National social justice leaders Marc Morial, and Janet Murguía join forces to fight structural racism amid a troubling | dG1fRmZKY2xWSjJEWTQ
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00:00 As a student of history, sometimes to get to the sunshine,
00:04 you've got to ride through a storm.
00:05 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:08 We have to meet the moment.
00:10 We have to fight back.
00:12 The arc of the moral universe is long,
00:17 but it bends towards justice.
00:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:21 Janet and I had worked for years.
00:24 I saw in Mark the importance of working across communities.
00:28 As mayor of New Orleans, we built
00:31 a strong black and white and Hispanic and Asian community
00:35 that I call the Gumbo Coalition.
00:37 We create a path forward that embraces diversity.
00:41 We fight for criminal justice reform, the right to vote.
00:45 We're working together to get everybody else to vote.
00:48 Everybody's not against you.
00:50 All I can promise you is we're for you.
00:53 We now deal with the most extreme anti-immigrant policies
00:58 at the national level.
01:00 We're living our happy American dream,
01:02 and it was just ripped away.
01:04 This is a moment not of politics.
01:06 This is a moment of morality.
01:09 So this is personal for all of us.
01:13 People work together, big things can happen.
01:16 Lifting up the hopes and dreams of all of us.
01:20 I can be this loud for my children.
01:22 I will continue to do it for others.
01:25 Making this a better country.
01:28 What's the best cure for the pain?
01:32 Love.
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01:46 [BLANK_AUDIO]