Finishing up a faculty fellowship at stanford. She earned a joint ph. D. From yale and specializes in 20th century american and African American history with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. Shes the author of a number of books. One of which is available outside and id encourage you to grab a copy while you can. But an upcoming book as well. The glory of their deeds, a global history of black soldiers and the great war era. And sage was working on the book, if i recall, as part of your work at the warren center. Are we close to publication . I started when i was five. She started when she was five, so its almost done. I am, yes. Sage is a great friend of ours. Were delighted to have you back here with us again. Join us in welcoming dr. Mathieu. And joining us tonight is the scholar who also has a specialized focus on the red summer of 1919, and the fight of this nation to create a just and equitable society, cameron mcwhit
And watch for many of the authors in the near future on book tv. On cspan2. Good evening everyone and thanks for being here tonight at Balboa High School in San Francisco. I am susan solomon, i am a kindergarten and prek teacher currently serving as president of the united educators of San Francisco. [applause] thank you so how many educators we have in the room today . Okay, a lot of them. And Community Supporters . Those two. We also have San Francisco board of education member with this allison collins, glad you could make it i see others walk in, zero Gabrielle Lopez another school board member. So happy to have everyone here. Of course we are here to hear diane ravitch, i have a couple of housekeeping items. Can trade a retired social studies teacher in San Francisco, taught here at one time, is passing out cards on which you can write questions. So our format is going to be diane and i are going to talk for a little while, and then we will open the floor to questions from the aud
So happy to have everyone here. Of course we are here to listen to Diane Ravitch. I have a couple housekeeping items, can a retired social studies teacher from San Francisco talk here at one time, is passing out cards on which you can write questions. So our format will be diane and i are going to talk for a little while. And then we will open the floor to questions from the audience. And the questions will come from the cards and that way we will know if a lot of people are asking the same question we have the cards and will know to ask that question. So i would like to give a little introduction i know a lot of people have been following Diane Ravitch for long time. Diane ravitch as a champion for schools around the country drawing on over 40 years of research and experience ravitch is one of the nations leading advocates for Public Education. Her years of experience, working in the government shaped her approach to education and gave her a unique and powerful perspective which she b
I am lily garcia. We represent 3 million passionate educators. What we have to say about the needs of Public School students and their families and communities should be important to elected officials, who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. That is why we have come here together on this special red day. Ead red for ed ed is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students. And the integrity of our professions. Red for ed is a movement that has spread across our great nation. We are marching this Movement Straight towards election 2020. We intend to stand up and be part of the democratic process that will choose the next president of the United States of america. [applause] we are doing something very different. We talk to a lot of candidates this time. The questions you are going to hear will come from our nea members, educators who have submitted their questions through our website on either video,
I am lily garcia. We represent 3 million passionate educators. What we have to say about the needs of Public School students and their families and communities should be important to elected officials, who will make the decisions that we all have to live with, that our students have to live with. That is why we have come here together on this special red day. Ead red for ed ed is all about the voice of educators and our responsibility to protect our students. And the integrity of our professions. Red for ed is a movement that has spread across our great nation. We are marching this Movement Straight towards election 2020. We intend to stand up and be part of the democratic process that will choose the next president of the United States of america. [applause] we are doing something very different. We talk to a lot of candidates this time. The questions you are going to hear will come from our nea members, educators who have submitted their questions through our website on either video,