GO THE AMERICAN DREAM BELONGS TO ALL OF US. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CHANGE AND MORE OF THE SAME. THIS IS YOUR CAMPAIGN. >> BANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENT WITH REP. STACEY PLASKETT (VIRGIN ISLANDS). PLEASE WELCOME DJ D-NICE .
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE UP FROM THE TRAN8. COME ONE. A SHOUT TO EVERY ONE OF THE TRAN8. YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE HERE. LET’S GO. >> YOU KNOW WE ARE HEARING ALL THIS. SENATOR HARRIS IS AN A.K.A.
SHOW SOME LOVE IN THAT CHAT RIGHT NOW. COME ON. COME ON. >> COME ON.. SHE IS A PROUD MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA. SHOW SOME LOVE. COME ON. LET’S HEAR IT FOR D-NICE. COME ON. .
>> I HAVE TO LET THIS BREATHE. COME ON. EVERYONE FROM THE TRAN8. LET’S CELEBRATE TOGETHER. LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS UP RIGHT NOW. COME ON. I WANT TO SWITCH LANES FOR A MINUTE. WE HAVE 25 TRAN8 MEMBERS HERE RIGHT NOW.
COME ON. >> COME ON. I KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAN8. FOR MY BROTHERS AND EAR, TERRENCE J. WHAT’S UP. PUT IT TOGETHER. ONCE AGAIN. IT IS D-NICE. COME ON. WE ARE JUST WARMING UP RIGHT NOW.
JUST WARMING UP WITH THE TRAN8. REPRESENT YOUR BLUE AND WHITE. COME ON. SHOW THAT LOVE. SHE IS A ZETA, RIGHT? >> COME ON, LET’S GO. ONCE AGAIN, IT IS D-NICE. COME ON, TRAN8. YOU KNOW THE SONG. SING ALONG.
>>> COME ON. SHOT OUT TO EVERYBODY FROM THE TRAN8. YOU KNOW WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT TRAN ONE. UNTIL THEN, I NEED YOU TO FEEL THIS GOOD VIBRATION. COME ON. >> COME ON. SIGMA IS REPRESENTED. COME ON.
COME ON. IT IS A D-NICE. I’M GOING TO LET THIS BREATHE. WE NEED TO SUPPORT TRAN ONE. COME ON. >>> COME ON. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS TOGETHER FOR EIGHT MONTHS VIRTUALLY. FIVE MORE DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION.
>> WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO. COME ON. >>> WE HAVE TO LET THIS BREATHE. >>> LET’S GO. ONCE AGAIN, D-NICE. COME ON. >>> COME ON.. SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE ON HERE FROM THE TRAN8. LET’S GO.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG? ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS D-NICE. LET ME INTRODUCE THE HOST OF TODAY’S EVENT . PLEASE MAKE SOME NOISE FOR MY BROTHER TERRENCE J AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMEDIANS, CHERYL UNDERWOOD. >> THIS IS D-NICE. >> OKAY.
WELL, ALSO, I’M NOT JUST A COMEDIAN. I AM THE HOST OF THE TALKING CONTRIBUTOR. I HAVE MY OWN RADIO SHOW AND I AM THE 23rd INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS AGENDA
STARTED AND INTRODUCE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT IS RIGHT, I AM GOING TO NAME IT AND CLAIM IT. WE WILL BRING FORWARD CONGRESS WOMAN WILSON TO PROUDLY BRING FORTH. IT IS ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY DISTRICT. IT INCLUDES PARTS OF NORTHWEST
MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES. NOW, THIS SISTER, THIS CONGRESSWOMAN, SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF 5000 ROLES MODELS OF EXCELLENT. THIS SEEKS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF BLACK BOYS IN HER DISTRICT BY GIVING THEM ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND REWARDING THEIR EFFORTS.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED. COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES, OUR SISTER, TRAN2. IS HE MUTED? >> I WAS TOLD WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD. >> LET’S MOVE FORWARD.
ARE WE GOING TO OUR FIRST GUEST? >> OKAY. >> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, AS WE SAY IN GREEK AND ALL THE GREEKS OUT THERE KNOW WE WILL ACCEPT THE AGENDA WITH FLEXIBILITY AND ADOPT WITH FLEXIBILITY. THAT IS WHAT WE SAY.
WE ROLL WITH IT. WE WILL BE STROLLING TO THE POLLS. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO MY BROTHER OF OMEGA PSI PHI? >> I’M RIGHT HERE WITH YOU. YOU ARE ONE OF MY [ INAUDIBLE ] I LOVE WATCHING YOU.
IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHOUT OUTS TO OVER 30,000 GREEKS IN ATTENDANCE ALL ACROSS THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE ALL THE GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS HANGING OUT WITH US AND WE SPOKE TO THE SENATOR. SHE SAID BECAUSE OF HOMECOMINGS GOT CANCELED THAT THE DAYS ASSUME SHE WANTS US TO HAVE FUN. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN. WE’RE GOING TO ORGANIZE AND
RALLY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. WE ARE ONLY DAYS AWAY FROM THE BIGGEST ELECTION OF OUR LIVES. NOVEMBER FIVE. THAT IS THE DATE. WE HAVE TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT. WE HAVE TO GIVE ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS PULLING IT
TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD AND ORGANIZE US ACROSS THE NATION. ON BEHALF OF CHERYL AND D-NICE WE ARE GOING TO GO OFF. ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS? >>
>>> IN TODAY’S EVENT AND TRAN8 THE NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR US TO MOBILIZE AND PUT ONE OF OUR OWN IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE HAVE BEEN ON OF CAUSE ABOUT
IT AND NOW WE MUST BE ABOUT IT. THIS WILL BE OVER NOVEMBER THIRD. WE WILL VOTE. WE WILL VOTE NOW AND WE WILL VOTE IN A SAFE AND EFFICIENT WAY. I KNOW THAT I SEE SOME OF MY SORORITIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT. VALERIE
HOLLINGSWORTH IS SO SWEET. HAVE OUR BROTHERS ARRIVED? >> I KNOW HOW EVERYBODY FEELS BUT WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO WITH THE BROTHER OMEGA’S? WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? I GO LET ME INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SPEAKER. HE MIGHT SEND OUT.
