College. We are coming to life or my home office. In atlanta georgia. We been doing a whole series of Educational Programs that fall under abworking for social justice and encouraging the expression of diverse and marginalized voices. All through these virtual formats. We feel very fortunate that we have the privilege of talking to authors all over the country during this time. We feel that its really significant we continue to do the programming we already have scheduled because folks need history as we move through this historic time. Theres really no i can become no better book to help us focus on the movement for black lives were needs right now. If were white and want to contribute to the movement of black lives can do that now. We have the editor here michael long and Pamela Horowitz who is julian bonds lifelong curator. She is having technical difficulties but abmake yourself at home. We will get to some question and answer in the chat but please keep your cell phone on you. You
I wanted to tell a story that could be uplifting, we all should understand that those challenges dont necessarily have to define us. Im just blessed to live in a great United States of america and happy of opportunities present today me and thats what i hope to share in this story. Peter the book is relatively revealing and we will go through some of these things. Was that tough to expose yourself like that . It was, it was very hard. Ive been through a number of significant challenges in my lifetime. I was raped when i was a young woman with my first boyfriend and really suffered from that, but then moving on going through an episode of Domestic Violence and just really difficult time in my marriage and those were all things that i really did not want to share publicly but i was obviously going through a very public divorce a couple of years ago and that information came out through that process and ive had so many women and men who reached out to me and had said, you know what, joni,
To participate in various events like fellow happy hours and speaker events. This spring i took a course entitled 2020, passed to the presidency or he dove into political theories and primary campaign strategies. I was looking forward to connecting topics explored in professor johnsons class. I am pleased to introduce our guests tonight, Symone Sanders Senior Advisor to joe bidens president ial campaign and author of no, you shut up. Speaking truth to power in america. As a fellow woman of power i am encouraged by her political leadership, passion for social change and representation and that places historically kept that women of color. Shes a political strategist who at 25 became the youngest president ial press secretary on record with 20 sanders 2016 president ial campaigns with 16 Young Americans shaping the 2016 election. Simone unapologetically fights for juvenile Justice Reform. Invites for our passion spread we are thrilled to have simone with us tonight to discuss her new boo
That experience, kate is a poet, essayist, former lace are physicist whose science journalism has appeared in major publications around the world. She has taught write agent numerous universities and that eye and ear towards expressive writinger very much in evidence in her new become. Its beautifully written book. And beth a pleasure to read and a totally absorbing account of her many months of its layings in nasas simulation of a march mission, pitched 8,000 feed up the hawaiian volcano. We instant planned it wasnt Plan Evidence this way but published now in a time when the whole world is sheltering in place because of the coronavirus pandemic, her booker tells us a great deal but the effects, physical, mental, social, even spiritual, of forced isolation. Kate, welcome. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much for that beautiful suppose ducks, too. Its a pleasure. Its great to meet you. Congratulations on your book. Tell us about these analogs that nasa cooks up and develop
Policy conference. I am the director of the i amrch center and delighted to introduce the chairman and vice chair of the white House Counsel of Economic Advisors. In preparing for this session, i have a foundational commonality. He is originally from sweden. , am originally from minnesota the land of american swedes. Close enough. Currently on leave from the university of chicago, where he is a professor of public directs thees and program on Foundational Research and Health Care Markets and policies within the Health Economic initiatives. Severald in publicsector positions, including his role as Senior Advisor to the head of the food and Drug Administration and as the senior Economic Advisor to the head of the centers for medicare and medicaid services. He also served as the Health Care Advisor for senator john mccain during his president ial campaign. Thank you so much for joining us today. Start, it says on wikipedia that the chairman writes all 300 pages. If you would, please take