 What do I have to ask him to do? This is John, Dr. John Merrigarcia. This is Calvin Hange, police, help us in the world, right? Because you know I'm on the slot of the world. Oh, I'm calm. Look at this. He used to be the chief of police at UC Davis. This is Marilyn Mays. He said he's for the pepper spray. I'm excited. And this is Marilyn Hange, one of the most conscious world sisters. She's my sanctosa, sis. With five kids, he's a living life sister who's up here. He's been through much like me in Spanish horizons. And this is Reverend Jefferson. He pastors the oldest African-American church in Woodland, Second Baptist Church. And I have never been to a Bible study where we're talking about things like about white supremacy and systemic historical constructs, ism. I was like, my mouth was hanging open. I was like, Jesus, I found my Bible study group. You know, I haven't been able to be for a minute. So we're happy to happen. So what I'm going to ask him to do, is he, BSU, stood for Bold, Strong and United, a beautiful Strong and United. I'm sorry, your hand gets twisted at the end. So I asked him to each just share a minute what that theme means to them. BSU, Bold, Strong and United. And then I'm going to ask him a couple of questions and you have the opportunity to ask these brilliant people, all of whom I respect. I know Dr. Jan Herring, RC, I know Calvin. I know all of these people are super busy, so take advantage of it. Everyone say, I'm ashamed. Okay, so just a minute, really brief. Would you share what that theme means to you, Bold, Strong and United? What might that mean to you if you think about our community? And we'll start with Jan since I just put him up so he can think about it a bit. And if you don't mind sharing that, we'll be great. Okay, so I'm not quite sure if I'm old enough to be up here but out of my head as an elder. Let me say, yeah. So thank you. I've been thinking about it since Sandy asked us to reflect on that. And for me, I come to community, to my relationships, Bold and United because of my relationship with Jesus. I met him when I was 16, a part-time church, love church. And I remember my home was built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust his sweetest brain with holy name on Jesus' name. I come from that tradition. My grandfather was an AME pastor minister and he was president of the NAACP in Charleston, South Carolina in the 40s and 50s. And he told my mom I never met him. I'm not working for myself. I'll never see the changes. I'm working for my children and my grandchildren. And that's crazy to me because that's me. So I can't stop building a community. And as my uncle said, bringing the gifts that our ancestors gave me, I really do see myself in my children and all the children. I am the hope and the dream of this life. So at that, because I have fewer years ahead of me than I have behind me, that's true. I like to think about that and look forward. What keeps me going is all that brought me to this point and then what I'm building for others going forward. I want to be someone who advances the people. Advances the people. I want to be someone my people don't have to fix things. No, I can catch back up again. I'm going to put us back on my trap. I want to have really led in a way that is consistent with the dignity and hope of our ancestors. In my case, as you know, I'm an African-American male and I was raised in a Baptist church sometimes when I was home with my mom and then an advanced church went out to other places. So I came up with two different churches. And I think that what I would say that I was sheltered from a lot of life until a certain age. But at a certain point, you've got to be in the world and you've got to be a part of it. And so when I heard all of the atrocities and things that were happening, the black people had still happened. But what I think, the thing that made the difference for me was that I was taught to, you know, don't put any roadblocks in front of yourself if you see something that you want to do, go and do it. Do it until someone tries to stop you and then you can overcome that barrier. So I think that in bold and beautiful, you've got to really believe in yourself even in a system or society to some extent, not fully or anything, but where that may not have been sent possible, it is possible. But whatever you want to do is possible. I really wanted to be a music teacher. I ended up being a police chief. And I'm really clandest, actually, because I found out some things about myself that I did not know. I enjoy serving the community. I enjoy protecting people. I take it very seriously. And the number one issue with that is that you have to be a part of the people and if you're not, you are lost. Coming from the Bay Area, I have never seen that to visit like that in my whole life until that's something that I have great respect for and I'm really glad to be here today. United States of America. To me, my son died a couple of months ago and I lived in my life to be able to raise the United States of America that still care, that still love, that was still kind and still patient and all of those things and the one of my sons that was born and loving was the one that got me decided to go. So I got to be bold. I'm a black woman in America. I'm kind. Because I don't know anything else. I was raised by Amelia June Knitz and that's who she was. And she was born in Marysville, California and they didn't like us up there either y'all but she was both kind, loving and my friends are on this panel today and I'm wondering what I can share to those that are coming after me I want to share to those that are here with me now you young sisters, be bold. Be kind. Be loving. Be black. Teach your children well. Teach them to be bold. To be kind. I will be loving in America. So first and all y'all let me say that if you want to ask that we do this and thinking it was they will ask me what was not the best what was not the best put the mic up. Put the mic up. Who was