Probably be very nervewracking and will make us angry, but somebody has to fight that. Were glad that lance is here to do that for us. Lance has an incredible background. I know when im up here, there are people who have experience in the military or think tanks or education, and lance has a little of all of them. Some things that are notable about him that you might not have known, he was the chief speech writer for a gentleman here in california, does anyone remember the name george duke mason . He was there. And also was the writer for ed meese in the reagan administration. So he has that. Hes had military experience, hes now the head policy person at pri, Pacific Research institute, on the education track. And delighted to welcome him back. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Lance are izumi. [applause] well, thank you very much, erica, for that very kind introduction. Thank you very much, all of you, for welcoming me back here to the Silicon Valley to, i guess the Biggest Group therapy sess
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On january 21, the Year Anniversary of the largest protest. How did you get involved . Goes back to the moment when you first got involved. Sunny was like everybody else, had a moment of despair after the election in 2016 and was online, trying to figure out, analyze, why are we in this situation . I started seeing posts and Facebook Events about this million women march, and my first instinct was to be there was are a million women march in 1997, but i digress. I started going into the actual pages and see the commentary and conversations people were having, and i made a comment in there and i said exhope you include muslim win and muslim communities, but it was one over group that was not described in the description of the event. The talk about solidarity with other groups but muslims were not included. And im sure it he one intensal but i felt the need to say something. And then as i was making that commonality, bob land, the original founder, was already in conversation with an af
Mr. Lance izumi. A featured speaker when the forum was still down in santa clara, for any in the audience who originals to the days and now here and back and his main focus is education and hell talk about corruption in the classroom. Part of his remarks will probably be very nerve wracking and will make us angry, but somebody has to fight. That were glad that lance is their do that for us. Lance has an incredible background. People who have experience in the military or think tanks or education, and lance has at all of them. Some things notable about him, you might not have known, cheech speech writer for a gentleman here in california, does anyone anybody george duke and he was a speech writer for ed mees in the Reagan Administration he us now the head policy person at pri, on the education track, and delighted to welcome him become. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Labs izumi. [applause] thank you for that very kind introduction, thank you for all of us for welcoming we back here to the si
S sera congi reports, they faced another dangerous obstacle. Sera firefighters rushed to this east Central Street house in natick around 7 30 this morning, a smoky blaze first spotted and reported by a fire lieutenant on his way to work. We saw smoke coming out the roof down the block. Reporter while battling flames firefighters searched the home and found a woman unconsicious in a secondfloor bedroom. The challenge firefighters faced when trying to reach the victim, a hole in the floor of the bedroom. We were able to get around that hole, found the victim close to the second floor window. Reporter crews carried the woman out with a ladder. But she died shortly after at the hospital. 73yearold Carol Mccarthy lived alone. It s horrible whether it s somebody s relative. Reporter investigators are working on a cause, the fire s working. The state s fire marshall s office says this is the 12th fatal fire this year, and the Common Thread they re seeing, a lack of working smoke alarms. In na