How the Public Health service became what it is today is really the story of Public Health in america, a story that is still unfolding. Throughout the years, the Public Health service has fought its battles in plague ridden cities and in the corridors of power in washington. Todays public agencies are challenged by an everchanging orld and they respond. The centers for Disease Control and prevention strive to protect citizens from infectious and nonInfectious Diseases. The Health Resources and Services Administration supports the training of Health Professionals and sends them to underserved areas. The National Institutes of health conduct basic research on diseases such as aids. The food and Drug Administration hastens the approval process to bring new drugs to the public. The Substance Abuse and mental Health Services Administration Provides services for mental, behavioral, and addictive disorders. The healthrelated concerns connected with Hazardous Waste are increasingly important.
Par out in the south pacific, 1000 miles north of new zealand, long swells burst on the reefs of tonga. One supportive call for wandering yankee whalers, this island lies apart from regular trade routes. For centuries its people have been isolated with only occasional visitors and a small trait in cobra and copra and bananas. The times are changing. Are opened for copra in asia. A tongan merchant marine, with modern vessels built in europe. Planes will bring war and more tourists to the friendly islands. More islanders will lead to study in other countries. Under the leadership of her majesty the queen and the prince, tongas relative isolation is disappearing. The latest government has been prudent and progressive. It is brought prosperity without destroying traditional customs. Looking forward to the expansion of trade, the government considered the effect of increased contact with the outside world. It was realized there was a definite growing threat to the tongan people. The populat
I have the pleasure of chairing the committee today. Many of you know that chair bernal serves as representative pelosis chief of staff. I also want to thank the commissioners. We have a fairly full agenda, but everyone submitted questions on many of the presentations, and weve gotten very thorough and thoughtful answers from staff, so hopefully that means we can go through our agenda in a very efficient way and we can go to our different activities of the evening. First item is the minutes. Are there any additions or corrections on the part of the commissioners . Okay. Any comments from the public . Clerk if youre on the Public Comment line, please press star, three if youd like to make a comment on the minutes. No comments, commissioners. Okay. So is there a motion to approve the october 20, 2020, minutes of the commission . So moved. Second. Can we have a roll call vote . Clerk yes. [roll call] clerk just for everyone to know, if the if youre not speaking, then please mute yourselve
I would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. One of our panelists. Opportunity tois say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at New York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. Who have joined up today. [applause] and i want to recognize a if not, my colleagues are going up and down the aisles with notecards and pencils. The notecards will be collected later on in the program. There will be a book signing following the program this morning. The book signing will take place right outside these central doors in the smith gallery. Copies of the books are available for purchase at our ny History Museum store, which is located to my left on the 77th street side. We are really, truly delighted to welcome our guest speakers. David blight, professor of American History and director of th
Center for the humanities. Event occurred in dallas. Since the pandemic has begun, for our purposes, since we shut down in march, they thing that thing that has been driving our analysis here as historians is what is the historical precedent . Obviously, 1918 is the one that comes to mind and we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 than my friend christopher nichols. Hes an associate professor of history at oregon state. He is also the director of the Oregon State Center for humanities and the founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. He also studied at harvard and wesleyan, and got his ma and phd from a good friend of ours at the university of virginia. Chris is an expert on i would say the early parts of the 20th century. That is what his previous work was on. He is expanding out and he and i, before we came on, we were chatting about new work on ideologies in u. S. Foreign policy, which is that book itself was a seminal book in the field in 1987 and im glad someone has