Clarissa's Battle | movie | 2022 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Social warrior and single mom leads movement for childcare and preschool for all families. As she wins her biggest battl | dG1fTWdpNi1wNHBPeU0

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00:00It is time for a change y'all. I'm tired of being tired, of being tired, of being tired.

00:06I am sick of being tired. No matter where your zip code is, no matter what school you

00:11sign up to, every single child deserves to have the same quality education.

00:16Bye honey. Have a good day, okay? I will. I'll see you in a little while. See you in a little while.

00:25Good morning. Good morning. Okay.

00:35My work in Oakland really began when I realized that there were 5,000 primarily African American

00:42mothers on the waiting list. I wasn't ready to stop working. I wasn't ready to give up

00:47my housing, you know, but it was things that I had to do for the stability and security

00:54of the child.

00:57Are you a registered Alameda County voter? Yes. Would you sign a petition for the health

01:07and child care initiative for Alameda County? Xavier, we overslept.

01:21When we build from the grassroots up, when we include seniors, when we include monolingual

01:25Spanish speakers, when we include everybody from the community to come and campaign and

01:30fight for justice for our children, then that's how we win.

01:39This work takes a toll on you. You know, I'd been having problems last week with migraines

01:45and my body was hurting and I didn't know what was going on, but I missed my doctor's

01:50appointment for a meeting.

01:53This is an economic justice issue just as much as it is an educational issue. We have

01:59to start talking about gender and racial justice and economic justice and connecting

02:03these dots because we're going to roll these policies back.

02:08No matter what happens, like I have to just, I have to keep going. So, and that's just

02:13kind of my life.

02:14Having watched families suffer for the last five years and then to finally be on the edge

02:21of some justice for all of these moms.