i'm amy cohen. i'm the executive director of the honey w center for civic engagement and public service here at george washington university. we are the central hub for all things community and civic engagement and one of the co-sponsors for this evening's exciting conversation. and i'm really happy to see you all. now i am delighted to introduce you to the president of the george washington university, dr. mark wrighton. president wrighton a highly distinguished career academically in chemistry and holds many academic and civic honors. he was the chancellor of washington university in st. louis for 24 years prior to joining us at g.w. in january of 2022. we're delighted to have him as our president and we are delighted to have him here this evening. president wrighton? [applause] >> thank you, amy, and good evening, everyone. amy, thank you for the leadership you are bringing to our university in terms of encouraging civic engagement and service efforts. i appreciate very much your special work. as

. >>> supreme court justice amy cohen barrett has challenged president biden's student loan forgivenesso the high court because it has the fewest procedural hurdles. that case is currently before the eighth u.s. circuit court of appeals. >>> misinformation about the voting process has grown rampantly in the last few year. and while confidence in the election has fallen to a new low there are still many out there who will doubt the results of the midterm elections. >> absolutely, cnn's donie o'sullivan headed to the key state of arizona where he spoke to republican voters about concerns about votering. >> reporter: in the crucial state of arizona republican nominees up and down on the ball alleged with no substantial evidence that the 2020 election was stolen. take, for example, kari lake, the republican nominee for governor. >> anybody who was involved in that corrupt, shady shoddy election of 2020, lock them up. >> reporter: cnn's spoke to voters at her recent campaign events about their confidence in the upcoming elections. >> it's hard to trust anybody anymore. >> if we have honest e

when justice ginsburg passed and we saw amy cohen barrett on the horizon, we got serious about what toolst to make her own decisions around her body. in michigan, we were poised to go from being a proud pro choice state to a state that would go back 91 years making is a felony, no exceptions. so i use every tool in my tool box, because of that, it empowered this initiative to a matter of constitution, which was critical in this election that just happened a week ago. now, in michigan, we have enshrined these rights into our state constitution. so this shows, i think, if we are eager to jump into the fray and unapologetic about living our values, focusing on solving problems, that is how we create a path that others can find themselves on. i think this was really important and this election. it was not having gerrymandering districts, it was putting twice before the voters and it was ensuring that we had a vision where there is an opportunity for every person. that is really what people should demand of their leaders. >> i got to ask you about the gerrymandering thing, because that seems c

microphone that's over here to ask your questions when that time comes but please welcome amy stanley and deborah cohenuse] >> it's great to be here and wonderful to be here talking about this book. if you pick up a amy stanley's stranger, you can smell the tofu and hear the click in the shops. you can even feel the chills in the country. this is one of the most evocative and gorgeously written examples of the historians craft that you will read. in this marvelous book, amy tells the story of a frustrated, stubborn japanese woman in the early part of the 19th century that runs off to the big city, the predecessors city to today's tokyo. this is the tale of migration, the lure of the city, aspirations of the constraints on women's lives and the force of personalities. and in this year and a half of tragedy, the emergence that the book authors and a different world is really iconic. it won the 2021 penned prize for biography and the 2021 national book critics circle award for biography. it was also a finalist for the pulitzer and for the most prestigious nonfiction prize. amy and i will talk for about 20

please welcome amy stanley and deborahan cohen. [applause] >> hi there. it's great to be here and it's wonderful to be talking about this book. if you picked up amy spoke "stranger in sogun's city" you can smelll the tofu fermenting. you can even feel the japanese new country. this is one of the most evocative and gorgeously written examples of a historian's craft you'll see. this marvelous book, amy tells the story of frustrated stuttering married japanese woman in the early part of 20 century who runs off to the big city the predecessor city to tokyo. this is a tale of migration, the louvers of the city aspirations the constraints on women's lives and the indefinable force of personality and in this and a half of tragedy this book offers something really tectonic. "stranger in sogun's city" when the pen prize price for 2021 national book critics circle award and the finals for the pulitzer and most professional price. amyut and i will talk for 25 or5 minutes and then we'll open it up for questions. can we start by talking about what your first encounter

chief operating officer for oewd and joined today by amy cohen, our director of public space for generation who oversees the mid market grant agreement before you today. steve gibson and elaine miller and louie are here with us. the proposed resolution would approve amendment number one to an a grant agreement between oewd and the market foundation for management of the mid market tenderloin safety program. my apologies, next slide. this grant funds the on going deployment of safety ambassadors in the tenderloin community that many of us see on our daily commutes into city hall. next slide. a brief overview of the program, this is a partnership between oewd and the market foundation and urban alcami, it covers 80 blocks faces and you see that on the map on the slide above you, postings are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and 7 days a week. approximately 225 ambassadors are deployed to posting throughout the neighborhood. next slide. the mid market foundation proactively addresses mid markets evolving knees through comprehensive support for business owners. the mid market program led implementat