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I'm bringing Pack knit I'm an educator A writer and activist I work with organizations Like Campaign zero and Rise to run And just like you To me in from Wherever you are, I Want to live in A world that Treats all of Us Well We're your zip code Your background or your first Language Want Dictate your life outcomes so The state of the Union Wrapped up a little While Ago Democrats Had Their chance to respond and Now It's our turn the People's turned I'm talking about the Kids who go to sleep Every Night Scared that they or Their parents Will be forcibly ejected from The country They Call home The very next Day The dad Whose heart pounds just a little Bit Harder, every time A police Car Walls By the factory worker Who is building Up the courage to report her Harass her the farmer Who is taking the fight against Climate Change Into his own Hands I'm talking about all The activists Who have rallied and Resisted And stepped up to run For Office Back thousand 11 The two party got a chance to respond To President Obama's state of the Union remember That Sure at Its Peak the Tea party Rally Tens of thousands of People The mainstream media gave them hours of Air time but right now We are Rallying In the Millions We The People Tonight the People Respond Not Just The one scripted speech Not just The one President or even one Administration Tonight The people Respond to Centuries of injustice And the People stand Up for a Future Rooted in Equality, because, let's be on Just the people who Make up this Movement To many of us have yet To See Equality We Work hard sometimes holding down more than one job And Still Struggle to make ends Meet We've been Turned away at the ballot box We've been denied safe affordable Reproductive Health care for generations we Have Fought to form a More Perfect Union We Have Demanded change And for it We've been beaten We've been arrested We've been Tear gassed and no matter what we Have refused to compromise on Those values We Treasure Liberty And Justice For All We have one Too we have Bet the Moral arc of the universe Toward Justice and we Are still Here we Are Still Bending Tonight we are Declaring This nation Cannot And will not go Back I speak To you Tonight the Great great Granddaughter of Enslaved Americans who did Far more With Far Less And alongside each of you I am Determined to Seize our collective freedom no Matter how Elusive No matter How Challenging No Matter the Stakes, we are moving forward For equity, For all People and We're doing it Together In a Minute You'll hear from some diverse Dedicated Activists who are just a Handful of the Thousands Of people Doing Important Work Every single Day The Lay down hard Truth And let you know how You can get Involved Because It's never Too late to get to Work this Is a Big Diverse Interest sectional long term Movement In it's only getting bigger Millions of People are Already Hard at working their communities marching Protesting And solving problems big and Small You're, one of those In or if You're brand new to this Work We're happy you're here please make Your own Video and Share it Using the Hashtag Peoples so To you Response we want to Hear from And Be inspired By You Remember Our Democracy Doesn't Run on It's own it's the people who give It power, the power is Ours because our Democracy is Fueled by You Tonight, the people respond yo Eighty Bark in has been fighting For Economic fairness And Justice His entire Life Um He Is Uh Was diagnosed With Ls and um 20 16 and it Has A Slow them down All in the Fight Um the Flakes On a Plain video you should check Out If you're not aware of Where you can Friends, Jeff Lake and he's fighting this tax Bill Own Because It's about Health care because It's a Sneaky way that this Administration Is found to Make huge To crucial All Care programs like medicaid And the affordable care Act and It's affecting millions and millions of People's lives why Are they doing this to Be I Know but I think It's because Um They are Be holding to the swamp Ironically And That money that they Save goes to the one Percent of The one Percent of the one Percent You know what I'm talking about Um So It's no more further Ado eighty Park in From here to talk Hair Don't trump and Isn't manage Tracing and There are public and Then Congress And vendor mind or condominium Our health services From And our democracy with Their attacks on People you and People like Me Have been That's which is Ability Tuning Deadly Disease And Donald charms and ministrations as Spending His first you trying to take Away My House There In two thousand 17 They Try to unravel all them <skipped> And work requirements and medicaid Recipient saying that if Years so Like you Can't find a good job Or you have to care For A family Member or go To School Then you deserve health insurance And You're gonna have to go With Their Their All of these entire Serve part Of The Chirping registration, cruel and mean Vision For America Which says Then