Civilian National Service programs. This was hosted by the Brookings Institution. It is one hour and 10 minutes. John good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation, leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each othe
Of Affordable Housing throughout San Francisco required the collaboration of a host of public agencies, developers, consultants, contractors, funders, and, most importantly, the residents of Hunters Point eastwest and westbrook themselves. The program demonstrates the citys commitment to leaving none of its residents behind and we are very proud to have been part of it. None of this would have been possible without the vision and leadership of our local elected and appointed officials, many of whom are here today and well do some shoutouts a little bit later. Thank you for celebrating with us. Lets get started. It gives me special pleasure to introduce our first speaker. Ill tease you a little bit here, see if you can think about who that would be. Shes a native san franciscan. A former Redevelopment Agency and Fire Department commissioner. Former executive director of the africanamerican art and culture complex in the western addition. President of the board of supervisors. You might
And Public Policy events from washington dc and around the country. So you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Up next hearing examines the effects of trauma on children and their mental and physical developments held by the house education and labor subcommittee, this is about two hours 15 minutes. The committee on education and labor will come to order. Will come everyone. I note that a quorum is present. The committee is meeting today in a hearing to hear testimony on the importance of trauma in education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adverse events. I note for the subcommittee that miss of oregon, miss , miss wilde of pennsylvania and mr. Castro of texas are permitted to participate in todays hearings with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are pr
He spoke a short while before Prime Minister kan he would have known all too well what was due to come in Prime Minister comes a speech that was telegraphed way in advance and indeed imran khan has been spreading this message throughout the week to a great deal of World Leaders that hes met and the remote very conspicuously avoided any mention of kashmir or indeed by name of pakistan his position is well known this is an internal matter as far as he is concerned he took these measures to stamp out separatism and terrorism his word fomented by pakistan he doesnt want any further outside scrutiny of this and certainly not inside that General Assembly chamber if it could be helped but there was reference to the idea of terrorism and the need for the world to stand up against it it doesnt take a great leap of imagination to to realize he was probably referring to pakistan and kashmir take a listen. We belong to a country that has given the world not war but buddhas message of peace and tha
Un Member States should achieve a complementarity between the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development and their medium to Long Term Development strategies in efforts to pursue High Quality Development china spelt and Road Initiative aims to achieve development that is open green and clean as well as High Standard sustainable and people centered on the b r i an initiative highly compatible with the 23 agenda has become a road to cooperation and prosperity. Delivering real benefits to people the world over we hope that other countries will seize the Development Opportunities created by the b. R. R. To add fresh impetus to the implementation of the 2030 agenda. Addressing Climate Change is a global consensus and cutting emissions calls for considerate global efforts the un. Climate action summit has achieved positive outcomes china as a coleader of the nature based solutions. Has played its do role to make this possible china believes in acting in good faith will deliver what we have sign