Thank you sarah. Now let us welcome from northern ireland, manchester francesca drumm. Francesca the world around us is changing fast. That just our Political Landscape but also on a social, geographical and cultural level. We all agree that the past months have been amongst the most chaotic and confusing that we as young people have witnessed. And yet we strive to raise our voices, the argument and the discourse. As bystanders and observers. Disregarded by the debates. Generation cryur for recognition. We seek to be had. Heard. We seek integrity. Values that we believe to be a cornerstone to any political argument. And we have been overlooked among state beer mongering and recent times. Today, as we consider the prospect of a kinder, there were democracy, we have the crucial task of young people to communicate the values that are integral to our generation. Hope, possibility and vision for a new world where boundaries between them and us must be breached. A society that looks in on it
Then i will come back up here with david french and greg to have a conversation about this. Well bat around handful of ideas. You ly you probably know david who has lit gifted on these issues. He has been in the trenches. Hes. Fire which is probably the leading organization for working on campuses and freespeech issues and im a fan of his because he cowrote what i think was the best article of 2015 in the atlantic, the coddling of the American Mind. Its fascinating, one of the parts of johns book is that theres an increased emphasis among folks on campus thing the safe spaces, its good for Mental Health. There is this alternative we just have a couple rules. One, please make sure that you raise your hand and we get at microphone to you. We just want to make sure everyone can hear you are. Make sure to you introduce yourself. Wed like to know who the conversation is happening between, so name and organization. And then last but not least, please, please, please actually ask a question d
Then i will come back up here with david french and greg to have a conversation about this. Well bat around handful of ideas. You ly you probably know david who has lit gifted on these issues. He has been in the trenches. Hes. Fire which is probably the leading organization for working on campuses and freespeech issues and im a fan of his because he cowrote what i think was the best article of 2015 in the atlantic, the coddling of the American Mind. Its fascinating, one of the parts of johns book is that theres an increased emphasis among folks on campus thing the safe spaces, its good for Mental Health. There is this alternative we just have a couple rules. One, please make sure that you raise your hand and we get at microphone to you. We just want to make sure everyone can hear you are. Make sure to you introduce yourself. Wed like to know who the conversation is happening between, so name and organization. And then last but not least, please, please, please actually ask a question d
Fourth and fifth destination is great but its not where we want to be. You identify the problems and try to attack them within the government. Why did you decide to run . Ultimately the odds of being born in the United States 126 plus or minus and the odds of being born in the United States to a twoparent household with some discipline and encouragement, ive been very, very, very lucky. As a prosecutor, i stand across the dias usually from a young man no different from me but had different influences early in life so i feel like from whom much is given or to whom much given, much is expected sort of if i feel like im Holding Strong opinions and am right on issues and can do something to influence the issues to sort of hand that mantel to the quality of opportunity to the young people moving forward i probably would be remiss not for try. So there it is, and youre perpetually humbled in the Fifth District of virginia because jefferson lived there, theres the father of the declaration an
Push for change where its needed. He spoke at the Mccormick Place in chicago. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th president of the United States, barack obama. [cheers] president obama hello, chicago ts good to be home. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Its good to be home. Thank you. Thank you. [cheers] president obama you can tell you can tell that i you, you you can tell that im a lame duck because nobodys following instructions. Everybody have a seat. Fellow americans michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes that weve received over the past few weeks, but tonight, tonight its my urn to say thanks. Whether we have seen eye to eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people, in living rooms and in schools, at farms, on factory floors, at diners and on distant military outposts, those conversations are what have kept me honest and kept me inspired. And kept me going. And ev