THERE'S
THERE'S MUCH TO CELEBRATE TODAY, AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE FRASER
HISTORY MUSEUM IS OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC AT 10:00, JUST AS SOON
AS "GREAT DAY LIVE" ENDS.
I'M ALSO TALK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WE ARE JOINED BY TWO
FAMILIAR FACES TODAY NEAR AND
DEAR TO WHAS 11 AND OUR
VIEWERS HERE ON "GREAT DAY
LIVE".
LIVE".
RESIDENT
RESIDENT AND CEO ANDY TRITON
AND
AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RACHEL PLATT, RACHEL
AND ANDY, TODAY IS A DAY TO
CELEBRATE.
CELEBRATE. FRASER IS FINALLY OPEN AND NOT
VIRTUALLY, YOU PLAN TO OPEN BUT
ANDY, THE DOORS ARE COMING OPEN
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>
TODAY. >> YOU, I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED.
EXCITED.
EXCITED. I GUESS THAT MAKES "GREAT DAY
LIVE" THE OFFICIAL OPENING
SHOW OF THE FRASER HISTORY
MUSEUM AS WE REOPEN.
YOU KNOW, WE MISSED OUR GUESTS
AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO
WELCOME PEOPLE BACK INTO OUR
DOORS. WE WERE FORCED TO SHUT
ON MARCH 16th.
WE STARTED OPERATING
IMMEDIATELY AS A VIRTUAL MUSEUM
OFFERING CREATIVE CONTENT,
ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO
OUR VIEWERS VIRTUALLY.
WE DID THAT EVERYDAY AND WE
PROVIDED THAT TO THE FAMILIES,
TO TEACHERS, TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS,
TO NURSING HOMES, THE -- BUT IT
WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUED
TO OUR MISSION WITH THOUGHTFUL,
CRAFTED STORIES.
CRAFTED STORIES. WE JUST HAD TO CRAFT THOSE
STORIES DEFINITELY AND I AM
THRILLED THAT WE CAN TELL THOSE
STORIES IN PERSON AGAIN
STARTING TODAY.
STARTING TODAY. >> AND, I MEAN, IT IS GOING TO
BE SO NICE TO SEE PEOPLE FACE
TO FACE.
TO FACE.
TO FACE. BEFORE THE DOORS OPEN, ANDY,
LIKE HE SAID, MARCH 16th, I
MEAN, ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY
HAD TO REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANT
TO DO BUSINESS.
WHAT WAS THE PROCESS LIKE TO GO
FROM A BRICK-AND-MORTAR MUSEUM
TO WE ARE ON A MISSION TO
CONTINUE BUT WE NEED TO DO IT
VIRTUALLY?
VIRTUALLY? >> IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY PROUD
OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY
EMBRACED IT FROM THE ONSET.
IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEONE
LIKE RACHEL, OUR DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE KIND
OF ODDLY OPERATED AS A
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM. WE HAD COMMUNICATION MEETINGS
EVERYDAY TO DETERMINE WHAT WE
WERE GOING TO COVER AND HOW WE
WERE GOING TO -- WHAT VENUES WE
WERE GOING TO USE, TO SPREAD
THAT INFORMATION.
THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS,
WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRANSITION
INTO A WEEKLY VIRTUAL MODEL
WHILE ALSO GETTING THE MUSEUM
BACK OPEN, AGAIN.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY SAFE
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL CDC
STANDARDS.
STANDARDS. WE'RE SOCIALLY DISTANCING.
WE ARE TEMPERATURE CHECKING ALL
OF OUR STUFF WHEN THEY COME IN.
WE ARE REQUIRING MASKS FOR OUR
STUFF.
STUFF.
STUFF. AND VISITORS.
AND VISITORS. AND DISINFECTING AND DOING ALL
OF THOSE THINGS TO ENSURE THAT
IT IS NOT ONLY AN OUTSTANDING
EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO A SAFE
EXPENSE FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. NOW, YOU ALSO VERY RECENTLY AND
RACHEL, I WILL ASK YOU TO SPEAK
TO THIS, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN,
I MEAN, THE CALLS FOR JUSTICE,
BREONNA TAYLOR AND GEORGE
FLOYD.
FLOYD.
FLOYD. WHAT HAS FRASER BEEN DOING AND
WHY HAS FRAZIER HISTORY MUSEUM
FELT LIKE THAT NEED TO BE SO
INVOLVED IN THIS IN THE -- AND
BE A PLATFORM FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE?
PEOPLE?
PEOPLE? >> WHEN I WAS HIRED, EDGY, A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO, PART OF MY
JOB WAS TO START HAVING SOME OF
THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
AT THE FRAZIER.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE
LOCATED, WE ARE RIGHT SMACK
DAB AT THE 9th STREET THE
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. WE DECIDED THEN AND THERE, BUT
IF THAT WOULD BE, HOW CAN WE
BRIDGE THE DIVIDE OF
CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATIONS. SO WE STARTED THAT PROGRAMMING
LAST YEAR IN EARNEST AND HAD
CONVERSATIONS ON TRAFFIC STOPS
WITH POLICE, WE HAD ONE ON
IMPLICIT BIAS.
