Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat
Interpreted. Our agendas are available in large print. Ask staff for additional assistance. To prevent electronic interferes with the sound system, please silence all mobile phones. The Mayors Disability Council Public Meetings are generally held on the third friday of every other month. Please call the Mayors Office on disability for further information or to request aecom accommodations at 14155546789, or by email at mod sfgov. Org. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, february 21, 2020. 1 to 4 p. M. In this hearing room. Im not sure that was actually accurate. It says every other we have changed our meeting schedule so that we are now meeting nine months out of the year. So what i just read is fake news. [laughter]. We are meeting pretty much monthly. The months that we are not meeting are heather, help me out here july, december. Its the months the off months are december, june and august. Thank you, nicole. Okay, id like to read the action item. It is an action item. Im goi
We will begin with. Microphone . Can you hear me . Can you hear me back there . Good. Good afternoon, welcome to the Mayors Disability Council this friday, january 17, 2020 in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs. Assisted listening devices are available and our meeting is open captioned and sign language interpreted. Our agendas are available in large print. Ask staff for additional assistance. To prevent electronic interferes with the sound system, please silence all mobile phones. The Mayors Disability Council Public Meetings are generally held on the third friday of every other month. Please call the Mayors Office on disability for further information or to request aecom accommodations at 14155546789, or by email at mod sfgov. Org. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, february 21, 2020. 1 to 4 p. M. In this hearing room. Im not sure that was actually accurate. It says every other we have changed our meeting schedule so tha
Test. Test. We also know that while these institutions are doing the most work to close that achievement gap, and advance economic mobility, theyre severely underresourced. Its great to see the Community Coming together in a bipartisan way to prioritize and address this issue, and i look forward to working with all of you on this. Madam chairwoman, id like to enter into the record this report by the United Negro College fund, which is led by my close friend, michael lomax, who actually the emcee when i was sworn in to congress in our event just recently, entitled the hcbus make america strong, the positive impact of historically black colleges and universities. So ordered. Thank you. The 2017 report found that the total Economic Impact in the u. S. Is 14. 8 billion annually. The equivalent of ranking among the top 200 corporations on the fortune 500 list. In maryland, we have four hbcus that generate 1 billion in economic output and 10,000 jobs. A maryland graduate can expect to make a
Welcome. Orning and the subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. We are happy you are here. I know a quorum is present. I want to ask can sense they be permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding your questions will come after all members have completed their questions. The committee is eating to hear testimony on engines of economic mobility. The Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically lacked minorities serving and institutions preparing students for success. ,ursuant to Committee Rules Opening Statements are limited to the chair in the Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. We will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and universities, and committee colleges in providing low income students and students o