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 ive 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 im 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 inSchool Segregation. They had a tracking system where the majority of africanamerican students were in level three or
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. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher, increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. Im melanie newman. Im 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 im 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 im sure all of you are familiar with
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. Its from the Congressional Black Caucus foundation from last month. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays 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 hill for quite some time.
Joyce we are in the deep freeze tonight. Patrick a wind chill advisory is in effect. Mark, it is frigid out there. Mark frigid is a good it. A winter advisory tonight, a winter storm watch friday into saturday, then it gets colder on sunday before we catch a break next week. You can see temperatures with many areas below zero, and the wind is still a problem, the wind chills running 1025 below zero across the badger state. Windchill advisory through 10 00 a. M. Thursday. Bus top, terrible. Windchills the 25 below. High temperatures hitting nine, thats it, and then we focus on the snow after the cold tomorrow. Patrick the city of milwaukee unveils its plan to keep people safe during the dangerous cold. Joyce the city plans to keep all its warming shelters open this weekend, including the library. Its also contacted the Police Department to make sure its Homeless Outreach team is out looking to take people to warming locations. According to the city, there are 1400 people homeless in mil
Last weekend involving manziel and his ex girlfriend in fort worth, texas. Zoom well just in the last hour, Fort Worth Police released the report. And it includes disturbing jeremy rauch is here with more. Jeremy. This involves allegations that manziel hit her and thats just the beginning according to the report, that we looked over, manziels ex girlfriend Colleen Crowley said he hit her in the left ear. Appeared to be on drugs the Police Report from january 30th reveals that crowley told police manziel got aggressive with her at a dallas hotel. She claims manziel hit her several Times Driving back to her home in fort worth. When police arrived, officers say manziels ex became uncooperative and didnt want the officer to take a statement or take pictures of her injuries. A and now this. Dallas police say manziel will not be charged and the investigation is closed. Why . They say, no reported criminal offense occurred. The Cleveland Browns say they know about all of this, and so does the