And the sategies to move this issue forward. Prison reform, the more positive experience for the incarcerated in prison, not that prison is ever going to be fun nor shoulul it be but it has to be more than punishment and retribution. Corrections and rehabilitation have to be a part of that. Were not doing that now. Finally in our slice of life, we check out an organization keeping its promise to underserved communities. I know that that is the last defense, the last line before their loved one is taken away and i wouldnt be human if i didnt try to do something. Our world welcome back to our world with black enterprise. Rhodes scholar and a white house fellow, a social activist and flon tlopist but hes probably best known as the author of the other wes moore, the story of two men growing up with the same name in the same city. Do you still keep in touch with the other wes moore . Yes. I see him, we write each other. Some people say why are you still in touch with him, dont you know hes
Add to that every man woman child living in philadelpia. With a fair number that is how many people and of people that the imperial between the ages of 16 and 25 never country and in order was on its way out. The country better doing so that worked differently nothing is anything to be more diminishing 22 years from the mandate system. Old dropping of school, you that it has to be all in and dont read at grade level or what is interesting is they math at grade level with no opportunities no Job Opportunities are prol sects . Kept picking up the blocks that is an anchor on our to go home. Middleclass. The solution unfortunately look at incarceration we with any part of the united have 350 Million People that means there is 7 billion nations and. More all of those who were in jail, 25 percent are in with the Wartime Alliance the United States. And the personnel was no country in the world has borrowed it started off with a higher proportion are absolute number of children ben to Rikers I
The thinking of welfare as something that is something that is unacceptable. Almost something that violates their sense of who they are. But yet the bottom of the labor market has become so degraded. After words airs on book tv every weekend. You can watch all previous after Words Program on our website. Hugh hewitt good evening, im the director of the redwood library. Please excuse my voice. Ec my little twins came home with a gift for daddy and that was a scratchy throat. First of all, a bit of of housekeeping duties, if there io a fire you go out the front door. Just push me aside and all go down with the ship. [laughter] please turn off your cell phones. It gives me great pleasure to introduce our speaker, especially when i think about the historical parallels that i mentioned to mr. Kiernan earlier. The original meaning of up public place where or raidersm made triumphant. The redwood should be what it was conceived to be which is a forum where we might discuss really important so
Please turn off your cell phones. Now, it gives me great pleasure to introduce our speaker, especially when we think about the historical parallels that i mentioned to mr. Kiernanern earlier win we think about the word that is so offputting to so many people and its original meaning of a public place where orators might try out orations. For us that means the redwoods should be a forum where we might discuss really important special and political issues. Just two weeks ago we had the good people from newport film show a documentary on richard holebrook, a man white house values perfectly align with the intent of the redwood at it founding. So i see mr. Kiernans speeches continuing continuing in that vein, especially when we think about the rise of the public sphere, the occurrence during the 18th 18th century, that space where what we might call a political middle class began to form and push up against king and court. So, the middle class, of course, is of was of capital importance in
For the president and congress. So you can submit them to the u. S. Commission on civil rights by either mailing them to the commission to the office of civil rights, 1331 pennsylvania avenue, thats 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest suite 1150 washington 20425 or via email at Public Comments at usccr. Gov. Thats publiccomments uscc r. Gov. With that out of the way i would like to introduce and swear our panelists in and Stella Flores from vanderbilt university. Peggy carr from the u. S. Department of education and dr. James t. Minor also with the u. S. Department of education. Will you each raise your right ha hand, please. And i ask that you swear or affirm that the information youre about to provide to us is true and accurate to the best of your believe and belief, is that correct . Yes. Professor flores, please proceed. Thank you, commissioners, for the opportunity to speak on the civil rights implications on College Access, persistence and completion for underrepresented minority