sherry williams is assistant professor here at the american university school of communications. dr. williams has a master's degree and a ph.d. from the syracuse university newhouse school of public communications and a degree in english with a concentration in journalism from jackson state university in mississippi. interestingly she also worked for a few years at "the clarion-ledger" newspaper in jackson, mississippi. her work focuses on how marginalized groups, especially women of color, are portrayed in the media. she is now leading a study that explores how black millenials are affected by seeing images of fatal police brutality against black people on social media. without further ado, jerry mitchell will now talk and show some photos about his remarkable civil rights reporting these past three decades. after that, dr. sherry williams will ask him about his important, courageous reporting and then we'll open it up for questions from the audience. so, you're on. [ applause ] >> thank you so much, appreciate it, chuck. thank you, american university, he look forward to talking

sherry williams who will interview him on the stage of his presentation of about 20 minutes. he was an investigative reporter for 30 years. his stories have helped put four ku klux klans men and a suspected serial killer behind bars. his stories helped lead to the release of two people from mississippi's death row. he is finishing his memomemoir. he is co-founder and director of the mississippi center for investigative reporting. earlier a degree in english with a concentration in journalism from jackson state university and mississippi. interestingly, she also worked for a few years at the clarion ledger newspaper in jackson, mississippi. her work focuses on how marginalized groups, especially women of color are portrayed in the media. jerry will talk about his remarkable civil rights reporting these past three decades. then we'll open it up for questions from the audience. so, you're on. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. appreciate it, chuck and thank you american university. looking forward to talking with you. great to be with y'all. let's back this up. one of

with that i would like to turn it over to sherry williams to comment on the activities of one treasure island. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you, bob. you all have a written report that was compiled by our deputy director. i will briefly highlight the treasure island program that we rolled out in june. we are making tweaks of it whenever any new program there are new things to learn. it is providing food five days per week through food truck or with island restaurants as well as the food pantry and feel kits. it -- meal kits. it is wonderful to work with the island residents who have involved with helping with registration and making sure things go well and people are picking up food. it is an awesome job and career builder kind of thing for youth on the island. multiple touch points this program has and so we are excited. we are thankful for the support we have gotten. there was a highlight on nbc this week on the program. people can google and find out about the nearest treasure island program featured. other than that we have a report in your packet and in the public avail

with that i would like to turn it over to sherry williams to comment on the activities of one treasurehank you, bob. you all have a written report that was compiled by our deputy director. i will briefly highlight the treasure island program that we rolled out in june. we are making tweaks of it whenever any new program there are new things to learn. it is providing food five days per week through food truck or with island restaurants as well as the food pantry and feel kits. it -- meal kits. it is wonderful to work with the island residents who have involved with helping with registration and making sure things go well and people are picking up food. it is an awesome job and career builder kind of thing for youth on the island. multiple touch points this program has and so we are excited. we are thankful for the support we have gotten. there was a highlight on nbc this week on the program. people can google and find out about the nearest treasure island program featured. other than that we have a report in your packet and in the public availability. i will conclude my remarks. >> than