Mass incarceration in america. The friday forum series tapes on friday afternoons during the Academic Year as a way to highlight books in a wide range of field. The next features sparrow presenting a book on policing reforms and to learn more about this and our many other jump copping even visit is online at harvard. Com. Todays talk will conclude with time for questions after which well have a book signing right here at this table. We have copies of from the war on poverty to the war on crime for sale in the next room. Were pleased to have cspan booktv here taping this event. When asking questions please know youll be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking your questions. As always, todays title is 20 off. Part of our way of saying thanks. You purchases assure the future of an independent book store. And finally, quick reminder to silence your cell phones. And so now, im very pleased to introduce todays speaker. Elizabeth hinton, assistant pr
Presenting her new book from the war on poverty to the war on crime the fight the friday forum series takes place during the academic year. Our next and final of the season on policing reform handcuffed. To learn more about this in our many other Upcoming Events visit us online. Todays talk will conclude with some time for your questions after which we will have a book signing right here. We are very pleased to have cspan book tv here taping todays event. You will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you. It is part of how we say thanks. And finally just a quick reminder to silence yourself once. And so now we will introduce todays speaker. Shes the assistant professor in the department of history in the department of african and africanamerican studies at harvard. Research focus is on poverty and racial inequality in the 20h century. She is coeditor of the book the new black history revisiting the second reconstruction they had been published in the journ
Coming up next, contributors and editors from the book the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement, discuss their personal experiences and that movement. The Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office Hosted this event. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the book launch for the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement. Hi, my name is doug hofstetter. Of thee director Mennonite Central Committee. United nations office. I actually got my start during the Antiwar Movement here with the United Methodists office, which is donating this room today. Me methodists actually hired right after i came back from vietnam doing my alternative service there with the Mennonite Central Committee in the middle of the war, in the middle of a war zone, helping children learn to read and write their own language. I wanted to also announced to everyone that we have a number of cameras here in the room. Cspan is covering it. So, when we get to questions and
This is a 90 minute event. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the book launch for the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement. Hi, my name is doug hofstetter. I am the director of the Mennonite Central Committee. United nations office. I actually got my start during the Antiwar Movement here with the United Methodists office, which is donating this room today. The methodists actually hired me right after i came back from vietnam doing my alternative service there with the Mennonite Central Committee in the middle of the war, in the middle of a war zone, helping children learn to read and write their own language. I wanted to also announced to everyone that we have a number of cameras here in the room. Cspan is covering it. So, when we get to questions and answers i will ask you to wait until the microphone comes to you so that you can be heard by the audience that will be watching on Television Later on. Thank you very much and welcome to todays launch. [applause]
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