To restore the u. S. Position as world leader at a time of unprecedented crisis. Government must make tough choices. The u. K. Treasury chief cuts foreign aid looking for savings to support the coronavirus ravaged economy. And people around the world protest to end violence against women as the u. N. Highlights what its calling a shadow pandemic. We begin in northern ethiopia, where after nearly 3 weeks of fighting a deadline imposed by the Central Government 40 Ground Forces to surrender is said to expire. No, around 30 minutes. The federal army has surrounded to Grace Capital and this threatening the use of artillery on the city of 500000, people to gray and lead, deny allegations that fighters have begun surrendering. If you piers Prime Minister ahmed is asking the world not to interfere. He says, while we appreciate and understand the interest of the International Community to assist the ongoing Law Enforcement operations, we would also like to underscore that this must be dire acc
Good evening, everyone. I am valerie paley. I am director of the center for womens history, and i and so delighted to welcome you to the york the New York Historical society and womens center. We are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the United States, and its about time. [applause] valerie i will not take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator. She is the postdoctoral fellow in womens history in public history here at New York Historical. She is a fantastic scholar, human being, and colleague and i am so glad they are with us at an important moment. I also want to do a special shout out to the womens foundation, four years ago they melon foundation, four years ago they gave us a giant vote of confidence and a lovely grant to get the center up and running. We are here, and we are here to stay. Really happy about that. She went to Columbia University and got their phd there, as did i more than a couple of yea
[applause] thank you maurice and can we hear it or state senator theology and assemblywoman neil. [applause] hello new york. Now, some of you know this. I never thought id getinto politics. Not in 1 million years. But when i got into this fight, i quickly found out nobody makes it on their own. If youre going to make any kind of progress in this country , you need allies to know how to fight area and more importantly, you need allies who know how to win. [applause] the working Families Party has been on the lines of fighting for racial and Economic Justice and building a Grassroots Movement to elect the next generation and i am honored to have their support. [applause] and tonight, with all of you here as witnesses, im going to make a promise and that is when im in the white house, working families will have a champion. [applause] so thank you maurice and thank you to the working familiesparty. Now, when so many good people show up, i usually do a townhall followed by a selfie. Tonight
You to our speakers to start meaning tonight we have with us dr. Bettina becker, a distinguished professor emerita, feminist studies, university of california, santa. She has taught for more than 40 years an activist scholar. She coled the Free Speech Movement uc berkeley in 1964 and the National Student Mobilization Committee to end and the war in vietnam. She played a leading role in the International Movement to free angela davis. But she was a member of the communist party. From 1962 to 1981, and she has been of the lgbt movement. The late 1970s and has published several, including the morning breaks, the trial of angela davis tapestry, the life, womens work, womens consciousness and meaning of daily experience, and a memoir politics how i grew up. Read and fought for free speech and became a feminist rebel, which was nominated for lambda literary award in 2006. We also have with us tonight dr. Estelle friedman. Shes the Edgar Robinson professor in u. S. History emerita at stanford
She coled the Free Speech Movement uc berkeley in 1964 and the National Student Mobilization Committee to end and the war in vietnam. She played a leading role in the International Movement to free angela davis. But she was a member of the communist party. From 1962 to 1981, and she has been of the lgbt movement. The late 1970s and has published several, including the morning breaks, the trial of angela davis tapestry, the life, womens work, womens consciousness and meaning of daily experience, and a memoir politics how i grew up. Read and fought for free speech and became a feminist rebel, which was nominated for lambda literary award in 2006. We also have with us tonight dr. Estelle friedman. Shes the Edgar Robinson professor in u. S. History emerita at stanford university. She cofounded the program in feminist gender and sexuality studies. The recipient multiple teaching awards. She has held fellowships the National Endowment for the humanities, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation an