[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening, folks. We are going to ahead and get started. If you havent gotten a copy of the book outside, please do so. First of all, welcome to the open Society Foundation in new york city. Its our pleasure to host you for what promises to be a terrific event for the boldly titled book, the end of White Christian america. Its my honor to introduce tonights events. I grew up in the way to sit in the United States committed beautiful state of maine and the United Church of christ of this conversation hits close to home for me and professionally. Id like to thank robert jones was known for robbie for several years and Sam Tanenhaus for joining us that id like to think Elizabeth Berg newcomer nathan mckie and the society team for putting the event together. In addition to the foundation, tonights event is cosponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of new york, Ford Foundation and the new world foundation. Im a longtime fan of robert jone
[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Good evening. I am the director of the roosevelt house. It is a pleasure to welcome all of you to what is essentially, i guess, the first of our evening Public Programs to mark womens History Month. March is womens History Month. Please remember that part of the celebration is the opportunity to either have another look or a first look at the exhibition of womens suffrage material we have on view upstairs. I was going to say it is only until the end of the month but we are announcing we will extend the duration. Tonight we welcome two women who will be speaking about two special women. And it is a pleasure to welcome them to the home of Eleanor Roosevelt who played a big role in pollys activism. It is a particular pleasure to welcome you to murrays alma matter. She graduated january 1933. That was one of the many milestones in the life we will hear about it. Murray played a role in roosevelts life and they had a long friendship. You wil
Good evening. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the nixon library. My name is jim byron. Thank you. And im the president ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation, and its my pleasure to welcome you here this evening. We have a truly terrific evening in store for you and let me begin by welcoming some special guests starting with larry higby whos a member of the board of directors of the Richard Nixon foundation. In sandy quinn a member of the board former president of the Nixon Foundation colonel jack brennan. The Marine Military aid the president nixon and his chief of staff in the san clemente years judge, jim rogan. Thank you for being here, sir. Jean hernandez the mayor pro tem of the great city of yorba linda. Thank you for being here gene. I want to welcome dr. Lori cox hahn, who is the doybee henley chair of president ial studies at Chapman University and her colleague dr. Luke nichter, who is the james . Kavanaugh chair in president ial studies, which is a new program at Chapman Univ
Its my pleasure to welcome you here this evening. We have a truly terrific evening in store for you and let me begin by welcoming some special guests starting with larry higby whos a member of the board of directors of the Richard Nixon foundation. In sandy quinn a member of the board former president of the Nixon Foundation colonel jack brennan. The Marine Military aid the president nixon and his chief of staff in the san clemente years judge, jim rogan. Thank you for being here, sir. Jean hernandez the mayor pro tem of the great city of yorba linda. Thank you for being here gene. I want to welcome dr. Lori cox hahn, who is the doybee henley chair of president ial studies at Chapman University and her colleague dr. Luke nichter, who is the james . Kavanaugh chair in president ial studies, which is a new program at Chapman University and were joined by the dean of students, dr. Jerry price as well at a new program at chapman that the foundation has helped to put together and were reall