Mississippi communities counsel. We have anybody from the Advisory Board . Thank you. Also partner who just recently retired from congress from the mississippis third district. Thank you. [applause] our moderator for this session is a visiting professor of english and at the university of mississippi. The former editor of the quarterly review and author of two memoirs. Introduced our distinguished panelists. [applause] thank you all for joining us this afternoon. If i were to retitle this panel, i would call it family memory history and civil rights. Our analyst books all deal with those subjects. I want to quote from one of our panelists books books of history often help us we reach the present by explaining how people solve or failed to solve problems. Thats what all of these books really got is how we solve or fail to solve problems. His personal connection to the books that each of our panelists have they are going to, we will talk about this but first, let me introduce our panelis
Audible conversations. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming to this session. Civil rights and american issues. We have about 45 minutes for this session. I ask you to please silence your bones so we have any interruptions. Mississippi communities counsel. We have anybody from the Advisory Board . Thank you. Also partner who just recently retired from congress from the mississippis third district. Thank you. [applause] our moderator for this session is a visiting professor of english and at the university of mississippi. The former editor of the quarterly review and author of two memoirs. Introduced our distinguished panelists. [applause] thank you all for joining us this afternoon. If i were to retitle this panel, i would call it family memory history and civil rights. Our analyst books all deal with those subjects. I want to quote from one of our panelists books books of history often help us we reach the present by explaining how people solve or failed to solve problems. Th
Is welcome to the stage, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for peace and security. [applause] good morning, and welcome to the 2023 Award Ceremony to honor women who have played an exceptional role in advancing women in peace and security. The awards showcasing the difference womens peace building can make, particularly at the local level, are one of the aspects at the mission of our institute. We are proud to be marking our 10th anniversary this year. You can find a great deal about the institute on our website. We are always thrilled to have the secretary former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, with us. We are so grateful for her continuing support of the institute as our honorary founding chair, for leading with the rockefeller foundation, our covering of highlevel Women Leaders on critical issues, and for her continuing inspiration. Welcome back secretary clinton. [applause] let me add a special welcome to members of the diplomatic corps who have joined us. From ye
Discussed afghan womens rights at the Wilson Center. She said afghan women had suffered very to coney and measures relating to education, civil liberties, health care and work since the taliban had taken over in august of 2021. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Thanks. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to this marvelous forum. Im grateful to be back, even though i could not be at the center today, Technology Still makes it possible to join you. Not only is she known for her important writings on iran, but she holds a very special place in the hearts of all of us here at the Wilson Center. She is the founding director of our middle east program and she led that team from 1998 through 2015. This series honors her commitment to promoting womens empowerment and womens rights globally, but particularly in this region. Madeleine albright inaugurated the series in 2017. Since then, it has featured senator chris van hollen, the under secretary general and executive secretary
Could get involved in supporting human rights. Is welcome to the stage, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for peace and security. [applause] good morning, and welcome to the 2023 Award Ceremony to honor women who have played an exceptional role in advancing women in peace and security. The awards showcasing the difference womens peace building can make, particularly at the local level, are one of the aspects at the mission of our institute. We are proud to be marking our 10th anniversary this year. You can find a great deal about the institute on our website. We are always thrilled to have the secretary former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, with us. We are so grateful for her continuing support of the institute as our honorary founding chair, for leading with the rockefeller foundation, our covering of highlevel Women Leaders on critical issues, and for her continuing inspiration. Welcome back secretary clinton. [applause] let me add a special welcome to members of t