1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Native Land Pod is a production of iHeart Radio in 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: partnership with Reason Choice Media. Welcome Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: Welcome HOMEI All. This is a solo pod brought to 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: you by Angela Rye. That's me. We do these every Tuesday. 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: They are live on YouTube and of course uploaded later 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: on our podcast feed. So Native lamdpod is a production 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: of Recent Choice Media and iHeart podcasts, and we are 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: available everywhere you get your favorite shows. Today we are 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: talking about something very solemn, very somber, very scary, and 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: very real, and it is so important to me that 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: we can textualize this in the moment we're in. Donald 12 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: Trump has targeted black elected officials. He's gone after communities 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: that are run by people who look like us. He 14 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: has targeted Baltimore. Now, he has targeted Los Angeles as 15 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: we've seen, He's targeted Chicago. He has very unfriendly things 16 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: to say about these cities. And most recently, after many 17 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: veiled threats after cutting funding for the District of Columbia, 18 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: yesterday he signed an executive action and issued a presidential 19 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 1: memorandum stating that he was going to take over DC. Now, 20 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,639 Speaker 1: what I want to be very clear about in this moment, 21 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: is that what Donald Trump is doing with the support 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: of his administration, with the silence and a blind, a willful, 23 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: blind eye turned to it by the United States Congress. Yes, 24 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: they are in recess, but we know that special sessions 25 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: can be called, and that may be what needs to 26 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: happen after this thirty day window. So Donald Trump issued 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: a presidential memorandum to the Secretary of Defense and the 28 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: subject is restoring law and order in the District of Columbia, 29 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: breaking New y'all. The DC area has had as currently 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: sitting in a thirty year low for crime, a thirty 31 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: year low. But Donald Trump sees this as an opportunity 32 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: to send in the National Guard, more than eight hundred 33 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: members of the National Guard, and he says in this 34 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: memo that it is my solemn duty to protect law 35 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: abiding citizens from the destructive forces of criminal activity. That 36 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: obligation applies with special force in our nation's capital. Whereas 37 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: Commander in chief of the District of Columbia National Guard, 38 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: I must also ensure that all citizens can avail themselves 39 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: of the rights to interact with their elected representatives, and 40 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: that the federal government can properly function without fear of 41 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: being subjected to violent menacing street crime, and he goes 42 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: on to say a lot of other nonsense. He goes 43 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: on to cite section seven point forty of the Home 44 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: Rule Act for why he is engaging in this at all. 45 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: Mayor Bowser, in a press conference yesterday, said that his 46 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: actions are unprecedented. I'm going to go so far as 47 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: to say they are unconstitutional, and he is going far 48 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: beyond what his executive powers allow. What is the state 49 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: of emergency? Sure, that's subjective, but what we know we 50 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: need to see on every side, from the community to 51 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: elected officials at the local level, at the county level. 52 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: When we're talking about beyond DC and the federal level, 53 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: this is what happens when DC does not have statehood. 54 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: It is super vulnerable. I'm bringing that all up to 55 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: say that all of these arguments that we will make today, 56 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: the conversation that we will have today, will be contextualized 57 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: in a framework that has existed for many, many years, 58 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: many decades. When the Congressional Black Caucus went to visit 59 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: Richard Nixon in nineteen sixty sorry nineteen seventy one with 60 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: sixty one recommendations one of the recommendations was for the 61 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: District of Columbia to have statehood. When the National Black 62 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: Political Convention convened in Gary, Indiana in nineteen seventy two 63 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: and they formulated a National Black Political Convention, one of 64 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: the recommendations was for DC to have statehood. When Tavis 65 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: Smiley convened folks around the Covenant for the State of 66 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: the Black Union, the State of Black America, one of 67 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: the recommendations was for DC to have statehood. And here 68 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five, as I sit before you all today, 69 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: d C still does not have statehood. It has one 70 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: representative that can vote in committee but cannot vote on 71 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: the House floor. That is Delegate Noe Delegate not Representative 72 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. And now then there's there're still 73 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 1: not two sitting senators. And now as the population continues 74 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: to shift, as they clean house, as they'll do, they'll 75 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: probably be a little bit more amenable to DC statehood 76 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: because the demographics will have changed. So it is my 77 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: honor to bring to you all today for an amazing 78 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: conversation rooted in community. First, Yes we want to talk 79 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: to our elected officials. Yes we want to know where 