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Program i am a mom to a five -month-old its so amazing that you broke down the need by particular family member. >> are baby showers are focused on diploid families so the new and expecting moms who have a spouse deployed in beside showering them with love and letting them know that we see them and the sacrifices that they make and we want them to work together so they can perform their own support system that people can relate to them in ways other people cannot. gillian: tell them how they can...

Which according to documents this design as a retention strategy for teachers of color and teachers who are american indian and to reduce isolation and increase collegial support opportunities. >> when you are one of the majority it can be very isolating and lonely to have a support system in place for them is not to segregates them. it is to support them. sean: joining with cynthia garrett, host of the podcast, isnt this un-american and racist in its policy? >> it is completely racist and i lov...

Like arnold schwarzenegger made that donation with tiny houses. we talked about that, carley around todd. not just the house. you need a community around those tiny homes to help support those guys as they make their way back into hopefully off of the street. you build these little communities of tiny houses with support system around them. hoping to solve that problem that has been -- carley: will, real quick. so true. i was talking to frank siller about, he is building an entire neighborhood i...

>> when you are one of the majority can be very isolating and lonely, to have a support system in place and not to segregate them. it is absolutely to support them. >> reporter: the policy reeks of segregation. >> it is completely racist. i love the linkage of racism. we want to support them. if they dont feel -- such liberal policy disguised as we care about you, feel good and it is an attempt to return to something dangerous. >> got to add, jody staff who chairs the school board, theoh ask the...

Retention strategy for teachers of color and teachers who are american indian. and to reduce isolation and increase collegial support opportunities. >> when you are one of the majority, it can be very isolating and lonely. to have a support system in place for them is not to segregate them, it is absolutely to support them. >> sean: joining me now is cynthia garrett, education activist and host of the tv series and podcast. cynthia, isnt this un-american and racist in its policy? >> it is comple...

Acl reconstructions almost two years recovering from those injuries. and that was a really tough time, but i picked myself back up. i think my love for skiing is what drove me through those times and my support system of my family and friends, my physical therapist. im in a great place now, but definitely had some difficulties over the course of my career but, again, really the reason i talked about it is to help others. >> lindsey, congrats on the book. we are a couple weeks away from our secon...

Six months. the whole mental health and coming out, i was just lucky to have a support system behind me. the moment i won the silver medal in tokyo, in the olympics, it felt like i was living a dream. i feel like i represent america, i am queer, im asian american, my mom is a first generation immigrant, having other people be able to look at me and be like oh, i see myself in her, oh, may maybe i can be that, too, its more rewarding than the medal around my neck. were a different kind of dentist...

Around right before my dads diagnosis. im going through the turmoil of coming out, while my dad is going through his illness. my dad passed away when i was 16 years old. i made the national team for the first time three weeks after he passed. i couldnt get to swim practice anymore. i pushed everything down for so long to try not to feel anything. my coach got me a therapist. nine hours of therapy a week for six months. the whole mental health and coming out, i was just lucky to have a support sy...

>> its hard. its hard to try to take everything in. lots of nights of not sleeping. lots of nights of trying to figure things out. >> what do you say to people who say that there is irrefutable evidence in this case that you did this? >> ive kind of realized who counts and who matters. those people, they dont matter. >> theyre looking at the evidence that they feel points to you and theres no way to get around that. >> i dont have a way to convince them otherwise, thats not for me to try to do. ...

Have you given -- i mean, the randomness of this crime, the time at which it happened, how have you been dealing with all of this? >> i have his father has been a rock. his father showed up immediately. we just happened to be in two different places. so, he came with me, stayed with me. held me -- you know, held me up when they gave me the news. i mean, i still am having a hard time getting his blood off my hands. i have my father flew in by the grace of god, caught a flight immediately that ver...