"My hope is that history gives people the kind of inspiration to challenge and to change... it helps people understand that change comes from strategic activity, it comes from resiliency, and it doesn't come without loss." - @SmithsonianSec#AtlanticEventCast
"Right now the lens is on policing, and rightly so. But if you step back, the aperture is bigger than that." - @SmithsonianSec of @Smithsonian@NMAAHC on the meaning of today's protests and the need for larger, systemic change #AtlanticEventCast
The Atlantic and Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch will explore this moment in history, and examine how protests can influence policy and create a more equitable America. #AtlanticEventCast
.@JeffreyGoldberg asks: Will this pandemic lead to more nationalization, or a new conversation about equity? The future will not redefine what equity is, said @agnesbinagwaho. In the future, the world will decide what they’re ready to spend on equity—or not. #AtlanticEventCast
We know that the global response [to a pandemic] will be as strong as the weakest country, and pandemics are just outbreaks mishandled, said @agnesbinagwaho. We need to use the expertise that exists all over the world and learn how to share it quickly. #AtlanticEventCast
Regarding contact tracing, @TheAtlantic's @JeffreyGoldberg asks: Do you worry about meeting resistance due to the American ethos of privacy and individualism? I think we have a moral imperative to warn each other, said @dsallentess. #AtlanticEventCast
There are two urgent challenges that we’ve got to realize we face together, said The Right Honorable Gordon Brown. The first is the health challenge. The second is capacity, in testing equipment, ventilators, and personal protective equipment. #AtlanticEventCast
Audience Question: How do you know when your child’s anxiety is at the point that you need to have them seen by a mental health professional? You look for signs that it’s interfering with their life and their happiness on a day-to-day level, said @KateJulian. #AtlanticEventCast
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When should your child be seen by a mental health professional?
What's the future of the conventions and traditional campaigning in the era of social distancing? "I think this is a case where the parties are going to have to lock arms," says @sarafagen2. They'll have to find unity in the path forward. #AtlanticEventCast
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"I think the parties are going to have to lock arms."