On cspan2. Joining us this morning is ben, the former naacp president and now the current president of people for the american way. You just took over as president for this group. Remind our viewers what is the group . How are they funded and what are you priorities for it . Thank you. So, we were started 40 years ago by norman leer and congresswoman barbara jordan, as a Multiracial Group to really make sure your country stays on a course towards freedom and justice and equality and opportunity for all of us. We organized across the country. In this moment, we have folks who are deeply involved in their cities and their counties on the issue of Public Safety. On the response to covid and who are fighting to make sure that our Supreme Court quite frankly hears back to the values we hold dear. It doesnt keep lurnching towars being the institution that could end health care as we know it since obama passed the aca. Were funded primarily by people. Some support from foundations on the c3 s
There. Laurent richard is a paris based Award Winning documentary filmmaker who was named the 2018 european journalist of the year at the prix europa in berlin. Hes a founder of forbidden stories, a network of investigative journalists devoted to continuing the unfinished work of of murdered report reporters to ensure the work they died for is not buried with them. Is the author of numerous investigations into the lives of the tobacco industry, the excesses of the financial sector, and the clandestine actions of an aside in the cia since its creation, forbidden stories has received numerous awards, including a prestigious european press. Two george polk awards and an rss impact prize for the Pegasus Project published originally in 2021. Since rego is a french investigative journalist as editor of forbidden stories since 2019, she coordinated the Award Winning Pegasus Projects and cartel project, an international of assassinated mexican journalists, before joining forbidden stories, she
There. Laurent richard is a paris based Award Winning documentary filmmaker who was named the 2018 european journalist of the year at the prix europa in berlin. Hes a founder of forbidden stories, a network of investigative journalists devoted to continuing the unfinished work of of murdered report reporters to ensure the work they died for is not buried with them. Is the author of numerous investigations into the lives of the tobacco industry, the excesses of the financial sector, and the clandestine actions of an aside in the cia since its creation, forbidden stories has received numerous awards, including a prestigious european press. Two george polk awards and an rss impact prize for the Pegasus Project published originally in 2021. Since rego is a french investigative journalist as editor of forbidden stories since 2019, she coordinated the Award Winning Pegasus Projects and cartel project, an international of assassinated mexican journalists, before joining forbidden stories, she
For governor of the great state of maryland, a former National President and ceo of the acp. Former executive director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and for more than half a decade has been investing in social impact startups. While at the acp, jealous led a series of wholesale changes in how the organization used social media and related technologies to enhance its organizing. He is also a professor of practice at the university of pennsylvania. Jealous will be in conversation with april ryan. Ryan is a white house correspondent, the longest serving black female journalist where shes been covering urban issues from the white house for 26 years. She has been featured, in essence, vogue, cosmopolitan, elle magazine and other top publications. She served on the board of the prestigious White House Correspondents Association and is an esteemed member of the National Press club. April is the author of the Award Winning book the presidency in black and white. Also at mama
For governor of the great state of maryland, a former National President and ceo of the acp. Former executive director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and for more than half a decade has been investing in social impact startups. While at the acp, jealous led a series of wholesale changes in how the organization used social media and related technologies to enhance its organizing. He is also a professor of practice at the university of pennsylvania. Jealous will be in conversation with april ryan. Ryan is a white house correspondent, the longest serving black female journalist where shes been covering urban issues from the white house for 26 years. She has been featured, in essence, vogue, cosmopolitan, elle magazine and other top publications. She served on the board of the prestigious White House Correspondents Association and is an esteemed member of the National Press club. April is the author of the Award Winning book the presidency in black and white. Also at mama