'Whether it's for immigration, whether it's for defunding police, we are clear that we will not be free until all of us are free and that our freedom is bound together,' Jess Morales Rocketto, political dir. for the National Domestic Worker Alliance, says.
The energy is still high as young organizers take to the streets to demand action.
After a big Supreme Court win for ‘Dreamers’ and the LGBTQ community, as well as the movement for Black lives fundamentally changing the way race in America is being discussed, MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez speaks with organizers Jess Morales Rocketto, Jessica Byrd and Jonathan Jayes-Green about sustaining the movement’s momentum during a contentious election year.
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