Transportation security issues. Now the new president of the Kennedy Center for the performing arts, Deborah Rutter, outlines her u future plans and emphasizes the importance of arts and education and cultural diplomacy, from the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is myron delkheim, the Washington School of media and Public Affairs and former International Bureau chief with the Associated Press and the 107th president of the National Press club, the National Press club is the worlds leading committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audie
Committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audience, note that members of i would also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences, after our guest speech concludes, well have a question and answer period and well ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. I wou i would like each of you to stand as your name is announced. Elizabeth smith brownstein, a member of the press clubs history and Heritage Committee and a writer of our online newsletters this week in the National Press club history. Doris margolis, president of Edito
Instruments, who are then performed by the members of the cso and the civic orchestra of chicago, who ultimately perform with the girls their original musical theater piece. The performances for the other girls in the center, and all of their families, an incredibly powerful experience, telling the stories that are often untold, hidden, locked away. You can imagine the powerful emotions that fill the library of that Detention Center. Ive experienced it a couple of times as a guest. Some of those families have never heard their daughter or fp or granddaughter communicate so directly. They didnt know that she had the power to share that story, which is untold, and therefore, unknown. That hour of performance changed the lives of those girls, those families, for me, forever. Thats what i mean by art for lifes sake. [ applause ] thank you. The followup activity that takes place before or after those four to six months. I must say, i was rather skeptical[÷ic about his participation before
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