1 00:00:07,30 --> 00:00:14,15 We're so glad that you're here for our 1st of the 29000 Lenten luncheon series. I 2 00:00:14,16 --> 00:00:20,41 have to say for those of you I have had some people speak to me aside about needs 3 00:00:20,42 --> 00:00:25,37 here and customs around the event but 1st and foremost I want to welcome you once 4 00:00:25,38 --> 00:00:32,33 again. Year ago in April the former administrator here 5 00:00:32,49 --> 00:00:37,30 at Hearst Lutheran Jim Vincent unfortunately died very suddenly and we are still 6 00:00:37,31 --> 00:00:43,45 mourning that loss around that man and his ministry and this if it was largely due 7 00:00:43,46 --> 00:00:50,32 to Jim He he customized it and invited the speaker so I've taken over that for 8 00:00:50,33 --> 00:00:53,06 this year along with the staff so please give us 9 00:00:53,07 --> 00:00:58,77 a birth of forgiveness if we do something that Jim did not that that she and it 10 00:00:58,78 --> 00:01:03,31 sort of you know innately and so. We do know that you want to know what the 11 00:01:03,32 --> 00:01:06,71 upcoming events are in the meals are and so I will tell you we do have 12 00:01:06,72 --> 00:01:12,45 a flyer that will give you before you leave it is on our website it is on our 13 00:01:12,46 --> 00:01:17,64 Facebook page it is in the hallways it there are in fact 2 vinyl signs on the fence 14 00:01:17,65 --> 00:01:22,54 out the door that just did our general announcements for not only today but our 15 00:01:22,55 --> 00:01:26,79 Wednesday events. Next week's lunch is 16 00:01:26,80 --> 00:01:33,61 a boy lunch and in celebration of St Patrick's Day and geniality let kitty can come 17 00:01:33,62 --> 00:01:37,61 in here and tell you more about that lunch specifically you want to know our 18 00:01:37,62 --> 00:01:43,75 speaker next week is Pastor Matthew Martin who is the director of New England and 19 00:01:43,76 --> 00:01:45,60 New England hunger he's 20 00:01:45,61 --> 00:01:51,66 a Lutheran pastor but he primarily will slowly does this now and he has done I know 21 00:01:51,67 --> 00:01:54,59 all the time I've been here already surpassed is 22 00:01:54,63 --> 00:02:00,78 a 1000000 meal but he's that people just hear you and he's an amazing 23 00:02:01,14 --> 00:02:07,20 amazing man and speaker in ministry we also have. The regard with the broken city 24 00:02:07,21 --> 00:02:12,96 council. We have lived Smith and just took 25 00:02:12,97 --> 00:02:15,72 a picture of me here with Keith Parkes to see 26 00:02:15,73 --> 00:02:22,37 a show and she's going to be speaking. Also Mary Beth O'Brien with Gilmore 27 00:02:22,38 --> 00:02:28,48 school. And also into you know is Steve Thomas. Who is the former editor of the 28 00:02:28,49 --> 00:02:33,46 Brockton enterprise and he is pretty amazing and I'm looking looking forward to 29 00:02:33,47 --> 00:02:36,52 that so it's always greener for and it's 30 00:02:36,53 --> 00:02:43,27 a great we all listen you know comes up to us OK and all handmade by those lovely 31 00:02:43,28 --> 00:02:49,57 ladies next door. Please thank them you know once again on the way out so Dawn is 32 00:02:49,58 --> 00:02:52,30 passing out cards if you want to give me information if you want to be on 33 00:02:52,31 --> 00:02:59,08 a mailing list if you want me to call you. I try to put things between these 2 34 00:02:59,09 --> 00:03:02,01 categories if it's a love match which is 35 00:03:02,02 --> 00:03:07,55 a sadness please let me know or complain I love laments complaining sometimes I 36 00:03:07,56 --> 00:03:11,93 can't tell you what but but if you've got something I need to know put that on the 37 00:03:11,94 --> 00:03:13,15 back but if you've got 38 00:03:13,16 --> 