Just so you know you are not on the wrong flight. Im brian balogh and ive been a cohost for backstory for over ten years now. Im going to introduce the panel and then were each going to say a few words about our quite different roles well, nathan and i have the same role. Hes trying to steal the 20th century from me and doing a pretty good job of it, but we all have relatively different roles in backstory. Were going to talk about that a little bit. And then we are going to open it up to your questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes at backstory. In fact, were rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like, for instance, even though i talk to him every week. So introducing myself, im a professor at the university of virginia, i cohost backstory and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly, of course, is known to most of you as an outstandin
Thank you. Thank you. Speaker cards for the regular agenda and foreclosed session are necessary if you wish to address the board of education. Members of the public are reminded that an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called. You can present it to the executive assistant at my right, to your left. Members of the public have two minutes to address the board and or the time as set by the Vice President. Importantly, according to board rules and procedures, speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board deputy superintendent . Thank you, Vice President sanchez. Good evening, everybody. Good evening, commissioners. I am standing here for dr. Matthews tonight whose youngest son, anthony, is in a commencement ceremony, he is graduating at San Francisco State University, so we extend our congratulations to matthews family. [applause] with that, i will mention a few items. This past thursday, students in the John Oconnell high school help
Didnt have great wealth and got out of high school. I didnt have great grades, couldnt get a scholarship to Community College flipped cars to try to pay my way through. It. Went to visit somebodys way college for a week and stopped at the Grocery Store to cash the check and i won the lottery for the 1st in california before buying economics. Theres only 5000. 00, but it went much further back then. Took my folks to dinner, put the majority the rest of money into the stock market did pretty well. And next semester i took a break from school. I went to buy a franchise, but no one said they would sell me. One is only 20 years old, but i learned the never to give up. So i opened my own business, selling sandwiches. 3 things i learned 1st to work last believe last to be pay. I wanted to finish my College Degree at that time the one of my families had finished a 4 year degree. I did pretty well. I now had enough money that id pay my way through school as long as i went to cal state. So i sol
Good evening. How is everybody doing . This is my kind of crowd. When you talk through the video, that gives me a good feeling. Everybody is excited to be here and talk with each other. Im the director of him for him and Innovation Lab at the Commonwealth Club. Welcome to tonights conversation with leila janah, founder and author of the excellent book gives work reversing poverty one job at a time. Tonights conversation is moderated by laura tyson, phd, graduate of the school of business at uc berkeley. I think you already did this, but heres a challenge. Turn to somebody you dont know and introduce your self before we get started. [inaudible conversations] okay. That is the perfect 82nd friendship. [laughter] lets come back. This is my kind of audience. I hope that you are like this and it comes time to the audience questions. You are at the second event to take place in this auditorium. [applause] that is worth a round of applause. We are in our brandnew home where 114yearsold weve b
[applause] good evening. How is everybody doing . This is my kind of crowd. When you talk through the video, that gives me a good feeling. Everybody is excited to be here and talk with each other. Im the director of him for him and Innovation Lab at the Commonwealth Club. Welcome to tonights conversation with leila janah, founder and author of the excellent book gives work reversing poverty one job at a time. Tonights conversation is moderated by laura tyson, phd, graduate of the school of business at uc berkeley. I think you already did this, but heres a challenge. Turn to somebody you dont know and introduce your self before we get started. [inaudible conversations] okay. That is the perfect 82nd friendship. [laughter] lets come back. This is my kind of audience. I hope that you are like this and it comes time to the audience questions. You are at the second event to take place in this auditorium. [applause] that is worth a round of applause. We are in our brandnew home where 114year