Place as a journalist i did not understand i didnt have Political Agency. So i no longer thought was possible to write about anything else. And then to empower people iswith information. And then to catapult me that donald trump is gas lighting america and then that continues to come out of the white house when he was president elect and i pass the belief of the falsehood and contradictions disseminated are meant to disarm the public that allows us to participate as citizens. And to work to empower people with that information. And that oped appeared in team though that could be different information coming out but but it was troubling to me. Because i had undergone this awakening that i knew i did not care. Is not apathetic that i was alienated. I started to research and talk to young people over the course of the writing of this book i talked to hundred. But not feeling connected to government or that agency and selfdetermination and this is the youth apathy we are told they just don
Announcer please welcome the atlantics margarette lowe. [applause] hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage
This brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. Power ofploring the athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, professionals and from people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic trophy. And one nfl so we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jamal hill. Jemele writes about the intersection of sports, race, politics and culture. Now we want to learn more about all of you. Poll, andke a quick answering the question requires a cell phone. Phone andour cell and then type in slido. Com
Hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jemele hill. S
The violence has to stop we cannot lose another child to violence in a school. This as more information about cruz comes to life. The Antidefamation League tell you us that they have information that links him to a white supremacist group. Its a daunting task and they worked tirelessly. The fbi addressed a report they received last year about an alarming comment on youtube. The comment simply said im going to be a professional school shooter. And we get a look at the 17 victims like vicky and her brother survived. 14yearold martin was killed and his brother miguel made it out alive. Chris hickson the schoolage let ecdirector is among the dead and stories of heroism. Scott beagle was in front of a door a classroom and died shielding his students. He blocked the door and it was open you will the time and i dont know how it was alive. Football coach aaron feis he made sure he protected everyone else. What do you hear . I heard he used his body to shield three females to shield them. A lot