Conversation with ed jed ashman, we support the arts and humanities and this event is thanks in part to because of the sponsors and volunteers and we owe them a great debt. A few announcements. I hope youre following the gaithersburg book festival on facebook, twitter and instagram. Please use the hash tag, gbf. Youre feedback is very valuable and just to my left, your right, some surveys available. By submitting a survey you enter into win a 100 series a gift card which i assume you will spend on books. Chris wilson will be signing his books immediately after the presentation and copies are of his book the master plan are on sale in the poll thicks and prose events. Please support politics and pros and the authors who came here to share the talents and grab a get. Signed books make a great gift. Never too early to think but that. Today we hear from one of my favorite sons of d. C. He is a selfdescribed story teller, artist, entrepreneur, author, and a great advocate for social justice
We did surveys with our customers, about 150. We also do focus groups, and we did a survey of other nonprofit organizations that serve lowincome people. Damian we dowhile you talk, we do have some video of your agency and the folks you help there. Im sorry, go ahead. Rachel so, we do a lot of direct services, but we also do community organizing. And so, the results of our research showed that one of the big issues facing lowincome people is being able to pay high rents that we all kind of deal with here in santa clara county, especially when you have rather low wages. And so, one of the ways that we try to combat that is that we understand thats an issue about housing policy, and what kinds of housing get built, about how we protect renters, about how we fund Affordable Housing. And so, we do a lot of grassroots organizing in addition to the service work that you see on the screen in order to try to create a more socially just community. Damian did something stick out that you said, wo
Good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im we have a lot to get to starting with severe weather. It might be spring but millions of people hit by round after round of storms and heavy rain tonight are bracing for even more. Xas hit especially hard. This rain and blowing wind near corpus christi. Posted on instagram. The caption says it all, day three. For so many taking care of saturday chores meant driving through blinding rain. Near whiteout conditions. On that road right there. And this, funnel cloud sightings. This one in colorado and at this hour tornado watches in five states. More severe storms are firing up right now and 50 Million People from the Central Plains all the way to the carolinas are in its path. Abcs senior meteorologist leads us off tonight. Reporter texas residents waking up to find water inside their cars, this after torrential rains pounded the state overnight. This rain is like too much. I dont know whats going on. This is not getting any bette
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