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Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020
Good afternoon, thank you for joining us. We'll go ahead and start the press conference with the latest data and updates on the numbers. Today we have 73 new positive cases for a total of 497 positive cases. We have 726 negative cases today for a total of 6,888 negative cases. We have 61 Iowans that are hospitalized as of last evening and we have 85 that have recovered. I am sorry to report that we have had one additional death, a middle-aged adult in Muscatine County and that brings […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 30, 2020
March 30, 2020
Well good afternoon. So, we'll go ahead and begin today's press conference with an update on the numbers from last night. Today we have 88 new positive cases for a total of 424 positive cases in 56 counties. We had 1,149 negative cases today for a total of 6,162 negative tests. We have 51 hospitalized as of last evening and again, I'm sorry to report that we have had two additional deaths, for a total of six. Both were elderly adults 81 years of age and older. One was a […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 29, 2020
March 29, 2020
Good afternoon. Before I get started, I did want to give an update on some of the weather that went through the state yesterday evening. I want to acknowledge that the communities that were impacted with the severe weather that we had yesterday. A tornado did cause damage in Oelwein, including an apartment building where 12 families were impacted and are being assisted by the Red Cross while damage is being assessed. A farm in Adair County also sustains some damages due to the storm and we’re just grateful that […]
Mary Church Terrell
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Something for Colored People to Think About - 1932
January 1, 1932
Something for Colored People to Think About. Written by Mary Church Terrell 1615 S St., N.W. Washingyon, D.C. [1932] Everybody who loves his country, his family and his fellowman should work with might and main to keep the Republican Party in control of national affairs. But no group of citizens should exert themselves more strenuously to do so than colored people, For no group will lose more if the Republican Party loses in the approaching election and no group will gain more by its success than colored people. Every right […]
Mary Church Terrell
Speeches
Report on Purity Conference - 1927
January 1, 1927
Written by Mary Church Terrell. [1927] “I dont want to hurt your feelings, Mrs. Terrell, but there is a great deal of immorality among colored people, if those who know them best tell the truth. They have made progress, it is true, but acquiring an education isn’t enough. The morals of colored people must be improved.” More than once white people who are genuinely interested in their brothers and sisters of a darker hue have expressed such an opinion in discussing the Race Problem either with me or in my […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
Good afternoon. We’ll go ahead and start this afternoon’s press conference again with an update on the number of cases of COVID-19 in Iowa. As of yesterday, we have 56 new positive cases for a total of 235 positive cases in Iowa. We had 765 negative tests today for a total of 3,740 negative tests. We have 32 Iowans who are hospitalized as of last evening and I am sorry to report that we have had two additional deaths and our thoughts and prayers go out to their families at […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020
Good afternoon. Earlier today we announced the updated number of COVID-19 cases in Iowa. There are 34 new positive cases today for a total of 179 positive cases in Iowa. Today we had 397 negative cases for a total of 2,975 negative cases in Iowa. We have 31 hospitalized as of last evening and tests available for individuals through the State Hygienic Lab is 891. Additionally, the Iowa National Guard is conducting 23 missions today to deliver PPE to 23 counties and since the start of the week nearly 100 […]
Mary Church Terrell
Speeches
George Washington's Colored Soldiers - 1932
January 1, 1932
Written by Mary Church Terrell 1615 S St. N.W Washington, D.C. [1932] George Washington’s Colored Soldiers: Hundreds of colored soldiers fought in the Revolutionary War. For several reasons, however, comparatively little is known about the valuable service they rendered. As a general rule, they fought side by side with white soldiers, and not in separate companies. The credit for the deeds of valor they performed, therefore, has gone to the military units to which they belonged, rather than to the race with which they were identified. On the 5th of […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020
think we’ll go ahead and get started. So, good afternoon. Late yesterday afternoon we were informed of Iowa’s first death related to the COVID-19 virus. I want to extend the thoughts and prayers of our state to the family during this difficult time. Out of respect for them we will not share specific details about their loved ones but I can confirm that the individual who passed away was an older adult age 61 to 80 years of age and a resident of Dubuque County. And again, our thoughts and […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020
Good afternoon. We’ll go ahead and get started and we’ll start with an update from the number of cases of COVID-19 in Iowa that was released earlier this morning, Today, we have 19 new positive cases for a total of 124 positive cases in Iowa. 272 total negative tests were negative today for a total of 2,315 negative tests and a total of 2,439 total tests. That includes four new counties: Buchannan, Cedar, Jasper, and Warren, for a total of 30 counties. We have 18 hospitalized as of last evening, […]