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Politics: President Bill Clinton Newsletter for 2019-03-31 ( 8 items )  
Air Force Reserve Equal Opportunity Programs Director Emphasizes Introspection During Visit to NUWC Division Newport (10)
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 26 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: If there were only 13 people left alive in the world and you had to pick seven to survive, how would you decide who lived and died? This question was at the heart of an exercise conducted at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on Feb. 28 by G. Lee Floyd, director, Equal Opportunity Programs, and chief diversity and inclusion officer at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command. Floyd, more PR

Florida County to Religious School: You Can't Serve Children Here (10)
ENGLEWOOD, Florida, March 26 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * - ADF attorneys file suit against Sarasota County for discriminatory zoning practices * * * Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of a church and religious school against Sarasota County, Florida, after it forced the church to go through a $10,000 special exemption process, not required of numerous secular assemblies or institutions, and then denied  more PR

From the Archives: Wofford National Service Papers (10)
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 27 -- Indiana University-Purdue University issued the following news release: Harris Wofford's legacy can be found in many of the United States' most prominent philanthropic initiatives. The former United States senator co-founded the Peace Corps. He served as chief executive officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which runs AmeriCorps and other volunteer domestic programs. He attained these posts and accomplishments after serving as an adv more PR

Phillips, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect the Liberian Community From DED Expiration and Deportation (10)
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * - The Protect Our Liberian Community Act moves Liberians from Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), which is set to expire on March 31st, to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) * * * With 4 days left until Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status expires for the Liberian community, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) today introduced the bipartisan Protect Our Liberian Communi more PR

President Bill Clinton to Appear at UVA's Presidential Ideas Festival (10)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 28 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: Former President Bill Clinton will be the featured speaker May 23 at the University of Virginia, capping the three-day Presidential Ideas Festival that will bring together more than 60 White House veterans from both parties, plus prominent journalists and leading scholars to discuss the state of the modern American presidency. As part of UVA's Bicentennial celebrating its founding in 1819, "Pre more PR

Reps. Fitzpatrick, Phillips Legislation to Protect the Liberian Community From DED Expiration and Deportation (10)
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * - The Protect Our Liberian Community Act moves Liberians from Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), which is set to expire on March 31st, to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) * * * With three days left until Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status expires for the Liberian community, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) have introduced the bipartisan Protect Our Liber more PR

Secretary of State Building Complex Renamed in Honor of March Fong Eu (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, March 25 -- California Secretary of State Alex Padilla issued the following news release: Today the California Secretary of State/State Archives Building Complex was officially renamed the March Fong Eu Secretary of State Building in honor of the late former Secretary of State. This is the first California state office building named after an Asian-American woman. A ceremony in the building's auditorium featured the unveiling of a new plaque commemorating March Fong Eu's more PR

Vernon Jordan '57 & Other Luminaries to Speak at Next Month's 'Summit on Race in America' (10)
GREENCASTLE, Indiana, March 26 -- DePauw University issued the following news: Vernon E. Jordan Jr. -- adviser to presidents, noted civil rights leader/activist, attorney, businessman, and 1957 graduate of DePauw University -- will be among the featured speakers at the April 8-10 Summit on Race in America. The event, billed as "a major forum on race," will take place at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, also known as the LBJ Presidential Library, at the University of Texas at Austin more PR