One of the mentors of reverend sharpton, reverend jesse jackson. We try to live up to the meaning of that name the house of justice. Every saturday, we hold a community rally that is broadcast throughout the nation, both on internet and on radio. We make sure that people can come there, that are looking for help, they need assistance, that are looking for referrals. We hold a monthly legal might in order to give people in our community and affordable way to get direction on some of the legal challenges that face them in their communities, all of our chapters duplicate those efforts in many ways. Which is how we stay connected to the communities that we serve. We try to know what the needs are within that community, and we try to help people meet those needs. Im not asking you to think about what we have already done, see can be satisfied with our progress. I know this isnt the National Satisfaction network, this is the National Action network. But i am asking you to draw inspiration fr
We will go on with the program from there as listed in your book. Might we bow in a word of prayer. Eternal god, we come to you today as humbley as we know how just to say thank you. We thank you for this day and this occasion that brings us together and we ask today that you would consecrate our hearts, our hands and our heads that we might make this world a better place. We gather today in the midst of unique and unprecedented times times of great challenge and times of tremendous difficulty and, god, we ask that your hand will continue to guide the leadership of this great nation, continue to lead and guide the National Action network and all those concerned about peace, justice, and equality. We thank you for the life, legacy, and witness of your servant who we honor today, the reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Help us to discern your will and seek your direction as we endeavor to confront the challenges of our day. As we remember him, we remember the lives of all those who have
Cannot get an attorney. You cannot get nobody to help you. Host any suggestions for the caller . Guest perhaps he can contact his local chapter of the naacp. I do not know about the intricacies of the case. But i do think that if there are some legitimate concerns, there must be some way to adjust them. Host let us go to cheryl in california. Cheryl, good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. Senator johnson, it is a pleasure to speak with you this morning. I just want to make the comment you know, i was a little girl when the Civil Rights Movement was going on. I remember my parents would go to louisiana to visit my grandparents. I remember experiencing racism in its ugliest form when we, as little kids, were stopped at a gas station. We needed to use the bathroom. We went running because we had to use the bathroom and my father was told that we cannot use the bathroom because of segregation. I remember my father quickly gathering us up and snatching the gas hose out and we go
In the context of specific recommendations that you submitted, hiring from a diverse pool of applicants, and then revising and raising the educational requirements. I know that in working with departments around the country those two thing sometime sometime compete with each other. So we are eliminating the kinds of folks we want to you can higher by making an associate degree requirement. I think one of those is winding a way to actually start cultivating an high school and start recruiting and high schools. While i am not aware of programs that provide associate degrees i can share that if you go to nursing, where you have a strong need to be culturally competent and bilingual. California has an Excellent Program where they start in high school, start providing this kind of training, so while in high school, they are also taking their aa degrees that will help fill fill their requirements to nursing. That is how we can look at that doubt youre describing. It already works very well i
Many of us have a lot to be thankful for today, but even as the u. S. Economy starts to sputter back to life, millions of americans remain unemployed and theyre suffering. Many find themselves falling out of the middle class and falling into poverty. There are more People Living in the suburbs than in cities and we have been following three families as they confronted poverty. They face losing their homes and their future, yet never losing themselves. Diane is the kind of do it all mom you often meet in the affluent suburbs of boulder, colorado. Were going to get some groceries. Pasta, rice. Cereal. A gallon of milk possibly and eggs. Shes an ambitious Human Resource executive with a masters degree, a husband, three kids. And a comfortable home. So what is diane doing here . Youre entitled to the government commodity today. Can you use Rice Krispies . Yeah. And a food pantry. I never thought wed be in this predicament so many unknowns. They didnt see it coming. Three years ago when the