>> The rainbow Push Coalition is calling for advocates to come together and push back against federal efforts they say are targeting civil rights and freedoms ahead of their annual conference this weekend.

The group is planning a target protest before.

Joining up at the No Kings nationwide rally this weekend.

Joining us with more on the future of the organization is Rainbow PUSH is executive director.

You said Jackson, you, sir.

Thanks for joining us.

>> Good evening.

Thank you for having me today.

>> So it's a big week for rainbow push.

Obviously, you've got the conference.

You've got a couple of rallies.

What is the message you want to get out?

>> You know, every year since 1971, the Rainbow Push Coalition has held annual conference in this year's.

No different this year is different.

Only in a sense that we have never seen times like these the great temple of legislation that created a more equal society for us in a shirt in tremendous production.

Poverty, Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act in the public accommodations.

Bill are all under threat in 1959.

To take you back for a moment.

1959 African-Americans were 55% living below the poverty line, the great society legislation work by 1973.

We were at 11% of the popular line and now with 30%.

So by rolling back the great efforts of civil rights legislation, we know what the lead-up isn't.

It is poor health and less less opportunity for education and it cost us our lives.

And so we're Gavin June.

12th year in Chicago with a luncheon starting off tomorrow with Reverend Jamal Bryant, Reverend Al Sharpton leading the charge to give policy.

The current to us that the Republicans that the evangelicals that elected Donald Trump did not the Republican Party to give them policy.

They gave the policy to the Republican Party and said here's what we want.

And they found the guy to effect their legislation.

Now we're sitting back in my opinion, waiting for Democrats to give policy.

But it's the people who have the power and we must give them policy.

So Tamara Luncheon is about.

Policies that we want to protect our society and our systems so that grandchildren have a better lives that lives and what we have.

>> And Yusuf, I know you all you all have a number of like big names that we all know as far as faith leaders in the community and other civic organizers.

And you've got a reverent Al Sharpton.

But locally, you've got, you know, Marshall Hatch a notice most the 3rd, but another in addition to the luncheon, something else that you all are planning is the rally tomorrow at a Chicago target location.

White Target.

>> Right after we finished our lunch higher 3.60, tomorrow we plan to head down in buses numbers on the subway and on the bus on the CTA bus to get to target of one South State Street Chacon on State Street and Madison Avenue.

Why?

Because target made commitments to that they broke.

Target has left at one level broken hearted.

I them capitulate so quickly to the demands of the administration.

They could finesse this issue better.

We love target so much.

We nicknamed them Tara J.

They make commitments us.

After the George Floyd killing that they have just broken, seem to target has decided they what foot traffic.

But they don't want to see to the board.

They don't want to to the table.

And so we on balance relationship with target.

And so we'd intent to protest there tomorrow peacefully.

We will block anybody from shopping if they want to go into talk of that, they will pass our picket line.

We will right because the moral high ground of ticketing is nonviolence.

So we will protest not violence.

An shoes dollars and other places until we can get Tension.

They must understand that we are lost part of the marketplace and we want to coal co equal relationship with them, not just consumers but business to business business consumer as well as business to supply.

>> No part of your conference this week on the as we mentioned, also participation in the new king's rallies that are happening across the country and of course, in downtown Chicago this Saturday.

How should people who are opposed to what is happening under this administration make their voices heard?

You know, on Monday when the rallies, the marches, the protests are over.

What next?

>> First things you must you must participate in this democracy.

We live in a participatory democracy.

You can't hold back on the on the on the strength of your fear and disappointment and frustration.

Donald Trump is in office today because we're frustrated.

We are afraid and we're fed up.

We will be called in activity.

The Democrats now, we have we could have beaten them at the polls.

Patty Vogt in the numbers that population.

We didn't.

now we're dealing with on Monday morning.

You must continue to fight.

You can't get higher.

This is going to be a long ways.

He's not been in forget he's office less than 200 days.

He's got about 1300 days left to go so pace yourself, steel yourself considered continue to learn and think about how we got here.

Wire in this position and you have to vote the midterms because the midterm elections are not that far away.

We can turn the ship around within the next few months.

>> How are you also use of how are you rain Bo push engaging with people in the community.

Chicago residents to take action locally as well.

>> You know, the Rainbow Push Coalition's mission has not changed.

Reverend Jesse Jackson comes to work every day.

He's still the president of organization.

I surf a fully of his chief operating officer and honored to be Potter to under his tutelage as we continue to move this organization forward.

Our mission hasn't changed.

A mission is to gain protect and defend civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields.

That means we can't be silent.

When education policy affects how we are educating, how we educate our children.

We can't be silent.

The wealth gap being African-Americans representing 1, 6, of the rest of the wealth of white households and Hispanic families representing one quarter of the wealth white households.

If we close those gaps, recommend that that question out of 6% increase in GDP.

So investing in Donald Trump was on a month ago was the Middle East.

Holly, a trillion-dollar investment in certain countries.

I would love for fraction of that.

Money would come from the south side of Chicago.

Welcome to South Memphis would come to Cleveland Com to Florida.

We have opportunities here to invest and we can show that we're ready to compete against the world.

If you invest in us.

>> How do you plan on also working with, you know, newer, younger generations of activists, many of whom pushing for progressive forms of change.

And and, you know, obviously at the time in 71 Rainbow push was one of the only ones doing the work that you all do.

Now, there are a lot of a lot of voices in the choir.

>> Yeah, you know, that is actually the Supreme Challenge.

A lot of the things we did, what groundbreaking, we must return to a groundbreaking energy again.

We've got to be first to market, but there are a lot of new opportunities out here for partnership their lot of interesting young people doing some fantastic work.

Our objective to partner with them.

Learn from them.

We can learn together some of the so the traditional tactics we have is from the new tools they use.

I think the partnership is right.

>> What would you say is your with your vision for the organization that again, but your father created all those years ago in 1971.

>> You know, my father had a vision and he wanted to be of service.

I think on a micro level, everyone at Rainbow PUSH Coalition loss to be of service to the community who want to leave the best in the world.

A better place what we God has been so great to us.

We we put on our jackets, but we have enough a stuffed over to help other people put on their jackets.

So our objective, mainly to be of service now to do that, we have to change legislation.

So they were able to affect if go to work every day and tax policies such you can see the dollars in your pocket, well, then you've got a problem.

Our work is not paying off.

If you try develop system of wealth in this country, but 70% of your children are born and single parent households.

You don't have the structure to develop wealth.

So we have a lot of work to do from a family perspective as well as from a legislative perspective and the Rainbow Coalition is ready to take on both.

>> Lastly, all, but a lot of people probably want to know.

You've mentioned your dad still come to work.

How is he in about 15 seconds?

>> Thank you for asking.

The Reverend has a significant case of Parkinson's.

That is what has made it very difficult for him to walk into his body.

But his mind works just fine everyday communicates and he's run.

Well, we thank you for your prayers and for working with him side by side for all these years could never did this alone.

He always ended in partnership.