So now, without further ado, tonight, im very excited. Welcome, rachel beta for celebrating the release of hit and where it hurts to save democracy by beating republicans at their own game. As america into the election cycle that will its democratic future. Hit them where it hurts is the book for any democrat has ever bang their head against a wall when obviously reasoning failed to sway voters over to their. This guide is a lifeline to save american democracy in its darkest hour. Rachel bitter cofer is a political scientist and election turned political strategist. Video offers interviews, analyzes have been featured in the New York Times. The post others. But a cofer was recognized for novel theory that predicted the size of the blue wave back in 2018 midterm elections much earlier than other forecasters. Tonight, rachel will be in conversation. Adam parker mingo, an american political strategi . Tst, consultt in who served as National Field director for the Democratic National commi
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Israelu. S. Relations. Congressman zeldin our next person coming, it is really an honor to be able to introduce him. He is someone who has served seven years in the u. S. Navy. Someone who raised a daughter, who graduated from the u. S. Military academy at west point. Deployed with the 101st to iraq, currently serving on active duty. Here we are on this veterans day weekend. To be able to hear from someone who bleeds red, white, and blue. I would be remiss if we did not say thank you, steve bannon for your service in uniform. [applause] congressman zeldin to all of the veterans here, and there are many in this crowd, thank you for your service to keep us safe and free. Earlier this year, i had the opportunity to spend a good amount of time with steve at the west wing. Throughout that time, he was passionately talking about how do we combat the rising tide of antisemitism in the u. S. And abroad. He wanted to talk about moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and strengthening the
Lgbt health forum. This is actually a very, very special one for us. And were doing a number of wonderful things, celebrating our fifth year of our program, and ill tell you about the program in a moment. But not the least of which is this incredibly Powerhouse Panel we put together, and on a topic thats fairly urgent right now. If youre not familiar with our forum, this is our Public Outreach mechanism. We do this every year with the start of our annual summer residency, which begins our program. During the residency, all of our students who are in the new cohort are in town from all over the country and many times all over the world. And this is our way of sort of reaching out to the public, letting you know who we are and what we do. Our program is a graduate certificate program, and our mission is to train medical and Mental Health professionals, Health Professionals in the broader sense, to improve the quality of care for lgbt people. Thats our mission. We started this around 2011
Fifth year of our program. Not the least of which is this incredible powerhouse panelist will put together. The topic is urgent right now. If you are not familiar with our forum, this is our Public Outreach mechanism. We do this every year with the start of our annual summer program. Students in the cohort are here in town from all over the country and many times all over the world and this is our way of sort of reaching out to the public to let them know who we are and what we do. Our program is a graduate Certificate Program and our andion is to train medical Mental Health professionals in empathyder sense to quality of care for og bt people. People. We thought there might be something to do here, a number of key things happened so we started the wheels moving. Years later. Ive if you know anything about academia and what it takes to keep program launched and going, five years is really special so i am proud of that. I am fed of our new class and alumni. In collaboration for just a m