Lightfoot has been tremendous in terms of the leadership she has provided. And i tough, nononsense, think that is one of the reasons that chicago seemingly is doing as well as it is. We have had a leadership from our governor. All around, even the county government, which is actively involved in the area were i am and where i live so chicago has done fairly well. Like everybody else, we are on serious alert and we are following to the extent that we can, the protocols that have been laid out. That is social distancing, people are being encouraged to stay at home, medical personnel are coming in out of retirement, got a large assortment of hospitals that actually 24 hospitals in my Congressional District alone. We have been able to keep up and come up to some degree, stay ahead of the curve. We are actually ready and prepared. Thatour Field Hospital will be ready for people as needed. You know, we are surviving. We are not thriving, but we are surviving and we are in better shape right
Missouri, hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium. I do believe that that is my cue to head over to this ourction and give introduction for the next speaker. Beforewould like to say that, here is a little Public Service announcement, stealing person,e from another there is only one thing you can war andom the world that thing would be, dont forget to get your flu shot. Maybe it means you get to june ash enjoy even heart this evenings dinner. Im so pleased to our next speaker, dr. Nancy bristow existing list professor in history at the university of puget sound where she specializes in 20th century American History with an emphasis on race, gender and social change and serves on the Leadership Team of the race and pedagogy institute. Makingthe author of 1996 this world for it social engineering in the great war. And american pandemic, a lost worlds of the 1918 influenza she willwhos content be addressing this afternoon. You might have seen her on the american experience, most
Ruth robbins. It is a pleasure to welcome you here tonight for the program. Before we get started just a couple of quick things. If you have electronic devices, now is a good time to turn them off. As usual, there is no photography and no filming. Also, if you are wondering what the equipment is in the back of the room, it is cspan. So show your nicest smile, brush her hair, get ready in case you get a cameo. And when we get to the q a part, there is a microphone in the back of the room and we will let you know when it is time. You will just line up there to ask you questions. It is always worthwhile revisiting the documents but set us apart from british rule and created the framework for our government. Tonight our guest speaker kermit , roosevelt, explores these documents and shares interpretation of their meaning and relevance. Professor roosevelt teaches constitutional law at the university of pennsylvania law school. He was born and raised in d. C. And attended Harvard University
See youre practicing social distancing. That looks very nice. Thats very good. I want to thank everybody for being here today. This morning i spoke with the eaders of the g7 nations, and they really had a good meeting. I think it was a very productive meeting. I spoke with our nations governors, also. This afternoon were announcing new guidelines for every american to follow over the next 15 days as we combat the virus. Each and every one of us has a Critical Role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus. This was done with a lot of very talented people, some of whom are standing with me and thats available. And dr. Burks will speak about that in a few minutes. Its important for the young and Healthy People to understand while they may experience milder symptoms, spread this ly virus and will indeed by putting others in harms way and we worry about our Senior Citizens and the task force meets every day and updates guidelines based on the fast evolving situation this
Anna san antonio is here because of these missions. What is really kind of wonderful is that a lot of people who this their call parish home and come here can trace their ancestry to the colonial period, the people who build these mission buildings and built these churches. The missions are about the start of the city of san antonio. We are at the entrance. This is a part of San Antonio Missions National Historic park. This is a unit of the National Park service. There are more than 400 National Park sites around the country. Each of these 419 help to tell 419 plus units help to tell some part of the american story, the part of the american story that we tell here at the San Antonio Mission is the Spanish Colonial history of this area of this part of the world. Mission san jose is one of four missions that make up the National Park. The National Park is comprised of the four missions. We have got a model of this mission, mission san jose. This is a model that shows the exterior wall, t