80 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: they stand. But I think it's so important for us 81 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: to understand the history of DC, how we got here, 82 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: where we go from here, and what is required from 83 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: all of us, whether we live in d C. We 84 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: have family members or friends who live in DC, but 85 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: because we are citizens who demand that this president followed 86 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 1: the Constitution, that he be law abiding. Somehow we haven't 87 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: seen it yet, but he find a way to find 88 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: the law and follow it. I got some great folks 89 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: for y'all today, So bringing We're going to bring up 90 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: now Cora Masters Barry, who is a living legend in DC. 91 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: She has been behind so many amazing movements in DC. 92 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: You also may know her as the widow of the 93 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: forever mayor in DC, Mary and Barry, and she has 94 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: become a dear mentor and I just am so grateful 95 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: to share time with her today. Welcome, Ms Cora. I'm 96 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: also going to bring up Tony Lewis, who is an 97 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: author and activists in the DC area, a heroing story 98 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: to tell, but cares deeply about the young people who 99 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: will be impacted by what's happening at the hands of 100 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: this administration. And also Dionne Bussy Reader who is the 101 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: CEO of Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative. So thank you 102 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: all so much for being here today. It is my 103 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: highest honor to have you and to be in conversation 104 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: with you all. 105 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much. 106 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: Okay, so I want to ask you all first, just 107 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: given where we are, how are you feeling? What are 108 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: you seeing and what are you hearing? 109 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 3: Well? 110 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: Can I start by thanking you for the work that 111 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 2: you do? Angela. I've watched you for many many years. 112 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: You my sister's mentee, friends, Tamika, you guys are you know, 113 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 2: you all are on the front line and I'm so 114 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 2: proud of your power of the people tour that you 115 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: all did over the summer. So yeah, I'm I'm in. 116 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 2: I'm up in the age, but I don't even worry 117 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 2: about it anymore. I used to worry about what was 118 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 2: going to happen to our people. But if you guys 119 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 2: is in good hands. That's one thing I want to say. 120 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: Another thing, you know, I'm always starting with, I'm a 121 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: political scientist and a historian, and so you did my 122 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: job for me. You look at you knowing the history, 123 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: doing the research. I'm giving you an a for that paper. 124 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 2: So then that just makes me just come to the 125 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: here and now we know the history of what we 126 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 2: struggle with down through the years. And I always feel 127 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: that if you're going to talk about a topic, you 128 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: have to have a conceptual framework for it, and you 129 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 2: set that. So at the end of the day, we 130 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 2: have a city that is run very well by black 131 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: woman and her third term and many many other black 132 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 2: marrors have done the city well. We have a chiefer police. 133 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: There's nothing but the truth and all of those things 134 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 2: that you're speaking about have taken place. The clime has 135 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: gone down, the cyndic thrives. But like any other jurisdiction, 136 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: especially and in this country with the proliferation of guns, 137 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: we have some problem with our youth as they have 138 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: all over the country. But if you notice that our 139 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 2: dear president has has targeted cities that have been led 140 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: by blacks and in this case black women first you 141 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: know Los Angeles, then then Muriel and we know what's next. 142 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: So yesterday I'm in Marcus Vineyard by the way for 143 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 2: the public. I don't walk around looking like this all 144 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: the time, but she called me on vacation. I had 145 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 2: two hours to give, so I stopped to do it. 146 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: But yesterday I was a fundraiser for Angela Ulsobrooks and 147 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 2: for Lisa Rochester and so, and in the in the 148 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 2: MC for the program was the former mayor Sharon Pratt. 149 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 2: So as it turned out, that fundraiser for them turned 150 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: into a whole thing about Washington, d C. And the 151 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: point that she made that I think everybody should just 152 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 2: hear her perception. And she's right that this is not 153 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: just targeting us, but it is the begin of taking 154 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 2: over cities and we are the start. And I said, 155 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 2: I know we had problems with black people not stepping 156 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 2: up when they had the immigrants when they're doing immigration 157 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 2: because of all the anti blackness that we always say 158 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 2: that the brown community has. But we don't have the 159 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 2: luxury of not standing up and fighting for anything like that, 160 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: because when they finish with them, they'll come from us. 161 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 2: And here we are. Here we are. So I'm heading 162 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 2: back home early to organize, and I've talked to several people. 