1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,360 I am glad I'm all to be small. 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:05,680 Yeah. 3 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:14,640 Also responded. 4 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,120 Any sort of thing. 5 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:34,800 Yeah. 6 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,280 The students ran action. 7 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,880 First off, we want to thank everyone for being here 8 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:47,360 today. 9 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,440 Whether you're a student, a parent, or a member of 10 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,960 our community, you came today to support our community. 11 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,520 It means so much to have all of you here 12 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,680 to honor those we've lost and to join us in 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,840 demanding that our lawmakers do better. 14 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,680 Just one week ago, eight people from ages three to 15 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,160 sixty-one were shot and killed just a few miles from 16 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:12,800 here. 17 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,640 To the families of the victims, we want to say 18 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,400 we're greeting for you and with you. 19 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:20,400 These are your children. 20 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,440 Your brothers and sisters, your parents and grandparents, and your 21 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:24,640 friends in college. 22 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:25,920 They deserved better. 23 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,360 We all deserve better. 24 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,120 For us, it is literally hit like home. 25 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,080 I was raised here and I prayed myself for being 26 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,040 a part of such a brave and loving community. 27 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,120 Words can never describe this endless unity, this feeling of 28 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,160 intense power. 29 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:54,320 But even with this solitary, I am scared for our 30 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,640 safety here and across the country. 31 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,800 Our lives have been marked with school shootings, mass shootings, 32 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,960 and shootings in our community every single day, and shootings 33 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,280 that don't make national headlines. 34 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,360 Guns are the number one killer of young people in 35 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,280 both America and Texas. 36 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:19,640 This is not normal. 37 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:22,120 And no other nation on earth allows children to be 38 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,280 shot and killed in schools like this. 39 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,640 Year after year, tragedy after tragedy. 40 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,640 Lawmakers in Texas have offered empty statements while they got 41 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:39,080 the laws meant to protect us. 42 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,240 And now they're going even further. 43 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,920 No, no common sense. 44 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:59,400 If more guns made us safer, we'd be the safest 45 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:00,200 country in the world. 46 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,000 This is all while they're refusing to pass life-saving common 47 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,040 sense gun safety laws like raising the age. 48 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,720 They're choosing to enable this violence with every vote they 49 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,280 take or fail to take, stripping us of our basic 50 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:21,560 public safety measures. 51 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,400 They're putting profits for gun makers ahead of our safety. 52 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,080 Two years ago, Governor Grant Albert signed a permanent carry 53 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,800 into law, literally flooding the guns industry over our own 54 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:36,520 safety. 55 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,840 The gun homicide rate in Texas has increased 91% from 56 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,240 2012 to 2021. 57 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,240 We are all living in constant fear of gun violence. 58 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,040 Because gun violence is all around us, we won't accept 59 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,080 it anymore 60 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,920 This year there have been over 75 students walkouts in 61 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,440 our across our state. 62 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,040 Thousands of students have walked out, marched, and demanded our 63 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,320 lawmakers to listen to our generation. 64 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,320 The walkouts that took place across our state were another 65 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,200 showing to our communities, our state, and our country that 66 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,560 we have enough. 67 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,480 But lawmakers accept us to show up for the day 68 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:25,520 and lost interest. 69 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,400 They are wrong. 70 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,480 This generation will continue to fight. 71 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,240 We will continue testify. 72 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,560 You're only making schools more dangerous. 73 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,480 And it will not be ignored. 74 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,720 Gun violence is bigger than our state, which is why 75 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,160 we're calling on Congress to reinstate the ban on assault 76 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,120 weapons. 77 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,600 Pass gun laws. 78 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,040 Keep us safe. 79 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,440 That's our fellow students, you have a role to play 80 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:30,600 in this fight. 81 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,080 If you're a student and want to make your voice 82 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,440 hurt, join us. 83 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:35,400 Make your voice hurt 84 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,200 Take students to 6443. 85 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:39,080 Thank you. 86 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,640 Thank you so much to my action, all the work 87 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,600 that they're doing. 88 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,120 They are our future. 89 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,120 Next, I'd like to introduce State Representative Mahela Plista. 90 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,520 Texas Alchester 70. 91 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,760 I just want to thank every one of you for 92 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,200 being here today. 93 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,080 And I'm saddened by the fact that we have to 94 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:17,560 be here. 95 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,640 I just wanted to thank everybody for being here today. 96 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:24,760 And thank you. 97 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,920 And I'm sorry. 98 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,280 I'm moved by the fact that I'm seeing so many 99 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:35,960 people here on this beautiful morning. 100 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,400 And I wish that we weren't here to talk about 101 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,600 this issue. 102 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,800 I've heard all these great speakers, and I'm so thankful 103 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,720 for every one of you that have made your voice 104 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,720 heard for those that are voiceless right now. 105 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,120 I represent a diverse community. 106 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:59,560 I represent parts of Dallas, Plano, Richardson, and I proudly 107 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,200 represent a part a portion of Allen, Texas. 108 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,640 My community is diverse. 109 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,080 I grew up in my community. 110 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,120 I'm the first-generation born person in my family. 111 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,680 famil Myy came from Romania. 112 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:19,840 y. They came to this countr because they 113 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,160 believed this was the land of freedom 114 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,440 They believed that we could live a life of price 115 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:31,120 prosperity, a life of freedom, but most importantly, 116 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,720 that we could live. 117 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,480 When I grew up, when I was growing up in 118 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,880 Plano ISD, I never had to do an active shooter 119 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:41,920 drill. 120 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,240 I didn't know what that was. 121 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:52,400 But on Saturday, when I heard about this mass shooting, 122 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,280 that we could have prevented. 123 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,280 We were stalled. 124 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,000 We were told to wait. 125 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,520 It is unacceptable. 126 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,960 When I found out about the Allen shooting on Saturday, 127 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,120 I was on the floor of the House of Representatives. 128 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,960 I immediately left and came back to the district. 129 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,520 I felt a calling to be with you, my constituents, 130 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,400 because you guys give me strength to go back and 131 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,920 keep fighting. 132 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,760 I didn't get on the news and talk about mental 133 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:07,560 health. 134 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,200 I heard my colleagues talk about mental health for 30 135 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,240 hours. 136 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,880 And then when I got back on the floor of 137 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:21,160 the house, I laid out Nami's number one mental health 138 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,040 bill. 139 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,400 House Bill 4713. 140 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,760 People let you know. 141 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,240 Give me a seat at the table. 142 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,880 We can continue putting more people at the table. 143 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,560 We need to go home. 144 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:51,640 We need to talk to our families. 145 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,560 We need to talk to our friends. 146 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:55,880 We need to register to vote. 147 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:04,120 There are only 15 days left in this legislative session. 148 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,680 My colleagues have done nothing. 149 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,840 They have not passed any bill to keep us safe. 150 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,000 As a matter of fact, they keep passing bad pills 151 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,840 that will make us have these things happen over and 152 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:20,440 over again. 153 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,360 It's that we must. 154 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,320 I need you guys to contact every state representative from 155 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,480 Collin County to Denton County to Tarran County to Dallas 156 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,600 County. 157 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:47,280 And you let them know. that you are ready to 158 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,480 register, and you are ready to vote 159 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,760 We must have change in Texas. 160 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,520 Let's get to work. 161 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,880 Hold them out. 162 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,760 Cold them out. 163 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:14,480 All right, everyone. 164 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,240 We've eaten up a little bit out here. 165 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,800 So we reminder, we have our water station. 166 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,520 You feel hot, please go stock up. 167 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:25,680 Um, I do want to introduce um our next speaker 168 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,800 with the C Run Foundation, and I'm asking Blair Taylor, 169 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,360 a volunteer with Mom's Demand to also come up. 170 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:32,240 Thank you, Blair! 171 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,360 Um, so my name is Blair Taylor. 172 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,360 I'm the community outreach lead for the Dallas County for 173 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,480 the Dallas County chapter of Moms Demand Action for Duncan 174 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,040 America. 175 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:51,520 So I am so excited today to introduce you to 176 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:52,400 O'Neill. 177 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,800 And the reason is gun violence has so many layers, 178 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:57,360 right? 179 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,000 It's it has lots of causes, and we have lots 180 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,280 of solutions. 181 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,560 Currently, we are all feeling that bang your head against 182 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:07,280 the wall that is the legislative session. 183 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,240 Am I right? 184 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,680 Hold on to that anger when it's next election season. 185 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,840 In the meantime, we can do things to curb epidemic 186 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,920 gun violence, and one of those things that we can 187 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,880 do is crime prevention through environmental design. 