Subject: Re: HRC @ Christ the King Church
From: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
To: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
Cc: Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Jim Margolis <[email-masked]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, David Binder <[email-masked]>, John Anzalone <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, Tony Carrk <[email-masked]>, Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>, Maya Harris <[email-masked]>, Marlon Marshall <
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:08:31 -0400

Very much agree w Joel's tone too.
this is the moment.
the flag is one actionable item we can get done.
the systemic changes will be harder to prove leadership so we should own
this symbol change.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:55 PM, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]
> wrote:

> This work any better?
>
> "We’re all relieved that the Governor of South Carolina has finally agreed
> that the Confederate flag should be removed from the State House –
> something I and others have been saying for years.  That flag is a symbol
> of our nation’s racist past that has no place in our present or our future. America
> is better than that. And I’ll say this to any state in the union where
> the Confederate flag still waves: It’s time. Do the right thing. Take
> down that flag.
>
>
>
> And this is just the start of what's needed.  Our challenges are systemic
> so our solutions must be as well."
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:47 PM, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Symbols matter.  In the case of this flag, every time a black person walks
> past this flag it is a symbol of the hatred and oppression their ancestors
> faced and they must still face.
> People are angry and hurt and we can run a whole campaign on these issues.
> We have only one moment -- right now -- to vehemently attack this symbol.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:39 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
>   I think she thinks moral leadership is more than taking on symbols -
> but doing hard work of solving problems and injustices these families face.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:37 PM, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>   This sounds like pablum.
> These flags are a disgrace and dishonor all who have fought and died in
> the name of basic civil rights.
> This is a moment for moral leadership in America and if she doesn't
> deliver it, who will?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:24 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
>   Right.
>
>  The goal here was to take the discussion away from flags and to issues.
> She doesn't want to litigate the Arkansas flag. So seemed beat way to
> handle the flag was to say that symbols are important - but we have to also
> wrestle with real issues.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:17 PM, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>   Jen and others should jump in here... an alternative like "symbols of
> the Confederacy" is much more sweeping, but we can easily upgrade to that
> if folks want. Argument for making this about the battle flag specifically
> is that it hits Mississippi, where the Speaker of the House just raised
> this issue as well (
> http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/06/22/petition-mississippi-confederate-flag/29113157/)
> and a number of other places, but doesn't get us into debating the extra
> star on the Arkansas flag or every single Robert E. Lee statue across the
> south.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Margolis, Jim <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dan
>> Are we intentionally limiting our call to the confederate battle flag
>> itself?
>>
>> Jim Margolis
>> Sent from my iPhone.
>> Please excuse typos.
>>
>> > On Jun 22, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Team, attached is a draft for tomorrow's community meeting at the
>> church in St. Louis.  Please take a look at how the confederate flag is
>> handled.
>> > HRC's instinct on this was to spend most of her time on actual
>> solutions rather than reprising the high points from Saturday, so this is
>> considerably less sweeping but hopefully still maintains enough of the
>> emotion.
>> > Thanks
>> > Dan
>>  > <2015-06-22 St. Louis Church Service - 8pm.docx>
>>
>>
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