This Is Personal (2019) - full transcript

[indistinct chatter]

[knocking on door]

[pounding on door]

[woman] Anyone home,
Paul Ryan?

[Tamika Mallory]
If we could just
huddle in close.

I feel
I'm in a spiritual mood.

I'm in a mood
for us to pray.

We gotta raise our voices.

[man] We come declaring
that we will not
let our people

be dispatched, carted up
and kicked out of this nation.

[crowd chanting in Spanish]



[continues in Spanish]

[police siren blaring]

-[horns honking]
-[officer in English] If you
remain in the roadway

and refuse to utilize
the sidewalk,

you will be forcefully
arrested and charged
with disorderly conduct.

[continues chanting
in Spanish]

[horns honking]

[speaking indistinctly]

-[man] They lynched us,
they sold us...
-[crowd] Yes, yes.

-...they auctioned us,
they raped us...
-[crowd] Yes, yes.

-[man] They brutalized us,
but here we stand.
-[crowd] Yes, yes.

-[man] Another generation.
-[crowd] Yes, yes, yes.

[Angela Davis]
Revolutionary hope resides

among those women
who have been
abandoned by history



and who are now standing up
and making their
demands heard.

Poor women, black women,
Muslim women,

-indigenous women,
queer women, trans women...
-[speaking indistinctly]

...when they begin to rise,

the whole world
will rise with them.

[speaking Spanish]

[in English]
E-R-I-K-A A-N-D-I-O-L-A

[woman] Go, Tamika Mallory!

My people can't be
in bondage and I'm free.

We must stand and love
and protect one another.

This is how
we're going to continue
to fight for one another.

We're gonna come out,
be unafraid,

and we're inviting
everybody else
to do the same.

[upbeat music playing]

I am officially running

for president of the
United States.

[crowd chanting] USA! USA!

I think the big problem
that this country has

is being politically correct.

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering loudly]

[Michelle Obama]
To dismiss this
as locker-room talk

is an insult
to decent men everywhere.

Do you believe in punishment
for abortion?
Yes or no, as a principle?

There has to be
some form of punishment.

-For the woman?
-Yeah.

[man] Trump that bitch.

-[crowd chanting]
-[man] Yeah, that's right,
lock her up.

This is a man
who has called women
pigs, slobs and dogs.

Such a nasty woman.

[man] Clinton is about
a two-to-one favorite.

[woman] It's really
an amazing opportunity

to be able to vote for the first woman president.

Donald Trump has won
the state of Ohio.

Donald Trump has won
the state of North Carolina.

-[reporter] Calling Florida
for Donald Trump.
-[crowd cheering]

[man] This is us.
This is our country.

You're awake, by the way.
You're not having
a terrible, terrible dream.

Also, you're not dead
and you haven't gone to hell.

This is your life now.

[woman] Honestly,
I'm stunned.

This is how half of America
really feels.

Fucking Donald Trump!

[indistinct shouting]

[female reporter]
Hundreds of thousands
of people are demonstrating

to protect rights
many women feel
could be in danger.

[crowd chanting]
Not my president!
Not my president!

Not my president!
Not my president!

[chanting continues]

[train horn hoots]

[indistinct PA announcement]

[Mallory] This lady...

-[music playing]
-...my mother, is incredible.

It went viral.
Twelve million views.

Yeah, she's something else,

but seeing her like that
gives me my life.

-[music stops]
-Yeah.

I'm going to D.C.
for the Women's March.

Big moment. Really big moment.

[chuckles]

[speaking indistinctly]

[Mysonne Linen] Tamika,
she is one of the greatest
civil rights leaders

of our time,

and I don't follow a lot of
people because I lead...

...so if I follow you,
then you worth following.

-[indistinct conversation]
-[Linen] She's got
the heart of a lion.

[police siren wailing]

[woman] And the war room
is going to have about
200 people coming in and out,

because this is where
they're going to be
picking up their...

[indistinct]

This started on social media,
and it has been driven
by social media.

I want us to be
trending on everything.

[woman] Okay.

[Bob Bland] When I got up
the morning after
the election...

one of my friends
called me and said,
"Hey, check this out."

She sent me the event of this
Hawaiian grandmother

Teresa Shook.

[Teresa Shook] When I went
to bed that night, I had
about 40 people coming.

And I woke up the next day,
10,000 were coming.

After that, it just
went ballistic.
[laughs softly]

[Bland] There were tens
of thousands of people
commenting...

"All y'all ladies who
are organizing this
are white."

And I was like,
"Oh, shit, we all are."

You know, because I had never
thought about analyzing it

based on that,
because of my privilege.

So today, we're going to talk
about the Women's March,

which we know as
the White Women's March.

White feminism has
historically been mired
in racism and has always been

more about white women
trying to attain the same
rights as white men,

rather than equality
for all women.

This white woman had said
on our page that we're
in this together.

Since when?

You know, 53% of white women
voters voted for Trump.

[Mallory] I got the call
from the Women's March, saying we need women of color.

They saw a photo
of Carmen and Linda and I.

People were like,
"That's the image right
there of what we want."

I could feel that this
was gonna be big,

and we could not allow
something this powerful
to happen in this country,

where the issues
and concerns of women

were being discussed
and displayed,

and women of color
were not there at the table.

And I went to the hospital
to see Bob while she
was pregnant.

I mean, she was in labor.

[Bland] Meeting Tamika
and Linda and Carmen
was amazing.

These are women who are
civil rights leaders.

They've been doing this
for 20 years.

Yeah, I do wanna...

[Mallory] We quickly said,
"Here's how we make
this work."

Not only are we at the table
as women of color,

but we're making decisions

of how the feminism movement
will move forward.

[Linda Sarsour]
I think my existence in
the women's rights movement

in such a visible way
is a challenge
to traditional feminism.

For me, feminism
is about choice.

I have the choice
to cover my hair.

Someone else has the choice
to wear a miniskirt.

But guess what? She's just
as empowered as I am.

[woman] This could not happen
without any of these
fabulous people.

Love you guys.

[Carmen Perez]
What I would say to
a young woman of color

who doesn't feel like feminism
has ever been for them...

...I would say, "We need you.
We welcome you."

[woman] Everybody ready
to roll into Washington?

[all] Yeah!

[speaking Spanish]

-[in English] There you go.
You've got it.
-Thank you.

[laughs] You got it.

[Erika Andiola]
In the moment that we're in,

there's more people that are
starting to be pulled
into taking action.

The Women's March
is really gonna be special.

All kinds of different
communities that are
going to be there.

They're sort of
learning together.

[indistinct conversation]

[chanting in Spanish]

[in English] Yeah.

[crowd cheering]

[Donald Trump] Today
will be remembered
as the day

the people became the rulers
of this nation again.

[crowd cheering]

[anchor speaking Spanish]

[Paola Mendoza] So...

if we...

♪ If we... ♪

-[Mendoza chuckling]
-[vocalizing]

-Sing away.
-[laughs] I'm listening.

-Go.
-[continues vocalizing]

If you want people standing
behind these speakers,

you've gotta tell me
who these people are.

Okay. All right. It might be
a preacher from Alabama

that never said he was coming
that I might see and be like,

"Oh, my God. You can--"

Then, you're like,
"I've got you a credential.

You gotta come backstage."

It's a show with a half
a million people.

It's gonna be more.

[flight attendant]
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have arrived in Baltimore.

I just want to know, how many
of you are going to the March
on Washington?

[all cheering]

[flight attendant]
You guys are going
to the Women's March, right?

[all] Yes!