163 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: A call to my community to bring the parents under 164 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 2: one roof. I need our children to get out the streets. 165 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 2: This is supposed to be a thirty day thing, but 166 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 2: we'll have pull our children off the street because I'm 167 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 2: telling you, the arbitrariness of this is very, very and 168 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 2: I explained to people, people will die. Let's you know. 169 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 2: I know about home rule and all that, but at 170 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 2: the end of of the day, I just saw a 171 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 2: picture of a young black man shackled or on a curve. 172 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 2: Bye bye. People who don't are not supposed to be 173 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 2: police in our streets. So I'm just I've got a 174 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 2: clarion call. I'm on, let's talk to our communities. 175 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,839 Speaker 1: And I want to act sorry, Miss Cora. I want 176 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: to ask you. An Toni and Diana promise them to 177 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: get to you y'all too, But I want to ask 178 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: you because you did talk about the history. I know 179 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: about the history from reading about it, right. I know 180 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: about it because I believe kind of intuitively that it's 181 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: the right thing to do. And I know and have seen, 182 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: just like you all have known and seen what it 183 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: means for black folks to be disenfranchised and to do 184 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: it in a way that is strategic. But I really 185 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: want you to also talk to us about how this 186 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: is something that has been seen before, not just in DC, 187 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: but even globally. Right, like the first thing that came 188 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: to mind and Tony and I talked for too long 189 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: earlier today I kept him on the phone. I said, Tony, 190 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:06,559 Speaker 1: you know, my dad was an activist around anti apartheype movements. 191 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: And what we're seeing even when these cars are being 192 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: stopped by Howard University, not by Georgetown, not by GW, 193 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: not by American as Tony brought up earlier, when they're 194 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: being stopped, I'm thinking about pass laws. You know, is 195 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: you're having to prove yourself, You're having to prove that 196 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: you belong. Some of these students are just moving to 197 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: campus at Howard yesterday, that's their first day on campus. 198 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: I can't imagine what these parents might be feeling. So 199 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: ms Corey, if you can talk to us about how 200 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: this has been seen before and are there things that 201 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: we can rely on in terms of best practices to 202 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: survive and navigate in this moment, because that's what's most important. 203 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: It's gonna take Congress at least thirty days or now 204 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: twenty nine to do anything about this. 205 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 2: If they are going to do anything about it, well, 206 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 2: this is why I tend not to get on these 207 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 2: shows because I get in trouble. But if everybody know 208 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 2: this han or in this country. Have you seen the 209 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 2: movie Origin? Did you see the more or Origin? When 210 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: that movie was over, I said to Abe Duberne, it's 211 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 2: a great movie, but you stopped at the movie didn't 212 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 2: end if it should have been it. If you're going 213 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 2: to talk about seeing these kinds of things, then you 214 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 2: have to go back to India how they did their untouchables. 215 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 2: You have to go to Germany, how they did the Jews, 216 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 2: and how you have to go to Palestine to see 217 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 2: what the Jews are doing to them. Then you have 218 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: to come all the way back and work your way 219 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: back to the United States of America. And let's not 220 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 2: forget slavery. So we have seen it over and over again, 221 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 2: and then that was replaced by Jim Crow and so suppression, oppression, segregation, 222 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 2: all of that. None of that is new. It's just 223 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 2: the most recent version of it. And anyway, I can't 224 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 2: talk about it a lot because I'll get upset. But 225 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 2: I've seen by people treated like they were doing the 226 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: brown people that they were doing the so called immigrants. 227 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 2: I've seen that, So I'm saying they did us like that. 228 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 2: And then I said, where are the Jews' voice? Because 229 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: that's what happened to them in Germany. We've all been 230 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 2: a victim of this, so we can't act as if 231 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 2: it's not us. So the first thing I thought when 232 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 2: I read this, well, really, actually they kept it from me. 233 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 2: They didn't tell me about it yesterday because I knew 234 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 2: what I've said me, so I, you know, I just 235 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 2: started getting just to go over to the sun Raison. 236 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 2: Then my phone started ringing and everything started blowing up, 237 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 2: and the only thing I could think about is, let's 238 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 2: protect the children. You know, democracy big deal, but our 239 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 2: kids are going to die. And so we've seen it, 240 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: and we've seen it in the South, We've seen it 241 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 2: in Germany, We've seen it in India, we've seen it 242 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 2: in Palestine. We've done it over and over again. But 243 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 2: what has to happen is in this strategy, we need 244 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: to protect our kids. We need to stay home and 245 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 2: let the activists for demor for to be in those 246 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 2: streets because they won't kill them. They already suffled around 247 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 2: the White House. You know, a C. 248 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 3: L U. 249 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 2: I love them all. You know, all the white people 250 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 2: who are demanding not to be suppressed by the national government. 