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Started the farm workers movement with cesar chavez. she talked about the film being powerful right now. with trayvon martin and this new oscar grant film, big out to forest whitaker for producing that, we have a national consciousness that's moving to a place of urgency and we need to do something about this. it's been here, it's been with us. the grassroots movement that's rising right now has the capacity to link with policy and to create the kind of structural change that we need to have happen in this country. >> maybe former president george w. bush can come back and lead the movement. >...

Country and be thrown in jail. and half a dozen times. pulled out of cabs. in brooklyn, if you're in brooklyn, i can't wear my resume on my forehead. police don't give a damn. we need to look at how do we change this culture of aggressive policing of black and brown communities and move toward public health as a strategy, safer communities, healthier communities, rather than being tough on crime and locking folks away. the prison system as it exists right now is not doing anything effective at all. >> maybe it's because you were at harvard. maybe it's you guys from harvard. >> it's been said t...