Wonderful. Today we are here to highlight the human cost of occupation and travel restrictions. The human cost of the occupation and travel restrictions on palestinians and others. As many of you know, i had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict, so i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and the statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i plan to meet directly with members of the knesset and members of Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, palestine and Israel International organizations and United Nations officials. Leading up to the trip, i met with constituents holding a wide range of views on the conflicts. All the activities on my trip had been done by members of congress in the past. Including a nearly identical trip a few years ago led by the same Palestinian Organization leading this trip. In addition to me and ras
Refugee but my parents were refugees. Theres a fracturing of the share experience. Me life was different in the United States, the life was different in canada, my sisters life is different in england. Did all right relatively speaking but that vastly overlambingers and yep oliving together in the same language and the same cultural context, the same as it were social abilities, we share that experience, unity of time and place and experience that we shared, and then gets fractured and get bren up. Even if we had moved to the same place, there would have been a fracture because i spoke english better, was not a professional who lost his job to migrate. Had not lost my social contact and so on. So what happen is this fracturing of a shared experience within the family and one of the ways again to agree with reyna is to tell stories or write to build the bridges, theres something about building a bridge between the new country and old country within this community, within a family, multi
Year scholars, it is honor for me to serve as the mc for this program tonight. Our guest this evening is dr. James nolan, 1859 professor at williams college. He is author of several books, one what they saw in america, alexis detotfil, chester ton. I especially look forward to this discussion as dr. Nolans insights will help us wrap up the year long study on American Political Culture inspired by totevilles america, uc california days and degrees from university of virginia. His Research Fall in the general areas of law and society, culture, technology and social change and historical comparei sociology. He is the recipient of several grants and awards, for the humanities scholarship and full bright scholarship. We acknowledge dark strands and bright threads. Dr. Nolan has agreed to take questions from the audience following his remarks, so please wait for one of our scholars to bring you the microphone before you ask your question. I now invite you to please join me in inviting dr. No
With the germination and courage with perseverance, programming was designed by her panelist tonight so we could tell the whole story of our community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that we will have this year. I would welcome you to come back on july 5 that focuses on africanamerican stories and on october 18 you will focus on the future, and are panelist of that discussion will be helping us think about how do we continue to tell the story. I know our panelists well and they have plenty to share with us. Let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career as an interpreter. He is now evident of his own company. If you would join me in welcoming richard josie. It is interesting to come home after being in the cold minnesota for a while. To see the work thats being done here to see familiar faces
A different ship. When you look at the journey, there were two different points while they were taken on two different ships. We know about them . From ship record, and records from virginia. And we know very Little Information about them. We know bits and pieces. What we know . We know that they arrived, they were not listed as enslaved they were listed as servants. We know they came in there pretty sick when i got the ship. And he lived in virginia and some of them created families and had the first generation of africanamericans in this country. Who were they children, women men . There are mostly women and men. Have their own families and they establish a early committee in virginia. Middle ages, 1724 is the ages. How did it expand from that point . Slavery expanded gradually it wasnt right away, as time went on and they saw as African Americans or africans were quote unquote good source of labor i dont like using that phrase but good source of labor the could run away they were su