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>>> A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, JACK AND JILL OF AMERICO TOOK
1000 TEAM DELEGATES TO MEET
WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
FOREIGN ON THE HILL LEGISLATIVE
SUMMIT.
SUMMIT.
SUMMIT. >> NATIONAL PRESIDENT
DANIELLE BROWN IS HERE TO SHARE
WITH US WHY THEY BELIEVE THE
TIME IS NOW TO ENACT
LEGISLATION THAT WILL MAKE OUR
COUNTRY A SAFER AND MORE
EQUITABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
I LOVE THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS.
AND YOU HAD AN INCREDIBLE EVENT
ON THE HILL THIS YEAR.
>> IT WOULD HAVE CHANGED MY
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. I
LIFE. I WOULD NOT BE ON THIS COUCH.
I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY GONE ON
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
IT WAS SO IMPACTFUL AND
INSPIRATIONAL.
INSPIRATIONAL. TO SEE ALL THOSE TEAMS SPEAKING
IN ONE VOICE AND TALKING ABOUT
THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES.
THEY SAID OVER 200 THEY WERE
ABLE TO MEET.
AND THEY SPOKE.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LIKE, WHAT
ARE THEY GOING TO SAY?
WHEN THEY SPOKE, IT WAS
SOMETHING ELSE.
SOMETHING ELSE. THE OPINIONS AND IDEAS.
ESPECIALLY ON ISSUES OF GUN
VIOLENCE, EDUCATION AND EQUITY
AND VOTER REGISTRATION.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR OWN
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. THEY WERE SO IMPACTFUL.
THEY MADE SUCH AN IMPRESSION ON
THE HOUSE AND SOME OF THE
SENATORS THAT SOME OF THEM SAID
TO THE TEAM, YOU HAVE A BILL.
CAN YOU CALL ME.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN
INTERNSHIP?
INTERNSHIP? COME SEE ME.
TO SEE HOW INSPIRATIONAL THEY
BECAME ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING,
SO MANY OF THEM SAID, I'M GOING
TO RETHINK WHAT I DO IN MY
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. THIS HAS REALLY CHANGED THE
TRAJECTORY OF WHAT IT IS I WANT
TO DO AND WHAT ACTIVISM REALLY
MEANS.
MEANS.
MEANS. ACTIVISM IS NOT TALKING.
IT IS WALKING.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE
IT WORK?
IT WORK?
IT WORK? >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
DO YOU THINK IT CHANGED THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE?
WE LISTENED.
WE LISTENED. DO YOU THINK THEY RECEIVED IT?
>> NOW IT IS UP TO THE KIDS
TO FOLLOW UP.
>> AND THEY DID.
>> I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, THE
>> AND THEY DID. CIVIL ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, THE
>> AND THEY DID. CIVIL RIGHTS TELL PEOPLE, THE
>> AND THEY DID. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT PLE, THE
>> AND THEY DID. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS THE
SPURRED ON BY YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WITH WHAT WE ARE AND TODAY,
IT WILL BE THE YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
IT PROBABLY WON'T BE US.
IT WILL BE THEM.
TO SEE THEM SO ENGAGED AND
ASSIGNING THAT THESE ISSUES ARE
SO IMPORTANT AND SO VITAL, THAT
THEY ARE WILLING TO PUT DOWN
THE PHONE, OR EVEN USE THEIR
CELL PHONES ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO
INFLUENCE OTHER PEOPLE, THEY
ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL
INFLUENCE THE NEXT VOTERS.
BECAUSE IT IS BEING ABLE TO
TALK TO SOMEONE.
TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES AND
WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW THEY
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. JACK AND JILL HAS ALWAYS BEEN
ABOUT HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> THE PLATFORM FOR THEM, I
LOVE THAT.
LOVE THAT. YOU ALSO LAUNCHED A GREAT
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY. >> WE DID.
JACK AND JILL HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR OVER 81 YEARS.
IT STARTED IN 1938 IN
PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. TODAY WE REPRESENT 40,000
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. OF THOSE FAMILIES, OVER 10,000
OF THEM ARE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND SO WE DECIDED THAT WE ARE
NOT ONLY THE LEADERS, OR
DEVELOPING LEADERS IN THE
ORGANIZATION BUT WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERS
OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION.
SO WE DEVELOPED A TWO MILLION-
DOLLAR BLACK FUND.
AND THE FUND WILL ALLOW FOR
STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE
STATISTICS.
STATISTICS. BUT AS LITTLE AS $750 CAN STOP
A CHILD FROM GRADUATING FROM
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. SOMETIMES $50.
SOMETIMES $50. AND WHEN THEY CANNOT PAY, THEY
DO NOT COME BACK.
SO IT IS THE LEADER LAW.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOSE
ANYMORE LEADERS.
ANYMORE LEADERS. WE DECIDED WE ARE GOING TO COME
TOGETHER THROUGH THE FOUNDATION
AND COLLECT $2 MILLION TO PAY
EVERY YEAR, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS,
SO NO CHILD IS LEFT BEHIND AND
ALL CHILDREN THAT WANT TO
GRADUATE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> IT IS CALLED "CLOSE THE
GAP."
GAP."
GAP." WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO HELP
OUT?
OUT?
OUT? >>
OUT? >> THEY CAN TEXT "CLOSE THE
GAP" AND THE NUMBER IS 44321.
AND ALL THE MONEY WILL GO TO
ENSURE THAT CHILDREN CAN
GRADUATE