Good afternoon, everyone, and 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 newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the nacp Legal Defense fund, the organization i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. So i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. 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, was the first black School Superintendent in selma, alabama [applause] thank you. And when he in 1987
Good afternoon, everyone, and 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 newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the nacp Legal Defense fund, the organization i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. So i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. 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, was the first black School Superintendent in selma, alabama [applause] thank you. And when he in 1987
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
President mike pence and his wife karen, all for a moment of silence on the south lawn. Trump will now travel to las vegas on wednesday. The president spoke to the nation this morning calling the shooting an act of pure evil. And saying the nation must stay unified. Our unity cannot be shattered by evil. Our bonds cannot be broken by violence and though we feel such great anger at the senseless murder of our fellow citizens it is our love that defines us today. We want to take you live to a News Conference right now happening in las vegas with the sheriff and the mayor. Lets listen in. Standing behind me they are going the make some comments associated with todays events so, theres two things were attempting to achieve. One is we have to finish processing the scenes. We have three separate scenes we are working now actually it will be four at this point. So, we have the 32nd floor the room at the mandalay bay. We have the event location, the house in mesquite and then now we have s. W.
Dewpoints over the next couple of weeks. All of a sudden here comes the tropical humidity were seeing low to mid 60s, millville, 61. Dover, 65. Philadelphia, 63 degrees. Anytime you get above 60, it becomes sticky. Mid 60s, upper 60s, you start to notice that. 70 is awful. Its somewhat sticky at this point. Numbers will climb as Hurricane Nate approaches the area in the next 24 to 48 hours. These clouds increase later this afternoon, whatever sunshine you start out with early on, it should go mostly cloudy later on. Overnight tonight, the clouds lower and thicken. Some of the rains move in here late in the day on sunday. Sun and clouds, warm for center city, 83 degrees is the forecasted high. Thats warm for august. Definitely the beginning of october. Heres the latest on Tropical Storm nate, which is now Hurricane Nate. Maximum sustained winds up to 85 Miles Per Hour. It will move eastnortheast sunday night as it brings tropical rains to the area. Ill have more details in just a few mi