So really i want to thank everybody for being here today. All right. Lets get started. Todays session and conversation is about equ÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ race study. I want to get started, first lets give our guest a round of applause. [applause] i want to start off first with some of the introduction in jeffs book. The introduction on the crisis cycle and i want to hit a couple of points and open it up to jeff and dr. Cunningham. Mark, is it okay that i call you mark . Please, please. Race makes itself known in crisis, in the singular event that captures a larger pattern of abuse and pain, we react to crisis with the flurry of words an sometimes action. In turn the reaction sparked its own backlash about rage, justification and denial, the cycle turns next towards exhaustition, complacency and before we know it we find ourselves back in crisis. They are not abstract thing and impact real people and real life in terms of poverty, annual income and schooling, inscars r
Question to my wife. I gave her a view master and the last slide was a picture of a diamond than the one i actually gave her that said lets do this thing. Is that how you proposed . I did it in my underwear, in the bedroom. Long story, but it was the time to do it. Tmi. Speaking of you and marsha, so literally the baby is due when . Due six days from now, on sunday, and her moms already in town. Yesterday, fully done, done, done. Everything is done. I asked you before the show if your bag was packed. Ready to go. Whats in your hospital bag . I have no idea. She packed it. Marsha packed your bag . Well, i the only thing she needed from me was i abut ton down shirt because the skin to skin contact with the baby is the thing now. If there needs to be skin to skin contact they can open the put my child there and say its okay. Your dad bond. That makes perfect sense. Skin to skin contact is the thing. You want to give the infant immediate. Supposed lier its a good thing. I think it sounds l
Physical and psycho logical trauma that our veterans faced after the war and continue to face today. In the bitter and sometimes hostile reception that they received from their fellow americans. And to guide us in this exploration are three experts. Your panelists. The first is dr. Grace liam galloway. Dr. Galloway has spent over 40 years dedicated to the care and welfare of the underprivileged, veterans, the homeless, and children with food insecurities. From 1967 to 1970, dr. Galloway was a medic at the third Field Hospital in cue chi and vong to you mass units in the republic of vietnam. Today, she is a Nurse Practitioner at the Community Free clinic in concord, New Hampshire north carolina. Mr. Jan scruggs is a decorated veteran of the vietnam war where he served as a corporal in the 199th light Infantry Brigade of the u. S. Army. And he went on to become the founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans memorial fund, the catalyst for the memorial known as the wall on the mall on
Time magazines political columnist, awardwinning journalist and the author of seven books including payback, five marines after vietnam. His weekly time column in the arena covers national and International Affairs and he has won two National Headliner awards for best magazine column. He is also a member on the council of foreign relations. Please help me welcome your panel and your moderator joe kleine. Welcome. [ applause ] good afternoon, everybody. This is the second time that i have been privileged and honored to sit on this stage. Both times the topic was veterans. The last time i was accompanied by three spectacular young veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars. And my most recent book is charlie mike which means continue the mission, was about the veterans of those wars. To me it is very interesting to spend time with them as i have. I embedded in iraq and afghanistan with them. And to spend time with veterans of my era of the vietnam war. They have had, hard to say this sinc
Policy issues that attack you. Ag up for you, aiken congressional discretion with people on what is left on until recess. Nal join the discussion. Education leaders from across the nation gathered in washington to discuss ideas on how to improve education for children and k12. In recruitingsted leaders are key components to success. Is one hour and 40 minutes. Good morning, everyone. It is great to see so many of you back up and at them. Ordered more coffee for this morning so we hope it it will help with the scotians. I want to take a moment to thank all of you for not only become to be for ans you make for the education of the state, but i want to take a special moment to take those who have worked tirelessly to put on this week of programming. Please join me as we congratulate the staff as we stand. [applause] our next speaker has had a very him for a very interesting route into the classroom. She is the 2015 teacher of the year. [applause] yes. She did not necessarily start saying