WEBVTT - INTERVIEW: Erica Ford Talks LIFE Camp, Support From The White House, Cannabis Injunction + More

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<v Speaker 1>Wake that ass up in the morning. The Breakfast Club Morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody is Steve j Envy, Charlamagne, the Goud We are

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<v Speaker 2>the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

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<v Speaker 2>In the front of the room, we have Miss Erica Ford.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome Speeds.

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<v Speaker 4>How are you feeling that paper Planes had is very fresh?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, and hopefully you got to get choice the hat.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's give them the right, she says, she sent it

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<v Speaker 2>up here, but we just haven't received it yet or

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<v Speaker 2>we checked the mail.

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<v Speaker 1>Either the custom Life Camp hats.

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<v Speaker 3>Paper Planes Life Camp. Great.

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<v Speaker 5>This is a process coming together with pieces of lifestyle,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, so that we can help elevate and change lives.

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<v Speaker 6>I love that now.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know, Erica Ford is doing something very

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<v Speaker 2>specialist weekend at not met Life stated at.

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<v Speaker 6>Yank Shastafield.

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<v Speaker 1>Stum.

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<v Speaker 2>I was used to call Shastadium a city field. I've

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<v Speaker 2>seen you practicing. Because you're throwing out the first pitch,

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<v Speaker 2>you ain't look too good. But I know y'all seen

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<v Speaker 2>you practice.

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<v Speaker 1>You just got to do better than Steven. You gotta

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<v Speaker 1>do better than Steven.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, I will I will represent, I will represent. I've

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<v Speaker 5>been practicing. I'm gonna get it to the plate. And

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<v Speaker 5>Emery from Paper Planes is a catcher, and so I'm

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<v Speaker 5>the picture. He's a catcher, and we'll bring it together,

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<v Speaker 5>this movement so that we can help change more young

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<v Speaker 5>people's lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Dope. So what is party? We can't play.

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<v Speaker 5>It's coming out tomorrow to the Mets game and not

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<v Speaker 5>only enjoying the fun and helping to build this move

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<v Speaker 5>because a lot of times people look at joining movements

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<v Speaker 5>and peace as corny, and I don't want to do that.

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<v Speaker 5>That's not for me, that's not them people over there

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<v Speaker 5>to preachy people, right, and so we want to show

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<v Speaker 5>them you could have fun, you could be fly, you

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<v Speaker 5>could be part of of doing something positive and having

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<v Speaker 5>fun and all of that at the same time. And

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<v Speaker 5>so we're telling people to come out. We're having DJ Booth,

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<v Speaker 5>Breezy Lynn and a lot of other folks are coming

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<v Speaker 5>out and participate in the tailgate party in the parking

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<v Speaker 5>lot of City Field, and then I'm throwing out the

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<v Speaker 5>first pitch at six o'clock and then we'll be there

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<v Speaker 5>for the game. But it's launching a whole movement, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>bringing together those two slogans visions missions of greatness as

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<v Speaker 5>a process and pieces of lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you connect with rock and em So.

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<v Speaker 5>We've been working with Shaka. We worked with Shaka years

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<v Speaker 5>then connected from Shaka this young man named Teddy and

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<v Speaker 5>the fan fam group that they have, they do our

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<v Speaker 5>college tours, so they do scholarships for our kids.

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<v Speaker 3>And we've been working together.

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<v Speaker 5>Teddy came and threw the hat on my tables, like

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<v Speaker 5>you like this, and I was like, get them out.

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<v Speaker 3>Of here, you know, and the rest is history.

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<v Speaker 5>It just brought it together, and it's it's doing the work,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, when you're consistently out there doing the work.

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<v Speaker 5>Then I remember I said to Shaka years ago, right

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<v Speaker 5>when I was just arrogant, right, like why.

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<v Speaker 7>Can't jay Z support me? Why can't jay Z's brought

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<v Speaker 7>me right? And she was like, do your work right,

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<v Speaker 7>and when you do your work then things align with you.

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<v Speaker 7>But don't beg for some to support you. And I

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<v Speaker 7>just kept doing my.

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<v Speaker 1>Work at Chaco. Go always give it to your screen. Shaka.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Shaka so much, man, I do too.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you've been doing this for such a long time, right,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody posted a picture.

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<v Speaker 6>Of me and you, I mean back in Queens this

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<v Speaker 6>was a long time ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you were doing the work for the long

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<v Speaker 2>time and you decided to slow down a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>And what does slow down mean for you? Because there's

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<v Speaker 2>no slowdown for you. So what does that mean for

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<v Speaker 2>Erica Ford?

