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Public Safety & Criminal Justice Hearing - Docket #0140, Order for a hearing on efforts to proactively combat summer violence in the City of Boston.
A
My
name
is
City
councilor
Lodge,
Michael,
Flaherty,
chair
of
the
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
Committee
in
the
city
council
today
is
April
6
2023,
just
a
little
after
five
we're
at
the
Great
Hall
in
Codman
Square,
Health
Center,
and
we
are
here
to
discuss
stock
at
zero
one.
Four,
zero
order
for
hearing
on
efforts
to
proactively
combat
some
of
the
violence
in
the
city
of
Boston,
led
by
sponsor
the
city
council,
Lodge,
Aaron,
Murphy
they're
also
joined
here
by
my
colleagues.
A
In
order
of
their
arrival
city
council
president
Ed
Flynn
City
Council
of
Lodge
rootsey
luigien
and
City
consulate,
Lodge,
Juliet,
Mejia
and
we've
got.
We've
got
a
lot
of
experience
and
tremendous
leadership
in
this
room
on
a
number
of
fronts:
I'm
just
going
to
go
through
some
of
the
preliminaries
and
then
we're
going
to
get
right
into
the
panel
discussion.
And
it's
as
follows
that
if,
if
members
of
the
public
would
like
to
offer
public
testimony,
they
can
sign
up
there's
a
sign-in
sheet
when
you
come
in
the
door
to
my
left.
A
Members
of
the
public
may
also
provide
testimony
via
written
comments
to
the
committee.
That
will
also
be
made
part
of
the
public
record
and
shared
with
members
of
the
council.
Members
of
the
public
should
also
be
feel
free
to
email,
Christine
O'donnell
at
Christine,
c-h-r-I-s-t-I-n-e
dot,
O'donnell,
o
d,
o
n
n
e
l,
l
at
boston.gov
to
provide
written
testimony.
Members
of
the
public
can
also
email.
A
The
committee
at
CCC
dot
p
s
at
boston.gov
to
to
provide
written
testimony
and
with
that
I
know
my
colleagues
who
were
willing
to
waive
initial
openings
just
so
because
I
know
that
we
have
folks
that
have
strict
time
commitments.
There
is
a
hard
stop
for
the
Great
Hall,
as
well
as
there's
an
important
event
that
I
know
a
number
of
folks
have
to
get
to,
but
nothing
more
important
than
discussing
our
city
and
our
plan
for
summer
violence
or
with
that
I'm
going
to
introduce
our
Police
Commissioner.
A
Commissioner
Michael
Cox,
the
Boston
Police
Department,
he's
also
joined
on
the
dice
I
believe
I
saw
James
chin.
Where
was
James.
James
is
out
here.
Obviously,
Sergeant
Bureau
of
community
engagement
also
represented
by
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission,
our
chief
Dr
uhikudu,
and
we
also
have
Isaac
yablo
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
Public,
Safety
and
I.
Think
that
is
our
first
panel
as
I'm
looking
down.
D
Good
afternoon
everybody
I'm
a
commissioner
Michael
Cox,
and
it's
good
to
be
here
so
in
order
to
talk
about.
Certainly
our
plan
for
the
summer
I
think
it's
important
to
talk
about
what
we
do
on
a
daily
basis.
One
of
the
things
that
we
do
in
general
is
we
have
a
strategy
about
about
how
policing
is
done
and
and
who
we're
doing
it
for
and
I
just
want
to
take
a
few
moments
to
actually
go
over
it
and
talk
about
that
yeah.
D
So
our
year-round
strategy,
I
think
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
is
we
use
a
real-time
intelligence
deployment
strategy
highlighted
by
the
Boston
Regional
Intelligence
Center,
and
the
purpose
of
of
that
is
that
we
focus
on
a
crime
where
it
happens.
You
know,
and
certainly
fear,
of
crime
where
it
happens
and
for
the
purposes
of
making
sure
we
put
the
right
resources
in
the
right
places
to
actually
deter
and
prevent
it
for
the
future.