working And middle-class family should be Paying For The love Juries of Their one person they're taking our Money Where their gr Fair where and they're sending It up to The plate your Crabs from crab Third Ram through gun Trumbull eight and first the only Way for Us to Defeat This Terrible Vision For America Is To Mobile Thursday Systems so That we Can have a Man's like very Very member And take back Burgers and take back This and stop this cruel Agenda Someone's up Fast stand up and fight back Hi I'm we'll. we For Watching the people's state of the Union Response As A candidate Donald Trump Promise that he Would Mass deportation And Would end programs like Darker that protected immigrants from Deportation Churn Up on September fifth of last Year he Terminated Dot com, A program That Protected people who We called dreamers from the Threat Of Deportation Since He signed This order two dreamers per day Have lost Their protection and as of Today Over thousand Dreamers Are facing Deportation Here's, the thing about dreamers They Came to America With Their parents, when they Were children This is The only Country they Have ever Known They grew up here they Went to school here they Live and work Here They Pay taxes Here they Are Part of the Fabric Of America They're just as American as You Or On And it is so important That Congress And The White House Work together to protect them And Lillian's of Americans agree today Have the the <skipped> Hi Everyone this is Cristina Human is I am the executive Director And Co founder of United we Dream The Largest Immigrant Youth let network And I am so glad to Be Joining all of You for the People's state of the Union Response to Share With You In every News response to Trump's Need of his immigration plan And to tell the Truth about What's happening with Immigrant Communities I Grew up On documenting queens New York my Parents Are undocumented and my brother John, at that is one of the Millions of Young People That Will be Protected from deportation And Giving A pathway to citizenship By the Treatment jonathan is go She protected from the petition by the Doctor program and when trump Terminated the Program is A Denver my Brother's future was Play In immediate jeopardy Seems Then over 17000 young People have Lost Their protection from deportation Join the Millions With no protection at All Who Are being targeted by Trump the petition machine Okay everyday this crisis Grows deeper with a hundred and 50 more Using Protection Every Week People like He's Who Senior right now on the detention camp Who was being down and Pepper Spray all over his Body By Trump's agents Louise and my brother Are part of the Millions of Young People That Will benefit from the Dream Act Legislation that will protect It from the Predation and create a Pathway to Citizenship See the Dream act for Text young people Without hurting our families And our Communities so it Is for This reason that I Say this The immigration plan Being sold By Trump And his state of the Union Speech It's nothing more Than a Lie supply misses Run Some note trump Created this crisis and Now He's using this crisis to Push White supremacist plan That will go After Parents black immigrants And to threaten the very idea The Families should stay together This is why we need You To join Us and to <skipped> This is the Times of legal defense fund, A new Initiative I am proud to support That Provides legal assistance Those experience sexual harassment Or Saw in their Workplace women like The team up Are working to ensure that in the Future Nobody Will have to say Me too and now The team of God's Grades I'm 15 Lacrosse Grapes I'm President and Ceo Of the National women's law Center And when I think The state of the From the people we Hear from at the National women's Law Center I Know that we are In the Middle Of a Historic Moment A Major Culture Recommending Around harassment and violence In this Country We Now have a framework to talk about It From the Great to Running burge who has Given us Me To to let survivors Know That They are not alone and that There is Solidarity Serious collective We now Know that Harassment And violence In occurs with our youngest Girls in K 12 Schools And colleges And universities as people Enter the Workforce And happens across industry Across Job the highest Paid in the lowest Paid for the first Time people Are Talking about Harassment And violence In A way where They actually Were able to tell Their stories and not be Shamed And Silence into the shadows and at the Time We have A President That has Bragged Joke about sexual violence At the same time, We have A Secretary of education Who is taking steps to got Title nine and at the same Time We have Policies that Have made it harder for Survivors of Violence To come forward So, in this moment, I am excited That In our Union men and Women are Rising together they are rising Together Touch Him In new policies that Will make it better for Survivors of Sexual Violence They're chat Rising together