Continuing the conversation for healing and unity
(Part 2) Taking a stand against injustice and creating real change“Let’s create not only some healing here but some real change. … Change is automatic, but progress is not. And so this is a conversation today to see if we can create some progress. … What this is really about is getting to what we can do to tap into unity, and love, and compassion, and connection to one another. What can we do to move forward?”
– Tony Robbins
Description: The conversation continues. In this 2-hour episode, Tony hosts a panel of five cross-generational leaders who share their unique experience of what it is to be Black in America today. Themes include the importance of listening to others, especially those who may have opinions, beliefs, experiences, or political leanings different than our own. This episode’s guests lend their voice to what we, as a unified society, need to do, in order to understand, unite, and make progress — together — by tapping into love, compassion, and our deep connection to one another.
The Conversation: It’s been over three months since George Floyd was killed by police during an arrest in Minneapolis. The incident has reignited a centuries-long conversation around race in the United States and the injustices that African Americans can face. You’ll hear guests reference the murder of a 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose killers were acquitted on September 23, 1955 — 65 years to the date of the recent ruling on the shooting death of 26-year-old, Breonna Taylor, in Louisville. The aftermath of these and combined stacking of Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, and Trayvon Martin, to name a few, has brought this nation to a galvanized threshold. With thousands of people around the world in grief, humanity is speaking loud and clear. The time is now to create progress rooted in our nation’s foundation of ‘justice for all.’ As Tony said in the first episode of this special two-part interview series, change is automatic – but progress is not.
“If love is not yet won, the battle is not yet over.” – Martin Luther King III
Click here to listen to Part 1 of this 2-Part series.
The first episode of panelists included Martin Luther King III, Coach Doc Rivers, an LAPD officer, and seven other special guests.
Part 2 Guests:
Charlamagne tha God (Radio show host, author, influencer)
Rev. Jesse Jackson (Civil rights activist, former aide to Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Barbara Becnel (Journalist, film producer, prison reform advocate) (Author, television host) (President and CEO of the NAACP)