D
We
we
certainly
try
to
Target
the
drivers
of
violence,
because
it's
been
shown
that
a
small
number
of
people
actually
proliferate
quite
a
bit
of
the
violence
in
the
city
in
general.
So
we
try
to
make
sure
that
we
we
work
in
a
Smart
Way
targeting
the
appropriate
people.
We
we
do
a
great
deal
of
work.
You
know
trying
to
ascertain
people
who
are
carrying
firearms
and
I'll
show
you
some
stats
in
a
second
about
how
we're
doing
with
that
daily
and
we
work
with
our
partners.
D
You
know,
community
policing
is
not
only
about
building
trust,
but
it's
also
about
partnership
with
the
city
with
all
the
partners
within
the
city,
with
all
the
community
members
on
ways.
We
can
keep
everyone
safe
by
having
Partnerships
listening,
getting
feedback
on
what
the
problems
are
and
how
we
can
address
it.
D
You
know
we
have
a
strong
partnership
with
you
know,
for
example,
like
youth
connect,
who
works
in
in
some
of
our
district
stations
providing
Services
for,
for
you
know,
youth
that
need
it
in
so
many
different
ways.
You
know
to
help
prevent
or
keep
them
from
Harm's
Way
in
some
way
shape
or
form,
and
then
we
have
the
traditional
quality
of
life
issues
that
we
try
to
listen
and
address.
D
You
know
from
loud
music
to
to
scooters
and
things
of
that
nature
that
we
hear
so
often
about
you
know,
trying
to
make
sure
we
partner
and
create
plans
and
to
address
some
of
the
issues
out
there
or
resolving
that
and
involving
those
things,
and
you
put
those
together,
you
know
getting
feedback
from
the
public,
getting
feedback
from
community
members
working
with
our
partners
together.
That
is
what
we
call
community
policing
next
slide,
so
what's
different
about
the
summer
versus.
If
we
do
that
daily.
D
What's
different
about,
you
know
what
we
do
daily
from
the
summer.
Well,
it's
pretty
obvious
summer.
It's
a
little
different
Beast
because
it's
just
more
hours
of
daylight,
the
issues
that
probably
every
parent
has
you
know
we
have
it
in
general,
there's
more
hours
of
daylight,
there's
School
in
kids
that
aren't
in
school.
Although
I
know
there
is
some
of
programming
in
Boston,
Public,
School
I
would
say,
the
majority
of
the
kids
may
not
be
participating
in
that.
So
you
have
a
lot
more
people
outside
with
a
lot
more
unstructured
time.
D
The
fact
that
you
know
summer
is
our
busiest
time
when
it
when
it
comes
to
special
events
in
general
throughout
the
city,
it's
a
little
bit
more
of
a
complicated
period
of
time
for
the
police
department
in
general,
and
so
how
do
we?
You
know
plan
on
addressing
some
of
these
things.
Well
again,
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
we
deploy
our
resources
in
the
appropriate
way
again,
using
the
intelligent
driven
model
around
data
and
where
we
believe
things
will
be
plus
the
feedback
of
of
the
community
in
general.
D
We
we'll
have
up
our
Crime
Stoppers
1-800-494-tips
line
that
we
request
and
ask
that
you
all
certainly
use
robustly
and
and
actually
text
the
word
tip
to
the
crime,
which
is
27463.
If
you
see
any
crimes
in
progress
that
you'd
like
us
to
address
or
provide
tips
in
an
anonymous
fashion,
so
we
can
absolutely
try
to
address
some
of
those
things
next
slide.
Please!
So
now
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
briefly
about
the
summer
time
and
some
of
the
activities
that
that
that
occur
at
least
data
around
some
of
that
you
know.
D
C
D
Next
slide,
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
you
know
our
focusing
on
guns
and
gun
crimes
in
the
community,
and
you
know
over
the
summer
we
average
around
225.5
gun,
gun,
gun
arrest
a
year
and
and
then
we
have
average
around
150
arrests.
In
general
last
year
we
had
182
firearm
gun
arrests,
which
was
a
way
above
our
normal
average
of
the
150
for
the
summertime,
and
you
know.
