THE CARAVAN SO A FEW WEEKS AGO AFTER THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY
WHEN HILLARY CLINTON WON THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY THERE WAS A
LOT OF TALK AMONGST BERNIE
SANDERS SUPPORTERS OF WHAT IS NEXT.
WHAT DO WE DO?
IT WAS SORT
OF AN INTERESTING PLACE TO BE IN FOR MYSELF BEING SOMEONE WHO
DOES LOVE AND SUPPORT BERNIE SANDERS, BUT ALSO SOMEONE THAT
WANTS TO STAY ENGAGED POLITICALLY AND WANTS TO KEEP
THIS MOMENTUM GOING.
I WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENTUM AND
MOBILIZE IT, AND NOT LOSE IT WHILE ALSO TRYING TO SAY NOW YOU
HAVE TO VOTE FOR HILLARY OR
TRUMP, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WON'T VOTE FOR EITHER OF
THOSE PEOPLE.
KENDRICK AND I DID A CALIFORNIA RV TOUR A FEW WEEKS
AGO WHERE WE WENT UP AND DOWN THE COAST, AND I THOUGHT WE
SHOULD DO THIS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, NOT FOR BERNIE, NOT FOR HILLARY, NOT FOR THE DNC BUT FOR
THE PEOPLE.
I THINK THERE IS A BIG FALSE NARRATIVE IN OUR
COUNTRY ABOUT WHERE REAL
LEADERSHIP RESIDES.
IS BECAUSE WE LET THEM.
THE LEADERSHIP IS
REALLY IN THE PEOPLE'S HANDS, BUT WE HAVE TO DEMAND THAT
LEADERSHIP.
AND THE ODOR ONLY
WAY TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS TRAGEDY THAT IS HAPPENING
IN THIS COUNTRY ñ THE CARAVAN IS A WAY FOR US TO DO THAT.
WE ARE
STARTING IN CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE ONE GOING FROM CALIFORNIA TO
PHILLY.
ANOTHER ONE GOING FROM PORTLAND TO PHILLY, AND THEN A
SOUTHERN ONE GOING UP FROM
FLORIDA TO PHILLY.
IT IS NOT FOR BERNIE SANDERS OR ANYONE.
IF YOU
WANT ALL OPEN PRIMARIES JOIN THE CARAVAN.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING AS
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN THAT YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH, AND YOU ARE
WILLING TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST, PEACEFULLY SIT IN, AND
PEACEFULLY SHOW UP, THAT IS WHAT
THIS IS FOR.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE WHOLE THING SO THAT
EVERYONE CAN BE INVOLVED, NOT
JUST THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT.
>>I WANT TO ASK KENDRICK ABOUT HOW THIS WILL WORK.
I AM NOT
PUTTING ON ANYTHING HERE.
>> I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS THAT I CAN'T JOIN BECAUSE I WILL BE
WITH TYT AT THE DNC.
>> EVERY NIGHT WE STOP WE WILL BE HAVING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WHEN
WE GO TO BOULDER WE WILL TALK
ABOUT FRACKING.
EVERYPLACE WE GO WE WILL BRING ATTENTION TO WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES
FOR NOT ONLY THE CARAVANERS TO LEARN BUT FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY THEIR CITIZENS.
>> ARE YOU GUYS BOTH GOING?
WHAT ROUTES ARE YOU ON?
>>I WILL BE IN AND OUT BECAUSE I AM WORKING AT THE SAME TIME.
I WILL BE THERE FOR SOME OF IT, BUT NOT THE WHOLE THING.
>> I REMEMBER THE CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP WE DID RIGHT BEFORE WE
STARTED THE YOUNG TURKS.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
WE WOULD SEE
AMERICA.
I BRIEFLY WENT AROUND WITH BERNIE SANDERS AND
INTRODUCED HIM IN SOME OF HIS SPEECHES.
I LOVED IT.
HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT BEFORE?
>>
THE FIRST ONE WAS WHEN WE WENT ñ WE DID 14 CITIES IN CALIFORNIA.
IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT FELT
LIKE IT.
>>IT'S AMAZING WHAT 10 MILES WILL DO.
>>IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE ENCOUNTERED THEY
WERE SO INSPIRATIONAL.
ONE OF THEM GAVE US THIS.
>>HE IS ACTUALLY HELPING US DO A CARAVAN NOW.
>> HE WAS AT THE GUADALUPE CHURCH IN SAN JOSE WHERE CESAR
CHAVEZ STARTED THE UFW.
WE HAD THIS AMAZING MEETING.
THAT DAY
WE PRAYED THREE TIMES IN THREE DIFFERENT TRADITIONS.
IT WAS
JUST SO INSPIRATIONAL.
THE UNIFYING ASPECT OF THESE TYPES
OF TRIPS WHERE WE ARE LITERALLY VISITING PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN DISENFRANCHISED AND MARGINALIZED AND SAYING WE
CARE ABOUT YOU AND ARE CHAMPIONING YOUR CAUSE, AND
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CONVENTION.
>> NOT ONLY THAT BUT YOU SUPPORT YOUR CHILD, YOU CHAMPIONING YOUR
CAUSE.
LET STAND TOGETHER.
WE
ALL HAVE OUR OWN MOVEMENTS.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING
RIGHT NOW.
WE ALL HAVE TO STAND TOGETHER, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY.
WE HAVE TO UNIFY.
UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, DIVISION IS ONLY GOING TO FURTHER
SEPARATE OUR COUNTRY AND CAUSE MORE VIOLENCE AND TRAGEDY.
AND WE CANNOT AFFORD ANY MORE OF THAT.
>> WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND MORE?
>> UPTOUS.NET.
THAT IS NAME OF OUR WEBSITE.
>> UPTOUS.NET, CHECK IT OUT.
I WISH I COULD DO IT.
>>YOU CAN SEND PEOPLE TO COME ON YOUR BEHALF.