[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, our program is about to begin. Please take your seats. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. To kickoff the 14th annual values voter summit please welcome to the stage tomasa ceremonies and stanley cup champion st. Louis blues fan, mr. Gill mertz. Yeah, baby. Stanley cup, st. Louis blues. Listen to you guys. Good morning. Im just trade, anyone over here, get your team win a a stanley cup this year . No . How about the middle come anywhere near win the stanley cup this last year . No, okay. Anybody here, your team win the stanley cup . No . The year before. Well, i waited 52 years. You had had your glory. You be quiet. I waited 52 years for the st. Louis blues to win the stanley cup, and here it is, baby. Not exactly what i thought it was but im happy with it. And now the st. Louis cardinals are going t
Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. To kickoff the they can call us whatever they want it doesnt matter. The applause we will not be deterred in our mission to pray, to vow and to stand together. I think this weekend it is important to send a clear message to those and those of us who are not going anywhere and not going to wave a white flag or surrender on the issues of our day. No matter how many lawsuits they file or no matter how many investigations they launch and no matter how many threats they make to take our Tax Exemption for leaving the bible we have counted the cost and will not bow and we are committed to stay applause . Allow me to set the stage for the 2019 values voter summit. As you will see, we are setting the stage. laughs it goes without saying that there is a battle for the heart and the soul of our nation. It is a battle that transcends politics and parties and there is no longer skirmish between conservatives and liberals and it is an epic battle betwee
Of our programming season for the Academic Year of 2019 and 2020. My name is jason steinhauer. Im director of the Lepage Center at villanova, a relatively new center created in 2016. It opened its doors in 2017. Our mission is to bring history to bear on contemporary issues. That is what we do all yearround. Some of the issues we have examined in the past have been the issue of fake news and historical perspective, stuff on endless war. Last year we did a series on democracy and the history of democracy and credit participation. Democratic process evasion. This year is revisionist history. We will talk about that over six events and through the lens of various topics revising early america. Before i go further i want to make you aware it is being filmed both by the university and by cspans American History tv. This event will be on cspans Video Library and a couple of weeks. We are not going live, dont worry. For the benefit of the cspan viewers in the future, we are glad you were with
Complete schedule and now we kick off the weekend with helen pregene on her work to abolish the Death Penalty. [inaudible conversations] good evening, friends. Can you hear me . There we go. Good evening. Welcome to atlanta. Im the director of advancem t advancement. You may not know this but i suspect you do that you are in a quaker school. If youve met a quaker you met a friend. They are synonymous terms, we are part of a National Network of 78 Friends Schools. You might have heard of the obama daughters, Chelsea Clinton attended, matt ryan, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons played High School Football in philadelphia. Most Friends Schools are located in the northeast. We are the only ones in georgia. What unifies all Friends Schools are the quaker values that form each school community. Those values are simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship. Summed up by the acronym spices. Let me clear up some conservations about quakers. Quakers should not be confused
Is shrinking. That means were getting the word out there. Thats really exciting. Where to start. You all have heard for those regulars here, you know i usually will Say Something about how you cant tell the story of e plur bus umen without the plur bus. I think the talk fits in great with the museums mission to broaden peoples understanding of what we mean by the American Revolution to make sure that everyone sees the American Revolution reflected in themselves. Im flashing at you now a wonderful note card that has a whale on it with a note from almost exactly a year ago. This is april 24th, 2018, from gina whalen. Gina, raise your hand. Katherines aunt. The next question is how many people in this room are related to katharine . So jenna, if you have seen George Washingtons tent upstairs and have been moved to tears as i have been, jenna was the textile conservator who did all the work to prepare that tent for display. It was wonderful for two years just about every day sitting in a w