Theyre capable of helping us with business, education, personal relations and sheer entertainment. Young pea, especially, we like to say, live on their devices. Our guests today is samantha yee a writer editor and adept in this realm, a catholic writer and speaker who said if that is where young people are living, that is where we have to reach them. Reach them with what . Samantha will show we reach them with art, beauty and soul. After the brief break, join us as we talk with San Franciscos own samantha yee about young digital catholics today. Hello, thank you for joining us on mosaic. Today is samantha ye, say native San Francisco, a young woman, as you can see, i believe shes 24 years old. We have just met and i am so overwhelmed by your resume. I am not sure what your main activity is . Youre a writer, editor and a professional digital entrepreneur. Youre a student at uc berkley. Can you give me a picture of what youre doing . Yeah. And well, first and foremost, i am a student at
To the life of one of the iconic figures of not just the Civil Rights Movement, but of the ways and Means Committee. I sat next to john lewis for 25 years on the ways and Means Committee and i must tell you, he was the bravest, most gentle person i ever met. He nearly lost his life in pursuit of justice and confronted some of the darkest society at the Edmund Pettus bridge as a very young man. But he never lost faith in what america could become. During those many conversations, and he offered a tutorial to me about the life and the legend that he had offered to america, his unyielding optimism and hope lifted the spirits of his fellow members of congress and the American People in our nations most trying moments. With quiet strength, grace and love, he shouldered unthinkable burdens and changed this world for the better. Through it all, he was unfailingly humble, selfless and kind and i must say, and i was commenting a moment ago to some colleagues on the committee, if he was in the r
7027. The clerk h. R. 7027, a bill making additional supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending, september 0e, 2020 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the bill. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Brownley as the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house ms. Kuster will vote yes on h. R. 7027. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone as the member designated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to
Need to know a little book about who you are. Im sure people do but just in case lets talk about that. You might want to talk about how you think about your own life. Lets start with you up in new jersey. And you grew up how did your parents get to new jersey . Who were the . Guest im the son of a black man from the segregated south. My father is 82 years old. He was born in 1937 in longview texas and raised in galveston under segregation, under jim crow. He moved to the west as soon as he could and was running war on poverty programs under Lyndon Johnsons Great Society initiative. He met my mother who is nine years his junior in san diego where he was heading up poverty programs and she was fresh out of college. She is the daughter of evangelical christians. Her father was a minister and he was very much a part of this Mainstream American Society that was certainly opposed interracial marriage in the laidback and 60s, early 1970s, you didnt use the word white about anybody. [laughing]
Host so they introduce us and they told him that we are. So we can just Start Talking about your wonderful new book. Think of us we do that is to talk about its author because its a book that makes an argument that depends on the life of the author and so we need to look at but who you are. Just in case, lets talk about that. You might want to talk about how you think of your own life. Lets start with you grew up in new jersey and you grew up how did your parents get to new jersey and who were the traffic on the sun of a black man from the segregated south. My father is 82 82 who was born 1937 1937 in longview texas and raised in galveston under jim crow. He moved to the west as soon as he could and was running war on Poverty Programs under Lyndon Johnsons Great Society initiative. He met my mother who was nine years his junior in san diego where he was heading up war on Poverty Program and she was fresh out of college. She is the daughter of evangelical christians. Her father was a mi