[flight attendant] Let's get
a round of applause for all
the nasty women on board.

[all continue cheering]

[all laugh]

[woman] It is our duty
to fight for our freedom!

[all] It is our duty
to fight for our freedom!

It is our duty to win!

[all] It is our duty to win!

[woman] We must love
and protect one another!

[all] We must love
and protect one another!

[woman] We have nothing
to lose but our chains!

[all] We have nothing
to lose but our chains!

-[Mendoza] Did y'all see this?
-[man] Yes.

Did you see this?

Look. Look.

[Shook] Oh, my God.

[Mendoza] Look at that.

That's a sea of people.

That shit is bananas.

Oh, my fucking God.

[woman] I believe America
is great, and America will
become even greater,

because we the people
are in these streets.

I'm here for women.
I'm here for gays.

I'm here for Muslims.
I'm here for everybody!

[all cheering]

I've never experienced
anything like this,

and it's just been amazing
to see people come together
from all facets of life.

We've been fighting for years,

[voice breaks]
but for the first time,

I see that love still exists
in this country.

Ladies! We are about
to start the show!

[all cheering]

[man] It's my honor to welcome

the national organizers
for the Women's March
on Washington.

[all continue cheering]

[woman] America Ferrera
to the stage right podium.

America Ferrera.
Get me America Ferrera.

[America Ferrera]
Our freedoms are under attack,

and we are the only ones
who can protect one another.

[all cheering]

I'm just putting the stuff
on here that I think
I need to say,

-but I ain't saying
none of it.
-You won't say none of it.

[Sophie Cruz]
We are here together...

...making a chain of love
to protect our families.

[crowd cheering]

[Angela Davis]
At this very challenging
moment in our history,

we who are here
at the Women's March...

...we represent the powerful
forces of change.

♪ Say her name! Say her name!
Say her name!♪

♪ Say her name! Won't you say
her name?♪

♪ Say her name!
Say her name! ♪

♪ Say her name! Say her name!
Say her name! ♪

We will not remember.
We will... Well,
we will remember not.

[Mendoza speaking]

My name is Erika Andiola,
and I am undocumented
and unafraid.

[crowd cheering]

I want to tell you
about November 8, 2016,

a day of horror for millions
of families across the country
who are undocumented.

That day I get a call from
the most precious person
in my life, my mother,

and she tells me,
"Erika, I am afraid."

I said to her,
"You know what, Mami?

There's millions of people
who will be there."

Hate will not be
the norm in this country.

Love will be the norm
in this country.

-Thank you all.
-[crowd cheering]

[woman] Tamika D. Mallory,
age 36 and the mother
of a teenage son,

is a nationally recognized
champion of the civil
rights movement.

Join me in a huge round of
applause for Tamika Mallory.

Whoo-hoo!

Thank you so much.
I am so proud to stand
here with all of you today.

Now, some of you came here
to protest one man.

I didn't come here for that.

I came here to address
those of you who say
you are of good conscience.

To those of you who experience
a feeling of being powerless,

victimized and abused.

To those of you who,
for the first time,

felt the pain that my people
have felt since they were
brought here

with chains
shackled on our legs.

Today, I say to you,
welcome to my world.

Welcome to our world.

Dr. King said, "I will not
remember the harsh words
of my enemies.

I will remember
the silence of my friends."

God bless you.

[crowd cheering]

[reporter] The first day
of Donald Trump's presidency

brought more than 600
massive anti-Trump protests

around America and the world.

♪ They try to shut me down
I've still got the power♪

President Trump's insisting

that his inauguration crowd
was bigger than the
Women's March crowd,

which is clearly not true.

[Stephen Colbert]
Either that's a lot
of empty space

or that crowd is even whiter
than I thought.

[audience laughing]

[Mallory] We had so many
people come together
on that day.

Women are not one-dimensional.

We are not
a one-issue community.

I see these women saying yes.

[reporter 1] Was that
just a moment, or will it
turn into a movement?

[reporter 2] Organizers say
this is just the beginning.

[reporter speaking
Spanish on TV]

[Andiola in Spanish]

[reporter on TV]

[Andiola speaks, laughs]

[in English]
Oh, just a little.

Mama will not
give you a little.

-I know.
-That's...
That's for sure.

I was 11 when my family
came here from Mexico.

My father was
very abusive with us.

Ever since I remember,
we were always moving
from house to house,

trying to hide from him.

We applied for
a visa to leave,

but the fact that my mom didn't have a high-paying job, she was denied.

And so my mom decided
to take us across the desert

to be protected
from my father.

The person who was
bringing us,

we found out that he tried
to rape my cousin.

And when we were crossing,
it was really dark.

I couldn't see my mom,
and he tried to take me.

I just started yelling
for my mom.

At a moment, I actually
heard her voice back,

and it just felt...
I felt so much safer,

you know, when I actually
heard her voice.

There's just a lot of people
who are, even right now
as we speak,

you know, trying to cross
the desert and, um...

People only cross
through the desert

if they don't have
a better way to survive.

There's so much here.

Every time my mom would see
newspapers with me on them,

she would pick them up
and bring them to me.

So, I started collecting them.

I've been involved in
the immigrant rights movement

since I was in high school.

In 2010,

I met a ton of other
undocumented people like me,
who came here as children.

I started organizing
with them.

People call us Dreamers.

We pushed really hard
on President Obama,

and in 2012,
he announced DACA,

the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals.

[Barack Obama]
Young people brought to this
country by their parents,

who do not present a risk
to national security
or public safety,

will be able to request
temporary relief from
deportation proceedings

and apply for work
authorization.

[Andiola] This came out
after DACA was announced.

Really, really special for all
of us who were part of it.

And we all came out
of the shadows.

Which is kind of funny
because I'm literally...

That's, like, in the shadows
in the picture.

I'm back there, where you
can't really see me.

Dreamers became
a lower priority
for deportations.

Basically, DACA gave us
the ability to have a job

and have a social
security number,
get our driver's license.

But we don't have
a pathway to citizenship.

I think of myself as American.

For me, the American dream
is feeling completely free,

that I don't have to be afraid
of anything or anyone

tearing my family apart
or hurting my friends

or hurting people who I love.

[Trump] Build that wall.
Build that wall.
Build that wall.

Nearly 180,000
illegal immigrants
with criminal records

ordered deported
from our country

are tonight roaming free
to threaten peaceful citizens.

[crowd booing]

[man] We're affecting
an arrest.

-[man] No.
-[woman 1] No, please.

-You have no warrant.
-[woman 2] No. I have
a type of letter saying...

-Get out of the elevator!
-Everybody out.

We're the police.
We're immigration.

-[woman] Can I speak?
-You're out, too.

-[man] Don't handle her.
Hey. Hey, hold on.
-[woman] Ignorant asshole.

[woman 3] Because of people
like you, our nation--

Honey, I'm calling ICE.

[woman 4] I wanna see
the warrant. [sniffles]

[woman 4]
They're taking my husband.
And we have five kids.

-[kids wailing]
-Let me see your hands!
Let me see your hands!

-[officer 1] Don't move!
-[officer 2] Turn around.
Don't move.

We're honest people
right here.

Rapists?

[woman 5] That's ICE.
That's immigration.

[woman 6] That's not okay.
Let him stand.

[woman 5] He has a lawyer!

[man shouting
in foreign language]

[woman 5 crying]
You guys are not
supposed to do that.

You fucking pussy!

[Andiola] Many people are
going through a lot of pain.

A lot of Americans
don't really understand

until you get to know
somebody, until you get
to hear their stories.

