Boards for the west point center for oral history and the renewed hope foundation. He serves as president of the Nonprofit Organization esprit de corps, which educates the public about veterans affairs, our main topic today. Please join me in welcoming james. Thank you. So, this is the plan. I am going to turn to each of the speakers and let them introduce themselves because their bios also explain why they are on this panel. They are each going to talk for 10 or 15 minutes or so, and then were going to open it up for general discussion. And this is my favorite kind of event. I am not selling something. There is no real agenda. This is an exploration of ideas. I think today we earn our moniker of think tank. Before we get started, i just want to take a few minutes about i chose this issue and why i think it is important. At the notion of philanthropy in national do we even think about that . There are a couple of reasons. Having been involved in philanthropic pursuits, particularly reg
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Thank you so much, kathy. Its a particular pleasure, as you might imagine, to have the hospitality of a distinguished center at the Graduate Center the center on philanthropy and Civil Society and have the friendship of a terrific scholar who has been a friend of many years. I owe kathy the special debt in the generous invitation to be a senior scholar at the center and bring my Small Organization with me. Thank you very much, kathy. Its because of her im here today and here at the City University. I sworn after i left maryland having left rutgers i would not go back to the university again. Im glad i have broken that promise to myself and here. Its a pleasure to be on the podium again. We met in the 70s what we were both regarded as a radical scholar. Some might not think that anymore. Francis and i were asked by james mcgreger burns to be the cochair of the american Political Science invention program. We came up with a program that even i think jim burns was a little alarmed by. He
Problems are selfed not book may if mayors ruled the world. Climate change, illegal trafficking, immigration and terrorism. Its just under two hours. [applause] thank you so much, kathy. Its a particular pleasure, as you might imagine, to have the hospitality of a distinguished center at the Graduate Center the center on philanthropy and Civil Society and have the friendship of a terrific scholar who has been a friend of many years. I owe kathy the special debt in the generous invitation to be a senior scholar at the center and bring my Small Organization with me. Thank you very much, kathy. Its because of her im here today and here at the City University. I sworn after i left maryland having left rutgers i would not go back to the university again. Im glad i have broken that promise to myself and here. Its a pleasure to be on the podium again. We met in the 70s what we were both regarded as a radical scholar. Some might not think that anymore. Francis and i were asked by james mcgrege