Heather McGee

From the takeover of Venezuela with a motivation of controlling oil resources and no care for the people who live there and have been in desperation for so long, to the militarization of our communities, to the dehumanization of

of immigrants and people of color in the rhetoric that this regime has espoused.

He wouldn't be surprised by it.

He would be inspired by the activism that is happening today.

But I do think that for somebody who saw so much progress in such a short time, he would be impatient for us.

He would say, as he did say in 1967, the beloved community is a realistic vision of an achievable society.

one in which problems and conflicts exist but are resolved peacefully and without bitterness.

I think he would say, why haven't we gotten there?

Why are so many people still willing to believe the zero-sum lie?

And I think he would have a lot to say to the current White House.

Thank you, Tanya.

Thank you for having me on this really sacred day.

I'm so grateful.

So when I was a teenager, I had so much social anxiety, like crippling.

I was from a really big family with a million brothers and sisters, so you might be surprised to see that as a characteristic of me.

But we were fundamentalists.

I was homeschooled.

We were very isolated.

I lived out with the cows in cornfields.

Now, my mom was a real teacher.