And just recently,

my mom got a letter
asking her to show up
to ICE, um, with two things,

her passport
and her medication.

That's it.

She could be deported.

I became very, very
involved in the immigrant
rights movement.

[in Spanish]

[voice breaking]

[in English] I'm sorry.

[in Spanish]

[woman] Wow. What a lovely
group of faces here today.

It is going to take business,
civil society and government

really working differently
together to solve
the world's problems today.

[woman speaking]

[Mallory] We are gathering
to do an action.

-How are you doing?
Are you having the most--
-I'm doing great.

We're getting ready to go
wrap our bodies around
Trump Towers right now,

so that's why
I'm gonna run out the door.

Everyone's over there
rallying and getting ready.

-But she came here.
-But I came here

-to be with my sister.
-Show support, yes.

-United way.
-This is it. This is it.

We are really doing something.
This is really something now.

Yes. Yes.

-Have a great day.
-A pleasure to meet
you as well.

-Thank you for everything
you're doing.
-Take care.

Listen, if I do, I'll call
her, she call you. All right.

[Sarsour] The movements
that we are all a part of

have always been led
by those who have
the most to lose.

Social justice movements
are not convenient.

[Mallory]
Excuse me. I'm sorry.
Excuse me. I'm sorry.

[Sarsour] It has always
been a concerned few

who have made the most
impact in our society.

Do you wanna be
that concerned few

that makes our society
better for all people?

[crowd] Yes!

♪ I went down
To the Trump house♪

♪ I took back
What he stole from me♪

♪ I took back
What he stole from me ♪

-[man] If we don't get it.
-[all] Shut it down.

-[man] If we don't get it.
-[all] Shut it down!

-[man] If we don't get it.
-[all] Shut it down!

[line ringing]

[police on megaphone]
If you remain in the
roadway and refuse to...

[Tarique speaking]

[Mallory] Yeah. Hey, listen.
I'm about to get arrested

right here by the Trump
Towers building.

-I'm just letting
you know this.
-[police] Leave the road.

-[Tarique speaks]
-[Mallory speaks]

[woman] Black women
are under attack.
What do we do?

[all] Stand up! Fight back!

[woman] When any woman's
under attack, what do we do?

[all] Stand up! Fight back!

-[woman] What do we do?
-[all] Stand up...

[reporter 1 on TV]
Now, the NYPD said
the four founders

of the Women's March
were detained.

This is just one of many
rallies that's being held
across the country today

to celebrate International
Women's Day

and also support the protest
of a day without a woman.

[reporter 2] On Capitol Hill,
Democratic lawmakers
highlighted the inequities

by stepping out themselves.

We walked out to say
enough is enough.

♪ Ain't nobody free till
Everybody's free ♪

♪ If you believe
In women's power ♪

♪ Come on sing it with me ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Ain't nobody free
Until everybody's free ♪

-♪ Say what? ♪
-♪ Ain't nobody free... ♪

[woman] Is somebody free?

[crowd cheering]

[women continue singing]

[Mallory] And there's at least
12 more people inside,

so I can't leave anybody.

[Tarique speaking]

Well, I love you. Be safe.

[Tarique speaking]

-[Mallory] Hi, how are you?
-[woman] Hi.

So, what do you all do
at the prom? Do you all
dance? That's what we did.

You dance. Let me
show you how.

Let me show you a dance.
Tarique, come back.

Tarique, let me show you.
Let me show you a dance.

How you dance tonight
when you take your girl.

Dance, and you gonna
hold her. And then you dip,
Tarique. Dip her.

You remember when you
was a little boy,

I used to get all your stuff
together for you?

Yeah.

Oh, my God.

Tarique is like a son
to my husband and I,
and a grandson.

And I'm very proud of him.

I know Tamika's away a lot,

and so it takes
the whole family
to try to help raise him.

-[woman] More?
-[Mallory] Yeah.

My most vulnerable
space in my life,

the thing that if I get
to really talking about it

and trying to figure it out,
it's my son.

Time to go to the prom.

Time to put on my flip-flops.

Don't do anything
I wouldn't do.

Nothing, nothing,
nothing. I love you.

[woman] Do you have
your phone? You have money?

And, hey, listen.

When you feel like
this is not right,

all you've got to do is just
push it down a little bit.

But right now, I got it right.
But I'm just saying.

-[woman] Wait. I want
a picture of both of you.
-Oh, yeah.

And he's a good kid.

But just being
a young black man,

God forbid, anything
can happen to you any time.

And it's really worrisome,

especially 'cause I've
already experienced
trauma I have to live with.

I was 21...

when my son's father
was murdered.

It was rough.

From what I'm told,
he got involved with
selling drugs or guns,

and these two guys beat him,
and they shot him.

The movement became my own
at that moment,

because I realized
that while I wanted to see

that justice was done
for my son's father,

there were socioeconomic
issues at play

that made someone pick up
a gun and shoot him
in the first place.

There's more than one person
that becomes the victim.

There are two families
and a community of people

who are impacted
by the loss of life of one.

Gun violence must be
a part of our feminism.

It's not just women's
issues, it's the issues
that women care about.

We must wrap our arms
around this mother
at this time.

Her son, her 4-year-old
baby was shot and killed.

I find myself just
in it every time,

whether it was police violence or community violence,

just trying to help people
piece together their lives.

That's the work
that I've been doing
for over 20 years.

[Andiola speaking Spanish]

[Andiola] The attorney
said that there's
a claim for asylum.

She is a refugee.

It's not just about
being in a country
where there's war.

Women who had suffered
extreme violence like her
are also refugees.

[both speaking Spanish]

[Andiola] We've dealt with
immigration, with ICE,
for a really long time.

I have come really close
to losing my mom before.

Hello. My name is Erika.

[sniffles, sobbing]

My mother and my brother
were just taken
by immigration.

They just came to my house
and they just took them.

They just took them, and they
didn't want to tell me why.

They just said that they
needed to go because
they were here illegally

and that they
shouldn't be here.

And this needs to stop.

We need to do something.

We need to stop separating
families, and this is real.

This is so real.

[sobbing]

I made a YouTube video.

To me, it was, "How do I
stop her deportation?"

And I said, "For now, just
don't think of yourself
as the daughter.

You are Erika the activist,
and you know what to do."

We held a conference call
with 20 different
organizations around 2 a.m.

Asked them to send petitions.

By around 9 a.m,

we had about 60,000
views on YouTube,

thousands of petitions signed, thousands of calls
made to ICE.

The momentum got so big
overnight that someone
in D.C. made the call.

[reporter] She came close
to being deported today,

but we were there when
things took a different turn.

[Andiola sobbing]

I'm sorry, Mami.

[all continue sobbing]

[Andiola] Around the time
when my mom got into
this deportation process,

she was diagnosed with cancer,
breast cancer, and diabetes,

so I told her to stop working,

and since then I've been
the breadwinner of the house.

I'm the political director

of an organization
called Our Revolution.

I've been really blessed
and privileged

to be able to work
to provide for my mom.

♪ He's a nasty neo-Nazi ♪

♪ Naughty nasty
He's your guy ♪

♪ A real-life puppet
Of the NRA ♪

[woman 1] Tamika.

[woman 2] Gun violence
and school shootings

is gang violence
and it's police brutality.

The problem is, the NRA
is so focused on money

that they don't realize
every day

another mother or father
loses their child.

[crowd] Hey, hey. Ho, ho.
The NRA has got to go.

[crowd] Hey, hey. Ho, ho.
The NRA has got to go!

