Problem. Theyre trying to figure out how to keep their agents from looking at all the nude photographs that are sent, but theyre finding it hard to filter out for the nude pictures. Text messages are similarly not immune. The nsa collected almost 200 million Text Messages per day globally, using them to ascertain travel plans, social networks and credit card details. Let me be clear, this information is being collected on individuals who are not themselves suspected of any illegal activity. Georgetown professor Laura Donohue gave the keynote address at a National Security conference hosted by westminster college. Its in fulton, missouri. You can see her entire speech tonight starting at 9 30 eastern on our companion network, cspan. This monday on cspans new series landmark cases, by 1830, the Mississippi River around new orleans had become a breeding ground for kohl ra and yellow fever, partly due to slaughter houses in the area dumping their byproducts into the river. To address this problem, louisiana allowed only one government run slaughterhouse, crescent city, to operate in the City District and the other houses took them to court. Follow the cases of 1873. Were joined by constitutional law attorney and michael ross, author of the book, justice of shattered dreams, to help tell the history. The personal stories of the butchers and the state of things in new orleans, as well as the attorneys and Supreme Court justices involved in this close decision. Be sure to join the conversation as we take your calls, tweets and Facebook Comments during the Program Using the hashtag landmark cases. Live monday on cspan, cspan 3, and cspan radio. For background while you watch, order your copy of the landmark cases companion book available for 8. 95 plus shipping. National endowment for the arts chair jane chu recently outlined her plans for the arts endowment recently. She spoke at the National Press club for about an hour. Welcome to the National Press club. My name is john hughes. Im an editor for bloomberg first word. Thats bloomberg newss breaking news desk here in washington, and i am the president of the National Press club. Our speaker this morning is the chairman of the National Endowment for the arts, jane chu. We invited jane chu to be with us on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the nea which i understand the actual Anniversary Day is tomorrow. First, i want to introduce our distinguished head table. This table includes members of the National Press club and guests of our speaker. H right, lisa matthews, vicepresident at hagersharp and a member of the National PressClub Speakers Committee. Melissa walker, Creative Arts therapist and Healing Arts Program coordinator at the National Intrepid Center of excellence at Walter Reed National military center. Amy henderson, curator at the smithsonian portrait gallery and a member of the National Speaker committee. Able lopez, associate producing director of the gala hispanic theatre. Jerry zim ski, buffalo news, a past president of the National Press club and chairman of the press Club Speakers Committee. Skipping over our speaker for a moment, nick aposteletes, deputy ceo of the Visitors Center and a member of the press Club Speakers Committee who organized todays event. Thank you, nick. Faib yan barnes. I also want to welcome our cspan and our public radio audiences and remind you that you can follow the action on twitter. Use the hashtag npc live. Thats npc live. Jane chu was born the daughter of chinese immigrants in shawnee, oklahoma and she was raised in arkansas. She studied music growing up. She received a bachelors degree in piano performance and Music Education from baptist university. She received her masters degree in music and piano pedagogy from Southern Methodist university. She still wasnt done with education. She holds a masters degree in Business Administration from Rockhurst University and a phd in philanthropic studies from indiana university. Her career has included serving as president of the Kaufmann Center for the performing arts in kansas city and as executive at the kaufmann fund. She also has served as vicepresident of external relations for union station, kansas city. She was confirmed as the 11th chairman of the National Endowment for the arts last year after serving as the neas acting Top Executive since december 2012. As chairman, chu has said she wants to continue the conversation about the importance of the arts and Arts Education. Earlier this year, on a trip to los angeles, she said, quote, with the shifting demographics of america, this is a great opportunity for the arts to be at the center. She also said, quote, arts is an equalizer. Please join me in giving me a warm National Press club welcome to jane chu, chairman of the National Endowment of the arts. [ applause ] thank you, john. Thank you, john, and thank you to everybody joining us here and online to help us kick off the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Endowment for the arts. I want to acknowledge a few special guests who are sitting at the table who have been called out and are helping here to celebrate our milestone. Able lopez, associate producing director of the gala hispanic theatre. Its located here in washington d. C. And its a longtime grantee of the National Endowment for the arts. This was the first theatre in the nations capitol to offer Spanish Language productions. I also want to introduce faib yan barnes, director of Dance Institute of washington, another longtime grantee of the National Endowment for the arts. In addition to regular dance classes and professional performances, the Dance Institute offers an Award WinningMentorship Program called positive directions. The positive Directions Program prepares High School Students for college or employment by offering dance classes, life skills development, and educational services. Our third guest is melissa walker. Melissa is an Art Therapist at the Walter Reed National military Medical Center in bethesda where she works with Service Members who have been affected by posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other invisible conditions from war. The National Endowment for the arts formed a Healing Arts Partnership with walter reed in 2011 which pairs melissa with writer and veteran ron caps and music therapist rebecca valdre around together these three visual arts, creative writing and Music Therapy are creating new possibilities for members of our military through the arts. Thank you for the work you do every day to empower and inspire people through the arts. [ applause ] in many ways 1965 was a time of optimism and hope of reawakening. The Voting Rights act had been signed just a month before the National Endowment for the arts was established and america completed its First Successful space walk earlier that summer. After three attempts, marchers from selma, alabama successfully reached the Capitol Steps in montgomery. It was a turbulent time to be sure but it was also one where we could begin to dream of new freedoms and new frontiers. It was in this climate that new aspirations for the American People that the National Endowment for the arts and the National Endowment for the humanities were created on september 29th, 1965. The idea was to form an agency that would nur tour and elevate the nations culture for the advancement of american civilization. Unlike the previous new deals wpa, the Works Progress