Impact platform known as together stronger. A catalyst for shared prosperity that unites businesses, nonprofits, government and citizens to combine their strength to alleviate poverty for millions of people worldwide. Please give a warm welcome to michelle sullivan. [applause] thank you so much. Thank you to savanna book festival for the fabulous event. My first time here, i absolutely love it. Ill definitely return. I also love the weather. When i left home yesterday, it was minus eight in illinois. I deeply appreciate the 60 some degrees weather today. [laughter] i also thank you for your time today. Take it home and treated like its everybody else. Thats advice that my parents said five decades ago. The day i was born. This is after he discovered i had a type of dwarfism which a few years later, they found out was a very rare type of dwarfism. I like to think my parents would have done that anyway, take me home and treat me like everybody else but the affirmation is always nice. You
Courtesy of robert and irene mcnamara. She recently retired as director of corporate social innovation and president of the caterpillar foundation. The philanthropic arm of the 46 billion manufacturing giant caterpillar inc. In addition to her 30 year career in various leadership positions at the company she recently helped transform the foundation into one of the worlds most influential corporate foundations, the launch of a collaborative impact platform known as together stronger, a catalyst for shared posterity, businesses, nonprofits, government and citizens to combine their strengths to alleviate poverty for millions of people worldwide. Please give a warm savanna welcome to michele sullivan. [applause] thank you so much and thank you to the savanna book festival for putting on a fabulous event. My first time here, i love it and i will definitely return and i love the weather. When i left home in illinois it was minus 8. I greatly appreciate the 60 degrees weather today. I also th
And vicki kennedy, the widow of Edward Kennedy discussed their husbands careers and legacies conversation about Public Service at the Kennedy School of government and Harvard University. Next, a house panel looking at the Trump Administrations changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. We hear from the Senior Vice President of the no kid Hungry Campaign and antipoverty advocates. Come to order, weve got objection and the chair is authorized for a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy. Children shouldnt have to worry about where their next meal will come from. Thats an unimaginable burden for a young person that can deprive them oftheir childhood. Food insecurity hurts childrens academic outcomes, their ability to Pay Attention and their behavior. It has longterm impacts on physical and Mental Health and even depresses lifetime earnings. As doctor Martin Luther king sa
Good afternoon and welcome to the final presentation of the day. Im happy to welcome you to the 13th annual savanna book festival. Presented by georgia power, bob, david and nancy and the philip and nancy be foundation. They are especially grateful to jack, our sponsors for this beautiful venue. Quick housekeeping notes that youve probably heard multiple times today, first, signing copies of her book immediately following her presentation. Please turn off your cell phones so they dont disrupt the presentation. We also ask that you not use flash photography. Later, as you ask at the venue, he will seek volunteers with yellow buckets and they will happily take your donations to the savanna book festival. Please help us to continue sharing the love of books with the public. Well have the opportunity for questions and answers at the end of the talk. Please come to the microphone at the center aisle to ask your question. Michelle solomon is with us today, courtesy of jim and christina and r
Together stronger. A catalyst for shared prosperity that unites businesses, nonprofits, government and citizens to combine their strength to alleviate poverty for millions of people worldwide. Please give a warm welcome to michelle sullivan. [applause] thank you so much. Thank you to savanna book festival for the fabulous event. My first time here, i absolutely love it. Ill definitely return. I also love the weather. When i left home yesterday, it was minus eight in illinois. I deeply appreciate the 60 some degrees weather today. [laughter] i also thank you for your time today. Take it home and treated like its everybody else. Thats advice that my parents said five decades ago. The day i was born. This is after he discovered i had a type of dwarfism which a few years later, they found out was a very rare type of dwarfism. I like to think my parents would have done that anyway, take me home and treat me like everybody else but the affirmation is always nice. You may not think that was a