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Work around the persecution of lgbt people in russia. First i want to invite up amy wheelan, senior staff attorney at the National Center for lesbian rights, followed by julie [speaker not understood], council for global [speaker not understood]. Gary virginia who is the president of San Francisco pride board of directors. So, am i wheelan. Good morning. My name is amy wheelan. I just want to thank the board of supervisors for inviting us here today. Im a senior staff attorney at the National Center for lesbian rights and these issues are really, really important to us and we have been working...

Entire career on defending the rights of lgbt people globally. To add to that background to what you obviously all are knowledgeable this particular antigay crack down in russia right now, i think its important to under a teeny bit the context for that, which is that president putin, after his second reelection, experienced for the first time opposition, and this has been part of an overall crack down to keep opposition at bay. And in particular, to take all the freedoms away from Civil Society actors. The most important law that has impacted lgbt people in russia is actually the foreign agent...

To partner with the bryant park coordination so its always great to come out and see our members and sometime wes have members from the museum as well as members in our Chairmans Council to come out and support us. Jonathan white is a fellow at the where he also serves as the universitys pre and treason in the civil war. He is currently at work on three books, including lincolns advice for lawyers, the final voyage of the uss monitor during the civil war. Please join me in welcoming jonathan w. White. Thank you so much for having me. Can you all hear me okay in the bleacher seats back there . ...

Viability of this working longer framework. Can you say more about how your book is helping to fill gap in the working longer conversation. Yeah, so thats a great place to start. Lets talk a little bit about where does this whole kind of working longer framework come from . What is this idea . So americans are living longer lives than they were 50 years ago . Thats true in most nations around the world. Most nations are getting older people who are living longer are going to need income from more years of life. And so the question is, where is that income going to come from . Where is that mon...

The working longer conversation. Yeah, so thats a great place to start. Lets talk a little bit about where does this whole kind of working longer framework come from . What is this idea . So americans are living longer lives than they were 50 years ago . Thats true in most nations around the world. Most nations are getting older people who are living longer are going to need income from more years of life. And so the question is, where is that income going to come from . Where is that money going to come from . And as different nations have grappled with this. The big solution thats come up is...