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<v Speaker 5>So I want to go back to why I had

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<v Speaker 5>to slow down, right, And a lot of times when

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<v Speaker 5>we run to the fire, run to the trauma, it

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<v Speaker 5>depletes us, right, And so I got sick, like I

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<v Speaker 5>would be in at night choking, trying to breathe, and

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<v Speaker 5>my whole nervous system was depleted, and so I had

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<v Speaker 5>to like physically stop And so I physically stopped doing

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<v Speaker 5>nothing for three months, right. And so now I'm coming

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<v Speaker 5>back just as the CEO. I will not be running

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<v Speaker 5>the day to day operation of Life Camp. I won't

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<v Speaker 5>be out there running and you know, fighting with the

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<v Speaker 5>police and interrupting shit and taking guns out of people's hands,

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<v Speaker 5>none of that stuff, no more, but at an elevated

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<v Speaker 5>place of showing up at events and organizing raising money

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<v Speaker 5>for Life Camp and doing teaching, teaching, teaching, because I've

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<v Speaker 5>learned a lot in these thirty years and I want

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<v Speaker 5>to teach and get back to young people who are

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<v Speaker 5>stepping into this field.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's scary about that though. They always say

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<v Speaker 4>older people for counsel, young people for war. But the

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<v Speaker 4>problem is a lot of people in this generation they're

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<v Speaker 4>not ready for war. Right, you still built for it,

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<v Speaker 4>like you've done, fought wars, You've been in wards, You're

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<v Speaker 4>still ready to fight.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, who are you going to pass the torch to.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just so funny that this young lady who came

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<v Speaker 3>with me to Sniffany.

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<v Speaker 5>Lamella is actually the INTRAM executive director and who I'll

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<v Speaker 5>be passing the torch too if she passes that process.

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<v Speaker 5>But we have a group of good young people who

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<v Speaker 5>are ready, and we have a training academy that we

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<v Speaker 5>launched with the University of Chicago two weeks ago where

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<v Speaker 5>we're actually training folks from around the United States to

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<v Speaker 5>do this work. So, as you know, the last time

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<v Speaker 5>I was here, we talked about Buiden bringing down money,

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<v Speaker 5>and so some of this money that has been brought

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<v Speaker 5>down is to do the training to prepare people to

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<v Speaker 5>do this work effectively and efficiently, and so that's what

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<v Speaker 5>we've been doing. I'm part of a national group called

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<v Speaker 5>the Black and Brown Peace Coalition, and from that work.

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<v Speaker 5>We've opened up this training academy and the first cohort

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<v Speaker 5>has been launched and it's a six months program and

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<v Speaker 5>so hopefully from not hopefully from this training, they will

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<v Speaker 5>learn how to effectively lead and do this work on

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<v Speaker 5>the front line.

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<v Speaker 4>You was just at the White House, right were you

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<v Speaker 4>there when Cuavo was something?

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<v Speaker 5>I wasn't there for when Quavo was there, but I

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<v Speaker 5>was there when we opened up the off White House

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<v Speaker 5>Office of Gun Violence Prevention. So last Friday, the White

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<v Speaker 5>House launched the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention,

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<v Speaker 5>first ever, and this will allow real support to come

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<v Speaker 5>to the ground continually for the work that we're doing.

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<v Speaker 5>My good ment son, I call him my son. Greg

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<v Speaker 5>Jackson got one of the jobs as a deputy director

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<v Speaker 5>and another young man, Robert.

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<v Speaker 3>Got the other job.

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<v Speaker 5>And so they did a deputy directors and a lady

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<v Speaker 5>named Stephanie is the director. Under the leadership of Kamala Harris,

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<v Speaker 5>Vice President Kamala Harris.

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<v Speaker 4>The White House been keeping promises because I know they

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<v Speaker 4>pledged some money.

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<v Speaker 1>They did, did they did?

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<v Speaker 3>They did?

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<v Speaker 5>They have been keeping their promises. The Republicans have been

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<v Speaker 5>blocking as much as they can, but That's why President

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<v Speaker 5>Biden has doing executive orders now to just override a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of that stuff. And so they have been as

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<v Speaker 5>much as they can putting down funding, changing where money

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<v Speaker 5>used to go to other places so that it can

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<v Speaker 5>hit the ground of CBR workers across the nation. And

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<v Speaker 5>so they have been in that lane put the most

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<v Speaker 5>money in this work.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna ask with New York, right, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Charlamagne and myself talk about New York and how much

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<v Speaker 2>has changed?

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<v Speaker 6>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>How much we see and hear more and more violence,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's you know, in the subway, or it's shooting

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<v Speaker 2>or its mental illness. Since the new mayor has come in,

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<v Speaker 2>has it been more, has it been worse? Has he

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<v Speaker 2>been more helpful? What have we seen because on the

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<v Speaker 2>outside and even you know, it doesn't look any better

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<v Speaker 2>at all, and even reading the paper every day and

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<v Speaker 2>just hearing the stories, it just seems like it's getting worse.