to challenge institutions To Be Together They are joining with The National women's law Center When we just Filed In lawsuit against the Department of Education For that Terrible Title nine Guidance In Lawyers around the country Are Joining To join The Time's up legal Defense fund that the National women's law Center Is So Proud To Have That Time legal <skipped> To find out more because Now Is The time For Action and Change And We're so glad You are with us hi everyone I'm Patton as well 17 Is the second Hottest Year on Record And It's the hottest year Ever Without An El Nino climate Change is real. Unfortunately, we saw Its effects this Past year from the Hurricanes In Puerto Rico and He's Sitting to the Wildfires and mudslides And California unfortunately that Trump administration is An acting policies that Will Accelerate Climate Changes progress Fortunately we Have people Like Your stash with pushing back Sasha cash with is a senior At the National resources defense Council The You know our dc is There to protect the And its people its plants And animals and the Natural Systems on Which all Life Unlike our lives depend Hey I'm Sasha And a senior advocate for the resources Defense Council This is the People's state of the Union Response To the Trump Administration all Out salt on our health Our environment And our Future Over the Past year, President try His administration have tried Systematically To Roll back Safeguards that protect the air we Breath the water we Drink And the food we eat They taking steps to suppress Science And Restrict nearly every National Effort to combat climate Change And they have Launched an assault on The Public Lands and Waters that Belong To all Americans the Pattern Prioritizing Polluters profits And leaving the rest of Us To pay It Will be Tax payers who Pick up the tab for Political Coast lines and Rivers Nearby communities that Bear the burden of toxic Air And drinking water from Oil and Gas Drilling Our children include <skipped> Change is not A future Threat It's now and it's Everywhere we just Wrapped up The four hottest years since we started Keeping Records And Our issues Don't exist In isolation Environmental Issues Are Workers rights Issues toxic pesticides Poison Farm workers Their children's issues Lead Laden drinking water In flint Had devastating consequences for innocent Kids In that community And Their women's Issues globally Women disproportionately bear the brunt of Climate Climate Change Change In In 20 eighteen where brace For more Trump will continue to Strip Safeguards we rely on He'll try to Abused So-called emergency powers to Prop Up dirty fossil fuels and His Administration And Congress Will try To weekend the clean water Act The clean air Act And Laws That guarantees citizens have A voice When Industrial Projects impact their communities but when they Do Not see Will see them in court Since Trump Was inaugurated my Colleagues have Sued his administration nearly 50 Times That's almost one Lawsuit every week Americans are rising up or Guys In resisting And changing the direction of Their Cities States And our country from the bat Health to The surgeon Women running for office Resistance Works Join with me here With buddy it's W Bell here um Median And dad uh husband I'm also American I Bring it up because after Listening to The state of the Union And hope feel very American Because That Wasn't talking about all Of America and I feel The need to hear A message from somebody Who's talking about all American all of our Needs Needs So So Neat Neat winnie winnie Wong Wong Co Co founder of people, for Bernie International honors That When it's my like to respond to Trump's Lies and Misrepresentations About His economic Record Looking elected by promising that he Would help Middle Working class people, the Forgotten Men and Women of America, but instead The primary Beneficiaries Of this policies Have been the one percent And Giant corporations come come come constantly constantly constantly Brides Brides Brides That That, That, how how how well well well the the stuff stuff working working is is doing doing And And Tell tell this is evidence That His policies are making The economy Great Again but What trump Never Tells you Is that Only Have Of Americans are actually Invested in in the the stock stock what what about about The The steel steel workers from Pittsburgh Have you lost His job As a Country what about the Coal Miner in West Virginia Was on disability and Has no Savings What about the Walmart who Has to work three Jobs Just to make The Rent and what about The 215 Carrier plant workers In Indianapolis Whose jobs trump Promised to see But now Find themselves In As As a a stop stop Working Working Soars soars in reaching the Wealthiest Americans Middle Class Wage growth Remains Stagnant Stagnant causing causing tens tens of of millions millions Of of Americans to Be left behind As Well Well as as Fried ribs profits The Evidence is Clear Trump And His Republican Associates Prioritize