>> THAT’S OKAY. >> YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM. WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. THAT IS TRAN9 HE WILL KICK THINGS OFF FOR THE TRAN8. >> HE IS ALSO PART OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S AS WELL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS I THANK
YOU. I SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL PANHELLENIC COUNCIL, THE TRAN8. THE PRESENCE ARE ALL HERE IN THEIR CAPACITY AS LEADERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE HERE AT THE INVITATION OF TRAN2.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HAVE DONE OUR PART OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THE ELECTION SEASON TO GET OUT THE VOTE. WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENTS ONE BY ONE. FIRST DR. EVERETT B. WARD, ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. THERE IS URGENCY. WE NEED TO VOTE EARLY AND IN RECORD NUMBER. THE URGENCY DEMANDS WE MARCHED TO THE POLLS LIKE NOVEMBER THIRD AND WE HAVE NEVER MARCHED
BEFORE. SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION. LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD ON NOVEMBER THIRD AT THE BALLOT BOX. VOTE, BABY, VOTE. A VOTE LIST PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE. THANK YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LET’S DO IT TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WORD.
VOTE BABY VOTE. >> NEXT WE HAVE DR. GLENDA GLOVER, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIRST, WE COMMEND JOE BIDEN FOR CHOOSING THIS WOMAN TO RUN ON HIS TICKET. LET’S GET OUT AND VOTE.
I AM GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO THE MEMBERS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA IT IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR 300,000 MEMBERS TO VOTE WITH YOUR INNER CIRCLE, OUTER CIRCLE, FAMILY, CHURCH MEMBERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF FRATERNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO WORK TO PROTECT OUR VOTE AND RIGHTS TO LESSEN THE AMOUNT OF VOTER SUPPRESSION AND INTIMIDATION. THAT IS OUR CALL TO ACTION. LET’S GET THIS BOAT OUT AND LET’S DO THIS. >> THANK YOU DOCTOR. NEXT WE HAVE REUBEN A. SHELTON,
KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY >> THANK YOU. BROTHER CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS. I AM REACHING OUT TO ALL THE BROTHERS. THIS IS A MESSAGE I CAN SEND TO EVERYONE. THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI IS ACHIEVEMENT.
THIS NATION IS ON THE VERGE OF ACHIEVING A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT NEXT WEEK. IT WILL TAKE ALL HANDS ON:. UNLEASHING THE POWER THAT IS FOUND IN YOUR VOTE. I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOU ALL TO SHOW UP IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY DONE SO ALREADY.
ENSURE THAT YOU ARE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES DO THE SAME. WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME NOW BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOU ALL TO VOTE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU.
HE ALSO SERVES AS A VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS. NEXT WE HAVE BEVERLY E. SMITH, DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY >> THANK YOU. TEAM BIDEN- HARRIS. IN THE SPIRIT OF OTHERS, SEVEN SENSATIONAL WOMEN IN CONGRESS AND THOSE WHO SAID WHAT WE ALL
SEE BECAUSE WE ARE ALL TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. I HONOR OUR HERITAGE AND THEIR LEGACY BY MAKING SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS BY EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITIES. LOOKOUT FOR VOTER POSSESSION AND CAST YOUR VOTE. THIS, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IS OUR TIME. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT SMITH. NEXT WE HAVE MICHAEL E. CRISTAL, PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY >>> THANK YOU. YOU KNOW JOHN LEWIS SAID THE VOTE IS THE MOST POWERFUL NONVIOLENT TOOL WE HAVE. WE MUST USE IT.
HERE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THESE REMAINING DAYS AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE SELECTION. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR ENERGY AND EFFORT AROUND MOBILIZATION. WE HAVE SEEN SOME GOOD RESPONSES OUT THERE. WE KNOW IN FLORIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN AND
MICHIGAN, WE ARE ASKING MEMBERS TO REALLY WORK HARD IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. LASTLY, ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION, LOOK FOR MEN DRESSED IN OUR SIGMA PARAPHERNALIA TO BE AT THE VOTING LOCATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AS MY GOOD FRIEND BEVERLY SMITH SAID,
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS OUT THERE. WE’RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THIS. LASTLY, TO ALL, LET’S MAKE SURE WE ARE THERE BETWEEN NOW AND TUESDAY. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE VALERIE HOLLINGSWORTH-BAKER, ZETA PHI
BETA SORORITY >>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE ARE HERE TOGETHER AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO MY SISTERS AT THIS MOMENT. WE ARE IN THE FINAL FIVE DAYS
OF THIS ELECTION SEASON. I AM HERE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY SISTERS AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED YET TO GO TO YOUR ASSIGNED POLLING SITE AND VOTE. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE OF OUR LIVES. WE NEED TO MAKE OUR VOTE COUNT.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND WORKING TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY MAKING SURE THAT WE VOCALIZE AND ENCOURAGE AND BRING THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHY THIS VOTE IS SO IMPORTANT.