00:03:19,79 a dietary concerns if you guys suggested speaker or wouldn't it be cool if we did 39 00:03:19,83 --> 00:03:24,05 this because we we need to hear those things once again thank you Jeanne Ellen 40 00:03:24,30 --> 00:03:29,19 Ellen is vice chair of the Council here at 1st Lutheran and an extraordinary chef 41 00:03:29,39 --> 00:03:35,43 and friend of the parish. Before we go on I'd like to say. 42 00:03:36,81 --> 00:03:42,62 Grace for today's meal and thanksgiving for its soul let us pray. Gracious God 43 00:03:42,63 --> 00:03:47,57 thank you for the day and all the wonders of YOUR WORLD thank you for the sunshine 44 00:03:47,99 --> 00:03:53,01 and the cool they are the very cold they are thank you for this meal that we have 45 00:03:53,02 --> 00:03:59,86 in front of us lovingly prepared by the handsome hearts. Of people of this 46 00:03:59,87 --> 00:04:05,98 parish be with us now as we enter. The world. 47 00:04:07,27 --> 00:04:13,00 Talk to Rosa and give our sparks and minds that attention to him. And help us 48 00:04:13,01 --> 00:04:16,83 always remember those in need those who have nothing to eat or not and no one know 49 00:04:16,84 --> 00:04:21,32 where to lay their heads all this we ask you your name that is holy. 50 00:04:23,58 --> 00:04:28,73 Finally I'd like to introduce our guest speaker today and Dr Jawad rose with the 51 00:04:29,73 --> 00:04:34,77 State University let him speak more about his background but he's the director of 52 00:04:34,78 --> 00:04:40,25 Cape Fear in studies at the university and I think what is more appropriate thing 53 00:04:40,26 --> 00:04:45,77 to have here than someone speaking to that Brockton in this community so help me in 54 00:04:45,78 --> 00:04:52,53 welcoming him. To the afternoon everyone 1st of all I want to take 55 00:04:53,18 --> 00:04:56,40 passengers aboard I. Have 56 00:04:56,41 --> 00:05:03,37 a conversation. Of sorts. I'm hopeful that they can actually 57 00:05:03,38 --> 00:05:10,25 be. Rather than just standing there be here and be somewhat 58 00:05:10,26 --> 00:05:15,15 boring I think you for putting up would be for the next few minutes. 59 00:05:18,07 --> 00:05:22,11 I think. The way that I'd like to approach this is to tell you 60 00:05:22,12 --> 00:05:28,98 a little bit about myself and my background and then the work that I. Was passed 61 00:05:28,99 --> 00:05:34,29 and Johnson noted I am the executive director of that is 62 00:05:34,30 --> 00:05:41,06 a different theory is that is it was the inverse. Now it is the only search yes and 63 00:05:41,07 --> 00:05:46,44 2. In the world. In an institution of higher education. 64 00:05:48,15 --> 00:05:51,96 There is no such as to anywhere in the U.S. 65 00:05:52,24 --> 00:05:57,51 Or anywhere in the international Bhasker as far as we don't. Have 66 00:05:57,52 --> 00:06:03,02 a vision that there is to the Big Brother. But as I said let me tell you 67 00:06:03,03 --> 00:06:06,93 a little bit about my background and then to get into the business of the history. 68 00:06:08,54 --> 00:06:14,79 I actually came to you WERE JUST WHEN I WAS ABOUT of your small. Town 8 my parents 69 00:06:14,80 --> 00:06:21,71 came here from Cuba for. I went through schooling in the city of Brockton. And 70 00:06:21,72 --> 00:06:28,48 subsequently the my undergraduate degree has passed on to my master's 71 00:06:28,49 --> 00:06:33,92 degree in linguistics a U.S. Passport and then later a Ph D. 72 00:06:33,93 --> 00:06:40,91 At the University of Wisconsin at Madison. If you know the Midwest at all 73 00:06:40,92 --> 00:06:43,12 you should know that there's a huge difference between 74 00:06:43,17 --> 00:06:45,85 a rock and then in the Midwest it was 75 00:06:45,86 --> 00:06:51,08 a kind of sort of putting in the middle of nowhere with no connections whatsoever 76 00:06:51,09 --> 00:06:57,54 to 23 and I spent about 20 years at university in this cause and Madison. 