Despite being used, remember, teenagers, like some of you in the audience, they were teenagers during the little rocks chaotic events. All of these guests persevered and succeeded. They lived productive lives, are still living productive and succeeded. Lives. They had a remarkable careers and they have given service with distinction. So they obviously all have long resumes. For that reason what i will do is shorten their resume so they have more time to speak. Because there are 5 speakers up here, we are going to have to move it along pretty quickly. Lottie shackleford has made history throughout her life in politics appointed to the little rock board in the 70s, elected the first female mayor of little rock in the 80s and she has served long with the National Democratic party. Here, she had the longest tenure, 20 years, as vice chair of the dnc, where she worked internationally in political forums all over africa, Eastern Europe and in taiwan. She is currently honored as vice chair em
Sondra i consider the theme of this particular panel Something Like triumph over adversity. Each of the panelists experienced segregated schools education. Some were directly involved in the crisis year and others were victims of the lost year when all little rock high schools were closed for an entire academic year. Some experienced all three. Despite being used remember, teenagers, like some of you in the audience, they were teenagers during the little rocks chaotic events. All of these guests persevered and succeeded. They lived productive lives, are still living productive lives. They had a remarkable careers and they have given service with distinction. So they obviously all have long resumes. For that reason what i will do is shorten their resume so they have more time to speak. Because there are five speakers up here, we are going to have to move it along pretty quickly. Lottie shackleford has made history throughout her life in politics appointed to the little rock board in the
This is overheard. audience applauding deray mckesson, welcome. Its good to be here. Thank you very much for being here. So, we sit here today on january the 13th, one week from the Trump Presidency beginning officially. How are you feeling . You know, it is sad in so many ways, and so much of the energy of the next four years will be spent withstanding an administration and trying to maintain the progress that we have made so far. Im hopeful that over the next four years that we dont lose our sense of promise and hope whene think about what resistance looks like. In my profession, the journalism business, the saying that has become commonplace is, give him a chance, but hold him accountable. Are you prepared to give him a chance . I dont know what a chance looks like when he is so openly racist and bigoted and islamophobic. I dont know what giving him a chance looks like. I do know that there are people who are ready to hold him accountable and ready to withstand the administration an
Discussion on alternatives to traditional Public High Schools. This discussion hosted by the thomas b. Fordham institute and the American Federation for children. Live coverage now on cspan. I kept hearing the media as like we were going to go blank if we looked up at the sky. I am the senior vp for research here at fordham. We are pleased to have a Live Audience here today and we are pleased to have cspan covering our event. We want to thank our partners at the American Confederation for children. Federation for children. Im not on twitter, i am the last person on twitter. I dont mind that i am not on twitter. If you are on twitter, you can join the conversation by using the engaging choices. For those who like to engage in conversation on twitter, please do. When we get to the q a at the end, we will look and see whether we have questions coming in. Let me suggest that we talk about School Choice. Particularly at the High School Level. Im going to keep this overview brief. Mike told
Washington dc. This is just over 90 minutes. Thanks for joining us on this sunny august afternoon. I hope everyone had a great view of the eclipse yesterday. Maybe you werent where i was where a big fat cloud came over right at that moment. Pretty cool, hearing all the media act like we were going to go blind if we looked at the sky. I am amber northern, senior vp of research, pleased to have our Live Audience today and cspan covering our event today. I will be welcoming the panel in a minute, i want to thank our partners at the American Federation for china who are with us today. And i am not on twitter, probably the last person you not on twitter, i dont miss being on twitter, you can join the conversation by using the hashtag engaging choices, for those who like to engage in conversation on twitter please do. We would like to hear what you would like to say and when we get to q and at the end we will look and see if we have questions coming in. We are here to talk about School Choic