THIS IS A VOTE OF OUR LIVES. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO YOUR PART TO SHOW UP AND SAVE AMERICA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, RASHEEDA LIBERTY, SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY >> GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY FOR ALL AND THE FOUNDATIONAL WOMEN WHO STRETCHED LOWLY AND STAND ON THE PRINCIPLE OF GREATER SERVICE. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN’T THINK THOSE HUNDRED THOUSAND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE A COLLECTIVE IMPACT THIS ELECTION
SEASON WHILE SERVING SAFELY. I AM HERE TODAY SPECIFICALLY WITH A CALL TO ACTION. THE MOST POWERFUL NONVIOLENT TOOL WE HAVE IS OUR VOTE AND THE GREAT EQUALIZER. YOUR POWER TO VOTE IS NOT DICTATED BY EDUCATION, GENDER OR AGE. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY [ INAUDIBLE ] TO HAVE A VOICE FOR YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WHO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES NOT JUST NATIONALLY, LOCALLY. THE WOMEN OF THE SORORITY IN THE COMMUNITIES REPRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON STAND UNITED
WITH YOU AND SPEAK TO SHIFT THE BATTLEGROUND STATES TO THE DELIVERED STATES. THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A CLEAR STATEMENT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THAT WE WILL GIVE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THIRD. THIS IS OUR CALL TO ACTION. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LIBERTY.
>> NEXT WE HAVE ANDRE R. MANSON, IOTA PHI THETA FRATERNITY >> THANK YOU BROTHER CHAIR. GOOD EVENING AND ALSO TO MY BROTHERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU SENATOR HARRIS AND ESTEEMED GUEST FOR AFFORDING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. I’M REACHING OUT TO OUR MEMBERS
AND ALL THOSE PARTICIPATING TONIGHT. PLEASE, DO NOT UNDER AS THE POWER OF YOUR VOICE. DUE TO CURRENT EVENTS AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPE THAT HAS SPARKED A FIRE AND MADE AN AWARENESS THAT CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE AND CONSTANT ACTION. I AM CHARGING AGE AND EVERYONE
OF YOU TO PRESERVE OUR PAST AND SECURE OUR FUTURE. OUR PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE DEPENDING ON YOU. IF NOT US, WHO ELSE? GO TO THE POLLS. THANK YOU. >> >>. THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA OF THE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS OVER
THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN GETTING OUT TO VOTE. AS THEIR GRAND BOSS MY MESSAGE TO THE MEN OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER FREE IS THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS SEASON, WE MUST GET EVERYONE WE CAN REGISTERED, EDUCATED ABOUT THE BALLOT
ISSUES AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THAT THEY CAN GET EVERYONE WE CAN TO THE POLLS. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT WE WORK TALK THAT WELL IN 2016. TODAY I’M ASKING THE MEN WHO HAVE VOTED AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT VOTED TO MAKE SURE THEY’S
MAKE CERTAIN THEY GO TO THE POLLS ON NOVEMBER THREE IN YOUR PARAPHERNALIA. PURPLE AND GOLD TO PROTECT OUR POLLS. YOUR PRESENCE ALONE WILL CALM FEARS OF ANXIETIES OUR PEOPLE MAY HAVE TO VOTE. STAND IN LINE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES STANDING.
WE HAVE HAD SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE CIVIL WAR, DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS. OMEGA MEN ENSURE WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION , EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC. LET’S GO VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I TURN IT BACK OVER TO MY BROTHER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I THINK IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH ALL OF OUR PRESIDENTS. I THINK WE SHOULD MOBILIZE A STROLL TO THE POLLS.
WE ALL KNOW WHICH ONE OF US RUN THE YARD BUT WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE HOUSE AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ELECTION IS INCREDIBLE TURNOUT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? >> FIRST, IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE
US ALL IN SOLIDARITY TOGETHER. WE HAVE A BIG CAUSE AHEAD. LIKE HE JUST SAID, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. I DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING THAT ON NOVEMBER THIRD, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY BALLOT BUT
I’M GOING TO STAND IN LINE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN’T. I WILL MAKE SURE I HAVE MY LETTERMAN JACKET ON AND WE HAVE TO POLICE THIS. WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE THERE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL. IF YOU EARLY VOTED AND SUBMITTED YOUR BALLOT, WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTER SUPPRESSION IS NOT TAKING OVER THIS VOTE. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST GET A VICE PRESIDENT. WE CAN ALSO GET OUR SISTER IN
OFFICE. WE CAN GET TRAN ONE IN OFFICE. THAT IS HISTORY MAKING. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE SELECTION. >> AND BROTHER, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE VOTE UP AND DOWN. WE NEED TO CONTROL THE HOUSE, FLIP THE SENATE.
WE DON’T WANT NO OBSTRUCTION AND ALL THE SHENANIGANS GOING ON. WE CAN’T HAVE ANY OF THAT EITHER. WE HAVE THE POWER. WE WILL STROLL TO THE POLLS. ALL ORGANIZATIONS. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SEE US. THEY NEED TO SEE US.
WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITIES. WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO DO GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THEY SEE US, THEY FEEL THERE IS HOPE. BE IN YOUR COLORS AND WEAR YOUR LETTERS. WE WILL VOTE. AUXILIARIES, ALL OF OUR YOUNG BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE
ORGANIZATION. DON’T GO FOR FOOLISHNESS WHERE THEY TRY TO USE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK UP TO. WE ARE UNIFIED AND WE WILL VOTE. WHERE ARE WE GOING IN THIS AGENDA? >> WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MORE MINUTES BEFORE STARTING THE BIG, BIG SHOW.
