Thank you for joining us all tonight. For ideas and action with alicia garza and Chris Jackson. Im negations wreck of a color change, the countrys Largest Online Racial Justice organization and appeared introduced nights event. We are partnering with one world to make a virtual space for critical conversation between editor in chief of one world Chris Jackson one of our most powerful organizers and visionaries alicia garza. In 2014 alecia wrote a Facebook Post that change the war and create a movement. It read like people i love you. I love us. Our allies matter. Black lives matter that moment continues today. Tonight alicia and chris will discuss the importance of resistance in resurgence and how they ground the work any vision for collective humanity. I call the change we believe that everyday people are powerful enough to in the practices that are Holding Black people back and harming our country. We Champion Solutions that move us all forward. In the last two weeks we have helped 6
Television company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Thank you for joining us all tonight, for ideas and actions, lisa and jackson im a communication director for the countrys Largest Online Racial Justice organization. And im here to introduce tonights event. We are partnering with oneworld tonight to make a virtual space for critical conversation between editorinchief and one of our most powerful, organizes and visionaries leave the guards that, alecia wrote a book a Facebook Post through created a movement and said black people i love you, i love that our lives matter, black lives matter. That Movement Continues today and tonight they will discuss the importance of resistance and resilience and how they ground the work in the vision for collective humanity. The color of change and we believe the everyday people are powerful enough to in that are Holding Black people back and harming our country. We champion solution that move us all forward. I
Powerful organizers and visionaries in alicia garza. In 2014 alicia wrote a Facebook Post that change the world great the movement. It went black people, i love you. I love us. Our allies matter, black lives matter. That moment continues today. Tonight alicia and chris will discuss the importance of resistance and resilience and how the groundwork in addition for collective humanity. A color change we believe that everyday people are powerful enough to in the practices that are Holding Black people back and im harming our country. We Champion Solutions that move us all forward. In the last few weeks weve held 6. 5 Million People take action for Racial Justice in her country and were thrilled to be partnering today with one world for this important conversation. Without further ado here is chris jackson, one world editor in chief to kick us off. Thank you so much for being here with us tonight. I cant imagine some of brother be talking to tonight than alicia garza, one of our countries
Post that changed the world ap created a movement. It read, black people, i love you, i love us. Our lives matter, black lives matter. That Movement Continues today and tonight, alicia and chris will discuss the importance of resistance and resilience and how they ground the work in a vision for collective humanity. We believe that everyday people are powerful enough to end the practices that are Holding Black people back and harming our country. And we Champion Solutions that move us forward. In the last two week we helped 6. 5 Million People take action for Racial Justice in our country and were thrilled to be partnering with one world for this conversation. Without further ado here is chris jackson, one worlds editor in chief to kick us off. Thank you for being with us here tonight. I cant imagine who id rather be talking to tonight than alicia garza, one of our countrys most influential activists and speaking particularly well at this moment. Before we start, i want to thank color
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