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
Welcome to a very important hearing that we have been thanks for being patient as we get started. I will have an Opening Statement and senator feinstein then we will introduce the first panel then when we are done to the second panel. The Senate Judiciary committee responses to the increase of religious hate crimes. It is the great bipartisan interest religious hate crimes are victims the crimes would not have been committed except for hatred. Overthecounter to our america is freedom and they would treat this as religious groups rather than individuals. Religious hate crimes are on the rise. Crimes against jewish people are the most common religious a crime and they have increased against muslims try the fastestgrowing category. To these crimes increased by 67 percent by 2014 and 2015 from where the fbi has records available. I have been contacted the year from practicing religion should never have been. This is my pledge to you to confront antisemitism tuesday about prejudice and cond
Welcome to a very important hearing that we have been thanks for being patient as we get started. I will have an Opening Statement and senator feinstein then we will introduce the first panel then when we are done to the second panel. The Senate Judiciary committee responses to the increase of religious hate crimes. It is the great bipartisan interest religious hate crimes are victims the crimes would not have been committed except for hatred. Overthecounter to our america is freedom and they would treat this as religious groups rather than individuals. Religious hate crimes are on the rise. Crimes against jewish people are the most common religious a crime and they have increased against muslims try the fastestgrowing category. To these crimes increased by 67 percent by 2014 and 2015 from where the fbi has records available. I have been contacted the year from practicing religion should never have been. This is my pledge to you to confront antisemitism tuesday about prejudice and cond
Welcome to a very important here ainley have berthing support the patient to have been Opening Statement and then to introduce the first panel with vr done the Senate Judiciary committee is holding a hearing will entitle their responses to the increase of religious chairman grassley welcome, everybody, to a very important hearing that we have. Thank you for being patient while we get started here. Ill have an Opening Statement. Senator feinstein will go, and then well go, ill introduce our first panel. Then when were done there go to the second panel and introduce that at that time. The Senate Judiciary committee today is holding a hearing that we entitled responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. This is a subject of great bipartisan interest in the committee. Religious hate crimes harm victims. And also have a great impact on communities. Many of these crimes would never have been committed but for hatred. They run counter to americas values such as religious freedom and to
Subcommittee on crime, terrorism Homeland Security investigations will come to a order. C withoutt objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcomeng everyone to today hearing on the challenges facing Law Enforcement in the 21st centuryy and i will recognize myself for an opening statement. Just a matter of quick personal indulgence, i would please everyone to remember our friend colleague thom tillis from north carolina. I want to thank everyone for being here and chairman good lat for this hearing. This week we celebrate National Police week and thats important to all the members of the Sub Committee that we have aaw hearg to honor our Law Enforcement officers. I want to extend a special thank you to the witnesses for being here. We have chuck canterbury, National President of fraternal order of police, my chief and director of publicc safety, Alonzo Thompson from South Carolina, whichever jim mcdonald chief art esoveto. Is that close . Li forgive me. Im