Welcome and good afternoon. I am Vice President here at the urban institute the centron labor, human services. And also a Financial Wellbeing expert. So todays topic is near and dear to my heart. Thank you to all of us who joined both in the room today and online. Before a jump in here are a few notes on housekeeping. One the event is being recorded. The recording and relevant links will be posted online after the event. If you are joining us virtually the are turned on you can adjust those at the bottom of your screen. And if you are in the room you can use the qr code thats on all of your table to submit your questions and that virtual audience can submit your questions directly into the question and answer box at any time. We are going to be sharing a link with a post event survey and we ask that you share your feedback with us. It is helpful for us and for panelists to hear what you are thinking about and to shape how we do events in what we look at in the future. If you would like
Especially for those living in foldable communities. The Treasury Department released a report the day of this event. This is hosted by the urban institute in washington d. C. It runs about an hour and 20 minutes. Welcome and good afternoon. I am Vice President here at the urban institute the centron labor, human services. And also a Financial Wellbeing expert. So todays topic is near and dear to my heart. Thank you to all of us who joined both in the room today and online. Before a jump in here are a few notes on housekeeping. One the event is being recorded. The recording and relevant links will be posted online after the event. If you are joining us virtually the are turned on you can adjust those at the bottom of your screen. And if you are in the room you can use the qr code thats on all of your table to submit your questions and that virtual audience can submit your questions directly into the question and answer box at any time. We are going to be sharing a link with a post even
Criminal suftis system more fair. They outlaw recommendations for them to consider. The Vice President of government studies at the Brookings Institution and i would like to welcome you to this forum on criminal Justice Reform. We are webcasting this event live so a warm welcome to all of our viewers from across the country and also those of you watching it live on cspan. We will be archiving video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings. Edu. We would also welcome any questions or comments that you have. Weve set up a twitter feed at cjreform. Thats cjreform. You are welcome to post any comments that you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities and we need to inform the criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today well be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach
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Good morning, everyone. Im scott mcgrew. Hp is the birth place of a technique called management by walking around. If bill huelet and david pack around walked around im sure they theyd be surprised by what the workforce looks like now. A diverse workforce. An a perfect reflection of society to be sure, but hp is making it aer moe perfect mirror. The person in charge of the very big task is lesley slaton brown. Normally this is where im beginning to ask you questions but i have a couple of things to point out. That is i said this the last time we had a diversity officer on the show. It is my job to ask you really hard questions. And they will be about diversity. I dont want you to misconstrue that somehow im against diversity. Im also conscious that im a white anglosaxon protestant man challenging you about diversity. And it could seem awkward. So thats why i wanted to throw that out. Im not making an audition tape for fox friends. Does that make sense . Yes. Let me ask you a tough ques