188 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,640 It's directly linked to environmental justice, which is also how 189 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,120 we combat systemic racism and economic oppression. 190 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,960 All factors in gun violence 191 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,720 So the Dallas chapter nominated our community partner here 192 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,680 for a grant to fund the project. 193 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:41,880 And we got it. 194 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,840 Woo. 195 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:50,920 So our Hair Orange Project starts next weekend. 196 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,000 So we are canvassing, we are having resource block parties, 197 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,360 we are canvassing some more. 198 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,440 We are doing get up to code events, which he's 199 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,920 going to talk about, and we need your help. 200 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,120 This is all happening in South Oak Cliff in the 201 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,560 Deer Path Park area, one of the hot zones of 202 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:12,040 gun violence in this city and in this state. 203 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,080 So I want to introduce you to O'Neal to tell 204 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,600 you about this foundation, and then find me, find one 205 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,600 of us, and we will get you connected because we 206 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,680 need the boots on the ground, and you guys are 207 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:23,640 the boots. 208 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,200 Thank you so much, both. 209 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,240 Real quick, I know it's tomorrow, but I just want 210 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,160 to say, you know, happy Mother's Day. 211 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,720 All the beautiful, all the strong Mother's Day, allow this 212 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,080 to happen, allow for this organization, allow for this coordinate 213 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,760 coordination for us to be able to curb this epidemic. 214 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,520 This is the real pandemic. 215 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,120 This pandemic has been going on way longer than COVID-19. 216 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,760 Real quick, again, my name is O'Neil, and this is 217 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:55,240 my team. 218 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,040 This is Brooklyn Easy, and this is CNN Casillon. 219 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,160 They are my board members for the SAREN Foundation. 220 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:05,880 So the SARM Foundation is the socioeconomic revitalization of urban 221 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,080 neighborhoods. 222 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,360 We have to understand that any change that we want 223 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,160 to see, regardless if it's gun violence, regardless if it's 224 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,400 drug pedaling, regardless if it'ss a lack of accessibility to 225 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,360 economic wealth, that it becomes a social isue. 226 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,560 People. 227 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,920 And whenever we see this type of epidemic, when it 228 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,880 comes to gun violence, we're seeing an attack on our 229 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,920 people, an attack on our communities, an attack on our 230 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:36,640 neighborhoods. 231 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,120 And that's why we got to make sure that we 232 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,040 come together as a people, as a community, as a 233 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,520 group, as an organization, and we fight. 234 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,080 We fight. 235 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:55,600 They allow this to happen. 236 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,280 They take the easy route. 237 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,960 They know that any type of policy they can do, 238 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,920 that they can push any type of legislation, Greg Abbott. 239 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,120 John Corner. 240 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,960 It's an urban environmental uh initiative where we go in 241 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,800 with to low income, underserved communities and help with urban 242 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:50,880 urban environmentalism, illegal illegal, uh, excuse me, um uh yeah, 243 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,160 race mismanagement and illegal dumping that happens in these neighborhoods. 244 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,800 And why this is so thank you, I appreciate that. 245 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,960 Why this is so important, is that when we we 246 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:03,160 talk about urban environmentalism,'re not just talking about necessarily the 247 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,840 the air that they breathe, the water that they drink, 248 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,440 or the land that we have our families live on, 249 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,000 but the actual structure of those neighborhoods and communities through 250 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:20,040 the oppressive, racist, redlining, and discriminatory 251 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,680 housing that affects and makes it so that we have 252 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,800 no accessibility to the resources that would allow us to 253 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,240 be able to curb these issues like gun violence. 254 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:40,600 Urban environmentalism is about the health of our 255 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,960 neighborhoods. 256 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,440 It's about the health of the individual. 257 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,880 It's about the health of your grandma, your grandfather, your 258 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,520 uncle, your auntie, your cousins that live on the block 259 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,760 with you, that have to see this, that have to 260 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,560 breathe in the toxic air, that have to drink the 261 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:00,920 polluted and lead-polluted waters that afflict South Dallas, West Dallas, 262 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:06,280 Oakliffe, PG, all these communities that have been left and 263 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,240 thrown to the side, thrown to the wayside, and then 264 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:14,360 get attacked by mass shootings, by attacks by gun violence. 265 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,680 Listen, this time last year, our family is 266 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:28,440 from Buffalo, New York. 267 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:33,320 You got it? 268 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,240 Last year, I was grateful that my team was blessed 269 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,400 enough to be able to do a cleanup in front 270 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,280 of the grocery store that got shot up and we're 271 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,400 a terrorist. 272 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:59,120 You people, one of which was close to my family. 273 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,200 People like that allow this type of legislation to loosen 274 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:06,400 these gun laws. 275 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,520 All they're doing is arming terrorists. 276 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,920 Let me tell you something right now. 277 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,440 Love will always triumph over hate. 278 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:35,280 That's the opponents of stricter gun laws. 279 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,880 You're going to lose. 280 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,520 Thank you, O'Neal. 281 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:02,800 Emil is amazing. 282 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:03,760 His team is amazing. 283 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,840 And I just wanted to point this out, like this 284 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,520 is why we brought him here. 285 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,960 Because this is actionable change that you can help with 286 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,000 right now. 287 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,600 You don't have to wait to vote. 288 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,520 You don't have to wait to make the call for 289 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:16,960 the next bad bill. 290 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:22,080 You can help with community outreach and resources right now. 291 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,200 The second piece of community outreach that we have coming 292 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,000 up is Pride Parade in Dallas. 293 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Now, more than ever, we show up. 294 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,640 We show up for the LGBT plus community and we 295 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:44,120 affirm that. 296 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:48,120 So Kane has no room in our state, despite what 297 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,840 our lawmakers have decided that they want. 298 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,760 And it is our job and our privilege as moms, 299 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,640 as mothers and others to show up in this way. 300 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,080 O'Neill just made this comment that love is gonna win. 301 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,320 We need to remember love is not always soft and 302 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:03,800 gentle. 303 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:04,840 Love is loud. 304 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:09,880 Love is loud, love seeks justice, and that's what we're 305 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:10,680 doing. 306 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:13,160 Thank you, Claire. 307 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:17,160 Thank you, Neil. 308 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,680 Next, I would like to introduce Francine Lee, Chapter President 309 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:26,120 of North Texas, Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs. 310 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:36,440 The same great fires that forged the Constitution is calling 311 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,120 upon us right now. 312 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,680 For us to take up the mantle to solve an 313 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,800 epidemic that is sweeping across America. 314 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,600 I am the chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Public 315 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,120 Affairs Association, North Texas chapter. 316 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,000 Thank you, France. 317 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,800 But in this moment, the only thing that are important 318 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,680 and matters to us are our children and our fellow 319 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:08,040 Americans who are being slaughtered in schools, 320 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:13,800 malls, churches, and public gathering spaces. 321 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:18,320 I'm not here to give the regular everyday speech that 322 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:23,200 we do after each mass shooting because words cheap and 323 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,040 I'm tired of talking. 324 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:33,760 As a former child refugee who had bullets shot 325 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,360 at me and my family as we were running through 326 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:42,560 the fields of Cambodia, fleeing, evacuating for our lives. 327 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:07,520 This is why I am proud to stand here with 328 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:13,520 moms demand action and our many, many extraordinary advocacy 329 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:19,520 group, Daisy Blue, Rise AAPI, many 330 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:24,160 many others here. 331 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,520 Secure safety for the next generation. 332 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:43,680 By preventing gun related violence through aggressive solutions. 333 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,600 Invest in mental health resources. 334 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,120 If not us, then who? 335 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:58,720 If not now, elect real 336 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:12,600 leaders to the state house, state senate, Congress, and thank 337 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:13,080 you. 338 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,120 Thank you so much, Mike. 339 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,400 Next, I have the pleasure of introducing a dear friend 340 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,920 of mine, Kat Vargas, volunteer with the Texas chapter of 341 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:35,640 Mom to Man Action. 342 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,160 Hello, my name is Kat Vargas. 343 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,640 I'm a volunteer with the Texas chapter of Moms to 344 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,240 Man Action and a member of the Collin County community. 345 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,880 I first started volunteering in 2019 after the El Paso 346 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:54,680 shooting when a white supremacist left Allen and drove 650 347 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,920 miles to murder 23 people who look like my husband 348 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,280 and our beautiful boys. 349 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,920 I distinctly remember laying in bed with my husband that 350 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,440 August 3rd night. 351 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,920 We had two children at the time, and I remember 352 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,000 thinking we need it to be logical. 353 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,240 As I said, I'll cover the baby and you cover 354 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,040 the oldest because you're bigger. 355 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,720 It was at that moment something inside me broke. 356 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,440 This was not la logical. 357 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,680 Living this way is not rational, and I refuse to 358 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,520 accept it as normal. 359 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,120 Days later, I attended my first mom-to-man action meeting, and 360 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,880 for the last four years I have made the simple 361 00:24:46,880 --> 00:25:02,320 commitment to keep showing. 362 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,080 In April, I joined Evalde families and survivors, my fellow 363 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,480 volunteers and other Texans, waiting 13 hours to testify on 364 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:14,720 House Bill 2734 to raise the age to 21 to 365 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,720 purchase and possess assault style weapons in Texas. 366 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,160 My husband is a first responder here in Allen. 367 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,040 And I testified that he came home. 368 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:25,920 Thank you. 369 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,320 And I testified that he came home with their training 370 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,840 one day, emotionally sharing. 371 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:36,720 We are training not to prevent shootings, but to arrive 372 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,720 to dead bodies and tear treatment for those we think 373 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,120 might be lucky enough to live. 374 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,880 Just two weeks later, he responded to the shooting at 375 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,520 the outlet mall. 376 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,240 Which should have been a fun day of shopping turned 377 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,600 into a war zone where children as young as three 378 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,960 years old were shot and killed. 379 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:08,000 We are here to say not one more. 380 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,960 Not one more. 381 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:25,480 This week in our state legislature, after an unprecedented bipartisan 382 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,320 vote out of the Community Safety Select Committee, Republicans refused 383 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,960 to bring raise the age for a full vote on 384 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,400 the House floor. 385 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,480 Shame on them! 386 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,480 Shame on them! 387 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,240 Shame on them! 388 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,160 Shame on them! 389 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,000 Shame on them! 390 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:44,600 Shame on them! 391 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,840 Because Texas lawmakers have failed us repeatedly, refusing to take 392 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,040 action on even the most basic of gun safety solutions 393 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,200 that Texans agree on. 394 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,800 Local bomb demand action volunteers will now shift our focus 395 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,600 to federal action to protect our loved ones. 396 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,800 As we approach May 24th in the one-year mark of 397 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,920 the Evalde shooting, in the wake of our own community's 398 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,480 devastation, we call on Congress to reinstate the bipartisan assault 399 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:18,760 weapons ban. 400 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,640 These weapons of war have absolutely no place in our 401 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,960 streets or in our malls. 402 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,800 Well, today marks one week since our reported white supremacists 403 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,640 took the lives of at least eight of our neighbors 404 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,160 and community members, wounding at least seven more. 405 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,120 Tomorrow on Mother's Day will mark one year since the 406 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,240 white supremacists in Buffalo, New York took the lives of 407 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,280 ten people and wounded three others at a grocery store. 408 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,800 The shooters were armed with hate and a firearm. 409 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,000 Not only a firearm, but an assault weapon, a weapon 410 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,840 of war designed to kill as many people as quickly 411 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,040 as possible. 412 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,840 Congress passed an assault weapons ban in 1994 on a 413 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,280 bipartisan basis. 414 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:22,320 More than 50 Republicans in Congress voted in support. 415 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,280 But in 2004, the gun lobby prevented it from being 416 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:26,480 renewed. 417 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,320 They came together last summer to fight to pass the 418 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,800 bipartisan Safer Communities Act. 419 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,680 All we're asking is for Congress to find that common 420 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,440 ground again, to listen to the American people, to listen 421 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:46,960 to Texans and reinstate the bipartisan assault weapons ban. 422 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,880 So on tomorrow's Mother's Day, all over America, and especially 423 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,840 here in Texas, there are mothers that will go to 424 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:12,800 bed tonight asking themselves who will cover which child. 425 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:49,560 For more than thoughts and prayers, we are demanding policy 426 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:50,840 and change. 427 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,400 It will take all of us. 428 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,800 And I am asking that everyone here pull out your 429 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,480 phone right now. 430 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:13,160 And text FedUp to 6443. 431 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:19,000 Text FedUp to 6433 to get connected and 432 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:24,120 to make the calls to reinstate the bipartisan assault weapons 433 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:24,760 ban. 434 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,160 And I want you to make a promise to yourself 435 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,480 that you will continue to show up and demand Congress 436 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,960 do something now. 437 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,000 Thank you so much, Kat, and all the work you're 438 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:41,560 doing. 439 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,960 Next, we have Semina Kamali. 440 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,640 64433. 441 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,400 Yes, so I'm gonna repeat that. 442 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:01,000 Next up, we have Samina Kamali, attorney, activist, advocate for 443 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,400 civil rights and women's rights. 444 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:11,000 I'm not here representing any official organization or nonprofit or 445 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:11,800 community. 446 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:16,360 I'm here representing my broken heart. 447 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:17,640 Hold it on the side. 448 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,800 And my broken heart has something to say to you. 449 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,040 Take care of yourself. 450 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,480 Take care of the people that you love, and let 451 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,120 the people that you love take care of you. 452 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,880 Ending mass shootings in America is going to take a 453 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,880 change in our culture. 