77 00:06:58,81 --> 00:07:02,83 In an apartment that was pretty big with the rugby but boxed and 78 00:07:02,84 --> 00:07:09,20 a mattress on the floor of. And I and they were getting a Ph D. 79 00:07:09,21 --> 00:07:15,55 In education. On graduating I came down to the 80 00:07:15,86 --> 00:07:20,23 region I was a professor a tenured professor at U. 81 00:07:20,24 --> 00:07:26,36 Mass Dartmouth and worked there for about 6 or 7 years. And when the essence of it 82 00:07:26,37 --> 00:07:31,85 was for. Real I was thinking personally of the former president called me to run 83 00:07:31,86 --> 00:07:38,16 the Institute. Of the reason I talk about my background speakers my background the 84 00:07:38,17 --> 00:07:44,92 force of our what I do sort of. So I'll give you an example when I 85 00:07:44,93 --> 00:07:47,86 was young I attended 86 00:07:47,93 --> 00:07:52,87 a private school loved for formal education for some extracurricular activities 87 00:07:53,48 --> 00:07:59,95 that was located in graveyard more than you. And I could decode 88 00:07:59,96 --> 00:08:02,74 English because I could speak Portuguese and could be 89 00:08:02,75 --> 00:08:07,41 a great French. So I could be called 90 00:08:07,42 --> 00:08:12,55 a witch but I deliberately understand English and every day I'm going to go home 91 00:08:12,75 --> 00:08:19,73 and see all the war old Harry David Thoreau. And the quote is fairly simple 92 00:08:19,77 --> 00:08:22,73 and I read it so many times the way that 93 00:08:22,74 --> 00:08:28,44 a number is called and he basically said this If 94 00:08:28,45 --> 00:08:34,91 a man walks to the beat of a different drum Perhaps it is because he ears 95 00:08:34,95 --> 00:08:40,60 a different problem. That instead of the music he hears however measured or faraway 96 00:08:40,60 --> 00:08:46,82 . And of course I could be in the same but I never really understood. You know the 97 00:08:46,83 --> 00:08:51,93 significance of it. And I think the 2 are huge extended will we do where the 98 00:08:51,94 --> 00:08:58,59 institute is essentially that. We're trying to document the journey of 99 00:08:58,60 --> 00:09:05,46 convergence to this region. Most people are of course you know the city of 100 00:09:05,47 --> 00:09:11,48 Brockton is very diverse. And readers are as we know there are. 101 00:09:12,77 --> 00:09:19,67 There are about some 33000 Cubans in Prague. Are On 102 00:09:20,33 --> 00:09:26,90 yeah there was 33000 I mean if you look at any Harley in the school systems if you 103 00:09:26,91 --> 00:09:33,71 want to anyhow when the school says this will be visible to you. But there isn't 104 00:09:33,72 --> 00:09:38,93 much of that spending about divergence. When all the Cambridge is examined here but 105 00:09:38,94 --> 00:09:43,32 we don't really have that sort of the distorted or the standing in the keepers. And 106 00:09:43,33 --> 00:09:49,52 this is real and illustrated very easily the 1st argument that kids verdict in 107 00:09:49,53 --> 00:09:55,97 comes to the US. I had this question the other the and someone they said well it 108 00:09:55,98 --> 00:09:58,54 was probably in the early 1900 S. 109 00:09:59,39 --> 00:10:06,18 You know in actuality it was in the sixty's 30. 