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Visalia woman speaks during National Crime Victims’ Rights virtual event
Alice Aleman-Fisher knows what loss feels like. She experienced the heartache of death. Because of that loss, she also understands more about the criminal justice system than most.
On Thursday, the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) held a virtual press event in honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights week. Vern Pierson, El Dorado County District Attorney and current CDAA president, hosted the event and spoke about the impact of crimes on victim s lives.
Four victims of crime shared their stories and their perspectives on the criminal justice system in California. One of the victims was Aleman-Fisher.
Freshman Congressman
Mondaire Jones did not mince words on Thursday when addressing Republicans over their opposition to D.C. statehood on the House floor.
Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) on the House floor. (Photo: C-SPAN)
Just before Democrats voted to pass
H.R. 51, a bill that if passed in the U.S. Senate would make Washington the nation’s 51st state, Jones (D-N.Y.) had strong words for the GOP’s arguments as to why D.C. (which has a plurality of Black and brown residents) should not become a U.S. state.
“I have had enough of my colleagues’ racist insinuation that somehow the people of D.C. are incapable or even unworthy of our Democracy,” Jones said. “One Senate Republican said that D.C. wouldn’t be a ‘well rounded working class state.’ I had no idea there were so many syllables in the word white.”
Rotaract District Luncheon
(as prepared for delivery at Speke
Munyonyo
Rotary International President’s Personal Representative
District Governor, District 9211
Distinguished Rotary Leaders and Partners in Service
Honored Guests
All protocols observed
Kampala, Uganda Good afternoon everyone. How are you all doing? I am so very honored to be with you this afternoon and I’d like to thank the leadership of Rotaract District 9211 for inviting me to join you today, and to thank all of you for the very warm welcome.
Over the course of my career, in many countries, I have had the good fortune to attend Rotary or Rotaract events, whether standing meetings or special events like this week’s district conference. In some places, I struggled with the language and couldn’t follow all of the discussions. But what was clear and what needed no translation was the commitment to the Rotaract mission of leadership, professional development, and communit
Joe Biden’s first address to Congress next week.
Scott, the only Black Republican senator in the United States Congress, was named on Thursday.
South Carolina’s Tim Scott (above), the only Black Republican senator in Congress, is set to deliver his party’s response to President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress next week. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
In a statement, Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell called Scott “not just one of the strongest leaders in our Senate Republican Conference. He is one of the most inspiring and unifying leaders in our nation.”
Biden will address a joint session of Congress Wednesday as he nears his first 100 days in office. The president was invited by House Speaker