Eric patterson, who was on our ird board of directors and bob who has come all the way from toronto to be here with us this evening for this special book unveiling. Bob is associate professor of politics and International Studies and founding director of the center for christian scholarship at Redeemer University in toronto. Eric patterson is the current Vice President of the religious Freedom Institute here in washington and scott are at large at Rutledge University in virginia beach. It should be pointed out that our providence executive editor mark contributed a chapter to this book. I am mark tooley, president of the ird and editor at providence. Special welcome to all of you here physically this evening in downtown washington, d. C. , to all of our viewers on facebook and put her at twitter, and our future viewers on cspan book tv. Where this video will be airing, no doubt, many times in the near future. Eric where this video will be airing no doubt many times in the near future.
The activist tarana burke describes her as a truth teller and builder of movements. We have seen that with her work with a nonprofit she founded to close the gender gap in technology. Her commitment to Technology Helped her launch a National Movement to center her commitment to economic recovery and her policy that supports moms. Gender equality is at the heart of this. The pandemic made it clear to her and millions of women that workplaces were never built for working mothers to have a fair chance and that is why we saw historic number of women leave their jobs in 2021, highlighting that it is the system that needs to be fixed. They offer a plan to educate corporate leaders, advocate for policy reform and reimagine our workplaces. She will be having this conversation with the executive editor of the Washington Post, the first woman to lead the 140 fouryearold news organization. Previously, she was the executive editor and senior vp of the associated press. Later we will take some of y
Friends of our organization. Eric patterson, who was on our ird board of directors and bob who has come all the way from toronto to be here with us this evening for this special book unveiling. Bob is associate professor of politics and International Studies and founding director of the center for christian scholarship at Redeemer University in toronto. Eric patterson is the current Vice President of the religious Freedom Institute here in washington and scott are at large at Rutledge University in virginia beach. It should be pointed out that our providence executive editor mark contributed a chapter to this book. I am mark tooley, president of the ird and editor at providence. Special welcome to all of you here physically this evening in downtown washington, d. C. , to all of our viewers on facebook and put her at twitter, and our future viewers on cspan book tv. Where this video will be airing, no doubt, many times in the near future. Eric where this video will be airing no doubt ma
Ird board of directors and bob who has come all the way from toronto to be here with us this evening for this special book unveiling. Bob is associate professor of politics and International Studies and founding director of the center for christian scholarship at Redeemer University in toronto. Eric patterson is the current Vice President of the religious Freedom Institute here in washington and scott are at large at Rutledge University in virginia beach. It should be pointed out that our providence executive editor mark contributed a chapter to this book. I am mark tooley, president of the ird and editor at providence. Special welcome to all of you here physically this evening in downtown washington, d. C. , to all of our viewers on facebook and put her at twitter, and our future viewers on cspan book tv. Where this video will be airing, no doubt, many times in the near future. Eric where this video will be airing no doubt many times in the near future. Eric patterson will speak first
Is bitterly divi between muslims anjews. At the beginning of the 21st century, arabs in the israelioccupied territories on the west bank and the gaza strip began an uprising they called the second intifada. It was marked by a seemingly endless cycle of arab attacks and suicide bombings followed by israeli repriss. In order to understand the prospects for peace, we explore the historical geography of israel and palestine with special emphasis on the sacred space of jerusalem. For half a century, israelis and palestinians have battled over jerusalem and a larger homeland. Helping to mediate competing claims was dennis b. Ross, special envoy for the first president bush and then president clinton. As his term ended, the Peace Process crumbled. The intifada that began has had lots of casualties. Unfortunately, one of the worst casualties in addition to the true human suffering has been a loss of complete faith and belief in peacemaking. What is so disheartening for someone like me, after h