One stage. The presence here today of these candidates represents an outreach hand, an important signal that they take our outreach and communities and each and every one of you very seriously. As the nations largest civil rights urban advocacy and social justice conference i also believe that their presence here speaks volumes. I would like to declare that they welcome all the candidates to come and address us and share their plans for saving our cities. As each of you know the National Urban league is a Nonpartisan Organization and does not endorse any Political Party or candidate. As a nonpartisan 501 c 3 organization, the National Urban league extended an invitation to any 2016 president ial candidate who either appeared in a reputable Public Opinion poll such as gallo rasmussen or others or reached out and contacted us before july 1st. You might be surprised but according to the federal Election Commission there are so far at least 484 individuals who are vying for the president i
So for me accountability isnt just numbers, its not just a transparency. Is not information. We cant label the problem. Problem. We have to do something about it. This is stepping in when children need something better. We need to be held accountable. That to me is what a true accountability is. The issue of adequate and equitable funding is a big issue for this overrides community, for the urban league. I the opportunity to serve on the commission that looked at the issue. Paint a picture of where we are when it comes to the lack of equitable funding. What does it really mean . Once the picture . What do you see from where you sit . Its devastating. We us of article as a nation, marc. Folks a note on the k12 side federal money is like eight to 12 , half the money comes from states and 40 at the local level. Look across the nation, i go back to my home in chicago, we got less than half the money each year than wealthier suburbs four or five miles north of us along lake michigan. Think
Epa administrator talks about a recent proposal to reduce Carbon Emissions from power plants hosted by the Group Resources for the future tomorrow at 12 15 p. M. Eastern on cspan. I cspan2, credit card security. An october 1 to record to replace credit cards with computer chips. We will hear from the head of consumer issues. Our coverage begins at noon eastern. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton land laid out a 10 year plan about u. S. Loan debt. And then she spoke to reporters about the proposal and a 2016 rates. Hillary clinton welcome to exeter. I want to say my thoughts are once again with the people of ferguson as of a mark this painful anniversary. And in light of the continuing ,iolence that we saw last night violence has no place in our streets. And we should all be working for peace and justice as their and everywhere in our country. I would like to make two quick points and take your questions. Announcing my plan to put College Within Reach for everyone, the n
College is supposed to help people achieve their dreams. But more and more, paying for college actually pushes those dreams further out of reach. That is up a trail of everything that is a trail a betrayal of Everything College is supposed to represent. It is about whether or not america creates the greatest workforce and the world in this century just like we did in the last century. The rest of the world, make no mistake about it is working as hard as they can to outdo us. China is on a path to double the number of students enrolled in college by 2030, which means theyll have nearly 200 million college graduates. More than our entire workforce. I believe, American Workers can outwork and outinnovate anyone in the world. If they are given the training and education they deserve. [applause] Hillary Clinton that is why i am proposing it is time for new College Compact were everyone does their part. We need to make a quality education affordable and available to everyone willing to work
And at this moment, we can tip the pendulum our way and there have been some small moments where that has been a possibility. He is in big trouble and we want him out. We want his resignation and not only that, but we know with him gone, his entire legacy will not be gone and we have a lot of work to do beyond him leaving. Everything from the terrible conditions in the jails and human right violations to the racist practices on parole to what he has symbolized and the trend he has set for the entire nation and what he represents for a very rabidly racist, conservative base in arizona and across the country. Many of the people who give him money are across the country, not just in arizona. You would be shocked to see how much money people put in to his campaign. We want him to be gone. We want justice for all his victims in terms of people like jose, like catherine and her parents and the thousands of lives he has devastated. We want tent city shut down. We want an arpaiofree az. Tomorr