Healing town hall, live from studio being new orleans. Now joined now by chris hayes and join all right. Good evening, and welcome to our town hall of the national day of racial healing and event creating, 60 years ago by our sponsor of the w. E. Case kellogg foundation. The specialties held every year on the day after the dr. Martin luther king holiday. If you look around, you will see that we are in this glorious space, incredible room. It is part of a studio b which is a set of former warehouses turn to an Art Experience by the artist brandon be mike odoms, here in the by Water Neighborhood of the great city of new orleans. Our colleague jermaine lee who has been doing some reporting for this project is here with us as well and so is the young fellas the land where we unfortunate to be meeting tonight has made a Gathering Place and trading hub of different backgrounds and cultures going back centuries. And so we want to acknowledge, thank and honor the Indigenous People for hume thi
studio being new orleans. here now is joy reid and chris hayes. [applause] all right. good evening, and welcome to our town hall of the national day of racial healing and event created six years ago by our sponsor, the wk kellogg foundation. this special day is held every year the day at their dr. martin luther king holiday if you look around, you will see that we are in this glorious space, incredible room. it is part of a studio b which is a set of former warehouses turn to an art experience by the artist brandon be mike odoms, here in the by water neighborhood of the great city of new orleans. our colleague trymaine lee who has been doing some reporting for this project is here with us as well and so is the young fellas brass band. fabulous. the land where we unfortunate to be meeting tonight has made a gathering place and trading hub for people of different backgrounds and cultures going back centuries. and so we want to acknowledge, thank and honor
healing town hall, live from studio being new orleans. now joined now by chris hayes and join all right. good evening, and welcome to our town hall of the national day of racial healing and event creating, 60 years ago by our sponsor of the w. e. case kellogg foundation. the specialties held every year on the day after the dr. martin luther king holiday. if you look around, you will see that we are in this glorious space, incredible room. it is part of a studio b which is a set of former warehouses turn to an art experience by the artist brandon be mike odoms, here in the by water neighborhood of the great city of new orleans. our colleague jermaine lee who has been doing some reporting for this project is here with us as well and so is the young fella s the land where we unfortunate to be meeting tonight has made a gathering place and trading hub of different backgrounds and cultures going back centuries. and so we want to acknowledge, thank and honor the i
situation again with another issue proposals to reconnect tremé include everything from tearing down the freeway to infrastructure improvements, like new lighting, removing ramps and reinvesting federal grant money into the community. that is my mom. take a picture, right there. that s my mom. hold on to the neighborhood because that s right. because of my family. susie grandmother was born in tremé in 1890. her grandmother was born here in 1932. she was in grade school when highway construction began in 1966. people back then did not have politicians to fight for more. i m not saying our people didn t fight. i believe they fought. i believe they did not want things to happen. but during those days, come on. she worries if the freeway is torn down, families like hers will be pushed out of the already gentrifying neighborhood. and the people that live in this community that want to stay in this community, leave
grant money into the community. that is my mom. take a picture, right there. that s my mom. hold on to the neighborhood because that s right. because of my family. susie grandmother was born in tremé in 1890. her grandmother was born here in 1932. she was in grade school when highway construction began in 1966. people back then did not have politicians to fight for more. i m not saying our people didn t fight. i believe they fought. i believe they did not want things to happen. but during those days, come on. she worries if the freeway is torn down, families like hers will be pushed out of the already gentrifying