I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER, HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS TO NOT JUST VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT BUT THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE AS WELL. I WAS ON A CHAT DEBATING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT WHAT OBAMA DID IN OFFICE.
NOT ONLY DID HE ACHIEVE A LOT OF THINGS, HE HAD BIDEN BEHIND HIS BACK. THE HOUSE DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP THAT MAN FROM GETTING LOLLS ACROSS. WE HAVE TO SET JOE AND SENATOR HARRIS IN A POSITION TO HAVE
THE HOUSE AND ALSO WHAT YOU SAID IS SO SMART. WE HAVE TO SHOW OUR COLORS. YOU SHOOT ME A TEXT. I WILL MEET YOU OUT THERE IN MY JACKET. WE NEED TO BE BRINGING PIZZA, WHATEVER. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THIS ELECTION THE RIGHT WAY. >> I THINK THE COUNTRY IS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED LEADERSHIP DURING THIS PANDEMIC. WE WANT TO GET THE UP ECONOMY BACK GOING. WE HAVEN’T HAD LEADERSHIP ON THE TOP LEVEL. ALSO, WE UNDERSTAND OBSTRUCTION
AND WHY THEY PUT YOUNG JUDGES IN THERE SO THEY CAN CONTROL THE JUDICIARY A FOR GENERATIONS WITH ALL OF US LONG GONE. THEY HAVE PUT SOMEBODY YOUNG IN THERE AND HAS A POINT OF VIEW THAT IS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER OF VOTE. PUT GOD FIRST AND STROLLED TO THE POLLS. I THINK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR. IT IS OUR YEAR. WE WILL MAKE HISTORY. WE WILL. WE DON’T JUST KNOW HISTORY, WE
ARE ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY. FOR ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL PARTY WITH US, WE DO A PARTY FOR A PURPOSE ALL THE WAY TO THE POLLS. ALL THE WAY. >> WE HAVE TO. YOU ARE 100 % CORRECT. WE HAVE TO.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 31 MILLION ELIGIBLE BLACK VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IF WE SHOW UP TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE TO THE BLACK MEN. THE BLACK WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER. THEY HAVE BEEN RALLYING. THEY ARE DIFFERENCE MAKERS IN SO MANY OF THESE INCIDENCES. WE HAVE TO STAND BY OUR SISTERS. WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM. THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN HISTORY.
THIS IS OUR TIME. WE HAVE TO STAND UP AND STAND STRONG FOR OUR WOMEN AND BE THERE AT THE POLLS NOVEMBER THREE. WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN. WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> YES. THERE WILL BE UNITY IN THE
COMMUNITY. I KNOW ALL THE GRAPHICS WHERE THEY HAVE ALL THE SORORITIES AND THEY ARE STROLLING AND LOOKING FINE AND THEN THEY HAVE ALL THE FRATERNITY MEN LOOKING FANTASTIC. I SAID ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ABOUT TO DO THIS. I WANT YOU TO MAINSTREAM.
WE WANT THEM TO SEE US AND WE WILL HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. WE ARE NINE GREAT AND POWERFUL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED FOR A PURPOSE. WE ALL OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. WE FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES. OKAY.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON. HAVE THEY TOLD US WHAT OUR NEXT MOVE WILL BE? >> 100 %. I THINK WE DID THE INTRO EARLIER BUT WE CHANGE THAT AROUND A LITTLE BIT. WE KNOW THAT SENATOR HARRIS HAS A BUSY CALENDAR.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE CAN GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE STATES. >> OKAY. WHY DON’T WE TAKE THAT ENTIRE LIST. BECAUSE THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUSE SHOWS JOINING US REPRESENT THEM AND
TELL THEM ABOUT THEIR VOTING RIGHTS. WE HAVE DONE THAT AND NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW POWERFUL OUR CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS ARE. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM. GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. ACTUALLY, THE SENATOR JUST JUMPED ON. WE ARE GOING TO SINK IT AND
COME BACK. WE WOULD LOVE TO GO AHEAD AND GET INTO OUR FEATURED SPEAKER TODAY. THEN WE WILL GET RIGHT BACK TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. SO REPRESENTATIVE WILSON, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. >> OKAY. YOU HAVE BEEN DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.
