Look at we look at our schools and education, at our communities, at the environment. So talk will focus on that. I will ask a series of questions and then each speaker will, after answering the questions, youll have an opportunity to ask questions of them. But first, let me begin by introducing our speakers. Begin with. Emily rapp of propofol, whos here on my left, Emily Raboteau writes at the intersection of social and Environmental Justice, race, Climate Change and parenthood. Her most recent work is lessons for survival. Mother ring against the apocalypse, a memoir on race, climate and Environmental Justice. Her previous books are searching for zion, the winner of an american book award and a finalist for the Hurston Wright legacy award and the cult classic novel, the professors daughter. She is a contributing editor at orion magazine and a regular contributor to the new york review of books, where apatows essays have appeared and been anthologized in the new yorker, the New York T
Good afternoon. How is everyone . I know we are a bit happier and brighter to be in this of Medgar Evers College at the National Writers conference. It is such a pleasure to be today. This afternoon, in conversation with Patricia Spears Jones merida, golden and kevin powell, we can give them a round of applause, please. I am just going to briefly read each of our authors bios and these are condensed kind of in the effort for us to have enough time, a very brief word about each writer. And then, as you know as you will do there is room that contains their wonderful books and i hope you will spend time picking up their books and spending with all of their words. As i have done for many, many years. So to begin we have Marita Golden. She is the Award Winning author over 20 works of fiction and nonfiction. Her most book is the new black woman herself has boundaries heals every day. She cofounder and present president emerita of the Hurston Wright foundation and teaches workshops and is a l
Environment. So our talk will focus on that. I will ask a series of questions and then each speaker will after answering the questions youll have an opportunity to ask questions of them. But first, let me begin by introducing our speakers. Begin with with emily rapp of whos here on my left Emily Raboteau. All right, at the intersection, social and Environmental Justice, Climate Change and her most recent work is lessons for survival. Mother against the apocalypse a memoir on race, climate and Environmental Justice. Her previous books are searching for zion the winner of an american book award and a finalist for the Hurston Wright legacy award and the cult novel the professors daughter. She is a contributing editor at orion magazine and, a regular contributor to the new york review books. Apatows essays have appeared and been anthologized in the new yorker, the New York Times, new york magazine, the nation best American Science writing. Thats American Travel writing. Elsewhere, her dist
Look at our schools and education at our communities, at environment. So our talk will focus on that. I will ask a series of questions and then each speaker will after answering the questions youll have an opportunity to ask questions of them. But first, let me begin by introducing our speakers. Begin with with emily rapp of whos here on my left Emily Raboteau. All right, at the intersection, social and Environmental Justice, Climate Change and her most recent work is lessons for survival. Mother against the apocalypse a memoir on race, climate and Environmental Justice. Her previous books are searching for zion the winner of an american book award and a finalist for the Hurston Wright legacy award and the cult novel the professors daughter. She is a contributing editor at orion magazine and, a regular contributor to the new york review books. Apatows essays have appeared and been anthologized in the new yorker, the New York Times, new york magazine, the nation best American Science wr
We will play excerpts from the testimony and host a roundtable discussion will stop the first to britain, where Prime Minister theresa may suffered a major setback when she lost a majority in parliament will stop she says she will form a Coalition Government. There are increasing calls for her resignation. This is labor leader Jeremy Corbyn. Ive spoken at events and rallies all over the country. You know what . Politics has changed. And politics is not going back into the box where it was before. Amy he ran on the platform of for the many, not the few and said the voters are turning their backs on austerity. We will go to london for the latest. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the united kingdom, british Prime Minister theresa may suffered a major setback thursday in an election that saw her conservative party lose its majority in Parliament Less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to