We will share guidelines in chats and links to the book so you have easy access. Remember your purchase supporting bookstore and staff. I would like to give a walk through our platform and event after this instruction. Our guest joining us on screen. Will we be taking questions from the audience. Please submit the questions below. If you are looking at the far below all the way to the right you will see two bubbles where you should put them. I would avoid the chat to keep track of all the questions. Also if you are watching Facebook Live stream, submit questions in the comments field and be sure to grab them there. Now i would like to give a warm welcome to our guests for the night, eddie cole, phd, associate professor of Higher Learning and organizational change at ucla and author of the campus color line College President s and the struggle for black freedom, College Published by Princeton University press. You can find him on twitter eddie cole. Former phd, historian of black womens
They give for joining us this afternoon. We have over 350 people registered across the country and as far away as japan its about 4 00 a. M. But that is still impressive it has that reach. I am the director programs and execution on exhibitions and community productions. A special welcome to anyone who might be attending a Virtual Program for the first time. With that geographic spread im sure there is a that is a tragedy for the first time the oldest Historical Society in america founded 1791 and dedicated to sharing the nations history. And through social distancing taking a course in Virtual Events and Online Events planne planned. The Program Next Week also friday at 2 00 oclock and the virtual tour of plymouth massachusetts and of course the 400th anniversary. I hope you can join us for that program as well there are Additional Details on our website. Today we have a Great Program we are joined by the associate professor of english at Washington University st. Louis with the phd a
Good evening everyone. Welcome to the page turners im the curator and host some of you may recognize this series when it was 6 miles to the west. We are really glad you could be here. We started here last may and we are pleased to be here. Monday night in new york so even on monday night and new york theres other 10000 places you could be the way takes for granted that you chose to be here. Thank you very much and the presence you get at the end of your efforts you meet that wonderful author we are also joined by our friends cspan book tv if you look at the page turners twitter or Facebook Page youll see when this will air. We are not life which is a good thing. And then we will have the q a to be part of the conversation and then please shape your thoughts in the form of a question. If you cannot do that we will politely move on to the next person who has done so to those that can put their thoughts into the shape of a question. The book came out last tuesday and you have the opportun
You talk about Affordable Housing, well, where are all these families kids going to go to school . Just think of how many students, and one gentleman who very aptly said, a nurses assistant assistant, a custodian, the teacher, how did these people get the education in the first place . A lot of them dont have parents who can afford tuition, and i am so fearful that city college will just be really in a very dangerous position if you let a project the way it is now go through. I really appreciate going forward, looking forward to the e. I. R. , that you really wrap your arms around what is good for the college and the students and the future students. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Can some of these be handed out . Okay. I am a longtime faculty member at city college. Many people have said things. I just have a few details. Yes, i find it strange to call it call it balboa reservoir. It has never had water, i have always called it city college. We have hand the land we have
This is critical is that the end . It is. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening. My name is doug and im here representing habitat for humanity of San Francisco. Im excited to be here this evening alongside our partners. Habitat for mission is to provide highquality space, decent, affordable and Sustainable Housing to hardworking clients in San Francisco and san mateo county. We do this by partnering with cities, community leaders, donors, volunteers and homebuyers to build and sell homes affordably to qualified families. This project would be responsible for city subsidized forsale units for working families whose Household Income is around 100 of a. M. I. These families are what we call the missing middle. They are typically working as nursing assistance, construction workers, teachers, daycare staff , all of whom are vital to this community. Too often they are willingly displaced because they cannot afford to stay. Those families this family seduced day often live in substand