Thank you, phil. I want to thank you all for being you this afternoon and i , welcome all of you to Georgetown University. Behind me is Isaac Hopkins hall. [cheers and applause] right there. [applause] which we are here to dedicate this afternoon, along with and craft hallemarie b the oldest building of our , campus just a short walk from here. I wish to offer a special welcome to our community who are present this afternoon, some traveling a great distance to be here for this day which includes this dedication, our liturgy of remembrance, contrition, and hope which concluded just a few , moments ago, and special gatherings and presentations into the afternoon and this evening. I welcome all of you. Especially the members of the , hawkins family and all of the extended members of your family. We are grateful and honored by your presence and by the efforts nation to share in the events so many around our with us, online and in gatherings in southern universitys in new orleans and baton
I wish to offer a special welcome to our community who are present this afternoon, some traveling a great distance to be here for this day which includes this dedication, our energy of remembrance, contrition and hope which concluded just a few months ago, and some special gatherings and presentations into the afternoon and this evening. I welcome all of you, especially the members of the hawkins family and all of the extended members of your family. We are grateful and honored by your presence and by the efforts of so many around the nation to share in the events with us, online and in new orleans and baton rouge. We want to thank you all. [applause] thank you all for being a part of this special day. I would also like to welcome our neighbors from around the city. I would like to welcome our speakers this afternoon. We would like to have members from our working group on slavery, memory and reconciliation in our Jesuit Community here to offer reflections to each of our speakers. Memb
[applause] all right, everybody. Thank you, phil. I want to thank you all for being here this afternoon and i welcome all of you to Georgetown University. We are gathered and behind me is hawkins hall. [applause] there. T which we are here to dedicate this afternoon, along with and along with ann marie beechcraft hall, just a short from here. I wish to offer a special welcome to our community who are present this afternoon, some traveling a great distance to be here for this day which includes this dedication, our energy of remembrance, contrition and hope which concluded just a few months ago, and some special gatherings and presentations into the afternoon and this evening. I welcome all of you, especially the members of the hawkins family and all of the extended members of your family. We are grateful and honored by your presence and by the efforts of so many around the nation to share in the events with us, online and in new orleans and baton rouge. We want to thank you all. [appla
Church. It is a story of fighting for civil rights and also fighting for understanding. We hope you will engage our authors as we hear from them how they were able to transcend biggest 3, fraud, racism, poverty and misery within the pages of our books. The shootings that took place in charleston opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates the south, southern institutions and the fabric of our society. We we are charleston tragedy and triumph at the mother emanuel tell the story of people, people who had been continually beat down but also triumphed over the worst of adversity, exploring the stories of one of the oldest african episcopal churches looking at forgiveness and healing. It is my pleasure to introduce our panelists. First we have herb frazier. He is the editor. He has been the editor of five different daily newspapers in the south including his hometown paper, former michigan fellow at the university of michigan, currently marketing and Public Relations manager near
Church. It is a story of fighting for civil rights and also fighting for understanding. We hope you will engage our authors as we hear from them how they were able to transcend biggest 3, fraud, racism, poverty and misery within the pages of our books. The shootings that took place in charleston opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates the south, southern institutions and the fabric of our society. We we are charleston tragedy and triumph at the mother emanuel tell the story of people, people who had been continually beat down but also triumphed over the worst of adversity, exploring the stories of one of the oldest african episcopal churches looking at forgiveness and healing. It is my pleasure to introduce our panelists. First we have herb frazier. He is the editor. He has been the editor of five different daily newspapers in the south including his hometown paper, former michigan fellow at the university of michigan, currently marketing and Public Relations manager near