251 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 2: They're in the streets and they should be in the streets. 252 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 2: They should be defending democracy while we defend our babies. 253 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: M You know, I want to come to you, Tony, 254 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: because this was a point that we talked about earlier, 255 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: the deep concern you and Dion have for the children. 256 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: What are what is the message to send to parents, 257 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: regardless of income level, economic status at this point, what 258 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: we know is that these officers don't see whether or 259 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: not you have a Jack and Jail membership, right They don't. 260 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: They don't know what income level you have, whether you 261 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: at to school, don't care. All they see is the 262 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: color of their skin. What are you What is your 263 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: recommendation right now? What message are you sending to young 264 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: people in DC? 265 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 4: Yeah? Again, thanks for being here. And we're trying to 266 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 4: explain not only to parents and young people, but also 267 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 4: people that UH community viles interrupters, H credible messages to 268 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 4: let young people know to minimize UH interaction with law enforcement, 269 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: minimize verbal altercations with law enforcement. Clearly UH cease or 270 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 4: if you are involved in any criminal activity, UH cease 271 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 4: any criminal activity, and do not indulge. And I'm not 272 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 4: talking about just youth, but even young adults. Don't indulge 273 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 4: in any public use of alcohol or drugs, you know, 274 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 4: So so we can try to sort of keep them 275 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 4: any interaction with law enforcement because to Mama masters Bury's point, 276 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 4: we know our young people in this city and and 277 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 4: those interactions can take a left turn really quickly, and 278 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 4: I think they law enforcement has sold in some ways 279 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 4: been licensed to do whatever they deem necessary, and that's 280 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 4: a very dangerous place for our young people to be. 281 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 4: And so we want to continue to push that message 282 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: of you know, engaging a lot of the city activities, 283 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 4: you know, utilize our Department of Parks and Repregation, neighborhood 284 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 4: Safety and Engagement offices, the Southeast Tennis Center and all 285 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 4: of the sorts, and stay out of stay out of 286 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 4: home's way. 287 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: Thank you, and Dion, same question for you. I know 288 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: that this is also something literally when Ms. Coral was talking, 289 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: you said like that was something that really resonated with 290 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: you around their children. So what's the message that you're 291 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: sending to parents, two kids, to communities of young folks 292 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: who may be impacted. It's still the summertime, it is 293 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: they should never feel this type of restriction in a democracy, 294 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: but especially not now when there's already so much impression 295 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: of our people no again. 296 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 3: Thank you Angela for the opportunity to be here. I 297 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 3: am also one of those mentees of Missus Barry when 298 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 3: she's not mad at me, because she does put me 299 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 3: in my check. She checks me quite frankly. It keeps 300 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 3: me aligned and I need her so I like everyone else, 301 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: this has just devastated me. And I live in a 302 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 3: city like everyone else, I live in Ward seven, which 303 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 3: is also a part of Southeast And last night, after 304 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 3: we got off the call with you, the very first 305 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 3: thing I did is sent a very direct email. I 306 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 3: have over sixty employees that service at least ten percent 307 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 3: of the population that's struggling in Ward eight specifically, and 308 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 3: I have a lot of my staff that are activists 309 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 3: that are angry, that are heard, that have children that 310 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 3: live in these communities. And the very first thing I 311 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 3: did I thought about them. And I'm very prayerful about 312 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,360 Speaker 3: what I say to people because they have to take 313 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 3: this message and they have to move forward to the 314 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 3: families that we serve. That I was very direct. I said, 315 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 3: avoid confrontation with the National Guard and FBI, remain calm 316 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 3: and do not engage in adversarial discussions. Do not drive 317 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 3: your car with marijuana and smoking marijuana. These are I was, 318 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 3: I'm very direct. I said, these are the messages we 319 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 3: have to send to our families. Pay close attention to 320 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 3: your surroundings and where where you are, and support each 321 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 3: other and stay connected and identify by our organization as 322 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 3: a hub and a spot for people to come as 323 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 3: a refuge. We're going to be opening up our doors. 324 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 3: So if we have young people that we see on 325 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 3: the block of MLK and Marion Berry Avenue, We're going 326 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 3: to galvanize them and push them inside my building. I'm 327 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 3: going to be that direct and that deliverate because if 328 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 3: we don't, our children will die. And my fear for 329 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 3: our families is that at fourteen, I don't know if 330 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 3: I always listened. Right at fifteen, I don't know if 331 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 3: I always listen. So children who think it's funny to 332 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 3: put up their camera phones and take things, we had them. 333 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 3: The actual group, FBI and the National Guard jumped out 334 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 3: yesterday on Minnesota Avenue, or across the street from Boom 335 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 3: Elementary School where we currently have an office. My staff 336 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 3: was deficit. They didn't even know what to do or 337 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 3: what to say, but call me and this is a 338 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 3: young group of young people, so instantly, I have to 339 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 3: put in place a calming mechanism, one to eliminate yere. 340 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 3: I just told someone, I can't let fear talk me 341 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 3: out of what faith talked me into. I have to 342 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 3: create a very safety net of resources for the families 343 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 3: that we serve. We have to yell at the top 344 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 3: of our lungs to get our babies to stay home 345 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 3: or be in those safe places where they feel love, 346 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 3: they feel nurtured, and find activities to keep them engaged. 347 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 3: I eat the parents as well, because we know that 348 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 3: this is not the type of government that we're dealing 349 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 3: with federally that's going to protect our children. 350 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 2: They're not. 351 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 3: They're looking at them as as the actual perpetrators of 352 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: crime and not victims. 353 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: And you and Tony both work in the like the 354 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 1: violence prevention space, and I just want to call this out. 355 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: I'm yes, ma'am, but you do everything, and I deal 356 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: with these kids. I know, Okay, Well, then all three 357 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 1: of you that I want to call out this particular 358 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: this particular point. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, homicides 359 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: dropped by thirty two percent between twenty twenty three and 360 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. And this says that there's been another 361 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: substantial drop this year of twelve percent, so additional twelve 362 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: percent this according to data, This would not have happened 363 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: without some of the work you all are doing. And 364 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: I think even in this moment, the reason why you 365 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: all could send these kinds of messages and be effective 366 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: and be persuasive and convince people to do the things 367 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: you're advising is because of this work that y'all have 368 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: been doing. So if you can for a moment talk 369 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: about that and how you will utilize some of those 370 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: same skills, some of those same tactics to get people 371 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: to be responsive and do the right thing in this 372 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: moment where they're being challenged on every side. 373 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, just real quick, you know, non law 374 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 4: enforcement public safety measures have contributed to the downward tick 375 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 4: and and all of our numbers. It doesn't always get 376 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 4: the credit, but it has, and it's gonna take more 377 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 4: than just in constantration to make uh community safer. We 378 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 4: need people to thrive, we need people to address their trauma, 379 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 4: we need people to become more economically stable, and a 380 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 4: lot of these efforts has contributed to that, and we're 381 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 4: we're seeing the success Unfortunately, we even seeing you know, 382 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 4: some of the grants that came out of the Justice 383 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 4: Department around that focused in on supporting community violence interruption 384 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 4: has went away, but DC has continued to support the 385 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 4: efforts and it's barred fruit and I hope that it continues. 386 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 4: And that's what we need as we take these steps 387 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 4: on the law enforcement side. We really need to understand 388 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 4: that a holistic approach is needed, a public health approach 389 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 4: that we've been doing, is proven to have impact, needs 390 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 4: to continue to be supported because if what happens, like 391 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 4: if people and you know, we're making an assumption that 392 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 4: even having more officers or the National Guard is going 393 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 4: to make the community safer, Like that's a big assumption 394 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 4: people are making when we know that's not just the answer. 