Clerk we have oh, commissioner chan has noted she is present in the chat. And we have quorum. Chairman great. Thank you, madam clerk. I believe you have some announcements for us. Clerk yes. I will make an announcement about public comment. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via fell foe by calling 4156550001, and when prompted Access Code 1469580594 and then Pound And Pound again. Once you join, youll be able to listen to the meets as a participant. To make public comment, dial 3. When the line says youre line is unmuted, you will have two minutes to speak. Calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. Best practices are to speak slowly and to turn down the volume of any televisions or radios around you. And that concludes my announcement. Chairman thank you, madam clerk. Clerk and, also, i do note that chan and melgar are here. Chairman and ronen. Clerk and ronen. Thank you. Chairman please call item 2. Clerk item 2 the report, and this is an
Province and our mission is to enrich the mind and elevate the public discourse and these have been carefully geared toe do just that. Id like to thank the generous sponsors, the foundation and the rhode Island State Council of the arts. Id like to acknowledge and support of the members who support made these programs possible. To learn more about the library or if you would like to join as members, p please visit the website. Please keep in mind Tonights Event does concern the history of profanity and its difficult to B Talk about that without usg the word so please be advised. Tonight we are delighted to welcome john. He teaches linguistics, american studies, history had the university and is a an contributor at the atlantic and podcast. He is the author of 26 including the power of babel, the national history of language, losing the Race Self sabotaging black america and our magnificent uphold history of english. The most recent work nine nasty words english in the gutter comes out
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