Chairman good morning. Our clerk is mr. Victor young. Mr. Young, do you have any announcements. Clerk yeah. To protect board members, cities and their families. Our members will be participate engine the meeting remotely. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting as if they were present. Sfgov tv. Org are streaming the numbers across the screen. Public comment is available by phone calling 4156550001. The meeting id is 187 6571979 then press pound and pound again. When your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment to myself the rules Committee Clerk at victoryoung sfgov. Org. It will be included as part of the official files. That completes my initial comment. Chairman thank you, mr. Young. Can you please call the first item. Clerk yes. Item number one is the appointment of susan philip to the of the city o
Hello everyone and welcome to todays virtual Commonwealth Club Humanities Forum program. Im the Commonwealth Club, and board member and moderator. As the club continues to host virtual events, we are grateful for the continued support of our members and donors and hope you will also consider making a donation online or text donate to three 4153294231. We also thank the Bernard Osher foundation for supporting todays good literary event, marcus books in oakland for being the bookstore partner and george for helping to organize todays event. Just a reminder if you have a question for todays guest, please submit those in the chat. Now it is my pleasure to welcome michelle duster, author of ida b. The queen the extraordinary life and legacy of ida b wells. Michelle is the greatgranddaughter of ida b wells and has written, edited or contributed to 16 books for both adults and children. As an advocate to highlight women and africanamericans, michelle has worked on several public history proje
Metal. Just before introduce the speakers i want to recognize and think the trustees who are joining us this evening first and foremost the executive committee Richard Reese and the distinguished Speakers Series and trustees darcy goldman, brian and suzanne and david. Also to the chairmans counsel joining us this evening we are so very grateful for your encouragement and support especially during this challenging time. So now with Professor Emeritus of history at west point where he taught for two decades and as a solicitor general in 2020 and a fellow at Hamilton College as well as a fellow of International Security programs. Publishing numerous books and articles on military history including west point history. The most recent book is robert e. Lee and me. Joining us as moderator this evening is general patraeus from the kkr Global Institute prior to joining in the us military in iraq and afghanistan of the us central command. And general patraeus served as director of caa. And with
Lee food option in some communities, its fan miserable were ridge is freezing. I mean, its terrible. Officials there in texas have requested 60 generators from fema, and they plan to prioritize hospitals and Nursing Homes. State also open 35 shelters for more than 1000 people, and staying warm isnt an option is rolling. Blackouts remain in effect in several states to ease the strain on the power grids. State to be produced in the highest energy in the country. We k shows us how really unprepared we actually are in Brunswick County in north carolina, a deadly tornado is being blamed for at least three deaths, and Officials Say 10, others were injured. They say it happened so fast that no Tornado Warning was even issued for the very latest on the conditions disco right now to our chief meteorologist. Phil martin. Bill. Hey, jules. Yeah, this is bad. We talked about it last night. Its been going on for a few days, the cold and then all the sleep the ice. The freezing rain, the snow, the i
Alcoves. King powers over us. It is flanked by a granite wall. There is 14 quotes, none of them include the words racism, Racial Injustice, or apartheid, not one. Theyre arranged like cross stitches 1967, 1963, completely out of context of the monuments and mobilizations. It was made in china to save money. The man who risked his life and went to jail 30 times to challenge the scourge of american racism. Quick to point out the racism of the north and not the south. That the biggest problem was not the clan, but the white moderate. That man of god and courage is honored with a memorial that refuses to speak the problem of racism. It is into this moment when the history of the Civil Rights Movement is regularly invoked and both speakers write to make sense of this paradox. One of the greatest social movements on the 20th century used to imperil the urgency of justice today. Covering up the scourge of racism, and from what we can gain for a fuller and richer history. A blogger from the Na