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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? i want to give sorry. i want to give a little bit of background about myself. i am i ve 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 i m sure all of you are familiar with. my father, dr. norwood russo was the first black school sup superintendent in selma, alabama [ applause ] thank you. in 1987. when he arrived, selma was a very integrated school system. the selma city schools were incredibly integrated. they had, though, what is called in-school segregation. they had a tracking system where the majority of african-american stud ....
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. today s education brain trust is called from brown to fisher, increasing racial diversity to improve educational equity. i m melanie newman. i m 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 i m 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 i m sure a ....
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. it s from the congressional black caucus foundation from last month. good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for joining us today. today s 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 h ....
there are a few folks waiting for the cash lanes. reports of garbage on eastbound 24 approaching the walnut creek interchange. no slowing shows up, but i m going to check back in a few minutes. so far, nothing big for the peninsula or south bay. back to marcus. thanks. today is one month since the devastating north bay wildfires broke out. this is what we saw for weeks in the north bay area. this morning, many questions remain on where communities go from here. pete suratos is live in santa rosa with the complicated issues the fire victims are facing a month later. good morning, pete. reporter: good morning to you, marcus. a tough time for residents who lost it all. we are talking thousands of residents losing their homes, specifically right here in coffey park, one of the hardest hit areas of the north bay wildfires. i have been here several times with the residents smelling the smoke to get out of harm s way and came back to nothing, really. all the debris down ....
there s more rain to come. rob mayeda is back. we re happy to have you back. good to see the rain making a comeback. big time in the north bay. napa an inch of rain. but notice san jose not much at all. barely enough to measure. and the other side of the mountains, 2 to 3 inches of rain. you see the pattern there over is sierra the air is cold enough for a foot of snow so far. out on the coast is a different story. high surf until 3:00 tomorrow and as we wake up, rain at times and in the north bay a chance for isolated thunder in the mix. that is going to drop down the snow levels and increase instability throughout the day. thanks very much. with the storm dumping heavy snow in the sierra, these are the conditions on interstate 80. a winter weather advisory in effect for the area. the snowplows are working through the night. but traffic is slow going on major highways up in the sierra. ski resorts are happy about all the snow. several resorts including boreal mou ....