when the cbc foundation held its first gather. because this year the dominating idea of the conference is quite simply black lives matter. still with me, representative barbara lee and the leadership conference s wade henderson. joining us is efoma ekai, attorney and co-creator of black and brown people vote and dee watki watkins, columnist and english professor, awe are though of living and dying while black in america. thank you, guys, for being here. talk to me a little bit about how you think black lives matter is starting to transform the political landscape, like the black political agenda. first of all, i m glad i m here with what i would consider intergenerational allies. that s one thing i think is great about this movement. it s a continuation of activism that has been going on within our community literally since slavery. we ve always had individuals