Virginia military institute, where he teaches courses on the civil era and american medical history. And i will say this is not part of his official bio, but in the fall hell be moving into a position at James Madison university. So be closer and well have opportunities to collaborate more on things. His first book, manuscript opium slavery, the Civil War Veterans and americas first Opioid Crisis, is forthcoming with university of North Carolina press. The book is based on joness dissertation, which received the society of civil war historians 2021 and jay bailey dissertation prize as well as sue ann wise system wide inaugural chancellor, distinguished phd graduate dissertation award in 21 joness research has appeared in the journal of the civil war era, Washington Post and other outlets. He received his ph. D. From Binghamton University in 2020 and in 2022 2021, he was the inaugural civil war era postdoctoral scholar at penn States George and ann richards, civil war era center. So ple
The sounds of approaching war echo among the displaced. Hundreds of thousands of palestinians living in the sand against the egyptian border. Or next to the sea. I dont know where to stay, ahmed says. People are fleeing from rafah and i have my children with me. Gazans have been on the move since yesterday morning, heeding israels latest warnings, not knowing if the coming days will bring relief or despair. Translation after what weve witnessed, theyve said multiple times that there will be a ceasefire. But were frustrated and we have no hope. Theres no big hope. Only a small one. For aid agencies already struggling to cope, the prospect of a full scale israeli Operation In Rafah is alarming. As the operation will progress, we will lose progressively more areas to the fighting. And im afraid that this will also affect our warehouses, health facilities, hospitals. And there are very, very few sites where we have the ability to give medical support. For the families of israeli hostages,
Todays speakers. One of the sponsors of this year ss festival. We are proud to bring americas most beloved writers here into rooms like this one. The center works to bring scholars into residents to work into the librarys collections. We are proud to sponsor this event. And to join with cspan as a partner for this project. Our next panel is dig in. What food says about us. Chuck is a writer and filmmaker. Cofinding a magazine and its own production company. His new book is have you eaten yet. Stories from Chinese Restaurants from around the world. A threetime james. Awardwinning author pierre turn latest book is National Dish. Around the world in search of food, history and the meaning of home. And our moderator, the staff writer for the food section of the washington post. Ea please join me in welcoming them [applause] hello, everyone. How is everyone today. A good trip then. I love it. I wanted to do a brief introduction. If people have not read the book yet i highly highly recommend
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Through the webex system. Thank you to staff guest and everyone else participating. Please call the first item. Thank you madam chair. The first order of business is item 1, roll call. Commissioner members please respond when i call your name. Commissioner aquino, present. Commissioner drew, present. Commissioner scott, present. Chair brackett, aye. All members of the commission are present. Madam chair, we have a quorum. Please note the commission has one vacant seat. The next order of business is item 2 announcements. A, the next regular meeting is scheduled tuesday october 17, 2023 at 1 p. M. The announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person s responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundpr