Video: Alicia Garza, Tori Amos, Cameron Esposito, and Deon Taylor on the Pandemic
What I like about this moment is that its made everybody abandon their avatars. This pandemic has pulled back the curtains on what is real. — Alicia Garza
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, comedian Cameron Esposito, social science professor Eric Klinenberg, poet Krista Franklin, photographer Tonika Johnson, journalist Lolly Bowean, filmmaker Deon Taylor, writer Veronica Roth, and musician Tori Amos pull back the curtain on the pandemic with some real talk, advice, and virtual hugs.
[Image description: The banner image along the top of the web page is a graphic of presenter headshots. Top row, from left to right: Cameron Esposito, Tori Amos, Deon Taylor. Middle row, from left to right: Tonika Johnson, Alicia Garza, Veronica Roth. Bottom row, from left to right: Eric Klinenberg, Lolly Bowean, Krista Franklin.]
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