D
Hopefully,
we
will
continue
to
focus
on
the
people
who
are
drivers
of
the
violence
and
gun
carrying
in
the
city,
and
so
hopefully
we'll
stem
the
tide
around
violence
around
them.
Next
one
and
lastly,
you
know.
For
the
most
part,
we
talked
about
the
importance
of
partnership.
You
know
the
police
department's
been
very
good
for
the
last
30
years,
trying
to
be
Innovative
and
partnering
with
people
to
address
crime
and
fear
crime
in
the
city.
D
In
so
many
different
ways,
some
of
those
Partnerships
may
have
dropped
off
over
the
years,
but
we're
doing
everything
we
can,
along
with
the
city,
to
make
sure
that
we,
you
know,
re-establish
those
Partnerships
build
more
create
new
ones.
So
we
can
address
the
issues
that
are
unique
to
Boston
on
a
real-time
basis,
and
so
you
know
we're
always
working
with
the
city
and
all
the
city
agencies
which
Isaac.
You
will
certainly
talk
about.
Many
of
the
things
the
city
has
planned
coming
up
as
well
as
with
clergy,
and
all
that
Faith
break
based
members.
D
You
know
we
have
a
Shannon
Community
safety
initiative
partners
that
we
work
with
quite
a
bit,
people
that
have
received
funding
from
us
to
actually
work
with
different
members
of
the
community
to
help
you
know,
drive
down
some
of
the
crime
issues
as
well
as
youth
act,
I
talked
about,
and
obviously
all
the
other
city
services
that
are
out
there,
and
so,
lastly,
to
you
know
just
to
give
you
a
a
small.
You
know,
Taste
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
do
with
the
police
department
to
work
with
youth
where
they
are.
D
You
know
during
the
summer
and
I'm
not
going
to
list
all
of
these
out,
but
we
have
quite
a
few
activities
in
general
from
Junior
Police
Academy
to
sporting
events,
to
peace
walks
to
a
local,
live
stream
trucks.
Things
of
that
nature.
You
go
to
the
next
slide,
we're
doing
everything
that
we
can
in
a
non-traditional
policing
way
to
partner
with
the
city
of
Boston,
to
address
crime,
fear,
crime
and
building
trusts
with
youth
and
try
to
help
structure
their
time.
D
You
know
in
the
summer
months,
so
maybe
they
aren't
take
a
take
advantage
of
the
opportunity
to
use
their
time
inappropriately.
So
that's
a
brief
overview
of
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
for
the
summer
time
around
the
strategy
of
certainly
addressing
some
of
the
violence.
That
has
traditionally
happened,
and
you
know,
but
I
will
mention
quite
briefly
and
I'm
sure.
D
Maybe
someone
else
will
explain
that
we
recently
just
came
off
of
a
a
little
seminar
here
this
week
around
ways
in
which
we
can
partner,
with
with
all
our
partners
throughout
the
community
and
with
the
city
itself
on
bringing
back.
You
know
many
different
ideas
and
and
structures
that
might
address
us
even
more
so
I
think
next
up,
Isaac.
E
We
focus
on
primary
prevention,
so
that
means
preventing
violence
before
it
occurs:
secondary
prevention,
reducing
its
immediate
harms
and
then
tertiary
prevention,
which
means
decreasing
the
longer
term
impact.
That's
oftentimes
overlooked,
and
we
do
this
in
close
coordination
with
communities,
because
those
are
the
people
who
are
most
impacted
and
certainly
our
partners
in
government.
This
is
a
year-round
effort,
as
commissioner
Cox
already
mentioned.
We
work
in
a
very
focused
way,
certainly
during
the
summer,
because
of
higher
risk
during
the
summer,
but
this
is
what
we
do.
E
Okay,
so
I'll
talk
about
for
the
programs,
so
many
of
you
all
are
probably
familiar
with
safe
and
successful
youth
initiative,
which
is
a
state-funded
comprehensive
program
to
provide
Outreach
and
importantly
case
management,
so
one-on-one
interaction
with
youth
and
Direct
Services
to
a
cohort
of
young
people,
ages,
17
to
24..
These
young
people
are
identified
by
law
enforcement.
