For the naacp Legal Defense fund. The organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so i want to give a little bit of hello . I want to give sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am ive been with the Legal Defense fund since march of this year. But worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time. But this issue and the reason i am happy to be here with all of you today is personal to me. I am originally from new orleans but also went to school in selma, alabama. Which im sure all of you are familiar with. My father, dr. Norwood russo was the first black school sup superintendent in selma, alabama [ applause ] thank you. In 1987. When he arrived, selma was a very integrated School System. The selma city schools were incredibly integrated. They had, though, what is called inSchool Segregation. They had a tracking system where the majority of africanamerican students were in level three or
Next, a forum on race and education with members of congress. Education advocates, students, and former officials. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Hosted this event. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher, increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. Im melanie newman. Im the chief strategist for the naacp Legal Defense fund, the organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so i want to give a little bit of hello. Sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am i have been with the Legal Defense fund since march of this year, but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time. But this issue and the reason im happy to be here with all of you today is personal to me. I am originally from new orleans but also went to school in selma, alabama. Which im sure all of you are familiar with
Catholic organizations. Read more at thehill. Com. Next up, lawmakers education advocates, students and former Education Department officials talk about race and education, including improving urban School Systems, desegregation and Minority Access to Higher Education. Its from the Congressional Black Caucus foundation from last month. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher. Increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. I am Melanie Roussel newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the naacp Legal Defense fund, the organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so, i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. Sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am i have been with the Leal Defense Fund since march of this year but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time.
The remnants of Tropical Storm nate. Melissa magee joining us with more on our wet start to the week. Melissa . A bit of a one, two punch from mother nature. Were tracking the cold front thats moving into the region that eventually as we get into the rest of tonight and into early tomorrow morning, weve got moisture from whats left over of nate. Heres Storm Tracker 6. That is triggering the on and off showers, you look off to the south and west you see the center of circulation which is now tropical depression nate as the system works its way into midatlantic. Bulk will shift to the north, more so to the north and east. The heaviest precipitation looks to be north and west of the i95 corridor. Storm tracker 6, is spotty showers there in philadelphia, light rain there, in oxford to the south of coatsville also showers and smyrna and dover at this hour. The rest of the evening, future tracker 6 showing 6 30 a couple of spotty showers overhead. But again the bulk of that energy rides to t
Reaches its first world cup finals in twenty seven yes as they brought their place in russia next year. Good to have you with us here on the news hour now the United States and turkey have suspended Visa Services for each others nationals its the latest in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u. S. Consular worker stumble hes accused of links to the u. S. Based cleric turkey claims was the mastermind of last years failed coup diana estabrook reports now from washington d. C. The u. S. Fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all nonimmigrant Visa Services at diplomatic facilities across turkey by the end of the day the Turkish Embassy responded in kind to the u. S. The visa suspension war started just days after turkish authorities arrested a us consulate employee met in tokyo claiming topas was fine for an exiled turkish cleric the u. S. Says those accusations are baseless oh look i was a look are reti