president biden is about to honor of hero of bloody sunday. it was 58 years ago that white deputies and state troopers violently turned on peaceful demonstrators. they were beginning a 54-mile march to montgomery, the state capital to call for equal voting rights for african-americans. this is obviously an important trip for the president. what can you tell us? reporter: well, jim, president biden s purpose here in selma, alabama today is two-fold. the white house has said he wants to commemorate the day, the events of bloody sunday 58 years ago so that they will not be erased from america s memory. the president will be speaking in just a short while with a backdrop of the edmund pettis bridge right behind him, where african-americans were severely beaten by white officers. the president in his remarks today is once again expected to put the spotlight on the need for vote being rights legislation. in the 2020 campaign, that was one of the central tenets, one of main promis
working guy, a real gentleman, a decent man. he never got a college degree. he never got to go to college. it was a great regret he had. but know what he used to say for real, i m sorry i always quote my dad but it s worth saying. he d say, joey, remember, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. it s about your decency, it s about respect. it s about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, honey, it s going to be okay. it s so easy to make that happen without any fundamental changes, but they re not letting us up till now. with hud secretary marsha flood, you re here, right? she s my secretary of housing and urban affairs. look, she s leading the way on housing discrimination and affordable quality housing. my message to you is this we see you. we re fighting to make sure no one s left behind. this is a time of choosing and
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Delaware Electric Cooperative, Greenwood, named
Greg Starheim the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greenwood-based organization.
Starheim most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Business and Industry Development at the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) and will replace longtime CEO, Bill Andrew.
The co-op’s board selected Starheim in May to lead DEC’s 170-person workforce after a national search.
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“The energy industry is currently undergoing an unprecedented transformation. The board is confident that Greg’s expertise will guide the Co-op and its dedicated employees through these changes and allow DEC to provide members with energy that is even more reliable, sustainable, and affordable,” said board member Michael Brown, who worked with CarterBaldwin Executive Search and other board members to select the new CEO.
along with our entire administration including our housing and urban development secretary marsha flood who is here today. [applause] today we re announcing two expanded efforts targeted to black wealth creation that will also help to entire community. the first is my administration is launched an aggressive effort to combat racial discrimination in housing. that includes everything from redlines to the cruel fact that a home owned by a black family is not similarly appraised as one owned by a white family. [applause] i might add and i need help answering this, but i can t figure it out, congressman, but