So
thank
you
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
for
your
partnership.
E
These
are
individuals
who
are
most
likely
to
commit
an
act
of
firearm
violence
and
most
likely
to
be
a
victim
or
of
firearm
violence
and
or
likely
to
be
driving
violence
in
the
community.
So,
as
mentioned
this
program
is
in
collaboration
with
BPD
we're.
Obviously,
you
know
focused
in
on
a
lot
of
the
operational
aspects
of
the
program,
but
it
also
involves
a
number
of
community
non-profit
providers
who
offer
the
case
management,
employment
opportunities,
educational
opportunities
and
Behavioral
Health
Services
to
the
identified
population.
E
So
I
think
what
is
important
to
note
about
ssy
is
that
it
has
been
evaluated
extensively.
It
actually
works
in
a
manuscript
that
was
published
a
few
years
ago.
Results
indicated
that
ssyi
has
a
statistically
significant
and
positive
impact
on
reducing
the
number
of
victims
of
violent
crimes,
aggravated
assaults
and
homicides
per
month
that
were
reported
to
the
police,
a
city
with
an
ssy
ssy
program.
So
we're
not
the
only
city
in
Massachusetts
there
are
actually
11
cities
with
ssyi
programs.
These
cities
have
approximately
60
fewer
victims
of
violence
per
100
000
citizens
per
year.
E
Over
the
intervention
period,
so
that's
a
lot,
so
it's
a
significant
program
that
that
we
run
and
that
we
run
in
collaboration
with
with
other
partners.
This
year
we
enrolled
130
youths
in
the
program
and
more
will
be
enrolled
throughout
the
spring
and
into
the
summer.
I
think.
It's
also
important
that
what
we
have
done
is
really
built
on
the
success
of
ssyi
to
expand
the
age
range
of
the
interventions.
Most
of
you
all
probably
know
that
the
average
age
of
a
shooting
victim
and
a
perpetrator
is
actually
32..
E
So,
as
I
mentioned,
ssoai
is
for
individuals
17
to
24.
So
we
would
miss
a
lot
of
people
if
we
didn't
have
programming
for
older
age
groups.
So
in
2021
we
launched
and
piloted
the
men's
health
initiative,
and
this
was
done
with
arpa
funds
and
the
Men's
Health
Initiative
is
designed
to
engage
in
enrolled
individuals
who
are
above
the
age
range
for
ssyi,
but
who
remain
in
need
of
intervention
services
similar
to
ssyi.
E
The
focus
of
the
Men's
Health
Initiative
is
on
case
management,
management
and
stabilization
Services,
also
increasing
employment
opportunities
and
enrolling
individuals
in
Career,
Training
and
importantly,
re-entry
planning
I.
Think
it's
also
important
for
us
to
realize
that
the
Men's
Health
Initiative
is
the
only
program
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
provides
this
type
of
service
to
this
particular
age
range
and
demographic
group.
So
it's
something
we
definitely
want
to
continue
to
fund.
E
In
addition,
due
to
the
increase
in
youth,
firearm,
arrests
and
the
very
concerning
uptick
in
assaults
within
the
community
and
in
and
around
Boston
Public
Schools
we're
launching
a
new
program
this
year,
it's
called
promoting
potential,
Boston
or
P2.
Boston
has
a
very
aspirational
positive
message
and
we've
set
a
timetable
to
be
fully
operational
by
the
first
day
of
school
in
September
of
this
year.
E
So
what
do
we
plan
to
do
with
with
funding
from
the
state?
We
will
be
providing
Direct,
Services
and
case
management
to
40,
to
50
youth
per
year
to
address
violence
involving
youth
in
schools
and
the
surrounding
communities.
The
goal
is
to
focus
very
intensively
and
intentionally
on
students
who
have
violated
the
most
serious
offenses
of
the
BPS
code
of
conduct,
especially
weapons
violations,
and
the
idea
is
to
reduce
the
threat
of
violence
and
increase
their
chances
of
success
in
school
and
in
life.
