President Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett met with Black Lives Matter activists yesterday at the White House, the latest sign that the Obama administration is involved with the controversial protest group.
Jarrett met with three organizers for Campaign Zero. DeRay Mckesson, Brittany Packnett, and Johnetta Elzie as well as Phil Agnew of the Dream Defenders and Jamye Wooten, an organizer for Baltimore United for Change were there, according to a senior White House official who confirmed the visit toBuzzfeed.
She also revealed that Obama sympathized with the movement, thanks to his background as a community organizer in Chicago.
“He offered us a lot of encouragement with his background as a community organizer, and told us that even incremental changes were progress,” shetold reportersafter the meeting. “He didn’t want us to get discouraged. He said, ‘Keep speaking truth to power.’”
Packnett was also selected as a member of Obama’s presidential task force on 21st century policing – and has a long record of activism in St. Louis including some time spent in Washington D.C.
In past interviews, she described herself as the “bridge” between Ferguson protestors and Washington D.C.
Valerie Jarrett Meets With Black Lives Matter Leaders At The White House - Breitbart
This White House spends more time dividing than unifying this country. He should be ashamed, but obviously is proud of his efforts to create a bigger divide than already exits.
Jarrett met with three organizers for Campaign Zero. DeRay Mckesson, Brittany Packnett, and Johnetta Elzie as well as Phil Agnew of the Dream Defenders and Jamye Wooten, an organizer for Baltimore United for Change were there, according to a senior White House official who confirmed the visit toBuzzfeed.
She also revealed that Obama sympathized with the movement, thanks to his background as a community organizer in Chicago.
“He offered us a lot of encouragement with his background as a community organizer, and told us that even incremental changes were progress,” shetold reportersafter the meeting. “He didn’t want us to get discouraged. He said, ‘Keep speaking truth to power.’”
Packnett was also selected as a member of Obama’s presidential task force on 21st century policing – and has a long record of activism in St. Louis including some time spent in Washington D.C.
In past interviews, she described herself as the “bridge” between Ferguson protestors and Washington D.C.
Valerie Jarrett Meets With Black Lives Matter Leaders At The White House - Breitbart
This White House spends more time dividing than unifying this country. He should be ashamed, but obviously is proud of his efforts to create a bigger divide than already exits.