centers mission statement. the national constitution center is the only institution in america charted by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people on a non-partisan basis, and i want to give a special thanks to the and welsh mcnulty institute for women s leadership at villanova university for their great collaboration on a series of discussions, including this one, which is part of the constitution center s women and the constitution initiative and i want to also thank mcnulty foundation for their generous generous support which makes these program is possible. they spread so much light and we re so grateful for our collaboration and now i will introduce the panelists and then tonight s moderator. nadia brown is professor of government chair of women s and gender studies and affiliate in the african-american studies program at georgetown university. she s also an idle family fellow at the mcnulty institute at villanova. sh
Two lectures is entitled, recruiting the Freedom Fighters in the war of the rebellion. This is a lost stories lost stories series. We are telling a story that often does not get told. A history that was in many ways, intentionally suppressed. We are going to dig into a story that will challenge what many people have been told happened in the civil war. Since the stern necessities of this struggle have laid there the naked issue of freedom on one side and slavery on the other, freedom shall have in the future of this conflict if necessary, my blood. These are the words of captain hezekiah fort douglas. Douglas in 1851, no relation to frederick douglass, had once opposed the agenda of the American Society of free persons of color who argued that in league with the constitution, they could end the tyranny of slavery. Once the civil war indeed became a war, within the tyranny of slavery, he made it very clear that he was willing to fight in the league with that constitution and he was will
I have spent time with the parents of children, who suffer from seizure disorders. Last year when we voted in the senate to allow those lawabiding citizens and folks who care so much about their children to have access to that cannabis oil treatment, i was proud. I was disappointed that the gridlock prevent it from taking place and would like to see better leadership at the time. I do support that and will 30 to do so and would gladly signed legislation. With respect to marriage, i believe in religious liberty and personal freedom and i do not believe that anyone should tell a church or religious organization who can be married, but i do believe the government when it calls to doling out right should do it equally. I take an oath to the constitution and would certainly continue to apollo to the constitution as long as it remains valid under the law. Your turn to answer a question ask a question. During the report and primary, you agree to make your recent income tax available but you h
Sitting together and brainstorming about what it is they can learn from each other. Im terribly sorry. Finishing up, and again, what ive seen from central and eastern democracy promotion often times it is not just about what those countries have done at home but what they have done, that didnt work and maybe their counterparts should not repeat. Great. Thank you very much. What is your takeaway . What stand out for you . Well, be kind of dispirited but i definitely agree that there is a lot to be done with the Central European ngos as they are wellequipped. Theyre relatively cheap to run. They are not corrupt too much. So definitely a lot to use but the problem is that there is a growing gap between those who would work for the ngos and the frustrated society at large. Frustrated and apathetic. And i mean theres a lot of losers in the Economic Transformation in eastern and Central Europe but there are those who are trying to use this frustration and change it into a better grip over th
The prevalence of online ads that are targeted. So i think that youre seeing that there are many more channels the people are going to have to manage. That is why we went down or pathway with the innovation platform, which is a hub and spoke model, or you can have a hub where we know truck across where you can have a hub where we know across all of these channels, and begin plugin i spoke when there is a new travel. New channel. Gentlemen, thank you very much. Thank you as well. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago, and brought you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Campaign 2014 will be the topic on tomorrows newsmakers. Johns is dawn lee agunesy jones dawn le has tried to neutralize this issue. Was the first Senate Candidate to come out for overthecounter Birth Control. Ther nominees followed suit democrats have not had a good response to that. How should democrats be entering republicans on that . Republican orto democratic, independent