trial and whether he gets it or not the life of a baby he pulled out of his mother s stomach will not change. eli evans is focused on making sure his mother s murder was not in vain. its alleged that the suspect opened the stomach into the womb of the victim debra evidence. she was a nine month s pregnant and shot in the back of the head interest on a live show violently cut out of her belly and his 10 year-old sister samantha and a seven year-old brother joshua overstep to death, the last 22 months old brother jordan was left on harbor crying in his crib, the boy s biological father laverne ward his friend jacqueline annette williams infidel kathy were found guilty of murder. eli evans is now 16 and he knows how remarkable it is that he survived. he learned the truth 10 years ago. thank you god for sparing him. when sam evans oldest daughter and granddaughter were murdered sam took delight in jordan to live with him in southeastern illinois. the boys were raised in the
but i thought if we could take those stories to capitol hill and to stay house this and people that are making decisions, it is my pleasure. last november, who we are so thrilled wrote a cover story called how to restore the american dream. i take notes on it. he said the reality is that technology and global polarization globalization is challenging. it they heard this challenge and conducted sessions and research. there lessons learned. look at bright spots of innovation. one thing that surprised us was how much common ground we found with our discussions. and how committed they all were to wanting to boost opportunity and make it a top priority. we brought policy leaders together to share ideas and listen to one another and develop a framework for action. as you have heard, they listen to low income ones and discuss how worried we have become. having listened to the town hall meeting, they have literally gone into their cars and drove tenor 12 hours to be part of that se
house as a speech writer to president lyndon johnson. he has been with the carnegie corporation of new york and served as the first president of the charles h. repson organization. he is in much demands as a speaker. he is the editor of numerous books, articles, and essays. three of his books have received an exceptional acclaim and remain classes in the field. please welcome the panel. [applause] cynthia, its all yours. welcome to what i think will be a lively and entertaining evening. our panelists have knowledge of southern history and our wonderful story tellers. eli reminded me that the south is no one place. it abbas, from a slightly different south. i will start by telling you briefly that i grew up in a small town you never heard of. in alabama, it has a population of about 70,000. it is known as the setting for to kill a mockingbird because harper lee grew up there. i grew up in atlanta, georgia. i was the fourth generation of jews born there. my family came from