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Local organizer reflects on national Black Lives Matter gathering

Black Lives Matter supporters with signs
People chanted to show support for the people of Baltimore during a Black Lives Matter rally Wednesday evening, Apr. 29, 2015 at Gold Medal Park in Minneapolis.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News File

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Black activists from around the country gathered in Cleveland last weekend to exchange thoughts and ideas — and figure out what's next in the fight against problems of police brutality and inequality.

It was the first time the Black Lives Matter movement had convened a gathering like this.

Tom Weber talks with one of the Minnesotans who was there; Lena Katherine Gardner.