IMPLICIT BIAS. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK
OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS FOR MORE
THAN A YEAR NOW, WHEN I WAS
HARD.
HARD.
HARD. AND
HARD. AND THAT TRANSITION BECAUSE, AS
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE A
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE OF
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. AND THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE
PROBLEM IN THE PAST WITH MANY
ORGANIZATIONS, IS THERE SPACE
AND ARE YOU PROVIDING THAT TO
EVERYONE?
EVERYONE?
EVERYONE? AND DO THEY SEE THEMSELVES
REFLECTED IN THAT MUSEUM?
SO THAT IS WHERE THE
CONVERSATION STARTED AND THAT
HAS BEEN OUR PATH FOR MORE THAN
A YEAR OF REALLY ACTIVELY DOING
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. SO
THIS. SO WHEN THIS HAPPENED, WITH
THIS RECENT RACIAL UNREST, WE
JUST GOT INVOLVED EVEN MORE IN
PART OF OUR VIRTUAL PLATFORM,
I'M DOING A SERIES OF VIDEOS
WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS WHERE
THE FIRST THING IS, YOU KNOW,
ANGIE, AS WE ALL SAID, WE HAVE
TO LISTEN.
TO LISTEN. WE HAD TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND
WE REALLY HAVE TO LISTEN TO
SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
LIKE REYNOLDS, HAD A DRINK IS
ANOTHER ONE WE ARE
INTERVIEWING.
INTERVIEWING. JAMES.
JAMES.
JAMES. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF A
COMMUNITY THAT REALLY NEED TO
LISTEN TO AND HAVE WE LISTEN AS
INTENTLY AS WE SHOULD?
HAVE WE INVESTED?
HAVE WE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE
CAN DO AND SHOULD BE DOING?
IN PART OF THAT IS THOSE
CONVERSATION NOW AND THAT
VIRTUAL PLATFORM AND AS WE
OPEN, WE WILL BRING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS BACK TO THE
MUSEUM LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR
AND HAVE SEVERAL ALREADY ON THE
CALENDAR TO DO WITH SOME THESE
ISSUES WITH OUR SUFFRAGE
EXHIBIT AND VOTING AND LET
THOSE WHICH FITS IN PERFECTLY
WITH EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
IN ACTION AND THE WAY FORWARD.
>> ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HE SAID
PEOPLE WHO WILL SHARE OPINIONS
FROM A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES
AND, I MEAN, IT IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE BEEN DOING ON "GREAT DAY
LIVE" SINCE THE PROTESTS BEGAN
AND WE WILL GET FEEDBACK FROM
PEOPLE WHO WILL DISAGREE OR
THEY WILL WANT TO AIR THEIR
VERSION OF WHAT THEY FEEL ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
ARE YOU HOPEFUL BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU HAVE SEEN THE WAY PEOPLE
JUMP ON ONE ANOTHER.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE LIKE I DO,
THEN I AM GOING TO DO THIS AND
THIS YOU.
THIS YOU.
THIS YOU. ARE YOU HOPEFUL?
OR ARE YOU SEEING EVIDENCE THAT
THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE MAKING
A DIFFERENCE IN THAT?
>> I HOPE SO.
AND IT IS SO FUNNY BECAUSE THAT
IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WITH
EVERYBODY I HAVE INTERVIEWED.
ANGIE, SO YOU AND I THINK VERY
MUCH ALIKE WITH THAT BECAUSE
THAT IS ONE QUESTION THAT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I
HAVE ASKED ALL OF THEM.
DO YOU HAVE HELP?
DO YOU SEE HOPE?
WHAT IS THE HOPE YOU'RE SEEING?
JAMES SAID WHEN HE WENT TO THE
HEALING CEREMONY THAT WAS HELD
IN THE YUM!
CENTER, WHAT GAVE HIM HOPE WAS
ONE OF HIS STUDENTS, HIS FOR
STUDENTS WHEN HE STARTED
TEACHING WITH DIVERSITY
INCLUSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
WAS A WHITE STUDENT SHOWED UP
JUST TO SUPPORT AND THE FAMILY
AT HIS CURRENT PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT WHO WERE WHITE,
STOOD AS A FAMILY IN SUPPORT,
AS AN ALLY.
THOSE WERE HIS SIGNS OF HOPE.
THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS.
THOSE, NOBODY I HAVE
INTERVIEWED WHO SAID THEY DON'T
HAVE HOPE, WHICH I HAVE TO TELL
YOU, WAS VERY GOOD FOR ME
BECAUSE MY SOUL NEEDS IT.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE DIVISIVE
OPINIONS.
OPINIONS.
OPINIONS. THIS IS NOT EASY.
THESE ARE NOT EASY
CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATIONS. BUT THE POINT IS IS YOU HAVE TO
HAVE THEM AND MORE THAN JUST
TALK.
TALK.
TALK. ONE
TALK. ONE THING I TALKED TO
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. WE HAVE HAD PRAYER.
WE HAVE HAD ELECTION.
AND WE HAVE TALKED.
NOW IS COMPASSION AND ACTION.
