President Joe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating a wave of hate-fueled violence in the US, as he works to fulfill his campaign promise to “heal the soul of the nation.”
The White House announced Friday that Biden will host the summit. United We Stand on September 15, to highlight the “corrosive effects” of violence on public security and democracy.
Advocates pressed Biden to hold the event after 10 black people were killed in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May, also aiming to address a succession of hate-fueled violence in cities like El Paso, Texas, Pittsburgh, and Oak Creek, Wisconsin. .
“As President Biden said in Buffalo after the horrific mass shooting earlier this year, in the battle for the soul of our nation, we must all enlist in this great American cause,” said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. it’s a statement.
“The top United We Stand It will present an important opportunity for Americans of all races, religions, regions, political affiliations and walks of life to take up that cause together,” added Jean-Pierre.
Biden will deliver a keynote address at the meeting, which the White House says will include civil rights groups, religious leaders, business executives, law enforcement, gun violence prevention advocates, former members of violent hate groups, victims of extremist violence and cultural figures.
The White House emphasized that it also intends to bring together Democrats and Republicans, as well as political leaders at the federal, state and local levels to unite against hate violence.
[Con información de The Associated Press y Reuters]
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