Our ancestors were first brought to the shores of america in shackles. We know that while weve come a long way in this country, we still have a long way to go. And we are living with the regular eas of slavery and jim row and racial compression that takes over every part of life and weve seen it the past several months in such a stark and striking fashion. Covid19 pandemic, a twin crisis, both a Public Health crisis and economic crisis has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted in an adverse fashion the africanamerican community. In terms of pain and suffering and economic dislocation and in terms of death. And then of course were dealing with the continued epidemic at the same time of Police Violence, Police Brutality, police abuse. All across the land, impacting every aspect of our lives. Shopping while black. George employed. George floyd. Sleeping while black, Breonna Taylor. Jogging while black, ahmad arbery. The names are too numerous to mention. Those tragedies are j
Karen bass, and several other members of the black caucus who you will be hearing from momentarily. Thank you for joining us on this emergency town hall meeting, living while black in america, 401 years later after our ancestors were first brought to the shores of america in shackles, we now that while we have come a long way in this country, we still have a long way to go. We are living with the legacy of slavery and jim crow and racial oppression that continued to permeate every aspect of american life. And we have seen that over the last several months in such a stark and striking fashion. The covid19 pandemic, a twin crisis, both a Public Health crisis and an economic crisis, has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted in an adverse fashion the africanamerican community. In terms of pain, in terms of suffering, in terms of economic dislocation and in terms of death. And then, of course, youre dealing with the continued epidemic at the same time of Police Violence, Police
Daughter and their mom about andicin aca lean a tr them. But first, heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We didnt try to silence. We had a black man and they were still kills us, bro. What do they want us to do now . Another long night in the big cities across the country with anger and frustration on display in the streets. Thousands of people defying curfews from coast to coast. The vast majority of protests were peaceful. We have to care about each at what will get us through this. There were massive gatherings around the city. Im here for george because i want justice for him. Peaceful protests new york citys manhattan bridge, the scene for another tense standoff between protesters and police. The Lincoln Memorial in washington, military police and park Police Standing guard on the steps. Peaceful protests were taking place. President trump made another visit to a prominent place of worship. The president held up the bible at st. Johns church. I just wish he opened it
Everybody has to move. Thank you for coming out. Im ginger, part of the event team. If you will do me a favor and check your cell phones and make sure they are turned to vibrate. We do 300 events around town each year. If you are not on our mailing list you can set up for our mailing list at the front. We send 3 or 4 emails a month. Tonight we welcome four contributors to the anthology appalachian reckoning. Anthony harkins, meredith mccarroll, bob hutton and ivy brashear. This is a diverse, complex and the management of response to hillbilly elegy a memoir of family and culture in crisis. I will turn the floor over to them. Anthony harkins is professor of history, the author of hillbilly, a cultural history of an american icon. Meredith mccarroll is director of writing and rhetoric, the author of race and film. T. R. C. Hutton teaches american studies at the university of tennessee and is the author of it is i will say this wrong. Blood he blessed. Politics and violence published to t
Already know she is a wonder. Not only a fearless activist. She has put her body in front of buses and the defense of the white house and has also a great warm and tender heart that makes her a National Community builders who is a combination. You find her in the streets with disabled in action, and other groups. She has also tireless mind. Youlyou will read about it in r memoir, but she became an educator and a top italian for many years and also create and post the first disability studies course at the new scho school. This is the first book sold through its printing in the first week. We are already printing your buck. She doesnt even notice. [applause] she isnt a beginning writer disabled in action and ragged edge as well as her personal blog, but said that disability culture. She also has an author website. Her disability culture. Org, it is a beautiful website. She has been a recipient of awards for her writing and activism and is known for her speeches. In 2008 the womens march