Available to the public for research and we host an ample number of programs. Thisevening , Anthony Pangaro who is a good friend of the Historical Society will do the honors of introducing our speaker. I wanted to take a moment to greet everyone and welcome you to the massachusetts Historical Society so without further ado i turn it over to Anthony Pangaro. [applause] good evening everyone, thank you gavin. Gavin has put together a terrific number of programs at massachusetts historical including definitive conversations about the era well over ayear ago which is where i first met liz. Its a pleasure for me to have a pleasant task of introducing liz and the book. How to begin . This is a book about a lifetimes work, about a career based in the strong premise that cities were important and vital to civilization,vital to this country, not only the world and i think liz has captured it. Ill let you her tell you about the book but ill tell you one story about it which lets you know how i f
You are watching book tv on cspan 2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. [applause] good morning. Im director of the center for learning, literacy and engagement at the library of congress. One of the major programs of this new center at the library is oversight of the National Book festival, whose overall theme this year is change makers. This is why im especially excited to introduce our new panel devoted to change makers. The focus of much of the programming at the library of congress this year. We are currently celebrating change makers at our Thomas Jefferson building, with an exhibition called shall not be denied, women fight for the vote, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. And this december, we will mount an exhibit devoted to the life and influence of one of our great civil rights icons, rosa parks. I invite you to visit the library to see these exhibitions. You can also view our
People who live in the tenderloin express themselves as best they can. We have a budget of 12. 3 billion dollars, and i didnt know in your mind how you can do a Needs Assessment with all the things that the tenderloin needs and you give them a dollar. You must be ashamed of yourselves. More after hearing the concerns of all the organizations that came here to give the tenderloin and the neighboring neighbors addons. Supervisors, you must have empathy and you must have compassion. If you go to the tenderloin, you see practically every nation on this earth represented. So why cant we set aside 500 million to improve the tenderloin . And we have an example of some people that are giving a dollar and they spend thousand dollars and most of it is coming from their own pockets. Think about it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any other speaker in support . Hello. I have a studio in the tenderloin that i could comfortably afford, but i chose to live inside of my car outside the tenderloin inst
You have heard many of the people who live in the tenderloin express themselves as best they can. We have a budget of 12. 3 billion dollars, and i didnt know in your mind how you can do a Needs Assessment with all the things that the tenderloin needs and you give them a dollar. You must be ashamed of yourselves. More after hearing the concerns of all the organizations that came here to give the tenderloin and the neighboring neighbors addons. Supervisors, you must have empathy and you must have compassion. If you go to the tenderloin, you see practically every nation on this earth represented. So why cant we set aside 500 million to improve the tenderloin . And we have an example of some people that are giving a dollar and they spend thousand dollars and most of it is coming from their own pockets. Think about it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any other speaker in support . Hello. I have a studio in the tenderloin that i could comfortably afford, but i chose to live inside of my car
You have heard many of the people who live in the tenderloin express themselves as best they can. We have a budget of 12. 3 billion dollars, and i didnt know in your mind how you can do a Needs Assessment with all the things that the tenderloin needs and you give them a dollar. You must be ashamed of yourselves. More after hearing the concerns of all the organizations that came here to give the tenderloin and the neighboring neighbors addons. Supervisors, you must have empathy and you must have compassion. If you go to the tenderloin, you see practically every nation on this earth represented. So why cant we set aside 500 million to improve the tenderloin . And we have an example of some people that are giving a dollar and they spend thousand dollars and most of it is coming from their own pockets. Think about it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any other speaker in support . Hello. I have a studio in the tenderloin that i could comfortably afford, but i chose to live inside of my car