This we do not get your exact question, we apologize. I the feeling of lots of questions today. Stomach it is my pleasure to introduce todays speaker, first my aunt cummings is a former chair of the Maryland Democratic to party and wipe public congressman congressman cummings details the formative moments with life that prepares them to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions remain rooted in the politics of optimism moderating tonights conversation is Political Bureau tree for American Urban Radio Network and author of under fir fire. So please welcome maya in april 2 pmp live. Hello ladies thank you for joining and we encourage you to come in with questions. This book is powerful. This moment is powerful. Going to speak to a man who dresses this moment and moments before and beyond. This book for me, is a tough read. As you know, i wrote to be a woman in baltimore i knew him before he was a congressman you i read this book theres a tab its a tough read because it was
Afterwards. High everyone, my name is brittany kerr. ,deputy director of events at politics and prose and id like to welcome you all. A few housekeeping items before we again, first i will be dropping links in the chapter you can purchase copies of both speakers books today, straight from pmpyou can also ask the author question today by clicking on the q a button at the bottom of the screen and we will try to address everybodys questions near the end of the program but if we dont get to your exact question we apologize, i have a feeling there will be lots of questions today. It is my pleasure to introduce todays speakers, first, Maya Rockeymoore cummings, the former chair of the Maryland Democratic party and wife of the late congressman Elijah Cummings. In were better than this, congressman cummings details the formative moments in his life that prepared him to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions while in office. s final words are a call to action for us all to rema
Our privilege to host conversations like this that bring remarkable people who do remarkable things and sometimes are Difficult Conversations to this stage. Tonight what youll hear is as i said that front row seat on history. Being a woman of color at this time and in this place is something that is too rare and that we need to be thinking about on a lot of different levels. So i know your thoughts will be challenged with that and probably in places you be regaled by some of the stories along the way. It is a pleasure and a privilege for me as well to introduce to you a very special student who is going to introduce professor thompson and bring out the panel. She is a a junior. She is our journalism major. She is done remarkable things here at gw and beyond, and schepens be president of the Gw Association of black journalists. Lauryn hill is in her prime of her life i would like to say here at gw. Shes a assistant editor of the ace multicultural magazine. She interned last summer and s
What they do and who they are. It is a pleasure and a privilege ar me to introduce to you very special student who is going to introduce professor is a junior, a journalism major, she has done unremarkable things at gw and beyond and is president of the Gw Association of black journalists. Lauryn hill is in her prime of her life, i would love to say here. She is the assistant editor of the multicultural magazine, she entered last summer at the afroamerican newspaper in d. C. , and is destined to go onto a really remarkable career, and she is launching right here, so join me please in welcoming lauryn hill, and have a very good evening. Lauren good evening, and thank you professor say that professor professor sesno. I would first like to thank the school of media and public hostrs for helping tonights event and allowing our organization to be a part of another great series of programming. Our organization believes it is important to discuss the Trump Administration from the perspective
Important conversation with people who are both on the front lines of history and to make history, because of what they do and of who they are. And reallylace here, our privilege, at smpa to host conversations like this that bring remarkable people who do remarkable things and sometimes very Difficult Conversations to this stage. Tonight, what you will hear is, as i said, that front row seat on history. Being a woman of color at this time and in this place is something that is too rare, something we need to be thinking about on a lot of different levels. I know your thoughts will be challenged with that, and probably in places you will be regaled by some of the stories along the way. It is a pleasure and a privilege for me, as well, to introduce to you a very special student who was going to introduce professor thompson and bring out the panel. She is a junior. She is a journalism major. She has done remarkable things here at gw and beyond. She happens to be president of the Gw Associa