>> OH WELL, THIS IS EXCITING. >> YES. WE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME HERE. THIS IS MY TOWN. YOU KNOW, ONE OF JOE BIDEN’S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DECISIONS, AS HE WAS RUNNING WAS TO SELECT A WOMAN. THAT WAS HIS FIRST AND AFTER
THE MEDIA BACK AND FORTH AND CONVERSATION AND OPINIONS AND ALL KINDS OF ARGUMENTS GOING BACK AND FORTH, HE PICKED AN AMAZING WOMAN. U.S. SENATOR, KAMALA HARRIS. I AM SURE THAT FROM THE BEGINNING IT APPEARED TO US IN THE PUBLIC THAT HE WAS HAVING A
HEART ATTACK. I AM SURE THAT HE THOUGHT, JUST AS I DID, THAT SHE IS THE MOST QUALIFIED VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TO EVER APPEAR ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET. >> THAT IS RIGHT. >> SHE RAN ONE OF THE LARGEST LEGAL OPERATIONS IN THE WORLD
AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA AND SHE HAS RUN FOR PRESIDENT. HOW MORE READY CAN YOU BE. YOU WERE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS WELL. TO TOP IT OFF, SHE WILL BE READY ON DAY 1. NOT ONLY TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT,
SOMETHING HAPPENS AND SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE AS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT >> SHE BRING TO THE TABLE [ INAUDIBLE ] OF SO MANY FIRST. THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED. THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REPRESENT CALIFORNIA IN THE
SENATE AND THOSE POSITIONS SHE CHANGED THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, CLIMATE CHANGE AND 1.1 BILLION SETTLEMENT AGAINST AN EDUCATION COMPANY THAT SCAMMED STUDENTS AND PARENTS. SINCE BEING ELECTED TO THE SENATE, SHE IS INTRODUCED AND SPONSORED LEGISLATION TO HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND REFORM
CASH BAIL AND HAS DEFENDED THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS. NOW, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ALL THIS TALK ABOUT BLACK MEN BEING IGNORED IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. THEY ARE COMPLAINING. THE NEWSPAPERS ARE BRINGING IT UP. THE TVs ARE BRINGING IT UP.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT TRAN2. SHE WAS THE LEADING SPONSOR FOR OUR BILL, THE COMMISSION OF THE SOCIAL STATUS OF BLACK MEN AND BOYS. THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW DURING THE LAST LEGISLATION AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. THIS WILL ESTABLISH BIPARTISAN
COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES MISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THIS 19 MEMBER COMMISSION WILL INCLUDE LAWMAKERS, EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPOINTEES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO WILL EXAMINE SOCIAL DISPARITIES AFFECTING BLACK MEN AND A BOY IN AMERICA. CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMETHING LIKE
THAT IN THE U.S. SENATE? BASED ON HIS FINDING THEY WILL ISSUE RECOMMENDATIONS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE COMMISSION WILL CRAFT LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CHOKEHOLD AND NO KNOCK WARRANT. TO TOP IT OFF AND ICING ON THE CAKE, OUR WONDERFUL KAMALA
GRADUATED FROM A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE. HOW? IT WAS HOWARD UNIVERSITY. THAT IS RIGHT. >> HOW ABOUT THAT. >> WE ALSO POURED. ALL OF US, COLLECTIVELY. WE ALL LOVE HER. WE EMBRACED HER NOMINATION. THAT IS WHY WE GATHERED ON THIS CALL THIS EVENING.
THIS IS OUR HAPPY HOUR. I WANT TO SCREAM SO LOUD. I WANT TO HEAR YOU ALL THE WAY HERE IN MIAMI. LET ME INTRODUCED KAMALA, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. WE DON’T WANT TO FORGET THIS. FRED RICA, VOTE BEFORE ELECTION
DAY. I AM VOTING IN OCTOBER, I’M NOT VOTING IN NOVEMBER. I ALREADY VOTED. >> THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS TIME IN OUR NATION WITH COVID-19 TAKING OVER OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE THIS RESPONSIBILITY, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO VOTE.
AND NEXT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE SORORITY AND EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY SENT FRATERNITY AND CHURCHES AND IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERY ONE WE KNOW GOES TO THE POLLS AND VOTE . NEVER GO TO THE POLLS ALONE.
IF YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR, TAKE ONE CAR WITH YOU. IF YOU HAVE A SEDAN, TAKE FOR PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE A VAN, TAKE EIGHT PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE A BUS, TAKE 40. NEVER GO TO THE POLLS ALONE. >> SO, WHY ARE WE HERE?
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE I AM INTRODUCING, AND I DO IT VERY PROUDLY WITH THAT BRILLIANT AND AMBITIOUS, 2020 VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE RUNNING WITH CANDIDATE, JOE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS. YOU HAVE ELEVATED THE TRAN8. PEOPLE KNOW WHAT A SORORITY OR FRATERNITY MEANS.
YOU HAVE EMPOWERED US AND THE WORLD. IT MEANS SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE, PHILANTHROPY, AND FAITH. THANK GOD FOR YOU, TRAN2. I LOVE YOU, MY DEAR FRIEND. THE SHOW IS YOURS. WELCOME. >> ALL GOSH. I CANNOT THANK CONGRESSMAN WILSON ENOUGH. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN SO ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTIVE AS HAS EVERYONE. I WANT TO, OF COURSE, ACKNOWLEDGE DR. GLOVER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SISTERHOOD. TO EVERYONE, ALL OF THE LEADERS AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THIS CONVENING, I
WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. IT WAS MY JOY, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND WHEN I OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. I TALKED ABOUT WHAT FAMILY IS
TO ME. I MENTIONED FAMILY BEING OF COURSE THE FAMILY I WAS BORN INTO. FAMILY IS THE FAMILY THAT I HAVE CHOSEN, MY GODCHILDREN AND OTHERS. AND I TALKED ABOUT THE DIVINE NINE FAMILY. IT WAS INTERESTING. WHEN — MY FELLOW MEMBERS.
I LOVE YOU. I THANK YOU. WE WORK HARD TOGETHER EVERY DAY. THEY KNOW THIS EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN YOU TAKE THESE STAGES IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. THEY NEED SOME LEARNING. AND, TO TALK ABOUT THE DIVINE
NINE AND THE FAMILY OF THE DIVINE NINE WAS A PARTICULAR SOURCE OF JOY AND HONOR FOR ME. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES WHO MAKE UP THE DIVINE NINE WERE FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND THE PRINCIPLE OF FAITH
FUELING OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN SERVICE TO ALL MANKIND. OURS IS A FAMILY OF LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERS. A FAMILY IN THE DIVINE NINE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXCELLED AND HAVE SHOWN IN EVERY SECTOR OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR WORLD WHAT
CAN BE UNBURDENED BY WHAT HAS BEEN. THAT IS WHO WE ARE. AND, WHETHER WE ARE GRADUATES AND MEMBERS OF ALUMNI CHAPTERS OR STUDENTS, I KNOW THERE ARE MANY ON THIS CALL, WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED AS PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH
THE BENEFIT AND THE JOY OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE DIVINE NINE. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO LIVE IN A RIGHTEOUS WAY AS LEGACY OF THOSE WHO FOUNDED OUR ORGANIZATION. ALL WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD GO ON TO LEAD AND
NEVER ASKED ANYONE PERMISSION TO DO THAT. SO, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS MOMENT AND THE SELECTION. THE END OF THE ELECTION IS IN FIVE DAYS. I THINK WE KNOW AND EVERYONE IS ON THIS CALL BECAUSE THIS IS A CALL OF LEADERS.
NOT ONLY THE FINAL DAYS AND THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THEM, IT HAS BEEN A CALL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO IN FURTHERANCE OF SERVICE TO ALL MANKIND AND TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE COUNTRY WE LOVE.
THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF AT LEAST FOUR CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. THAT HAS KILLED OVER 225,000 PEOPLE IN JUST THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 8.5 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CONTRACTED THIS VIRUS.
THE NUMBERS INCLUDE THE FACT THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO CONTRACT COVID. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH ABOUT THIS PANDEMIC THAT HAS BEEN AN ACCELERATOR. IT HAS HIGHLIGHTED AND MAGNIFIED WHAT WAS WRONG BEFORE. IT IS MADE IT WORSE.
>> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS AT STAKE IT INCLUDES ON THAT SUBJECT WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP THAT EMBRACES SCIENCE AND TAKES ON A ROLL OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS FORMED BY FACT AND THEN DISPLAYS ITSELF THROUGH SPEAKING TRUTH
IN A WAY THAT HAS A PURPOSE TO HEAL. THAT IS BEFORE US IN THIS ELECTION. WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. ECONOMIC DEVASTATION LIKE THAT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF ALL COMMUNITIES. THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN TERMS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. NUMBERS TELL ME ALMOST 50 %, HALF OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED WITH POTENTIALLY VERY SMALL PROSPECTS OF REOPENING. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE PART OF THE LIFE
BLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE DIVINE NINE ARE THOSE BUSINESS LEADERS. THEY ARE NOT ONLY BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS TYPICALLY. THEY ARE ROLE MODELS AND MENTORS. WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF
CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING. WHAT WE MUST DO TO FIGHT AND SPEAK TRUTH ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY AND TRUTH IN A WAY JOE BIDEN IS NOT AFRAID TO DO TO SAVE BLACK LIVES MATTER. TO DO IT ALSO UNDERSTANDING
THAT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE DEAL WITH TODAY. IT IS ALSO SPEAKING TRUTHS ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT. THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AND WE ARE WILLING
TO HAVE THAT, GOING FORWARD, LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT OF RACISM AND WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT. THEN THERE IS THE CLIMATE CRISIS. AS YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. I HAVE REPRESENTED CALIFORNIA IN THE SENATE.
UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST, STATES ARE BURNING WITH WILDFIRES. THE GULF COAST STATES. ZETA, NOT ZETA PHI BETA, ZETA, A STORM WHICH HAS — IT IS THE FIFTH STORM TO BE NAMED JUST THIS YEAR. THEY NAMED STORMS ONLY BECAUSE
IT IS THAT BAD THAT THEY NAME THEM. SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS, I WAS MEETING IN MICHIGAN WITH THE LEADERS IN FLINT. ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING BEAT UP
BY THIS EXTREME CHANGE IN WEATHER AND IT SHOULD AFFECT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THE NUMBERS I HAVE SEEN OF ALL AMERICANS WHO LIVE IN LOW AIR- QUALITY AREAS. 70 % ARE THOSE OF COLOR. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CRISIS WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO NEED TO SEE A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY. THAT COMES WITH OUR ABILITY TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE. I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THEN I WILL AND MY COMMENTS. I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY JUST IN THE LAST
WEEK AND A HALF I HAVE BEEN TO MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA. YESTERDAY ARIZONA THEN THEORY STARTED >>> CONCERTED EFFORTS. TRYING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE ON HOW TO VOTE, WHETHER TO VOTE AND WHETHER TO TRUST THE SYSTEM. I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE REASONS
FOR EVERYBODY. ONE IS TO HONOR ANCESTORS. PEOPLE LIKE THE LATE, GREAT HERO AND NOW ONE OF THE ANCESTORS JOHN LEWIS AND A MEMBER OF THE DIVINE 9. HE SHED HIS BLOOD ON THE BRIDGE PICKUP IT IS IMPORTANT TO HONOR THE
ANCESTORS AND VOTE FOR THAT REASON. IT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTE BECAUSE THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTE BACK TO VOTER SUPPRESSION AND INTIMIDATION. WE SHOULD ASK WHY ARE SO MANY POWERFUL PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE
IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO. MAKE IT CONFUSING A MESS WITH THE POST OFFICE. WE CAN HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION WITH WHAT THAT IS. THE POST OFFICE BEING ONE OF THE FIRST EMPLOYERS OF BLACK AND WHAT BUILT THE MIDDLE CLASS. WE HAVE TO ASK.
