I am the rector of st. Johns church, and i am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henry latrobe. Not only did he design this church, he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed by the british in the war of 1812, and in 1818 he built Decatur House which is now the home of the White House Historical association and if you go inside the Decatur House and you look up, you see a very similar entrance. It is almost like a miniature of this dome that we have in our church space and the Original Church was built as a greek cross. So it was an even four sides and just six years later in 1822, they expanded the Church Building to make room for more seating. We dont know who t
Institutional roles that should rise above their policy differences. At 8 00 p. M. Ght eastern on cspans q a. Next, Smithsonian Institution secretary lonnie bunch and Philanthropist David Rubenstein discuss the central role of slavery in antebellum washington, d. C. At historic st. Johns church across Lafayette Square from the white house. The White House Historical association in hosted this event in recognition of their new initiative, slavery in the president s neighborhood. Quite please welcome the ,irector of st. Johns Church Reverend fisher. [applause] welcome. Good evening. Im the director st. Johns church. I am thrilled our friends at the White House Historicals associate association asked us to have tonights conversation. I will first share little bit about the history of this historic room tonight. This church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henry and not only did he design this church but he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed b
Communities, many cultures and ethnicities, many heartbeats acting as one. It is from this unified heart that we derive the name kapuso at the upper yard, taken from the tagalog word for heart. We added a car in front of it to show the unification of many things into one. At its core. Kapuso at the upper yard is all of us, its community, its developers, its politicians, its allies of Affordable Housing coming together to form one heart. And we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Thank you. Now id like to ask Ann Silverberg to step up. Thank you. I am Ann Silverberg. Im ceo for norcal affordable at related and we three are sharing the welcome. So im going to do my part and say welcome to everyone. Thank you so much for coming here today. I know some of you have traveled very far, but it is a Beautiful Day in the city and we are really, really happy that you are here celebrating with us. Youve heard a little of this development. Youll hear so much more over the course of the program here
Name kapuso at the upper yard, taken from the tagalog word for heart. We added a car in front of it to show the unification of many things into one. At its core. Kapuso at the upper yard is all of us, its community, its developers, its politicians, its allies of Affordable Housing coming together to form one heart. And we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Thank you. Now id like to ask Ann Silverberg to step up. Thank you. I am Ann Silverberg. Im ceo for norcal affordable at related and we three are sharing the welcome. So im going to do my part and say welcome to everyone. Thank you so much for coming here today. I know some of you have traveled very far, but it is a Beautiful Day in the city and we are really, really happy that you are here celebrating with us. Youve heard a little of this development. Youll hear so much more over the course of the program here. But this development really is a perfect example. All of what we can do when we all Work Together toward the same end goal
Want to thank everyone for coming today. This is truly one of the most proud that ive ever been at Mission Housing and on behalf of us, to you, thank you for coming. Kapuso at the upper yard is a true product of whats possible when Community Works together. Youd have to go all the way back to 2008 for when Community Groups and organizers really started focusing to work on this, which is well over a decade. It was the community who came together to ensure that this piece of land would one day become the landmark that it is today. This development is many communities, many cultures and ethnicities, many heartbeats acting as one. It is from this unified heart that we derive the name kapuso at the upper yard, taken from the tagalog word for heart. We added a car in front of it to show the unification of many things into one. At its core. Kapuso at the upper yard is all of us, its community, its developers, its politicians, its allies of Affordable Housing coming together to form one heart.