Host we are focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was known one who recalls her time in the white house 1914 and since then ten other first ladies have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women who have served in that position in the last 50 years. First up, Rosalynn Carter who served as first lady from 19771981 and she is the author of five books. In 1984 her bestselling memoir, first lady from plains, was released. Missus carters subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. This is a subject she is championed throughout her life. Now from 2010 here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book, within our reach ending the Mental Health crisis. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] i am really pleased to be here tonight and pleased to see so many people interested in my book. I have been on a book tour this week and i started on monday and i get the same two questions every time
She was able to get out, walked to the side and i had a broken ankle but didnt know it, for a few days. Another car came up, a man got out of the car and went to the person lying on the ground, my friend judy said that is the persons father on the ground, no, i said it couldnt be, that is mister bassett. When we got taken to the hospital we were in a room with a cloth draped separating us, judy and i were, we had very minor injuries, no one was there with us. I could hear mrs. Douglas crying on the other side of the curtain. And then when i got home that was just a huge tragedy and a life lesson that is a very hard lesson to learn that i learned early, things that happened to you, you cause things to happen if you could take it back you would but there is never anything you can ever do about it and it is just a fact and you have to accept it with whatever grace you can accept it with. Host you hadnt talked about it. Guest i had. In the 2000 race when it came out in the newspapers i was
Had died. And i was curious, in these violent situations, what response, if any, does twitter have . And so im not familiar with this one. So the account or the material that was going out from her account was not true she was reporting on the violence. And no one was entirely clear if she ever was a real person or not. I see. So, i would say that in the context of violence or any kind of crisis kind of situation, part of we get this question a lot actually, because ill give you a slightly more tame example than violence in mexico. But still it relates. In the aftermath of hurricane sandy, there were accounts on twitter of flooding in this place, and people even had these falsified photos of certain places that were under water. And there, like in the case of mexico, you have these questions, like, hey, twitter and other social media seem to be giving rise to potential misinformation. As i was saying earlier, it is, i really do believe, one of the most extraordinary viral platforms tha
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Have you ever woken up and not know where your next strength is coming from or if you have enough water to boil for the little bit of rice to feed your entire family. This is as common as the desert. We are people struggling, fighting for vitality at night our windows rattle and bombs burst through the streets to split open every trek through demolition, they cracked battlelines into the community,h turn neighbors into warriors have been blinded by blood to bd see we are fighting on the same side. O we are the worlds forgotten war and survivors tired of s surviving. We want to live and refused to be starved of our humanity any longer. Good health, nutrition is not a privilege. Good health is not a luxury and water is not a treasure. The sun shines on me as it does you and you and you. Solidarity starts with open palms, square shoulders and steps towards action to care and offer yourself as a resource ane help support a foundation that was already there. In jan and an important part of