00:00People often think that they can't make a difference, like our civil rights icons.
00:05But every person in the movement mattered. Those who made the sandwiches,
00:11swept the church floors, stuffed the envelopes. They too changed America and
00:19so can we. The baton has now been passed to each of us. We've cried out for
00:27justice. We have gathered in our streets to demand change. And now we must pass
00:34on the gift John Lewis sacrificed to give us. We must register and we must
00:41vote. We know how important it is that we elect real leaders like Joe Biden
00:49and Kamala Harris, people of honor and integrity who hold justice close to
00:56their hearts and believe that the lives of my four black children matter.
01:04In the words of womanist poet Audre Lorde, your silence will not protect you.
01:11Congressman Lewis would not be silenced and neither can we. We cannot wait for
01:19some other time, some other place, some other heroes. We must be the heroes of
01:28our generation because we too are America. Our votes can be our voice.
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