My honor the convene this plenary, and when we were planning the conference, we always liked to bring our heavy hitters out. And i think that today is one of those occasions, in which we have a collection of fine scholars and activists here to address the theme. So what we are, and what we have decided to do is to run the plenary more as a round table, and the moderated conversation about the issues with the great migration, and i wanted to introduce our panelists, and give them an opportunity to speak for a few minutes as far as their own work and perceptions and ideas about the great migration, and then move on to the question and answer followed by a discussion with us, and followed by a question and answer session with the audience. So i wanted to introduce our panelists. The first panelist is joe trotter who is a giant history professor and prior with the Carnegie Mellon center in pittsburgh, and previously the president of the africanamerican studies in the urban life and economy
Plannerry. I think when we were planning the conference, we always like to bring our heavy hitters out. And i think today is one of those occasions in which we have a collection of fine scholars and activists here to address our theme. So what we decided to do is run the plannerry more as a roundtable, as a moderated conversation about issue with the great migration. And i wanted to introduce our panelists and give them an opportunity to speak for a few minutes as far as their own work and their perceptions and ideas about the great migration and then move on into a question and answer followed by a discussion with us and followed by a question answer session with the audience. So i want to introduce our panelists. Our first pannestist is joe trotter who is a giant eagle professor of history in social justice and past History Department chair at cornegy university in pittsburgh. He is also the director and founder of the cornegy center for africanamerican urban studies in economy. Hes
Million followers. And Regional Elections take place in germany. The far right afd party are expected to perform well at the polls. Hello and welcome to bbc news. As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazils government rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, but now sparse land, a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a nami
As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazil rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, but now sparse land, a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a naming ceremony for the latest addition to this tight knit, traditional community. But as they prepare to celebrate new life, the village chief tells me the threat to his people i
Chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazil rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80 thousand fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, but now sparse land, a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a naming ceremony for the latest addition to this tight knit, traditional community. But as they prepare to celebrate new life, the village chief tells me the threat to his people is increasing with every day of Jair Bolsonaros presidency. Translation if the president continues with his policies, he will diminish In