E
The
population
of
this
program
will
serve
our
youth
ages,
14
to
17,
so
younger
than
ssyi
clients,
and
the
program
is
made
possible
by
a
grant
from
the
state
of
900
000
spread
over
five
years.
So,
as
you
see
with
these
programs,
we
have
promoting
potential
Boston
for
youth
14
to
17
ssyi
up
to
24
years
of
age
and
then
over
25
years
of
age,
with
the
men's
health
initiative.
E
So
we're
really
trying
to
be
comprehensive
in
terms
of
the
ages
that
we
are
incorporating
into
our
programming
so
turning
to
primary
prevention
and
that's
obviously
an
important
end
of
the
spectrum
to
prevent
violence
before
it
actually
occurs.
We
know
that
strong
connected
communities
are
key
to
preventing
violence
and
to
that
end
we
have
a
violence,
intervention
and
prevention
program,
also
known
as
VIP
VIP
Works,
to
prevent
violence
through
building
and
sustaining
strong
communities
where
the
residents
are
knowledgeable
about
the
root
causes
of
violence
and
they
are
empowered
to
address
them.
So
they
are.
E
The
leaders
in
this
programming
VIP
uses
a
trauma-informed
community
engagement
strategies
to
shift
away
from
the
expectation
of
violence
and
to
Instead
address
persistent
social
and
environmental
issues
that
contribute
to
elevated
levels
of
violence.
Where
does
VIP
work?
Well,
it's
in
six
micro,
neighborhoods,
Orchard,
Gardens,
Madison,
Park,
Village,
upham's,
Corner,
Grove,
Hall,
Baldwin,
Geneva
and
Mattapan
over
the
summer.
We
will
support
our
Community
Partners
in
in
bringing
together
folks
to
have
events
that
engage
residents
and
promote
healthy,
safe
togetherness
and
collaboration
within
Community
environments.
E
So
in
closing,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
about
the
important
work
being
done
by
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission
I
sincerely
appreciate
the
work
done
by
the
city,
councilors
and
I
appreciate,
Wu's
commitment
to
evidence
and
Community
informed
practices
and
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
the
city
council
and
our
many
many
value,
Community
Partners,
on
collaborative
efforts
to
protect
our
residents.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
Dr
basola
and
then,
as
Mark
have
anything
to
add
I'm,
sorry,
I'm,
sorry,
I
know,
we've
also
been
trying
to
get
two
chiefs
at
the
end.
There
I
see
Brianna,
Miller
and
also
Charmaine
Benford
chief
of
community
engagement,
also
chief
of
environment
and
Emergency
Management,
but
we're
going
to
go
to
Isaac
Diablo
director
of
the
mayor's
office,
Public
Safety
welcome.
F
F
The
safety
of
our
residents
is
a
type
priority,
as
is
reimagining
and
grounding
our
community
safety
efforts
in
a
public
health
approach.
I'm
estoned
to
be
here
today
and
present
to
you
the
work
that
I've
been
working
on
since
I
started
in
my
role
two
months
ago
and
similar
to
Dr
ojakutu
I
want
to
make
it
adamantly
clear
that
my
work
is
Guided
by
the
understanding
that
racism
is
a
central
root
cause
of
violence
and
that
investing
directly
in
communities
that
have
been
historically
impacted
by
systemic
racism
is
imperative.
F
My
role
as
senior
advisor
centers
around
four
primary
responsibilities
to
serve
as
the
mayor's
liaison
and
voice
on
community
safety
to
coordinate
strategic
plans
for
violence
work
to
ensure
that
the
development
of
effective
Protocols
are
responsive
to
resident
needs
and
to
participate
in
driving
the
city's
overall
policy
agenda.
As
my
colleagues
have
also
mentioned
within
the
mayor's
office,
we
prioritize
close
collaboration
and
coordination
with
our
partners
internally
and
externally.
F
Within
the
community,
this
is
a
year-round
priority,
but
we
definitely
recognize
that
there
is
a
hyper
need
during
the
summer
months
considering
there
have
been
increases
in
violence
in
increases
in
in
violence
during
the
The
Summer's
past.
