Its an epistolary work. Its a letter, a series of letters to my sons of course its also a letter to the larger world. Both about the reality of the terror and anxiety and worry that comes along with being a parent of black children and particularly black boys in the United States at this moment but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy. And excellence and self regard. Much of which i think one defined the lessons for an extraordinary definition we have to draw from. Where did you come up with the idea to write your sons a letter . Actually have written them letters privately for years. But my editor gayatri at beacon press said is this something youd be interested in doing i think a large part because i talk about my children all the time direct post about them in social media. Initially what we both had in mind was something that was probably a bit more lighthearted. When i started to reflect on what it would mean to try to tell a story about both my
Im lonnie stonitsch, the executive director of fan. And im honored to welcome you to tonights conversation between dr. Moiya mctier and dr. Chanda prescodweinstein. Then celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season this year. Can you believe that . And we are honored to have the robust support of dozens of schools, nonprofits, corporations, families and individuals from across the country. We are joyfully and deeply committed to our vision of an informed and Compassionate Community and. We achieve that by presenting fresh ideas that elevate minds, expand hearts, and make the world a better place. We have hundreds of videos of past events archived on our youtube channel, so please be sure to subscribe to get updates when new recordings are posted for some introductions. Moiya mctier is an astrophysicist folklorist and science communicator based in new york city. After graduating from harvard as the first person in the schools history to study both astronomy and mythology, dr. Mcteer earned h
Time and. Thank you and welcome and good afternoon everyone im honored to introduce our next two speakers Heather Cox Richardson and Tracy K Smith, both writers of extraordinary talent and wisdom whose words and voices invited to reflect remain and revisit our and collective histories to make sense out of this time. A couple of years ago a good friend recommended Heather Cox Richardson newsletter letters from an american, which she now has in the millions. Im sure she some fans in this room too. Yes. I am grateful for heathers daily commentary because she to because what she does for me is she helps the firehose issues of the news her masterful she master translates the days events into segments pulls fact from fiction and grounds it all in the big picture of American History, while shining light where we need to be paying attention Heather Cox Richardson is the author of this book democracy awakening notes on the state of america. She is a professor of history, Boston College and an i
Im lonnie stonitsch, the executive director of fan. And im honored to welcome you to tonights conversation between dr. Moiya mctier and dr. Chanda prescodweinstein. Then celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season this year. Can you believe that . And we are honored to have the robust support of dozens of schools, nonprofits, corporations, families and individuals from across the country. We are joyfully and deeply committed to our vision of an informed and Compassionate Community and. We achieve that by presenting fresh ideas that elevate minds, expand hearts, and make the world a better place. We have hundreds of videos of past events archived on our youtube channel, so please be sure to subscribe to get updates when new recordings are posted for some introductions. Moiya mctier is an astrophysicist folklorist and science communicator based in new york city. After graduating from harvard as the first person in the schools history to study both astronomy and mythology, dr. Mcteer earned h
Music they listen to, the bad time. You say all, why would any young person even listen to you . Am i right . Sebastian were lets Exchange Information when this is. But i think a lot of us end up becoming corny, forgetting that we used to be in our teens or teenagers. Thank you so much, sebastian. Thank you, everyone. Welcome. Welcome. Thank you for us. I know this will be a conversation with our esteemed speakers that im eager to introduce you to today. Im victoria murray is, a New York Times and usa today author of more than 30 novels, the personal library and the first ladies. Both novels were cowritten with her writing. Marie benedict victoria is also have been nominated for numerous naacp awards for outstanding literature and she won that award in 2016 for her social commentary stand your ground. The first ladies was targeted. Thousand and 22,000, 23 book of the year and five of marys said deaf seven deadly sins have been made into lifetime movies produced t. D. Jakes with almost