governor ivey, speaker hubbard, president marsh, distinguished guests, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice moore, justices of the alabama supreme court - and my fellow alabamians. the poorest county in the united states of america is located just 73 miles from where we sit tonight. if we were to drive a little over an hour from this historic hall we would find ourselves in wilcox county where the median household income is below that of any other county in this nation. 11-thousand of our fellow alabamians live in wilcox county where the unemployment rate is chronically in double digits and consistently ranks above the national average. everyone in this room knows alabama is one of the poorest states in america, where one in four children live in poverty. nearly 1-million of our fellow alabamians are dependent on food stamps. the statistics are sobering. the facts are indisputable. never ending cycles of a need for jobs, better job skills and better education, plague our communities, counties and state as they have for years. we recognize the challenges that we face and we re

we have leaders from historically black colleges to ivey league colleges and community colleges. and today 100 colleges, and 40 community colleges are committing to help young people not only go to college, but to graduate from college. and that is an extraordinary accomplishment, and we didn't need a bill to do it. everybody here is participating because you know, i believe that college participation has never been more important than it is today. incomes twice as high as those without a high school diploma. college is not the only path to success. we have to make sure that more americans of all age are getting the skills that they need to access the jobs out there right now, but more than ever a college degree is the surest path to a stable middle class life. and hire education speaks to something more than that. the premise that we're all created equal is the opening line in our american story, and we don't promise equal outcomes, we strive to deliver equal opportunity. the idea that success does not depend on being born in the wealth or privileged. it depends on effort, you c

an ivey league graduate, president of his law school class.nd a two-sport star who attended training cap with the san diego chargers. harrison raised russell in his image. >> my dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, don't be afraid to be great. so those things just mattered to me. >> your dad also prepped you for moments like these. >> russell wilson, you just won the super bowl, you're playing in the super bowl, what's next, what are you thinking? those type of questions all the time. never too much where he used to run me into the ground or anything like that. it was always to encourage me to do great. >> wilson enrolled in north carolina state after the school promised to allow him to play both football and baseball. i mean, you wanted to be deion sanders and bo jackson when you were a kid. >> i did. since i was in high school, i wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star. >> he ended up dominating both starts and still graduating in 3 1/2 years. you're ma

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and councilwoman ivey taylor from san antonio. gregory pile, one of our tribal leaders, and jerry ricket from the kentucky highlands investment corporation. some leaders from these neighborhoods who are helping to make it happen. in the east side neighborhood of san antonio, nearly four in ten adults don't have a high school diploma. the violent crime rate is 50% higher than the rest of the city. so schools and community members are focused on getting more kids into pre-k, boosting math and science in high school and they're putting more cops on foot patrol to make their neighborhoods safer. it's a project worth investing in. in a section of l.a. that stretches to hollywood, the population decreased by 13,000 people in just ten years. so developers are working to build more affordable housing, technical schools and community colleges are helping more people get the training they need to get jobs. it's a project worth investing in. in philly, nearly four out of every ten kids lives below the poverty line. and a lot of them are on t