recently, community organizer and activist tamika mallory and congressional woman eleanor holmes nortonm neighborhood to talk about the history and future of social activism. take a look. >> i'm congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. i represent the people who live in the nation's capital, the district of columbia. >> i'm tamika mallory, a community organizer and activist. my activism really was sparked when my son, who is now 15 years old, his father was killed, shot and killed when my son was 2. i believe that at that moment, my activism was really sort of sparked. i've led many campaigns against guns, trying to get reduced gun violence and get guns off the street. i think i'm more concerned with the fact that there are a lot of issues that young people are dealing with that makes them turn to gun violence. >> well, that just goes to show you how the issues differ. now, there was street violence and street crime, but the civil rights movement overwhelmed every issue. it was the most important issue of the day. it does seem to be for your generation income inequality. >> absolutely. >> m

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