395 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 4: So it's so much more that can be done. And 396 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 4: I wish that this administration will open up lines of 397 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 4: communication with folks like us on this call and others 398 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 4: to really make a real plan to make our city 399 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 4: the safest place that it could be. You know, I 400 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 4: echo Tony Cinnamon, and I have to say, Angela, how 401 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 4: do you tell the story of the shooting that did 402 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 4: not occur because of your intervention? Like These are the 403 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 4: stories that people do not realize when you talk to 404 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 4: all three of us on this call. I mean the 405 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 4: organization that I represent. We deal with the issues of 406 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 4: the trauma, the case management, supporting families, building case plans 407 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 4: around what that family were like for themselves. Missus Barry 408 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 4: does an outstanding job and ensuring that babies are kept 409 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,719 Speaker 4: in a safe place with a curriculum that's not just 410 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 4: sport based, but academically based to enhance the lives of 411 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 4: these people, and many of them are the parents that 412 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 4: we're serving. Tony does the work in the space of 413 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 4: returning citizens. Many of the families that we deal with 414 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 4: are part of that that entire spectrum. So it's together 415 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 4: that we're able to impact the families that we work with. 416 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 2: It's all of. 417 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 3: These resources that does actually tell the story that we 418 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 3: can decrease crime. Many of these individuals I've employed, right, 419 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 3: many of these individuals have now become certified for prevention 420 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 3: specialists with evidence based curriculums that they have actually accomplished 421 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 3: and now know how to deal with the trauma, and 422 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 3: not just the trauma, but the economic disadvantages that our 423 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 3: families are facing. So we got to deal with the 424 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 3: entire and that's what we do collectively, and that's the 425 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 3: story that our city understand, and our mayor is constantly 426 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 3: putting resources in. Our Chief of Police just stood up 427 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 3: a program working with my organization, working with the Southeast 428 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 3: Centers Learning Center to figure out how do we actually 429 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 3: impact and decrease those crimes, those victims and those individuals 430 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 3: who are perpetrators, who are children. So we are standing 431 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 3: up these programs and we're seeing the work that's being done, 432 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 3: but the story about the shooting that's never happening because 433 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 3: of the work that we're doing. It's never told and 434 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 3: we know it works, and that's the problem that's really 435 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 3: hurtful to us. We've seen a decrease, we've seen live change, 436 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,959 Speaker 3: and we've gotten people employed. Some of our families are 437 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 3: now business owners as a result of this intervention. 438 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 4: So that's how it decreases. 439 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 3: We work collectively, We work as a team, and we 440 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 3: all unite our forces around saving our babies. 441 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: That's what we do. 442 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I agree with that. That is why I'm 443 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 2: working with and you guys are talk to offline putting 444 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,719 Speaker 2: together what we call a village meeting, bring the village together. 445 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 2: So we can all hook up and let one the 446 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 2: parents know what's going on. Also, I talked with the chief. 447 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 2: She called me last night. We talked for about an 448 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 2: hour and I was voicing my concern about the safety 449 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 2: of our children, and so what she has agreed to 450 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 2: do that when we pull this needings together, that she 451 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 2: will make sure that there's a police officer or somebody 452 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: from MPD who will explain to them exactly what's going 453 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 2: on so they understand what to expect and what the 454 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 2: police to do and all of that. So all of 455 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 2: that I think is a time sensitive thing. So thank 456 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 2: you again, Angela for bringing us together. Although I was 457 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 2: going to get on the plane tomorrow and come back 458 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,959 Speaker 2: to Washington, d C. I've already talked to you know, 459 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 2: the ne regulars, Wendy Ron. We're pulling the village together 460 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 2: so we can do all of these things they're talking 461 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 2: about and let the parents know just what the imminent 462 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 2: danger in the situation is and if they want to 463 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 2: drag their little hard headed children with them, they can, 464 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 2: but right now we're telling them pay attention to these things. 465 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 2: This is a height and alert and we're all in 466 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 2: the different places where we can reinforce it. So this 467 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 2: is very helpful. 468 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: Ms Cora. I want to come back to you for 469 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: a moment because one thing that we hear from marye O. 470 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: Vowser often is that she was mentored by your late husband. 471 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: I want to know you know, and it doesn't have 472 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: to be what you would tell her offline, but what 473 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: you know he would do in this moment. How would 474 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: he step up when the administration is essentially saying that 475 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: she cannot run her own city, that this city is 476 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: I think that the bag Dad was reference right, Like, 477 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 1: there are these things that are being said that are inflammatory, 478 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 1: that are untrue, and that have I won't even say 479 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 1: racial to undertones. They are racist overtones. They are fog horns. 480 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: So if when you're hearing these things, how do you 481 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 1: think mister Barry would have responded to Donald Trump's allegations 482 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: and his actions. 