{"id":204,"date":"2020-06-11T15:30:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/minnesota\/articles\/understanding-unity-when-local-becomes-global\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:30:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:30:43","slug":"pag-unawa-sa-pagkakaisa-kapag-ang-lokal-ay-naging-pandaigdigan","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/minnesota\/tl\/articles\/understanding-unity-when-local-becomes-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Pag-unawa sa Pagkakaisa\u00a0<br> Kapag Naging Global ang Lokal\u00a0"},"template":"","class_list":["post-204","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Part three of a series of first-person accounts from an on-the-ground perspective from Common Cause Minnesota Executive Director Annastacia Belladonna Carrera.","featured_image":6417,"article_type":151,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12218}"],"related_issues":[109,396],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Habang libu-libo ang dumaloy sa simbahan sa Houston, Texas, upang parangalan si George Floyd kahapon, isang kuwento tungkol kay George mula sa<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> kanyang guro sa ikalawang baitang<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0napakaraming inihayag. Siya<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nagdala ng a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pagguhit ni George na gawa sa Supreme Court Justice Thurgood\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">M<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arshall<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Dito, isinulat ni George\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gusto niya\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ang maging isang Supreme Court Justice tulad ng kanyang huwaran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Katarungan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ay ang kay George Floyd\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">legacy ay tungkol sa lahat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Upang parangalan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">legacy ni George<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, nagmartsa ang mga aktibista sa bawat kulay, katayuan, at karanasan sa buhay<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Kami ay nalampasan at nalampasan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">masasamang elemento\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">na sa loob ng ilang gabi ay nagawang manaig\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ating mapayapang pagsisikap<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pagtatangka<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0kay der<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ipagpaliban at ipagpaliban muli ang hustisya.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Direktor ng FBI\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sinabi ni Christopher Wray ang protesta<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">may \u201cmatuwid at mahalagang layunin.\u201d May nakita kaming pulis\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at mga pulitiko\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sa buong bansa ay sumali sa mga nagpoprotesta at lumuhod<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, isang pagkilala sa loob ng hanay ng mga departamento ng pulisya<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at mga gumagawa ng patakaran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ng\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0pagnanais ng marami na makitang ipinagbabawal ang paggamit ng labis na puwersa at wakasan ang pagkakaiba ng lahi.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Binaligtad ni National Football League Commissioner Pete Goodell ang posisyon ng Liga at humingi ng paumanhin sa mga manlalaro\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">para sa maling paghatol laban sa malaya<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">expression na sinimulan ni Collin Kaepernick\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">upang iprotesta ang pagkakaiba ng lahi sa pagpupulis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0sa pamamagitan ng<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0pagluhod sa panahon ng pambansang awit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hindi masasabing milyun-milyong tao\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ng lahat ng kulay, edad, at katayuan\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sa buong mundo\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">kumukuha na ngayon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">isang tuhod<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at magpapatuloy hanggang sa maging totoo ang hustisya.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> At hindi ito sapat.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"Black Lives Matter Plaza is a two-block long mural ordered as part of DC's public art project by Mayor Muriel Bowser. The epicenter of protests in Washington, the area leads up to Lafayette Square and is beneath one of the main flight paths for the president's helicopter on take-offs and landings from the South Lawn.\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he decline of America\u2019s role in the world, driven down by the presidency<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of Donald\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trump<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and his administration<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, is now in the hands of our protest movement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013 and frankly \u2013 that\u2019s where it belongs, with the people.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The question is, c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an we the people\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">get past differences and collectively<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">deliver governments at the local, state, and national levels <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that reflect the multicultural\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">diversity of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">marchers in the streets<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">? Can we get to the place where\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">values of love,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">compassion,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">justice, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">equality\u00a0the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">peaceful protest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">demand<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0at the forefront of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">institutional\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">change and not an afterthought of convenience?<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">George Floyd\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">legacy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is poised to propel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">communities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0closer\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ward the aspiration of a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">more perfect union<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">very<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0generation of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">North\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">American<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">whether\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">newly arrived or having multigenerational roots,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has struggled to define and achieve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0this ideal but has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">never given up on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No matter the odds.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">N<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ow that we have Minnesota\u2019s, the nation\u2019s, even<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the world\u2019s attention focused on racial disparities in policing and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">every other aspect of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">American\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">life, what will we do with it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0That\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">moment, the pivot from protest to policy is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">where many movements falter<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Moving forward,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">f we don\u2019t ground ourselves\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a unity of purpose<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0we\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will be divided by those<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that do not want us to succeed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as they have so many times before.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unity does not mean we agree 100% on everything; it means that we agree to unite for a common goal that is unjust and needs reforms.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our rights are not pie.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My liberties and rights do not start, nor end, where yours begin.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My liberties and rights do not limit yours.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">As I mentioned when starting this series, I\u2019m no Pollyanna. Still<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, I understand how the me<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tal image of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/democracy-wire\/ballots-not-bullets-in-minneapolis\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Latina woman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">scurrying about amidst\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">outraged<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0protesters, clipboard in hand,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">trying to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">register<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0voters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, might lead some to believe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0otherwise.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0As a human and civil\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rights attorney,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I understand spac<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">es of power, who has it, who doesn\u2019t, and why it\u2019s set up that way.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s one\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">young African American man<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0shouted\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at me\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">peaceful\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">protest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0first turned violent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in Minneapolis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, \u201cLady, you just don\u2019t get it.\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I understood\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">what he meant even if he didn\u2019t understand me.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 At this moment, our collective vote is power. I wanted him and others to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">channel their anger, their outrage,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their pain through their\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vote<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. I wanted them\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to know\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that no matter how powerless they felt, they actually held great political power to change the stage\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">those who either kept\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">racists\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">system<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s in place\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">through\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">inaction, or who put them in place<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0through their policies<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","image":5078,"post_link":"","button_text":"","secondary_link":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"<h4>The intersection where George Floyd was killed is the epicenter of memorials and protests in Minneapolis.