Massachusetts General Hospital and m. I. T. Her first book is called cured, the people who defeated hiv. She has been published in the new york times, Los Angeles Times and time magazine. In 2016 she published the work that is the basic of her talk tonight, entitled rise of the rocket girls the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to mars. That work was a bestseller and was widely praised by critics, including one who described it as immersive, evocative, and superbly written. Her narrative should be required reading. Another commented that when Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind, there was womankind in the control room. It is a pleasure to welcome to the university of Mary Washington nathalia holt. [applause] thank you so much. I really appreciate you having me here tonight and i am excited to talk to you about rocket girls. This is a group of pioneers whose careers shaped nasa and really made it what it is today. Before i get into their history, i want to sha
Lets acknowledge from both sides. It wouldnt be a battle without or mascots. From the San Francisco giants lucille. From your oakland as give it out for stomper. [cheers. ] of course, we have Community Partners and we are going to hear from them to speak about the efforts. It is the city of San Francisco and oakland, the two cities facing off right here. It is about the greening competition to take place saturday, september 21st as part of the annual California Coastal cleanup day. There is a cool incentive that we will announce as well. Lucky folks from oakland and San Francisco will win on Alaska Airlines a trip wherever they want to go. Make sure to sign up. Get teams ready, and you might win the tickets to anywhere we fly on Alaska Airlines. It also protects the San Francisco bay. Cleaning, greening neighborhoods. Trash removal, habitat restoration, tree planting, neighborhood beautiful projects. We are going to hear more about the efforts, what the battle for the bay 2019 i is all
[roll call] commissioner, you have a quorum. Also present our chief scott of the San Francisco Police Department and director Paul Henderson from the department of police accountability. Okay, good evening, everybody this is the september 11th, 2019, meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission, and i would like to say that we sit here tonight in memory of the people who died 18 years ago on september 11th, 2001. We have a long meeting tonight so we will allow two minutes for Public Comment, and we are ready for the first item. Item one is adoption of minutes, action, for the meeting of august seventh, 2019. Is there a motion . I so move. Is there a second . Second. Public comment . Public comment on the minutes hang on, i dont think that is on. Okay. Go ahead. My family has been four generations in San Francisco. I was very active in Civic Affairs for a long time and a federal Civil Servants and i spent i expect a lot. I really expect good service in San Francisco, including the pol
I am honored to be here because the secretary has been involved in the foundation for about 15 years now and it was hard for us when she became secretary of the army because she had to step off the board but now that shes no longer secretary of the r. Air force. Im going to say to introduce debbie and she will be formally introduced by allison of the National Press club, she has been a friend for many years and set the example when she was at scic she was leaving people and was president of the Technical Division of the Largest Division and she doesnt mince words. Shes always there and when she became secretary of the air force, i used to stay up at night watching cspan and she with a decisive leader. She always made decisions quickly and i look forward to being here today where i dont have to watch on tv but have had the opportunity to learn about her leadership style and shes been a role model the last decade. I would like to introduce Alison Fitzgerald kodjak who has been so kind to
Air force. Im going to say to introduce debbie and she will be formally introduced by allison of the National Press club, she has been a friend for many years and set the example when she was at scic she was leaving people and was president of the Technical Division of the Largest Division and she doesnt mince words. Shes always there and when she became secretary of the air force, i used to stay up at night watching cspan and she with a decisive leader. She always made decisions quickly and i look forward to being here today where i dont have to watch on tv but have had the opportunity to learn about her leadership style and shes been a role model the last decade. I would like to introduce Alison Fitzgerald kodjak who has been so kind to host us today for this book event. Thanks so much. Good morning everybody welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am a correspondent at npr news and president of the press club this year. For the cspan public radio audience