With people with disabilities. Why do you choose that type of law quick. I was bored deaf blind and then i have to ask for accommodations and that ability to get an education and with people with disabilities and that struggle inspired me to become an attorney. Here is her book. The first deaf blind person to graduate from harvard law schoo school . Yes. What was that experience like quick. There were a lot of unknowns. I could not reach out to another deaf blind harvard law graduate to say how do you do that . Had you taken exam . I had to figure a lot of it out and that started way back in elementary school. And i was extremely surprised about trying to do an assignment and to investigate what was going on and i was in california in the mainstream Public School in a classroom with nondisabled students and then they realize the teacher was writing assignments on the board. So i needed an instructor to read the assignment so if i did that i would never be successful i had to be my own
Hes done a tremendous amount of things here and part of that has to do with him being stationed here and also for his hopes in helping each one of you to become better leaders and also today being the moderator of the panel. I could spend a lot of time reading about the incredible things hes done but i will keep it short. He is retired United States air force and went to the air force academy and university of north carolina. The Courier Logistics and airlift included three commands and for those that will be aviators, 6,000 flying hours in combat missions. [applause] thank you for attending the university military writers Symposium Panel at the 21st century future battlegrounds you and i are very privileged today at the peace and war center and organizefor center andorganizede with experts of the 21st century conflict. The experts on the panel are global thought leaders intimate with the battle both in planning and direct action. From their professional experience yours is to develop
What . Thats what i took from the story. There is so much being alleged here. It is wild. And now the men in her life are breaking their silence. Ashton sure seemed to be throwing a bit of shade at demi. He tweeted, quote, i was about to push the button on a really snarky tweet, then, i saw my son, daughter and wife and i deleted it. I was addicted to him is the best way i can put it. Demi accuses ashton of cheating, introducing threesomes and encouraging her to drink despite 20 years of sobriety. But demi told ellen ashton was not blindsided by the book. You have talked to ashton, before this came out . Yes. In the memoir, she made this surprising confession about john crier. John lost his virginity to me while we were making that movie. Apparently nobody factchecked that with john. The 54 denied it, im sure she was totally justified making this assumption based on my skill level. I had actually lost my virginity in high school. Anyway. Hey, demi. She did not comment as she left a boo
And over the past 12 years the center has awarded 44 major fellowships to working biographers. Each of these fellowships is now worth 72,000. So, not chump change. Today some 20 biographies have been published including ruth franklins biography of Shirley Jackson which won the Prestigious National book critics circle award for biography. I also want to spread the news about our brandnew unique Masters Program in biography and memoir that has just started this autumn with at least 17 students enrolled which is phenomenal and brenda is actually a former director of the leon leavy center and teaches one of the courses. Wednesday september 25 o 25th at 6 30 p. M. With david nassau getting the annual lecture on biography. Tonight im delighted to have with us and those are in conversation with brenda. As i said brenda is a former director of the center and the author most recently of the impeachment, the trial of Andrew Johnson and the dream of a just nation a very widely reviewed and timely
The rain forest of couple. Youre welcome to the program october 10th is a well day games the Death Penalty for years more and more countries have abolished Capital Punishment including south africa in 1995 but costa reinstates that sentences have gone louder in recent months as authorities there struggle to contain escalating violence on average 58 people are killed in south africa every day i hope you do the. Weighty 1000 that every year our correspondents and anchors reporting from cape town house more. Every month glued visits his sons grave. Jerome was just 27 when he was shot in the front office over 3 years ago. He was june 2nd son killed by warring gang members in his neighborhood was this a good son eve when they was much younger i used to call him love that was my little thing for you and i used to for years over these years used to you and told him yeah you my love you you my aunt my able to think its been. Some beautiful moment is still missing because up to today. This is n