They use their media
to assassinate real news,

they use their schools
to teach children that their
president is another Hitler,

all to make them march,
make them protest,

make them smash windows,
burn cars, bully and
terrorize the law-abiding.

The only way we save
our country and our freedom

is to fight this violence
of lies with a clenched
fist of truth.

[Mallory] The NRA is
responsible for gun owners.

They should be doing
nothing more than
speaking about safety

versus giving any type
of insightful message

that could, in fact,
hurt or damage someone.

[man] To every member
of the violent left

who's having a meltdown
over Dana Loesch's NRA ad...

I'm talking to you,
Tamika Mallory...

get over it and grow up.

We stand firm with
a clenched fist of truth.

[reporter] Okay, this is video
from just moments ago in
Charlottesville, Virginia

where white nationalists
are clashing with protesters.

Apparently, the white
nationalist groups

are throwing
full bottles of water.

Earlier, they used brass
knuckles and bats to attack
members of the clergy,

to attack members
of Black Lives Matter.

[crowd chanting]
Jews will not replace us!
Jews will not replace us!

[clamoring]

[reporter] Police are still
working the scene here where
the fatal accident occurred.

This driver came plowing into
a crowd of counter-protestors,

people went flying
in every direction.

We had at least
one fatality here.

[Trump] We condemn in the
strongest possible terms

this egregious display of
hatred, bigotry and
violence on many sides.

On many sides.

[Mallory] White supremacy
and the violence
that goes along with it,

it's embedded in
the foundation of America.

Under Trump's administration,
people feel emboldened.

They feel like
there's an allowance

to abuse and harm
people of color,
Jewish folks, women.

It's something
we can't accept.

[cell phone chirps]

We gotta hit
the streets on this.

[woman speaking indistinctly]

[cell phone chirps]

Over the last few days,

the death threats are getting
more and more intense.

So, when someone says
that they signed up yesterday

and they've got all access
in a day,

that makes me feel
very nervous.

[Sarsour]
Sometimes what they'll do

is have
fake press credentials.

You may not know a real

press credential from
a fake press credential.

There are people

who don't like the work
that we're doing

and they want to
take us out.

So, again,
keep yourself safe.

[man] One of the organizers
of last January's
Women's March

is planning a new protest.

This time, specifically
targeting the National
Rifle Association.

We are America.
We're going to be
a majority-minority country.

Here's a movement
that's being led by...

Three out of the four visible
faces are women of color.

We reflect this
new generation of diversity

that they've been trying to
fight for decades
in this country.

[Mallory] Linda. Linda.

[woman speaking]

[Mallory] What would be best
is that

the counter-protestors
stay on their side

and we stay on our side.

-[officer] We would
prefer that, okay?
-Mmm-hmm.

[officer] But unless
things start getting heated,

under the law,
we can't force that.

[Mallory] We won't know
it's heated
until it's heated

-and that may be too late.
-[officer] And we won't--

[woman] And also,
they're armed,
and we wanna make sure...

[officer] Well, the law
in Virginia allows them,

as long as they have
a permit.

We understand that.
We understand that.

We will take action
against anybody
who's violating the law.

[Mallory] I mean, everybody,
news stations all out.
Everybody out.

Everybody out.

I wanna thank the creator
for bringing us here today

to stand up
against the establishment
of the NRA.

I wanna pray for the children
that are being killed
by senseless violence.

I wanna pray for the families,
the mothers, the fathers,
the siblings.

I wanna pray for your son.

[mouthing]

And I think my heart hurts
because I can't protect you.

[sniffles]

[voice breaking]
I can't take away your pain.

But I hope that
we are protected today,

and as we march, we remember
that we've got each other.

-Yeah.
-I love you guys.

We've got each other.

[all chanting] Hey, hey.
Ho, ho.
The NRA has got to go.

Hey, hey. Ho, ho.
The NRA has got to go!

I want everybody to say,
"I don't have the right
to do nothing."

[all] I don't have
the right to do nothing.

I stand and talk with a legend
and I equally listened.

He told me
how he marched with Dr. King

because he believed
in his mission.

He invested his money
and his time to change
our people's conditions.

We've gotta carry his torch.

You see, this is our time.

So, when my feet get weary
and I can no longer run,

I think about the innocent
people of this country
that die by the gun

and say
I don't have the right
to do nothing.

[conversing in Spanish]

[sighs deeply]

[reporter in English]
Tamika Mallory, co-organizer
of the Women's March

is demanding answers
from American Airlines

after she was removed
from a flight going to
her home in New York.

Tamika says she used a kiosk
to switch her seat.

However, when she got
to the gate,

the ticket failed
to reflect the changes.

Now, instead of trying
to accommodate Mallory,

who is a platinum flyer
of American Airlines,

the pilot, who is white,

decides to exert
what Tamika describes
as his white male power.

The pilot, a white man,
first words
that he said to me...

was I going to behave?

I told him, "Yes. [chuckles]
Yes, master, I can behave."

And he points at me.
"Her, off."

A white man in first class
pops up and says,

"I'll go sit
in the back of the plane

and allow her
to sit in my seat."

They then come back
with the cops.

Six or seven cops.

And trust and believe,

I'm not crying
because I'm weak.

I'm crying 'cause I'm angry
and I'm a fighter

and I will not lay down.

You better believe

they will not get away

with throwing me off
of that plane today,

'cause I didn't do a goddamn
thing to deserve it. Nothing.

[reporter]
It has happened again.

What appears to be
another erroneous 911 call

made about a black person
doing something

that would ordinarily be
deemed mundane.

A family from New Jersey
says they were kicked off

that flight to Vegas
over a birthday cake.

[reporter] This white student
called police on a black
graduate student

who fell asleep while
writing a paper
in the dorm's common area.

It's a female
African American.

[woman] Black.
No, I'm not African American.
I'm black.

Black isn't a bad word.

Are you saying
that inherently

black people make white people
feel nervous

and that would call them
to call
the police more often--

Well, the reason why...

The reason why we have
so many rushes to judgement

is because my skin
is the weapon.

[reporter] A police officer
has now been charged
with manslaughter

after going into the apartment she thought was hers.
It was her neighbor's.

She shot him in the chest
and killed him.

[Mallory] We are living
in perpetual anti-blackness.

It's like my skin is black,
I could die.

That's why the work that I do

is all about ensuring
that whatever happens,

we're looking to stop it
from happening
to someone else.

[woman] America's oldest
and largest
civil rights group

is warning black passengers
about flying
with American Airlines.

[Mallory]
I will not stop fighting,

making sure that those people
who were not heard are heard.

[man] Yeah, you can.

[laughter]

-[woman] And what grade
are we going to?
-[Skylar] Sixth.

-[woman] And we're
getting promoted?
-Yes.

-[woman] Yeah!
-[applause]

This is our future
right here.

This is what Tamika
is doing it for,
for someone like her.

I wanna be an activist
and I wanna be
a police officer,

which my mom
does not want me to be.

You want to be
an activist police officer?

-[Skylar] Yeah.
-[man] That's right.

She wants to be
on both sides.

I want to be a police officer
to maybe change the world
a little bit.

[man] That's right.
You're right, Skylar.

Whatever you be, you know,
you should be an activist
along with it.

You could be a doctor,
be an activist doctor,
you know?

[woman] What's up?

-[Mallory] Hey.
-Hey.

[woman] Hey, Tarique.

[Mallory] What's going on?
Happy Father's Day.

[kissing]

[indistinct conversation]

[woman] Oh, yes, absolutely.