AND THERE HAS TO BE ACTION BY
THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMUNITY. WE CAN NO LONGER NOT LISTEN AND
WE CAN NO LONGER NOT ACT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND BRING ANDY BACK TO THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. SO ANDY, AGAIN, TODAY, THE
DOORS OPENED THE FRAZIER
HISTORY MUSEUM.
HISTORY MUSEUM. CAN WE TALK MORE ABOUT THE
EVOLUTION OF THE MUSEUM IN AND
OF ITSELF, I MEAN, I REMEMBERED
THE VERY BEGINNINGS AND TO
REALLY, I MEAN, YOU HEALTH
REDEFINED WHAT THE MUSEUM HAS
LOOKED LIKE AND PEOPLE ARE
USING YOU AS A MODEL?
>> WELL, YEAH, THANK YOU, THAT
IS QUITE A COMPLIMENT.
BUT I AM REALLY PROUD OF WHAT
OUR STAFF HAS DONE.
BUT THIS IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT
THAN BACK TO OUR FOUNDER.
FRAZIER BELIEVED WITH A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PAST, WE
CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND AND MAKE
BETTER DECISIONS INTO THE
PRESENT AND INTO THE FUTURE AND
THAT IS SO RELEVANT TODAY,
ANGIE, AND SO RELEVANT WHAT
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
HISTORY MUSEUMS TRADITIONALLY
DON'T DO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN
THE PAST 12 WEEKS AND THAT
CORONAVIRUS CAPSULE THAT WE
CREATED.
CREATED.
CREATED. IT WAS TO PRAY.
IT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE HAD A PLACE IN THAT
SPACE AND WE FOUND THAT IT WAS
IMPORTANT AS HISTORY WAS
HAPPENING WITH ALL AROUND US TO
HAVE A VOICE AND BE A PART OF
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AND
THAT. AND THEN THE RACIAL UNREST AND
HAPPENED AND WE HAD CONTENT ALL
AROUND THAT.
AROUND THAT. WE ARE OPENING A BRAND-NEW,
SUFFRAGE THEN AND NOW EXHIBIT.
WHICH ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE
VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF THE 55th
ANNIVERSARY OF THAT IN GREAT
DETAIL.
DETAIL.
DETAIL. IT IS RELEVANT, AND IT IS
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. AND WHAT IS A VOTE WORTH?
I MEAN, IF WE DON'T LOOK AT
THAT MORE CLOSELY RIGHT NOW
THAN WE EVER HAD, WE ARE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION.
PAYING ATTENTION. >> WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY EARLY
ON WHEN COVID FIRST STARTED,
THANKS TO YOU ALL REACHING OUT
TO US TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THE
COVID-19 CAPSULE, TO SPEAK TO
FOUR AMAZING YOUNG MEN FROM MAN
WILL WHO WROTE THE SONG THAT IS
PART OF THE CAPSULE.
I MEAN, IT IS STARTING TO THINK
THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A
TIME, I MEAN, MY 4-YEAR-OLD,
WILL COME AND VISIT AND SEE, WE
LIVED THROUGH THIS.
I MEAN, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SHARE
IN AND GIVE THEIR VOICES.
WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE?
>> ANDY -- WELL, I WAS JUST
GOING TO SAY -- I'M GOING TO
DUCK OUT OF THE WAY.
ARE YOU TWO GO HEAD.
I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE SIDE-
BY-SIDE AND I NEED TO BE
SMACKING, IT IS MY TURN.
IT IS MY TURN.
I'M JUST GOING TO TELL ANGIE,
JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW AND MORE
THAN 500 SUBMISSIONS, ANGIE,
WHEN IT COMES TO VIDEOS,
WRITTEN WORD, ARTWORK, I MEAN,
YOU NAME IT.
WE HAVE HAD IT AND NOT JUST IN
AMERICA WE HAVE HAD PLACES, YOU
KNOW, OTHER COUNTRIES, SO ANDY,
YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE BUT I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO BE
MENTIONED HOW MANY, I MEAN, IT
HAS BEEN ALL-ENCOMPASSING AS
FAR AS THE SUBMISSIONS TO THAT.
>> YEAH, IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING
RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD A GUY IN NEW YORK CITY
WHO IS A GRAPHIC ARTIST WHO
CREATED ONE OF THE "SESAME
STREET" CHARACTERS WHO HEARD
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS CAPSULE
AND SUBMITTED SOMETHING.
SO WE KNEW WHEN WE WERE GETTING
THESE SUBMISSIONS THAT YOU
SPOKE ABOUT IT IS ALL TIMBERS
AND HIS CREW THERE THAT YOU
INTERVIEWED FROM EMANUEL HIGH
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. WE KNEW EARLY ON WHEN WE WERE
GETTING SUBMISSIONS AND GETTING
REALLY GOOD POWERFUL
SUBMISSIONS THAT WE WERE ON TO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. NOW, RACHEL, I HAVE FORGOTTEN
WHAT ANGIE'S QUESTION WAS.
>> I LOVE IN IT.
>> YOU BETTER CORRAL US.
>> I LOVE IT.