So i welcome you this morning, thank you all for coming, my name is dane kennedy. Im the director of the National History center. Which is sponsoring this briefing. It is on the geo politics of middle east oil, Historical Perspectives on the current crisis. I want to just briefly explain what we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. Which has booked t
Hi im femi oke a and you know in the strain today why do Prison Inmates in United States come to islam imo it could be law that weve discussed a documentary film the honest struggle which tells the story of an exit fenders the mission to help muslim converts as they leave jail leave your comments and questions for us in the you tube shop or on twitter. Reentry sometimes is a misnomer because it implies a 2nd chance and the reality for a lot of our brothers is that they dont really have a 1st chance ill begin to think the best place for me to be was back and one of them say yes because as the only thing it is that you have a good deal. In every step for me is. That al davis was just 18 when he was 1st sent to prison 7 a total of 25 years behind bars davis converted to islam while in jail taking on the name. Truthful as part of an attempt to leave his previous lifestyle behind about living history for i rebuilt in a life outside the prison walls presented its difficulties in the honest s
This is about 35 minutes. Gov. Mcmaster well, yall, thank you for coming down again, we will start with chaplain john denny. Good afternoon. Since 1777, part of the state motto of South Carolina has read well i breathe, i hope. That spirit of South Carolina has continued through battles, adversity, trials that South Carolina has had, and that spirit is still alive today. So in that spirit, i ask you pray with me. Gracious god, the bible says, faith is confidence in what we hope for. It is evidence of things we cannot see. During this time, god, give us the faith, confidence, and hope in you. Help us to experience you in the whispers of our lives. To continue to have hope and always help us to be South Carolina strong, South Carolina proud. Amen. Sir. Mcmaster thank you, i also want to thank holly mae and Joseph Mcdaniel for being with us today. We have a good bit of information to give out today. They are making progress. The one thing i would like to announce is that i have just issue
And watch for many of the authors in the near future on book tv. On cspan2. Good evening everyone and thanks for being here tonight at Balboa High School in San Francisco. I am susan solomon, i am a kindergarten and prek teacher currently serving as president of the united educators of San Francisco. [applause] thank you so how many educators we have in the room today . Okay, a lot of them. And Community Supporters . Those two. We also have San Francisco board of education member with this allison collins, glad you could make it i see others walk in, zero Gabrielle Lopez another school board member. So happy to have everyone here. Of course we are here to hear diane ravitch, i have a couple of housekeeping items. Can trade a retired social studies teacher in San Francisco, taught here at one time, is passing out cards on which you can write questions. So our format is going to be diane and i are going to talk for a little while, and then we will open the floor to questions from the aud
So happy to have everyone here. Of course we are here to listen to Diane Ravitch. I have a couple housekeeping items, can a retired social studies teacher from San Francisco talk here at one time, is passing out cards on which you can write questions. So our format will be diane and i are going to talk for a little while. And then we will open the floor to questions from the audience. And the questions will come from the cards and that way we will know if a lot of people are asking the same question we have the cards and will know to ask that question. So i would like to give a little introduction i know a lot of people have been following Diane Ravitch for long time. Diane ravitch as a champion for schools around the country drawing on over 40 years of research and experience ravitch is one of the nations leading advocates for Public Education. Her years of experience, working in the government shaped her approach to education and gave her a unique and powerful perspective which she b