WIRE POWERFUL PEOPLE MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT ABOUT. THEY KNOW OUR POWER. THEY KNOW WHEN WE VOTE, THINGS CHANGE. THEY KNOW WHEN WE VOTE WE WENT. SO AMONG THE REASONS TO VOTE IS WE SHOULD NEVER BE IN A POSITION OF ALLOWING ANYBODY TO
TAKE OUR VOICE AND OUR POWER FROM US. AFTER ALL ISN’T THAT PART OF THE REASON OUR FOUNDERS CREATED THIS VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH WE WOULD CONVENE IN FELLOWSHIP. CONVENE TOGETHER TO FIND EACH OTHER AND CREATE A PLACE FOR US
TO BE TOGETHER TO REMIND US WE ARE NOT ALONE. THAT WE HAD PURPOSE, AGENCY. AND THAT WE HAVE A DREAM THAT WE MUST THE BILL BASED ON SELF- DETERMINATION AND ACTION WORKOUT THAT’S WHAT I BELIEVE IS BEFORE US. I THANK LEADERS FOR BEING ON
THE CALL. ALL OF MY DEAR FRIENDS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS AND MY COLLEAGUES. LET’S GET THIS DONE. YOU CAN JOIN US. WE HAVE TELEPHONE BANKS THAT WILL GO. YOU CAN TEXT. LET US ACTIVATE EVERYBODY AND
GET THIS DONE SO WE CAN GET TO WORK. WHEN THE ELECTION IS OVER. AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU. >>> THANK YOU TO THE FUTURE VICE PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES. LET US INTRODUCE OUR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS SPEAKING. CONGRESSWOMAN BERNICE JOHNSON, CONGRESSMAN SCOTT, CONGRESSWOMAN CLAY, CONGRESSWOMAN SEWALL AND CONGRESSWOMEN JOYCE.>>> I AM BERNICE JOHNSON. I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF CONGRESS REPRESENTING. I AM A MEMBER OF THE SORORITY. I’M VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
I WROTE IT. I SAY GO.>>> I AM CONGRESSMAN BOBBY SCOTT ONE OF SEVEN MEMBERS IN CONGRESS. I REPRESENT. I CHAIR THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LABOR. THE SAME BY ALPA MEMBER IN THE 60s. I KNOW THE BACKWARD STEPS TAKEN
BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, WORK PLACE SAFETY. I KNOW THE PROGRESS. KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN. REMEMBER THE LIST PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE. I ALREADY VOTED. THANK YOU.>>> I AM LACY CLAY AND REPRESENT MISSOURI’S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND A
PROUD MEMBER OF KAPPA ALPHA. I AM GLAD TO CALL RUBEN SHELDON A FRIEND AND CONSTITUENT. I BOOTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SENATOR HARRIS. TO MY GREEK BROTHERS AND SISTERS YOU CAN VOTE NOW DEPENDING ON THE STATE.
OR GO ON ELECTION DAY. THE VOTE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD. THE HOUSE PASSED IT. WE NEED TO GET IT TO THE SENATE AND GET THE BILL TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DESK. I CANNOT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE
OF HOW CRITICAL THIS ELECTION IS. PLEASE GO VOTE. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING TODAY.>>> WHO IS NEXT? >>> I’M CONGRESSWOMAN JOYCE FROM THE GREAT STATE OF OHIO THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND LIGHT MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC. DELTA KAPPA CHAPTER, CENTRAL
STATE. VICE CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS. I VOTED TODAY BUT YOU CAN GET TO I WILL VOTE. I JOINED FIVE MEMBERS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS AS MEMBERS OF DELTA SORORITY. AND SHIRLEY CHISHOLM. FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS
MEMBER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS WHERE I AM ICE CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS. GO VOTE. >>> I’M CONGRESSWOMAN TERRY SEWALL AND I PRE-PRESENT ALABAMA’S SEVENTH. MY PRETTY IN PINK INDICATES I AM A MEMBER OF THE SORORITY INC. OVER 25 YEARS.
IN FACT I BEGAN THE CHAPTER AT PRINCETON BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A CHAPTER AT PRINCETON. NOW THEY DO. WE ARE ELATED. THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE KAMALA IS A MEMBER OF THE SORORITY. I’M IN MY FIFTH TERM REPRESENTING ALABAMA.
I REPRESENT BIRMINGHAM, MY HOMETOWN. AS WELL AS MONTGOMERY, TUSCALOOSA. ALABAMA CIVIL RIGHTS DISTRICT. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU. FOLKS SHED BLOOD AT MY HOMETOWN WHERE THE EQUAL RIGHT OF ALL OF US TO VOTE. I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE
GREAT WORDS OF JOHN LEWIS OUR BELOVED JOHN LEWIS. THE BOAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL NON-VIOLENT TOOL. I VOTED ABSENTEE AND IN PERSON AT MY COURTHOUSE LAST WEEK. MAKE A PLAN. WE MUST USE THE TOOL OR WE WILL LOSE IT.
THANK YOU.>>> I AM LUCY. I REPRESENT GEORGE’S SIX DISTRICT. I HELD THE SEAT FROM NEWT GINGRICH AND I AM THE FIRST MINORITY TO HOLD THE SEAT. A PROUD MEMBER OF DELTA SORORITY. SPRING 80, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. I VOTED FOR VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND SENATOR HARRIS. I BELIEVE IN A VISION TO BRING COMMON SENSE BACK TO WASHINGTON. I HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF GEORGIA TO MAKE SURE WE DO GRASSROOTS MOBILIZING AND ORGANIZING WITH VIRTUAL EVENTS LIKE THIS TO MAKE SURE EVERY
PERSON IN OUR CONSTITUENCY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. TOO MUCH IS AT STAKE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN. WE HAVE TO MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK FOR US. >>> I’M CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY.
I REPRESENT THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. I AM A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE SORORITY. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE DECEMBER, 1976. A LONG TIME. I PLAN ON VOTING FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SENATOR HARRIS TOMORROW.
I VOTE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE TWO RIGHT THE SHIP AND GET US BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO SOLVE HEALTHCARE ISSUES, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES.
