Sponsors National Art Commission and content group, and about university and in this book. This special session is entitled remake america. Have a panel authors and three books in first, we are going to read some but i will introduce the authors first and ill begin with she grewp in bosnia. After surviving cousin cleansing and the 111 days underilitary siege, she immigrated to the u. S. In 1996. Friday 71999, she earned aa in economics from Brown University and later obtained two masters degrees of doctrine from Columbia University. Currently, a profeor at Columbia University working on understanding how and why societies fall apart and wha role education plays in this countr shes published extensively on education related issues and lectured around the world adolescent audience. Hertudents feedback, nsistently praised as one of the most aspirin professors th have encountered throughout theicareers. Our second guest, stephanie, and often from staff sectors. Her books include the awardw
And the brooks still worth reading. Thank you for your time and good nights been a good afternoon. I want to welcome you on the half of humanity tennessee to the southern festival of books. I want to particularly thank our key sponsors, Metro National art commission, and chrome content, tennessee art commission, vanderbilt university. This session is entitled dreaming america. We have a panel of three authors and three books and our first we will read some, but im going to reduce the authors first. I will begin with amra sabicelrayess. She grew up in bosnia. After surviving ethnic cleansing and more than 1100 days under the serbs military siege she immigrated to the United States in 1986. By december, 1999, she earned a ba from Brown University and later obtained to master degrees in a doctorate from Columbia University currently, shes a compass a professor eric on the egg working on understanding how and why societies fall apart and what role education plays a rebuilding decimated cou
Everyone for being here this evening, you are going to supporting these amazing journalists and writers as those our bookstore by purchasing their copy of the book through us or by choosing to pay your way to the event. Every event especially in times like these so we cant see how much we appreciate it. Before we get started just a few things about how deep did thats critical tonight and just about the platform we are on. You can see youre free to use the chat been doing. Throughout the event is not a disturbance at all if you have any thoughts or anything, if you just want to give a shout out, feel free to. Not a disturbance at all. I encourage everyone to be kind and respectful to authors and each other but hopefully that should go without saying. Im going to give a short introduction here and turned over to Casey Sherman and david which are at that well have time for questions from the audience see concert thinking about in question jeff for these guys at which point ill come back o
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Bribes. The climb itself was a felony. He was suspended for the nfl for one year and put on probation and serve nod jail time. In 2000, he surrendered the team to his sister. To date president formally pardoned them in front of 49ers legends. Today the president cleared that mistake. What does this mean for him . He is no longer a convicted felon. He is able to own a gun, for example, but he is already in the hall of fame. Former niners coo told me over the phone that the pardon might clear the way for him to own another team in any sport. Those that run leagues are always looking for the cleanest background and this will be the last sort of negative mark that he has. Long time fans at levi today welcome the news. Been a 49er fan for years. And now hes not a convicted felon. Yeah, no. Thats good. You know, im glad. I think thats thats great. And right now, they spend time in montana and in tampa bay. Andy told me this is more of a personal cleansing for him. We reached out to the nfl f