Communities. Often times its easier to be an insider as an outsider than it is to be an outsider thats an insider and what i mean by that, it was easier for me to be accepted by black people because it was a quick discussion and audition that was made immediately and that was clearly we can see that we are different. You are choosing to be here and upset me and then we move on from here where people who saw me exactly like them questioned why i wasnt because i culturally was not the same. I had people rejecting me because they felt that i was rejecting them by being myself and thats something we have to be careful of. We do that all of the time in our communities. We shun them because we feel they are living a life different to ours when in fact, they are true to themselves. [cheers and applause] that is something i didnt experience in extreme levels but i do know what youre talking about. I was standing in the back and someone whispered in my ear, i always liked him because he was sma
I started the book with a quotation from Thomas Jefferson the execution of the law is more important but if you think of leadership to get the answer right or the policy right to communicate at and implementing an the argument and make in this book is that president s spend so much time on communication that leaves them little time to think about how they will implement the of policies that were to implement so that involves understanding organizational capacity. It is a piece of the federal government that you give this job to it is it capable . That you are asking us to do . As we begin the National Book gourds plays will go onto the stage, oleary will mark. [applause] can you hear me okay . What a nice night broken to the 2016 National Book awards. Get used to it. What to a weak. How was your week . This was very bizarre for me. Wasnt this a real light and watching election since i was a kid that was exciting i dont know if i would use the word exciting in the same way as an asteroi
Supposed to be, happy, pretty, pampered and without worries. Nearly the exact opposite of my life up to that point. I was done. I unpacked my entire room in less that an hour. I walked to the end of the hallway to jades room. She was still unpacking and in deep conversation about which things her mom would have to take back to new york with her. I returned to my room and flopped down on the belled. I had no television on the bed. I had no television or radio. I listened to the conversations through the paper thin walls. Did you see that little girl from california . Shes here all by herself. It sounded like jade. She was talking to her mother. I know, she said, thats so sads although i couldnt see her, i was almost certain she was shaking her head. He felt sorry for me. I drowned out the rest of the conversation. I couldnt take it. I focused on the green flower on my bed spread and blinked hard to push back the tears. I didnt want anyone to pass by and notice me crying. I sat there wor
Supposed to be, happy, pretty, pampered and without worries. Nearly the exact opposite of my life up to that point. I was done. I unpacked my entire room in less that an hour. I walked to the end of the hallway to jades room. She was still unpacking and in deep conversation about which things her mom would have to take back to new york with her. I returned to my room and flopped down on the belled. I had no television on the bed. I had no television or radio. I listened to the conversations through the paper thin walls. Did you see that little girl from california . Shes here all by herself. It sounded like jade. She was talking to her mother. I know, she said, thats so sads although i couldnt see her, i was almost certain she was shaking her head. He felt sorry for me. I drowned out the rest of the conversation. I couldnt take it. I focused on the green flower on my bed spread and blinked hard to push back the tears. I didnt want anyone to pass by and notice me crying. I sat there wor
That is on. Good evening, welcome to the overseas press club of america. Im patricia kranz, executive director. You know tonight is our book night for putin country a journey into the real russia. By anne garrels. I will give you a brief promo before we get into the program. The opening see is a group of foreign correspondents promoted and honoring the best in international journalism. We hold off her book nights like the one tonight, and numerous other programs. And a few months ago there were over 80 people in the former soviet union. We did that with the harryman institute and we know covering the world has been more dangerous which is why the opc joined with the frontline freelance register to protect journalists, other advocacy groups, and news organizations for principles protecting freelancers on dangerous assignments. If you are not already a member please consider joining. There are applications and it is very easy to join. If you are 29 and under, and and foreign corresponden