So welcome everyone to trim and weight Barry Estabrook. I am helen labun jordan an address book with how key thing to go over before we get started. Throughout the year come to bear upon branson speakers and host special events that we are kicking off a new series of events now. Over by the refreshments as the cup book event series and we will be having events throughout the summer kicking out for dinner at sol cafe june 11th tickets include a copy of honey and company and a tasting menu prepared for the cook book. July 20th will have a cookbook potluck featuring the csa code book at august 25th we have a Book Launch Party with discovering flavor. I totally recommend you all read it. You can go to our website. You can follow us on twitter and bike us on facebook and you can sign up for ponderings. Our twice a month newsletter. I will be passing around a signup sheet. If you want are announcements of events and book recommendations i will pass this around. I think tonight will last unti
Host who were the swimmers. Guest they were children, really children from nine to the age of 15 at the most, when they began. Some were a little bit younger. They were japanese americans the children of who were immigrants from japan. Host first generation. Guest fir generation, who had come to hawaii in search of a better life, working on the sugar plantation, and in particular on maui. Maui was one of the largest suggest has one of the largest sugar plantations at that time, starting at the turn of the 20th century. These children grew up in housing that looked not unlike the ticky tacky houses, and the conditions of internment camps that later many of their relatives were living. The plantation was a place where you signed in. You had to sign in and out to get in and out. People lived in segregated camps, so over the years as sugar developed, as a commodity in hawaii it there was a really interesting shift from the first set of workers who came those who were portuguese workers, an
Opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people. And now at 6 00 for the First Time Since 1928, a sittingist u. S. A sitting u. S. President is at home but in say it is a historic slap in face. This a staged photo open and theyre playing that president. It took me three hours. Team coverage of the historic visit starts now. The president sayings he want it is lay out his vision for the future which he says is blighter than the past. Brighter than the past. Moments after air force one touched down the president said just dumped down here looking touched down here looking forward to hearing directly from the cuban people. The president did not witness this scene first hand, a protest in havana by the ladys in white call for freedom of procome tunis demonstrators and agencies communist demonstrate force and agency. Lets go to havana now with more. Report. Reporter report air force one touched down at 4 45. The first family arriving here in a rainy havana met by cuban dignitaries at t
Once again edward ball to our classroom . Indeed, mary do you want to welcome once again edward ball to our classroom . Indeed. Thank you very. Much i am so grateful and honored that edward ball has so general generously given up is time to return to this class today. Ball finished reading his book which you know is the reason that we are building the museum. And it is such a wonderful example of the power of a book and the power of a great book. This ever ball having read the book, and we have known about the book and read the book, the International African American Museum would not be under construction. And it is well under construction. Finishing junior july to discuss it with that this afternoon. Their questions or comments. Oh hello, mayor eileen thank you. For inviting me to come visit with you all i am happy to do a q a if you like. I thought it would also be appropriate just to start with, by reading a couple of pages by from this book that you all have had in your hand. And