the welfare of Wall Street over the Well being of 14 people, I'm Jason Candor I'm The head of America boat and In that role I've been fighting against this Administration Is They trying Take away voting Rights But today I want you to Meet Meet The The Need Need Of Of Goop Goop to to the the Need Need Has has no no front lines of this fight She is the ceo of the Leadership Conference Which is A coalition of 200 National Organizations That protect and promote civil and Human Rights In our country She's also an Experienced Experienced litigator litigator She's She's a a former former principal principal deputy Deputy assistant Attorney General and She was The head of The Department Of Justice Civil rights division She is on the front lines. this Single day And right now It Is my pleasure to welcome To Need a good day to the People state of the Union Response White To premises marching in charlottesville Remind us That the history of the Right to Vote In America Is Rooted in Supremacy while Voting rights Of expanded from White Male property owners to all American citizens the right to Vote Today And remains under attack from Day one the trump Administration Embraced a voter suppression agenda threatening Full Enforcement of Are voting lost last year Jeff sessions Or Verse to five year Justice Department, legal Position Challenging A Controversial Texas voter id law The day before Trump's inauguration The Justice Department Consider the Law to be racially discriminatory one Month later The Sessions Justice Department Took the exact opposite Position It's clear, what's changed The Justice Department Also Filed a Supreme court brief Arguing that Ohio should Be able to Purge Voters From Its roles, if they have not voted In recent Elections That Also Reversed a long standing interpretation of federal Law which Clearly Says That more Proof Is required to remove Voters from the Rolls the right to vote Is enshrined in The Constitution it Isn't Isn't Isn't Isn't Isn't Use Use Use Use Use or or or or or lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, like like like like like Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell phone phone phone phone phone minutes minutes minutes minutes there's there's there's there's more more more more <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> A back and defeated the Pepsico back Commission, But donald trump and his Allies Are not Done so. Our fight Is an over We need to fight State and federal efforts To narrow the Right to Vote We Must Push for Automatic Voter Registration Early voting Same Day Registration Laws Restoration of Voting rights For the Formerly incarcerated and ultimately Restoration Of The voting rights act we Need Everyone Engage now to defend Our right to Vote From Intensifying The failed In a press of one Drugs To encouraging police misconduct to Targeting Latino and Muslim immigrants It's clear that this administration does Not Value black And Brown People is why It's critical that we support the work of Activist like samson What Sam Is an impressive policy Analyst and data Scientist Who's dedicated to ending systemic Racism He come Founded mapping Police Violence An online Database dedicated to providing Tools And the necessary Data To the Man action to end police Violence Is also a member of Movement for black Lives Lives Founder Founder of of Websites Websites campaign Campaign zero And our States platform With the tools to Reject this Administration In the gop's agenda in every state So I was awesome he speaks Truth To power and I'm excited to now Welcome Welcome Welcome Him Him Him to to to the the the People's People's People's response response response to to to the the the state state state of of of The The the Union Union My My name name Is Is samson Wait Co founder of Campaign zero and Stay woke and today I'm gonna Give The People's response to Trump state of the Union In the past two years since trump Is coming to Power His Administration has Double down on the policies and Practices That Have fueled police violence and Mass Incarceration Of black and Brown Communities His Administration Under Jeff Sessions somebody Who wouldn't pass to Sympathize with the Clan has refused to Hold police Departments accountable through Collaborative Reform Agreements and consent Decrees To the Justice Department Tools Tools That That the the Obama Obama administration administration You You successfully successfully to reduce police shooting By 30 percent In the first year Alone Instead this Administration Has Rescinded And Reversed the Obama Administration's programs for Example Allowing Police Departments even school police Departments to Receive grenade Launchers and Military Aircraft and Drones And Tanks free of charge, His administration has also Double down on civil asset Forfeiture A practice that allows Police Departments including the Department Of Justice To To take take Your Your Cash Cash your your Property property even if You're not convicted of A Crime this practice