Was saying, we cant have change without one another. The merging of identity, what the writing should be, we do it sometimes for laughter, sometimes this other purpose. It is becoming somebody else, you should feel free within your imagination, if you want to write that is what is great about octavia butler, helping out with space travel and futurism, you can go to the past and the present where you can go to the future and write about different people, you can be the black woman writer, you are free to do all of that. Which actually brings us back to the beginning of the discussion, the destruction of that dualism, intersection out he seems to be the roadmap, that is the roadmap we have to follow as we move into the future. I think we are done. I want to thank our panelists, all the Great Questions and your attention, thank you very much. Thank you so much. I want to leave with this quote from charles johnson. When art is at its best, it liberates our perception. Thank you so much. Gi
Is trying to change that through legislative advocacy and education, with a particular focus on young people in communities prone to gun violence. Here today is leah gunn barrett, executive director of new yorkers against gun violence, the organizations education director, as well shaina harrison. Thank you, all, for being with us this afternoon. We appreciate it. Of course, youre doing wonderful work here, and what we really think is particularly interesting is that you have taken your program into the schools. Tell us about that. Well, we figure that its not just enough to do the policy work, which is very important, clearly, but its also educating young people who are living with gun violence on a daytoday basis about the problem and to let them know that there about it. They can become advocates and activists in their community. They cant change where they live, but they can change how around them. So thats what our programs are doing, and they are a semester long or year long, and
Lets take a look at that early christmas commute. I hope you do not have to commute today, but if you are headed out the door right now we do have a closure, an overnight accident on route 28, thats shut down in both directions between route 22 and country club road, we also have the ramp closed from 22 eastbound to 28 in this area as well. I dont know where youre all going right now. We will take a live look outside, theres plenty of cars out there, but the good news is you are in for a smooth ride, what is what most of our major roadways look like and we will have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Thanks, lauren. Thousands of people started Christmas Day at st. Patricks cathedral for the annual Midnight Mass. Todays catherine xray is there with this special service. Reporter good morning to you and Merry Christmas on this warm christmas friday morning adds cardinal date of loss land put it always gives him a warm feeling when hes preaching and celebrating christmas to the tho
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