Author and Journalist Bob Woodward at an event hosted by politics and prose at the synagogue. This is one hour and a half. [cheering and applause] good evening. [inaudible] on behalf of everybody and those folks here welcome and thank you very much for coming. We had tnt always enjoy joining forces with six and i for author events and the synagogue and Cultural Center is now 15 years old and founder and staff deserve credit. [applause] they deserve a lot of credit for transforming the space into the vibrant Community Institution it is today. We are delighted to be hosting jodi and megan. [applause] they are two New York Times reporters who reported on Harvey Weinsteins extensive sexual abuse in their book is the riveting revealing account of how they developed their blockbuster story and its consequences in spurring the Metoo Movement. As a note in their preface in the wake of the weinstein expoee which broke in october 2017 it wasnt if it was is a dam wall had come down. Many women no
And we are now 15yearsold and the founders and staff deserve a lot of credit. [applause] into the vibrant Community Institution that it is today we are delighted to be hosting. [applause] they reveal that the abuse and the book she said as the riveting account of how they developed their blockbuster story and its consequences in the movement. As they note in their process that broke in october of 2017 it was as if a wall had come down. Many women not just in this country but around the world stepped forward to tell their own stories about mistreatment. In addition to the impact of the reporting, the way they went about confirming the stories that others before them have tried, provides a terrific case study of what goes into the first investigative journalism. People often think such just fall into the laps of reporters when in reality what is involved in is a lot of painstaking reporting running into dead ends, coaxing details out of reluctant sources, spanning out documents, substant
It will be a 67week process to transform this arena into the main stage for the Democratic National convention. The challenges for putting on a Convention Like this, i think, its a lot of moving pieces. You have a lot of moving parts. Everyone needs to be on the same page and working together to ensure that nothing goes wrong. This is playing on the biggest stage. This is for super bowl in four days. Theres no real room for error to make a lot of mistakes. There are people who are scared about the size of milwaukee. This will be one of the First National conventions in the midwest in the last 100 years. Politics and geography make a difference. While the choice of a Convention City does not guarantee anything, it sends a message around where democrats are investing. We know that in order to win in 2020, we need to be investing in americas heartland. We need to be here in wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, ohio, the choice of milwaukee helps send that message. This is one of the places
Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you commissioner chow next 2. Approval of the minutes of the Health Commission community and Public Health Committee Meeting of december 19, 2023, meeting. Any corrections or additions to the minutes hearing none, motion to approve. I move to approve. My Public Comment on the minutes. Anyone in the room. Ill check to see if any handles are up great no hands so i will roll call. Commissioner chow i didnt see. Commissioner giraudo, yes. Vice president guillermo, yes. Commissioner christian and president green. And statement before we begin to take general Public Comment. Im to remind folks starting on january 16th remote Public Comment can only be permission for given if folks contact we by on a the day before two folks have permission. And here is um, a little script on general public agenda. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will
Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you commissioner chow next 2. Approval of the minutes of the Health Commission community and Public Health Committee Meeting of december 19, 2023, meeting. Any corrections or additions to the minutes hearing none, motion to approve. I move to approve. My Public Comment on the minutes. Anyone in the room. Ill check to see if any handles are up great no hands so i will roll call. Commissioner chow i didnt see. Commissioner giraudo, yes. Vice president guillermo, yes. Commissioner christian and president green. And statement before we begin to take general Public Comment. Im to remind folks starting on january 16th remote Public Comment can only be permission for given if folks contact we by on a the day before two folks have permission. And here is um, a little script on general public agenda. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will