buy a copy of charlene spoke. by alexa about us play. get assigned afterwards. >> and let's take a picture. >> okay, welcome back. some of you never left. this is perfect. i am kayla again. this time we're going to be talking about "as black as resistance," written by william anderson and zoe samudzi. it is essentially a black anarchist -- [inaudible]

buy a copy of charlene spoke. by alexa about us play. get assigned afterwards. >> and let's take a picture. >> okay, welcome back. some of you never left. this is perfect. i am kayla again. this time we're going to be talking about "as black as resistance," written by william anderson and zoe samudzi. it is essentially a black anarchist -- [inaudible] >> already. thanks. so, lack resistance is in anarchist manifesto and it's essentially laying out exactly how racist, sexist and oppressive america actually is and how we as people, and as americans can come together to i don't want to say overthrow or to deal with the situation. the introduction, the introduction is written by mary ann, who was a well-known -- [inaudible] is that correct? talk about this project that they worked on altogether. round of applause. [applause] >> there's going to be a lot of snarky sarcasm i appear because there is a shirt with her face on it. it is a wonderful shared. i encourage everybody to get a shirt. [inaudible] [applause] >> wearily excited about this w

two of those parents jerry and charlene used to be true believers. >> we love technology.breathe it. but i think it's easy to overlook human connection. >> now they have pulled their kids out of a tech inclusive school and enrolled them here. >> you both work for a massive tech company that most people on earth know of. so why send your kids to a school where there's no technology? >> for us, it really started when our children were younger and we at home exposed them to screen time, and we realized that they were very quickly tuned out to what we were saying and completely engrossed in what they were viewing. >> it's so fascinating, especially at this age. they're creative and their imagination and where it goes and we just want to continue to nurture that because we feel that that will help set them up for what's to come as they get older. >> parents don't want their children to be machines. >> what is 10% of 13.5 ounces? >> they want their children to grow up and be good citizens of the world and when they'd spend time in front of screen they are not spending the time d

i also want to welcome this evening, the first lady of the city of new york, charlene mcgregor.here is she? [applause] thank you. we love having you. we really want to do it again. it just hit. [laughter] we love having you here and thinking about the schomburg. i'm going to let you get started here with his wonderful color girl event. as you know, color girls named after color girls who committed suicide. [applause] as a poet myself, it's one of our great poets and these are some of our great thinkers and writers today. please enjoy them. i was you later. [applause] >> please welcome veronica chambers. [applause] >> good evening. it's my pleasure to introduce the color girls. going to bring them out on stage. going to tell you a little bit about them and this book. a veteran. [applause] democratic political strategist. here she is. [cheering] she's in adjunct professor at georgetown university also a television litigator. lawanda is the founder. [applause] a nationally recognized public relations and public affairs agency. she has played a major role in reaching the goals and o

joining us now is charlene mensah — she attended a refuge as a child and as an adult trying to escape chief executive of cheshire without aabuse which provides temporary accommodation and help to women and children escaping domestic abuse. she also went to a refuge herself in the early nineties. aklima bibi is a lawyer who works with victims of domestic violence. and eleanor briggs is head of policy and research, at action for children. welcome, all of you, thank you very much for coming in. charlene, i mentioned you had to seek refuge twice, first as a teenager with your mother and then as an adult leaving an abusive relationship. how important was it to you to have that sanctuary on both of those occasions? it was definitely very important for me personally. my situation was there was an incident where i was assaulted and the police we re where i was assaulted and the police were called and it is mandatory for them to call social services once children are involved. they gave me an ultimatum, would i leave the partner i was with all my children would be removed from the home? if i d

host: that is charlene in washington state.,how you some of thea d there is another race in virginia, incumbent barbara comstock. challengerr from her diana west. here is the advertisement. [video clip] >> barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. she is against protections for pre-existing conditions and sabotage the health care market. stock agrees, voting with donald trump 97% of the time. diane west -- jennifer what wexton.- georgia, elizabeth is next. caller: hi. i am living in athens, georgia. i think it is shameful the way president trump and mitch mcconnell have been carrying on about the democrats being rude to kavanaugh. they were not rude to him. the democrats were asking hard questions, and for every question, kavanaugh would say i went to yale, played football, worked hard. that was too bad that he was not willing to answer questions. the republicans did not ask any hard questions at all. i watched the hearings in their entirety. i also want to say that i am voting for stacey abrams. we have a slate of