Hello and welcome to our First Monday Forum for the month of april. This month we have a different program, as you can see and i want to get to it as quickly as possible. First i will say this is a joint effort of the university of Southern California and center for communication and policy. The usc Public Diplomacy council and the Public Diplomacy council. The panel today, as you can see consists of three distinguished teens, unfortunately our fourth dean from l. A. And he is in his hotel room not feeling well. He will perhaps come for a future event. Without further ado, let me introduce the person who conceived and plans and executed this program. Our moderator for today is going to be Sherry Muller of the american university. She taught the first Public Diplomacy course at au. Sherry. [applause] thank you. Thank you adam, and i must say, adam worked hand in hand with me to put this panel together. We are very excited because we think this is a topic that needs some continued discus
Of ebola, a concert was held at the united nations, and teen kids news was there. When you think of fighting ebola, you wouldnt think that one of the most powerful weapons would be a red carpet. But it is. We are here to support the families who are suffering from all the ramifications of ebola. Its about every human having the right to treatment, and i think that its a global problem. Its not west africas problem. The alisters were all here to help raise money to fight ebola and to show their appreciation. God bless. God bless america to help us. Thank you very, very much. One performer taking part in the nights concert is this teen rapper. I personally feel that being africanamerican, i have african roots, and, you know, i cant allow somebody else to just die off of a sickness that can be such easily avoided. Thats where my heritage comes from. Nico gave us an impromptu preview of his rap song. As a people, we are here to survive the pain that we feel lets us know were alive you cant
We are here to support the families who are suffering from all the ramifications of ebola. Its about every human having the right to treatment, and i think that its a global problem. Its not west africas problem. The alisters were all here to help raise money to fight ebola and to show their appreciation. God bless. God bless america to help us. Thank you very, very much. One performer taking part in the nights concert is this teen rapper. I personally feel that being africanamerican, i have african roots, and, you know, i cant allow somebody else to just die off of a sickness that can be such easily avoided. Thats where my heritage comes from. Nico gave us an impromptu preview of his rap song. As a people, we are here to survive the pain that we feel lets us know were alive you cant stop now turn the will into drive have the will of the lord with your hands to the sky the concert was held in the giant room where the u. N. General Assembly Usually meets. Ebola, the silent killer, ragin
Its just another day on the fields of america. Hi, can you tell me your name . Gabriella. Workers like gabriella are not uncommon. How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvestin
Its just another day on the fields of america. Hi, can you tell me your name . Gabriella. Workers like gabriella are not uncommon. How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvestin