Wearing black and calling for gender and Racial Justice in the post Harvey Weinstein era. Harvey weinstein isnt here tonight because, well, i have heard rumors that he is crazy and difficult to work with. The dont worry, he will be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the in memoriam. In a actresses brought social justice activist within this year. We will speak with two of them, puerto rican activist reported by the president ial candidate Rosa Clemente, who joined susan ,arandon, and Saru Jayaraman president and cofounder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers united who walked the red carpet with amy poehler. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump is demanding a slew of antiimmigrant measures, including 18 billion for his border wall in exchange for Legal Protections for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. In total, trump is demanding 33 bill
The institute for policy studies hosted this 50minute event. Welcome to this historic evening to celebrate the first congressman to serve in congress for over 50 years, congressman john conyers. [applause] we thank pacifica radio and we thank cspan for being here so hundreds of thousands if not millions more across the country can share in this celebration. I am John Cavanagh, director of the institute for policy studies. My colleague, karen dolan and i , will be your moderators for tonight. We had the honor to introduce a few people who will make some remarks to celebrate congressman conyers. First, as a tribute to congressman conyers and the way he works, the way he builds strong coalitions to fight for what is right in this country, there are 19 other groups that have joined i. P. S. In honoring congressman conyers here tonight. I mention them as among the hundreds of groups that have worked with the congressman over the years, that have partnered with this man for this half century
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