For women, and why . Find it where you get your podcasts. Host we are back with Latasha Brown to talk about the black voter and the 2020 election. It morning. Guest good morning. Host tell us what the black Voters Matter Fund is. Organization an that was started in 2016 to shift the dynamics around. We wanted to build power and our communities so we could have influence on impact on policies. Because whate fund we felt is that in order to really have a robust democracy, you have to have an engaged electorate. We would engage voters on the local level to shift the policies for the communities. Host what did your organizing approach look like this year . What did you do on the ground to get more black voters to register and to show up and vote . Guest we did not start this year. We started in 2016. We think that what happens is oftentimes in the black community you see people come around election time. Its like if you have a friend that only calls when they want something, youre not exci
What the think about this . Should all states have less mandates . Should no state have mask mandates and risk more infections . Do you support or oppose must mandates . We will open up our regular lines. That means democrats, we want to hear from you at 2027488000. Beublicans, your line will 2027488001. Independents we want to hear from you at 2027488002. You can always text us at 2027488003, and were always reading on social media, on cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again, the novel to bevirus is said hitting its second or third wave in the United States as more people are coming down with the disease. We are seeing around the country different states doing Different Things when it comes to the coronavirus. Aarp,now according to there are 34 states and the District Of Columbia who are mandating Face Coverings in public. We want to know whether you actually support this. We want to hear from you on this issue. We are going to go straight to our phone lines. E, wh
We were hearing the National Media talk about black folks. Vote but more importantly we wanted to build power in our community so we could have impact on policies that were impacting us. So we started black voters find and black in order to have a really robust democracy you have to do work to engage voters on the ground level, on the local level so that they could chip the policies, and take a chip representation for the communities. Why did your organizing approach look like this year . With did you do at on the ground to get more black voters to not only register, but the show up and vote. A couple of things. When we did start this, year we started into thousand 16 and we never stopped. One of our things is cant, stop wont stop. Oftentimes in the black community you often see people come around election time, right, and its not like if a friend who only close when they want something, you never excited to see them. But for us the way that we felt we would build power is that we woul
This moment this moment is one of personal pride and gratificati gratification. Yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. [ applause ]. Surely we have now learned the lesson that violence breeds counter violence. And it cannot be condoned whatever the source. [ applause ]. I know that every delegate to this Convention Shares tonight my sorrow and my distress over these incidents and may we, for just one moment, in sober reflection and serious purpose, may we just quietly and silen y silently, each in our own way, pray for our country and may we just share for a moment a few of those immortal words of the prayer of st. Francis of assisi, words which i think may help heal the wounds, ease the pain and lift our hearts. Listen to this immortal saint. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is i
My fellow democrats. I proudly accept the nomination of our party. This moment this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. Yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. [ applause ] surely we have now learned the lesson that violence breeds counter violence. And it cannot be condoned whatever the source. [ applause ] i know that every delegate to this Convention Shares tonight my sorrow and my distress over these incidents and may we, for just one moment, in sober reflection and serious purpose, may we just quietly and silently, each in our own way, pray for our country and may we just share for a moment a few of those immortal words of the prayer of st. Francis of assisi, words which i think may help heal the wounds, ease the pain and lift our hearts. Listen to this immortal saint. Where there