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Sonoma County. A diverse county of over one million acres. It's famed for its agriculture, industry and recreation, boasting a booming economy and unique lifestyle for its citizens. Described by the same Luther Burbank as the chosen spot of all the Earth, Sonoma County is the place to

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nineties with your host, Rich McGlinchy. How you doing, everybody? Welcome to this edition of Sonoma County in 19 on location, on location again at the beautiful Chateau de Von Hospitality Center on Fordham Road north of Santa Rosa. We're here with Candy Bon, who is the owner

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and the creator of this magnificent facility out here. And why don't you tell us a little bit about it? How big is it? What's here? Well, there's, Ah, 104 acres of varietal grapes, about 20 acres of walnuts, about acre of olives and about four acres of

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formal gardens with roses. And, of course, there's a meadow behind us and Barnes and someone. It's a full, full facility. And it has a magnet significant building that you build up there in front. Hell, every everything thing needs a chateau. Yeah, put it all together. It

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doesn't in that chateau my life and I've been here for his valentine parties and staging party. And the inside of that chateau is just a beautiful is it is from the outside. And I really commend you for building this. Um, how long have you been around?

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Some account can about 25 years. And what prompted you to become a winemaker? Go in the wine business? I have two accounted for it for insanity in the family 10 generations back. Well, if it's insanity, it's certainly come out beautifully because you have probably the most

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beautiful building housing the hospitality center, that I've seen its own accounting for a long time. And I really commend you for such a Barbas. Okay, I thank you very much and thank you for having us here filming Storm Accounting 90. Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be back

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in just a moment. We'll talk to Dr Francisco Vasquez and Janice Odell about race unity. But first, this message the town I live in is so small, most people don't really even think about HIV or AIDS. But my old boyfriend had it. And now so do

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to this edition of Sonoma County in the nineties, on location at the beautiful Chateau de Bonne Hospitality Center, Fulton Road just north of Santa Rosa. On this program, we're gonna be talking about two things sort of the race Unity Foundation and certainly race Unity Day. And

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we told talking rather, too, to members of the Planning Committee Janice Odell and Dr Brennan, Francisco Vasquez, and we're gonna find out more about race unity day itself. But first of all, I think maybe we are trying to find out about well, before we do that

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high. Hi, not having a, um, I was very fascinated by Raciti Day when I saw you people before the Board of Supervisors. If you want to go where they have made a special resolution commending you for conducting the day itself and that made us more interested

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in not only reach any day but the Race Unity Foundation, I think perhaps the first thing I should ask both of you is what is the Race Community Foundation? Um, Race Unity Foundation eyes something that has recently developed as a result of, uh, the volunteers and

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the organizations putting on Race, Unity Day and Race Unity Day actually has quite a history rich. In 1957 the national spiritualists m ble of the BA highs of the United States That's the national body for the behi Faith decided that there should be a day every

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year that commemorates and celebrates race unity, the oneness of mankind and elimination of prejudice and race. Unity is one of the, uh, the high principles. And so they established this day, and it has been celebrated every day since. And many other organizations new throughout the country

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and actually throughout the world, celebrate race Unity Day. And it's usually the middle of June and we try to have a picnic or some sort of outdoor if I had my mathematics. Great. That's 35 years old. Yes, about 57 Doctor says Race Unity Day was very

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successful. Was held in June here in Sonoma County. What did you tell us? A little something about that. Certainly it was, um it was a beautiful day to begin with. The weather was perfect. We started off around 11 o'clock with about 80 people. And, um, we

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had a group of musicians and dancers, um, from different ethnic groups. We had people bring in picnic baskets. We had people from the the rope scores doing games for the Children and a variety of activities and way counted up to about 350 people. One point. And

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it was difficult to get more people because there were so many things going on that particular day, as usually happens. But everybody who attended was very happy, and they told us that those kinds of events need to happen more often. It was a very diverse group

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that attended and way ended about four o'clock, and we're looking forward to doing it again. It was a family picnic. Really. Uh, We wanted it to have sort of an intimate feeling so that people could really make friends. And we did friends when he speaks about

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a beautiful day. You learned to really appreciate that when you're shooting on location. Yeah. Yeah. We were shooting on location, right? All right. Who were the sponsors? You told us more or less about participant, but you could add a little bit more to that. Who were

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the sponsors and the participants. Okay. The main sponsor, as Jenna pointed out, was a spiritual assembly by Ohio. The co sponsor was the Sonoma County Human Rights Coalition, which has just being commission has just been recognized as a human rights commission by the Board of Supervisors.

