Peter writes:

Tonight, let us come together once again to share songs of conscience, solidarity and healing that can help us find light, solace and strength in this devastating time in our country.

Tonight, let us have the courage to acknowledge that the pain and agony we are experiencing can only be healed through love, humanity and the reassertion of justice in our society.

Let us, collectively and in song, come to terms with the fact that only if we can, now & finally, come to terms with the agonizing consequences of over two centuries of endemic racism and injustice in America, and root out these metastasizing cancers once and for all, can we redeem ourselves, our country and moral center.

Let us, collectively and in song, commit to reaffirming the remaining core of decency and goodness in our nation's heart so that we might, as we go forward, let fairness, equity and compassion be the dominant mode of our "being", and our way of life, in our country.