justice for the lgbtq community. you know, i believe america is about give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be free. that was the america i was brought up to believe in. those kinds of things are what heather s focus was. that s what she was standing here to support. when you talk about the work you do, susan, some of it, obviously, is political. i want to ask you about something that s happening in virginia, down there. the republican senate candidate, stewart, is known to embrace causes backed by white nationalists, use divisive rhetoric. the president congratulated him, saying he shouldn t be underestimated. curious about your reaction to that. my reaction is a non-reaction because i have the heather heyer foundation, a 501(c)(3). i m not allowed to have political opinions. can you talk about whether you think the president has helped or hurt progress in
heather going forward is, susan burrow and myself have come together to form the heather heyer foundation. we re hoping to promote our future leaders. we want to basically try to encourage young kids trying to work on social change and give them scholarships to help them educate themselves and keep them moving forward. heather s well-known facebook post, if you re not outraged, you re not paying attention. you re certainly carrying on her legacy. i want to play for you what charlottesville s mayor recently said in an interview about your city. the deep-seated racism has been a major problem and still remains a problem in charlottesville. the notion that we were talking about outsiders and baiting and not talking about, you know, two uva alum who called people into
i talked to one young man and possibly even screen writers. but people to further the cause of social justice and we ve also started working with the aids health care foundation. to have them see what youth are doing to stand against hate in their own community, and then we will help provide them with grants. the aids health care foundation were the top three winners. heather heyer foundation will have matching grants for the others to help start youth health programs. sounds like such a noble cause, such a wonderful thing to be doing for our country, for your community and beyond. susan bro, thank you for taking the time and, as always, our thoughts are with your family after what happened to heather. my heard just is with you in the strongest sense as a mother myself. the i can t imagine being in
prevent something like what happened in charlottesville from happening again? stop tweeting. think before you speak. and only tell the truth. and i think if you ll just settle into those things everything will take care of itself. before i let you go, tell us about the work you re doing to honor your daughter s memory. well the heather heyer foundation grew out of all the money people were sending in because i said this is not all for family. we ve got to figure out what we need to do with this. so alfred wilson of miller law group, who was her supervisor, and i, decided together we would join our efforts, and form the heather heyer foundation, and the focus of that is scholarships for people who are going into degrees or certifications in the areas of social justice, paralegals like heather was, lawyers, social workers, educators.