[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
[applause] , everyone. I love coming to cleveland for the annual event i enjoy every minute standing grows and grows. Thank you for your loyalty loyalty, the support and for your enthusiasm. Give that up to yourselves. [applause] every time i think of this prize a poet in the 1930s a white to woman now one of the first if not the first prize is in celebration of what to do recall excellence and diversity. An extraordinary person anisfieldwolf and she would have been it used to be named to the black Pulitzer Prize at least up down on the cover of the saturday review in 1941, Martin Luther king himself won its coverage of the five years ago under the leadership under montagu a dear friend friend, it was transformed to focus on artistic excellence and today we use the buzz word cultural diversity. I was put on the Selection Committee and a foundation generously asked if i would be the chair. So weve restructured it and i asked my friends and my colleague and the man that i met and i asked
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Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im livia. Heres this weeks top story. Weve all heard the story of iron man. Hes the comicbook superhero who chose to help mankind after suffering nearfatal injuries. Nicole introduces us to iron heart, a reallife hero whos helping others after he, too, suffered nearfatal injuries. It was just a regular smer day, and i was crossing a local intersection on my way home from some practice, and i was struck in my drivers side door by a speeding dump truck, and the injuries were catastrophic. Brian was 18 years old, a highschool honor student, and an allstar athlete. In his book, iron heart, he tells how he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. I lost a total of 60 of my blood and had to get all that replaced with 36 blood transfusions. We take it for granted that when we need blood, like brian did, itll be there ready for us. But its not as simple as that. Our hospitals need blood for acdent victims, people with blood diseases, people i
Japaneseamericans heroically overcame their darkest hour. Its been called the most powerful office in the world, and you can get a chance to sit in it. Stay with me now. Some almond milk and spinach i promise you its delicious. In speak of the week, well find out just how well you know your parents. To go from this. To this is pretty easy if you know how. Well get some great makeup tips from the experts at teen vogue. All that and more, next on teen kids news. Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im livia. Heres this weeks top story. Weve all heard the story of iron man. Hes the comicbook superhero who chose to help mankind after suffering nearfatal injuries. Nicole introduces us to iron heart, a reallife hero whos helping others after he, too, suffered nearfatal injuries. It was just a regular summer day, and i was crossing a local intersection on my way home from some practice, and i was struck in my drivers side door by a speeding dump truck, and the injuries were catastrophic