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.
Changes in jailing procedures for families with Mental Illnesses. This one i really like, 47 million in state Legislature Budget allocated to psychiatric beds in one of those places we are always begging for money. I was glad to see that had been supported by the government, too. When we began our program, started in liberia. It is the first time we have ever tried to develop a Mental Health program in another country. So, our goal was to train 150 Mental Health the nations. Before we started, they had one psychiatrist in the country. That was all. When we got 144, we had not reached 150, so we did one more class and just finish that in august. We had about the same number as before in each class, so we actually trained 165 clinicians. We suspended it when ebola hit. We had an access to information in liberia, an access to justice and the Mental Health program. We suspended all of that to teach people about ebola and how contagious it was and what they could do. It was really gratifyin
Arthur (Art) Burns passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Greenville Herald Banner on 2024-04-05.