It is an honor to have jackie here today but i first met her 1988 working for her father House Speaker Newt Gingrich and she has always been a part of her Fathers Campaign so we will talk about how long ago 1988 was she graduated presbytery college in South Carolina and mda from george stay in atlanta as a financial analyst designation campaigning twice and lost before her father won the first congressional race she understands to convey the importance of dreaming big and working hard to failure. As founder of learning makes a Difference Foundation to test innovative learning programs to help struggling students learn that they can learn the importance of fighting every day to help read genesis into a new life a homeless shelter for newborn babies and families in a 5 milliondollar Capital Campaign she has learned the value of giving to others. Jackie is passionate about improving the world, her two children will inherit and to inspire others to learn and love and live their lives succe
Funding for cspan2 comes from these Television Companies and more including cox. This syndrome is completely rare. Some dont have to be. When youre connected, youre not alone. Cox along with these Television Companies report cspan2 is a public service. Have the privilege of revisiting Congressional District virginia is home to so many i incredible sites, cultur, environmental success for our nation. Work to get to ensure preservation for futuree generations to learn about history will. Among i many of these located in this region of my district, doing a great job keeping it going. When i think about this, while it is great, it is tenth of the size and it does not look as you think. Theyve done a a great job keepg it up and i couldnt be more proud. Home and refuge to indigenous population to create an environment of selfsustaining community enslavement between indigenous relational those who are in every in these artifacts. Swamp is one of the only undergrounde railroads, those clean le
The great privilege of representing virginias fourth congressional district. You know, virginia is home to so many incredible sites with deep historical cultural ecological and environmental significance for our state in our nation. Is our job to Work Together to be stewards of these areas and ensure the preservation for future generations so they can learn about our history and experience these wonderful areas firsthand. Among the many important sites throughout our state is the Great Dismal Swamp located in the Hampton Roads region of my district. I want to slow chris lilly whos on on this call with us. Hes doing a great job with the swamping and keeping it going. I always chuckled to myself when i think about Great Dismal Swamp because well, it is great. Its not nearly the million acres that it used to be about tenth of the size. Um while allegedly as a swamp is does not look like a swamp. If as you think about it nor does it dismal theyre doing a really great job of keeping it up k
Truly informed, every public fries. Get informed straight from the source on cspan unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters most is your own. This is what democracy looks like there cspan, powered by cable. I am delighted to move us to our second panel, olmsted junior, the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meier, history and Landscape Architect serving as both moderator and kickoff speaker for this event. Lorren has a longstanding relationship with the olmsteds, having edited the master list of Design Projects which i just mentioned as well as parts of the papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, a mere 12 volumes, thousands and thousands of pages. Of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic site as well. And with that, welcome, lauren. Thank you, deedee. And if i can figure out the technology here, im going to pull up the next. My. I might need i made the someone. I mi
Support our nonprofit operations. Shop now or anytime at cspan shop. Org. Welcome everyone to the fifth installment of her conversation with olmsted series i presidency of the National Association for olmsted parks, the managing partner of the olmsted 220 tempe. We have at last arrived 2022, failure of olmsted, and we invite everyone from coast to coast to participate in a vast array of programs, coverages, tours, and more around the country. Tplease visit olmsted 200. Org o learn more. Today going to start a mr. Olmsteds neighborhood, the community of brookline, massachusetts, somewhere neighborhoods hold a unique place in history because they were held to an extraordinary confluence of talented individuals. And that is surely the case in the green home neighborhood in massachusetts to Frederick Law Olmsted and Rick Richardson and Charles Sprague sargent and others worked in close proximity shaping 19th and early 20th century architecture and Landscape Design in ways that continue to