it? Oh, it was not in Arkansas. Arkansas has a way of teaching of children of who they are. Put the mic up. It has a way of teaching children who they are and inspire in them to go further. In 1968 I was inspired with Dr. Martin Luther King he impressed on me that everybody was important and had a contribution to make is that everybody from a base black to a triple white had something to contribute and then secondly then secondly a few months ago I was once again inspired by one of the founding fathers of black theology and Dr. James Cohn who impressed on me that you cannot use the accomplishments of the path but you must interpret of this hour have any work to make those changes. So I want to ask everybody to be patient with us. We're going to go over about 15 minutes because I want you to hear their brilliance and you can ask a couple questions to donate money by drink visit the vendors one last time or the outside too. So this is a treat and we don't get to have this much collective brilliance together at the same time. So the first question I want to ask and I am going to ask you to give right to your point so that we can have people ask you some questions too is what is it going to take to make our society more equitable and just and systemically more something in your opinion what does it take and I'm going to start with Calvin and then Marilyn and then Jan and then Reverend. Well I wish I knew the answer but I can tell you what I think about equality and why we have more or less of it and I think it's just I think it's part of it is we live in a society that's founded a certain way and you have to understand that and be able to cope with that but I think it's what I said earlier you have to have something in front of you that you want to do and let nothing stop you from doing it. Thank you. Karen, but for me the most important piece of this is honesty and truth. Because what we do is we make people feel good you know what I'm saying they ask a question and we don't want to hurt somebody's feelings so we may not tell them what it is that we're feeling in that moment. We got to learn to be able to speak our and I mean our truth and it might hurt somebody's feelings but we can do it nicely I can say to you I don't want to hurt your feelings Calvin but I got to tell you something that's true about you and I wish people would come to me and honestly make that assessment and speak to me in truth because most people think I'm a little hard to handle so when they come to me being handling me with kids gloves but if you really want to handle me you got to come to me with honesty in truth and if we do that then we can begin to believe that there's an opportunity for us to go the next mile holding one another's hand I have someone sitting in the audience right now and the people would say would not be my best friend but I'm going to tell you that she has walked with me down past that no one else would walk and has held my hand in ways that no one else would hand and most people think I don't like white people hi Leanne so what I need to say is just be bold be honest and again you are part of my tribe if you care about all people and the ones of us who are being treated the worst and Anne is a European American sister and she is walking my sister so she's a sister to me so you don't have to be from the African diaspora to be in my tribe but you have to show me that you care about all people like Anne is doing so first of all simply the uniting of people with common causes there must be some motivation for our continuation in common causes or one of those ok so listen this is a little mini panel appetizer because we're hoping to do a community panel I haven't talked to Scott yet where people have a chance to come together for a movie entertainment just a little mini version of this but basically mostly the focus on the panel and I already let these guys know with exception of Reverend which I'd like to let them know that we're going to do this in a fuller way so this is a chance for you to ask brilliant people questions and I'm going to chime in myself because this is the work I spend my whole life doing so you have a question about what's going on in our community and the question not a sharing right now because of our time that would be great I would love you to come up on the mic and be bold I would say at the end is the diamard of the levels of people there's a young man right there who's going to ask the panel a question if you go ahead if you want to have a dream what kind of dream would you have out of the mouth so great I love that we would like to take that on Janet I'm sorry I'm starting to she's like family down and I keep calling her doctor but she's Janet so in the sense of how our country could get along better I mean there's lots of kind of journeys right I've got a dream of the ocean but that's not what you're talking about so I think we need to miss those back to the question about reparations we have to be very clear about and very honest about the truth that's happened from the beginning and to be very practical and to see in the next couple of years this high school graduation requirement to have completed the course of the studies to have a California high school diploma and that's the beginning of truth that will set us free so we're not making decisions based on mythology and a narrative that is much more informed than what I would just anyone else want to respond to that question I have a question about a young teen the audience anyone else what's your dream my dream would be an educational system that would correct of an educational system that would include an educational system because as long as we're going to work with what we got in my perspective it's not going to change anything because what we do is every several years we go back and we try to do it over again the same way we started to do it that the first time and obviously there was something wrong because we've been going through this for a hundred years and