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My name is Philip Alvin Jones. I'm calling for Washington state at the Washington State Penitentiary. The name of this piece that I'm going to speak about is called "In Our unity Is Our Strength." After witnessing all of the uprisings from the backlash of George Floyd and many other unarmed black people, what I came to learn is that protest alone won't end systemic racism. The protest highlighted the injustice, brought attention to it. But there was no shift in social justice. What we witnessed was a response to our call for equal protection. Which was those who would like to see the status quo remain in tact, come out into daylight, more determined to maintain white supremacy emboldened by Donald Trump. They were not just more vocal. They were incited to hate crimes. Now, back to the point I was making about the need for more than just protest. First, we organize. Then we show our outrage and finally we empower with our numbers by endorsing or fielding candidates all across the country. The result will be so