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And the, um, participating organizations include the challenge. So normal rope scores the affirmative Action team, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Sonoma County, the Japanese American Citizens League, the Jewish Community Relations Council, the double A CP Sanoma County Chapter 100 black men, partners in health scope,

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the S E i, u local seven or seven. So know my county rainbow greens. So no, my county women against Rape Cinema State University's National Organization for Women Cinema State University's Women Resource Center, the New School from San Francisco, World College West from Petaluma, United Nations

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Association, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The Empire Waste Management, Clover Store, Nater and Willing Bird Turkey. And there were so so in the human rights coalition members were the Asian Pacific. Yeah, the Asian Pacific Americans, the Philippine American Community, Gay and Lesbian Community, Hispanic Chamber Commerce,

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Indian Health Project, Japanese American Citizens League, Jewish Commissions, Community Relations Council in double recipe. Redwood Empire, Chinese Americans, 100 black men. And we, the people Mr Could just a list of of sponsors would make an entire program if we talked a little bit about each one

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of them. Was this religious again? No, it was sponsored by the BEHI community of Santa Rosa, but it was really ah, not a religious event other than the fact that race unity is is to our way of thinking a spiritual law, but, uh, race unity. We

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wanted it to be non religious, and, uh, we didn't wanna have demonstrations or anything like that. We just wanted people to come together as families and just celebrate race unity. Well, it wasn't politically that either. was it? No, it was. I think that you can interpret

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anything in any way that you want, and people there could have said, Well, this is a religious event because it's possible behi Or they could have said what? This is a political event because people were talking about discrimination at one point off the program. But the

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intent, the written intent, and the way that it was presented was that it was a a day off unity where people would come together, share in a picnic and, um, and not really have any kind of We're not trying to convince the government about anything, and

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we were not trying to convince anybody about any religion. We just wanted to spend time to write the list of people that you mentioned. The sponsors certainly covered practically every race in California de Groat. People representing all of these different groups. 10. Yes, yes, it was.

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It was really interesting work of successively. Yes, it was interesting because when I was calling people inviting them to participate in the planning for the event, some people would say, Well, I'm not a minority, and you know, we want these people to be part of the

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human race, you know? And it was a very diverse group. You couldn't say what this is just a black event or a Hispanic event or an Asian event. It was pretty diverse. Race unity really includes white, Anglo Saxon Americans. It includes everyone. And so it wasn't

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just from minorities. Well, now that's true. And when you say Reese unity, you group means exactly that race unity. And I'm not sure of how many races there are in the world. I don't have that figure it, my commander in a moment. But let's just say

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there are 100 We're talking about all those people unifying and celebrating the fact that we're all here. We're part of this particular well, you know, I think it's important to say that there aren't really that many races. I mean, you know, you can probably stretch it

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if you say therefore. I mean, there are hundreds, maybe 1000 ethnic groups, true, but in terms of races were pretty much 11 family, and we're pretty much, you know, differentiated in terms of ethnicity, but induced raise wear pretty much one day. Yes, I think for the

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audience you're you know, in that spirit, and I know we're departing a little bit from our intended course, but the day featured a lot of wonderful musicians and dancers. And when you say there are only four basic races, we really are one family, and it doesn't

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matter what part of the planet you're from. For instance, drumming is a universal part of our human existence, and the very last act on the stage brought tears to people's on brought tears to my eyes. We had theatrical roots of jazz. We had the poem Oh,

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Indian dancers. And we had the Aztec tail colleague dancers and they were all drumming together. They'd never laid eyes on each other before. Before that day. Music is a bond. Don't you think it really was a matter of coming for a reality, huh? Beat right on

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The beat goes on throughout the world and all people. It was really, really two things one has to quickly one of them is not quickly gets you plan to hold race Unity Day next year. And if you do what changes or enhancements do you plan to

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make, um, I think we weren't successful. It was I think it would be a shame not to hold it again. And I think 11 thing we're going to do is start earlier with our contacting and connecting with and including more and more of the groups around

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Sonoma County. Um, just getting to know people. So it's a much larger event, but I think pretty much it'll be very similar. I think some of the contacts that we have made and you know, it's interesting to point out that a sui were planning the race

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Unity Day with that as knowing the Human Rights Coalition was forming separately. And then when we found out about each other, what they said was, You know, these are the kinds of things we want to do, but we didn't really. We didn't have enough time to

