Series continues to bear fruit long after their passing. It is also important to remember the contributions of many who support the work we do in the center. That includes student research, fellowships, travel, public programming, and Public Education, so i would like to thank all of our friends at the center who are here today. And this being an event on the topic of civic religion, i salute you as well. For those of you just learning about the centers work or maybe this is the first time attending our talks and you enjoyed the lecture and valued the work we are doing to understand the past and make sense of the current moment and help collectively shape our shared future, i would encourage you to become a friend of the center. There are envelopes scattered around the room, maybe stuck to the bottom of your shoes. Feel free to grab one of those. As well, there is also a signup sheet in the back that you can get on for our mailing list. Finally, while i am dispensing thank yous i , wou
My name is Justin Desmangles i of the chair of the foundation celebrating the 41st year. [applause] for decades. I want to and extend my gratitude to an hour founder our founder who was one of the great artists, warriors of our time, ishmael reed is with us today. [applause] i also want to think our friends here the center for being so generous in in particular the director and to fellow board member presently the poet laureate at the center cisco jazz festival San Francisco jazz festival. [applause] the american book awards are hosted by the jazz center. Jazz has the uniquely american art form the american is a and the thread of telling it like it is to invite openly all cultures to develop and to seek peace with one another. And with that National Conversation that is exacerbated by a violent political crisis that has taken hold of the country in the rest of the world and with the viciousness of the american book awards and the before Columbus Foundation is it midways medicinal to he
Today. Todays temperatures are already better off, at 29 in philadelphia and northeast philly right now, 24 in pottstown, one of our colder spots. Some of us are above freezing. Wildwood at 34 degrees. Atlantic city 31. Mt. Pocono at 22 degrees. This is still a cold start, but not as cold as yesterday. And winds are on the light side currently. Right around five to ten miles per hour. This is still enough that some of us feel a little cooler than it truly is. Our windchills or those feelslike temps are not as brutal as yesterday. Nine mileperhour winds in allentown, ten for wilmington, seven in millville. A cold start to the day but a better afternoon. Radar and satellite shows us were also clear currently. We have clouds on the way. We are going to see more of a mostly to partly cloudy forecast through the rest of the day. I do expect most of us will remain dry. You might see what looks like snow on radar here passing through harrisburg. Ive been checking ground observations. Dont rul
Meteorologist krystal klei who is tracking chilly temperatures outside. Were slowly going to warm up. It was so cold yesterday. In the afternoon we only hit a high of 36 degrees 36 in philadelphia. Obvious well be warmer today than we were yesterday. That was our afternoon temperatures. Now looking at warmer temperatures. Vineland at 37. 39 degrees already in atlantic city. Allentown 31, mt. Pocono, 25. We were in Single Digits at this time yesterday. Its colder than it truly is outside. A lot of us in the upper 20s to low 30s. You want the layers, but youre not going to need as much bulk as you did yesterday. The clouds are picking up through out the entire area. Theyll linger throughout most of the day. A little more sun later in the afternoon is possible. This is really the focus. Today were warmer, clouds different than yesterday, breezy in the afternoon. The next big change is the temperatures continuing to climb into your workweek. Well talk about how high they go and when rain r
Trump took office. And to really demonstrate that people do have power. It might take the form of profit, calling representatives. Reporter also today, a group of lawyers in philadelphia picketing outside city hall joining the general strike. Already the stand and fight in solidarity with the growing social movements against this administrations racist and xenophobic policies. Reporter and this group ready to march through center city tonight calling for an end to stop and risk. Putting pressure on the Philadelphia Police department and the mayor, also standing up to President Trump. Worried what his policies could mean in inner city communities. Were going to rally. Were going to express ourselves. And we are probably going to make traffic a little bit difficult. Reporter we have moved sky force 10 over temple university. This is that group that did intend to tie up traffic. Theyve been doing that, marching north on broad street. This is the group of protesters that are approaching te