Thank you, Lord, for this food
I'm about to receive.

My bounty through Christ,
our lord. Amen.

I got accepted
to around 17 schools,
something like that.

I got accepted
to a lot of schools.

Some I got pretty much
full scholarships to.

I want to either be in fashion
or the music industry,

whatever it may be,

to use my platform
to influence younger people.

Like, that's what
my mom does now. So...

[Nadine] Even though
she grew up
in the projects,

she didn't become
a product of the projects.

To see her get a million women
together for a march

and she be
the head front of that

is nothing
more than phenomenal.

And looking at the news
and what you see going on,

there has to be better,
something different.

Something has to change.

Maybe Tamika will be
that change.

That's what we all hoping for.

[line ringing]

[Lupita speaking Spanish]

[Andiola in Spanish]

[in English] Oh, my God!

[in Spanish]

-[laughs]
-[dog barking]

[indistinct chatter]

[laughter]

[in English] Oh, my God!

[exclaiming]

[all chanting in Spanish]

[Spanish song playing]

[inaudible]

[Andiola in English]
I'm gonna be speaking
at the Women's Convention.

Linda Sarsour, Tamika
and a couple of others

are working
really hard on this.

And there I am. [laughs]

It's really cool.

I mean, I'm really happy

because there's so many
amazing women

and the majority of them
are women of color.

A lot of them who I know
and really love and respect.

[reporter] Thousands of women
from the movement are
descending upon Detroit

for the first-ever
Women's Convention.

Coming as allegations
of sexual harassment

against producer
Harvey Weinstein
have rocked Hollywood,

some see this
global strategy session

as the perfect opportunity
to talk about the issues.

[crowd cheering]

[Mallory] Look at all of you
who have shown up here
this morning.

I'm happy to be with you.
We are in this movement
together.

We have a lot to do.

Recently, we heard
about this Me Too campaign

and people went crazy

as if it was the first time
that it had been said.

And so we brought
a woman here today.

She started
the Me Too campaign
ten years ago.

A black woman.

Ms. Tarana Burke.

[crowd cheering
and applauding]

[Burke] Over the last
two weeks,

we've watched the phenomenon
that is hashtag, Me Too

sweep across the world.

We come as a united community
of survivors

ready to topple the systems

that allow sexual violence
to flourish.

[cheers and applause]

I'm really excited
about trying to fix

and try to be
a part of the solutions,

especially after
the Women's March.

I believe
there is a sisterhood

and that, as women,
we all have to stick together
and help one another

and build one another up.

[crowd cheering
and applauding]

[Maya Wiley] We live
in a country
that has produced

so much trauma
across so many communities

and I think that sometimes
it's very hard to work
together

because of the trauma
experiences that we all carry.

-[all applauding]
-Stosh.

[Stosh Cotler]
People who are white Jews

like myself, although it is
important to say

that the Jewish community
is a multiracial community,

we've experienced

thousands of years of murder
and displacement and genocide,

and so right now,

while it looks like
someone like myself is safe,

we also know that it is
precisely when it appears
the safest

that we are
at the greatest risk.

[Zahra Billoo] I would say
that the challenge

can sometimes be
that if my people are dying,

it's hard to stop and say,
"What's going on with DACA?

What's going on
with healthcare?

What's going on
with anti-Semitism?"

[Andiola] I mean,
sometimes we do have
those blind spots,

and that's why it's important
that, you know,

we have women who are willing
to come and be really strong

and be, you know,
really upfront

and say,
"You're missing my voice,"

or, "You're missing
the voice of my mother

or the voice of the people
that I love."

-[applause]
-[woman] Thank you, everyone.

[applause continues]

[conversing in Spanish]

[Jeff Sessions]
Good morning.

I'm here today to announce
that the program known as DACA

that was effectuated
under the Obama administration

is being rescinded.

[reporter] Current Dreamers'
legal status will expire
on a rolling basis.

Once their protections end,

Dreamers can be deported
like any other undocumented
immigrant.

[Andiola] We're getting ready
to do an action

to try to put more pressure
on the Democrats.

There's gonna be
seven DACA folks
risking arrest.

We are going to be
pulling a hunger strike
as well.

At this moment, I really hope

that those people who have
been on the streets
for the Women's March

can also be there for
some of us who are
the most vulnerable.

If nothing happens
in Congress,
I could get deported.

[speaking Spanish]

[woman] We're
in Washington, D.C.,
where DACA recipients

will be going to address
Senator Schumer.

[Andiola] We really need
somebody to talk to him
right now

and to make a public
statement today,

because this can't wait.

We're going to sit here
and we're not only
gonna be arrested

but they're gonna
take us to jail,

and we're willing
to do that today,

even though...
[voice breaking]

our families are here today.
My mother is here.

For a lot of us in the undocumented community,

going to jail is really scary.

We're willing to take
that risk because this is
a time to act.

Anything that you do
really helps us,

even if it's just
picking up the phone

and making a call right now
to Senator Schumer.

[officer] Clear this area.
Clear this area, folks.

Clear out this area, folks.

Let's go. Back up. Back up.

[youths singing indistinctly]

[reporter] Undocumented youth
are getting arrested
at this moment.

They need your help.

[female reporter]
This morning, the president
is facing mounting criticism.

[all chanting]
Donald Trump has got to go!

-Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
-[reporter 1] The backlash
is building.

[reporter 2]
Rally for Dreamers in Omaha.

[reporter 3] Rally happening
in Phoenix.

[reporter 4] They're
supporters of DACA,
recipients of DACA,

friends and family of people
who are here because of DACA.

[reporter 5] Medical students,
residents,
and professors say

they wanted to come together
to show DACA students
that they care about them.

[reporter 6] A Jewish-led
coalition
came by the hundreds

for a peaceful takeover
of the US Congress.

[Sarsour] I am ashamed
as an American.

We are people
that are compassionate.

We can say yes
to a Dream Act.

[reporter] Hundreds of
protesters descended

on the offices
of more than
a dozen lawmakers

for the young immigrants
known as Dreamers.

Unless you are
Native American,
you are an immigrant.

This country was founded
based on immigration.

I feel inspired, but it's
also so sad that we have
to be doing this.

No shit.

[Chelsea Handler]
I would like to apologize

on behalf of the entire
Trump administration.

We're sorry
for making it clear

that white supremacists
and Nazis are welcome
in this country

while young, hard-working
immigrants, brought here
as children, are not.

It's our duty to fight
for our freedom!

[Chuck Schumer]
Congress has an ability
and an obligation to act,

which is why we, today,

are calling on Speaker Ryan
and Leader McConnell

to immediately put
the Dream Act on the floor

for a vote in the House
and Senate.

[cheers and applause]

[Louis Farrakhan]
Have you noticed
the women's movement today?

[congregation] Yes, sir.

Something is going on
in the world

[congregation] Yes, sir.

Tamika Mallory, I think
she's here somewhere.

Where?

Oh, there she be.

[applause]

[inaudible]

[reporter] I want to turn
to some news
on Louis Farrakhan,

the leader
of the Nation of Islam.

He went
on an anti-Semitic rant
during a major speech.

Farrakhan railed
against Jewish people
at an event.

He said they created apartheid

and were causing
black men to become gay

through the use of marijuana.

He claims that, quote,
"White folks are going down,"
unquote,

and that time's up for,
quote, "Satanic Jews,"
unquote.

[man] Louis Farrakhan has been
known for anti-Semitic
rhetoric for decades.

[man 2] I've covered
the resurgence

of anti-Semitism on the right,

but here's a leader
with allies on the left.

