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“People with mental health disorders need vocational training. They need recreation. They need to be able to roam around in a very scenic environment."

We dont have much time to be able to make transformational, systemic change in peoples lives. and its like theyre not -- democrats and republicans are not playing the same game right now. >> so i hear what youre saying. i completely respect it, and like i get your frustration. but at the same time, i think there has to be the understanding throughout the whole country that change is -- the kind of change that were looking for, it doesnt happen overnight. >> absolutely. >> also some of this chang...

About it before we got out here and started talking, we had to pick a person that could beat trump, we had to get in first, right? but hes done a lot, in what youre saying up here, were starting to come together, were starting to have these conversations, were acting like mature people again. i can sit next to him and we can talk and not hate each other, right? you cant just hit reset, you cant just say everything is fixed overnight, you cant be extreme. we have to still cater to the old white g...

You saw the video, he said to be public, "i dont see murder here." he saw the video, he said to be public, "i dont see murder here." and that was totally disturbing to people. all of us laypeople saw murder and they wanted it charged appropriately, so i think it does matter that there is some kind of multi—racial coalition. the only concern is that will white americans think this verdict is the end or will they think it is a beginning? and for me, in my research, if we have not changed policy,...

Wanted it charged appropriately. i think it matters. the only concern is will white americans think this verdict is the end or will they think it is the beginning? for me and my research if we have not changed policy, this isjust a symbolic victory and we need systemic change. symbolic victory and we need s stemic chance. ., ., , systemic change. unfortunately we have run out _ systemic change. unfortunately we have run out of— systemic change. unfortunately we have run out of time, _ systemic...

To reflect the diversity that has always been there. young people around the world have run out of patience and now theyre leading the way in the fight to cut emissions and protect ancestral land from rising temperatures and sees. so its up to us to rise up and join them. this issue can seem daunting. how can one person make a difference in a crisis engulfing the entire planet? to start, we can follow the example being set for us by young people. time is of essence and while individual actions l...

Incestral lands from getting lost in the seas. how can one person make a difference in a crisis engulfing the entire planet? to start we can follow the example being set for us by our young people. time is of the essence, and while individual actions like flying less often, eating less meat and divesting from fossil fuel companies are good, what we need is big systemic change. the american jobs plan currently stalled by republicans in congress has billions in funding for climate action. we shoul...

Pending litigation. alexander is still waiting for his day in court. acknowledging he gets a day, floyd did not. >> i saw a police officer with his knee on this mans neck. i was, like, thats unacceptable. being law enforcement myself. >> reporter: its not what tate learned in training for a parole officer, she believes shes stronger not only from her experience in law enforcement, but also because she comes from a long line of civil activists. >> im just picking up the mantle, a young generation...

This generation of protesters, systemic change. >> youre going from protesting and advocating on an issue to now wanting to be the man that solves it. >> reporter: from policing strategies -- >> community policing where we got to feel that trust back. >> reporter: to genderification and affordable housing. for them the protests were just the beginning. the fight continues at the ballot box in local government, something they all wish george floyd could be here to see. because if they could say j...

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