journalist jeff sharlet has published his insights into the fellowship foundation as a former member of the family himself. on a plush estate outside washington d.c. he was in a kind of cadet camp with other young men it was there that he realized how close their ties to the political elite were. i remember i think in the 1st week. there was a visit i believe from senator jesse helms a very far right wing senator from north carolina and. at times. and there was a visit the newly elected conservative prime minister norway and so here's he's a bush was coming the following week so i very quickly realized a wait a minute this is not just a little church group because there's something going on here. the fellowship foundation founded in $1035.00 largely stays out of the public eye with one exception the annual national prayer breakfast. a meeting to pray and to address important issues and an event that is attended by some of the most powerful people in the country and heads of state from all over the world including every u.s. president since dwight d. eisenhower. john f. kennedy was a

journalist jeff sharlet has published his insights into the fellowship foundation as a former member of the family himself on a plush estate outside washington d.c. he was in a kind of kid death camp with other young men it was there that he realized how close their ties to the political elite were. i remember i think in the 1st week. there was a visit i believe from senator jesse helms a very far right wing senator from north carolina and. at times. and there was a visit the newly elected conservative prime minister norway and so here's these who are a bush was coming the following week so i very quickly realized a wait a minute this is not just a little church group there's there's something going on here. the fellowship foundation founded in $1035.00 largely stays out of the public eye with one exception the annual national prayer breakfast. a meeting to pray and to address important issues and an event that is attended by some of the most powerful people in the country and heads of state from all over the world including every u.s. president since dwight d. eisenhower. john f. ke

journalist jeff sharlet has published his insights into the fellowship foundation as a former member of the family himself on a plush estate outside washington d.c. he was in a kind of cadet camp with other young men it was there that he realized how close their ties to the political elite were. i remember i think in the 1st week. there was a visit i believe from senator jesse helms a very far right wing senator from north carolina and. that time. and there was a visit the newly elected conservative prime minister norway and so here's he's a bush was coming the following week so i very quickly realized a wait a minute this is not just a little church group there's there's something going on here. the fellowship foundation founded in $1035.00 largely stays out of the public eye with one exception the annual national prayer breakfast. a meeting to pray and to address important issues and an event that is attended by some of the most powerful people in the country and heads of state from all over the world including every u.s. president since dwight d. eisenhower. john f. kennedy was a

journalist jeff sharlet has published his insights into the fellowship foundation as a former member of the family himself. on a plush estate outside washington d.c. he was in a kind of cadet camp with other young men it was there that he realized how close their ties to the political elite were. i remember i think in the 1st week. there was a visit i believe from senator jesse helms a very far right wing senator from north carolina and. that time. and there was a visit the newly elected conservative prime minister norway and so here's he's a bush was coming then the following week so i very quickly realize a wait a minute this is not just a little church group there's there's something going on here. the fellowship foundation founded in $1035.00 largely stays out of the public eye with one exception the annual national prayer breakfast. a meeting to pray and to address important issues and an event that is attended by some of the most powerful people in the country and heads of state from all over the world including every u.s. president since dwight d. eisenhower. john f. kennedy w

journalist jeff sharlet has published his insights into the fellowship foundation as a former member of the family himself. on a plush estate outside washington d.c. he was in a kind of cadet camp with other young men it was there that he realized how close their ties to the political elites were. i remember i think in the 1st week. there was a visit i believe from senator jesse helms a very far right wing senator from north carolina and. that time. and there was a visit the newly elected conservative prime minister norway and so here's he's a bush was coming then the following week so i very quickly realized a wait a minute this is not just a little church group there's there's something going on here. the solo ship foundation founded in $1035.00 largely stays out of the public eye with one exception the annual national prayer breakfast. a meeting to pray and to address important issues and an event that is attended by some of the most powerful people in the country and heads of state from all over the world including every u.s. president since dwight d. eisenhower. john f. kennedy

president obama appointed her to a presidential commission, a james madison memorial fellowship foundation. she also serves on the board of directors of the national women's history museum. thank you so much for joining us tonight. i will turn things over to you now. hello everyone, good evening. you can hear me and see me? good. it is such an honor to be here today, thank you for inviting me. begin, i just want to give a content warning. i mentioned the word rate -- rape twice. bit like i a little am on a crusade. let me tell you how it started. in 2012i was invited to an institute as. . mount vernon the, topic was what was going to be the next area of research and studies on the revolutionary era. scholars who did particular subject areas were invited, and i was invited because i am a historian. comforter was part of my presentation. my audience was about 1000 about 60istorians, and of the very best history teachers in the country. about coverture, i was dismayed that nobody had heard the word. historians have but they did not think it was important. realized, that i had not fully unders

held by the james madison memorial fellowship foundation, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> we welcome you to the james madison lecture which our foundation sponsors every year. seated in our seats today are 49 fellows who are here at georgetown university studying the foundations of american constitutionalism. they are all high school teachers or middle school teachers of american history and american government or civics. then we have several of our alumni who have come. i would like not to

held by the james madison memorial fellowship foundation, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> we welcome you to the james madison lecture which our foundation sponsors every year. seated in our seats today are 49 fellows who are here at georgetown university studying the foundations of american constitutionalism. they are all high school teachers or middle school teachers of american history and american government or civics. then we have several of our alumni who have come. i would like not to introduce our guest speaker. our guest speaker today is jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the national constitution center. he's also professor of law at the george washington university law school. he is contributing editor at the atlantic. professor rosen is a graduate of harvard college, oxford university and the yale law school. his book louis the brandeis, american profit, was published on -- in 2016 on the 100th anniversary of the brandeis court confirmation. his other books include, the supreme court, the personalities and rivalries that defined america. the best selling companion boo