483 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 2: You have to remember when Marion came back for his 484 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 2: fourth historical return to office, the first thing they did 485 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 2: was clamp on a control board so that he would 486 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 2: not be able to in effect in power. Were enriched 487 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 2: black folks over what he had been doing for the 488 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 2: last thirty years. But I think maryel is doing what 489 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 2: she's I think she's being smarter and I think he 490 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 2: would tell her to keep a powder dry, and she 491 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 2: is doing that. She's being but she's also standing up 492 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 2: and being very intentional. I mean, she has such a 493 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 2: rod enough back yesterday, I don't think she'd ever beended again. 494 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 2: She was strong and she was decisive. But you have 495 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 2: to be smart. You do an inside and an outside strategy. 496 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 2: So you have people like me and Dion and formers 497 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 2: this and that, and we're the voices. We can say 498 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 2: the things that you just said. And she needs to 499 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 2: just make sure she keeps eye on the prise and 500 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 2: and the police department is reporting directly to her, so 501 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 2: deployment is important. Where you you know, the National Guard, 502 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 2: I don't know where to go. Somebody got to tell them. 503 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 2: So they have a role that they can play that 504 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 2: could be very helpful. So I think she's being very smart. 505 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 2: I'm very proud of her, and I'm disappointed and the 506 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 2: people who have hated on her and wrote terrible things 507 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 2: like when when the president said pay over Black Lives 508 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 2: Matter Plaza while she caved, Are you serious We're gonna 509 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 2: sit there and fight over over some words? When we 510 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 2: got billions of dollars on the line and the words 511 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 2: were wait for over. The should have been going a 512 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 2: long time ago in with you, in my opinion, because 513 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 2: if we did his job, we have the theme and 514 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 2: let's just go. So you know, when she does the 515 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 2: job she has to do to protect the city and 516 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: not Pope Pope the bear, she gets criticized for it. 517 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 2: Everybody wants to her to stand somewhere with her right 518 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 2: hand up and there and then we'll all go down. 519 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 2: She won't go. Nothing happen to her. It'll helping us. 520 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: So I think she's done a great job of protecting 521 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 2: us and I just want to put that on the record. 522 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: Okay, thank you, it's core Tony Dion. I want to 523 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: come to you. Well, it's just it's a slight change 524 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: in the question. Given the fact that she's mentored by 525 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: uh Mary and Barry. I want to know if you 526 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: had the opportunity, and I know you all speak to 527 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: her often, but for the people who don't know that 528 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: you do, what are the things that you're telling her 529 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: to do right now? If you were asking her to 530 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: pivot and we all need pivot. It doesn't mean that 531 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: we're hating miscor, but there have been folks who have said, 532 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: you know, I wish this could happen, or wish she 533 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: could do this, or has she considered this? These are 534 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: important considerations. We all need those because we can't. We're 535 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: not all seeing and all knowing at all times. We 536 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: not God. So what are the things that you would recommend? Like, 537 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: I just wish that you would pivot in this way, 538 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: or consider utilizing us in this way, or get some 539 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: young folks, whatever it is. I don't want to give 540 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: you all ideas. I want to hear yours. 541 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 4: No, I understand your question. I appreciate that question. The 542 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 4: one thing I think that in this moment I think 543 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 4: could be a silver lining is that and a maya 544 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 4: often talks about DC values, and of course she's a 545 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 4: Washingtonian right throwing through, but because of her role as 546 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 4: the mayor, sometimes there seems to be a gap or 547 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 4: some distance between her and some of the constituents, right 548 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 4: some of the residents. And I think in this moment 549 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 4: could be well utilized to connect to those Washingtonians that 550 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 4: have seen or felt more distant from the mayor, to 551 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,000 Speaker 4: be able to say we're in this together, I'm here 552 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 4: for you. Here are the instructions like at that village meeting, 553 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 4: if the mayor could show and talk to those parents 554 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 4: and say, I'm going to continue to try to give 555 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 4: you as much information as I know on how to 556 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 4: keep our baby safe. Not your babies, but our babies. 