I AM PROUD TO BE A SUPPORTER. EVEN THOUGH I REPRESENT ILLINOIS TRYING TO GET AS MANY TO VOTE AS POSSIBLE. >>> THIS WAS A GREAT DAY TO COME TOGETHER. WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE BEFORE WE CLOSE AND GO OUT AND DO GOOD.
VOTE. BE LOUD UNITED AND ENGAGED.>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BIDEN HARRIS TICKET. ON BEHALF OF CHERYL AND MYSELF. YOU ARE THE LEADERS, WE ARE THE LEADERS. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE ELECTION
HAPPENED TOGETHER. BE SURE WE SHOW THEM AT THE POLLS AND RECORD NUMBERS. WE LOVE YOU. LET’S HANDED OVER TO THE CAMPAIGN. >>> TURN UP AND TURN OUT.>>> I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE NATIONAL ADVISOR FOR BLACK ENGAGEMENT FOR THE BIDEN HARRIS
CAMPAIGN. I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE SORORITY. I WORK ALONGSIDE A CONSCIOUS BAKER WHO NOT ONLY SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT AND HAS SINCE THE BEGINNING BUT WHERE’S CRIMSON. THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF ASHLEY WHO LEADS THE COALITIONS DEPARTMENT.
SO MANY DIVINE MEMBERS TO WORK IN THE CAMPAIGN THAT I WON’T EVEN TRY TO NAME THEM ALL. LET ME SAY HOW POWERFUL WE ARE COLLECTIVELY AND HOW AMAZING IT IS THAT WE HAVE 30,000 MEMBERS GATHERED VIRTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF SENATOR HARRIS AND VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO SUPPORT A TICKET THAT VALUES RACIAL EQUITY SUCH THAT IT IS NOT ONLY EMBEDDED IN THE POLICY POSITIONS BUT AN APPROACH TO GOVERN. THERE ARE EFFORTS TO TRY TO SILENCE VOICES TO SUPPRESS VOTE. WE PLAN TO DEDICATE OUR LIVES
TO COMMUNITY UPLIFT. WE PERSEVERE AND HONOR THE LEGACY OF OUR FOUNDERS AND ANCESTORS. WE SHOW UP AND OUT EACH AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATED. WE SHOW UP NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES NOT JUST FOR THE
FAMILY BUT FOR COMMUNITIES. IN THIS MOMENT WE HAVE TO NOT JUST HOPE BUT HELP SENATOR HARRIS AND VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHEN. A LEADERSHIP THAT SUPPORTED SCIENCE WE WOULD BE GATHERED IN PERSON. I WOULD BE OUT STEPPING MY COLLEAGUE.
BROTHER TREY BAKER TAKE IT AWAY.>>> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US. LOVE YOU ALL. YOU BRING IT EVERY TIME. WE APPRECIATE THE DIVINE 9 FAMILY. THOSE WHO JOINED US. YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP SET THE PATH FOR ALL GOING FORWARD.
TO THE CBC FAMILY. YOU SET THE STAGE. YOU INDEED ARE THE CONSCIOUS OF THE CONGRESS. WE LOOK TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP EVERY DAY. TO THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT SENATOR HARRIS. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO THE BLACK GREEK ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS TIME TO WORK. WE HAVE DONE THE TALKING. WE HAVE DONE THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO. WE TALKED ABOUT POLICY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE HAVE TO TURN IT UP AND TURN IT OUT FOR THE VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
FIRST GET INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM. TEXT. IT WILL GIVE YOU EMAILS AND UPDATES. WE WILL SEND YOU A LOT. IT IS IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO GO TO I WILL VOTE. SEE YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE PRECINCT.
YOU CAN DO EARLY IN PERSON. IS THERE STILL TIME TO DO IN PERSON? YOU HAVE TO GO THE DAY OFF? WE NEED YOU TO GET INVOLVED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CAMPAIGN. RIGHT AFTER THIS WE ARE LEAVING. I NEED EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW AFTER WE LEAVE.
WE WILL DANCE A LITTLE BIT. WE NEED YOU TO GO TO THE TELEPHONE BANK WE ARE DOING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS. THE BUTTON IS IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU WILL GET DIRECTIONS IN YOUR EMAIL. THOSE WHO REGISTERED WILL BE ABLE TO SEND INSTRUCTIONS.
ADDITIONALLY WE NEED YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE APP. PICKUP YOU TELL OFFENSE. IT’S IN THE APPLE STORE AND GOOGLE STORES EVERYWHERE. YOU CAN BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. ALL CONTACTS IN THE TELEPHONE YOU CAN TELL WHO VOTED AND WHO HASN’T.
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. YOU CAN SEND TEXT MESSAGES. IT IS IMPORTANT. YOU NEED TO CALL YOUR BROTHERS. ANYONE. SEND THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE VOTING. THAT IS IT. IT’S TIME FOR ACTION. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS IN TERMS OF REGISTRATION THAT THE JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGN HAS HAD IN THE HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN. YOU DEMONSTRATED WHAT YOU CAN DO. WE NEED TO DO THAT AND HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE POLLS.
WE NEED TO BE THERE ON ELECTION DAY. TOO MUCH TALKING. I HAVE MY CANE. I KNOW TERRENCE BROUGHT HIS BOOTS. WHAT WERE GOING TO DO. WE WILL GO FOR 10 MORE MINUTES AND PARTY IT OUT AND WE WILL GO DO THE WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WILL KICK IT OVER.>>> LET’S HAVE TIME FOR ACTION. STRAKA — >>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE DIVINE MINE AND THANK YOU TO KAMALA HARRIS. WE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU.
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