The Rhode Island Governor's Commission on Disabilities & Access Point RI joined RAMP Host Tina G. Pedersen on Wednesday Nov 18th 2020! (Episode 16) Special Guests! Rory Carmody: Director - AccessPoint RI Alyssa Gleason: Senior Planning & Program Development Specialist at RI Governor's Commission on Disabilities Join RAMP Real Access Motivates Progress! & Host Tina G. Pedersen on The Coalition – Talk Radio, Wednesday’s @ 7PM Eastern Time! Watch Live! @ www.CoalitionRadioNetwork.com or www.Facebook.com/TheCoalitionRadio ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zSuDacDNts

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a moderated conversation at the annual Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Legislative Leadership Summit. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQTLpYFrzsE

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, today (March 14, 2024) told the Security Council that while “hopes and expectations” for an agreement on a nationwide ceasefire and measures to improve living conditions in Yemen have not been met, “efforts in finalizing and implementing a UN roadmap remain undeterred.” Grundberg said, “I had hoped I would be briefing you about the preparations for an inclusive political process. Public sector employees across the country should have been receiving their salaries and pensions. Oil exports should have resumed, which could have enabled more effective service delivery and improved economic conditions. And we should have had another agreement on the release of prisoners, allowing loved ones to return home in time for Ramadan.” Instead of such an agreement, Grundberg told the Council that regional developments since the war in Gaza have impacted Yemen. He said, “the longer the escalatory environment continues, the more challenging Yemen’s mediation space will become. With more interests at play, the parties to the conflict in Yemen are more likely to shift calculations and alter their negotiation agendas. In a worst-case scenario, the parties could decide to engage in risky military adventurism that propels Yemen back into a new cycle of war.” Briefing on the humanitarian situation, the Director of Operations and Advocacy at Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Edem Wosornu said, “for most people in Yemen, food insecurity is an issue of affordability, not accessibility. As people in Yemen very clearly told me when I visited the Governorates of Aden, Sana’a, and Amran last week – they want sustainable solutions to the causes of their humanitarian needs, and the opportunity to define for themselves how to rebuild their futures.” Yemeni Ambassador Abdullah al-Saadi for his part told the Council that “the continued aggression against commercial ships carrying food and humanitarian assistance to Yemeni ports is considered an economic siege against us. It will only exacerbate the humanitarian situation, hiking prices of basic foodstuff, increased costs of transportation, insurance, and overall costs. It will also hinder the supply chains and lead to food insecurity.” Outside the Council, Grundberg told reporters that “recent developments, including the continued escalation in the Red Sea, is complicating the mediation space for finalising and implementing the United Nations roadmap,” which was “meant to operationalise the parties commitments to a ceasefire and the resumption of an inclusive political process under UN auspices and measures to improve living conditions in Yemen.” He also cautioned that “the longer the escalatory environment continues, the more challenging it will become” and emphasised “the importance of remaining focussed on the long term aims that we are seeking to achieve in Yemen.” The needs and the priorities of the Yemeni population” he said, “have not changed since the recent regional escalation, and they have only grown more urgent.” Since November of last year, Ansar Allah has been targeting vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. And, in response, since January, the United States and United Kingdom have struck military targets in Ansar Allah-controlled areas. Last week, Ansar Allah attacked a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden, killing and wounding several crew members. Another vessel that Ansar Allah recently struck, the Rubymar, left an oil slick and has now sunk in the Red Sea along with her cargo. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLmP9l7cv9A

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley at the Department of State. Originally Recorded ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZqGZQMbdtA