Council and the director of the iraq initiative. And this is anorak initiative event. It is on record, so feel free to tweak, quote are excellent guest, and enjoy the event. We look forward to a timely, great conversation with our guest, and we will carry this live and you are welcome for, if youre not here and youre watching us, you are also welcome to tweak using the hashtag aciraq and this is to the middle east center here. Here is the format. Sarkawt will give his brief remarks once i finish her, and then i will ask him some questions and then we opened it to the audience for questions. So thats how were going to proceed today. Our esteemed guest, sarkawt shamsulddin, is a member of the Iraqi Council of representatives. He is a member of the future parliamentary group, deputy chairman of the Civil Society committee, a very Important Committee in the Iraqi Parliament, and he is a member of the iraqi United States friendship committee. He was a cofounder of the new Generation Movemen
A weekend smash shooting. And the world also loses a beloved visionary tony morris and whose novels explored africanamerican identity and gave a voice to millions has died at the age of 88. 00. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program China has issued a stark warning to protesters in hong kong a Government Spokesperson in beijing says that punishment is coming and that they should not underestimate the strength of the Central Government Hong Kong Police also announcing that they have arrested more than 148. 00 people after clashes on monday the largest single day tally since prodemocracy demonstrations began 2 months ago our correspondent charles a child some pill was in the midst of the protests and sent us. This report. Was seen as we arrived the chaos begins. To look like. So where and how you can really deliver the tough on up toward the front of the ship to see her look on how theyre coming down the long haul. Is the take as clear as protesters slowly return. Us among them dozens of
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Still here. Hard to believe. [cheers and applause] we are all here wearing our Pink Triangle teachers out of can rotary for those who are forced to wear them out of the holocaust. [cheers and applause] ten years ago today, the Pink Triangle was set on fire right here on twin peaks. Like a phoenix we rose from the ashes and this display has continued ever since. It is ironic that a hate crime took place atop the symbol, which is there to prevent hate crimes. This display is a reminder that the third reich demonstrates how easily a government can die but divide minority scapegoats. Branding homosexuals as criminals lead most germans to feel comfortable looking the other way as the nazis went about their persecution. Can this happen again . Can happen now . It is a gradual process that dehumanizes people and is taking place in this country to stigmatize certain groups. Opinion polls show that for the first time in decades, Public Acceptance of lgbtq has actually gone down two years in a r
Mayor, mayor london breed. [cheers and applause. ] mayor breed thank you to everyontoeveryone who is joinin. No one celebrated pride like the city and county of San Francisco. Celebrate we must to make sure that our voices are heard and the federal government knows that no matter who you are and who you love, we will not be erased, not in america, not in San Francisco, not today. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge some of the leadership we have in San Francisco, people who are making a difference. Thank you so much to our state senator scott weiner for being here, who you will hear from shortly. As well as our treasure who is with us today. Your fierce supervisor rafael mandelman. Community College Board member alex randolph. And supervisor safai and another member of the community College Board, tom. And thank you supervisor matt haney for joining us as well. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the first lbgt fire chief jeanine nicholson. And thank you superviso