but also the mellon foundation saying, stay behind this because now the work is really ahead of us. and so i just wanted to add that as a comment, insofar as this work is incomplete and the language that is formed around this is extremely important because it is going to shape in the future, you know, how we decide to tell the story of where we are, and also to address things that are in our history that we have to yet address? the report is not finished. right. and so we have not gone into what is implementation. and therefore i would really like to turn it over to angela carrier for the monuments memorials update. thank you, director remington. and thank you, president collins for that context. good afternoon commissioners. i'm pleased to present a project update on shaping legacy san francisco's monuments and memorials. if you recall, i was brought on in january to implement the goals and deliverables of a program grant that we received and were awarded funding from the mellon foundation. while i'm stewarding this project in this present moment, it's building on the momentum and

behalf of anthony bourdain, nicholas canelo, elizabeth alexander, accepting on behalf of the mellon foundationen walker, and rosita whirl. ♪ >> distinguished guests, the president of the united states and dr. biden, accompanied by national endowment for the arts, and national endowment for the humanities. ♪ [applause] >> welcome to the white house. the poet, a past recipient of the national arts and national humanities once said that sometimes it's easier to stay home while it's easier to stay home, art urges voyages. the artists, scholars and patrons we're honoring tonight have given us a gift. they've gone on those voyages. and when they returned, they expressed our shared humanity in new ways, helping us integrate all of our hopes, joy, and hard earned wiz doms into the -- wisdoms into the one life we're given and the one nation we all share. they've uncovered the memories we didn't know we held on to and the dreams we didn't dare say out loud. and they remind us of the transcendent moments of truth and beauty, and that they are not out of our reach. sometimes they just require a voyage wit

healing coalition, and with support from the national endowment for the humanities, and the mellon foundation, we are creating an oral collection of first-person narratives from boarding school survivors. we are finalizing agreements between the department, the smithsonian's national museum of american history, and the library of congress to explore how those oral histories can best become part of upcoming and far-reaching educational resources such as online, traveling, and long-term expeditions that will share the history and legacy of the federal indian boarding school system with the world. [applause] so many of you have been crucial to this process. that includes the interior department staff, many of them indigenous and here today, who worked through their own trauma to support this initiative. and i am incredibly grateful to my staff for everything they have done from the time this administration started. [applause] today's event would not have happened without each and every one of you, without those who have spoken up, who have shared their pain, and who have been vocal in the face o

supported by grants and fellowships from the national academy of education, spencer foundation, mellon foundation, american council of learned societies, social science research council and the usc institute for research on race and public policy. finally,y, julily kohler-hausm is the author of getting tough, welfare and imprisonment in 1970s america. a phenomenal book. i mentioned it in the morning panel. winston university press and the next book is a history of u.s. democracy since the voting rights act which focuses on individuals who did not or could not vote. please join me in welcoming the panel. sarena, would you like to go first? i'm sorry. caleb, go ahead. >> should i mention this is being filmed? >> this is being filmed for c- span in case anybody was going to throw things. >> good afternoon, everyone. i suppose we should begin starting off with what we initially had a conversation with before the panel begins. what we mean when we say neoliberalism and the idea of how it's been translated through different disciplines such as history, political science and other sciences. for my disse

andrew mellon foundation. american council. learned societies. social science council. ford foundation and the uic institute for research, race and public policy. and finally, julilly kohler-hausmann and is associate professor of history at cornell. she is the author of tough welfare and imprisonment in 1970s america again, phenomenal book. i mention this in our morning. princeton university press 2017 and her next book is a history of u.s. democracy since the 1965 voting rights act, which focuses on individuals who did not or could not vote. so please join me in welcoming our panel. and sarita, would you like to go first? oh, no, i'm sorry. okay. okay. go ahead. kick us off, caleb. i'm sure. you can join this. oh, there you go. yeah. yeah, she mentioned it's people. i guess you just did. yeah. yeah, this is being filmed for c-span just in case everyone was going to throw things. you know, please refrain from doing that to disclose that. yeah, yeah, yeah. much closer to the speaker and anything. good afternoon, everyone. i suppose we should starting off with. we initiall