454 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,040 And that isn't going to happen in a matter of 455 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:43,800 days or weeks or months. 456 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,800 So we're in this together for a while. 457 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,000 They want to ignore the connection between mass shootings and 458 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,520 anti-immigrant rhetoric happening right now at the border. 459 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,160 Anti-Asian hate crimes, record high. 460 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,880 Anti-Semitic crimes, record high. 461 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,400 Anti-Muslim rhetoric by a city councilman right here in Allen. 462 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,640 It's all related, is my point. 463 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:13,760 It's all connected. 464 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,040 All the hate and violence is connected. 465 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,920 And now that we've made the problem so much bigger, 466 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,280 what are we going to do? 467 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,120 We know it's not ending with thoughts and prayers because 468 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,160 we heard earlier from our Methodist pastor that faith without 469 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,400 works is dead. 470 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,320 Just like John Lewis told his people who were marching 471 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,960 and risking their lives for civil rights. 472 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,640 And that phrase is a very paraphrased. 473 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,880 When you see a thing that is evil, you change 474 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,160 it with your hands. 475 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,200 If you cannot change it with your hands, you speak 476 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,040 out against it with your tongue. 477 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,760 If you cannot speak out against it with your tongue, 478 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,600 you hate it in your heart. 479 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,720 I told you at the beginning, my heart is broken. 480 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,240 But I have my hands and I have my voice, 481 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,080 and I am honored to be here with you. 482 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,120 Thank you. 483 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:33,000 Thank you so much, S. 484 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,920 Again, go grab a bottle of water 485 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,800 Next up, I am so proud to introduce Sandvi Mukara 486 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:46,200 and the March for Our Lives Greater Dallas group. 487 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,440 Good afternoon, everyone. 488 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,400 My name is Sandvi Mukara, and I'm the representative of 489 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,200 the Greater Dallas March for Our Lives chapter, where we 490 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,880 walk to mobilize youth and students to work to prevent 491 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,560 gun violence across America. 492 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,960 To start off, I'd like to thank every single one 493 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,480 of you for taking the time out of your day 494 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:16,600 to rally with us. 495 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:18,920 I'd now like to talk about why this event is 496 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,120 happening and why I'm here. 497 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,840 Gun violence isn't a problem, but rather a pandemic across 498 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:25,560 America. 499 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,360 It's the greatest public health crisis that we suffer from, 500 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,080 and it's also the largest leading cause of youth death 501 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:31,960 nationally. 502 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,600 When we further examine gun violence through a racial equity 503 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,840 lens, we can see that while gun violence affects every 504 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,400 community in the United States, young black and brown people 505 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,880 experience the highest rates of homicide. 506 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:46,200 However, gun violence is an urgent, complex, and multifaceted problem. 507 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,960 To facilitate structural change, we need legislative change. 508 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,600 And that is brought about by using our voices to 509 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,240 tell the people in power what we want. 510 00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:58,120 Some of our elected representatives love sitting in the offices 511 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,840 that we put them in to protect us, doing absolutely 512 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:01,240 nothing. 513 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:03,160 And that's something that we all have the power to 514 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:04,040 change today. 515 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,120 I am here advocating with you all to make ripples 516 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:14,320 in a silent pond. 517 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,120 Although many criticized our efforts bleeding, but they would amount 518 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:17,760 to nothing. 519 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,240 When drivers see us from across the road, when we 520 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:22,400 make so much noise that residents open their windows to 521 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,960 see who's responsible for all the commotion, we'll make a 522 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,320 splash in that pond. 523 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,320 As we grieve for the city of Island, we turn 524 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,320 our grief into power and agency. 525 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,480 And as we stand here today, that splash in the 526 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,480 pond is going to keep rolling until it becomes a 527 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:35,280 huge wave. 528 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,680 One that will crash on the Capitol's doorstep. 529 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,320 No longer are we going to sit in silence and 530 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,120 fear as we watch our government fail to protect us. 531 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,920 We will march and rally and make noise every single 532 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,560 time to continue making ripples and waves in our tiny 533 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,000 little pond until eradication of gun violence across America is 534 00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,520 a reality, not a dream. 535 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:00,400 Thank you. 536 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:08,560 Thanks again. 537 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:10,880 Sorry. 538 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:20,080 A group of responsible gun owners who believe in both 539 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:24,640 the Second Amendment and the name for responsible gun ownership. 