Thank you to our symposium coordinators kevin pollack and dan welch. Unfortunately, because of the covid pandemic we had to postpone this years inperson symposium and all the work kevin and dan did to get ready for that weve postponed to next year. Tickets are available at this time but theyre the ones who stepped up to help make todays virtual symposium possible. Thank you for your work. I would like to introduce our next speaker, sarah kay bierle, the managing editor of emerging civil war, the one working behindthescenes to keep the blog up and going and make sure that all that free content is coming to you every day. Her work is absolutely invaluable to our organization. Sarah is the author of the emerging civil war series call out the cadet from the emerging civil war series, the battle of new market. She is also at work on the gallant pelham and will present some of her Research Associated with that book today. Sarah kay bierle. Well, good morning, good afternoon, or good evening.
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Native American Communities are facing barriers to voting but in this u. S. Election could they play a key role . Anchor france is now at its highest terror alert level and thousands of extra police have been deployed across the country after three people were killed in a knife attack in nice. Visiting the scene shortly afterwards, the president described it as an islamicist terror attack and an attack on france. It comes just weeks after the murder of a history teacher and at a time of growing anger around the world against the french president. Reporter a place of worship now a crime scene. Inside, notre dame basilica, the congregation had been praying when a man armed with a knife attacked them. Three people were killed and a woman was decapitated. Another victim was the church warden. I still imagine him. I still see him walking and lighting a candle and now i am thinking he is not there anymore. We are always with him. He is always here. Reporter witnesses say the attacker shouted
Poet and educator in seattle and the author of free poetry collections including 2012 room. Also the New Washington poet laureate 21222014 and currently serving on the board of jack straw a local studio. Here today talking about the apocalypse factory. Please join me to welcome steve olson. Thanks. As you know kathleen published a book of poems in 2012 and all of those are about hanford. And then she will we eat paul from her new book of poems entitled post romantic coming out in october from the university of washington press. So to make sure my slides will work i will project her words onto a screen. Banks. And to say before i read the poem how im pleased to be a part of this evening and its wonderful to celebrate the publication of this book not just because i have poems in it but they are not told us much as i think they should be and then to get the story out i have learned all kinds of things from it and out there for people to read. This is the poem and its called stories that w
Cannabis. Visuals help that have been Health Across france to commemorate 3 People Killed in an attack on a church in weeks theyre scared to say the suspect is from tunisia and arrived in europe last fall on the italian island of lampedusa president emmanuel corners described it as an islamist terrorist attack and against a frances taste for freedom from the state of change reports. A place of worship now a crime scene inside not to dawn basilica the congregation had been praying when a man on with a knife attacked the 3 people were killed one of the victims a woman was to capitated according to the Police Another victim was a churchwarden who should be mostly what i still imagine him i still seemed all right. The candles and now im thinking hes not there anymore. Hes good enough we are always with him hes always there he spends the day that he shares his life here hes not someone who comes and goes witnesses say the attacker shouted. During his attack he was shot by police near the ch