Good evening and welcome to this special celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. My name is lauren leaner, and im the cofounder of ceo of all in together. All in together is thrilled to host tonights special virtueing town hall in partnership with the lbj foundation, the george and Barbara Bush Foundation, the Ronald Reagan library, the National Archives and the 19th. All these partners have worked tirelessly to make this program possible. Thank you to each and every one of them for their contributions and support. Id also like to say thank you to angie and mark, this would not be possible without them. All in together is a non partisan womens civic organization. Since our founding, we have trained tens of thousands of women and the tools of civic leadership, we are working to ensure women have power and agency and american democracy. In this centenary year our work remains urgent and vital. This Program Honors the heroism of the suffragettes, who reminds us of the
Test test test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 it isnt possible in Watkins Harper view to take a position that speaks to antiblack racism and doesnt speak to gender. Her often quoted line is, we are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity. This becomes the signature contribution that africanamerican women will make to this ongoing debate over Voting Rights that will continue i would say even until our own time. This view that it is not possible to parse out access to the polls, access to office holding, to jury service and more along manmade differences as she should put it like race and gender that she asks this, including stanton, including douglas, to really lift their sights to the interests of all humanity as she would put it and this is the position that black women will put on the table. They will not carry the day in the 1860s but they will press this position coming all the way through the 19th amendment and beyond. Ill leave it to ano
Have worked tirelessly to make this program possible. Thank you to each and every one of them for their contributions and support. Id also like to say a huge thank you to our Program Sponsors p g and merck. This program would not have been possible without them. For those of you who dont know us, all in together is a nonpartisan womens Civic Education organization. Since our founding in 2014, weve trained tens of thousands of women across america on the tools of civic leadership, advocacy and community organizing. We are working to ensure women have power and agency in american democracy. Were especially committed to mobilizing women at the margins of our democratic process. In this year and every year, our work remains urgent and vital. This Program Honors the heroism of the suffragettes who fought to ensure women the right to vote but also reminds us of the many women who were left out of that victory. We celebrate womens suffrage even as we remember that women of color could not exe
Turkeys president says it remains open for all. And running out of oxygen in bolivia relatives of covert 19 patients are having to get their own supply. Back into the program chinas been accused of using its Diplomatic Missions for widespread spying across the United States and the u. S. Justice Department Says the consulate in houston was one of the worst offenders chinese staff are moving out of that consulate after washington told beijing to shut it down the u. S. Says its to protect American Intellectual property trying to Foreign Ministry called it an unjustified act and in retaliation beijing has ordered the american consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu to close and chinas most senior diplomat has blamed the u. S. For all of the current tension wangi says he still hopes that china and the u. S. Can reach a solution which benefits both countries well with more on these developments. On the chinese story and the research as arrest in. In the u. S. We can join our White Hou
That live all over the country. And we feel that is significant we continue to do the programming we already have scheduled. As we move through this historic time. Meant to help us focus on the movement for black lives and if you want to contribute in 1960 through 2015 we have the editor here with a lifelong collaborator and having some technical difficulties we will get to some q a. We will just enjoy some time with michael and get him on the line as well. The editor of multiple books so i just want to bring you one. And when he starts talking he will take up the screen. Can you hear me okay . That is a chokehold for me for trying to find organically is much as we can living in atlanta for several years i love the city quite a bit. A person on the screen but under speaker versus gallery view and lets talk about the george floyd protest is timely to say the least. And doctor king during this period. This must be they yearly 1970s so maybe then we can go to those. Now from pages 56 to 5