540 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:36,000 I'm a Vietnam era veteran, a former NRA certified 541 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,080 firearms instructor. 542 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:42,800 I did that so I could teach Boy Scouts how 543 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,680 to use guns safely. 544 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,680 I'm also a hunter. 545 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,640 And finally, I'm a father and a grandfather. 546 00:36:54,640 --> 00:37:01,400 And two weeks ago, my three-year-old granddaughter in San Antonio., 547 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,560 her nursery school was closed down because of threats of 548 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:06,520 a shooter 549 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,960 I grew up in a time and place where guns 550 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:17,080 were mere tools used by farmers and ranchers 551 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:22,040 to rid their land of rattlesnakes and coyotes and occasionally 552 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:28,600 bring home a rabbit or pheasant for dinner. 553 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,520 The times have changed. 554 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:36,360 Today our melting pot is a nation going through seismic 555 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:41,640 shift in growth and diversity with inclusion, 556 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:48,200 immigration, rokeness, threatening those in power. 557 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,920 And when I say those in power, I have to 558 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:55,320 have a disclaimer because I am one of those predominantly 559 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,000 white male Christians. 560 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,840 As a result, we find ourselves in a growing culture 561 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:12,360 war, a battle fueled by fear, uncertainty, hatred, 562 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:17,560 and a digital Greek chorus with a broadcasting 563 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:23,400 a continual message of disinformation and diverseness and 564 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,400 division. 565 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:31,560 For some, particularly for some fireworks, firearms, 566 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:37,160 particularly uh assault rifles, have become holy icons 567 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,360 in this war. 568 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:43,640 And the right to carry them, as Mike Pence recently 569 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:48,400 told the NRA spoke at the NRA National Convention. 570 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,960 A God-given liberty. 571 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:04,960 Tragically, along with weaponizing God and worshiping guns, 572 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,920 we reverted to sacrificing our own. 573 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:19,360 Over forty, six hundred people lost their lives to gun 574 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:20,320 violence. 575 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:26,000 That was an eleven percent increase over the past year, 576 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,320 and an average of one death every two hours. 577 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:37,200 Almost sixteen victims per 100,000 residents. 578 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:45,520 We're in this crisis in the Lone Star State largely 579 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:50,720 because lawmakers, perhaps clinging to the myth of the gunslinging 580 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:55,040 American cowboy, have chosen to banter to a vocal minority 581 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,720 in order to maintain power. 582 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,440 I will tell you personally, I'm such a bad shooter, 583 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,400 I need more than three. 584 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:23,560 It's time our lawmakers acknowledge the blood on their hands. 585 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:26,680 Okay, mom 586 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,800 It's time they man up. 587 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,200 Ramp up their courage and honor the wishes of a 588 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,440 majority of us by passing some basic majors. 589 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:45,320 Again, including restrictions on a load. 590 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,960 We'll lose both of those rights. 591 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:48,920 Thank you. 592 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:59,640 Thank you, Kat. 593 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,560 We heard from so many thoughtful speakers today that joined 594 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,080 our Mother's Day of Action to show up for the 595 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:11,480 victims and survivors of the Allen Outlet Mall shooting that 596 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,880 happened just one week ago. 597 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:18,360 And we're gonna make our voices heard. 598 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,120 So join me in telling our lawmakers. 599 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:23,480 We're not gonna go away. 600 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,320 We're only gonna get louder. 601 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:26,840 Enough is enough! 602 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,840 Enough is enough. 603 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,520 Enough is enough. 604 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,280 Enough is enough. 605 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,040 Enough is enough. 606 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:37,720 Enough is enough. 607 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,480 Enough is enough. 608 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:44,440 Enough. 609 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,240 I do want to thank so many people that made 610 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,920 today happen. 611 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,040 All the organizations that you heard from, so many others 612 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:54,600 that are here. 613 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,040 We have voter registration tables. 614 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:56,840 We got everything. 615 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,960 You know, come see this when we're done. 616 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:02,680 Because we are going to take action. 617 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:03,720 Yes, we are. 618 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,920 And thank you to every single one of you that 619 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,680 is here today. 620 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:22,160 If this is your first time joining us, welcome. 621 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:23,200 Stay with us. 622 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,880 Keep showing up. 623 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,240 We need your voice. 624 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:27,680 We need you here. 625 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:34,080 Texas lawmakers have failed us time and time again. 626 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,520 And so we are here. 627 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,960 We are here to take federal action to protect our 628 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,320 loved ones. 629 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,120 So we have a lot of asks from you. 630 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:48,480 You heard a lot of them already. 631 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,040 We're gonna recap them right now. 632 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,880 If you're fed up, and if you didn't already text, 633 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:58,240 text ready to 64433. 