The delphi university. I am a founding university of the remember the Triangle Fire Coalition and a coauthor with my colleague andi sosin of the new york city triangle factory fire. I will briefly introduce my colleagues on the panel and they will have more time to tell you about themselves shortly. All of us are members of the remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, which you will hear more about as we discussed. And we are all committed to keeping the memory of the victims alive and visible. We began our Work Together as part of a team organizing a citywide commemoration for the centennial of the tragedy in 2011. This rapidly spread from a citywide commemoration in new york to a national and international Generations International commemorations around the world. Were educators, activists, and historians. Briefly, dr. Mary anne trasciatti is a professor of rhetoric at Hofstra University as well as president of the remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, which we are finding is no small t
Earlier this week . All right, so youll hear a little overlap. Its in the 30th year of existence, 30 years ago robert ball, wilber cowan, bob meyers, legendary in the insurance, realized we needed an academy for two major purposes, number one, existing social insurance scholars so they could support each other and advance the field and at that time 30 years ago we scoured the country and could come up with just about 100 people in this entire country who were legate get mat social insurance scholars. As you know, today the economy has about a thousand members so in 30 years weve had a very nice growth, but the second goal of the academy and this is the essence of what today is, back as a magnet to attract younger people. At that point, you know, the academy 33 years ago, younger people were me, with the boomer generation and it was a fear that we boomers were just not understanding why we have programs like Social Security, medicare, workers comp, Unemployment Insurance. So the foundin
Else jumped out and attacked. It happened here at the park at the tennis courts. They do not know in the robber or robbers victim die. They are trying to figure out the details. The People Living on 143rd avenue inship tremendous in san leandro are shaken up to week up to detectives in front of their home and shocked when they heard a double stabbing occurred. I have always felt safe. Always. It is just odd to wake up and realize somebody was killed right outside your house. Police think this was an attempted robbery. The two did not know each other. They get a call before 1 30 a. M. A fight was in progress and someone was screaming for help. One person died. The other is in stable but serious condition. The news has people here reaching out to each other. I received cames. A neighbor from across the street was checking on me to see how i was. Man who has lived here 24 years has noticed neighbohood has changed. Recent behavior he has seen and now this have him nervous. I am 81 so i am
And as many of you know, it was met with some degree of controversy because there are those american citizens who said, but this was just a political correctness. And there were others who, in fact, they didnt even know who Harriet Tubman was. And various pictures of Harriet Tubman appeared on the internet and the people women who were in fact not Harriet Tubman. Harriet tubman has usually been a subject of childrens fiction. And very few people really know, at least american citizens we historians know who Harriet Tubman was. But that wasnt thats not the case with the american public. It was irony noted or the irony was noted in having tubman on the front of the 20 bill. And Andrew Jackson on the back. As many of you know, Andrew Jackson was not only a slave holder himself, but he was also oversaw indian removal and is renowned for being, really, an indian killer. So in addition to that, many people pointed to the fact that here you have Harriet Tubman who was commodified, who had val
Todays panel has to do with Harriet Tubman and Harriet Tubman, the decision of april 20, 2016, to put her on the 20 bill. It was announced at that time. As many of you know, it was met with some degree of controversy. There are those american citizens who said this was just Political Correctness and there were others who, in fact, did not even know who Harriet Tubman was, and various pictures of Harriet Tubman appeared on the internet and people, women who were not, in fact, Harriet Tubman. Harriet tubman has usually been a subject of childrens fiction and very few people really know, at least american citizens we historians know who Harriet Tubman was. But that wasnt the thats not the case with the american public. It was irony noted or the irony was noted in having tubman on the front of the 20 bill and Andrew Jackson on the back. As many of you know, Andrew Jackson was not only a slaveholder himself, but he was also he oversaw indian removal and is renowned for being really an india