administration program, neither the National Endowment for the arts or the National Endowment for humanities were formed for economic reasons. They were always considered to be about something bigger. President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Foundation on the arts and humanities act which gave birth to the nea and the neh. The purpose was to nurture american creativity, elevate the nations culture, and sustain and preserve the countrys artistic traditions throughout the nation, from dance neighborhoods of cities large and small, to vast, rural spaces for all americans to experience the arts. It was written that the world leadership which has come to the United States cannot rest solely upon superior technology, power, wealth, but must be solidly founded upon worldwide respect and admiration for the nations high qualities as a leader in the realms of ideas and of the spirit. Spirit and ideas, these are the things that energize us and that enrich us and that make our lives worth living. America is what it is today because of its commitment to chasing wild dreams and pursuing innovation and finding the passion that ignites our spirits. The congress of 1965 recognized that in order to be an effective leader with might and strength, you also had to have heart and soul. For the past 50 years, thats exactly what the National Endowment for the arts has been doing. From stepan wolf theatre to the American Film Institute and from prairie home companion and the sundance film festival, pbss live from Lincoln Center to more than 400 translations of literature from 86 countries and 66 languages and grants to attract students and teachers and audience members who could not buy their own tickets and initiatives to deliver programs to communities across the nation from earlier arts programs at military installations to featuring the masters of jazz and folk and traditional arts in schools and concert halls and on radio and tv, to the Deaf Initiative that brought arts to those with hearing challenges. Thousands of artists and Arts Organizations of all genres have received National Endowment for the arts grants during their formative years and over the past five decades National Endowment for the arts has made more than 147,000 grants totaling 5 billion and with a significant ability to leverage those dollars. For every dollar awarded by the National Endowment for the arts, an additional 7 to 9 from other funds were made to the same arts projects. A 17 ratio is a very good return on our investment. Our 50th anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate these once emerging artists and Arts Organizations that are now world renown forces and applaud their contributions to americas Cultural Landscape. Its also an opportunity to celebrate the arts in our every day lives as well. When it comes to the arts, there is no such thing as a marginalized population. We are committed to ensuring that every individual from child to grandparent and from tenth generation to newly arrived immigrant has a chance to find their creative voice through the arts and live in a community where creativity can thrive. Why is this important . Because the arts instill our lives with value and connection and creativity and innovation. They make our world a richer and more rewarding place to live. For instance, the gala hispanic theatre is a major cultural touch stone for washingtons hispanic community. Through the power of performance it gives people an opportunity to celebrate who they are and where theyre from and for others gala is a way to connect with the cultures, traditions, and art forms of their neighbors and see how our differences are a cause for celebration rather than a means of division. At the positive Directions Mentoring Program at the Dance Institute of washington, 100 of alumni have graduated from high school and attend college, and some have even gone on to perform with prestigious Dance Companies and on broadway. What explains this level of success . A few years ago faib yan barnes explained that in dance youre taught to carry yourself in a way that lets people know you take pride in yourself. That is the power of the arts. Theres a similar sense of empowerment at walter reed. One Service Member explained how the process of arts therapy worked. He said were trapped in our own heads in these dreams and these nightmares and these flashbacks, but once we get down into the writing and music and art, that we can control and we can do what we want to. We can change it and take it anywhere we want to whenever we want to. As weve prepared for our 50th birthday, many people have reached out to us with stories about the power of the arts in their own lives. Sue bell is joining us today from merriams kitchen, a shelter here in washington d. C. For chronically homeless men and women who face physical or mental challenges. Sue, will you please stand . Sue told us the story of marvin who first arrived at merriams kitchen six years ago. Marvin regularly ate meals at the shelter but he was frequently uncommunicative and Staff Members found it difficult to find a way to truly reach him. I want to reach to you what sue wrote. Art therapy turned out to be marvins game changer. It became his way to express himself when he wasnt up for talking. He began with manned las circle and moved to jewelry making and it became the foundation for our case managers to earn his trust and help him consider accepting permanent supportive housing. In may 2014, after countless merriams kitchen meals and Case Management services, marvin slept in his own bed for the first time in six years, and together were helping marvin maintain his home and thrive in his new life. Thank you, sue, for sharing the story of marvins ability to express himself through the arts. [ applause ] then theres the story from wanda from conway, North Carolina who let us know about her experience drawing with her grandchild. She wrote, in that precious time we got lost in our imaginations, talking about colors and shapes and shadows. It was absolute heaven. It was a time and feeling and joy that i doubt either of us will be likely to ever forget. Maria mendoza from dallas, texas wrote to tell us her story. She said i had the privilege of attending and graduating from booker t. Washington high school for the performing and visual arts in dallas, texas, and in that space i learned to embrace my identity and discover my capabilities. There was a constant push to be anything but ordinary. Dance has inspired me to find different ways of tackling and handling issues. These stories are testament to the power of the arts to change lives, and while were celebrating the work of the arts and the National Endowment for the arts over the past 50 years, we also began to ask ourselves how we can best multiply these transformative arts experiences over the next 50 years. How can we better understand and expand the ways that the arts infuse our country. How is the arts infrastructure changing and how can the National Endowment for the arts and other creative entities change with it to better support the ideas and the initiatives and the dreams of American People. So to explore these questions, were announcing the launch of a new initiative today called creativity connects. Creativity connects will build those relationships between the arts and the general public as well as between the arts and Different Industries outside of the ar