Welcome everyone! Thank you so much for joining us today. Please feel free to share comments or reactions in the chat throughout the event.

Thank you for putting together this beautiful event!

Beautiful, Ruben!

Thank you Rubin!!!

Thank you Ruben! Voice is beautiful as ever!

I share this video with my 1st graders every year to show them what children can do! It's a powerful story.

What is the video called? want to show this to adults!!!

If you'd like to rewatch or share that video, you can do so on YouTube here! https://youtu.be/5c113fq3vhQ

The Children's March

Books on this are powerful but the video is awesome!

Thank you Erin!

I'm enjoying everything, nice Ruben.

Thank you so very much. I'm touched to tears. Wonderful truth of the human spirit.

Ruben..Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful voice with us.

Such a moving, gorgeous rendition Thank you Ruben!

Chills!

so moving Ruben! Loved you from the 1st moment I saw you on American Idol so many years ago!

Thank you for this beautiful program. It is chilling and memorable. I am in awe!

Love to Miss Nell Stokes!

Proud to call Nell Stokes a friend. Thank you for sharing this experience..

This is a beautiful program, I wish it could be shared to everyone.

Hey Gail and Kitt! Yup... Nell's story needs to be heard far and wide! So glad to be witnessing!

Thank you, Ms. Stokes, for sharing your story and your courageous service to our community.

Thank you Miss Nell for sharing your experience.

Continue to hear Nell Stokes' wisdom on her YouTube monthly program 80 and up.

Paula - so wonderful to meet you! Thank you for joining us! My parents were in seminary with your father and watched his tenacious and brave leadership.

Thank you for sharing your experience Paula!

AWESOME!

Amazing! Thank you!

Wow, what a marvelous image. Thank you very much, Ms. Paula.

I wish Paula could visit every Elementary school!

That was so beautiful, Paula... will be looking for the book!

Amazingly written, such beautiful concepts for both children and adults to absorb and be inspired by!! Thank you!

That was awesome!

Thank you very much for your commitment to educating our children, Ms. Shelton. You're book should be in every classroom!

I am so sorry....

If you have any questions for our panelists, please feel free to drop them here in the chat! If we have time, Angela may ask some of your questions of our panelists.

Ms. Nell what have you learned from your experiences. What have you taken from your experience.

Can you ask Nell about her attempts to vote and the barriers to doing so...

Could you please give me tell how I can increase my support to dismantle systemic racism?

Thank you, Ms. Stokes. I'm so sorry that you had these terribly painful experiences.

Hear Ms. Nell Stokes' poem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CQ-_SOtwEw

Thank you for posting Nell's piece... I had missed it!

Ms. Paula Young, How do you feel about the talks about the banning of some books that tells the history our struggles in the past.

Well said Paula!!!

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for the invite. This was very educational and inspiring. Thanks to the Host and Panelists. Gregory A. Noel

Thank you so much!!!

I agree! Thank you soo much

great discussion!

Thank you all!!!

THank you very much, Ms. Young-Shelton. And thank you to Riverside for hosting.

Thank you!

THANK YOU

Thank you!

Thank you!

thank you!!

Thank you!!!!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Tremendous inspiration!

Thank you!

Thanks for the invite, Nell Stokes. I really appreciated hearing about these events from this perspective.

So moving... sniff sniff

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Chills!!

Amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Absolutely beautiful! Wow!

Wow. Wonderful!

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So inspiring, thank you for sharing your talents!

So touching!

Love Love Love!

Beautiful!!!

Beautiful!!!!

Absolutely Inspiring!!!!!

Wow!!! Just beautiful!

really great! wonderful program and presentations

this is incredibly beautiful

WOW, this is so powerful. Tears!!! Thank you all!

Wow. This is gorgeous!

Amazing!!!!

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Very moving! Beautiful

The future looks bright!! Beautiful!!

Thank you!

so inspirational-wonderful performance!

Very spirit rejuvenating!!

The kids are alright

Beautiful!!

BEAUTIFUL!!!! Great performance!!!

Magnificent! Thank You!

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Wow! Amazing!

Beautiful!

thank you - beautiful - brought tears to my eyes

Wow...Powerful..so moving and inspirational!! Thank You!!

Beautiful, you are, our future

Wonderful!! Beautiful performance and excellent presentation today - thank you!!

Thank you very much

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Michael King jr

Michal King

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Thank you!

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Mahatma Gandhi

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such a great program today. Thank you!

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Thank you for creating this programming today!

Thank you RCC for this awesome experience.

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An incredibly moving and important program! Thank you very much to Angela for hosting and to all of the participants.

thank you for this wonderful program Angela, Paulo and all the special guests!

Thank you so much

What is the code?

Thank you for a great program!

Thank you

Thank you for a gorgeous and inspiring program.

The code is "bccpartner"!

This was wonderful!

Wonderful, Thank you so much!

Thank you! Beautiful and inspiring program!

Thanks - amazing program! Important conversations and much more work to do. So hopeful, though! Bravo to the performers. Take care.

Thank you, thank you!!

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Shout out to Ms. Nell from Albany NY!!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you so much, Riverside. Will it be possible to replay the program? I missed part of Ms. Stokes' presentation because I was with a person.

Thank you so much!!!!

Thank you! This was so great!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. This was a wonderful program. I learned so much

Thank you, this was amazing!

Thank you so much, This was awesome!

Thank you!

thank you Angela and all

Thank you!

Thank you for a wonderful program!

Appreciate this!!!

Thank you so much - this was amazing and inspiring!

Thank you, Angela and everyone who arranged this and invited us.

Thank you! This was wonderful!

Thank you all so much for joining us! We're going to play this song one more time to close out the program. Have a great rest of your day!

Thank you all! This was amazing!!

Incredibly powerful--thanks to all!

Angela - this was incredible!

Thank you all so much for joining us!

Thank you again.