[reporter] Tamika Mallory's
come under fire

for attending
a Saviours' Day service

and praising him
in social media posts.

[newscaster]
And a Twitter user says,

"Tamika Mallory
is on the wrong side
of a bright moral line."

People who are supporting
the Women's March,

what are they out there
supporting for?

Equality and all this stuff.

And that is the opposite
of equality.

It's problematic,

and I think that it's going to
blow up in their faces
in the end here.

So, should she say,
I do not agree with this

hateful rhetoric
from Farrakhan.

She should speak out firmly
against it.

She has to distance herself.
She has to come out
against hate.

We'll come back...
We'll decide her fate
when we come back.

[woman speaking]

I don't know, yo.

I mean, right now I'm in deep,

deep thought about this.

This is very, very serious.

[woman speaking]

[Mallory speaking]

[cell phone chirps]

[Mallory] It was
only a matter of time

before I got hit specifically with the Farrakhan factor.

And my mom saw it coming.

When she knew
that I was on my way,

she started saying,
"Maybe you shouldn't go."

And I said
"Ma, what do you mean?

We've been going. You know?
What am I supposed to do now?

Start separating myself
from...

the people that I've been
working with

and the people who have

helped me
to get to where I am?

What am I going to do?"

And she's like, "Well, okay."

[Voncile] The world
needs Tamika
because Tamika's honest.

Tamika love people.
It's not about one or this.

She loves her people.
She loves all people.

And she cares, you know.

She cares about people,
you know.

She was raised that way.

[Mallory] I was born
and raised in Harlem,

and my parents were always
social justice advocates.

If it had to do with
black empowerment,
we were there.

[Stanley]
I used to get up early
every Saturday morning.

We would have an action rally.

She wouldn't wanna get up,
but I'd make her get up
and go.

[Mallory] For me,
when I was young,
it was like a curse.

I just wanted to do
regular things,
and I rebelled.

By the time she reached,
like, 13, she started to stray
a little bit.

We had problems with her.

Yeah, we had problems.

When I was a kid,
I wanted to be married
to a drug dealer.

When I was a kid
growing up in the projects,

I wanted to be married
to a drug dealer
'cause I thought that was

how I was going to get
fancy cars and clothes
and those things.

That's what I saw.
That's what I knew.

My parents looked
like they were struggling.

I didn't want that.

[Voncile] It was like we was
losing our child.
We didn't know what to do.

I thought,
"Just give her a spanking,"

and that was going...
Just to be tough.

It didn't work.

[Mallory]
My parents couldn't find me.
I was a runaway.

And I had a lot of men take
advantage of me because
I needed a place to stay.

You know,
friends, girlfriends,

that only lasted
but for so long,

and then, after a while, I had
to figure out another plan.

So, you know, a lot of
older men had their way.

[Voncile] No one was
listening to her.
I see this today.

If someone had just
sat down and had
a conversation with her

and not about her.

That's what we was doing.
We was just talking.

Tamika, Tamika, Tamika.

[Mallory] When I had my son,
everything changed.

[Voncile] I wasn't easy.

I made her wash the diapers
and whatever she had to do.

I was like, "I'm not doing it.
You gotta do it."

[Mallory] For two years,
I was doing it

kind of with my son's father,
sort of off and on.

And then he died.

I felt so bad for Tamika
because she was on her own.

[Mallory] I remember getting
all of these phone calls
from people

who were telling me,
"I lost my son's father."

It was just so many people
with the same story

that I realized quickly that,
wait a minute,
this is a bigger thing.

And I just...
I got right in.

[Voncile] It wasn't long
before she started
getting it together.

[Stanley] She started
her activism at
the National Action Network.

-[man] Happy holidays.
-[woman] Thank you.

[Mallory] I became
Rev. Sharpton's
executive assistant.

-All right. Happy holidays
-to you.
-That's right.

[man on TV] Tamika Mallory,

you are someone
who's been out there

and an expert on this issue.

The guns are coming
in our community somehow.

We're going into these states

and ensuring that people are
organized and that
they are empowered.

Before I come here
as an organizer,

I come as the mother
of a 16-year-old son.

So I come here thanking
the Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan...

who is giving me a space
to fight for my child.

Because justice for him

means more to me
than anything else
in this world.

I understand that everyone

will not understand
the black experience

and what it is
that we have to go through

in order to make up the pieces

that have kept us sane
with all the shit

that we've been through.
I get it.

I get that for some people

it's like,
"Why do you need Farrakhan?"

But I can tell you that there
are a lot of men and women

that you can talk to

who, if they didn't have him,
where the hell would they be?

The Nation of Islam

was really a stabilizing force for the black community,

especially coming out
of the crack epidemic.

The people who are a part of the Nation of Islam,

many of them are people
who were not supposed
to make it,

deemed a statistic,
should've been dead,

on their way to being dead,
locked up for many years.

And the Nation of Islam
does great work
with these people.

Now, your next question should
be, you know...

"But still,
there's a lot of hate.

It's vile and it hurts."

And I say, I agree with you
that there are times

when Minister Farrakhan
says things

that makes me
very uncomfortable.

But I have found a few things
about the Nation,
over many years,

that has been helpful to me

and a lot of people
in the communities
that I serve.

[people singing]
♪ We love our families
More than you know ♪

♪ We're fighting to all
Stay home ♪

[man speaking]

[Lupita speaks Spanish]

[woman in English] You can see
her through the camera.

[Lupita speaking Spanish]

♪ What side are you on
My people?
What side are you on? ♪

[in English]
Thank you for your sacrifice.
It means a lot.

[Andiola speaking]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd] No dream, no deal.

No dream, no deal!

[all whooping]

[newscaster] The government
will run out of money

unless Congress can pass
a major spending bill.

But several members
of Congress say

they are willing
to shut down the government

if the young people known as
Dreamers are not protected.

We are now barreling
towards a government shutdown.

[newscaster
continues speaking]

We really urge Democrats
to continue to hold
that line tonight.

They're going
into a meeting soon,

in the Democratic caucus.

Please hold that line.

Fight for Dreamers
and make sure that
you are doing the right thing.

You can be the party that does
the right thing for Americans.

Let the GOP be the party
that's trying to hurt children
and undocumented youth.

[reporter 1] Democrats tried,

but failed to link
a Dreamer solution to
a budget agreement.

[reporter 2] "Schumer
sells out the resistance,"

said one,
while another argued,

"Immigrants in America
deserve a Democratic
party with backbone."

[indistinct chatter]

[Andiola speaking Spanish]

[laughter]

[in English] I have
a lot of hope
because of that.

[all singing in Spanish]

♪ Listen, my people, we bring
strength♪

♪ Liberty
is the only flag...♪

[inaudible]

People are speaking of me
right now, and Linda also,

as if we are just
these hateful people,
and it's just not true.

I mean, I can tell you
that when I got your message

this last week, it was...

it was incredibly meaningful.

I mean, I think
that it's just time

-for the conversation to be,
like, more direct.
-Mmm-hmm.

Rather than, like, all of us
talking about one another.

Hi.

-Hi.
-[Cotler] This is Tamika.

This is the largest synagogue
in Brooklyn.

Ton of social justice stuff
happens in this space.

This is what I've heard.
This is what I've heard.

It's an amazing place,

you know,
and if you think about it,

this is the largest synagogue
in Brooklyn

and they chose to
hire a lesbian rabbi
as their senior rabbi.

-It says something
about them, right?
-Yes, it does.

So, come on into my office.