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<v Speaker 5>So it is in the area, and so it's it's

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<v Speaker 5>a it's a it's a multi prong question. Right in

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<v Speaker 5>particular areas it's getting better, right the areas in which

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<v Speaker 5>we're are, you know, our collective New York City Crisis

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<v Speaker 5>Management system is doing the work. It's getting better as

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<v Speaker 5>it relates to gun violence. Gun violence is down, but

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<v Speaker 5>now as we see around the city, there's different kind

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<v Speaker 5>of crimes. Right there's people going in looting stores and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, robbing people and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 3>And so as we continue.

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<v Speaker 5>To grow the work that we're doing, and it's we

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<v Speaker 5>have a problem in New York City. There's been an

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<v Speaker 5>influx folks coming into the New York and it and

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<v Speaker 5>they're not being able to be placed in proper.

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<v Speaker 3>Homes and have the ability to live. And so what

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<v Speaker 3>are they going to do?

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<v Speaker 5>Right, They're going to come into the community and try

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<v Speaker 5>to live the best way they know how, and so

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<v Speaker 5>we can't have that, you know. And so I know

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<v Speaker 5>with our team, we work to make sure that that

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<v Speaker 5>pieces are lifestyle in the real sense. And so we

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<v Speaker 5>have peacekeepers, we have our interrupters, we have our special

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<v Speaker 5>Ops team, we have brothers and sisters that we put

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<v Speaker 5>throughout our target area and make sure that those things

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<v Speaker 5>don't happen. And so hopefully it'll continue to grow and

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<v Speaker 5>hire new people to do this type of work without

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<v Speaker 5>the spork.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like the solutions have always been there right

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<v Speaker 4>way before the migrants came, but you're not even taking

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<v Speaker 4>care of the people who are here and implementing those

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<v Speaker 4>solutions with them, So of course you're not gonna be

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<v Speaker 4>able to take care of migrants either.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what he said.

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<v Speaker 4>That what's the cannabis injunction that's going on?

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<v Speaker 5>So rich white folks who have these big MSOs, multi

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<v Speaker 5>state operations basically put a lawsuit in using the veterans.

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<v Speaker 5>They did many different lawsuits on this last one. They

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<v Speaker 5>used the veterans, and they blocked the card holders, which

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<v Speaker 5>is the brothers and sisters who got falsely arrested for

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<v Speaker 5>selling cannabis back in the day. And so they were

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<v Speaker 5>allocated license or organizations like ours who work with those individuals,

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<v Speaker 5>and everybody was given license, and they put an injunction

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<v Speaker 5>in and it caused to stop the freeze of our

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<v Speaker 5>ability to do anything, and so we couldn't open up,

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<v Speaker 5>we couldn't move forward in our process to you know,

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<v Speaker 5>get the full license, because it's actually in order to

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<v Speaker 5>get the full license, there's things you gotta do. So

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<v Speaker 5>we weren't able to finish the process October fourth. It's

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<v Speaker 5>all not but what they wanted to do when they

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<v Speaker 5>were successful at doing was slowing the process down so

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<v Speaker 5>that there's a few amount of people who can come

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<v Speaker 5>into the game before they come into the game. And

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<v Speaker 5>so now on October fourth, it's open to everybody. Anybody

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<v Speaker 5>could apply, right, And so it's really unfair because you

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<v Speaker 5>already had a head start. That's like we in a marathon.

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<v Speaker 5>You twenty miles ahead, you gonna come back to trick

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<v Speaker 5>the person behind you because they catching up, Like what like,

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<v Speaker 5>are you that greedy?

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<v Speaker 1>You know?

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<v Speaker 5>Ye know they So that's what's happening in the cannabis

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<v Speaker 5>and so when we see them open, like we we

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<v Speaker 5>should not support these stores, you know, we should not

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<v Speaker 5>support these big MSOs that come into our community and

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<v Speaker 5>try to act like they've down with us, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>and have you come into their store to buy their product.

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<v Speaker 5>But they're in the back room stopping people who really

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<v Speaker 5>need equity in their community from getting access to equity.

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<v Speaker 2>I always had a problem with that because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of times what they would do is, like

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<v Speaker 2>you said, they will find somebody that's wrongfully arrested, right,

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<v Speaker 2>use them to get the license. Because most of the

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<v Speaker 2>people that are wrongly accused or arrested nine times out

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<v Speaker 2>of ten don't have the bank to actually support a dispensary, right,

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<v Speaker 2>because it takes a lot of money architectural and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>So what they usually do is they usually back them

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<v Speaker 2>and then after two years you can get rid of them, right,

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what's happening in a lot of these different states.

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<v Speaker 2>And they have to find a way to fix that,

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<v Speaker 2>and they also have to find a way to make

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<v Speaker 2>it not that expensive because it sounds right, yeah, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give you the first and this, that and the other.

