national constitution center and to tonight s convening of america s town hall. i am jeffrey rose of the president of this wonderful institution and let s begin as always by inspiring ourselves with the national constitution centers mission statement. the national constitution center is the only institution in america charted by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people on a non-partisan basis, and i want to give a special thanks to the and welsh mcnulty institute for women s leadership at villanova university for their great collaboration on a series of discussions, including this one, which is part of the constitution center s women and the constitution initiative and i want to also thank mcnulty foundation for their generous generous support which makes these program is possible. they spread so much light and we re so grateful for our collaboration and now i will introduce the panelists and then tonight s moderator. nadi
america charted by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people on a non-partisan basis, and i want to give a special thanks to the and welsh mcnulty institute for women s leadership at villanova university for their great collaboration on a series of discussions, including this one, which is part of the constitution center s women and the constitution initiative and i want to also thank mcnulty foundation for their generous generous support which makes these program is possible. they spread so much light and we re so grateful for our collaboration and now i will introduce the panelists and then tonight s moderator. nadia brown is professor of government chair of women s and gender studies and affiliate in the african-american studies program at georgetown university. she s also an idle family fellow at the mcnulty institute at villanova. she is the author of the award-winning sisters in the state house black women and legisla
national constitution center and to tonight s convening of america s town hall. i am jeffrey rose of the president of this wonderful institution and let s begin as always by inspiring ourselves with the national constitution centers mission statement. the national constitution center is the only institution in america charted by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people on a non-partisan basis, and i want to give a special thanks to the and welsh mcnulty institute for women s leadership at villanova university for their great collaboration on a series of discussions, including this one, which is part of the constitution center s women and the constitution initiative and i want to also thank mcnulty foundation for their generous generous support which makes these program is possible. they spread so much light and we re so grateful for our collaboration and now i will introduce the panelists and then tonight s moderator. nadi
centers mission statement. the national constitution center is the only institution in america charted by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people on a non-partisan basis, and i want to give a special thanks to the and welsh mcnulty institute for women s leadership at villanova university for their great collaboration on a series of discussions, including this one, which is part of the constitution center s women and the constitution initiative and i want to also thank mcnulty foundation for their generous generous support which makes these program is possible. they spread so much light and we re so grateful for our collaboration and now i will introduce the panelists and then tonight s moderator. nadia brown is professor of government chair of women s and gender studies and affiliate in the african-american studies program at georgetown university. she s also an idle family fellow at the mcnulty institute at villanova. sh
American history. The opening session is on africanamericans and religion. While we wait for the conference to begin, a look at a 2011 trip to a storage site in a washington, d. C. Suburb with the director of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. He showed us some of the artifacts that will be on display in the new museum, opening on the national mall, september 24, 2016. Right now, we are in the Storage Units of the National Museum of African American history and culture. In essence, this is the heart of the museum of. Because whats behind me, and what we will see today are many of the objects that are going to be the soul of this museum. This is an opportunity to sort of preview some of the material that the public will see when the museum opens in stores. The story of the africanamerican experience is both a story of resiliency at achievement, but its also a story of struggle. Parts ofe hard exploring this history is that were athe people who the w