that have said we have to step outside of the status quo to create change. as frederick douglas conceded, power is nothing without a struggle. this generation defining for themselves how we deal with that struggle and what we re also seeing as a response from elected officials of all races and colors, especially black leaders who are saying the time is now to not only listen but let young people lead. how we change and how we define that struggle. i m been fascinating by that. congresswom congresswoman, i ve been impressed at the cbc, over the course of this weekend, really taking up black lives matter not in a, oh, aren t they cute kind of way, but, like, actively engaging, and at a time when the discourse on the right has shifted to black lives matter, we shouldn t be taken seriously. black lives matter is a movement that we all must listen to and connect with. once again, i m proud of my
change. you went straight to voting. i m not sure that s where black lives matter is. it s not really clear to me. it s a catholic, little c, movement, full of lots of things. where are you guys on voting? the key is it s not one thing. it s many things. my hometown of east baltimore, i ve never, ever had direct contact with activists. people engaged in the political process. but since movements like black lives matter and many others have emerged, you have all these brand-new activists. there are guys who are taking on coaching. some guys who are helping out people with financial literally. some people like me who focus on writing and journalism. we re all becoming activists in our own right. if you push back on black lives matter, you re kind of pushing bacon the progression of black people in america on generation. all these different types of activatism to take place if we want to see real change. there s another moment that
should follow, what is the script and the blueprint we should adhere to. and in a lot of ways it minimizes not only the violence that was really at that time but minimizes when we talk about political education the variety of tactics and strategies that actually are on the table. doesn t mean we have to use all them but there is something. there are different types of resistan resistance. what a lot of people are afraid of is this movement is in a position to actually engage in a conversation of what are the different tactics. which ones are actually going to liberate us. why don t we, you know why can t we feel comfortable bearing arms to protect ourselves, right, and there s a reason for that, but they re at least open to the discussion of that. sitting next to well, you know, black lives movement, black lives matter movement is so important. it s an important moment in history for us to support it.
district, where we have so many young leaders in the black lives movement. secondly, the black lives movement has evolved into a really political movement. this challenging candidates on public policy issues which have to do with institutional and systemic biases and raisism. it s so important that young people continue this movement. those of us in congress listen to them because our movement and the wind beneath our wings and the push of course has to be from a democratic movement from the outside. that s how democracy works. there are some members of cbc that i am just here for. i so appreciate that. i moderated a panel at the request of representative lewis who put together a panel that had activists along with black lives matter and justice league activists. i saw him lean in and engage those young people and say you remind me of what we were doing. but no need to act like
always been the case. when we think about even the very great documentary that was done on nina simone when you think about, you know, different ways artists have always tried to use their craft to highlight the times. i think what we re seeing is a shift in how mainstream art is also trying to recognize or at least make a just last week, there were artists implementing some of the black lives matter themes, as well as evoking some of the names of individuals that have been passed due to violence, within their art. i want to shift to what we re talking about intergenerationally. how i m sitting here next to i m literally feeling the panther vibes are there actual panther vibes? i think it s a thing. there s a great documentary out that s highlighting the black panthers movement. and it s really important because a lot of times right now as young people we re told who our heroes should be, who we