So
this
summer
we
have
identified
four
goals
as
a
city
number
one
to
scale
up:
pro-social
activities,
Mentor
programming
and
employment
opportunities
for
persons
residing
in
communities
historically
impacted
by
Community
violence.
F
We're
going
to
do
so,
obviously,
through
our
success
link
program,
so
this
year
we're
going
to
be
hiring
7,
000
young
people,
and
with
that
not
only
are
we
going
to
be
hiring
young
people
we're
going
to
be
taking
very
proactive
approaches
to
engage
young
people
that
are
not
traditionally
engaged
in
this
process.
We're
also
going
to
be
obviously
bcyf
will
have
a
very
robust
summer
plan
number
two
second
goal
to
ensure
our
neighborhoods
are
supported
and
connected
to
resources
to
help
them
respond
to
and
recover
from
incidents
of
community
to
violence.
F
Dr
ojukutu
mentioned
the
neighborhood
trauma,
Team
Network
we're
also
going
to
be
rolling
out.
Our
community
connectors
program
within
the
next
few
months
goal
number
three
to
strengthen
intervention
and
Recovery
efforts
through
expanded,
intentional
Outreach
and
engagement
to
the
most
at
promised
populations.
Here,
I
use
the
word
at
promise
and
not
at
risk,
but
at
promise
to
highlight
the
promising
future
that
these
individuals
have
if
we
can
get
in
front
of
them,
and
so
through
that.
F
We
have
noticed
that,
while
the
commissioner
mentioned
that
there
has
been
a
pretty
consistent
age
range
of
individuals
that
have
been
impacted
by
homicide,
there
has
been
an
uptick
in
juvenile
involvement
around
firearms
and
so
I'm
going
to
be
working
with
Will
Dickerson.
The
city's
Faith
Beast
faith-based
liaison
to
create
some
programming
for
that
11
to
14
year
old
population.
F
F
So
neighborhood-based
organizations
can
be
involved
in
this
process
as
well,
and
I
do
want
to
mention
that
while
we
broadly
talk
about
violence
occurring
in
the
neighborhoods
of
Dorchester,
Roxbury,
Mattapan
I
want
to
be
very
specific
that,
while
these
neighborhoods
are
the
the
the
neighborhoods
where
most
of
the
violence
is
occurring,
there
are
micro
neighborhoods
within
these
neighborhoods,
where
the
violence
is
occurring.
So
the
majority
of
Dorchester.
While
we
talk
about
Dorchester
as
being
a
very
violent
place,
the
majority
of
Dorchester
is
not
violent.
F
It's
actually,
these
very
small
face
blocks
whether
it's
a
specific
Street
Thruway,
Housing
Development,
where
all
of
the
violence
is
occurring.
So
that's
what
I
mean
by
hot
spot
locations
that
we're
to
be
targeting
for
pro-social
activities
this
summer,
and
then
you
know
again.
I
I
gave
the
rain
down
of
all
the
programs
that
we'll
have
I
personally,
as
a
person
that
likes
to
be
in
the
community
will
be
doing
community
walkthroughs
right
now.
F
I
do
every
Friday
but
I'm
looking
to
expand
that,
and
then
I've
also
received
a
number
of
referrals
from
community-based
organizations
regarding
ideas.
That
would
be
really
really
amazing
to
implement
one
of
them
being
poetry
in
the
park
that
that
was
done
last
summer
and
had
a
really
good
turnout
and
then
I
will
I
will
say.
I've
touched
on
a
lot
of
programming
in
terms
of
the
preventative
work.
My
role
as
a
person
in
the
city
is
trying
to
get
departments
that
have
typically
been
disengaged
from
this
work.
A
Oh
you're
there
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
Isaac.
So
we
have
cramped
quarters
up
here,
I'm
going
to
ask
Kevin
Barton
if
Kevin
can
give
comments
at
that
Podium,
followed
by
my
former
colleague
on
the
Boston
city
council
and
the
new
president
of
the
big
sisters
and
Easter
asabi
George,
followed
by
a
dear
friend,
Jose,
Ruiz
and
then
Damon
bills.
