[cheering] [cheering] oh my gosh. Wow, you need no introduction but how is the house doing tonight. [cheering] i am so excited to be here. I am excited. She cannot outdo me in excitement. This is a woman who wants to fly in space. [cheering] thank you. My name is amanda when and i am foremost an activist, im a rape survivor and i am so thrilled to be here and ms. Gloria i would not be wearing them today without you. [cheering] this is a woman who used her experience to help others and achieve legislation that has helped us. [cheering] i did not expect this in return. Its women helping women. [cheering] a little housekeeping im so glad to welcome you all to the book club and Book Discussion series. For this evening performance this basis providing realtime caption for hearing impaired audience members and individual smartphones and tablets those of you using cart, please turn off the sound on your mobile device and for all others please turn off all electronic devices. I just want to st
Things that are documented. Chalmers centers Public Research library and cultural institution. The best in the world. Black history and culture, more people didnt believe that, collected evidence. At the beginning of the connection. It is now a world class institution. 10 million items. What we continue to do. Makes everyones life happy for all people. One of the center pillars of harlem. When i started the journey, finding out in harlem. Researchers from around the world use what we have here. I could not have written any of the books i have written without the archives, resources. It is more than a library. We encourage Lifelong Learning and exploration. A great program. Through senior year, to help them in the black history project. Going to do nothing but a uplift them. So many talented and brilliant people lost corridors in this amazing institution. To tony morrison, james baldwin, long island fitzgerald, harry belafonte, in this room of American Negro fever. Many memories. It was
Wondering how theyre going to make it in the real world . [inaudible] [inaudible] when do you know . Went to know how capable they will be to be dependent . I watch karen watch work this question through and i will like to take it but i have seen you go from is going to be great to ive got to get realistic, to where you are today. I think you dont lose hope. [inaudible] other specific indicators . [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] it is a great question. I do not have the answer. I am still working on it. My son is 21. I felt in the early years that they were all the steps i could take because their people before me had taken him so i was always on the five year plan. Now that he is 21, im okay, now what am i going to do for the rest of his life. You do not know how much more they will continue to grow, how they will change. Adolescence for kids with autism is much later, 12 years old, you have like five or six years before you hit adolescence. That changes everything. So
In Gloria Steinem’s 2015 memoir, “My Life on the Road,” she recalls a lesson she learned from Florynce Kennedy, civil rights activist and lawyer, on dealing with detractors.