Posted by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, my name is dave darcy and were glad youre able to join us for this live conversation with president and ceo day diane yentel and ibram kendi. We encourage you to submit questions for doctor kendi and if you start to have a question for our support team, click here on that right side of the screen. The event will be available on the site within 24 hours and is now my pleasure to turn it over to diane yentel. Thank you dave and welcome everyone to todays conversation with doctor ibram kendi on Racial Equity before and after the covid19 pandemic. Im glad almost 5000 people have registered today. Im heartened and encouraged by the level of interest in this topic so i am diane yentel, president and ceo of the National Housing coalition, where a Membership Organization dedicated to achieving socially just Public Policies and ensuring that the lowest income people have decent, accessible and affordable homes. And as part of that work you ha
Covid19 pandemic hosted by the National Low Income housing coalition. Were glad that youre able to join us for this conversation with ceo diane yantell and best selling author dr. Ibrahim kendi. Submit questions by clicking here on the left side of the screen and you have to start have technical difficulties or have a question, click here on that right side of the screen button. The event will be recorded and available on this site within 24 hours. Its now my pleasure to turn the it over to diane. Great. Thanks, dave, and welcome, everyone, to todays conversation with dr. Reeb bram kennedy. Im really looking forward to this conversation, and im so glad that almost 5,000 people have registered for it today. Im so heartened and encouraged by the level of interest in this topic. So im president and ceo of the National Low Income housing coalition. We are a Membership Organization that is dedicated to achieving socially just Public Policies that insure that the lowest income people have de
Mitchell jackson. [applause] even came to his new times bestselling author and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and policy center at american university. A professor of history and International Relations and a frequent public speaker, hes a columnist at the atlantic. He is author of stand from the beginning which won the National Book award for nonfiction. And the black Campus Movement which one the wb doughboy book prizethat is the author of how to be in how to be an antiracist. In this book its combination of ethics, history, law and sciee bring it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism. Sarah broom has appeared in the new yorker, the New York Times magazine, the oxford american and Oprah Magazine among others. She received her masters in journalism from the university of california berkeley and was awarded a a foundation created nonfiction grant in 2016. House in 1961 sarah broomes mother ive remade thought ab and built h
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Texas book festival. I have a couple announcements before i introduce our speakers and then we will have a brief conversation appear and then open it up or you and day for the last 10 minutes or so. There are microphones down the aisles and i will send volunteers to help if you need a microphone brought to you. First and foremost, please finance your cell phones. Dont be that person. They also want me to remind you to share your experience on social media. The festival uses the texas book fest as the twitter handle and the is tx book fest. Authors will find books. Because we are in the main tent, its just write down that way. A portion goes to the texas book festivals mission and helps fund. Programs that brings authors and students together and brings grants to libraries in texas. We are very grateful to have you here. All right, without further ado, let me introduce our wonderful speakers that really dont need introduction but, youve got to do your thing. First we have was a New York