And what legislative steps could be taken to curb gun violence. This is just over an hour and a half. The forum will come too orde, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you very much for being here. Our fellow members and guests of the committee, thank you. We are here today because 203 days ago the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation, and the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policy. Unfortunately, there have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence, to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes if we wait, if you wait this out, it will just go away. Well, were not going away. Were not going to go away because childrenir are dying, ad the tron is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, i find her children unde
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anti-library on these people. you what? i told them and i warned them beforehand that i hate libraries, and so, but, one of the striking things that i have been talking to people for weeks about, and preparing for this, and it is that people have childhood memories in particular of the libraries and when they first got, and they are the favorite moments and curious if they can start, and i have to introduce you, my goodness, and to my left, susan hild rhett is the former director of the museum and library service, and senate appointed service, and treasurer of the american library association, and to her left is the director of the director of the future of the center for libraries and initiative of the american library association examining library innovation and the communities they serve and finally susan packer who is the deputy university librarian at ucla where she builds university design and serves at the the library s chief financial officer. susan parker, let me s
of traditional libraries. hosted by zocalo public square. this is about an hour and ten minutes. thank you. [ applause ] i feel like i should behave somehow. there is a slight stigma. i ll try to behave. you haven t so far. [ laughter ] part of why we re here is to celebrate this library and this is coinciding with that. i wanted to start sort of soft and fuzzy before i really try to go antilibrary on these people. you what? i told them i warned them, beforehand i hate libraries and so one of the striking things i ve been talking to people for weeks preparing for this, people have really wonderful memory, childhood memories of libraries in particular and when they first got the favorite moments. could we start i have to introduce you, my goodness. to my left, susan hill dredge is the former director of the institute of museum and library services. a president alley appointed senate confirmed position. she s currently a professor of practice at the university of wa