Lgbt health forum. This is actually a very, very special one for us. And were doing a number of wonderful things, celebrating our fifth year of our program, and ill tell you about the program in a moment. But not the least of which is this incredibly Powerhouse Panel we put together, and on a topic thats fairly urgent right now. If youre not familiar with our forum, this is our Public Outreach mechanism. We do this every year with the start of our annual summer residency, which begins our program. During the residency, all of our students who are in the new cohort are in town from all over the country and many times all over the world. And this is our way of sort of reaching out to the public, letting you know who we are and what we do. Our program is a graduate certificate program, and our mission is to train medical and Mental Health professionals, Health Professionals in the broader sense, to improve the quality of care for lgbt people. Thats our mission. We started this around 2011
This sunday night at eight eastern on first ladies come influence in image. We will look into the personal lives of 31st ladies. Sarah polk Margaret Taylor and abigail fillmore. Sarah polk had a strong belief in politics and often helped her husband make political decisions. Margaret hoover was supposed to her husbands nomination for president and Zachary Taylor enjoyed telling people she was praying for his opponent to win. Abigail fillmore was the first president ial like other profession and they begin efforts to establish the First White House library. This sunday night at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series first ladies influence in image. From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama sundays at eight p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3. As a compliment, see spencer new book first ladys president ial historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. Its available as a hardcover or an ebook through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. Senator tim scott gave
This summer i reading a book this deck i was given when i came to congress all congressmen were given this book is jeffersons manual. The rules of the house written by thomas jefferson. When he was Vice President he was in the senate and said what is my job . We need something to go by so he did a lot of are indeed not a technical sense but ripoff and a duplicate he went to parliament and take all of their rubles and wrote them down their rubles and brokendown to go back to see how parliament was run when he would ripoff and duplicate all of that obviously there has been updated and i am fascinated it is like reading of programming manual most people would fall asleep about half a page but i could get through 20 pages a day because i find it fascinating and there is some secrets in in the rules if you can understand the issue could get more done in congress. If you were in the speakers chair you were handed a written notes that is the of parliamentarians telling them what is in order a
Ladies and gentlemen our president has breathed his last. As the spirit fled god who gave it. At this time my knowledge of physical eeology pathology, and psychology told me that the president was totally blind from the pressure of the blood on his brain. As indicated by his paralysis, his dilated eyes and their bloodshot and bulging quality, but i persisted in the belief that he retained his ability to hear and to feel. So in that belief, i think he heard me when i sent for his son, he heard his wifes voice as she spoke to him. The knowledge that frequently in the moments before departure recognition and reason returned to someone who has been unconscious unconscious, i persisted in this belief. And i held his right hand for several hours the hand that signed the emancipation proclamation freeing 4 million slaves, firmly within my grasp so that in his blindness he might know that he was still connected to humanity and that he had a friend. Salute. A little more than a month before he
I want to thank helen thorpe so much. Thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] please dont forget shell be signing upstairs. Thanks. [inaudible conversations] booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. Tweet us, twitter. Com booktv, or post a comment on our Facebook Page, facebook. Com booktv. And this is booktv on cspan2, and we want to know whats on your Summer Reading list. Send us your choices. booktv is our twitter handle. You can also post it on our Facebook Page facebook. Com booktv. Or you can send an email to booktv cspan. Org. Whats on your Summer Reading list . Booktv wants to know. Here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the cspan networks. On cspan starting at noon, politicians, white house officials and Business Leaders offer advice and encouragement to the class of 2015. Speakers include former president george w. Bush and melody hobson, chair of dreamworks animation. And at 9 15 p. M. , former Staff Members reflect on the presi