Straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the nations capitol to wherever you are. To get the opinion that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Im veryi pleased to have steve as our speaker. He will tell us about John Burroughs. As a youngman came to capitol hill and introduced the nation toci the na beauty of washington. I suspect that burroughs would respect the career path of our aspecter. Speaker. With Political Science from duke and a masters in affairs and from columbia. Has led to steve to almost 20 years as a reporter and editor for leading newspapers both here and abroad. Steve is focused on the very local and the rock creek songbird which is a Habitat Restoration project and for many years as in serving as executive director of pierce mill deeper into the history of Natural Resources of the area that John Burroughs knew and loved 150 years ago. There is a second reason to be delighted to enter the spe
To capitol hill during the civil war and introduce the nation to the Natural Beauty of washington became one of the countries leading and well know nature. I suspect he would have appreciated the career path of our speaker. With Political Science from duke and a masters in affairs and from columbia. Has led to steve to almost 20 years as a reporter and editor for leading newspapers both here and abroad. Steve is focused on the very local and the rock creek songbird which is a Habitat Restoration project and for many years as executive director. Digs deeper into the history of Natural Resources of it very area John Burroughs knew and loved 150 years ago. The second reason im delighted to be introducing the speaker of this topic. For almost 20 years now the lecture group headed by john francine at the time looking for someone to give a lecture on the onetime resident John Burroughs. Once i asked the late steve owner of the river be book store here on hill if he would give a lecture figur
Headquarters in washington dc good morning, everyone. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming today. Good morning, everyone. Thanks, louisa. I thought you were going to give me a shout out or something. My name is jason. I am representing the Teachers Union. The American Federation of teachers. [applause] i have been a part of that union since 20 years. This morning i was asked to share a few words with you. A little bit about my perspective on unions and why they are so important. Right off the bat, one of the things i would like to share, the reason i ever became a teacher and walking right out of college and out of high school going to college knowing i want to be a teacher one day. Louise who just kicked us off is my student. It is one of the things that unions do so well. They Bring Community and how to impact the Community Front and center. I believe that is one of the things that not only attracted me to teaching, but certainly is one of the major talking points about what
Headquarters in washington dc good morning, everyone. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming today. Good morning, everyone. Thanks, louisa. I thought you were going to give me a shout out or something. My name is jason. I am representing the Teachers Union. The American Federation of teachers. [applause] i have been a part of that union since 20 years. This morning i was asked to share a few words with you. A little bit about my perspective on unions and why they are so important. Right off the bat, one of the things i would like to share, the reason i ever became a teacher and walking right out of college and out of high school going to college knowing i want to be a teacher one day. Louise who just kicked us off is my student. It is one of the things that unions do so well. They Bring Community and how to impact the Community Front and center. I believe that is one of the things that not only attracted me to teaching, but certainly is one of the major talking points about what
Headquarters in washington dc good morning, everyone. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming today. Good morning, everyone. Thanks, louisa. I thought you were going to give me a shout out or something. My name is jason. I am representing the Teachers Union. The American Federation of teachers. [applause] i have been a part of that union since 20 years. This morning i was asked to share a few words with you. A little bit about my perspective on unions and why they are so important. Right off the bat, one of the things i would like to share, the reason i ever became a teacher and walking right out of college and out of high school going to college knowing i want to be a teacher one day. Louise who just kicked us off is my student. It is one of the things that unions do so well. They Bring Community and how to impact the Community Front and center. I believe that is one of the things that not only attracted me to teaching, but certainly is one of the major talking points about what