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for complete television schedule booktv.org 48 hours of nonfiction books an authors. television for serious readers next we kick off the weekend with dana joya on why poetry matters. [inaudible] good evening everyone if you re stapgd there s still a few seats up here. over here a few places. welcome to tonight s trinity form evening conversation with dana joya i m president of the forum and on behalf of us wii all delighted that you are here. and we re also delighted to get to partner with howard and roberta who are sponsors this evening in getting to host what is sure to be a fascinating event. if you re new, i know many of you seem to be new faces. a little bit about us. we exist to provide a space and resource for leaders to engage life greatest questions in the the context of faith and great questions of life linked to our notion of truth, beauty and goodness, and historically one of the most important means of disterns and internalizing those notions of truth, u ....
president barack obama, former first lady laura bush, congressman john lewis, governor sam brownbeck, mayor vincent gray, the smithsonian and the museum s leadership, broke ground right here on this spot for this museum, the national museum of african-american history and culture. today, as you can see the building is nearing completion, and in the next ten months, we ll finish the interior, install the exhibits, and by september 2016, open the doors to welcome the public. today, we mark a milestone in our progress by commemorating three, three annual anniversaries the 150th anniversary of the end of the civil war and the ratification of the constitution s 13th amendment ending slavery, and also, the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act. these are signal events in american history and help define who we are as a freedom-seeking people. now you can read about them in a book and we certainly want people to read books, but the way we as a country publicly commemorat ....
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focused on american war politics and how the american people experience war in the 20th century. her research attempts to get to the root of contemporary phenomenon, the disengagement of the u.s. congress and the american people from war in the 21st century. the research is informing her forthcoming book going to war: an american history. you may have seen the new york times article that discusses the key question at the heart of her research. today, she will speak about how america was mobilized for world war i by catastrophes of sunken ships and how catastrophes can mobilize americans to engage in distant conflicts. that create physical and emotional distance from death and dying. she is professor of law and director of the project of war and security at emory university. prior to her position at emory, professor of law and political science at the university of southern california. she has also taught at duke, harvard, university of maryland, and university of io ....
environment code and the legislative digest and fact sheet sponsors the commissioner wald. the speaker is [speaker not understood] policy communications director. this is a discussion item. this is one of the people that s been very interested in pushing this for a long, long time. i m delighted to have it in front of us and welcome staff to give us an update. commissioners, guillermo rodriguez. before you is the support resolution that was presented at the policy committee. the committee debated the item, amended the resolution, and it now stands before you for action on the full commission. a couple of key things just to share. since the policy committee a couple of keon endorsements that have come in. i understand from the supervisors office that the sierra club officially came out and endorsed the ordinance as well as proposed. in addition, the item is come is going before the small business commission for discussion, and the department itself is reaching out ....