6030 I mean 110 00:10:06,22 --> 00:10:13,22 think about these things 6030. In the years after the Pilgrims landed right 111 00:10:13,77 --> 00:10:18,50 according to the spark right there but that is the soul of the land then he was an 112 00:10:18,51 --> 00:10:25,20 indentured servant for other Jesuit missionaries. And 113 00:10:25,79 --> 00:10:32,67 he was in the state of Maryland. The. Territory of 114 00:10:32,68 --> 00:10:36,86 environment is simply the earliness freedom is 115 00:10:36,87 --> 00:10:41,87 60416022 you were limited to 116 00:10:41,88 --> 00:10:46,74 a local assembly. $1642.00 117 00:10:48,83 --> 00:10:49,60 that to me is 118 00:10:49,61 --> 00:10:56,22 a college infinity. The 1st person of color. 119 00:10:57,69 --> 00:11:04,58 One of the Native Americans in the yeah well we're looking for. 850. 120 00:11:05,49 --> 00:11:11,71 Eventually well up all the Barbara Starr the 1st person of color to see her. 121 00:11:14,06 --> 00:11:20,91 Again to me that's amazing that's positively amazing. That the history 122 00:11:20,92 --> 00:11:26,50 goes about so we are if you know when you go to the history of the region which is 123 00:11:26,51 --> 00:11:33,12 hold everyone in dollars. To place in the history of the world you 124 00:11:33,13 --> 00:11:38,94 better has been the richest silly. Twice. 125 00:11:41,08 --> 00:11:47,31 Once through the wedding or. One small when it was the main industry. 126 00:11:48,50 --> 00:11:55,44 And again through the tax cuts so 2 times in the history of the world your version 127 00:11:55,45 --> 00:12:00,36 has been the bridges really for example in the world give various had 128 00:12:00,37 --> 00:12:07,35 a lot to do with this thing. If you meet the love of all. The 129 00:12:07,36 --> 00:12:14,34 other that actually has instances in blue bug the parts of the city millions on the 130 00:12:14,56 --> 00:12:20,100 board of the bowl who was actually can produce them so given this have been around 131 00:12:21,08 --> 00:12:21,29 for 132 00:12:21,30 --> 00:12:28,54 a long time and they have served. In every possible sector every sphere 133 00:12:28,58 --> 00:12:35,30 of life that you can think of so. For example you have records of various areas in 134 00:12:35,34 --> 00:12:42,28 the military in the Revolutionary War. If you talk to 135 00:12:42,29 --> 00:12:48,67 most people above this and broccoli. On the resonance of 136 00:12:48,68 --> 00:12:54,50 historical understanding. Why there isn't an understanding of the historical truth 137 00:12:54,51 --> 00:12:59,89 directory of Cubans in the region. In the military in the cube or in school that 138 00:12:59,98 --> 00:13:05,24 are probably to the Revolutionary War There's documented evidence issues like you 139 00:13:05,25 --> 00:13:10,11 Britain's parliament we should every war whether to fund the Revolutionary War They 140 00:13:10,12 --> 00:13:16,83 have fought in every war since then. The world leading into our war who want to go 141 00:13:17,23 --> 00:13:23,15 on with 2 career yet Iraq rather than 142 00:13:23,16 --> 00:13:30,08 a Major General Gary grow. Very serves important 143 00:13:30,09 --> 00:13:31,75 many. Years 144 00:13:31,76 --> 00:13:38,35 a command post in Fort Benning. So well in every 145 00:13:38,36 --> 00:13:44,48 possible sphere in various have contributed to some of our to the development of 146 00:13:45,03 --> 00:13:50,87 US culture. Going back to the late sixties Henderson again whenever she insisted. 147 00:13:54,30 --> 00:13:58,37 Some of the more like jazz. If you like jazz if you're 148 00:13:58,38 --> 00:14:04,76 a lover of jazz harvest silver whiskey very 149 00:14:06,05 --> 00:14:12,45 hard Silver wrote such for my father satisfy my father is 150 00:14:12,49 --> 00:14:16,44 a standard of jazz that when they say 151 00:14:16,45 --> 00:14:22,63 a standard of jazz I'm not talking about any particular compensation that you hear 152 00:14:23,24 --> 00:14:30,15 system passing for team sucks for my father has been open till 2013 so much 153 00:14:30,16 --> 00:14:35,30 my father had been recorder by different artists 187 times. 