Thank you for joining us all tonight. For ideas and action with alicia garza and Chris Jackson. Im negations wreck of a color change, the countrys Largest Online Racial Justice organization and appeared introduced nights event. We are partnering with one world to make a virtual space for critical conversation between editor in chief of one world Chris Jackson one of our most powerful organizers and visionaries alicia garza. In 2014 alecia wrote a Facebook Post that change the war and create a movement. It read like people i love you. I love us. Our allies matter. Black lives matter that moment continues today. Tonight alicia and chris will discuss the importance of resistance in resurgence and how they ground the work any vision for collective humanity. I call the change we believe that everyday people are powerful enough to in the practices that are Holding Black people back and harming our country. We Champion Solutions that move us all forward. In the last two weeks we have helped 6
Television company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Thank you for joining us all tonight, for ideas and actions, lisa and jackson im a communication director for the countrys Largest Online Racial Justice organization. And im here to introduce tonights event. We are partnering with oneworld tonight to make a virtual space for critical conversation between editorinchief and one of our most powerful, organizes and visionaries leave the guards that, alecia wrote a book a Facebook Post through created a movement and said black people i love you, i love that our lives matter, black lives matter. That Movement Continues today and tonight they will discuss the importance of resistance and resilience and how they ground the work in the vision for collective humanity. The color of change and we believe the everyday people are powerful enough to in that are Holding Black people back and harming our country. We champion solution that move us all forward. I
I would like to welcome our members to lunch as well as our guest, and to those listening live over the National Public radio stations, and for those , before watch it later going further i would like to remind the members of upcoming events. Next tuesday, the guest will be william fulbright. The 40th anniversary of the fulbright scholarship program. James speakers include buchanan on january 23 and John Harrington on fairbury 19th. Ould like to remind february 19. If you have questions for our downer, please write them on the part on your table and send them to the front. I will ask as many questions as time permits. I would like to introduce our guest. Please stand when i call your. Ame please withhold your applause until i am completed. Bernard shaw of cable news , Lita Williams of the new york times, adrian farrell, a member who organized the lunch, a member of the french embassy, randy allen from pyramid video, dorothy of the lewisgton post, finley for the Minneapolis Tribune and
Of the person, the president , the people feel neither the democrats nor republicans that it is all part of the same old traditional package, that there needs to be change in america and that the change does not emanate from the programs and plans of either party, americans have gotten to the point where they are willing to make that change outside of the regular twoparty structure. How do you think we got to that point . You have been involved in politics for a long time. What got us to that point . How did the parties get disconnected from the people . A combination of factors. The partiesy bee not been able to dispensers on the local and state levels. Many of the district local offices are no longer in the communities across this nation. It seems to me people became disinterested as a result of cumulative experiences in this country that turned them off. , korea gate, the national scandals that came about. Situation pertaining to the iran contra. People are fed up. They have got to
With byron pitts. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight, with just 83 days left until election day, Presumptive Democratic of candidate for president , joe biden and Kamala Harris stepping out for the first time and already on the offensive. Heres janai norman. This is a moment of real consequence for america. Everything we care about, its all on the line. Reporter this afternoon in delaware, the official debut of the joe bidenKamala Harris ticket. The former Vice President and hi his historymaking choice. This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities. But today, today just maybe theyre seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. Joe, im so proud to stand with you. And i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. Whose sacrifice, determination and resilience makes my presence here today even possible. Reporter the candidates walkin