alone Results In more money being taken from Communities Communities Particularly Particularly low low income, income, the The total amount of Money Stolen In all burglaries combined but it Doesn't end There, This Administration has Also Sought to Provide Comfort And Encourage White Supremacist including White To premises terrorist Who this Past year alone In 20 17 Killed twice as many people as The year Before White Approach to see donald trump as Their President who embodies the Policies, Practices Agenda and World view that they support we have To To reject reject this this perception, perception, this why Promises ideas and this White To premises policy making at every Turn we have To Engage in advocacy And resistance At every level of Government Local Local state state And And Federal Federal In In order order to to protect protect our Our Communities and To continue to make Progress Toward equity and Justice for All We can Start to do This By going To our State's dot org seeing what Your state Legislature is Considering Right now In terms of Policy And influencing Those Decisions to make Sure that The right Bills Bills are are being being Passed Passed things things that that protect communities Immigrant communities blah Brown Communities Lgbt Queue communities from harm from This Administration Hi I'm Piper Pair of oh thanks for joining Us for the People's state of the Union Response on January 20 Second, three The Supreme court Made Its landmark decision Road the weight which is stab lish A woman's right to make Her Own decisions About her Body 45 years later We're still fighting for Women's reproductive freedom And one of the leaders Of that Fight Is Elise, hogue Elise is the President of Nr all pro pro pro choice choice America America Her Her in in All All she she has has pushed pushed the the conversation conversation around around Abortion abortion Access as A Basic Human Right and Self-determination for women I'm Honored to Welcome Welcome Elise Elise Hope Hope to to the the People's people's state of the Union Or Sponsor hey good people Of the resistance The state of our Reproductive Freedom Is bleak just this week The Senate voted on An abortion Band pushed by donald trump And Mike Pence who Wants to Say shit I ravenous anti choice Base that Believes they finally have Their Their own own In In the the White White House House this this is is on on top top of of it and Registration Is actually Rollback access to birth, birth, control control Put Put people people at At church Of family planning that are Vote against family planning And put Women's lives at Risk All over the world By time Are four and A two countries Willingness to Lie to women About Abortion As an option Talk about Arrogant only Church And It's not like we Don't have real problems In this country but they Don't care about those They Used for children's health insurance Has Has a a bargaining bargaining chip chip Thank Thank love love dreamers dreamers and limbo and they Separated loving Families just based on Immigration Status They refused to address Comes safety that stealing children from Their parents Too early in life And if you wanna talk about A real Reproductive Rights Problem Paternal mortality Richer Off the church Especially among black Women in this country They don't do anything about That That's because the truth is It's not now and It's never been about Abortion trump trump And And Mike Mike Pence Pence and and their kind Use our ability To get Pregnant Is just a way to control Us that's why We're Damned if we do and Damned if we Job we're not ready to Have A family To Bath No contraception or access to Abortion And you know what You're ready to have a Family Well No family leave no Equal pay And no For double child care There's nothing Pro Life About Their agenda it's just Anti Anti Woman Woman anti family and Tiny anyone who Lives Their lives outside What these guys think Is best The state of our Reproductive Freedom Maybe dire but the state of the Resistance It's hot hot hot, all Over The Country Folks are Joining Us to throw off Anti Abortion Stigma And Join Their force Boyce is to say that Women's friends Are reproductive rights Our economic rights are Human Rights Were working In every city and state To Advance Laws that put women In charge of our own Decisions And our own destinies be We know That Will win When Succeed so Do our Families so To our communities and So does our country and Those anti politicians Who just agree with us We're coming for you In 20 eighteenth so join Us Good people Of the resistance Behind the right type of history Be with us Hi everyone I'm have Human thank you for Watching the People's state of the Union Response A President trump has sometimes Claimed he is Supportive Supportive Supportive of of of Lgbt Lgbt Lgbt Q Q Q people, people, people, his his his administration's administration's actions actions Certainly Certainly say say Otherwise Otherwise a A trump administration has Enacted anti Lgbt Queue after anti