154 00:14:38,03 --> 00:14:44,48 Underneath and apparently it is an amazing piece of work. Horace over 155 00:14:44,75 --> 00:14:51,37 causatively harder still there is that person. Another very famous composer of 156 00:14:51,38 --> 00:14:56,85 keeper of the better silver from the other one who is more commonly known in Cuba 157 00:14:56,86 --> 00:15:00,86 or your circles as been to. Who has written this and do this. 158 00:15:03,69 --> 00:15:09,34 Well. So all in every possible sphere give birds who have been to do no. 159 00:15:10,61 --> 00:15:17,15 Stinking to the smell of the music are. If any more than Again this is the jazz 160 00:15:17,20 --> 00:15:23,99 problems us are ours if you haven't heard of Congress are 161 00:15:24,22 --> 00:15:30,33 trying to look them up on You Tube or something. DO care that I'm the resurgence of 162 00:15:30,34 --> 00:15:36,60 do we haven't them happen only because of the soul that part of 163 00:15:36,61 --> 00:15:42,83 ourselves they did and to your board just 1st pulled together. 164 00:15:44,35 --> 00:15:48,12 The video of this is available online if anybody would like to see it highly 165 00:15:48,13 --> 00:15:55,11 encourage you to take it. So Katie Various have contributed to in every 166 00:15:55,12 --> 00:16:01,96 possible sphere the clergy in your venture so people 167 00:16:01,97 --> 00:16:08,76 don't know all you know it was the. Preacher that you speak of the 168 00:16:08,81 --> 00:16:15,21 jars great sweet there you Grace there are some people covered as you start up as 169 00:16:15,34 --> 00:16:20,53 preachers and people part of the Charlemagne when done but the point of the baddest 170 00:16:20,54 --> 00:16:26,59 today there are shades of this church stretching are going on to South Carolina 171 00:16:28,65 --> 00:16:34,42 are going to South Carolina are shipments of big races church there was originally 172 00:16:34,49 --> 00:16:41,29 based out of view but. So. The job of the 173 00:16:41,30 --> 00:16:47,88 institute is to. Preserve this history. 174 00:16:48,92 --> 00:16:55,74 Is to capture it preserved or share it. So that our youth and 175 00:16:55,75 --> 00:17:01,72 our people and other people can understand what it is that you Brits have 176 00:17:01,73 --> 00:17:08,70 contributed. To the region. I am extremely excited I don't 177 00:17:08,71 --> 00:17:14,41 know if you happened to notice. Couple years ago there was an article on the elder 178 00:17:14,42 --> 00:17:20,21 brothers. About teachers going to Cambridge some bright and teachers were going to 179 00:17:20,22 --> 00:17:26,73 cater. For me this is very exciting. It's very exciting because 180 00:17:27,55 --> 00:17:34,47 when I came to the US I could speak little English. And very often in 181 00:17:34,48 --> 00:17:36,88 my classrooms are just the teachers had 182 00:17:36,89 --> 00:17:41,98 a very difficult time relating to me because they couldn't communicate with me and 183 00:17:41,99 --> 00:17:42,98 the system was set up 184 00:17:42,99 --> 00:17:48,29 a little bit differently so very often in the background what happened is it was 185 00:17:48,30 --> 00:17:54,81 always faded into the background. It was always faded into the background 186 00:17:54,82 --> 00:18:01,64 so. I was the secretly praying that I want to be called one of 187 00:18:02,39 --> 00:18:09,15 the teachers sometimes. One maybe 188 00:18:09,16 --> 00:18:12,96 preferred to call on me because of the difficulty and it would have in terms of 189 00:18:12,97 --> 00:18:19,50 communicating. So of course I interpreted others gonna answer in my bread. 