Coming up, a live discussion about the Trump Presidency with Washington Post columnist, george will. He left the Republican Party in the first year of the trump administration, registering as an independent, instead. This event comes from the group, jews united for democracy and justice. It should be getting underway shortly. Will be in conversation with the awardwinning broadcast journalist, george will. You on behalf of our leadership. The Leadership Team of jews united for democracy and justice and Community Advocates inc. Thank you to our many wonderful sponsors. As it is thanksgiving eve, just a word on that topic. On october 3, 18 63, at the height of a bloody war dividing our country, abraham issued a thanksgiving proclamation that officially established x giving is a national holiday. He proclaimed the nation was at war with itself, there were whichblessings for both sets could experts gratitude. All americans should be concerned about those were suffering as a result of the ci
From uclas school of Public Affairs. This runs an hour and a half. Understand theo deep connection that the issue of guns and gun violence has with the work of the school of Public Affairs. Is a the other focuses focus on Mental Health. Guns are the single biggest killer of women. They are the single biggest. Ause of successful suicide it turns out people may try to take their own life more often than we would like, and its a tragedy, but we are not very good at it unless there is a gun present. If there is a gun present, the possibility of fatalities skyrocket. Guns tear at the fabric of american society, but as you will hear in tonights lecture, you can argue they are written into the fabric of american their advocates and manufacturers would tell us. We will talk a bit more about that. Its also important to understand that guns are a racial issue. Puts a simply, puts succinctly, as the Second Amendment is made up for white people. As more than 100 armed men descend on the kentucky s
You sit across from your grandmother, you are in complete silence, it is a sacred space. Listen andtes you ask questions. It is just two microphones and you look each other in the eyes. As you know i microphone gives you the license to ask questions you do not normally get to ask. From the beginning of storycorps people thought if i had 40 bits left to live, what i say to this person . At the end of the 40 minutes you get a copy and another stays with us and goes to the American Folklife Center in the library of congress. Your great, great, Great Grandkids can know your grandmother through her voice and story. Because of the nature of what happens in these booths, it started in Grand Central then expanded across the country, we are collecting the wisdom of humanity. We have about 650,000 participate so far. It is the largest collection of human voices so far. We are a Public Service and nonprofit. We are here to serve people. One of the things we are encouraging a thanksgiving, and if
My honorable friend is right about the need to support local business particularly in the hospitality sector. In addition to the 3000 pound grant, another grant of 2100 pounds among businesses in the hospitality and accommodation sector on top of the support we have given by for low and Business Rates and in dat which support the hospitality sector. Im aware how difficult it is in hotels that face a tough time, we would to our level best to support and give 1. 1 billion to local countries to help them support businesses facing difficulties. But one thing to the house as we come out of the lockdown, the way forward is not just through the vaccine that we hope we will start rolling out in the course of the next few weeks and months but it is the prospect of Mass Communication and i pay tribute to the people of liverpool who really stepped up, hundreds of thousands in liverpool have been tested and that seems to have helped to drive the virus down in liverpool and we want to see that type
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