Devices and also if youre going to ask a question, everybody has to come to a microphone or theyll cut the entire session. Please do that if youre interested in asking a question. Were very excited about science program. Its a pleasure to welcome tonights journalist and author francis ms. Gerald. Its made possible from the generation of the livingston foundation. Born in new york city and graduating from radcliffe college, she came of age as a journalist in the vietnam war era. In 1979 she published far in the lake, the vietnamese and american in vietnam. The history of vietnam in the United States military involvement in the country. The book was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a bancroft prize and a National Book award. She has since authored numerous critically acclaimed works of American History and works of the puritan publications in the new yorker, and rolling stone. Tonight fitzgerald will discuss her recent book the evangelials the struggle to shake america. She traces the history o
Welcome, everybody. Lets thank the First Unitarian Church for welcoming us here this evening. Church steps up and stands out and steps up for equal rights and social justice, and we want to thank them for that. I think we should thank comes blumenauer for holding this congressman blumenauer for holding this event. We think this is a major step toward to have this forum to talk about where we would like to go, and how you can get involved to move toward this goal. Let me outline the plan and i will get out of the way. We have some Major National and local experts on this issue about Health Reform who can help us understand these terms like singlepayer, medicare for all. And help us understand the National Landscape and then known and the local landscape in the state. They will be introduced in turn. Will endbefore 7 00, of that part of the program and have questions and answers. , whatwho have questions we will do is there will be people with microphones up top and down below, and when
From the paris climate agreement. Later, Nancy Pelosis Weekly Briefing on capitol hill. Next, a look at the state of the media and the rise of socalled fake news. Topics include the 2016 president ial campaign and the role of social media. This was part of a daylong forum hosted by the Ethics Center and bard college. It is in our. An hour. Director in partnership with the Carnegie Council for ethics and national advance, a network of australians dotted around the world, i would like to welcome you here this evening for what is a very hot topic. I have only been in the states less than 12 hours, almost 24 hours, since i arrived last night. Newseeing how big an issue is. As i mentioned this morning when speaking to the very first group, it is a delicious thing that we are having this conversation on the first of april. Because of course, it is april fools day. The significance of that for me is, the role of a fool in history. As you know from literature and things like kingsley are, the
From the paris climate agreement. Later, Nancy Pelosis Weekly Briefing on capitol hill. Next, a look at the state of the media and the rise of socalled fake news. Topics include the 2016 president ial campaign and the role of social media. This was part of a daylong forum hosted by the Ethics Center and bard college. It is in our. An hour. Director in partnership with the Carnegie Council for ethics and national advance, a network of australians dotted around the world, i would like to welcome you here this evening for what is a very hot topic. I have only been in the states less than 12 hours, almost 24 hours, since i arrived last night. Newseeing how big an issue is. As i mentioned this morning when speaking to the very first group, it is a delicious thing that we are having this conversation on the first of april. Because of course, it is april fools day. The significance of that for me is, the role of a fool in history. As you know from literature and things like kingsley are, the
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