Professor here at the school and director of partnerships for international strategies. This is the program here but partners directly with universities and researchers and state suits across asia. And since 1994, weve had extensive work with universities and research. And in Government Agencies and ngos in vietnam. Would love to be able to also bring the voices of the region here. To washington. This week is devoted to waging peace in vietnam. It is especially acknowledge the partnership with the institute of policy studies. And their associates fellow ron carver. [applause]. We will hear from him in a moment. Today at many locations around the nation news capital, the service of veterans to our country is recognized with gratitude. We also remember that november 11th, 1st marked the day the gun fell silent you wrote. And what is known then as the great war and was supposed to be a war end all wars. And it jet succeeding generations, men and women have been enrolled in military servic
The Marquis Lafayette was 19 years old when he came to america to fight in the revolution. He was a french aristocrat and when i talk to students about this and i say he was 19 we think about 19yearolds today what were you like when you were 19 . Were you going to fight in revolution across the sea . Probably not. He was an interesting individual. His support and influence with the french government helps the revolutions cause. When he came back, he was invited back by president monroe for the purpose of remembering the revolution, munro saw that people were starting to die off, the revolutionaries are starting to leave us, but lafayette was still a living connection to the revolution. He came back and did this amazing tour of what was then the United States, in an era when there were not trains. Of course there were not automobiles. This was horses and carriages and he crisscrossed the then United States, and the fact that he had so many places from new york city down to charleston an
About. We will talk about where it came from and how we ended up with the worlds biggest prison system. What that has to do with this time. The 1960s and 1970s and the second reconstruction. We will think about the role that people in prison and formerly incarcerated people have played consistently as analysts and observers and critics of mass incarceration. We will start off big and work our way to the human level. The u. S. Incarcerates more people than anyone else in the world. In terms of absolute numbers more than 2. 2 Million People in prison, but also the rate of incarceration. 5 of the worlds population and about two 25 of the prison population. You can see how much more that is than even other countries that have their own version of mass incarceration. 700 people per 100,000 people in the United States that are incarcerated today. That is a relatively recent phenomenon. When we look at incarceration throughout the 20th century, there are these moments of small peaks that are
But like the honeymoon, the legal battles are just beginning. Nbcs jay gray is there live outside of newark city hall. Id imagine quite a night its been. Reporter hey there, good morning. A very special night for a lot of people. It is also one that they say is very important. Look, it continued into the morning here. Just after midnight is when this all began, and mayor, senatorelect cory booker said he would never marry anyone until i could marry everyone so performed the First Service here today, Nine Services in all here today. A lot of the people here gathered because they said it was important that new jersey make this step. There were also a handful of protesters we should say, one that made his way into the ceremony but only previous bring. He was escorted out. A lot of the couples tell you theyre used to the protest and struggle and while this is an historic day they believe its a struggle that will continue here but this night and Early Morning was reserved for celebration ce
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