G
Certainly
thank
you
to
you
know
counselors,
Murphy
and
Flaherty,
and
all
of
the
Boston
City
councilor
for
your
dedication
and
commitment,
and
thank
you
just
for
this
convening
today
to
really
focus
on
what
it
appears
to
be
really
as
a
collaborative
and
holistic
approach
to
reducing
Community
violence,
which
includes
meeting
mental
health
needs
and
you'll,
see
why
I
am
particularly
interested
in
mental
health,
of
course.
So
as
social
workers
I
am
a
social
worker,
our
lens
is
always
that
of
equity
access
and
collaboration.
G
It's
also
crucial
that
community-based
agencies
have
access
to
consistent
and
impactful
funding
and
resources
that
allow
us
to
truly
address
the
contributing
factors,
and
we
must,
as
a
city,
really
address
the
root
causes
of
violence,
and
so
many
other
concerns
and
I'm
hopeful
tonight,
as
I'm
listening
to
all
that
I'm
hearing
here.
So
our
work
at
youth
connect
is
is
one
proven
approach
and
we
do
our
best
work
in
partnership
with
the
youth
we
serve
their
families,
city
and
state
government
systems
and
departments,
and
our
violence,
prevention
and
intervention
Partners
all
across
the
city.
G
So
youth
connect
is
a
program
of
Boys
and
Girls
Clubs
of
Boston
and
in
partnership
with
the
Boston
Police
Department
and
going
into
our
27th
year.
Youth
connect
addresses
the
distinct
needs
of
our
at
promise.
Youth
and
Isaac
I
am
so
glad.
You
said
that
I
really
did
write
that
here.
You
know
those
really
that
are
often
most
marginalized
and
disconnected,
who
are
referred
by
officers
when
they're
arrested
a
victim
of
violence
or
have
caused
harm
or
exhibit
other
worrisome.
Behaviors
like
truancy,
substance
use,
weapons
carrying
or
gang
relationships.
G
So
our
social
workers
actually
work
alongside
BPD
officers
in
six
police
districts
and
I
see
a
whole
bunch
of
folks
here
who
I
recognize
today,
really
throughout
the
city,
so
East
Boston,
Roxbury,
Dorchester,
Mattapan,
the
South
End,
lower
Roxbury
and
Jamaica
Plain.
We
also
work
in
three
city-wide
units:
the
school
police
unit,
the
domestic
violence
unit
and
the
youth
violence
strike
youth
violence,
Strike
Force,
so
in
FY,
22
or
last
year,
youth
connect
served
537,
clients
of
which
65
percent
of
them
were
males.
G
G
G
G
So
in
order
to
get
back
on
track,
many
of
the
young
people
we
work
with
and
their
families
often
have
to
navigate
multiple
agencies.
Public
agencies
right,
like
dys,
DCF,
Boston,
Public
Schools,
while
also
at
the
same
time,
dealing
with
fears
about
their
safety,
their
basic
Social
Service
needs
and
other
critical
issues.
Right
right,
so
our
work
at
youth
connect
is
both
prevention
and
intervention.
G
G
So
we
really
work
to
address
the
underlying
problems
and
social
issues
that
contribute
to
juvenile
crime
and
and
high-risk
behaviors
by
working
with
the
entire
family,
because
we
know
that
you
experience
the
most
outcome
right.
The
most
positive
outcome
when
you
engage
not
just
a
young
person
but
their
whole
system
of
care
and
support,
and
so
our
ability
to
really
provide
mental
health
and
other
Supportive
Services
in
a
non-traditional
and
less
formal
approach
creates
really
an
opportunity
for
us
to
establish
the
relationships
that
that
they
need
to
to
establish
right.
G
We
do
this
in
the
Long
Haul
right.
There
are
no
insurance
mandates,
it's
free,
it's
voluntary,
so
we
can
really
meet
a
young
person
in
their
family,
where
they're
at
right
and
not
worry
about
mandates
or
insurance
and
through
our
work.
The
social
workers
really
do
provide
a
bridge
that
connects
young
people
with
opportunities.
G
A
So
much
thank
you
Kevin
and
thank
you
to
youth
connect,
I
appreciate
your
coming
down.
