Site at booktv. Org. Okay. I do double duty here. So i am welcoming Steve Villano who is next, and he is a native of brooklyn, new york, and is the former head of governor mario cuomos new York City Press office with decades of experience in Public Service, public education, Public Health and is the ceo of several national and nonprofit organizations. Im just going to skip to the inhere. He has written quite a bit, theres a long list of things that he has written. He has authored major pieces on ethnic stereotyping in ambassador magazine, he also has talked about actors like Stanley Tucci and john turturro, hes a labor journalist for the National Education association for a decade. He has won numerous awards, and he has a digital poetry book called we haiku. 9 the list goes on and on. He has won various awards like the digital Book Publishers of america in 2014, and if theres anything ive left out, steve, please [inaudible conversations] [laughter] thank you, joanne. Its you deserve to
Before we get to todays program i will know about you other progress we february 16 at noon professor chris myers will be here to talk about their book, history of race and democracy in the Nations Capital. It is a tumultuous four century story of race and democracy in washington dc. A city that has often served as national datagram for contentious issues. Including slavery, segregation, civil rights and the drug war. After two year absence from public view Abraham Lincoln is original emancipation proclamation will be on display in the gallery during the president s day weekend. Do not miss this rare opportunity to see the original emancipation proclamation. The document will be made available for viewing on october 17, 18 and 19 between the hours of 10 and 530 each day. To learn more about these in our programs and exhibits consult our calendar of events online archives. Gov. There is a table outside where you can sign up to receive email updates. Another way to get involved in the Na
Ordinary parents living in the state of maine needed to figure out what that was about. And the here to row of the the hero of the book is really the mother kelly. These twins were adopted at birth. Kelly knew there were two things that were most important to her as a mother; make sure that her children were safe and happy. And she knew she could control the safe part. She had to understand the happy part because she also knew that this child was unhappy when she guest you know, was really unsure about who this child was and resisted it. But kelly was determined. And so she did very early what a lot of us do, and she googled the words boys who like girls toys. And that became the beginning of her odyssey to understanding. She had never heard the word transgender, and so it began she began to become a student of it and to understand it to try and bring her husband into it. It took her longer to do that. It took him longer. But hes probably the one who undergoes the most transformation i