Zika and Olympics; DOJ Probe of Baltimore PD with Michele Jawando

11 de ago. de 2016 · 36m 14s
Zika and Olympics; DOJ Probe of Baltimore PD with Michele Jawando
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Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show during this hour as well as each Thursday from 3-4pm est. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Here...

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Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show during this hour as well as each Thursday from 3-4pm est. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.

Here are the guests Michele interviews along with the topics they discuss.

1. Jamila Taylor, Senior Fellow for Women’s Health at the Center for American Progress. Her Twitter handle is @drtaylor09.

Michele and Dr. Taylor discuss how widespread the Zika Virus is throughout the United States, including how 1,000 pregnant American women have been infected.

They also discuss how Congress has withheld funding to fight the virus and why it’s time for them to return from their vacation and do their jobs. Michele and Dr. Taylor also go over what the funding would actually do to help fight and prevent. the virus.

Additionally, they cover the Zika situation in Brazil where the Summer Olympics are currently taking place.

2. A. Nick Mosby, a member of the Baltimore City Council, where he represents district 7. His Twitter handle is @Nick_Mosby.
B. Ngozi Ndulue, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Programs at NAACP. The NAACP’s Twitter handle is @NAACP.
C. Kanya Bennett, Legislative Counsel at the ACLU. Her organization’s Twitter handle is @ACLU.

Michele, Nick, Ngozi and Kanya discuss the new report by the Department of Justice showing that the Baltimore Police Department has exhibited racial bias in their policing.

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando. Before working at the Center for American Progress, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.
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