Here in gw theater, we will. Thank you very much for coming. We do a number of events each year here at gw, and this great auditorium and then a couple of other menus, we really value a partnership with gw, here is terrific and then make events like this possible. I just want to express our gratitude for the efforts that they put into it tonight his if it. Our featured authors this evening of course is josh campbell, spent more than a decade as an fbi, and various roles involving terrorism and kidnapping investigations in multiple oversees of assignments as well as assent as a special assistant to then fbi director james comey. Josh resigned from the bureau about a year and half ago in february 2018, walking out of the doors of the Fbi Field Office in los angeles for the last time. Away from service in Law Enforcement that he had really enjoyed. He says played an Important Role in his own career development. He says he left because he no longer could stand silently by in the face of a
Journalists and activists discussing Climate Change. From the university of california at irvine, this is an hour. Im john wienn wiener from History Department and the nation magazine. And we have some terrific people to talk today about bills talk and about their own work. Remind you that this conference continues tomorrow. You dont have to register for tomorrows sessions. The ones in the program are completely open. Please, please join us. What were going to do here is im going to start things going by asking each of the panelists in alphabetical order a little bit about their own work, so you can find out who they are. If you dont already know. And then well talk to each other about whats whats going on here today and whats going on in the world today. So i would like to start with elizabeth kolbert. Shes been a staff writer for the new yorker since 1999. Before that, at the New York Times. Shes won many awards, the National Magazine award. And for her work in the new yorker. And he
Activist. This is just under one hour. I am john weiner from the in the Department Nation magazine. We have some terrific people to talk today about bills talk and about their own work. I remind you that this conference continues tomorrow. Didnt have to register for tomorrows sessions. The ones in the program are completely open, please join us. Will do here, is i will start things going by asking each of the panelists in alphabetical order a little bit about their own work so you can find out who they are, if you dont already know. Other will talk to each about what is going on here today and what is going on in the world today. I would like to start with elizabeth colbert, staff writer for the new yorker since 1999. She has won many awards, the National Magazine award, for her work at the new yorker and her unforgettable book, the sixth extinction, won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. President obama called it a wonderful book that she has also been praised by bill gates and bill m
What we will do here is i will start things going by asking each of the panelists in alphabetical order a little bit about their own work so you can find out who they are, if you dont already know. And we will talk to each other about what is going on here today and what is going on in the world today. I would like to start with elizabeth kolbert, staff writer for the new yorker since 1999. She has won many awards, the National Magazine award for her work at the new yorker and her unforgettable book, the sixth extinction, won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. President obama called it a wonderful book. She has also been praised by bill gates and Bill Mckibben. Elizabeth, welcome. Thank you for coming here all the way from the east coast. You wrote in new yorker that a uc irvine professor helped save the world with his research. I think we need to think about that for a minute. Does anybody know in this room who was of the uc irvine professor who helped save the world . I think some pe
what is expected to be one of the hottest days on record. is also the hundreds day 100th day of the trump presidency and people are concerned. people are here talking about climate justice. last night at a forum at howard university was a discussion about climate justice and climate racism. climate disruption is the topic everywhere. we are standing in front of the ous kent along where a news conference is happening, of the leaders who will be marching today. there are thousands. i wanted to start by going to 350.org.of good morning. you standing between the capital and the washington monument. your thoughts on this day and why so many are gathered. it is an important day. it is the 100th day of the trump administration. we have seen nothing but bad news for people in the planet. that is why so many will come. amy: who came up with this? that is what is wonderful. it is truly a coming together of labor, health groups, environmentalists, community groups, over 900 organi