This week President Obama will travel to Flint, Michigan for the first time since the start of the public health crisis caused by the city’s contaminated water system. Michelle Bernard of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy, activist Melissa Mays, NBC’s Perry Bacon Jr., and Jamal Simmons of CRVII.com join to discuss. […]
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Why Are We Arresting Mothers for “Stealing” a Public Education?
August 04, 2015 by Michelle D. Bernard contributors@the74million.org MichelleBernard Michelle D. Bernard is a columnist for The Seventy Four, where she also serves as a member of the journalism advisory board. She is president and CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy. Talking Points Jailed for “stealing” a public education? @MichelleBernard […]
Women’s Voices of the Jamaican Diaspora: Our Children Matter
By, MICHELLE D. BERNARD Sunday, July 05, 2015 On June 18, 2015, Michelle D. Bernard , president & CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy, delivered the following speech, “Women’s Voices of the Jamaican Diaspora: Our Children Matter,” before the Kiwanis Club of New Kingston on the occasion of their 25th […]