{"id":2414,"date":"2020-11-13T01:51:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T05:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2021-09-23T01:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T05:53:29","slug":"where-do-we-go-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/where-do-we-go-from-here\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Where Do We Go From Here?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Where-Do-We-Go-From-Here-panel-11-12-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Where-Do-We-Go-From-Here-panel-11-12-20.jpg 416w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/Where-Do-We-Go-From-Here-panel-11-12-20-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><figcaption><strong>A bi-partisan panel of Maryland elected leaders<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UMES&#8217; social justice series continues with post-election symposium<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, November 13, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congressman Anthony Brown, D-Md., told students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Thursday (Nov. 12) that there is still work to be done following the election of former Vice President Joe Biden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMaintain urgency. Hold us accountable,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have an opportunity to change this country for the better.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown was one of a group of elected officials UMES invited to offer an assessment of the recent election and to discuss its impact on our region in a virtual event titled \u201cWhere Do We Go From Here?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheree Sample-Hughes, the first African American woman to serve as speaker pro tem of the Maryland House of Delegates, said UMES and other historically Black institutions can help to \u201cbreak down the walls of systemic racism.\u201d She also described ongoing efforts to reform and diversify law enforcement in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who submitted questions were particularly concerned about mounting student debt. &nbsp;U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., told them it is a priority of a Biden administration to make college more affordable and to reduce existing college debt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event featured Democrats and Republicans from the state and federal level. &nbsp;Other participants included Congressman Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and two Republicans who serve in the Maryland General Assembly, Del. Carl Anderton and Sen. Mary Beth Carozza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recording of the discussion will be available online at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umes.edu\/symposium\/\">www.umes.edu\/symposium\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhere Do We Go From Here\u201d was the third in a continuing series of conversations on social justice this fall.&nbsp; The virtual events began with \u201cRacial Equity: Then and Now,\u201d which featured university alumni who participated in civil rights protests in Princess Anne in the 1960s. Students also had the opportunity in late October to hear former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta discuss the challenges of leading in a representative democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMES&#8217; social justice series continues with post-election symposium Friday, November 13, 2020 Congressman Anthony Brown, D-Md., told students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Thursday (Nov. 12) that there is still work to be done following the election of former Vice President Joe Biden.&nbsp; \u201cMaintain urgency. Hold us accountable,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have an&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/where-do-we-go-from-here\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8216;Where Do We Go From Here?&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}