the arab center, washington dc. and new jersey is eli emani, a black lives matter activist. and cassandra of the black liberation, collective and in london is no gonna levy rappaport, a huge climate act of us involved in palestine solidarity campaigns in the u. k. a very warm welcome to all of you, miss l could. i'll begin with you in washington dc. just how much has israel's war on gaza? would you say revitalized support among the worlds youth for the palestinian cause? yes, thank you for having me. um. so in terms of israel's recent conduct sparking so much mobile as. busy and as your reporting showed, we have a great deal of evidence to suggest that the young people and the pro palestine solidarity movement generally is growing. so for example, the crowd counting consortia, which is a joint project at the university of connecticut and the non violent action by but harvard kennedy said school as showed that between october 7th and november of $26.00, that were close to 2012 outside rallies march motions, demonstrations of all sorts of mobilizations in 4468 different cities and towns across

jeanine is saying that 2 of the people of brothers, one of them was connected to the al cassandra guys i see on the wing of how much. uh and the other 2 it connected to the janine black battalions. that sir is lemme chat about the site. this is an unusual occurrence. but of course while we're focusing on garza that has been ongoing day, the violence in the west bank h. palestinians been killed only in the last 24 hours. a 381 pounds as soon as me killed in the west bank since the beginning of the war. and just since the beginning of the year. so we're in january, so not very long. 62 palestinians have been killed. so yes, we can say that the, the button must spot is going on and gaza. but in the west bank there is only going and continue with this war. as you say, it feels like we've seen an escalation quite down, particularly on jeanine know can you talk us through what's been target to their in particular to was interest these are correct. janine i would, we are hearing that's the is ready for us is left off to this special operation. 20 minutes duration going in, getting these 3 man they left her name by the lights has been for the we have is are they are now goin

cassandra newby alexander, who is the endowed professor of virginia black history and culture, and also the emeritus director of the joseph jenkins roberts center for african diaspora studies. all that at norfolk state university in virginia. her publications, virginia waterways and the underground railroad, and an african-america in history of the civil war in hampton roads. and you already know i'm a fan because i cited her book, my talk earlier today and. i'm really, really pleased she's here today with us to share her expertise with a lecture entitled on the precipice of change african-americans and the civil war in hampton roads. so let's give her a warm welcome to virginia tech. thank you for being here. thank you so much. and i feel very privileged to follow some incredibly extraordinarily talented speakers at this particular. so i'm just going to jump right in. i am notorious for talking a lot because talking about my favorite subject, subject that often doesn't get its due. i may 23rd, 1861, three enslaved men and you see their pictures here. shepard mallory frank baker and. ja

the lives of. vickie coles mack, audrey and cassandra johnson, both early members in our say her name mothers network who worked tirelessly to raise awareness about police violence against blackkie's niece, india, who she raised like daughter by police in 2016. cassandra daughter, tanisha anderson was by police in the family's front yard. in 2014 and just months ago, a family. the loss of amber carr, sister of a jefferson and a dedicated member of our say her name mothers network. weeks before her death, amber testified the world about how much her lost when her sister killed by a fort worth police. back in 2019. in the presence of amber seven year old son zion. we are reminded and over again that when black women are killed by the police, when they are taken this earth, the whole is left in their absence, unfilmable for families like amber, vicky's and cassandra's their grief endures. and too often it becomes deadly. it was a privilege. know these women in their life and an honor to commit rest of our lives to saying names of say her name to gay. today we are gathered at the free library of philadelphia, first established in the late 19th century as a library free to all at