190 00:18:20,80 --> 00:18:22,83 But if they did there is a constant going to get 191 00:18:22,84 --> 00:18:29,67 a violin in the room in class. The ironic thing is that of 192 00:18:29,68 --> 00:18:33,77 course they are professionally and will end up getting 193 00:18:33,78 --> 00:18:38,23 a doctoral degree in education and then at the back of 194 00:18:38,24 --> 00:18:41,94 a diagonal circle they are writing books criticizing the very system that I was 195 00:18:41,95 --> 00:18:47,48 rather than criticizing them from the perspective of constructive criticism to 196 00:18:47,49 --> 00:18:52,50 trying to make the system better so we have the teachers call it kids where in 197 00:18:52,51 --> 00:18:57,49 April on able to lay out their leaves for kids very During improve education they 198 00:18:57,50 --> 00:19:02,04 go back on easily 18 what's the point of that live when it has to do something like 199 00:19:02,05 --> 00:19:08,67 that well in teacher training when teacher school. 200 00:19:10,05 --> 00:19:16,51 Education classes. Most of them in most programs across the country 201 00:19:17,25 --> 00:19:23,65 the teachers wouldn't care will get one of course or multicultural education 202 00:19:24,74 --> 00:19:31,66 they will get one of course of the things. That one course is 203 00:19:31,67 --> 00:19:36,81 not sufficient for them to truly understand how they're in the right of the 204 00:19:36,82 --> 00:19:42,54 children the backgrounds of the children there's. Ultimately this has an effect 205 00:19:43,93 --> 00:19:49,67 because if you're unable to reach the students and the students and the driver and 206 00:19:49,68 --> 00:19:56,67 other school we end there before because they are in one way 207 00:19:56,68 --> 00:20:01,36 or another now you can. Say Well you know 208 00:20:01,41 --> 00:20:05,37 a student who drops out is more likely to engage in criminal behavior by 209 00:20:05,38 --> 00:20:12,09 a drug problem than affecting the whole city in that space and the. Bug the reality 210 00:20:12,10 --> 00:20:17,92 of this is that if you can reach the students. Students cancer see 211 00:20:18,86 --> 00:20:25,22 from our perspective is this rather than rely you are one of course of the cultural 212 00:20:25,23 --> 00:20:31,64 education. We will bring you to Cleaver but brilliantly very 213 00:20:32,52 --> 00:20:38,10 So you can actually see when the students are coming from you can see where they're 214 00:20:38,11 --> 00:20:43,17 coming from you can talk to beauty agers you can talk to the administrator as you 215 00:20:43,18 --> 00:20:50,13 can talk to institutions the schools so as to learn more about your 216 00:20:50,14 --> 00:20:56,18 firing of the students are coming from. Because our openness there when you come 217 00:20:56,19 --> 00:20:58,70 back you will be 218 00:20:58,71 --> 00:21:05,48 a better version you will have more ammunition you will have 219 00:21:05,52 --> 00:21:09,59 more tricks of the trades and speak more. 220 00:21:12,14 --> 00:21:18,66 Tools in your toolbox to deal with students. The beautiful thing 221 00:21:19,27 --> 00:21:26,22 is that. Once the saddle came out I reached out to the superintendent and he better 222 00:21:26,35 --> 00:21:30,41 and this is going to end in the Fall River and they have both candidates are 223 00:21:30,42 --> 00:21:36,92 sending teachers next year so let year there will be another group. Another group 224 00:21:36,93 --> 00:21:43,92 for you better and it is good for our road to go to get it ready to 225 00:21:43,93 --> 00:21:48,39 go be immersed you came pretty close to where the stands to learn to become better 226 00:21:48,40 --> 00:21:50,11 versions to become 227 00:21:50,12 --> 00:21:56,73 a better human beings so when you come back the interactions that you are 228 00:21:57,02 --> 00:22:02,41 with the students and watchable. It's not. 229 00:22:04,89 --> 00:22:10,54 You know some people credit Dr King with having said something that actually goes 230 00:22:10,55 --> 00:22:17,39 back before barking. That is the Ark of the moral universe is walk 231 00:22:18,76 --> 00:22:25,69 but it bends towards justice that. I think it's fairly. 