the African American child is still alive so if we were even in the middle then I could say educational system was doing something but the our children continue to be on the wild so we're just going to keep on going back into these schools saying that's the school but we're not getting ready to throw the baby out with the bath water we're going to have fun I read someone said the poorest person in the world is the person that have no dream it would be my dream that people would dream and never work diligently to make those dreams come true come on we'll take one more question because of our time this is a mini panel we want to do a fuller panel with some of the people up here on this stage and so I can't tell you the cumulative brilliance is above them so I hope you take your advantage and ask a question he's going to respond to the young man's question and I think you have an excellent question and so I go back to the basics for me what I would, what my dream would be is called the Golden Rule you know do unto others as you would have been doing to yourself and I think that's big if we could halfway there it would be something worth accomplishing great question and I just want to say does anyone else have any more questions for now anybody else because we are a little over time so I'm going to answer that question too I have a dream that all of you would learn about systemic historical constructs, policies and practices that have unfairly privileged my white brothers and sisters to this day I have a dream that you would read a book and go to communities and see what people who are being targeted with them are going through I have a dream that you would understand that it's not because they're done it's not because they're not working hard enough because if it was black people would be the richest people in this world, the western world wealth is built on their backs from slavery I have a dream that you would know that I have a dream that you would love me and care about me as much as you care about your own that when you see those babies being slaughtered on TV that you wouldn't say things like they shouldn't have stole that candy bar I look for a reason to justify the injustice and the murder that is being done to many young people I have a dream I have a dream that you would understand that we are at the boiling point of a preface of having a global situation that is an extreme mess because of the intent of social media so that hate those isms all those things that you're seeing are spreading like the most deadly virus and we are in trouble and you're talking to an optimistic positive loving person I have a dream that you would understand that regardless of whether you are black or white or brown or blue or my favorite color purple you would realize that you are accountable for people who look like me you are accountable for people who have suffered like me for centuries you are accountable to people who have made it so you can have the cushy lives that you have here in Davis and beyond my people brown and black and all people but my people especially have paid a deep price and they are dying like flies in 2019 I have a dream that you would wake up and do something about it and I have a dream because that's a brilliant question young man that we would make sure our babies are getting an equitable education as Jan and Marilyn have talked about that we would make sure our babies are not being profiled I don't hate all police I have a lot of them shared I don't hate idiots I just want them to fix the culture it's a culture thing and do the same toxic stuff it's called eternalized oppression for my brothers and sisters of color I have a dream that you would understand that if you are not aware of the systemic constructs, polities and the isms that are affecting your life then you are going to be our worst enemy to our own community loving Africa does not mean that you don't love other people loving your history and your culture does not mean that you don't care about other people society is telling you not to like yourself with skin color combing your hair I'm not against however you want to look like but if it makes you not like who you are then I'm against it I have a dream that all of us would collectively wake up as a community and realize that the love that this purple AK lady has is based on a real love I'm not human enough to tell you the truth I'm not human enough to let you know that I'm going to spend the rest of my waking day fighting for justice fighting for people's right to thrive not just to survive and waking up my other brothers and sisters who have so much privilege and who are not doing anything because it ain't happening to me attitude and they're not doing anything and sitting at home comfortable and retired folks you don't have the right to retire right now this is all all hands on board it is so good stop that there y'all and I have a dream that people understand it's not enough most of you do so I'm not screaming at you but I gotta be real with you my babies who I love so much for me those babies are 35 and under and they are of every view I'm mama to many babies not white babies, not Asian babies, not brown I'm a mama to them all in a dark sort of a way but I need you to know that your brown and black babies are suffering the most they're going through everything that all the other babies go through but because of that historical stuff they are suffering I have a dream that you would come out of retirement and if you're working that you would dedicate a portion of your time to do something to give back to our communities our babies are suffering suicide rates our skyrocketing our belief deaths and again I'm not saying to everyone just outhanding these are fine there's all kinds of good ones out there doing it we had a fire department here earlier I love them to death Natalie Carone who was killed that sister was going to revolutionize police and she had a heart story and I loved that I'm going to be one and I'm like