Ever wondered, who is Ronald Reagan . Not what did he accomplish, or how did he change the world, but who is Ronald Reagan the man . Who was the person away from the photos, the statues, the interviews and in many other dimensions the public sees . Reading peggy grannies book, you Cant Help but feel that you are brought closer to Ronald Reagan and the person he truly was and today we invite you to learn what it means to be a leader from someone who worked alongside this great man for ten years. Please join me in welcoming our keynote speaker, peggy grande. [applause] thank you so much for having me here today. What a pleasure. When a beautiful day at the reagan library. Not that there is an ugly day here, but this is truly a beautiful day, im so grateful for the invitation. For all of you taking time on a saturday. Thats pretty remarkable. And i did want to pause and acknowledge, someone said briefly, that this is a very special week, so a year ago today, we brought mrs. Reagan to rest
Shes been a fellow at the reagan institute at massachusetts general hospital. M. I. T. And harvard university. Her first book was titled cured, the people who defeated Hiv Shes written widely for New York times, Los Angeles times, the atlantic, slate, popular science and time magazine. In 2016 she published the Work Basis of her Talk Tonight entitled the rise of the rocket girls, the womens who propelled us from the missiles, to the moon, to mars. That work was bestseller and widely praised by critics. Including one that described it as immersive and provok and superbly readable. Another called it a marvelous book adding. When Kneel Arm s armstrong made his giant leap to man kind there university of mary washington, and to great lives, nathalia holt. Thank you so much. I really appreciate you having me here tonight. Im excited to talk with you about the rocket girls. This is a group of pioneers in american Space Exploration whose careers shaped nasa and really made it what it is today.
July. I know kat did. [laughing]. Greg shes fine. Its kat. The 4th celebrates our independence from some toothless weirdos. 250 years later, we can listen to this. Are you proud to be an american . No. I feel embarrassed to be an american every day. I think a lot of things about this country are embarrassing just like mean racist history and what is going on with politics and the cops. Not really in this climate. I am a black person so obviously i experienced a lot there is like a pressure that comes with that. Not most of the time. I think its a little embarrassing. Thats a complicated question for me. I think most of the time, no. Over the past 4 years its been tricky to love to be an american. Partly. Because on certain topics that are controversial like, i dont know. Our economy just cares about money. Greg oh, gee like she said like 433 times. I cant wait until she enters the real world and takes my order at arbys. All of these people are embarrassed by america. Do they have any a
Narratives. Matthew . I think alien conspiracies are similar only to a different type of religion. Most religious people, i think, are similar to the way most of us think or that we thought aliens might be out there somewhere in the past we can see, and for some there has to be death. It starts extending to where we can see you if this Conspiracy Werent muddying the waters or securing things. As we hope well get to well see they are people who make an explicit connection as well. There are those who make an explicit linkage between this evangelically, folding extraterrestrials. These are interesting questions. The big questions that unfortunately i dont think well be able to answer today. Extraterrestrial vis taillight. These other elements are key Parts Uf Theeds Induction narratives, its not just, butly fears of white kohl missly, particularly white female. In terms of their sexually wal, that, and there is no escaped nuns narratives of the 1926 employees and those clan members. The