DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION. >> THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT VOICES AT THE TABLE, REPRESENTING DIVERSE POINTS OF VIEW, AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, DIVERSE EXPERIENCES, BASED ON RACE, AGE, SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHICS, AND EXPERIENCES. SULA: POLITICAL ANALYST DR. SILAS LEE SAYS, THOSE UNIQUE VOICES WILL HELP CREATE MORE EFFECTIVE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL POLICIES, THAT RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE. HE SAYS, THERE USED TO BE AN EXPIRATION ON AGE, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. MANY SENIOR CITIZENS THESE DAYS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY AND IN THEIR SECOND ACT OF LIF LIKE PETER COUSTE WHO TURNS 80 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. >> WITH AGE COMES EXPERIENCE. AND AS LONG AS WE DON’T GET SENILE, WE WILL BE OK. >> BOTH SUBSTANTIVE AND SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION, ALL OF THIS MATTERS. I THINK WE HAVE TO SEE IT. WE HAVE TO FEEL IT. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO QUANTIFY IT. I THINK ALL FORMS OR REPRESENTATION ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. SULA: LOCAL MOTHER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ASHLEY BURNS IS EXCITED TO SEE THE NEW LEVEL OF ENERGY. KAMALA HARRIS IS THE FIRST BLACK, FIRST ASIAN, AND FIRST WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT. SHE SAYS, THE HISTORIC SHIFT COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME, AS THE COUNTRY GRAPPLES WITH IMPORTANT ISSUES. >> THEY ARE GOING TO PUT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN POSITIONS OF POWER, TO SOLVE SOME OF THE