The stories of the inventors and companies that creat that creatl cover valley Silicon Valley the renaissanc renaissance r9 to 76 there was a big bang in Silicon Valley the most significant and diverse with the past 150 years writes the historian Leslie Berlin. The Venture Capital and biotechnologies the belly brought to life new Iconic Companies including apple and made the firm sequoia. They spent six years doing research with many of the Unsung Heroes behind the landmark developments that set in motion the ripple effects that change the world. Tonight she joins us to discuss their new book troublemakers Silicon Valley comingofage. This side of the stage we are pleased to present a small exhibit of artifacts bob swanson and bob taylor and we are thrilled to have several with us tonight. Will you pleaswill you please se recognized . [applause] we will sell the stories of these remarkable people and others. Leslie is the project historian at Stanford University and has been a failover
They spent six years doing research with many of the Unsung Heroes behind the landmark developments that set in motion the ripple effects that change the world. Tonight she joins us to discuss their new book troublemakers Silicon Valley comingofage. This side of the stage we are pleased to present a small exhibit of artifacts bob swanson and bob taylor and we are thrilled to have several with us tonight. Will you pleaswill you please se recognized . [applause] we will sell the stories of these remarkable people and others. Leslie is the project historian at Stanford University and has been a failover for advanced studies and Behavioral Sciences and other advisory committees at the center at the Smithsonian National museum of american history. I would like to share as is our tradition five members. 14 wild cheers chronicled the books published with upstarts prevailed in troublemakers please join me in giving a very warm welcome to Leslie Berlin. [applause] we are delighted to have you h
Time here, id like to say that this is the arena portion of our evening, which is to say we have a great event for you tonight. We regularly have awesome events but were very excited for this one, the book launch of the happeniness industry with William Davies and simon critchley. If you do have a question, raise your hand and you can talk to the motorcycle microphone. If you havent noticed, we have cameras. Come over, ask questions and well get the ball rolling. I want to briefly substance introduce our author. William davies, political quarterly and hes an associate editor at renewal and open dem academy democracy. A few words about our moderator simon critchley. He asked me not to read it but to make some white remark which i hopefully just did. Please put your hands together for william and simon. [applause] thank you very much, and welcome. I hate people that do this when they begin. Im very proud im very proud to be here, and this is a fantastic book and you should buy it and rea
We set up a twitter feed at cjreform. Thats cjreform. So youre welcomed to post any comments you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities and convictions and disparities in convictions and sentencing. We need to develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today were going to be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about this bject im pleased to welcome Governor Terry mccauliffe. He is a lifelong entrepreneur. He was elected in 2013 and worked to create jobs and build a 21st century economy. But hes committed to bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence in charlottesville he spoke out forcefully against hatred and bigotry. And just over the weekend he hosted a family day at a juvenile Correctional Center which brought together inmates and family members. Hes been a trailblazer in restoring civil
This forum on criminal Justice Reform were webcasting live. We will be archiving the video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later. We welcome any questions or comments you have while we set at cjreform,eed so you are welcome to post any comments you have. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities in sentencing. We need to develop alternatives to existing policies. Today we will be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about that, i am pleased to welcome governor telly mcculloch to brookings. Terry mccullough. He helped to create and build a 21stcentury economy. But, he is also committed to bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence in charlottesville, he spoke out forcefully about hatred and bigotry. Just the other weekend, he hosted a weekend to bring inmates andenile their families. He has been a trailblazer in restoring civil Voting Rights for those released from prison.