TODAY'S VOTE THAT MEETING
STARTS AT 2 WE WILL LET YOU
KNOW OF COURSE WHAT HAPPENS
AND YOU KNOW EVERY MORNING
WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM
OFFICIALS COMMUNITY LEADERS
AND RESEARCHERS ABOUT CHANGES
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND NEW THIS MORNING
WE'RE HEARING FROM A PROTESTER
AND ACTIVIST TOO IS ACTIVELY
WORKING IN SPEAKING WITH OTHER
PROTESTERS ABOUT THE CHANGES
THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
ELISE HAAS JOINS US LIVE
WITH HER STORY GOOD MORNING
ELISE.
GOOD MORNING, EMILY AND
JENNY SO AS AN AFRICAN
INDIGENOUS IN A WHITE WOMAN
THIS ACTIVISTS THAT I MET WITH
TELLS ME THAT SHE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN INTERESTING HUMAN RIGHTS
HER WHOLE LIFE SO SHE HAS
SINCE WENT ON TO STUDY IT
ALONG WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW
FOR THE PAST DECADE. AND IT'S
ALSO NOTABLE THAT THIS
DEMONSTRATOR WAS ACTUALLY BORN
AND RAISED IN MINNEAPOLIS
MINNESOTA. SO THE KILLING OF
GEORGE FLOYD STRUCK HER TO HER
CORE AND AS A TRAUMA
RESEARCHER JI AND NOW TO TO
HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN
INTERVIEWING DEMONSTRATORS
DURING THE PORTLAND'S PROTEST
TO COLLECT A LIST OF CONCRETE
ASKS OR DEMANDS. SHE SEEN
CALLS FOR BODY CAMERAS FOR ALL
OFFICERS AT ALL TIMES A DEEP
NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
EVERYONE ALONG THE CHAIN OF
COMMAND THAT IS COMPLICIT
INSIST SYSTEMIC HARM INCLUDING
PROSECUTORS DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
IN CORNERS. SHE SAYS IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY
IS BROUGHT IN TO HELP MAKE
THESE VERY CHANGES.
WE DO NEED TO GO TO THE
ROOT AND HOPEFULLY CONVENES
SEVERAL COMMUNITY COUNCILS OF
BRILLIANT LEADERS WERE OUT
HERE BRILLIANT BLACK AND BROWN
AND INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND
HAVE ROUND TABLES FOR THEM TO
DETERMINE THE SOLUTIONS THAT
WOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR THEM.
AS A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT
JOHNS HOPKINS PUBLIC HEALTH,
JIA EXPLAINS THAT IN ADDITION
TO GOING TO EXPERTS ON RACIAL
EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR
DATA, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO
HONOR AND LISTEN TO THE
EXPERTISE OF THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LIVED THROUGH THESE
EXPERIENCES FOR GENERATIONS
AND CENTURIES, GM BELIEVES
THAT OUR SYSTEM HAVE
SUPPRESSED THOSE VOICES SO SHE
SAYS NOW IS THE TIME THAT CITY
LEADERS SHOULD REALLY BE
LEANING ON THE VOICES OF THE
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR. AS A SOURCE OF
KNOWLEDGE. EMILY AND JENNY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ELISE
WELL, WASHINGTON GOVERNOR JAY
