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As a community we will create an alternative safety plan and a transparent. Any intentional way including stop. Students community and board and books. Now at 9 the Oakland Unified School district is looking to join the Police Free Schools movement. Thank you for joining us tonight, everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis this renewed push to eliminate Campus Police comes in the wake of George Floyds death were educators held a meeting tonight to introduce the proposal kron fours gayle ong has live with us now to talk about what was discussed kale. Grant and making it is called the george floyd resolution and its demanding the School Districts Police Department be eliminated. The board of educators held a zoom meeting tonight where superintendent kyla johnson trim l announced the new legislation to push Oakland Unified School Districts Police department, the Districts Police department is separate from opd and according to district unit consists of more than 100 sworn personnel
Hi i am Suzanne Spaulding director of the Democratic Institution project and the International Security program at the center for strategic and international studies. I want to welcome all of you to part one of a twopart conversation, connecting the issues of racism, National Security, and Civic Education and empowerment. This conversation is part of a broader Strategic Dialogue with civics as a National Security imperative. The Broader Program and todays program are generously funded by the Craig Newmark philanthropy. We are very grateful for his support. Todays amazing lineup of speakers will focus on the ways in which systemic racism in addition to being a fundamental violation of our commitment to human rights, is also a National Security issue. From sidelining essential voices and talents and National Security to undermining our influence around the world to presenting an all too tempting targets to exploit. address the inequities in the National Security threat. All of us must be
Good morning. I thank all of you for being here today good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression. As well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. And in exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and our former chairman, Elijah Cummings. We will be remaining in disappearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. Todays hearing is also part of our effort to honor his legacy. Protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues. If not the most important issue he fought for during his decades in Public Service. We are holding this hearing in february during black historymonth. It was black americans whose voices were stifled, blocked in silence for centuries and is black americans who are still being disproportionately targeted, even now in shameful efforts to prevent them from registering to vote , purging th
Thank you. Im kathleen hicks. I direct the National Security program here. Our ceo wanted to be here this morning to welcome the commandant, but hes been under the weather, so i get to both moderate the conversation and also do that. Before i begin, i just want to remind everyone that this is the fourth of our Maritime Security dialogue series of 2019. Our Maritime Security dialogue is cohosted between csis and our partners at the u. S. Naval institute. And our goal is to highlight Current Issues and future challenges facing the navy, marine corps and coast guard. I want to thank our sponsor, Huntington Ingalls industries who has made this possible. Today were talking with admiral karl schultz, a commandant of the marine corps. And i want to get right into it. We were lucky enough to have you join us in august of 2018. Pete daily was the moderator for that session and here we are a yearplus beyond that, a few months beyond that when you began which was roughly may 2018. I would love to