Mary welcome to the slavery and freedom exhibition. My name is mary elliott and i am a Museum Specialist and cocurator of the slavery and freedom exhibition, which is one of three exhibitions in the history gallery. We have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way to today. Some of the themes we cover include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. We look at the harsh realities of slavery and freedom, the resistance and survival of a people. We look at africans and African Americans shaped the world as well as a nation. We look at how they shaped the the landscape and were shaped by the landscape. That means socially, politically, economically, geographically, as well as culturally and intellectually. What is important for people to understand is we look at these stories that are american stories. They are human stories. They are told through the africanamerican lens. Equally important to understa
We have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way to today. Some of the themes we cover include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. We look at the harsh realities of slavery and freedom, the resistance and survival of a people. We look at africans and African Americans shaped the world as well as a nation. We look at how they shaped the landscape. That means socially, politically, economically, geographically, as well as culturally and intellectually. What is important for people to understand is we look at these stories as human stories. They are told through the africanamerican lens. This is a shared history and you will see yourself throughout this exhibition. Lets start looking at one of the opening labels for the slavery and freedom exhibition. Behind me is a label that is to the making of the Atlantic World. We feature a story of someone who was the leader of the west african coast. She st
And Nona Melkonian assisting in broovrtd today is e todays meeting madam clerk, any announcements . Yes. Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee. Devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the october 18, 2016, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you supervisor wiener is the sponsor of this item and he will present and lead the discussions. May i read the first item. Yes. Number one the established the lgbtq night life and cultural why were your time is up and encouraging the office of Economic Workforce Development to convene the preservation and preserving lgbtq night life. Supervisor wiener. Thank you very much madam chair so madam chair quite frankly i dont know why were here for this hearing we had a hearing that actually produced this resolution we had it severalty guess so a robust discussion about the critical pornls of lgbtq night time and the pressure it is und
Commissioner president loftus id like to call roll is commissioner president loftus commissioner Vice President turman commissioner marshall commissioner mazzuco commissioner dejesus commissioner wong commissioner melara ask excused commissioner president loftus we have quorum also with us the intern chief of Police Toney Chaplin and joyce hicks. Okay. Good evening and welcome to the wednesday, november 2, 2016, Police Commission meeting im going to make changes to the agenda given the length of the agenda a long closed session handling discipline matters one and 2 to our meeting next week and go ahead and start with general Public Comment. So Public Comment will be two minutes given the length of the agenda and the anticipated number of speeches. Item 3 the public is welcome to address the commission on items not on tonights agenda but within the jurisdiction of the commission. With respect to agenda items, please direct your questions to the commission as a whole and not to individua
Ways to achieve these goals going forward. If the Congress Returns the bill having appropriately address these concerns, i will sign it. For now i must veto the bill. Signed, barack obama, the white house. July 22, 2016. The speaker pro tempore without objection, further consideration of the is righto message and the bill veto message and the bill h. R. 1777 is postponed until the legislative day of september 3, 2016. The chair announces the speakers appointment pursuant to section 409b of the puerto rico oversight management and economic stability act and the order of the house of january 6, 2015, of the following members to the Congressional Task force on Economic Growth in puerto rico. The clerk mr. Duffy of wisconsin. Mr. Mcarthur, new jersey. The speaker pro tempore the chair announces the speakers designation pursuant to section 409d of the puerto rico oversight and management and economic stability act and the order of the house of january 6, 2015, of the following member of the