IS EXPECTED TO START SPEAKING MINUTES FROM NOW. WE ARE GONNA BRING THAT TO YOU WHEN IT STARTS LIVE RIGHT HERE ON MSNBC. BUT FIRST, THREE DAYS, FOLKS. THAT IS ALL THAT IS LEFT BEFORE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. AND VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BLACK VOTERS ESPECIALLY, THEY ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT SUPPRESSION, INTIMIDATION.
I’M TALKING ABOUT THE POLLS, AND QUITE HONESTLY, THE COUNTRY’S DEMOCRACY AS A WHOLE. TODAY, THE LAST IN OUR SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENTS OF THE DIVINE NINE HISTORICALLY BLACK LED GREEK ORGANIZATIONS STARTS WITH ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED. ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA HAS MORE THAN 325 INITIATED MEMBERS AT THE GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE
CHAPTERS IN 12 COUNTRIES. ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA’S MISSION IS SERVICE TO ALL MANKIND. AND WITH THAT WE, WELCOME THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT ALSO KAPPA OUR FACILITY INCORPORATED, DANETTE ANTHONY REED. WELCOME TO YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO START WITH THE NATIONAL PAN HELD A COUNCIL GARDEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BEING VANDALIZED.
THIS IS WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE FOR THIRD INCIDENT LIKE THIS? THEY WERE UNIVERSITY’S PRESIDENT SAYS THAT LETTERS WERE REMOVED FROM FOUR OF NINE MONUMENTS HONORING BLACK SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES THAT WERE TREATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. HE WOULD GO ON TO SAY THAT WE CONDEMN THE ACTS AGAINST IT,
AND WILL WORK FOR THE PERPETRATORS TO BE FOUND AND SWIFTLY BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. I HAVE TO SAY, IT REALLY JUST FEELS LIKE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ARE HAPPENING ALL TOO OFTEN NOWADAYS. ARE YOU CONCERNED? >> I AM VERY CONCERNED. BUT FIRST, LET ME THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON YOUR SHOW.
AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING TOGETHER THE DIVINE NINE TO LET US SHARE PLATFORMS. YES, I CONDEMN, WE CONDEMN VANDALISM OF ANY OF OUR MONUMENTS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS, YOU CAN PENALIZE ANY OF OUR MONUMENTS, BUT YOU ARE NOT GONNA DIMINISH OUR EXPERIENCE OR TAKE AWAY OR DISTRACT US
FROM THE PROBLEMS OF THINGS THAT HANDS. WE’RE GONNA GO TO VOTE. >> PRESIDENT, TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR SORT OF THE POLLS VOTER INITIATIVES. FOLKS ON VOTER, EDUCATION REGISTRATION IMMOBILIZATION. HOW IS THAT BEING PUT INTO ACTION WITH THREE DAYS LEFT? >> YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY ACTIVE WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE AN
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE. THAT HAS TEN MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THE TEN REGIONS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. AND THEN, BESIDES THAT, THEY WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVES, STATE REPRESENTATIVES, SO NOW WE HAVE THIS 50 STATE REPRESENTATIVES — THOUSAND 60 CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO NOW WE HAVE GOT A TEAM THAT IS OUT THERE.
SOARED TO THE POLLS STARTED WITH VOTERS EDUCATION — HOW DO YOU GO TO VOTE. ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU ARE ACTIVE IN CAN GET TO THE POLLS LIKE YOU NEED TO GET TO THE POLLS. AND THAT YOU COULD KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN VOTE.
YOU CAN EITHER VOTE BY MAIL. YOU CAN VOTE BY PLEDGED. BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET THERE FOR THE — >> PRESIDENT READ, MY LAST QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF YOU AT THE DIVINE NINE, YOU REALLY CAME TOGETHER AND MOBILIZED. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT
IS NOT THE END BUT THE BEGINNING. WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU ALL AFTER NOVEMBER 8TH? >> AFTER NOVEMBER 8TH, WE CANNOT STOP. WE HAVE TO STILL CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER TWO AREAS THAT WE HAVE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON VOTER REGISTRATION. AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET AS MANY OF OUR VOTER MEMBERS DEPUTIZE SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND HELP GET MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY — ALSO, VOTER SQUADS. WE HAVE VOTER SQUADS WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GET MEMBERS NOT ONLY FROM OUR ORGANIZATION BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN FAMILIES AND IN YOUR CHURCH
FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PULL FOLKS TO VOTE. — TAKE TWO WITH YOU. THAT WAY, YOU CAN MAKE SURE WE BRING FOLKS TO VOTE STARTING NOW AND THEN IN THE FUTURE. >> NOW AND THEN
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