lgbt Queue policy threatening The health and Well being of many folks Sarah mcbride As one of the leaders Fighting Against These policies Sarah Is the National press Secretary of The human rights campaign In 12 she Made National Headlines when She came Out as Transgender, While serving As As student student body body President President At At American American University She became the first That openly transgender person to Address Major party political Convention When she spoke With the 20 16 Democratic National Convention In Philadelphia I am So Pleased to Welcome Sarah Mcbride to the People state of the Union Response Hi my name is Sarah mcbride I'm the National press Secretary Secretary Of Of the the human human rights rights campaign campaign The The Nation's Nation's Largest largest Lgbt Civil rights Organization and the author of The forthcoming book tomorrow Will be different. I'm proud to join with so Many others For the People's state of the Union, Response and I'm here to talk a little bit About the Trump Pence Administration's attacks on the lgbt Q Q community community since since taking taking office office last January this Administration has Sought to Roll back the clock on our Nation's progress toward Equality Shortly after taking office They Were send it life saving guidance promoting The protection Of transgender Students They've appointed anti Equality Extreme as to the federal bench two administration positions They graduate granted a sweeping License Discriminate to government workers and Federal Contractors Against Lgbt Q people And other Americans and a series of A A A rock rock rock Tweets Tweets Tweets the the the President President tar tar Our Our own own troops troops Discrimination Discrimination When When he he Sought Sought to to Reinstate Reinstate a A Ban band on Open transgender service members but The challenges facing our community To not Begin With A trump administration before January 17 I'm a Journey of States and The federal government still Had No it clear An explosive protection from discrimination For For Lgbt Lgbt Queue Queue people people we've we've seen seen a a rising Rising epidemic Of violence Against the community Particularly Trans Women of color and As a diverse community Lgbt Q people Are also Workers And Women or people of color And people with disabilities Were immigrants our Muslim Muslim and and every Single fight for just This is An Extra Complete blank this is A moment of Choosing For our country and for each And everyone of us we have been Called to A righteous cause It's not just our Nation's children who are Watching It's also posterity It's also The countless generations for whom this Moment This Time right Now Is A chapter In Their history books Of tomorrow And well every chapter Maybe Maybe influence influence by by politicians politicians and and Presidents, Presidents, we we know the In the end They are written by each And everyone of us By the decisions all of Us Make every Single Day To either be silent in the Face Of prejudice or persecution Where to speak out to fight Back And to bend the arc of The Moral universe just a little bit More Towards Justice We Have that Choice Because We have seen That No Action no presidency can silence our Voices That is The story of this Past year It is a story of the Lgbt Queue movement And It is the story for every Battle for Civil and human Rights And And our our nation's nation's history, history, despite despite all all the Punches no matter the Troubling times we have seen That we Can Transform Possibility And the possibility into Reality and if We've done it before and we can do it Again Hi there this is Michelle collins from Super natural As you know In the past year There's been a huge Uptake in civic engagement You see people Showing Up To the polls you see people showing up Um At town halls There people showing up in The Streets to Protest Tyra executive orders um And you see people Showing Up To run For Office people Who have Never run For Office or Held political office before Are suddenly putting Their names on the ballot And That's very exciting Um there there I'm I'm introducing To a woman named So Let me and um she is The Co founder And executive director of An Organization called Or run for something and run For something In the Past year Has Helped Sign up 15 thousand People thousand The young people Who've never held office Before To run for local Office Um Of those people Um more Than Half of Them Are women 40 percent self Identify as People of Color This Is what what what what Change Change Change Change <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> Strength together three Coherent sentences Will be a revelation to the Pendants on twitter and cable News over the next Few days No I want to talk about The people's response I Wanna talk about you And why You should Run for Local office More than thousand young people Have Signed up with Run for something over the Last Year to get Engaged In local government