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<v Speaker 2>But who has that amount of bank to actually be

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<v Speaker 2>able to do the architecture, to do the research, to

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<v Speaker 2>get the actual licenses and all that. It's almost it's

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<v Speaker 2>almost impossible.

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<v Speaker 5>So they gave the individual's two point five million dollars

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<v Speaker 5>or an allocation of two point five million dollars and

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<v Speaker 5>a space. But like you said, they'd a landlord, right,

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<v Speaker 5>and so at any point in time they can't take

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<v Speaker 5>the space, they just change their name put somebody else in. Right,

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<v Speaker 5>if you can't pay up, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's after three years or something like that,

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<v Speaker 2>or they can say, okay, you can do it, but

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<v Speaker 2>now you can't afford the growing equipment.

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<v Speaker 6>You can't.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, and so there needs to be real equity

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<v Speaker 5>definitely in this and and cannabis as we see because

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<v Speaker 5>when you talk about there's a bunch of illegal cannabis

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<v Speaker 5>stores all over New York City, all over and they're

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<v Speaker 5>not closing those, they're not putting up injunctions to stop those,

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<v Speaker 5>they're not going out. But the brothers and sisters who

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<v Speaker 5>you know, went through the process the legal way and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, spend time in jail, lost money, lost family.

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<v Speaker 3>Interrupted their whole process.

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<v Speaker 5>You're going to come at them like it's just you know,

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<v Speaker 5>it's a typical American way.

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<v Speaker 3>Now we got to continue to change it.

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<v Speaker 6>We got to talk about the Spirit Award.

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<v Speaker 4>Now you're doing the Spirit Awards before the game, that's right,

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<v Speaker 4>The Spirit Awards for people who don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>So the Spirit Awards is awards that we're giving out

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<v Speaker 5>at the Medic Game tomorrow to individuals organized stations that

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<v Speaker 5>have really, you know, been a critical part in helping

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<v Speaker 5>people achieve their goals and aspirational just bringing up peace,

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<v Speaker 5>bringing up the vision and mission of what we stand

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<v Speaker 5>for for life. Camp supported us for years and so

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<v Speaker 5>we wanted to give it to the Breakfast Club because

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<v Speaker 5>of the years that y'all have been supporting us.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you very much, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>So and I got to ask, so I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 2>the weather and says rain tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 6>Is there a rain date?

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<v Speaker 3>That's that mess?

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<v Speaker 4>That's all right everything in New York.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, hopefully it starts raining after later.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we appreciate you for always coming up, and you

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<v Speaker 2>know you always have an open door policy here. Anytime

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<v Speaker 2>you want to come by, you know the address to

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<v Speaker 2>swing on by and whatever you need and as far

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<v Speaker 2>as us to support you, whatever we can do, we

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<v Speaker 2>are absolutely positiving.

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<v Speaker 1>Any other thing we need to be looking out for

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<v Speaker 1>from Life Camp.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure we're doing a pop up next week.

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<v Speaker 6>Come on help it if help we.

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<v Speaker 5>Got ye yes, yes, yes, yes, we have our So

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<v Speaker 5>it was our twentieth anniversary gala, but I got six

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<v Speaker 5>so we had to postpone it. And so now it's

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<v Speaker 5>our twenty third year anniversary gala we have coming up

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<v Speaker 5>in April. But we have a lot This academy that

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<v Speaker 5>we're doing and the office with the White House and

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<v Speaker 5>helping make that a success is really where we're going

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<v Speaker 5>to put our energy, as well as making sure that

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<v Speaker 5>the one hundred and thirteen percent that we work in

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<v Speaker 5>is the safest precinct in the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 5>And we're going to use our precint to be the

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<v Speaker 5>example of what we can do because, as you say,

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<v Speaker 5>you're absolutely right when you invest in what works, When

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<v Speaker 5>you invest in what works, then it's allowed to grow

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<v Speaker 5>and enforce. And so the city would already be at

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<v Speaker 5>a space where we you know, people coming in would

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<v Speaker 5>fit into our structure, but the structure wasn't built, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>And so we're going to build destruction in Southeast Queens.

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<v Speaker 6>There we go.

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<v Speaker 3>People want to volunteer. What is that? One hundred and thirteen.

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<v Speaker 4>P thirteenth and life Caem's always taking donations, by the way, always.

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<v Speaker 5>Take can donate the website Lifecampinc dot com. Always taking donation.

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<v Speaker 5>Get your paper planes hat, it's live on the website.

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<v Speaker 5>It's live on paper planes. Support the work, support the movement.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's do this all.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, Well, it's the Breakfast Club. Is Erika Ford?

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<v Speaker 3>Wake that answer up?

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<v Speaker 1>In the morning club? Breakfast Club