i wish that we had a book from ella baker about how to organize, right? like that super dope. if we had a book like the prolific À la joe baker who were just talking about this walking as were coming over here, who helped found many organizations come was a part of many organizations and many organizations that we model our work after in pyp 100 like sncc, the student nonviolent committee. if, i guess that's to write the book i wrote but i think i'll organize what even sharper. we would've been talking about group centered leadership decades ago like at least in the work that i was doing. i wrote it because i had some stuff to say, a lot of my mind and i felt that this generation of activists and commute organizers have been on the frontline of a lot of things at a wanted to take the time to write down, put it in historical context because were not the first to do it and we won't be the last to do it. and in the mbit, not just a bit, be quite foldable with some of things i've experienced as an organizer and actually provides a very practical things come some concrete things pe

[applause] the ella baker center. the insight center for community development. [applause] united playas. university of california-berkeley public advocacy center. and the university of california hastings. [applause] i want to personally also acknowledge the amazing leadership of my colleague anne dryer who commands the financial justice project. [applause] i think everyone, as you see here, knows anne and can appreciate how instrumental her leadership has been to securing this win today. thank you for your compassion, for your tenacity and your inability to take "no" for an answer. [laughter] now i'd like to turn it over to jeff hadachi who has been another key leader in this effort. jeff? [applause] >> thank you. on the day before thanksgiving, i was working at the front desk. my staff leaves early and so i was working the front desk. [laughter] a young man named joseph came in. and he was holding a paycheck stub in his hand. and i asked him what help he needed and he said look at my paycheck. he says every paycheck, $200 is taken out to pay these fines and fe

she is author of the award winning biography "ella baker and the black freedom movement," and now a newk just out titled "making all black lives matter: reimagining freedom in the twenty-first century." we're going to go to break and then we will come back. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a moment, we're going to go to professor barbara ransby, involved with the anita hill hearings. but i wanted to go back to jodi jacobson for a momoment, presidt and editor in chief of rewire. news. "gop wantsbeats , 'aunt lydia' and attack-dog staffer to question dr. blasey ford." dr. christine blasey ford has agreed to testify at 10:00 thursday morning, 10:00 eastern standard time, before the senate judiciary committee. i want to ask you one last question. rewire particularly focuses on rupert at their rights. i wanted ask you about what you see as the connection, if you see there's a connection, between, welcome to what kavanaugh is being accused of and also his views on issues like roe v. wade and was surprised many in hear

the civil rights movement was woman led and woman directed -- i am thinking gloria richardson, ella baker, but the willingness of the media and black community to enhance the role of man, so women were not seeking recognition as much as participation, and it was fundamental and essential. host: what was the role of the communication secretary? how did you get that job? guest: i came to the black panther party from the organization called snicc, and we were planning a demonstration at the alameda county courthouse, went she removed was arrested and shot and charged with attempted murder and murder and he was coming to court and we were going to have a demonstration. my first thing to do was write a press release announcing the demonstration. i had just come into the black panther party recently, so the press release had to go out and i had to identify who said it. secretarymmunications of the black panther party, kathleen cleaver. host: you gave yourself the title? guest: yes. julian vaughn was the communication director of snicc, and i modeled myself on julian i called myself secretary be