<\/h4>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">M<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">any<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of us\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lead<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">organizations\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">or groups<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and who\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have been involved with\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/democracy-wire\/reasons-for-hope-on-a-national-day-of-mourning\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">social justice\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issues and protests led by\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">communities of color<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the Twin Cities\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">knew\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0some point<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, trouble<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">makers of varying levels of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sophistication\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">try to influence<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0public opinion about the issues protesters raise\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">or start\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">divisive<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0narratives to drive a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0we<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-against-you agenda<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our job as advocates is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">keep<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0people focused on the issue at hand, not allow\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">others<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hijack<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">issues, narrative, or momentum of the protests<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Outr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">age is justified.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anger is justified.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Violence is not.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">As<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n attorney,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I\u2019m a sworn officer of the court<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">here are lines I personally will not cross<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0As a lobbyist<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0working to lift every voice and every vote in our democracy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, I don\u2019t believe we get good government from violence<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a previous public\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">defender<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0know\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the realities faced by those young people\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">caught<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0up in the emotion of the moment<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0with understandable<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0out<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rage<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are now caught up in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the very\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">criminal justice system peaceful protesters are demanding\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">must\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">change.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ome\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">not only face felony charges\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">because of their involvement in the looting and destruction of property <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">but if convicted\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">they now face<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0even more disenfranchisement.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">felony charges that will follow them for life<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as they look for housing, seek employment, or simply wish to vote.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0In Minnesota,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ex<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">felons\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cannot\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vote if<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0they are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0under some type of institutional terms of conditional release, such as probation or parole.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is the reality I was trying to avoid for our young people with a clipboard in hand reminding them they had a choice\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and urging them to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">direct their outrage toward the power of their vote.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another African American activist I\u2019m acquainted with took after me on Facebook in a post because he disagreed with my message reminding people that violence never led to meaningful and long-term change.\u00a0 For him, unity meant that I must think and believe exactly as he did in order to be viewed as supporting the value of Black lives in Minnesota.\u00a0 He told me I wasn\u2019t \u201cwoke enough\u201d if I didn\u2019t understand that things need to be broken before they can be fixed.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While my \u201cwoke enough\u201d brother is right, I will never fully appreciate what it feels like to be an African American male and deal with a lifetime of injustice, he will never fully appreciate my life experience either.\u00a0 Our respective experiences do not mean we can\u2019t still come together for a common goal - to dismantle racial injustice by partnering to work the crossroads between social justice and democracy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Judging a person by appearance is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the profiling we<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0collectively<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0oppose.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assigning motive\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of what anyone is willing or unwilling t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">do\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">based solely on an appeal for peaceful protest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a tactic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">used by self-proclaimed disruptors\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">trying to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wedge a divisive narrative to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">manipulate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the actions of protesters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">justifying<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0violence.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Derek Chauvin\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">racially profiled George and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">acted on his perception<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s. He\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">became the arresting officer, prosecutor, jury, judge, and executioner during the 8 minutes and 46 seconds his knee was on George\u2019s neck. Those are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">also\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the judgments rendered by the other three cops who did nothing to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">intervene.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That is the problem we need to keep focused on and work in unity to dismantle<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0not\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">get<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0sidetracked with who is \u201cmo<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">re woke\u201d than who<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>","image":6416,"post_link":"","button_text":"","secondary_link":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"<h4>One of the thousands of people in Houston. Texas, who came to Monday's public viewing of George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise Church who brought a sign urging people to vote in memory of the man killed by police.<\/h4>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">We cannot create justice using tactics of the oppressor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0- violence<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instead, we must understand what unity truly means and begin to live it\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and demonstrate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">each<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0day until we have governments at all levels that reflect it.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unity doesn\u2019t require us all to have the exact same experience, perspective, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">or belief. Unity actually requires us to acknowledge that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we each have unique life experiences and regardless of what brings you and me to this moment, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">even if we disagree on every other aspect of life,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">unity means we can agree<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that police should not be able to use exce<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sive force<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in any situation or be able to treat\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bl<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ack<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0men and women differently from any other race<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> Unity doesn't require uniformity to agree that racial disparity in any part of American life is no longer acceptable and work together to make that real.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unity of purpose doesn\u2019t require us to agree on everything and it allows us to function in a democracy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">where the will of the people does make a difference.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">eaceful protest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0grew even more powerful this past weekend<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 We slowly won the peace in the streets, and the violence subsided with the agitators being weeded out.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0As I watched the whole world watching us,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I grew more hopeful that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Americans are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ready to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">understand<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">connections between<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">disparit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ies<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">policing and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">social\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">justice\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">between races<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the health<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0care disparity laid bare by COVID-19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">economic, wage and income, and wealth disparities the pandemic highlights<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the disparities\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in power\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a nation that purports to be of, by, and for all of us<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">So,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0g<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rab a clipboard and join me in reminding our young people and others that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e, the people, are the ultimate power\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in our\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">democracy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 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