Excited to announce the least best seller list. [cheering and applauding] number 88 on usa today so welcome. Thank you so much. Happy to be here we go. Can you hear me . Can you hear me . No. Sorry about that. That has never happened before. [laughter] its because the tv is here. You can hear me, right . Going to ask a question and i will hand the microphone over so im going to start fascinating workbook and a book and a great exploration of a topic that we are all interested to talk about work tonight but in this book, youre asking white people in the u. S. , like me, to confront the racism outright, you know its an uncomfortable process. Talk about the motive you used specifically to tackle this as a writer. Its interesting because ive been asked this question so many times now and i think if i had known before embarking on this during of doing this kind of work, if i had known what was going to be out of time, i might not necessarily have chosen it. The work i was doing before, i wa
With her tonight. And we also are very excited to announce that this very new book has already released as number eight on the New York Times best seller list. [applause] and number 88 on usa today. So with that layla, welcome. Thank you so much. Very happy to be here. Are you on . Here it comes. Can you hear me . Try again. Can you hear me . No. Will you grab the third myth. Sorry about that. Thats okay. Sudden technical never happened before. Its because the tv is here. So, you can hear me, right . Ill ask a question and hand this mic over to layla so she can hear you. So, im going to start with this really fascinating workbook and book and a really great exploration of the topic of that we are all bed to talk but more tonight, but in this boom youre asking white people, in particularly white people in the United States, like me, to confront the racism. You say outright you know this can be ununcomfortable process. What motivate you to tackle this as a write center. Yes, so, its so i
Disassemble the way they benefit from whiteness and what she calls good ancestors. People who leave a legacy of liberation and others to follow. Shes a writer, speaker and podcast offer, she earned her bachelor of law degree from Lancaster University in the kingdom. Her husband and two children. We are excited to talk with her tonight. We also are excited to announce this new book has already released on the number one bestseller list. [cheering] number 88 on usa today. With that, layla, welcome. Thank you so much. Happy to be here. Are you on . Here it comes. There we go. Can you hear me . No. Sorry about that. That has never happened before. [laughter] i want to ask a question and hand the mic over to layla so she can hear your. Why do start with a fascinating book, a great exploration of a topic that we are all interested to talk about work tonight but in this book, youre asking white people, particularly quite people in the u. S. Like me to confront racism, you say outright this ca
The carters found a place to go to church and their number of Baptist Churches in washington. Seven blocks north of the front door from the white house so they decided to come here and we were so grateful and blessed that they did. That there is a process they had to go through. What was that process . Thats right. We love to invite people. When somebodydi feels leading tm into the congregation they join the church and its more like entrusting yourself into the care of a congregation in saying as long as we are here we are going to be here so they did great on sunday belief following his inauguration they stepped forward and presented themselves forr membership. Just like everybody they filledue out a little blue simpe card and its just amazing to see the president s signature in mrs. Carter and amy also cite one. Jimmy andsf rosalyn came from First Baptist church of plains, georgia and little amy came for baptism. Was headed great and growing personal friendship a all of you know. Ple
Photographs, she recreates Mister Hoovers final trip to his west branch, iowa, childhood home. Todays presentation is called hoovers last trip home. Our speaker, lynn smith, the audiovisual archivist at the hoover president ial library and museum since november of 2000 whose previous Work Experience includes serving as Department Supervisor at the university of denver and archivist for the u. S. Forest service in montana. She is a certified archivist and holds a ba in history from the university of northern colorado, masters in history from Colorado State university and ml i asked from the university of denver. She chaired the society of american archivists in and professional conduct, workshops on ethics in midwest Archives Society of rocky mount archives. In her career she has been president of the society of rocky mount archivists, secretary of the academy of certified archivists and the midwest archives conference so she has collected some great photos and audio files and shared wi