thank you so much. >> thank you, sister barbara arnwine. finally, brother hilary shelton of the naacp. >> thank you all for bringing us together to have the conversation we need to have in the family. let me say it is clearly time for a new paradigm. a time for a new paradigm. it's a new reality and new expectations of what we have under the circumstances we're living. the challenge is we've been able to go through a process and describe all these victims of gun violence at the hands of police officers. all these victims of death, but yet we keep coming back and having the same conversation over and over again. i remember having a conversation about an african standing in the vestibule of his apartment building in new york city. over 40 police shots, hit over 20 times. the only thing he had in his hands was his car keys. it's time for a new paradigm. as we talk about what happened with michael brown, new paradigm, must be a new set of expectations and new rules of engagement. what that means, we must change the law from the bottom up. at th

next to him is sister barbara arnwine, lawyer for committee of civil rights. lvania. give it up for jasiri x. on his right is brother ron hampton. many of you in washington, d.c. are very familiar with ron hampton. he's a former executive director of the national black police association. and sister nkechi taifa. all right. nkechi is a senior policy analyst for criminal justice matters at open society foundations. welcome sister nkechi. all right. so, opening remarks beginning with brother shelton. >> thank you very much. first, i don't know if everyone can hear me -- >> can't hear you! >> talk now? >> thank you so much. it is so important we have an opportunity to actually respond to what's going on in ferguson, missouri, and so many other places. it just so happens, i'm one of the few that actually grew up in st. louis, missouri. i know ferguson very well. i saw its transition from being a community that was predominantly white to one that is now 67% african-american. but i've also seen what has happened with the systems in place that is supposed to be democr

barbara arnwine is president and executive direct directyear of the lawyers committee, a graduate ofaw school. champions ray, just itses. she specializes in the areas of housing and lending-community development, employment, voting rights, education, and environmental justice. representative javier baserra is the chairman of the house democratic caucus, former deputy attorney general with the california depth ofity and was elected to the u.s. house of representatives in 1992. he is a member of the congressional  hispanic caucus, also a member of the executive committee of the congressional asian pacific american caucus. and last but certainly not least, is a leader who i met while i was working in that file room in cleveland, ohio. [laughter] >> she was staff at that time but she is an unbelievable public servant from my home state, representing the 11th 11th congressional district, in such an unbelievable way. she chairs the congressional black caucus and is continuing on every single level to be an unbelievable freedom fighter, even as she is a powerful legislator, ladies and gent

[applause] barbara arnwine, congressman lewis, elaine, can i get some of that energy? and wade henderson. thank you all so much, and have a great conference. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> some of the speakers from the family research council value summit and then a town hall on veteran health care. >> on the next "washington journal," the endowment for international peas will discuss the military campaign of these ice is and they'll role of coalition partners and defeating extremist. and bloomberg review sportswriter reviews the latest a massive violence controversies involving nfl players and the league's response to them as well as potential action by congress. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live atton journal" 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> the family research council voter summit in washington, d.c. yesterday. remarks fromluded tony perkins and jim jordan and a panel of former members of the military who were critical of pres

barbara arnwine of the civil rights under law, graduate of duke university law school she continues to champion civil rights and racial justice issues nationally and internationally. she specializes in areas of housing and lending, committed development, employment, voting rights, education and environment of justice. representative xavier becerra is chairman of the house democratic caucus. he's a former deputy attorney general of the california department of justice and first elected to the u.s. house of representatives in 1992. is a member of the congressional hispanic caucus where he served as chair during the 105th congress. representative becerra is a member of the executive committee of the congressional asian pacific american caucus. last but certainly not least is a leader who whine that while i was working in that file room in cleveland, ohio. she was staff at that time, but she is an unbelievable public servant for my home state, representing the 11th congressional district in such an unbelievable way, she chairs the congressional black caucus and is continuing on every singl

[applause] barbara arnwine, congressman lewis, elaine, can i get some of that energy? and wade henderson. thank you all so much, and have a great conference. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> word coming that attorney general eric holder is planning to resign. npr was the first to report the story today. noting that the attorney general believes that unless he resigns now he will have to remain attorney general for the rest of president obama's second term. holder is the first black attorney general, and his tenure is the fourth longest in the history of the office. the attorney general holder plans to stay in office until his successor is confirmed. and word now the president obama will make an announcement at the white house at 4:30 p.m. eastern but we will have that live on c-span. tonight on c-span2, a townhall meeting from the veterans administration medical center in phoenix. that medical center faced allegations of long wait times for veterans seeking medical care and coming up those wait times. phoenix the medical center town hall is tonight on c-span2 at

barbara r. arnwine president and executive director otherwise committee for civil rights. a graduate of duke university law school. she continues to campaign for civil rights and sable justice issues. -- civil justice issues. she specializes in housing and lending, community developing, voting rights, education, and environment of justice. xavier becerra is a former deputy attorney general of the california apartment of justice who was first elected to the house of representatives in 1992. he is a member of the congressional hispanic caucus where he served as chaired in that congress. he is also a member of the executive committee of the congressional asian pacific american caucus. last but certainly not least, a leader who i met while i was working in that file room in cleveland, ohio. [laughter] she was chief of staff at that time to energy is a non-believable public service from my home state, representing the 11th congressional district in such an unbelievable way, she chairs the congressional black caucus and is continuing on every single level to be an unbelievable f

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