232 00:22:26,74 --> 00:22:28,48 It's fitting that in 233 00:22:28,49 --> 00:22:35,41 a region that has already killed various when its door you have 30 something powers 234 00:22:35,42 --> 00:22:40,39 on you go to Boston probably more than that and you better be ready to have 235 00:22:40,44 --> 00:22:46,57 families then go back immediately to the region in the area where you are so you 236 00:22:46,58 --> 00:22:51,86 have all the generations I think it's absolutely failing. 237 00:22:53,39 --> 00:23:00,17 It's just. That Bridgewater State University. Took this whole 238 00:23:00,18 --> 00:23:07,10 step of creating an instant that can actually documents. 239 00:23:08,31 --> 00:23:15,28 The history of killing for years in the region. For the greater greater of the 240 00:23:15,29 --> 00:23:22,19 entire region the more that I do or. The Hispanic 241 00:23:22,20 --> 00:23:29,14 populations. The more they learn about the Western European populations he said 242 00:23:29,15 --> 00:23:34,26 You hear about this the more busy their anger about all of the forced to live in 243 00:23:34,27 --> 00:23:41,17 this region. I think the greater by humanity the greed of 244 00:23:41,18 --> 00:23:46,23 one can pass between good and learn from people and be able to respect people. 245 00:23:48,45 --> 00:23:54,05 And then have their respect reciprocated. Because obviously it's 246 00:23:54,06 --> 00:24:00,97 a 2 way street. Where. I courage I work on 247 00:24:01,04 --> 00:24:07,97 programs. With the youth in the city of Brockton I've had the privilege 248 00:24:07,98 --> 00:24:14,88 of being together to do the number of years. And my focus is always to 249 00:24:14,89 --> 00:24:21,06 say you know my focus is solace to tell the youth and to work on the youth on 250 00:24:21,07 --> 00:24:21,43 having 251 00:24:21,44 --> 00:24:27,37 a stronger sense of identity stronger your sense of identity the less waiting it is 252 00:24:28,07 --> 00:24:35,04 that you will in the world. Have any problems with anyone with force 253 00:24:35,05 --> 00:24:41,94 with which you believe or actually. Can it's about having 254 00:24:41,95 --> 00:24:47,85 a stronger sense of that and fortunately the institute that allows me to do this 255 00:24:47,86 --> 00:24:54,84 work I have been blessed and privilege to have been legal to. 256 00:24:55,87 --> 00:25:02,12 Do this work not to lug away interviewed a woman in the keep region who was 257 00:25:02,13 --> 00:25:09,07 a 120 years or so but 200 years old and she was telling 258 00:25:09,08 --> 00:25:12,44 me about what it was like when she was 259 00:25:12,45 --> 00:25:19,15 a young child looking working in the kind of very box. What the cultural life. 260 00:25:20,66 --> 00:25:27,51 With the Americans were. What it was like to make traditions cultural traditions 261 00:25:28,12 --> 00:25:35,05 at the same time learning something that's very very critical. Which is to 262 00:25:35,09 --> 00:25:41,98 selectively appropriate what you need well I mean just talk to you 263 00:25:41,99 --> 00:25:42,23 just 264 00:25:42,24 --> 00:25:48,15 a little bit about this particular notion because I think it's very very important 265 00:25:48,15 --> 00:25:54,97 . I think you've heard it. I can very well became very ill. 266 