Hello and welcome. My name is dr. Elizabeth rule. Im a citizen of the chickasaw nation and assistant professor at american university. And im so excited to sit down today to talk to Matika Wilbur about her new publication, project 562. Shes an acclaimed photographer, a fierce advocate for Indian Country, and also newly published author. So welcome, atika. Oh, thank you so much, elizabeth, its nice to be here. My name is Matika Wilbur. Im from the spin amish and tyler tribe. And i am the creator, the creator of project five, six, two, changing the way we see native america is as well as the cohost of the all my relations podcast. So thanks for having me. Absolute lutely absolutely. So lets just dive right into it. It was such a pleasure to your book and ive actually following your work several years now and so its, so exciting to have something out in the press that people get their hands on and have opportunity to look at your incredible as well as interviews that accompany each of the
Living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the rama tuts community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. And i should say good morning to everyone as well. Good morning. So at this time, well go to Public Comment on items not on the agenda. Members of the public who wish to provide in person Public Comment on this item. Please line up at the podium. Now each person will have two minutes to speak. For the records. There are no in person Public Comments. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call for 15655. Access code 2482. 237 2791 then pound if you havent already done so please dial star three to line up to speak a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates you have been muted and you may begin your comments. Please note that you will have two minutes. Moderator do we have any
Service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next on book tvs Author Interview program after words, photographer Matika Wilbur, speaks about her efforts through her photography. To shift how native americans are viewed. Shes interviewed by American University professor elizabeth rule. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their work. My name is dr. Elizabeth rule. Im a citizen of the chickasaw nation and assistant professor at American University. And im so excited to sit down today to talk to Matika Wilbur about her new publication, project 562. Shes an acclaimed photographer, a fierce advocate for Indian Country, and also newly published author. So welcome, atika. Oh, thank you so much, elizabeth, its nice to be here. My name is Matika Wilbur. Im from the spin amish and tyler tribe. And i am the creator, the creator of project five, six, two, changing the way we
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Exciting and we are also honored to have such distinguished speakers with us today. We will soon be joined by mayor breed, we have senator scott wiener, supervisor walton, dr. Tonia, [indiscernible] from the state of california, so a really amazing line up of speakers. I want to say that, passion and determination patience are what the residents and the community have shown for more then a decade while participating in the creation and evolution of the plan not just for housing, but also for jobs, for services, for families, for children all here at sunnyvale. And while it is incredible to see and celebrate the progress, which we are doing today, we know there is a lot of work that still needs to be done, and in fact, work being done in the background behind us. There is a lot of work that still needs to be done and we are here for it and hope you are all too. We do want to take a minute to celebrate this really important milestone. We are celebrating the construction of two hundred pe