Event that brings authors from all over the country to nashville each fall to breed with the thousands of readers and writers and booklovers from around the region. For those of us who enjoy being here the second weekend of october every year we are lucky its a free event. Thank you to a lot of the community support. Remember that the festival does depend on individual donations among other sources to remain free. Please take the time to donate what you can to help keep it free and any amount helps. Whatever amount you can spare. You can donate via the website, the app, or in person at the headquarters, tenant, throughout the weekend. And any amount is appreciated. Let me introduce the authors, kendra allen, the author of when you learn the alphabet. And janine the author of my time among the whites. Those are the books they will be talking about today. Kendra, i think you said you wanted to go first. Yes. What we will do as each of the authors is going to read from their book a little
but thousands in smaller blocks have been left in cladding limbo. aiming for victory how england have set up a final day shot at a series clinching win against new zealand. good morning. another cloudy day for northern ireland and scotland, with some rain at times. for england and wales, more sunshine than yesterday, and also one. warmer. good morning. it s tuesday, the 14th ofjune. the first flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda under a new government scheme, is due to take off later today. it follows an appeal court ruling yesterday. campaigners were trying to stop the flight before a full hearing next month, on whether the policy is lawful. however, just eight migrants are expected to be on the flight when it leaves and some of them are still appealing their case, as vincent mcaviney reports. despite the government s publicity around its new policy, yesterday, 37 asylum seekers arrived on the kent coast. but they could face potential removal to rwanda,
Becometing students to more politically engaged. An event hosted by the center for american progress, and. Eneration citizen good morning, everyone. I am that second of vice atsident of external affairs the center of american progress. On behalf of our great partners at generation citizen, i want to thank everyone of you for joining us for this important conversation. When we first planned this event a few weeks ago, we wanted to talk about the state of Civic Engagement among young people in our country. Given the recent outcry and horrific acts at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in heartland and those that survived this choosing, and that our keynote speaker has deep ties to florida, i think todays discussion takes on a whole different meaning. Now perhaps more than ever, our government and its leaders must prove they are not only listening to our nations young people, but they are doing everything in their power to ensure all students feel protected and valued in the eyes of ou
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State capital of santa fe. Former washington, senator bob graham to talk about Civics Education and engagement. Educational progress. Perhaps more importantly america s Civic Engagement is at an alltime low. Public trust in government remains near historic lows, particularly with our nations young people. Less than half of millennials are voting and only 18 of the public trusts leaders in washington to do the right thing. This creates a vicious cycle Many Americans are dissatisfied with their government, yet, still fail to vote because they believe their voices will not be heard. The good news, is that across the country we can find inspiring activists, policymakers, educators, and others who are turning apathy into action. We are honored to welcome 4 outstanding panelist this morning who are committed to motivating and engaging americas students and we look forward to hearing their insights. First, i have a great privilege of introducing our keynote speaker for today. Senator bob grah