Security, and Civic Education and empowerment. This conversation is part of a broader and Strategic Dialogue on civics as a National Security imperative. The Broader Program and todays. Rogram are generously funded we are very grateful. Todays amazing lineup of speakers will focus on the ways in which systemic racism, in addition to being a in fundamental violation of our commitment to human rights, is also a National Security issue. From sidelining essential voices and talents in National Security to undermining our influence around the world, to presenting all too tempting target adversaries to dos exploit. Tomorrow afternoon, same place and time at 4 00, we will have part two of the conversation where we will delve into the ways in which revitalizing Civic Education and engagement can help address the inequities and National Security threats. Engaged inust be sustaining our democracy. Civic education can help you click equip us to be better effective and to hold our institutions acc
Hi i am Suzanne Spaulding director of the Democratic Institution project and the International Security program at the center for strategic and international studies. I want to welcome all of you to part one of a twopart conversation, connecting the issues of racism, National Security, and Civic Education and empowerment. This conversation is part of a broader Strategic Dialogue with civics as a National Security imperative. The Broader Program and todays program are generously funded by the Craig Newmark philanthropy. We are very grateful for his support. Todays amazing lineup of speakers will focus on the ways in which systemic racism in addition to being a fundamental violation of our commitment to human rights, is also a National Security issue. From sidelining essential voices and talents and National Security to undermining our influence around the world to presenting an all too tempting targets to exploit. address the inequities in the National Security threat. All of us must be
Is always virus lurking and last week it took installing the markets. Corporations are upping their expectations to earnings. We might get back to fundamentals at some point. Happens hopefully that because that is what it all comes down to, the u. S. Corporate profit outlook. With the virus still lurking, and the idea we are still in the first wave that hit new york first and is now spreading around the country, that has to make it difficult for countries to plan for the future. To the degree they are able to bring up assets for the future, they were brought down. Still lots of uncertainty. It is one of the cases where the proof will be in the pudding. Lets see how many stores look at apple closing their stores. Lets see how the reopening process goes, lets see how the payrolls report coming out thursday goes for the month of june. So much data, so much uncertainty, quite some time before we have a clear picture. Hopefully we do have a reconnection to what you are talking about, move b
In chicago some ways this was very specific in the wicker park neighborhood. Theyre hitting Liquor Stores and salons, getting bottles of shampoo. Hitting clothing stories. Other ways it is very indiscriminate. They are hitting Small Business and you can see they hit the target which is now being boarded up as we speak. It is about cleaning up, boarding up buildings that have been hit. Boarding up other buildings to prevent this from happening again. I want to show you video from over the weekend. What happened here in chicago, they shut down Public Transit into the downtown areas where we saw protested on saturday night. They shut down main arteries into the downtown area. As a result of that, the protests and looting became more scattered. They hit suburbs and south side. Where we are outside of the Downtown City Center in wicker park. I talked to a Small Business owner not far from here. She was getting ready to reopen the clothing retail space on june third. Because of this it is de
Pandemic, essential workers in the United States have continued in their daily jobs to care for and protect americans, to produce and deliver food and essential goods, and to uphold our nations Critical Infrastructure. These men and women, our moms and dads, brothers and sisters, are putting the livelihoods of their fellow americans ahead of their own. Each and every morning despite the pandemic, they wake up and they go to work. In this fight against the invisible enemy, the critical logistics operators, the supply workers, medical professionals, and many others who are on the front lines responding to coronavirus could not be more important to our victory. They truly are our heroes. Folks, our nation cannot weather this pandemic without our essential workforce. They first and foremost deserve our gratitude. So today we want to say thank you. Thank you to our doctors, our nurses, and our Health Care Workers who see firsthand the seriousness of this disease yet put their own health and