I appreciate you
for allowing me to come.

[Timoner] I'm so glad to be
able to be in conversation
with you.

You know, as I mentioned,
this... I am,
and this congregation...

is all about working
for a more just world.

And to see ourselves
in partnership
with all oppressed people.

That is our mission.

Really, Torah's mission.
That's what we're about.

And so when we filled
three buses to go
to the Women's March,

-we felt like we were in it
with you.
-[Mallory] Mmm.

-We were together
with a shared vision.
-Yes, we were.

And then, when...

when Louis Farrakhan
says things like...

"Jews are satanic.

Jews are termites.

Jews have tentacles

that they wrap
around the government
of this country.

Jews are part of
a dark conspiracy
to control the media."

That's Nazi-style language.

But when someone
who we think we're in it with,

and we want to stand with
and march with and be with,

doesn't denounce it...

First of all, I want...
I'm sure other people
have told you,

but I want to tell you
how much that hurts...

to feel like, "Wait.
We thought we were
in it together,

but maybe you don't
actually care about me,

or maybe I don't even count.

Maybe you don't see me
as human.

Or maybe you think
I am the enemy
in the way that he's saying,

that I'm the enemy
and that I'm evil."

So, that's just
really painful.

And it seems like you would,

as someone who cares
about all human beings,

directly, clearly, loudly,
unequivocally denounce
that language.

And say,
"That is not who we are.

That is not
who the black community is.

That is not where we're going.
That's not what we stand for."

And so help me
understand how...

How? Why you wouldn't just
clearly, obviously say, "No."

Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.

So, I think
there's a lot of things.

And as you said,
it hurts, right?

To feel that you're in it
with someone,

and then this other person
is saying these things,

and then this person
is not saying
what I want you to say

to make it clear that

you don't stand with
or believe and agree
with that.

And I think
just in that little thing
right there,

there's some
problematic pieces.

There is a thing that happens,

that black folks are
specifically a group of
people...

that we're constantly
having to deal

with this sort of litmus test

related to Minister Farrakhan,
particularly black leaders.

And then being told
that we have to denounce.

So now,
if Tamika Mallory says,

"I denounce
Minister Farrakhan,"

I can tell you right now

that the people
who I am trying to work with,

these young men
who I'm in prisons
working with,

who are convicted killers,

who now we're asking them
don't go back out
and kill again,

and I'm going to show you
another way.

As soon as I say that
I denounce Minister Farrakhan,

those relationships
have been burned.

That there, in my community,
that's a problem.

But you couldn't say...
Why couldn't you say?

And it just seems to me
necessary,

if you're gonna take
on a leadership role

that is about people
beyond the black community
also...

-[Mallory] Mmm-hmm.
I understand.
-...to say,

"This language
is unacceptable.

You are demeaning.
You are vilifying.

You are dehumanizing
people I care about.
You need to stop that."

Right. So, saying to someone,

"You need to stop that,"
and all of those things,

that I think
we need to, again,

kind of be careful with me
now policing
Minister Farrakhan,

because that's not even...
That's not my responsibility.

My responsibility, though,
is to say,

"I don't agree
with those things,

and I organize
in a completely
different way."

And that's very clear.

There's nowhere that you can
pull up, in my life,

where I've said these things,
where I'm living
in these ways,

where I have not been
willing to work
with Jewish people

or to be in community
with LGBT folks or anyone.

That's not me.

I'm being held responsible,
literally, for the words of
someone else.

Well, that's what happens
for leaders.

[Mallory]
Well, not all leaders.

-That's not necessarily true.
-I'll tell you,
in the Jewish world,

I mean, there are certainly
Jewish leaders

who say racist,
terrible things,

and what it is
to be a leader...

What I think it means
to be a leader,
in the Jewish world,

is that, when that happens,

I have a responsibility
to say, "No, that is not
who we are.

-That is not
what we stand for. No."
-Okay.

And so, to me,
that's because...

Otherwise, I'm not being
a good ally.

So, I have been very clear
in saying I do not agree
with Minister Farrakhan

and his position
on a number of issues.

I've been very clear
in saying that.

But I do not think
that it is true

that the same weight
and the same...

[stammers]

expectation is applied
to everyone.

It is not true.

The clear nature
of the color of our skin

makes it very different
who can say different things,

so there's certain language
that I am not able to use.

It is very violent in nature
for me to be saying
I denounce anyone,

and particularly
other black people.

That is something that
I have to be very,
very careful about.

Because there's already
enough harm

that has been done
to our communities in general.

And I understand
that for you it's like,

"No, he's just one man
standing by himself."

But that is not so,

because he has been a savior
to many people
who there was no one there.

-No one to save them
in the past.
-[Timoner] I understand.

You're making the case
that there is systemic racism

and that black people are
being treated differently
than other people,

and I'm with you on that.

I see that.
I agree with that.

And that there's litmus tests.
I agree with that.

But that can be true...

and the words
that are coming out of
Louis Farrakhan's mouth

can be utterly unacceptable
and repugnant

-and anti-Semitic.
-Mmm-hmm.

And if we are trying to build
a larger movement,

where we work together,
we are depending
on each other...

[Mallory] Well,
let's talk about that.

That's a different
kind of thing.

I'm not saying from on high,
"You better, or else."

I'm saying
I wanna be in this with you,

but right now,
we feel, and I...

Stosh, you might not agree
with me,

but many, many Jews
feel like...

we don't count and are not...
It's all of us except
for the Jews.

-[Mallory] Right.
-And so, I wanna be in it.

I wanna be in it with you.

And I'm saying to you,
can we be allies
to each other?

Not because I have power
over you and I'm gonna
make you do it,

but because you would
want to do it.

I want you to want to do it

because you see something
that you think is wrong

and you therefore say,
"That is wrong."

Right. First of all,
I don't agree that Jews
have been excluded,

because no one in
the Women's March has done
or said any of these things

and you've been included.

We've worked together.
We've been doing
this work together.

The exclusion
that you're talking about

is the fact that someone else
has said something,

that this man
has said something,

and that the expectation of me

is to say exactly the words
that you feel I should say

in order for you to feel
that you're included.

But I don't feel like
it is fair

for people to make me
have to speak

to one person's words
and ideology.

I feel like I should be
able to say,

"This is how I personally feel
about my Jewish brothers
and sisters."

How do you feel about your
Jewish brothers and sisters?

I feel like my Jewish
brothers and sisters

are a part of the world

that we have to
build together.

If we're in this together,

if we're willing to
fight together, I need you.

I need you.

[Cotler] To me, it doesn't
matter if I disagree
with your decision

to whether you are
or are not going to denounce
this person.

I am very clear

that I am committed

to being with you
and with your community.

And I want you to be committed

to being with me
and my community.

When I'm in a room with people
who are not Jewish

and when they say 53% of
American white women
voted for Donald Trump,

they look at me and they feel
like I am one of those women.

And if other white Jews
are in the room,

they're looking and they're
including those white Jews
in the room.

And I want us to understand

that white Jews do benefit
from white supremacy, 100%.

But whiteness for Jews
has always been and still is

totally conditional.

We are both facing
a really vicious hatred.

And it looks different

the way that our communities
are targeted,

but we are both...

The white nationalism
that is being fostered

in this country right now,

it's aiming at both of us.

And the NRA, right? They're...

We're endangered.

We're both...

Both of our groups
are endangered.

And it's different.
I'm not saying it's the same.

But I think
that there is something

that we can connect on there.

Well, the pain is the same.

[Timoner] Yeah,
the pain is the same.

