Hayden, and i loved your response to that. Well, thank you. Does anybody else have a question . Do you have a question, sir . Thank you. Just a question about the Montgomery County Library System which is really important here. Since one out of three people here were born in another country, here in gaithersburg and a few others called the english conversation club, ive been with it for about ten years where we teach immigrants english, we help them learn the culture, help them, you know, get a drivers license, help many of them become citizens. And recently were talking about technology, i started broadcasting our meetings live on facebook live, and weve had thousands of people around the world watching the meetings from the Montgomery County library. Thank you. Gentleman in the back. I just wanted to say one of the best things about living in Montgomery County is the great Library System and the great Staff Members they have there. How with libraries offering an everexpanding variety
Publisher Chris Jackson talks about working on the awardwinning book between the world and me and he will attend a Book Release Party for steve hilton, former Senior Advisor to british Prime Minister david cameron. On monday and extra day of booktv. He will hear from annette gordonreed and peter onuf on the intellectual life of Thomas Jefferson, radio talkshow host discusses the importance of the 10 commandments, nprs diane reed shares her involvement with the right to die movement and you will look at the namesake of the john burke society. That is just a few of the authors on booktv this holiday weekend. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. Booktv on cspan2, 72 hours of nonfiction books and authors this memorial day weekend, television for serious readers. We kick off the weekend with Pulitzer Prizewinning historian annette gordonreed and peter onuf talking about Thomas Jefferson. This is booktv on cspan2. Welcome to the library of philadelphia. I am representative James Roebuck
Many of the events are open to the public. Look for them to in the future on book tv, on cspan2. Welcome to the free library of philadelphia. I am representative jim roadblock, i am certainly very happy to be here this evening. H i am a native philadelphia, graduated from central highhmy a school. [applause]. My particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to First College at Virginia University in richmond, from which i received a history degree of honors and then i did my masters and phd at the university of virginia in charlottesville. So i am a wahoo as they say. Subsequent to that, i taught history at Drexel University for more years than i would like to think about, hitting all the right points here. I worked briefly in the Mayors Office as an assistant to mayor wilson good and i was elected to the state legislature where i still serve and im currently the minority, or or democratic chair of the house education committee. Fr the Free Libraries dedicated to advancing litera
Bookstores this week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. Booktv. Welcome to the library of philadelphia. Im a representative jim roebuck and im certainly very happy to be here this evening. Im a native philadelphia and. I graduated from Central High School that my particular [applause] my particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to college at Virginia Union university in richmond from which ive received a history degree of honors and then i did my masters in charlottesville. [applause] subsequent to that, i tour the history and i like to think about all the right points here. I worked briefly as a legislative assistant and in 1985 was elected to the state legislature where i still serve in an currently the minority or the democratic chair of the house education committee. The library is dedicated to advancing literacy, guiding learning and inspiring curiosity from its awardwinning event series to its programming like the upcoming american president ial se
How much you want them to ensure that we can continue to get Library Services and please, when we put out a call that we need your support, please do so. We dont have money for pacs, we dont have a lot of money, we are not wealthy people. So we depend on what you call grassroots and that is normal people picking up the phone or emailing their member of congress or their senator or their governor and saying we want you to support libraries. The mayor, the governor, the United States Congress Needs to know that and respect that and make sure that that happens going forward. And that a takes hundreds and thousands of calls from people like you. I couldnt have said it better. What a great point. We have, i think, time for maybe a question or two. Does anybody in the audience have a question . If not, i will go on. Its not a question, but i wanted to thank you very much for your comment about dr. Carla hayden, and i loved your response to that. Well, thank you. Does anybody else have a ques