Always telling me this and its not something that im very comfortable talking about, but that the sthian Francisco Human Rights Commission was created because there were people that were trying to buy cars that werent allowed to buy them in this city, and those people were black people. Sometimes as we do this work, i would say africanamerican afri s and peopblack ipeople in San Francisco felt like we were continuing to forget about them and continuing to repeat bwhy Te Commission was created in the first place. So as we secelebrate the 55th anniversary of the Human Rights Commission, as we remember the 5 55th anniversary of the civil rights act, i was challenged and really encouraged to revisit why the Human Rights Commission was created and to pause during this time. Somebody says, who selcelebrats5 years . I guess we do. [ applause ]. It is an off year, but im going into my third year at the Human Rights Commission and i felt like this was a good tooim to pause and recognize the int
Out, pulle your phone up the text messages, text n h2403 to keep up with the campaign, post pictures and tag corywith the hash tag 2020. I graduated from Wellesley College in 2011 with a Political Science degree, and volunteered on Jeanne Shaheens 2009 senate campaign. So happy to be back in New Hampshire. After college, i put law school on hold to pursue a music career in nashville, tennessee, and have been there for the past eight years working as a musician and singersongwriter. I have a whole life in nashville, but it was easy to put it on hold for cory booker. [applause] why cory . To get personal, i am a rape survivor. Experiencing Sexual Violence is a kind of pain that separates you from your body. But the most powerful thing i learned about this pain is that it is that its razorsharp edges that i was able to lean in and create a space, with help and support, to trust my body again, to start to live and breathe and move and create. Our country has a common pain. What is missing
Votes in ways we struggle to perceive. Absolutely. We need to pass strong pries havey laws. And i have an internet bill of rights which articulates a few never ings we should know have our Data Collected in. The Cambridge Analytica case, facebook should immediately notify people when they were transferring their data. They didnt do that. People should have been able to inquire and informed what was happening to their data. F you watch communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. i ¿announcer now, democratic president ial candidate senator cory booker of new jersey talk to voters at a house party in exeter, New Hampshire. This is about 90 minutes. Hello, exeter, how are we doing . Verybody doing good . He would often delill into me since i was a little kid. He would say, john, just remember, youve got to leave the woodpile just a little higher than you found it. It was really actually it was interesting that dad chose a s because dad grew up in logging town. Dad didnt have a clue w
I have a special thank you to say to senator cory booker. My dad had the saying i would like to share with folks. He would say, you have to leave the woodpile a little bit higher than you found it. Showsinteresting that he this metaphor. He didnt have a clue which end of the asked to hold. Leaving the wood pile a little resonates in these times we are in. The man occupying the white house wants nothing more than to burn that would pile down. Down. D pile so did you endorse cory earlier . I love getting asked that question. Amazing mayor of a top city, in the midst of one of the worst recessions this country has ever seen, and came out of it being successful. [applause] maybe it is going to be about how he has shown such incredible leadership in the United States senate, particularly being willing to sit down with folks on the other site to pass historic criminal Justice Reform in this country. [applause] thank you for that. Maybe it is about the grit and thank you for that. Resilience
It was interesting, that grew up in New Hampshire, which is a mill town. He didnt have a clue which side of an ax to hold. [laughter] but leaving the wood pile a little higher resonates with me particularly today in these times we are in because the man that is occupying the white house wants nothing more than to ood pileat wouldw down. People ask me, what did you come out in endorse cory so early . So many answers come to mind. Is a great to be how he was an amazing mayor of a tough city, in the midst of one of the worst recessions the country has ever seen, and came out of it being successful . [applause] aboutit is going to be how he has shown such incredible leadership in the United States senate particularly being willing to sit down with folks on the other side to pass historic criminal Justice Reform in this country. [applause] thank you for that. Great ands about the that he has demonstrated after decades of ,ervice in new jersey politics something that is not easy for the fain