Press. Before we begin the program i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining Virtual Program the first time. If your not familiar with the massachusetts historical society, we are the first historical site in america and have been collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing your history of 1791. We hold an amazing collection of 14 million pages including the papers of the first three president of the United States. Sorry three of the first six president of the United States. I misspoke. We are continuing to collect today and if you are interested, we are currently collecting material related to the covid19 experience, we have a special initiative who will record peoples experiences during this unusual time and preserve a standpoint firsthand accounts for future generations. In the date of social distancing, we have taken hosting Virtual Programs and online programs playing every week until the end of july. Even into the beginning of august. Next week we
And im the director of Community Partnerships for theMassachusetts Historical Society. Our program this evening is a seasonal, its a look at the tradition of Summer Reading we are joined by professor donna harringtonlueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of Summer Reading. She is a passer in Newport Rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. As a former magazine writer and editor, Research Interests include 19thcentury print culture, womens magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. Before we begin id like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the Virtual Program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society we are the first Historical Society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the unitedstates. Or im
What anybody else should or would do in that situation. Reporter cochrans entire life is about service. Shes worked in hospitality for 20 years and has been teaching yoga for ten years. I felt very protective of them. You know . It was, yeah, you dont come in here and say those kinds of things to people. Especially people feel so raw coming out of the quarantine. Most of these people it is the first time theyve been out to dinner, right, and you have someone attacking. It was just, no. No. I dont have time for this. Cochran wasnt even the waitress for the arosa chan family who was celebrating a birthday. She was just nearby. I am not a mother but i felt almost maternal, right . Like im this is my family and i will do whatever i can to protect these people. To have somebody hate you just because of the way that you look is just beyond me. I dont understand it. Its not something that i will condone ever again. Being silent. Reporter and she wasnt. Get out of here. Get out of here. Report
Posted by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, my name is dave darcy and were glad youre able to join us for this live conversation with president and ceo day diane yentel and ibram kendi. We encourage you to submit questions for doctor kendi and if you start to have a question for our support team, click here on that right side of the screen. The event will be available on the site within 24 hours and is now my pleasure to turn it over to diane yentel. Thank you dave and welcome everyone to todays conversation with doctor ibram kendi on Racial Equity before and after the covid19 pandemic. Im glad almost 5000 people have registered today. Im heartened and encouraged by the level of interest in this topic so i am diane yentel, president and ceo of the National Housing coalition, where a Membership Organization dedicated to achieving socially just Public Policies and ensuring that the lowest income people have decent, accessible and affordable homes. And as part of that work you ha
Signs of gratitude and heartache line this street where Deputy Sergeant damon gutswiler lost his life and he was ambushed with gun fire and improvised explosive devices responding to a 911 call saturday afternoon. Its very important for his memory that we get this case right and we encourage anybody who saw something, who knows something, who may have been a victim of this guy to contact the District Attorneys tip line. Reporter the suspect, steven carillo, is an active duty u. S. Air force sergeant based at Travis Air Force base and had special teaming on a military police unit. Hes an angry man intent on bringing harm to police officers. He murdered sergeant gutswiler, injured another police officer, and hes going to be held accountable. Reporter today, sheriff jim hart praised the heroic actions after he tackled the suspect. The fbi, which was brought in to help the Sheriffs Office with the investigation, is now looking into a possible link between the ambush and the Fatal Shooting