Video app she now or go to our website, cspan. Org. The Labor Department reports that employers added 253,000 jobs in april, exceeding wall street estimate of 180,000 jobs. The unappointed rate fell to three point 4 , matching the lowest level since 1969. Hiring continued 3. 4 , matching the lowest level since 1969. Department of agriculture under secretary homer wilkes and mount vernon, new york mayor shawyn pattersonhoward talked at the africanamerican mears association conference. Secretary wilkies, can you start off by telling us a little about the work you do. Thank you. We at the usda, 190 thousand acres of public land and 20 million acres, part of the park folio. The urban Community Forest program we talked about early on we want to take full advantage of. Please listen closely this morning because he will tell us how to access these resources. Where the priorities is advancing racial equality. Tell us how you are working with state and local governments to make this an everyday objective. The meat tell you, i will tell you 40 of the funds the usda puts out need to go to underserved communities. We have a responsibility to make sure you are getting those funds. Whether the watershed program, the tree program, housing, we have state responsibility that 40 of those funds go to communities of color. Last month of Bidenharris Administration announced 1 million to help farmers and ranchers invest in Renewable Energy systems and efficiency. The usda is making 1 billion in grants available in the world energy for America Program with funding from the inflation reduction act. This is the largest ever investment in combat, applications opened on april 1. It tell us more about this opportunity and how we can get the communities connected. Im met change, and we all see it. The Bidenharris Administration is trying to make sure the funds are available and it has to do with energy and making sure we have opportunities but at the same time, when you talk about reducing the Carbon Footprint and the energy needed, there should be a website. We will make sure all the mayors in this room can access that information. We know that Renewable Energy is the way of the future. We know all of the energy bills are going up in our homes. With ads and other pieces of inflation, it can be crippling to our community. We want to make sure the the air, we have higher asthma and respiratory diseases, so we went to make sure we are using Renewable Energy. For sure. The u. S. Usda is seeking applications to serve on a committee to recommend solutions to challenges faced by minority primers and ranchers and part of the yes the usdas commitment for equity for all. What exactly will be the charge of this committee and what will be their influence on policymaking . Also tell us how we can submit nominations. This board will provide advice and counsel to the secretary of agriculture. It is important to understand the Ethics Committee is taking input from all societies and bringing it forward and also the application process. It is incumbent upon the mayors in this particular room to help the land owners because they know what is happening on the ground. They are in the process because they are there. We want you to be in the process. I dont know how many of you are queen sugar fans but i have seen it demonstrated in health and his stories of black farmers. It is not about entertainment but it is educating. And what we are seeing is true fact and true to life. We have so much land and in our communities what happens when one generation passes on, it takes a long time to bring one thing together. The reason we cant go on to the land because we dont know who owns the land. It is important that you have the power of attorney and someone who can speak to the land that is very important. It is great to hear you say that because focusing on Wealth Creation and generation of wealth. When we are not having those conversations about our homes and who owns it and who is going to get our land, land is one of the only things that you cant make anymore of. So the usda announced several actions to expand support for access to the School Meal Programs including awarding 50 million in grants from local schools. Tell us more about how expanding access for children across the nation. While they are in school they get their lunches but the Summer Program will for them to have those. For entities will do grant awards. We need to make sure there is an email contact to make sure this organization gets his gets this. I will do that for every program discussed here today so you can have a contact. We have done outreach in a lot of places but we need to do a better job of making sure we communicate and get this in the right hands of folks out there. You will be the start. We understand Food Insecurity is a huge issue and we want to make sure during the summer months especially when our children are home, ring the school year they get two meals a day in the summer they are not receiving that same type of support. So the Summer Programs that many may not be aware of is critical. If the children in the School District are receiving medicaid or on public assistance, a lot of the different subsidy programs, they are eligible. It is not just going to a Summer Feeding Program but they actually receive an ebt card in the summer that their families can help purchase meals and more food for them while they are home during the summer. We have to make sure in our communities that we are speaking to the School Districts and ensuring we are tapping into this resource. As the school year winds down, this is a very important time to do that. You put it very plainly. We have to make sure communication is taking place so people know how to access the information. I will make the commitment that we will know that will make sure you know. Anyone can be impacted by the programs the usda has. The undersecretary wanted me to know that kevin farmer and randy moore, are available. You can connect with them because they are overseen watershed programs, if the structure, disaster recovery, urban forestry, carbon sequestration, flooding, fires. We want to take advantage because we know all of our communities are dealing with this. I want to thank you so much for coming here and speaking with us today. He said, someone else was scheduled to come but when there are opportunities for him to make sure that he is connecting with his community, he didnt want anyone else to represent him. He felt this was important enough for him to be here. Thank you so much. We appreciate your partnership. Thank you so much and i promise you, i want you to stay engaged. We have some folks at usda, if you find kevin farmer and randy moore, one piece i want to say the urban Community Partnerships will put treeplanting canopies in our cities and reduced energy bills with the degrees of temperature, that is 1 million you can participate. We have grants out there and we need to take full advantage. I want every dime spent. We will end like we begin, he said, we need to get all we can and we need to get it now. Make sure you connect. Thank you so much. At 11 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, a discussion withhe Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States on the war with russia. Also former attorney gener bill barr about his time in Th Justice Department under two dierent administrations. That starts anoon eastern. At 1 30, a discussion on the institute of peace how to bring the Security Sector assistance. On cspan two, a2 00 p. M. Eastern, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton takes place in the final voices festival focused on womens adership during times of global challenges. You can also use our freeobile video app, cspan now, to watch these programs or go to our website, cspan. Org. Employers added 253,000 jobs in april, exceeding the wall street estimate of 180,000 jobs. The Unemployment Rate fell to 3. 4 , matching the lowest level since 1969. Hiring trended up in health care, social positions assistance and leisure and hospitality. The 118th congress has nearly 80 freshman house members. Cspan spoke with them about their upbringing and their careers before congress and political philosophy. We will hear from jeff jackson, florida representative Jared Moscowitz and others at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. You can watch the freshman interviews on cspan. Org. Dont forget to download our free video app, cspan. Org. Early saturday morning the coronation of king charles the third will take place. 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