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>> LAUREN LEADER, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH.

VERY GOOD POINTS.

>>> AND LET’S BRING IN NOW THE

REVEREND WILLIAM BARBER,

PRESIDENT OF REPAIRS OF THE

BREACH AND CO-CHAIR OF THE POOR

PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN.

AT 7:00 P.M. EASTERN TONIGHT THE

POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN IS

HOSTING AN EVENT ENTITLED,

VOTING IS POWER UNLEASHED, TO

SHARE TOOLS ON VOTER

EMPOWERMENT, ENGAGEMENT,

REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION.

REVEREND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

BEING ON.

SO, TELL US HOW THIS IS GOING TO

WORK.

WHAT ARE YOU HOPING PEOPLE WILL

LEARN FROM THE EVENT?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MORE THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE

SHOWED UP ON JUNE 20, 2020 ABOUT

ISSUES BUT BEYOND ISSUES WE HAVE

TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT.

SO PEOPLE FROM EVERY RACE, CREED

AND COLOR, I LIKE TO SAY FROM

APPALACHIAN TO ALABAMA, COMING

ON, WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE POWER

OF THE VOTE, THE POWER TO

PROTECT THE VOTE AND THE POWER

TO CHANGE POLICY BY THE VOTE.

63 MILLION POOR AND LOW-WEALTH

PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE -- WERE

ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

29 MILLION VOTED, 34 MILLION

DIDN’T VOTE.

FROM MARYLAND TO NEW MEXICO,

THERE ARE 193 ELECTORAL COLLEGE

VOTES IN THE RACE TO 270.

IN 15 STATES, IF POOR AND

LOW-WEALTH PEOPLE WOULD JUST

VOTE 1% TO 19% HIGHER THAN THE

LAST TIME, CHECKED CHANGE EVERY

RACE FROM THE GOVERNORS TO THE

SENATE TO THE PRESIDENCY.

THIS IS THE GROUP THAT MUST BE

EXPANDED.

THIS IS THAT SLEEPING GIANT.

IT’S THE ONE DR. KING TALKED

ABOUT AND MANY OTHERS HAVE

TALKED ABOUT.

IT’S NOT JUST BLACK.

IT’S PEOPLE OF EVERY RACE, CREED

AND COLOR.

PEOPLE WILL COME ON, THEY WILL

LEARN ABOUT THIS POWER FIRST,

AND THEN WE HAVE FORWARD JUSTICE

LET BY ATTORNEY CAITLYN SWAIN

AND AT THE NAACP DEFENSE FUND

WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY,

THIS IS HOW YOU PROTECT THE

VOTE.

THIS IS HOW YOU MOVE.

BY THE WAY, MIKA, ONE OTHER

THING.

THE DATA SHOWS US, THIS IS NOT

EMOTION, THE DATA -- WE DID A

COMMISSIONER STUDY THAT POOR

WEALTH VOTERS DID NOT VOTE, ONE,

LACK FOR TRANSPORTATION AND TIME

AND, NUMBER THREE, TOO OFTEN

THEY DON’T HEAR POLITICIANS TALK

SPECIFICALLY TO THEM.

THEY HEAR ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS

AND THE WEALTHY BUT NOT ABOUT

POOR AND LOW WEALTH PEOPLE AND

WHAT THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

LIVING WAGES, HEALTH CARE,

PROTECTION IN THE MIDST OF THIS

PANDEMIC.

IF THEY ARE SPOKEN TO AND THEY

MOVE, THEY CAN FUNDAMENTALLY

SHIFT THIS ELECTION.

WE BELIEVE THIS AND THAT’S WHY

WE’RE ORGANIZING.

>> SO, EXPLAIN THEIR POWER AND

THEN SHOW THEM HOW TO USE IT.

ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY

VOTING HAS BEEN USED AS SORT OF

A POLITICAL WEAPON DURING THIS

CAMPAIGN AND EVEN AN EFFORT TO

CONFUSE PEOPLE AS TO HOW, WHEN,

WHERE TO VOTE?

>> A LOT OF IT.

THAT’S WHY WE’RE HAVING THIS.

THAT’S WHY WE’RE NOT JUST

TRAINING A FEW PEOPLE TO GO IN

AND TRAIN.

WE’RE TRAINING THOUSANDS AND

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SO THEY CAN

TEACH IN THEIR HOMES AND THEIR

COMMUNITIES.

WE’RE HEARING ABOUT THE

PRESIDENT SAYING HE WANTS TO

SENDS IN PEOPLE TO INTIMIDATE.

WELL, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO

PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THAT.

WE’RE HEARING PEOPLE WANT TO DO

POLL WATCHING IN THE WRONG WAY.

THERE ARE LAWS AGAINST THAT.

PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR

POWER IS.

WE NEED TO KNOW IN EVERY STATE,

HOW DO YOU VOTE EARLY.

IN NORTH CAROLINA WE HAVE

NUMEROUS DAYS OF EARLY VOTING

AND SAME-DAY REGISTRATION, SO

VOTING IS NOT JUST ELECTION DAY.

IT IS A SEASON OF ELECTION.

POOR AND LOW-WEALTH PEOPLE NEED

TO KNOW EVERY WAY THEY CAN VOTE

AND THEN UTILIZE EVERY WAY

POSSIBLE TO VOTE.

AGAIN, I WANT YOUR LISTENERS TO

UNDERSTAND, IN 15 STATES, FOR

INSTANCE, IN MICHIGAN, IT’S ONLY

1% OF POOR AND LOW-WEALTH PEOPLE

VOTING MORE THAN THEY DID THE

LAST TIME TO CHANGE IT.

IN NORTH CAROLINA IT’S ONLY 19%.

THERE ARE 15 STATES UNDER 20%,

JUST UNDER 20%, OF POOR AND

LOW-WEALTH PEOPLE VOTING WHO

DIDN’T VOTE LAST TIME SHIFT

EVERYTHING.

WHEN IT COMES TO THAT ELECTORAL

COLLEGE, I HEARD YOUR FORMER

GUEST, YOU SEE THE SOUTHERN

STRATEGY, THE EXTREMISTS AND

REPUBLICAN EXTREMISTS, HAVE USED

THAT FOR 50 YEARS, LOCKING UP

THE SOUTH.

THEY CALL IT THE SOLID SOUTH IS

NO LONGER SOLID IF IT’S

ORGANIZED AND PEOPLE ARE

MOBILIZED.

MANY PEOPLE IN THE SOLID SOUTH,

JUST A SMALL UPTICK CHANGES THE

OUTCOME IN THOSE ELECTIONS AND

IN THOSE STATES.

>> REVEREND, DR. WILLIAM BARBER,

THANK YOU.

WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK

WITH TONIGHT’S EVENT.

WE’LL ALL BE WATCHING.

THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, WHAT DO HOUSE

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, YOYO MA

AND JACK NICKLAUS ALL HAVE IN

COMMON?

THEY ARE FEATURED IN A BOOK BY

OUR NEXT GUEST ON THE TOP OF

LEADERSHIP.

>>> AT KNOWYOURVALUE.COM WE ARE

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