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National service programs. This is one hour. This has been a fabulous day i agree we have saved the best for last theres no question whenever i do a Service Event i say we have to hear from young people who are serving or have served because they understand what its all about because they are at the ground level. So im excited about this panel and i want to thank my friend for his overthetop, and. I did have the privilege of helping, but that wasnt the. It was a group of people, my best friend and College Roommate Michael Brown and others. It is a small group of thoughtful dedicated people and it wasnt me or my goal for this is that people when they experience this idea and i am honored to be here. It is like a reunion for me with Service Legend is gimp my brother i worked closely for 20 years who still thinks to president george w. Bush to the largest increase ever. Bill visited but then he went into the white house and made it happen. Susan has been carrying the torch domestically an
Lift. Well, good evening. Good evening, everybody. Im bradley graham, the coowner of politics prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine. On behalf of everybody at the bookstore and all the great folks here at sixth and u, thank you very much sixth and i, thank you very much for coming. Every time we do a joint author event like tonight with sixth and i which we love doing, by the way, in this marvelous facility i think back 15 years when the building was up for sale and how close it came to being transformed into a nightclub. [laughter] you know . It came this close. But instead, the founders of sixth and i and the staff here have transformed this wonderful place over the past decade and a half into the vibrant Community Center that it is today. Lets have a round of applause for that. [applause] we have a great event for you this evening featuring, of course, Melinda Gates here to talk about her new book, the moment of lift. This is melindas debut as an author, and her book is part mem
Folks here at sixth and u, thank you very much sixth and i, thank you very much for coming. Every time we do a joint author event like tonight with sixth and i which we love doing, by the way, in this marvelous facility i think back 15 years when the building was up for sale and how close it came to being transformed into a nightclub. [laughter] you know . It came this close. But instead, the founders of sixth and i and the staff here have transformed this wonderful place over the past decade and a half into the vibrant Community Center that it is today. Lets have a round of applause for that. [applause] we have a great event for you this evening featuring, of course, Melinda Gates here to talk about her new book, the moment of lift. This is melindas debut as an author, and her book is part memoir, part call for more action as melinda recounts the mission shes been on. She tells the story of her journey from taking a job at microsoft in 1987 fresh out of Business School to marrying bul
It took place in 1876. The Bipartisan Commission voted to give the electoral of the disputed states to the republican hayes. In exchange, democrats got something they wanted. Hayes to withdraw union troops. The south. With that assurance. The deal went through. The election of 1876 ended with a compromise that ensured the continuation of racism and racist violence in our nations culture and politics that has lasted to this day. Hello and to Washington Post live, kate with some a writer and with Washington Post opinions. And today, im so pleased be joined by Academy Award winning filmmaker and author hanks. And geoffrey robinson, the founder and executive director of the who we are project. Theyve teamed up on a new animated short documentary, how to rig an election. The races of the 1876 president ial contest. Gentlemen, im so glad were together. Thank you for having us for the intro intro. So lets lets start with the origins. Geoffrey, youre a civil rights lawyer now in the film makin