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And im glad that i was put in the middle of this because for everything that something good comes of it and that is why im here today. As a Small Business i insured my family and my two employees and i had wonderful insurance. I was pleased with it. It was a Small Business plan and i might tell you a little fact now that you will find surprising. In 2008, just as you said, those premiums raised ridiculous amounts every year. One year was 26 for this great Insurance Plan. I was in sticker shock. ...

Where it is women that are the most prominent and focusing on i mean, i recall martha grass who is a native american or mother of 11 children in oklahoma. Plays a prominent role in the solidarity day rally, and speaking about, you know, the challenges that she faces as a mom in the middle of the country and that poverty, you know, impacted women and children more than anybody else, right . And so in a lot of ways the campaign highlighted the it was it provided a space for women who did not see t...

Hear from panelists on how people from different races Work Together and why the movement was largely remembered as being dominated by africanamericans. This event was part of a symposium to Mark National hispanic heritage month. Its an hour and 20 minutes. Thank you so much, everybody, were going to move on to our first panel discussion. We are presenting this symposium, called organizing across the boundariries in the struggle for civil rights and justice. When poor people marched on washingto...

Thank you so much, everybody, were going to move on to our first panel discussion. We are presenting this symposium, called organizing across the boundariries in the struggle for civil rights and justice. When poor people marched on washington, the 68 campaign in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers briefly and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So the first person ill introduce is Gordon Mantler, whos an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in ...

Its an hour and 20 minutes. Thank you so much, everybody. Well move on to our first panel discussion. I should say my name is steve and im the writer and editor here at the library of congress and were presenting this symposium entitled organizing across the bound rice in the struggle for civil rights and justice. This first Panel Presentation is called when poor people marched on washington taerks , the 68 in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers briefly and then they can come up and b...

Postnafta we were doing a tremendous job making something together. We were making pork chops together, but country of origin labeling and impact on livestock trade has dramatically decimated that. Efforts in congress to introduce renewable or a clean energy standard, none of them have passed, not scott mentioned earlier the northsouth flow of the electric grid. But despite that the existence of the grid and existence of the l. Actress degrade trade, the proposals for renewable and clean and g. ...

President obama. In the book, they write there are nearly 150 pour and near poor people in america who are not responsible for the damage done by the great recession, yet they pay the price. They did not create the deindustrialization of america. One of the largest economic institutions in the world were brought to their collective knees, they went crawling to the government in search of salvation. The government obliged, allowing them to socialize on the backs of mainstream americans. The housi...

In the book, they write there are nearly 150 pour and near poor people in america who are not responsible for the damage done by the great recession, yet they pay the price. They did not create the deindustrialization of america. One of the largest economic institutions in the world were brought to their collective knees, they went crawling to the government in search of salvation. The government obliged, allowing them to socialize on the backs of mainstream americans. The housing and job crisis...

On whatwe will focus has changed and what still needs to be accomplished with dr. , and then wein will talk with two activists on the front lines in the fight for social justice, dr. Mary Frances Berry and Marian Wright edelman. Us. Re glad you have joined those conversations coming up right now. By contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis dr. Algernon austin is the author of the unfinished march. Good to have you on this program, sir. I want to jump right in, th...

Proactively preparing for potential disasters and readily responding to a situation as it occurs. Across the department, from fema, to mppd to science and technology, we work with a wide array of government, private and nonprofit faithbased organizations to build and foster resilience. Not as a concept, but as an applied reality. Fema is leading implementation of the National Preparedness system. My colleague here today will discuss our Critical Infrastructure, security and resilience programs, ...