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“The official State of the Union will be filled with empty promises and misinformation, but the State of the People is our answer—a 24-hour livestream elevating the voices that truly reflect our community’s needs,” says Angela Rye, one of the organizers of StateOfThePeople.media. “It’s time for all of us to take a stand. Join us as we uplift the issues that matter, demand accountability for the harm caused and chart a path forward where we can thrive,” she adds.
The public is invited to register at StateOfThePeople.media, and to watch there, as well, beginning tonight, March 3rd, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET to March 4th, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET
The following leaders will be hosts:
Joy Reid, journalist; Elected officials; Angela Rye, Native Land Pod; Andrew Gillum, Native Land Pod; Stacey Abrams, lawyer and former Georgia State Representative; Ibram X. Kendi author; Ben Crump, civil rights attorney; Jaime Harrison, Former Party Chair of the DNC; Clay Cane and Reecie Colbert, news personalities; Monique Pressley, trial attorney and legal analyst; Tamika D. Mallory, activist and founder of Until Freedom; Janai Nelson, President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Elie Mystal, journalist; Brittany Packnett Cunningham, activist and Undistracted; Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and CEO for National Council of Negro Women; Quentin James, founder and President of The Collective; Stefanie Brown James, co-founder of Collective PAC; Maurice Mitchell, National Director of Working Families; A’shanti Gholar, President of EMERGE America; Aisha Mills, public affairs stratigest; Black Voters Matter Fund; Fatima Gross Graves, CEO of the National Women’s Law Center; Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and activist; Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church; Ashley Allison, founder of Watering Hole Media; Lauren Burke; Michael McBride, co-founder of Black Church PAC; Party; Rev. Mark Thompson of BlackPressUSA.com, civil rights activist and Host of Make It Plain.
