introduction, revolutionary in office, assem blaeman charles barron from east new york. [ applause ] all the way from omaha, nebraska, the african-american empowerment network in omaha and my judgment one of the most formidable powerful models of operational unity i know, would you please welcome willie barney. [ applause ] and you know, one of our favorite places happens to be down somewhere in mississippi, right? we got a whole lot of love for jackson, mississippi, right? well, mayor lamumba couldn't be here. he apologized. he sent his chief of staff dr. sophia amari, chief of staff for mayor lamumba. [ applause ] and of course, she needs no introduction either because she is like everywhere. she is a bad sister. y'all know her well. she just gets stuff done.

like the sister tried to do in georgia, we can take mississippi back, all right. please, gentrification from your perspective. >> my name is ellen lee, i'm here on behalf of latoya cantrell, the first female mayor of the city of new orleans, in the 300 year history. she is amazing, she is a community organizer, the work she did after katrina, organizing the community, one of the neighborhoods that they said would not be able to rebuild, too much water in your neighborhood, and she said i will be doggone if that's going to happen, not today. so the neighborhood would come back, the people of new orleans would be able to come back and live where they choose to live, and not where someone else