Announcer and now, please welcome to the stage, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for women, peace and security. [applause] good afternoon. And a very, very warm welcome to each and every one of you to georgetown. And to this special program in honor of the first lady of ukraine, Olena Zelenska. [applause] she has become the visible face of a society shattered by war, doing all that she can to help the ukrainian people stand their ground against russias unprovoked aggression which continues to rain death and destruction on civilians. Theres the kidnapping of ukrainian children from their families. And a determination to stamp out ukraines independence, freedom and identity. We also come together today to renew our individual and collective commitment to support ukraine. As president zelenskyy said, human morality must win this war. Everyone in the world who values freedom, who values human life, who believes that people must win, our success depends not only on us ukrainia
[applause] good afternoon, everyone. Its a pleasure to be here with all of you. As our Spring Semester draws to a close and i wish to begin by expressing our deepest decision to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg were joining us here on campus today. Its an honor to welcome here to gaston all and to hear her reflections this afternoon. I also wish to express our gratitude to the honorable ronald chief judge for the us court of appeals for the Second Circuit and all his efforts to make this extraordinary symposium possible for our community. I look forward to sharing a few more words about the judge in just a moment. Id also like to think professor mary and professor wendy from our Georgetown Law Center who will join the justice in conversation today. Professor hartman and professor williams are for authorized biographers and coauthors of her recent book, my own words, published this past year. I wish to thank all of you being here for the special gathering. The bernstein symposium was created
Symposium we wish to express our deepest appreciation to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg we will cover and listen to reflections this afternoon also to express our gratitude to the honorable Robert Katzman the chief judge for the Second Circuit to make this extraordinary symposium possible. And from the Georgetown Law Center professor hartman and william r. The authorized biographer seven coauthors of a recent book my own words. So dr. Bernstein who works in the areas of regulation personnel and administrative reform from serving as the founding dean as the Woodrow Wilson school of International Affairs as president of brandeis and for the last seven years of his life at the school of Foreign Service. We are deeply grateful to those who have generously supported the symposium in enabling us to bring a steamed guest including Vice President al gore and tim russert and justices Justice Sotomayor and Justice Breyer to take place in this forum that honors dr. Bernsteins many contributions to o
Symposium we wish to express our deepest appreciation to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg we will cover and listen to reflections this afternoon also to express our gratitude to the honorable Robert Katzman the chief judge for the Second Circuit to make this extraordinary symposium possible. And from the Georgetown Law Center professor hartman and william r. The authorized biographer seven coauthors of a recent book my own words. So dr. Bernstein who works in the areas of regulation personnel and administrative reform from serving as the founding dean as the Woodrow Wilson school of International Affairs as president of brandeis and for the last seven years of his life at the school of Foreign Service. We are deeply grateful to those who have generously supported the symposium in enabling us to bring a steamed guest including Vice President al gore and tim russert and justices Justice Sotomayor and Justice Breyer to take place in this forum that honors dr. Bernsteins many contributions to o
Thank you, phil. I want to thank you all for being you this afternoon and i , welcome all of you to Georgetown University. Behind me is Isaac Hopkins hall. [cheers and applause] right there. [applause] which we are here to dedicate this afternoon, along with and craft hallemarie b the oldest building of our , campus just a short walk from here. I wish to offer a special welcome to our community who are present this afternoon, some traveling a great distance to be here for this day which includes this dedication, our liturgy of remembrance, contrition, and hope which concluded just a few , moments ago, and special gatherings and presentations into the afternoon and this evening. I welcome all of you. Especially the members of the , hawkins family and all of the extended members of your family. We are grateful and honored by your presence and by the efforts nation to share in the events so many around our with us, online and in gatherings in southern universitys in new orleans and baton