we committed to working alongside our colleagues, like lou frederick, senator lou frederick, and state representative janel bynum on fundamental reforms to criminal justice. many of the reforms have been passed in the legislative session. we agreed to continue to work with others in the community, the community level to listen, to hear, to understand and pass fundamental reforms. i'm now engaging with our citizen review commission as well as the portland committee on community engaged policing around reimagining what local policing can look like, what precinct policing can look like and there are many other opportunities for us to work with the community directly and as we proceed with this, i'm going to continue to ask the community to work with me. i'm going to continue to ask our colleagues to work with me. i'm going to continue to ask the governor and our state legislature to work with me. and so this is a long road ahead of us. but we know that the dead end is violence. that is a dead end street. we don't want to be in that cul-de-sac. we want to focus our information, focus our p

we committed to working alongside our colleagues, like lou frederick, senator frederick and state representative janell bynum, and many of those reforming have now been passed in the legislative session. we have agreed to continue to work with others at the community level to listen, to hear, to understand, and pass fundamental reforms. i'm now engaging with our citizen review commission, as well as the portland committee on community engaged policing, around reimagines what local policing can look like, what precinct policing can look like, and there are many other opportunities for us to work with the community directly, and as we proceed with this, i'm going to continue to ask the community to work with me. i'm going to continue to ask our colleagues in multnomah county to work with me. i'm going to continue to ask the governor and state legislature to work with me. we know this is a long road, but the dead-end is violence. it's a dead-end street. we need to focus our energy, focus our attention on the hard work of fundamental reform. it starts with policing and criminal justice, but then we

we committed to working alongside our colleagues like lou frederick and state representative janelle bynum on reforms. many have been passed in the legislative session. we have agreed to continue to work with others in the community. at the community level to listen, to hear to understand and pass fundamental reforms. i'm now engaging with our citizen review commission as well as the portland community engaged policing around reimagining what local policing can look like. what precinct policing can look like. there's many other opportunities to work with the community directly and as we proceed with this, i'm going to continue to ask the community to work with me. i will continue to ask our colleagues to work with me. i'm going to continue to ask the governor and our state legislature to work with me. this is a long road ahead of us. we know that the dead end is violence. that's a dead end street. we don't want to be in that cul-de-sac. we need to focus our energy. focus our passion. focus our attention on the hard work of fundamental reform. it starts with policing and criminal just

king, of rosa parks, of fanny lie lou hamer, and i try make sure that all of those admirers understand that the groundwork was laid by harriet. even frederick douglass, he says his work was fueled by the work of harriet. you know, and sometimes it's really hard in the work that we do when you're lifting up someone who was a historical figure. a little easier for you guys, because you got a president. >> well -- >> maybe not right here, but you know, it's really hard when someone, you know, when they only go as far back as dr. king. i mean, that's sort of where we are as a culture. and there's just december there -- there's a whole lot of stuff that happened prior to thhat happened prior to that-- there' whole lot of stuff hat happened prior to thatyhat happened prior to thathat happened prior to ththat happened prior to that we forget about. >> you mentioned liberation theology, i'm from central america, and liberation theology in my formation personally and in the '60s,' 70s, '80s played an extraordinary role in the struggle for liberation. would you articulate how do you in the african-american context, how do you see liberation theology?

king, of rosa parks, of fanny lou hammer, and i really try to make sure that all of those admirers understand that the groundwork was laid by harriet. even frederickdouglass, he says his work was fuelled by the work of harriet. you know, and sometimes it's really hard in the work that we do when you're lifting up someone who was a historical figure. a little bit easier for you guys because you've got a president, okay? but, you know, it's really hard when someone, you know, when they only go as far back as dr. king. that's sort of where we are as a culture. and there's just -- there's a whole lot of stuff that happened prior to that that we forget about completely. >> yes. >> so, that's where i spend my time. >> you mentioned liberation theology. i'm from central america. >> yes. >> and liberation theology in my formation personally indeed '60s, '70s, '80s played an extraordinary role in the struggle for articulation. would you articulate in the african-american context how you see it. i think it would be a very fascinating and important thing to integrate, to unite. >> so, latin america is so well known for its liberation theology, particularly t