The pain is the same.

The circumstances may be
slightly, you know, different,

but the pain is the same.

Someone had to tell me

that in Charlottesville,
they were saying,

"The Jews
will not replace us."

I didn't even pick up
on that immediately.

Someone had to
say that to me,

and then I was like,
"Oh, my God."

Because I'm almost
so used to it being...

so used to anti-blackness,

and then when I'm hearing
that there's anti-others

and hate for others,
I'm like,
this thing is big. Big.

And it's going to take
all of us

working together
to try to fix it.

And that's all I can think of.

All I can think of is...

if you're hurting
and I'm hurting,

it's almost, like,

"Good. Okay. This is great."

Can we please find a way
to work together,

and can you help me,

you know, to do
what I'm so passionate
about doing?

Which is to try
to lift people
from the bottom up?

But this has to start
the process,

so our children
don't end up here.

You know what I'm saying?

I think that us understanding

each other better

and listening to each other

and finding our way

to be able to be sisters

and be in this together

is just good.

I do hope this is
just the beginning for us.

-You can't get rid me.
-[Timoner laughs]

I'll be back for sure.

[soft music playing]

♪ I've been thinking 'bout
tomorrow♪

♪ Instead of drowning in the
past♪

♪ We had good times even back
when♪

♪ Dreams were all we had to
last♪

♪ So as I wake up this bright
morning♪

♪ Nothing's gonna bring me
down♪

[inaudible]

[Sophie Ellman-Golan] Today,
Women's March is holding

a nationwide day of action

-for our pledge of liberation.
-[woman] All right.

This states that all of these
struggles are linked.

-[woman] That's right.
-And that we all have to
fight together.

-[crowd] That's right.
-We cannot fight
economic inequality

if we don't also fight
environmental inequality

and environmental racism,

and we cannot fight
anti-Semitism

-without fighting
Islamophobia.
-[crowd cheering]

-[woman] That's right!
-They go hand-in-hand.

They are inextricably linked,

and we are necessary
for each other

-to not only survive
but to thrive.
-That's right.

And we are going to talk about
racism in our country.

We're gonna talk
about poverty in our country.

We're not just gonna kumbaya
out of it, you know.

We're gonna really discuss
the issues that affect us.

[all] That's right.

[man] And now we'd to call up
the national co-chair
of the Women's March,

Ms. Tamika Mallory.
Give it up for Tamika.

-[cheering]
-[indistinct chatter]

I've grown personally
in my patience

and being more humble

and my understanding of
what it is to have patience
with people

who may not necessarily
always agree
with your issues.

The road to this very moment has been one of love and pain.

However, it is the only road
to promise.

What's important now
is that we are protecting

those people who may not
look like us, but they bleed
the same blood.

I've realized
that my voice is not as loud,

standing here
with this microphone,

as all of our voices together.

[crowd singing indistinctly]

None of us can say

that our issue
is the only issue
that is important.

[crowd] That's right!
That's right!

[Mallory] That's what
true intersectionality
is about.

[all cheering]

We are changing
what feminism looks like.

[cheering continues]

We have the power
to change every policy

and make
every elected official
work for us.

We have to stay together.
We have to march together.

And we have to vote together.

Stop looking for someone else
to lead you.

Don't look to your left.
Don't look to your right.

Look in the damn mirror.

You are the leader.
It starts with you.

When they say get back,
we say fight back.

-Get back.
-[crowd] Fight back!

-Get back.
-[crowd] Fight back!

-Get back.
-[crowd] Fight back!

[Mallory] God bless you.
Go in peace and do the work.

[all cheering]

[reporter 1] Breaking news,
we're monitoring
from the border.

[reporter 2] So far,
the government has separated 2,000 kids from their parents.

[reporter 3]
Yes, that's right.
That's just in six weeks.

[reporter 4] It is a scene
many Americans are struggling
to make sense of.

[reporter 5]
Images of young people,
sometimes in cages,

before being taken
from their parents.

[boy speaking Spanish]

[boy crying]

[man] There is
a moral crisis in America.

[woman] The America
who we say we want to be

is not, in fact,
the America
that we actually are.

[man] People of
every different background

have to come together to
say that this is not
who we should be.

[voicemail] Erika Andiola
is not available.

Please leave a message
after the tone.

[phone beeps]

Hey, Erika. This is Tamika.

I'm reaching out to you

because the Women's March
is planning an action in D.C.

I wanna make sure
that whatever we're doing

is supporting you
and uplifting your voice.

[crowd cheering]

[woman] Women, women, disobey!

[crowd] Women, women,
disobey!

-Rise up now! Today's the day!
-[crowd] Rise up now!
Today's the day!

Women all around,
raise your fists!

Now is the time!
We must resist!

[woman] Whoo! All right!
That was perfect.

-[Mallory] How are you doing?
-Good.

Yeah, I still have...

[crowd chanting indistinctly]

[indie music playing]

♪ Take me as I am
Take me, baby, in stride♪

♪ Only you can save me tonight
There's nowhere to run♪

♪ Nowhere to hide♪

♪ You let me in, don't leave
me out Or leave me dry
♪

♪ Even when I'm alone, I'm
not lonely♪

♪ I hear
the sweetest melodies♪

♪ Sweetest melodies♪

♪ On the fire escapes of the
city♪

♪ Sounds like I am free
It's got me singing♪

♪ God bless America♪

[inaudible chanting]

♪ And all the beautiful women
in it♪

♪ God bless America♪

♪ And all the beautiful women
in it♪

♪ May you♪

♪ Stand proud and strong♪

♪ Like Lady Liberty shining
all night long♪

♪ God bless America♪

♪ God bless America♪

♪ And all the beautiful
people in it♪

♪ And all the beautiful
people in it♪

This is...

[crowd] Personal!

-This is...
-[crowd] Personal!

[whooping]

[reporter 1] Americans voted
in more than 100 women

to the
House of Representatives.

It's a political claiming of
power that rose out of
the Women's March.

Marching became
running for office.

Massachusetts is ready to send
its first black Democrat
to Congress.

[reporter 1] A surprise
to virtually everyone,

including
the candidate herself.

[Ayanna Pressley]
I didn't come here
to deliver a victory speech.

When we realize justice
and equality for everyone,

then, and only then,

will I deliver
a victory speech.

[reporter 2]
For the first time ever,

Native American women
will be represented
in Congress.

Representation is important.
I think diversity
is important.

Every voice deserves
a seat at the table.

[crowd cheering]

[reporter] 2018 also saw
the first Muslim women elected to serve in the House.

What message do you hope
that your victory
sends this morning

to the country, other than
that you're a bad mama jama?

[Ilhan Omar] Minnesota is
a cold state,

but the people have
warm hearts.

And we don't just
welcome immigrants,

but we send them
to Washington.

[reporter 3] Lucy McBath,
she'll be the first Democrat

since 1979 to represent
Georgia's sixth district.

[man] She's dedicated
her activism

to ending gun violence
since her son's death.

I am tired of politicians
who put profit
over public safety

while our children
and our families
continue to suffer.

The youngest congresswoman
in history, please welcome
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

We've got a clip of the moment
you found out you won.

[exclaiming]

She's looking at herself
on television right now.

How are you feeling?

-Can you put it into words?
-Nope.

[woman] It's not just
electing women candidates.

It's electing candidates
who are advocates

for a more inclusive view
of the country.

When I travel
to Washington,

I will take your voices
and your values with me.

I am your representative.

I work for you
and I cannot wait
to get started.

-[cheers and applause]
-Thank you.