Under the Circle Mission with the Community Working for social justice and encouraging diverse and marginalized, all through the virtual formats, we feel very fortunate that we have the privilege of talking to authors who live around the country during this time and we feel it is really significant that we continue to do the programming that we are to have scheduled because folks need history as we move through this historic time. There is really no, i cannot give a better book to help us focus on what the movement on right now and what we can do right now, and the books of 1962 and 2015. We have the editor here, michael and pam who is a lifelong collaborator for justice in his widow we hope will be on soon, shes having technical difficulties. Im going to invite you to settling and make yourself at home and we will get to some questions in the chat, please keep your cell phone and you can turn your camera on, you do not have to turn it on but were just going to enjoy some time with mic
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Says a majority of some employees are from minority populations, contributed to high covid19 numbers in those communities. He reported an increase in hospitalizations and icu admissions. California now has more than coronavirus cases than any other state. Governor newsom good afternoon. I wanted to update folks today on some trends that are selfevident to many, but perhaps not enough. And that is the relationship of this virus to specific and particular populations in the state of california that are being disproportionately impacted by the spread of covid19. Weve talked a lot over the course of the last number of weeks, months, about the importance we place on personal responsibility to wear face coverings, to wear face masks, concern that has been expressed by many, certainly not just those representing the state of california, but all across the country, that so often we let our guard down, that we may be mixing outside of our households, either in large congregate events or even in
City of portland or detaining black lives matter protesters without any explanation. The United States is struggling to contain a rising wave of the corona virus with cases of infections and deaths soaring more than 77000. 00 infections were reported in the latest daily tally that was on thursday thats another record high resources in many areas a stretch to the limits and hospitals are in danger of being overrun by patients debate is raging over mosques and whether they should be made mandatory u. S. President donald trump has ruled out making them compulsory at a national level. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear a mask i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that no and i dont agree with the statement that if everybody were a mask everything disappears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont worry mask everybody was saying dont worry mask all of a sudden everybodys got to we