of virginia to admit me in the fall of 1955. only reason that did not happen, my case was settled. because of governor korbus in arkansas and decided didn't have enough money to go for a vote in virginia and arkansas at the same time. i went on to nyu law school. ended up working with robert kennedy and monitoring the civil rights movement, so i've lived in this, walked the walk and the wisdom of what you recommend all of america ought to realize and appreciate. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. and in the last congress when i was chair of

hill harper offered the account in that letter. his entire life was gone one month after his 18th birthday. and he asked me a question. he said, why wasn't there anyone to tell me there was another way to go? and his question has haunted me. i am sorry to be here talking in support of the youth promise act. let me tell you why i am sorry. i was here over three years ago talking in support of the human promise act. why am i still here talking in support of this? why isn't it already law? why isn't it already funded? you're going to hear from panelists, and jefferson perilous you are telling the truth. they are armed with statistics. they are on with information. i can tell you what i am armed with from the streets. i in armed with these words, why isn't there another way? i am armed with the stories of people, like a young woman i know named dark eyes, who committed her first crime when she was 10 years old. her father belonged to a game. her mother was a drug dealer. her brothers and sisters were all in a game. why wasn't there ano

hill tonight. struck out three, gave up two runs in his debut sunday. highlights of that, of course coming up tonight. meanwhile, an injury update. bryce harper out for a few days. he'll be okay, but we will see. should be back by the weekend. >> it's early. >> all right, but not too early to start your weekend. the cbs evening news is next. have a great one. bye bye.

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