SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Leaders of many of the nation's civil and human rights groups met in Washington D.C. yesterday to talk about concerns in advance of a Trump administration and a new Congress.
President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Wiengarten, says while Trump pledges to get working families a better economic deal, he has to have a deep respect for those families.
Weingarten said teachers across the country reported all day that some of their students felt fearful and scared about the bullying. She says kids "felt, and wondered, whether their parents were gonna be deported."
Leaders called on President-elect Trump to reject the prejudiced, divisive and sometimes hateful rhetoric that dotted his campaign.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights assembled the leaders at a news conference yesterday. The LLRC represents some 200 national organizations dedicated to protecting civil and human rights of all Americans.
The President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee says "hatred and bigotry existed before President-elect Trump, however, he provided a space for it to be normal."
The organizations gathered yesterday represent people of color, immigrants, religious minorities, women, the LGBT community and people with disabilities.
