Good afternoon. You may be seated. Robin wilkerson and i am the co chancellor of Northcentral University. To all the friends and the family of george floyd and all of our esteemed guest here today, i want to welcome you. On behalf of the university, on behalf of doctor scott hagan, on behalf of the board of regents, on behalf of the faculty we are so grateful that you are here with us today. And we are honored that you have come to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of mr. George floyd. On behalf of everyone here i want to personally express our deepest condolences for this tragic loss, now to open this service the celebration of his life we will have a scripture reading from reverend, pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church followed by an opening prayer from doctor scott hagan, president of Northcentral University and a solo by missus tawana porter. On behalf of the pastors and preachers from minneapolis and st. Paul, bloods on the south side, disciples on the north side, psa
[choir singing] music] [choir singing] [choir singing] him [choir singing] [organ music] [choir singing] [choir singing] [organ music] [choir singing] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you to you who have come out this afternoon to show your gratitude and respect to this family. What we need yall to do 12 us today, we must two help us today. We must socially distance ourselves. If you have a mask, put your mask on. Seatu are sitting in a that does not have your name on it, you are sitting in the wrong seat. There are many seats in the balcony and many seats nextdoor. Please cooperate with us and show this family the dignity they deserve. Is that all right . Can i get somebody to say amen . Lets show the family dignity they deserve. If you have come here to show them respect, it really should not matter where you sit. God bless you. [choir singing] playing] piecesve broken into all, i remember and he cares me and hell never put more on me bear an i have come to the fire and i
Good afternoon. You may be seated. My name is Robin Wilkerson and i am the co chancellor of Northcentral University. To all the friends and the family of george floyd and all of our esteemed guest here today, i want to welcome you. On behalf of the university, on behalf of doctor scott hagan, on behalf of the board of regents, on behalf of the faculty we are so grateful that you are here with us today. And we are honored that you have come to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of mr. George floyd. On behalf of everyone here i want to personally express our deepest condolences for this tragic loss, now to open this service the celebration of his life we will have a scripture reading from reverend, pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church followed by an opening prayer from doctor scott hagan, president of Northcentral University and a solo by missus tawana porter. On behalf of the pastors and preachers from minneapolis and st. Paul, bloods on the south side, disciples on the nort
Good afternoon. You may be seated. My name is Robin Wilkerson and i am the co chancellor of Northcentral University. To all the friends and the family of george floyd and all of our esteemed guest here today, i want to welcome you. On behalf of the university, on behalf of doctor scott hagan, on behalf of the board of regents, on behalf of the faculty we are so grateful that you are here with us today. And we are honored that you have come to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of mr. George floyd. On behalf of everyone here i want to personally express our deepest condolences for this tragic loss, now to open this service the celebration of his life we will have a scripture reading from reverend, pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church followed by an opening prayer from doctor scott hagan, president of Northcentral University and a solo by missus tawana porter. On behalf of the pastors and preachers from minneapolis and st. Paul, bloods on the south side, disciples on the nort
Miguel, youre right. Minneapolis, beautiful city, st. Paul as well, the twin cities are just amazing. The diversity there, and they are really the quintessential American Cities when you look at them, and now, this is all happening in a quintessential american city, the quintessential american story, right, race at the heart of it, as we watch these pictures coming from the Memorial Service. I want to get now to my colleague, sara sidner, who is outside the store in minneapolis where george floyd was killed. This may be the Memorial Service where the Television Cameras are trained on for the moment but the original memorial, the makeshift is where you are right now and people have been coming in by the hundreds, if not thousands, all week to pay tribute to george floyd. What are you seeing there today . Reporter yeah, don, i call this the peoples memorial, the citizens memorial, the neighborhood memorial. Because this is the site where george floyd stopped breathing, and its been consi