557 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 4: And I think in this moment, that's the type of 558 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 4: leadership that the city needs. Of course, you know, she 559 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 4: still has to do all the things that Ms Burry 560 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 4: just talked about, right, and things I think that the 561 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 4: average citizen couldn't even fathil. But I think we got 562 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 4: to make some space to go and touch the people 563 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 4: in that way. 564 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 3: I agree with Tony if that's the same question. I 565 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 3: also agree with a statement that Tony made on yesterday 566 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 3: is that we do these small mini press conferences throughout 567 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 3: the entire city. Only mentioned that yesterday, and those spaces 568 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 3: where we know we can reach our young people. And 569 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 3: the second thing I've asked and I'm going to continue 570 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 3: to ask, is the messaging. We have to say the 571 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 3: same messaging. And there's some things that I believe her 572 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 3: insiders can say to us that we can say to 573 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 3: our community that she cannot, and we have to be 574 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 3: the spokespersons for her in this space. 575 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 2: I agree. 576 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 3: I think we have the best police chief I've seen 577 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 3: in my time. I do believe that this mayor is 578 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 3: the mayor that we need for the day. I support 579 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 3: both our mayor and our chief of police, but we 580 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 3: have to be their mouthpiece. We have to say what 581 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 3: they can't say to our families. I wear two hats. 582 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 3: I have a business as well, that's in a very 583 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,239 Speaker 3: popular part of the city. It's a new establishment. It's 584 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 3: called Sycamara. And oh, we have a huge amphitheater. We 585 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 3: need to have a village meeting there. What missus Barry 586 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 3: is doing should not be the only meeting. We should 587 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 3: consistently have these small village meetings throughout those places in 588 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 3: our city where we know we have pockets of young 589 00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 3: people that hang. 590 00:31:59,440 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 2: We have parts. 591 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 3: It's a young people that see. 592 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: You know, we can't. 593 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 3: Forget that a lot of places these kids can't go 594 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 3: because of the beats. So we have to be where 595 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 3: they are, and we have the personality. We have the staff, 596 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 3: we have the personnel. It's necessary to get to those 597 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 3: trenches where we can speak directly to the parents and 598 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 3: say the same message. My fear is that our messaging 599 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 3: is going to be off, we got to speak the 600 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 3: same language, because if we don't, the kids won't listen 601 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 3: to us, neither with their parents. So if I had 602 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 3: to offer to the mayor, those would be my suggestions 603 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 3: having additional village meetings. I like that missus Barry and 604 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 3: give us the messaging that we have to say that 605 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 3: she can. 606 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: I love that well. I really appreciate you all time. 607 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: I knew having you all on would be the right thing. 608 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: You know, our natural business to call on elected officials. 609 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 1: But the reason elected officials work is because there's a 610 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: whole community behind them, and you are absolutely not only 611 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: the right messengers but also the right workers. And so 612 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: I just I thank God for everything that you're doing 613 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: in DC and beyond. Know that you all inspire me 614 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: and you would forever have a place to call home 615 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: here at Native LAMPI so welcome home, y'all, and I 616 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 1: look forward to talking. 617 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 2: To you again. Thank you. 618 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: Let's stay safe. Will absolutely thanks y'all. Love y'all, this 619 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: has been just a really insightful conversation, very very grateful 620 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: for the time of Ms Corra Masters, Berry, Tony Lewis 621 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 1: and Diane Bussie Reader a business owner. You know, folks, 622 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: who have entities that house our young people are all 623 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: over DC, and folks who have direct relationship with Mayor 624 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: Mauriel Bowser are willing to go challenge, uplift and encourage, 625 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: but push to do the right thing. I can't imagine 626 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: the stress and the courage that it takes in this moment, 627 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: the stress that she's under, the courage that it takes 628 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: in this moment to do the right thing, to make 629 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: every single decision calculated. And the one thing that we 630 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: know from protests, from those of you all who are 631 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 1: also raised by protesters, is the chant the people united 632 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: will never be defeated. And so in those moments where 633 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 1: things are the most challenging, but you can always call 634 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 1: upon are the people. The only way you can call 635 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 1: upon the people is if you keep them close. So, y'all, 636 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: in this moment, I encourage you to keep your people close. 637 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: Make sure you remember that if you all are not 638 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: just close, but united, if you are on the same page, 639 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: you don't have to be the same sentence, but on 640 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,760 Speaker 1: the same page, the people united will never be defeated. 641 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 1: I have a good one. Flcahom, y'all. Native Lampard is 642 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with Reason Choice Media. 643 00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,320 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 644 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,840 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.