In 1997, i had an opportunity to work on an educational project with a gentleman named doctor samuel proctor. A number of you know him as a form present of North Carolina a t, hbcu, former president of Virginia Union university, private hbcu. He spent time in washington, d. C. , as a kennedy appointee to the peace corps but a number of you know him to his work as a pastor of the baptist church. In 1997 when opportunity to sit at a very lovely room similar to this with a donor and a donor who owns a very large and Famous Family foundation. The head of the walked into the room and made exchange niceties she said and ask you one question . He said yes. Is there a need for black colleges today . And doctor proctor leaned back in his seat having her discretion of most of life and he said maam, if you make him can restructure the question . The question is not whether there is a need for hbcus today. The question is, what would america be today without the hbcus . And so she nodded to dr. Pr
Or cspan 2. This is a great day to have a conversation about Higher Education and typically the role of black universities and colleges in it. In 1997 i had an opportunity to work on educational project with dr. Samuel dewitt proctor. Many of you know him as president of north carolina. Some of you know him as president of university. He spent time in washington, d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps but a number of you know him as pastor of an stenian church. We had an opportunity to sit in a lovely room similar to this with a donor its a donor who owns a large and Famous Family sfwrags. The head of that walked into the rooms. We exchanged niceties. She said can i ask you one question . He said yes. Is there a need for black colleges today . And dr. Proctor leaned back in his chair, having heard this question for his life. The question not whether there is a need for h fwrvegs cus today. The question is where would america be today without the hbcus. She nodded. He returned
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Good afternoon sara is off and in the news, a fall from grace, one man in line forck succession to the president. Is under fire. But first there is a city wide han hunt for the pair wanted for sexual assaults in south philadelphia. As they search the suspects own mother is urge you ing him to turn himself in. Chad pradelli is live with the latest. Reporter sources pel me police know with who their suspect is and now they just need to find them. Police raided the home on the 300 block of rosewood, looking for their suspect on surveillance here released yesterday, felder and her daughter identified him as rahim, and was just released from priss on for serving 12 years behind bars for attempted murder. I need you to come home son turn yourself in. His home is just two blocks away from the sexual assaults. They have uncovered gloves and sfeekers of a hoody. They believe he first burglarized the home early monday morning and took the victims vehicle and parked it a few blocks away and then
To identify common themes that arose that includes the need to create more spaces for kids and also to create a clean lawn area for people for both recessions. And in terms of an you opportunity the tennis court was preserved as a part that was not highly used and it would be used for Something Else for the community for the park and also tennis is typically used by two to four players so considering the says that a quarter of the park it was perceived that perhaps the space could be better utilized to provide for recreation opportunities for more people. We then took the comments and created optional schemes for public feedback. And also for voting. The scheme that received the most support is option number 3 in this scheme the tennis court is removed on that plan in order to create an additional lawn area. That scheme shows a people only area that we had heard from the First Community meeting for people use. Running a close second at the meeting was option 2 which also removed the te