Biden To Host Unity Summit Against Hate-Fueled Violence
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Biden will deliver a keynote speech at the event, which the White House says will include civil rights groups and victims of extremist violence.
President Joe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S., as he works to deliver on his campaign pledge to "heal the soul of the nation."
The White House announced Friday that President Biden will host the United We Stand Summit on Sept. 15, highlighting the "corrosive effects" of violence on public safety and democracy. Advocates pushed President Biden to hold the event after 10 Black people were killed at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May, aiming as well to address a succession of hate-driven violence in cities including 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 cause of America,'" press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. "The United We Stand Summit will present an important opportunity for Americans of all races, religions, regions, political affiliations, and walks of life to take up that cause together."
