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Questions, and remind you the needed after this session you can go around the corner to the gallery where they will be selling books and marisa will be selling them. A portion of all the proceeds will go to the San Antonio Public Library foundation. Again good morning. This is one of the best days weve had with allies for the festival so far and i think its going to stay that way. Its my honor to be able to come ask understate moderate, to moderate this panel on the book white backlash immigration, race, and american politics. We are a nation of immigrants for whom immigration has always been a contentious issue. We are a multiracial republic of which diversity too often torn by race, slow and accepting the gifts of such diversity. Immigration and race are as woven into our history and politics as are the stars and stripes to our flag. Long before the leading republican candidate for president talked about building an imagined wall between the United States and mexico, the issue of imm
Submitted to the clerk, items acted upon today will be appear on the supervisor agenda unless otherwise stated. Er can we get a motion the excuse supervisor mar from todays meeting. Motion from supervisor cohen, without objection. Call item 1. Item 1 is a a motion confirming the mayoral appointment of Eleni Kounalakis to the Port Commission term ending may 1, 2016. And i believe she is here today. Thank you very much. Members of the rules committee, supervisors tang and cohen, im very honored to be here today and to have been nominated by mayor lee to serve as the San Francisco Port Commission, i grew up in Northern California and left my heart in San Francisco bh i was a young girl on a special visit to the city to visit family. My husband marcos who like me is a child of greek immigrant parents was born and raised in San Francisco. We have made our life here for most of the last 16 years, raising our two children and being part of the civic life of this great city. Like many first ge
But its more than that. Youve put them together in a way that takes us on a journey with you. Reading a book Still Matters in this age of bitesized social media and tweets and likes and so on. And there is i think nobody who has traveled in that space since its very early days when he wrote a book called siberia which almost didnt get published because his first publisher thought the internet was a fad and it was going to go away. So theres no one better to help us understand the times, the crazy times that were living in when technology seems to be bringing us more amazing innovations every day, and yet for some reason something about life doesnt seem right. So im really excited and thrilled to bring Douglas Rushkoff back. George bullen from the open Technology Institute where she is director of technology as part of new america is a perfect interlocutor to bring douglas here. So welcome them both to civic hall, and if youre interested in learning more about civic hall, go to civichal
I just want to say to our guests that its a personal privilege for me and for my cofounder, who is floating around here somewhere, to be celebrating the publication of yet another book from the brilliant and prolific Douglas Rushkoff, who seems to have produced yet more works of brilliance every year. I dont know how you do it but fantastic that you keep doing it. As an author myself, i have to say that the publication of a book is a always a really special event. There is something about taking your words and putting them on paper between slightly thicker pieces of paper that make people look at you differently. Youre now an expert. Its more than that. Youve put them together in a way that takes us on a journey with you, reading a book Still Matters in this age of bitesized social media and tweets and likes and so on. And there is, i think, nobody who has traveled in that space since its very early days when he wrote a book called siberia which almost didnt get published because first