Were trying to stay on time here, side like to get started as soon as possible. Good afternoon. Im malou harrison, and i like to welcome you back to this session at Miami Book Fair, 2017. If you were here this morning and you know Miami Book Fair very well, you know that the book fair is presented by miami dade college, and thousands and thousands of volunteers, among whom our students, faculty staff, administrators, and many, many, many individuals from the community and from the corporate sector as well. In fact, our corporate sponsor, the main corporate sponsor is awake l this year and we are very, very grateful ohl for a sponsorship and its support. We are also grateful as i mentioned in previous session to the circle of friends of Miami Book Fair bit and i know that you are here in abundance this year as you have been in past years since 1984 when our book fair beget and would like to extend a special thank you to our circle of friends. And so without further ado i like to call mr
Good afternoon again. Please take your seats. Were trying to stay on time here. Id like to get started as soon as possible. Good afternoon. Im Malu Harrison i would like to welcome you back to this session. Miami book fair, 2017, if you are here this morning, and you know Miami Book Fair very well you know that book fair is presented by Miamidade College and thousands and thousands of volunteers among whom are students, faculty, staff, administrators, and many, many individuals from the community and from the corporate success tore as well. In fact, our corporate sponsor the main corporate sponsor is ohl, this year and were have been very, very grateful for its sponsorship and its support and were also grateful as ive mentioned in previous session to the circle of treads trends of Miami Book Fair i know youre here in abundance this year as you have been in past years, since 1984 when our book fair began and we would like to extend a special thank you to our circle of friends. And so wi
Give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] i am very grateful to have Morgan Jerkins and Britt Julious to discuss this will be my undoing. Before we begin i want to make a few announcements starting with some information about Upcoming Events here at women and children first. On february 26, we will have Britney Cooper in conversation with page may and monica to discuss the buck rage a black woman discovers her superpower created this will also be held at the swedish american acm ande amanda will take place from seven to 9 p. M. Tickets are Available Online through brown paper tickets. If you are interested in learning more about the events, please sign up for the email list at a table around the corner and you can also check out the website and Facebook Page or follow us on twitter and insta graham. One final thing before we continue, the womens voices fund is a nonprofit store that covers the cost of having even as such as the one we are having tonight. Please consider putting a
Fair 2017. If you are here this morning and you know the Miami Book Fair very well you know that it is presented by Miami Dade College and thousands of volunteers among whom the students, faculty, staff, administrators and many individuals from the community and corporate sectors as well. In fact our corporate sponsor is overweighohl. We are grateful to the circle of the Miami Book Fair. By 1984 when our book fair beg began. I would like to call up joe to the podium please help me welcome him from the endowment foundation. Thank you. [applause] i have the double pleasure of introducing debate for introducing the endowment. Professor lillian was my grandmother. The intent of the endowment is to offer a presentation on the work of literary quality. Its the goal to enhance the love of book and calling as a teacher. My grandmother treasured books and came to the Miami Book Fair every year since its founding and often volunteered to work here. Some of her background briefly in the 1930s she
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