She is one of the cofounders of the black lives matter and she is a leading voice on contemporary race issues, civilrights, and police reform. She also launched the black futures lab, an organization that works with advocacy groups to promote policies that support black communities. Her first book, the purpose of power, was released today. Alicia, thank you so much for joining me and congratulations on your book. Alicia thank you so much for having me, it is great to join you today. Robin i wanted to start with a point that you make in your book which is the importance of controlling the narrative and not allowing your story to be lost to cultural amnesia. With those things in mind, what was it that sparked the idea for you to sit down and write what is really a memoir at your ripe young age . [laughter] alicia you know, i was skeptical of trying to write a memoir. And i think you are right that there is still a lot of life left. To me, part of why i was inspired to write this book is
The humanitarian agenda is a project that seeks to leverage the expertise of our scholars and programs to shine a light on the pressing humanitarian issues and offer policy solutions. Before we begin, i would like to direct everyones attention to emergency exits and encourage you to turn your phones to mute. I want to acknowledge before we begin the partnership that our program has at the u. S. Agency of International Development office of disastrous assistance to put on discussions. We have a short time today. All of us here today are aware of the suffering taking place in syria. Family and individuals have been forced into forced displacements and attacks on civilians and hospitals and clinics which challenge our notions of this violence increased the urgency of finding Durable Solutions to the humanitarian problems. While we are very grateful to our speaker today for joining us and hosting and having this event today, i find it deeply distressing and disappointing that we continue t
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