Ministers National Battlefield park. A 5000 acre park. Mr. Bias has a masters degree in applied anthropology. As you imagine, he might has a long career in the National Park service. He was a legislative coordinator for the National Park service. He was project manager for the rehabilitation of arlington house. He worked at the National Battlefield, George Washington memorial parkway, Great Falls Park and hes going to be, as you just heard, the topic of his top today is unprecedented discovery. Field hospital barrios on earth. Please welcome mr. Bies. Okay, well im really looking forward to sharing this unprecedented story with everyone here. Again, i have the great privilege and early humble privilege of being the superintendent of 5000 acres of some of americas most hallowed grounds. Most everybody here is going to know this, but i feel the obligatory 30 seconds of why Manassas Battlefield is an important place. We preserve the scenes of not just one, but two incredibly significant c
We thank you for joining us today for our Virtual Program on a potential crisis in the college vote this fall with attorney Thurgood Marshall junior and the founder and president of the campus election engagement project. While covid19 continues its howad across the country, americans vote has become a critical issue as politicians debate the virtues and vices of universal mailin balloting. In theseut Uncertain Times and one constituency that has emerged as a critical block is the college vote. The voting rate among u. S. College students more than doubled from 19 in the 2014 midterm election, to 40 in 2018 according to a National Study of learning, voting and engagement conducted by the institute for democracy and Higher Education at tufts university. In a poll of 4,000 students conducted august 912 and funded by night foundation, 71 of students say they are absolutely certain theyll vote in this years election. Students who identify as democrats are the most likely to be absolutely c
We thank you for joining us for our virtual Headliner Program on the potential crisis in the college vote this fall. Thurgood marshall jr. And paul low, founder and president of the campus election engagement projects. While covid19 continues to spread across the country, how americans vote has become a critical issue as politicians debate debate the verses constituents one has emerged as a critical block, the voting rate more than doubled from 19 in the 2014 election, to 40 in 2018. In a poll of 4000 students, conducted august 9 through 12, funded by the knight foundation, 71 percent of students say they are absolutely certain they will vote. So ident i is democrats are the most likely to be absolutely 81 ,in they will vote at followed by republicans at 74 and independence at 63 . That includes that assumes that collegeage voters will be able to vote and that their votes will be counted. Covid19 has upended education in general and has caused disruptions on campuses across the country
Maryland global campus and executive producer of the public broadcasting series moderated by we thank you for joining us today for our Virtual Program on a potential crisis in the college vote this fall with attorney Thurgood Marshall junior and the founder and president of the campus election engagement project. With voter turnout uncertain in these Turbulent Times one constituency that has emerged as a critical block while covid19 continues its spread across the country, how americans vote has become a critical issue as politicians debate the virtues and vices of universal mailin balloting. With voter turnout uncertain in these Turbulent Times one constituency that has emerged as a critical block is the college vote. The voting rate among u. S. College students more than doubled from 19 in the 2014 midterm election, to 40 in 2018 according to a National Study of learning, voting and engagement conducted by the institute for democracy and Higher Education at university in a poll of 4,
Up next, we take you inside the u. S. Capital south where historical math and we knew ski is artifacts and photographs to trace the history of women in congress. This is the first of the two par program. The story of women in Program Begins with Jeannette Rankin who was elected to the house and 1916 from montana. Shes elected to the house for wears before women have the right to vote nationally. In a way, shes really a bridge from the Suffrage Movement to women attaining full prep political rights. She was active in a National Woman suffrage organization. She helped get women the right to vote not only montana but a couple of states west of the mississippi. She runs in 1916, shes elected to one of montanas two large districts. Part of a platform that shes a pacifist. She sworn into the house on april 2nd, 1917 and the house has come into special session. An extraordinary session because the president that light, Woodrow Wilson delivers a message to Congress Asking for a declaration of