oh my god I have a dream and I'm going to say this that we would come out of our corners stop fighting and sit down and have this hard conversation whether it's working or not I was telling my brother Will here I know that we're going to save people that I love so much we got to sit down with the people who are willing to sit with us and figure this out they have the power for centuries whether it's in economics the core system education our political system I'm sorry yes we need to be doing our own thing and by all means do it but if you stop talking to those people who have so many of our babies they are going to drown as opposed to just all in a seat so young men ladies and gentlemen I'm going to say I love myself I'm going to say I'm tremendous intern you're still here stand up I'm going to thank the committee I'm going to thank the committee is Megan still here please Megan and Katrina Michael Grimm the sound man Mike Chappelle by the way this is not just a DJ this is not just a sound man this brother's out there working in schools doing a fine program he's out there making a difference I love this man with all my heart and I want to say to you this was not easy to do because you know how it is people forget we're interacting with hundreds of people they're interacting with us and so we get stuff late we get stuff late in the morning oh my god my head is going to explode and I love everybody he is doing some power from the power of the future stop would you please stand up hey would you guys stand up Katrina and she's in there and all of our marvelous bringers I want to thank Dr. Stammer Garcia look I believe in God I see him in his miracles I have a feeling when we get to the other side everyone's going to be surprised I don't think there's only one way that God just going to say that but I haven't said that any bottle study that talks about the real issues I'm there so from that note I want to say to you all thank you for coming again thank you Michael Brim and Mike Chappelle I want to thank all of our bringers it's not too late please one last push to go buy something go outside you guys just cost a lot of money and this is how to support it buy a raffle ticket because we're about to call some tickets this is your last call to go buy some raffle tickets because we're going to call these prizes and I'm going to ask God and Lexis to come up here let's give them all another hand thank you for coming today I mean you talked about holding talent and keeping this captain in the heart procedure earlier it was a joke I love you all with all of my heart my dream is you would know that my dream is that you would next year bring your whole family so this place is still packed out that we can learn and enjoy together and again I'm going to call out some tickets where's Lexis Lexis to pay my incredible co-host Sarah where are my interns come up here all of you please I want to thank you all the interns that are still here tail please please we don't have come on up give them a big hand come on up stop make it please come on up families that are helping more please so support my babies some of them are graduating they need jobs bring them back tickets up Hank is an L3 who cares about our community Megan you know the phone that y'all are having in the kitchen Megan my sister she's a soul sister now she helped me work out together at the last minute Megan, Caitlin and Lou and they're going to give a hand I give direction to Tia, Sarah and Lexis because she's a great job again as you can see and please forgive me they are my baby and they represent different parts of the world and I'm going to be honest with you Scott with everyone we could not do this event without this guy they were great friends I was loving when they were nine they had to deal with all my shenanigans as you know what baby we're going to give them a timeline but they just lost one loved one which was good with that so we're going to work with them until they give them stuff and that's what I'm going to tell you it drives you crazy Scott his willingness to get the program stuff for the last minute that's not how you operate just so you know when we do the international festival 3,000 to 5,000 people you have deadline your stuff will get in all of these people here have made it that tale walking in a fashion show for the first time I just thought he was wonderful Nora on the end one of the most, I'm sorry I'm going to thank her because I'm going to release some of them Nora on the end one of the most powerful sisters that I know she is brilliant brilliant Taylor also is an artist he's amazing these two I only have them they were working with Megan and Megan your food cat so I just love other things too Alexis, Sarah who are the other people that where's Patty? come here Patty where is she? my little short patty I can't see her I mean again they made this possible they supported the committee they did hours and hours of work that's why this has been so beautiful 10 a.m. at Red Sheet and Nadia these sisters here these are your future failure producers they, wait till you see our documentary across the dark with that the thing I did on that thing it is going to make you go hmm okay so I want to say thank you Ann oh my god that sign you see up there that's the art team that's Laura Taylor and who am I missing helping out the left and she had a lead and there's someone else they made that gene tea sign they put those Greek symbols all around them please give them all a big hand Megan Megan Scott thank you for coming I want to call you guys come up and call the tickets you guys stay here someone is about to win some prizes and let's just thank you thank you all man rock old I don't know what's in here but it's good it's worth a food talk our game is food talk everybody I've known Sadie for over 20 years now she will work you to death come on she will work you to death she will work you out come here so I just want to thank Sandy today and I want everybody in here to thank Sandy at home