We have to get to a better place, we have to do it together. We have to build the kind of teamwork and camaraderie to tackle these hard problems together.

Arne Duncan

I will absolutely look at this as we go forward long-term, if I think I can make a bigger difference in another seat, I’ll absolutely look at that.

Those next six or eight weeks after that, were honestly probably the worst six or eight weeks of my life, we had a staff member killed, we had three of our young men killed, we had a 20-month-old baby of one our men... he was killed, and it was just an extraordinarily dark time.

Brain surgeons, heart surgeons, they save lives every single day, our life coaches, our outreach workers, our clinicians, they're saving lives every single day.

The Covid-19 pandemic started with the pandemic, and then the George Floyd murder, those next six or eight weeks after that, were honestly probably the worst six or eight weeks of my life.

Let's just say for example, instead of 13,000 police officers we had 8,000, but we had 5,000 more outreach workers, clinicians, life coaches, educators, job developers who are stopping the violence, we've got to give them a reason to stop committing crimes and put down the guns.

It started with the pandemic, and then the George Floyd murder, those next six or eight weeks after that were honestly probably the worst six or eight weeks of my life. We had a staff member killed, we had three of our young men killed, we had a 20-month-old baby of one our men (that) was killed, and it was just an extraordinarily dark time.

Many of our staff used to shoot people. You can perceive them some way, (but) they are literally life savers every single day. We can't win this battle without them, men who look like that, men who live in these neighborhoods, are giving everything they have. And I don't want to get emotional saying this -- they're giving everything they have to create peace and to save the next generation. They are the answer.