Zellnor Myrie: “When it's time to put the money up for our institutions, for…”

“And we love to show up to things and say we believe in you. We come to graduation speeches, we do all of those things. But When it's time to put the money up for our institutions, for our programming, for our students, we are slow to act. And so my viewpoint on advocacy is always how you can help give that person the opportunity to be great. That's how I like to frame it.” (35:06–35:16)

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