00:25:56,16 --> 00:26:02,66 And at the same time absorb everything that is in the U.S. 267 00:26:02,67 --> 00:26:06,79 Culture that I find to be useful in making sure that 268 00:26:06,80 --> 00:26:13,59 a human being. I don't have to be one of the other. I can be one 269 00:26:14,09 --> 00:26:20,16 they still be able to absorb all the rich American cultural traditions 270 00:26:22,39 --> 00:26:28,70 and I think the work of the institute is about this is about documenting this 271 00:26:28,71 --> 00:26:35,51 exchange between the 2 variant. Parts being being 272 00:26:35,52 --> 00:26:36,78 part of the U.S. 273 00:26:36,79 --> 00:26:42,01 Cultural. Aspect of I'm sure of the time. 274 00:26:44,58 --> 00:26:50,47 OK. So. I thank you for. 275 00:26:51,65 --> 00:26:52,53 Listening to me and 276 00:26:52,74 --> 00:26:58,62 a little bit of pollute the work that I do in the reasons why I do it. And the 277 00:26:58,63 --> 00:27:04,45 questions that you have happen to ask and that's what I want to start. 278 00:27:06,29 --> 00:27:12,81 A little hiatus so are there any questions for Dr Ross are. Surely B.X. 279 00:27:13,06 --> 00:27:19,28 Peter. Peter. Here to bring. 280 00:27:20,91 --> 00:27:27,05 To work in America or are they to be entry or go back to Cape Verde the teacher. 281 00:27:28,63 --> 00:27:35,29 In my homeland. To be quite honest are we with little with all the 282 00:27:35,33 --> 00:27:42,04 teachers that are going to fight us teachers. In the US teachers however rich was 283 00:27:42,05 --> 00:27:46,22 the university does have a program in which we take 284 00:27:46,69 --> 00:27:51,73 a master's degree students pretty good in the fields of teaching that come from Q 3 285 00:27:52,24 --> 00:27:58,19 to do their backs to us here. And there they are the only that but the teachers 286 00:27:58,20 --> 00:28:03,33 that I was speaking with about our mainstream teachers so folks who will be 287 00:28:03,34 --> 00:28:09,49 teaching in Boston in Brockton in the food store or New Bedford this is just as 288 00:28:09,84 --> 00:28:16,76 primarily talking. Bastion. Yes 289 00:28:16,77 --> 00:28:23,59 plan well I'll. Be coming here from the top and I 290 00:28:23,74 --> 00:28:29,00 can't get more informed or involved Thank you so much question. 291 00:28:30,31 --> 00:28:36,53 Actually the best that most people. Are something of 292 00:28:36,54 --> 00:28:41,07 a power Facebook so you can search as well Web site Our it was 293 00:28:41,08 --> 00:28:47,82 a 2 week old website at the university or do you look at our Facebook profile that 294 00:28:47,83 --> 00:28:54,11 isn't to profile. The physical profile to see upcoming events that we had 295 00:28:54,60 --> 00:29:00,26 yesterday for example we had a wonderful speaker Gingrich at Robert who was 296 00:29:00,30 --> 00:29:05,88 a professor emeritus from Rhode Island College who will talk yesterday which was as 297 00:29:05,89 --> 00:29:12,14 it will be for the. Both of our events will be published rule in that it is the 298 00:29:12,15 --> 00:29:18,55 sort of website or. Anything body. 299 00:29:20,53 --> 00:29:26,97 Wonderful. I've passed around now Johnson's passed around schedules for the rest of 300 00:29:27,01 --> 00:29:33,27 the series and I inadvertently sadly to tell you never around lets Mr Pease be here 301 00:29:33,28 --> 00:29:40,25 it's the 1st week of May. So we're excited that she backs Please join us again 302 00:29:40,26 --> 00:29:46,29 next week and please from the frantic. Really appreciate you being here so it's 303 00:29:46,30 --> 00:29:47,19 good to talk to roast. 304 00:29:48,90 --> 00:29:55,86 Thatcher if you're available to answer 305 00:29:55,87 --> 00:29:58,51 a one on one question. Thank.