KESSLER WILL JOIN US ABOUT WHAT
TO EXPECT AT THAT REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
HILLARY CLINTON WILL
OFFICIALLY BECOME THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE NEXT WEEK
DURING THEIR CONNECTION IN
PHILADELPHIA -- CONVENTION IN
PHILADELPHIA BUT TONIGHT SHE IS
SPEAKING TO A CROWD AT THE
MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER.
3000 MEMBERS AT THAT NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW.
HILLARY CLINTON SHOULD TAKE THE
STAGE WITHIN THE HOUR AND WE
WILL HAVE MORE THIS EVENING AT
6:00.
THE GROUP THAT CLINTON IS
SPEAKING TO ENDORSED HER AS A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ONE YEAR
AGO BEFORE THE PRIMARIES.
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS IS CELEBRATING ITS
100th YEAR.
THE DELEGATES ATTENDING THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION ARE NOT
JUST TEACHERS, BUT ALSO
SPECIALISTS IN A VARIETY OF
FIELDS.
WCCO'S ANGELA DAVIS TAKES A
LOOK AT THE TOPICS THAT THEY
ARE TACKLING THIS WEEK.
Reporter: THEY HAVE COME
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO
SHARE IDEAS AND GET ADVICE ON
EDUCATING KIDS IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW TEACHERS,
WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PAVING
THE ROAD FOR THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE NONE OF US WOULD BE
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IF IT
WASN'T FOR A TEACHER.
Reporter: THEY ARE NOT JUST
FOCUSING ON ACADEMICS, THEY ARE
DIGGING INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING
ON THE STREETS THAT'S IMPACTING
STUDENTS.
KIMBERLY COLBERT IS A TEACHER
IN ST. PAUL.
SHE IS SPEAKING TO THE GROUP
ABOUT RACIAL TENSIONS AND THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF PHILANDO
CASTILE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT
PROMPT US TO SEE SO MANY BLACK
AND BROWN AND, I WOULD ADD,
ASIAN AND AMERICAN INDIAN
NATIVE BODIES, YOU KNOW, BEING
OPPRESSED, DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST.
Reporter: SHE SAYS STUDENTS
OFTEN NEED HELP IN MANAGING
STRESS.
HOW DO WE HAVE AN
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE CAN
HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO GROW AND
SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT AND
SOMETIMES IN THAT ENVIRONMENT
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THINGS
LIKE CONFLICT.
Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS SAYS
ATTRACTING MORE TEACHERS OF
COLOR IS SOMETHING THE UNION IS
TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN,
NOT JUST HERE IN MINNESOTA BUT
NATIONWIDE.
WE SEE A NEED TO IMPROVE THE
NUMBER OF TEACHERS OF COLOR AND
THE DIVERSITY OF OUR TEACHING