That's 15000 young People Who Raise their hands and said Yes I'm in to run for School Board Or city Council or state Legislature Join them. I don't care If you Don't think You're smart enough Or qualified or, If you've got some pictures of You Playing beer pong In College On the Internet trump is President None of that, Shit Matters if you Are Smart Enough to watch These kinds of things Online if you are Passionate Enough You are empathetic enough And if You're willing to do the Work You're the Kind of person we Need in Local government Get started Now The filing deadlines In most States Are Not for the next month two months Or three months time you still Have A chance to get On the ballot for 20 Eighteen And 20 eighteen Is The time to Run As A Democrat We've been running 10 And 20 points Ahead of Previous election Results, Across the country over the last year We Don't winning In blue places And purple places but Also in States Like Alabama and Oklahoma and Kansas if You're waiting for the right Time We're waiting for someone To tap you on the Shoulder This is A time and I'm tapping you on the Shoulder Run for office Even if You Don't win the Organizing that you do Is part of your Campaign the Doors you Knock the Volunteers you engage with the Voters You Talk to about the issues that Matter to Them and To you that's What party Building Looks like And that's how we do The Long-term Long-term Long-term kind kind kind of of of organizing organizing organizing We We We need need need To To to eventually eventually Win Win back back Power Power On On a a National National scale, scale, I know Can seem scary And I know that I'm Nights like Tonight it's easy to tweet Angry Things and call it a Day And do that Too, if you want, but Think about Getting Into the Game Yourself Running for office go To run For something Dot Net Sign up with us if You're thinking about running even If you have No idea What that looks like Yet High again my Friend shannon Watts is A gun safety Activist who founded Moms demand action She started A petition demanding equal television Air time for another Voice to be Heard A voice from the People A voice from the the Grass Grass roots roots and she asked me real For Justice Activist to give that Response Thousands of You supported that Idea Right off the Bat and Well, I was honored. I Knew I couldn't do it Alone But We The People must Be heard on The state of our Union So Shannon And I asked a bunch of other Activists to get Involved and now We're asking all of you To get Involved too because that's how movements Work Movements are not simply Empty Frameworks Of opposition they are committed Collectives for Justice Moments are temporary But Movements Movements are Generational That's why This is The Girls in one speech one person Or one Administration We Are not Chasing A moment we are building A Movement And For our Movement to create strong Lasting change It will take all of Us It Will Require us To be Diverse And who we are what we Think and how We Act It means we must make Room for Our Many backgrounds and intersections not Asking Someone To Erase their identity in the name of Uniformity Uniformity But But Rather, Rather, valuing Our unique country Fashions for the sake of Victory We must Be United In The struggle for Justice Whether you've been working for Justice for The Past few hours the past Few years Or the Past Few decades we are happy You're here and we invite You to Stay Woke Stay Courageous and Stay Committed All you Have to Do is Show Up Show up At the next Protest show Up And Your representatives offices to support Dreamers Dreamers Show Show up up At the fight to restore Voting rights for Formerly incarcerated people show Up And stand With The indigenous people of this Land Because The sacred Water of Standing Rock Is still Not protected And indigenous women go missing Everyday While we stay silent Text Equal to three Zero 44 to show up for Lgbt Queue Ia and especially Trans equality text all In to 21333 To show Up for Environmental Justice Visit Rise to run dot org to Support Support Gun Gun diverse diverse Women Women running running for for office office show By supporting grass Put organizations in your community Around the corner of the Street or on The other side Of Town Show Up in the Place Where the most oppressed Are asking for our Support and By all Means Show up And Vote If You Look at this one Way you could say The state of our Union Is Weak Broken Compromised But because of your Victories Your fight, your dedication because Of You I am more Focus to the Night and frustrated I am more determined That I am angry And even at this moment In history I am more optimistic Than Than Than I I I am am am Disappointed Disappointed Disappointed you you you make make make the the the state state state of of of our our dj dj Union Union strong strong so so Let's Let's get Get free And Let's get there together. Thank you for Watching Rest well, Tonight and Let's Let's get get to to work work Tomorrow