his research has been supported by fellowships from the national science foundation, the american meteorological society, this myth sonia national air and space museum. he earned his doctorate from the university of pennsylvania in 2010. you welcome to you all. it sets the stage for what i hope is a credentialed and serious conversation, not just of the past 50 years, but the next. governor witman, i want to begin with you if i can. when we do this again and 50 years, when we are doing the centenary of the epa, probably at the nixon library, what do you hope the agency will have done in the next 50 years that it has not yet done thus far? >> the agency needs to be able to move ahead to address issues that climate change. water quality is continued to be a challenge. quantity and quality, that's wrapped up altogether. the main thing is going to be over the next few years to get a commitment that this is important. but what happens in our environment is critical to our help. it is critical to our way of life. we have to get the respect back for that. i think the average person understands how crit

philadelphia, where he researches connections in the 20th century, support bid fellowships of the national science foundation, american meteorological society and smithsonian national air and space museum, doctorate in history from the university of pennsylvania in 2010. welcome to you all. that was a mouthful. but it sets credentials in not just the past 50 years but the next. and if i can, governor whitman, i want to start with you. when we do this again in 50 years, when we are doing the centenary probably at the library, what do you hope the agency will have done in the next 50 years that it has not yet done thus far? >> the agency needs to be able to move ahead to address issues like climate change. water quality will continue to be a challenge. water quantity and quality. they're all wrapped up together. but really the main thing is going to be over the next few years, to getting a commitment that this is important. that what happens in our environment is critical to our health. the critical to our way of life. we have to get the respect back for that. i think the average person, actually, point of fac

the washington post, harpers, the guardian, recipient of fellowships from the british council, the fulbright program at the guggenheim foundation. laila lalami is a creative writing professor at the university of california at riverside and she was in los angeles where she's joining us so thank you again, such a privilege to talk about your book which was really moving and we are going to start with the opening. when you became a us citizen, this is a sweltering day in the year 2000 and you talk about 3000 people packed into the fairgrounds complex and you got your american passport which you call your powerful artifact. what did that american passport symbol lies to you? >> guest: that is an excellent question to start with because it gets to the heart of how things can be interpreted in the moment and how they can be tempered in 20 years later in the middle of the pandemic. receiving the passports is tangible proof of us citizenship since i don't have a birth certificate. a naturalized citizen, the passport is your proof of citizenship, you don't walk around, you're not supposed to carry your naturalization certificate. the p

washington post", harpers, the guardian, she is a recipient of fellowships from the british council, the fulbright program, and the guggenheim foundation. laila is a creative writing professor at the university of california at riverside. and she lives in los angeles where she is joining us. so laila, thank you again. it is such a privilege to be here and talk about your book which was really moving. and we're going to start with the opening because when you became a u.s. citizen, this is a sweltering day in the year 2000. you talk about 3000 people packed into this fairgrounds type complex. and then soon after you got your american passport which you called your powerful artifacts. what did that american passport symbolize you? >> guest: a. [laughter] i think that is an excellent question to start with because it gets the heart of how things can be interpreted in the moment and interpreted 20 years later in the middle of a pandemic. time we've seen the passport service tangible proof of u.s. citizenship because i don't have obviously a birth certificate. naturally citizen the passport is essentially your proof of citizenship. you don'

of the he american foundation he talks about going on the value of being online here is one example i can think of a faith community supports its members is so from a zation fellowship known in india as you go to a society an organization deeply rooted in the hindu yoga tradition and ever since the start of the pen deming they've been offering online guided meditations yoga exercises and scriptural studies and offering tools to get us through this very stressful time for how did you deal with the virtual well it. here you know i mean with mixed success i think i had of the jewish community as a whole pivoted pretty quickly to being on zoom even though there are all sorts of reasons in jewish law that would not be extremely not the ideal saving lives trumps everything and so for our ritual holidays and sabbaths we went her jewel right away with you know some bumps but we did it and then she did other you know we moved all of our learning on line you know we moved all our gatherings on line and we need our advocacy tactics to be a digital city e-mails to the phone calls to between storms and not to be showing off in person and people's spaces. and it's been remarkable

fellowship organization. this is hour and 45 minutes. >> we welcome you to the james madison which our organization has every year. seated in our seats today is people studying the foundation of constitutionalis

fellowship organization. this is hour and 45 minutes. >> we welcome you to the james madison which our organization has every year. seated in our seats today is people studying the foundation of constitutionalism. they are all high school teachers or middle teachers of american history, american government, or civics. and then we have several of our an lum that have come. i'd like now to introduce our guest speaker. our guest speaker today is jeffrey rossen, president and ceo of the national constitutional center. also professor of law at the george washington university law school and contributing editor at the atlantic. professor rosen is graduate of yale law school. his book, lewis american prophet was published on june 1st, 2016. on 100th anniversary of the supreme court confirmation. his other books include the supreme court, rivalries that define america. best selling companion book to the award winning pbs series, most democratic branch, how the courts serve america. the naked crowd, freedom, and security in the anxious age, and the unwanted gaze, destruction of privacy in americas, which the new york times has called the definitive text on the privacy p privacy per