634 00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:01,600 That is how you're going to find out about our 635 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,440 wear orange dates or pride dates. 636 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,240 That is how you can take action right now, as 637 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:09,040 early as next Saturday. 638 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:10,400 So please text. 639 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,800 If you are a student, if you know students, sell 640 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:20,080 them to text students to 64433. 641 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,800 And use your voice. 642 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,160 Share what you heard today. 643 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,440 All these organizations we heard from, and so many more 644 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:45,040 are doing the work that we need to make change. 645 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,560 I am just, I'm so overwhelmed that all of you. 646 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:49,440 Thank you! 647 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,120 We have a chase of rings. 648 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,040 Now we're sweating out here. 649 00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,080 It doesn't matter. 650 00:43:58,080 --> 00:43:59,480 You're gonna hear us. 651 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:01,480 That's a beautiful song 652 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,920 So as we heard from our Clean the Block initiative, 653 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,160 we have a lot of great events coming up for 654 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:07,960 that event. 655 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:09,640 Wear Orange Weekend. 656 00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:13,160 That is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, where we're gonna 657 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:18,200 take action to honor victims and survivors of gun violence. 658 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,080 Dallas County has some events, Terrant County has some events. 659 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:22,440 Stay tuned for call in. 660 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:26,520 But you know, we have so many things coming up. 661 00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:27,560 We want you there. 662 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:28,600 We need you there. 663 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,800 So please, again, text so that you can find out 664 00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,960 about everything we're working on. 665 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,640 I do want to ask Blair. 666 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:38,680 It's me again. 667 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:41,240 Okay, y'all. 668 00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:45,560 Um some wonderful volunteers helped me, and we distributed these 669 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:46,680 red flags. 670 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,200 Okay. 671 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,560 Um, most of them have a sticker on it that 672 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:54,600 has the name and age and date, and some of 673 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,320 them have cities of people who have died by gun 674 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,240 violence in the state of Texas since January 1st, 2023. 675 00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,840 There's a couple that have some some gun violence stats 676 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:08,200 on there as well, but we handed out 300 flags. 677 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:08,680 Yay! 678 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:13,400 So here's what we're gonna do because visual optics matter. 679 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,040 So I want you guys to all take your red 680 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:20,120 flags, and there's a very tall gentleman wearing sunglasses. 681 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:20,680 I see him. 682 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:21,720 Do you see him? 683 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:24,840 No, don't turn around, sir. 684 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,080 Don't turn around yet. 685 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:32,680 Okay, so in a minute, when Alyssa, because she's in 686 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,240 charge, tells you that we're gonna do this. 687 00:45:35,240 --> 00:45:36,760 What I want you to do is I want you 688 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,760 to go over there and I want you to plant 689 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:42,040 your flags sort of like, you know, a foot apart, 690 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:43,720 six inches across, whatever. 691 00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:47,360 Plant your flag and then gather behind them so that 692 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,000 the playground is in the background. 693 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:51,280 Okay. 694 00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:54,480 Take your signs, get get act like you like each 695 00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,720 other, get kind of condensed, you know. 696 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:58,800 But we're gonna put our flags in there, we're gonna 697 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:00,480 take a big group shot. 698 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,440 Sorry, language, group picture. 699 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:08,720 Um, you're welcome 700 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:09,120 to. 701 00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,200 If you would like to leave it, I will take 702 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:12,000 them later. 703 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,600 If you want to take it with you and go 704 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:16,000 put it in some lawmakers' yard, I didn't say that. 705 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:17,200 Don't worry about that. 706 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:20,400 Don't be like me. 707 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,640 Here's Alyssa. 708 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:24,400 Thank you, Blair. 709 00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:30,880 I do want to highlight another point of action that 710 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,920 everyone here in our community can take. 711 00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,240 Everyone across the nation can take today. 712 00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:40,080 The city of Allen is honoring a moment of silence 713 00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:42,240 today at 3 36 p.m. 714 00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:45,360 Please set your alarms right now and join us in 715 00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:51,760 doing that to honor those eight lives. 716 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:55,280 I'm gonna leave you with this last thing. 717 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:56,640 Use your voice. 718 00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,880 Your voice is important. 719 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:00,560 You matter. 720 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:05,520 Call your legislators, call your friends, call your family. 721 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,400 Use your voice. 722 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,440 Remember why you're here today. 723 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,160 Remember what brought you here. 724 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:18,720 Remember why you want change. 725 00:47:18,720 --> 00:47:19,840 Go forth. 726 00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:20,560 Yay. 727 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:44,920 Where is the where I can find it?