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In celebration of Black History Month, Common Impact is spotlighting remarkable Black nonprofit leaders and their many contributions to creating more positive, healthy, and equitable communities.
Today we hear from Jerelyn Rodriguez, Founder & CEO of The Knowledge House, a South Bronx-based nonprofit committed to building a diverse pipeline of tech talent from low-income communities as a critical step in achieving its broader vision of alleviating poverty. The Knowledge House provides high school students and young adults with training, fellowships, and internships to prepare them for successful careers in technology. Like Jerelyn, all staff are people of color who hail from the same communities as these fellows.
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A mayor that the NY Times once called ambitious, Pappas was born in Astoria, and leans on his native status and skilled and passionate (albeit often phony) speechmaking to connect with New Yorkers. This guy wouldn t let the governor bigfoot him, and he s seemingly always working connections behind the scenes. He d be entering a new term with a worn-down idealism, which is to be expected from any seasoned politician.
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The Taking of Pelham 123, 2009)
Unlike some mayors, this one takes the subway (though has been called a douchebag by at least one fellow straphanger). Love him or hate him, he handled a high-pressure hostage situation that threatened the life of New Yorkers, all while taking shots from the hostage-taker (who called him a philandering asshole ). While his tactics may be questionable at times (agreeing to deliver a ransom), he gets the job done. He also threw his full support behind MTA employee Walter Garber, who ultimate
cain says it s time to set the record straight. i will talk about all future firestorms. here s one thing people don t know about herman cain. i m in it to win it. i m not going to be discouraged. well, mary snow has the latest developments and mark preston is looking at the political fallout. mary, let s go ahead and begin with you. what caused cain to reverse course all of a sudden and decide to hold this news conference? you know, kyra, last week when herman cain railed against the press for bringing up these allegations of sexual harassment he was highly critical of anonymous users, but that all changed yesterday with a person who came forward who now brings a name, a face and specific allegations. and, you know, yesterday when sharon bialek had this news conference, herman cain s campaign came out with a general, broad statement saying that all allegations of sexual harassment against him were false. by last night, the campaign had started raising questions about s
[applause] political science professor at city college contends that numerous progressives have assisted america s adversaries. he profiles high-ranking government officials as he says we are duped by foreign governments. then at 9 p.m., republican governor of texas argues against national government intervention in what the governor contends are issues that can be better solved by individual states. he presents his argument from his recently published book our fight to save america from washington. and finally at 10 p.m., it is after words on the life and legal careers up next, paul kengor, science professor at pennsylvania contends that numerous progressives have assisted america s adversaries. the author profiles high-ranking government officials that he argues for duped by foreign governments including fdr, jimmy carter and ted kennedy. this takes place at the heritage foundation in washington. good afternoon. thank you for joining it heritage foundation as the dire