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work together. So next year we're going to include all the groups represented in the Human Rights Commission, and also we have made some contacts recently with the Faith based Community Organizing Project, which represents 40 different churches in Cinema County. And so we have established some common

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network toe bring more people into the event next year. You know Francisco on Janet, Most of the people that I encountered are not aware that racism exists in Soma County, whether they choose not to see this or whether they're just sincerely or not aware of that,

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Um, those people would be asking you, Is there a need, uh, race Unity Day, forcing for Irish unity, dancing on the county? Oh, there really is, if for no other reason, let's say there was no racism. Uh, at the very least, we have, ah, whole diverse

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family of people that don't know each other very well. They stay within their own groups because you're more comfortable with all the people that you have things in common with. And, uh, I think it's important that we spend time together, that we get to know one

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another and, uh, you know, it's in Sonoma County. There's a great need for that. And the discussion about racism, I think, is a whole showing itself. Francisco, Do you think that the government has a responsibility for healing racism? Um, well, I think that, um, racism, it's

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a responsibility for everyone. I mean, when you talk about the government, the government is that people, we are the people. We are the government on. We cannot really depend on the government to do that. Going back to the previous question, though, about the racial problems. You

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know, I teach at Sanoma State University. Most of my students happened to be white students and one of the, uh, things that come sad when we discuss racism, I teach in liberal studies, Um, without my prompting it by just from the readings that they do. They

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eventually come to the point where on their own, they come to me and they say, You know, I didn't realize that I was racist. I've even thought somewhat, you know, jokingly about racism anonymous organization that we need because it seems that a list you in Cinema

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County, there's a lot of denial but interest of politics. Um, one of the candidates running for the assembly sent out a questionnaire to people in her district asking what was the number one issue that they saw or the top three issues that they saw in Cinema

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County? And that's how the question was phrased. But the response was that the number one issue for at least 78% of the respondents was the influx of Hispanics in cinema County. So whether it is discussed openly and publicly or not, there is a lot off feelings

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off and I don't wander in the service of racism because a lot of it is not conscious. But there's a lot of uneasiness, and in terms off the government's involvement, we need to work hand in hand because I think that even though we don't believe it

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could happen in the United States, what's going on in Eastern Europe right now can happen in the United States and interests of heavy and ethnic wars and ethnic cleansing wars and things of that nature. So I think that we are a step ahead in terms of

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planning, race unity days so that we can dialogue before things get to the point where we're shooting at each other. We could become polarized, were pause right here for a moment for a message from the station. But we come back with Sonoma County in the nineties

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is so small, most people don't really even think about HIV or AIDS. But my old boyfriend had it, and now so do I. You know, I found out that AIDS is increasing in small towns. I think it's because people here just don't think it can happen

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to them. Find out how you can prevent HIV. Call 1 803 4 to AIDS. Welcome back to this edition of cinema counting the nineties on location on location at Chateau de Boned Hospitality Center, Fulton Road, a few miles north of Santa Rosa, we're talking with Janice

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Odell and Dr Francisco Vestas, members of the Race Unity Foundation, a very important group when we've also been talking about the very successful Reach Unity Day in June. Janna. When we left, we had a question. When you throw it you and that is where Do you

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think that racism stands on the priorities or the challenges that face our country right now? Our county right now? Well, the national spiritualists. Emily of the behinds of the United States has called racial unity the most challenging issue and I agree with it. It is the

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most challenging issue facing this country, and I don't think Sonoma County is an exception. Uh, Dr Busquets was just telling about the survey and the fear that people have about the influx of Hispanics. Um, you know, people are concerned and they need to become more familiar

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with with one another so that they realize, why am I being concerned about this? I think you could. Perhaps there was an article in Believers Newsweek last year late last year when they talk about how race has played an important role in every election for the

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last five presidential elections. And I think that we need to be aware that politicians don't use that issue asso way of getting votes because they were dealing with something that is very explosive. And I think that the the resolution or the dealing with a question of

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race is goingto be the basis for whether our country can survive or not. So I think it's the number one priority as we can see what happens in other countries when the citizens become polarized to the extent that they begin to kill each other, then you

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feel it. Racial disarming impacts are standing in the world to absolutely, absolutely. I don't think you can have national security when people are shooting at each other. That's what happened in Yugoslavia right now. It's the fragmentation of the country. We've never found the magic one that

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will allow us to understand fellow, man, that a woman around the world are we any closer to that? We were 50 years ago. But I think that differences which is at the basis of racism, are everywhere their differences in nature, the differences in families or differences,

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culture, you know, everywhere their differences. I think what happens is that when a group of people takes advantage off differences in order to promote their own particular interests, that you get into problems, I don't think that you can really solve the race problem. I think that

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is something that we have always I need to struggle against the issue of racism, but it's not. There is no magic want, as you say as you put it out. But we all need to be aware that we have a tendency to be racist, to discriminate,

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even among white people discriminate against white people. Black people discriminated against black people, so it's discrimination, cutting across all different levels. So we're not talking about just a white versus color discrimination, but just how to become better human beings. That's word keywords right there. Wait, let

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me get into the groups. Do the groups that sponsored and participated in the very successful race every day in June of this year plan to do other things? Or are they doing other things during the year while we dio rich? I'm glad you brought that up

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because race unity is not just about race Unity Day race Unity is a principle. It's a principle, a fundamental principle that needs to be promoted throughout the year. And we want to foster this effort, and we want to support anyone in Sonoma County who's involved in

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that. In that effort, we would like to, um, take some programs, uh, into the junior highs into the high schools and into the colleges. Some of them are already doing some of this. But just to initiate dialogues at different levels of society about racism, just help

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people discover on fears about it. And so we're planning a serious off projects, such as ones that I mentioned. But what we are doing before we even begin toe plan specifics is to figure out how we're going to find those projects. You remember the famous musical

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that had to sell all You have to be carefully talk to hate the out of Josh Logan's musicals on Broadway years ago. I'm not sure what it was, which one it was. It was that you have to be carefully taught. I hate, um, somebody done a

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heck of a job teaching haven't because there's there is hatred. Uh, and I'm not even sure that's the word that people mean what they think of themselves, that they use that word loosely saying, I hate us right? So hey, this really hate that. First of all,

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that's a sickness anyway. The hatred is a sickness, but secondarily, it seems so sad that we have advanced this far, but we can't advance beyond calling each other by nicknames or ethnic nicknames or looking down or up at one another. This isn't This is not race

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unity. This is not Christianity. Even this is this is very unfortunate. I don't need to make a little electric here, but I just think that this program is so important. And I'm so glad to have the two of you here and that I think we can

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promote just one instance or one example of rationing is result of our chat. Today. We will have accomplished our purpose and maybe we could even do it 10 times. One other thing that's very key. I must ask you, I know this important you. How is this

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program being funded? Well, the the discussions had letters to the point. Asai said that we need to think of how we're gonna pay for this in in these times of austerity. So we have become the race Unity Day. We're working in conjunction with the Sonoma County

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Community Foundation and we have committed ourselves and we are asking for everybody's assistance to raise $25,000 in the next three years to provide funds for any group in Sanoma County that wants to do any kind of activity that would promote race unity, and we would be

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able to find suffers. No, there's a phone number. I think if I've got it correctly here in 6643185 people can reach you through that number. Yes. Um, this this is very, very important because as a result of what we say here today, way hope it will

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have people interested not interested but wanting to be a part of it. Yes. So now, um, what do you ultimately hope to achieve? Well, race unity. We'd like Teoh, you know, have ah healing of this. And there are many stages that one goes through. First, you

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stop hating and begin to tolerate, and then perhaps you go into a denial and you think there's nothing. There's no difference between us. But then there's a There's a higher level, and that's where you appreciate each other's differences. You appreciate The difference is you notice them

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and you appreciate them. I think what the both were down to about 45 seconds. I think that both of you are doing and what your entire committee is doing is wonderful and something desperately needed. and way overdue. I wish you I will help any way I

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can. And I wish you all the world just about out of time. I have to say Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, on this very important programs Don't count in the nineties on location of checked every born we've been talking to Janice Oakdale and Dr Francisco Vest.

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We're talking about something that means ultimate salvation. All of us. Race talked about the race Unity Foundation. They're very successful. Race Unity Day, if you are interested, called 6643185 and talked to Dr Vazquez Met Janice. Maybe you want to become a part of this. If you're

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a feeling thinking human being, I think you should want to become a part of it. My name is Richmond, Virginia. Program is so McCann in the nineties, with your next week with a member of the county government, family or related agencies such as the Race Unity

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Foundation. Dylan. Good night. Good luck and good help. Teach everyone of you. Uh,