We've
also
been
joined
by
my
colleague
and
he's
our
host
city
council
this
evening,
city
council,
Brian,
warrell
District.
So
it's
good
to
see
you
and
Welcome
to
our
my
former
calling
and
good
friend,
former
city
councilor
and
president
new
president
of
the
Big
Sisters
Anissa
Sabi
judge.
H
Thank
you
very
much
Mr
chair,
Council,
Murphy
counselors,
as
well
as
everyone
who's
here
this
evening,
as
councilor
Flaherty
mentioned,
my
name
is
Anisa
Savi,
George
and
I'm
very
proud
to
be
the
CEO
and
president
recently
named
the
CEO
and
president
of
big
sister
of
greater
Boston.
Big
sister
has
been
serving
girls
since
1951.
and
of
the
200
plus
National
Affiliates
of
the
Big
Brother
Big
Sister
organization.
We
are
the
only
organization
that
remains
serving
solely
only
girls.
H
We
are
a
partner
organization
to
69
cities
and
towns
in
the
Greater
Boston
area
and
we
primarily
serve
girls
between
the
ages
of
7
and
24..
We
serve
them
in
a
number
of
different
ways
through
our
community-based
mentoring
program
through
our
site-based
and
school-based
mentoring
programs
through
our
high
school
mentoring
program,
our
workplace,
mentoring
program,
our
new
girls,
Network,
our
big
for
a
Day
program
and
our
big
futures,
which
really
focuses
on
our
oldest
girls
that
we
serve.
H
We
support
through
this
work,
our
little
sisters,
our
big
sisters,
our
caregivers,
our
families
and
our
partners,
and
we
serve
them
through
that
work.
Recently
I
participated
in
a
panel
and
was
reminded
of
a
big
Russell,
a
quote
that
Big
Russ
Bill
Russell
used
to
share
sorry
Biggs,
Littles
and
big
Bill.
H
H
But
we
know
through
National
Data
that
it's
18
months
that
makes
a
difference
in
a
young
person's
life
when
they're,
mentored
and
partnered
with
a
caring
and
interested
adult
I
know,
as
a
former
classroom
teacher
that
it's
one
day,
one
Experience
One
exchange
that
it
can
impact
a
young
person's
life.
All
of
this
is
at
the
core
of
what
we
do
at
big
sister.
Through
our
work.
Our
girls
have
greater
confidence.
They
have
greater
engagement
in
school,
greater
engagement
in
community.
They
have
improved
relationships
with
their
family
and
with
their
peers.
H
Our
girls
broaden
their
vision
for
their
own
future
and
for
the
future
of
their
peers
and
their
family,
and
they
make
healthier
life
decisions
throughout
work.
We
create
we
Foster.
We
enhance
opportunities
for
positive
change,
for
our
girls,
for
our
families,
for
our
communities
and
for
our
city,
I,
look
forward
to
questions
and
further
discussion.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
Good
evening,
good
evening,
oh
that
was
sad
good
evening
good
evening.
I
have
to
correct
everybody:
I'm,
not
a
Community,
Service
Officer,
but
I
am
still
a
boss
police
officer.
I
have
several
families
I
represent
I,
am
part
of
the
Public
Health
commission,
I'm
part
of
the
Boston
Police
Department
and,
more
importantly,
I'm
a
part
of
Dorchester
Mattapan.
Thank
you
for
welcoming
enrolling
the
party
family
I
was
in
the
community
service
office
from
2006
to
2014
for
eight
years
over
in
B3
they
were
there
eight
best
years
of
my
professional
career.
I
We
when
I
came
in
Mattapan
and
the
senator
Dorchester
was
number
one
being
in
all
the
wrong
things.
We
were
number
one
in
homicides.
We
were
number
one
in
poor
health
issues.
We
were
number
one
at
fewer
recreational
opportunities
for
young
people
under
the
age
18.
and
within
four
years
people
were
calling
it
at
the
matapan
America.
I
We
went
from
11
homicides
that
leading
the
city
back
in
2006
to
one
homicide.
Four
years
later
and
I
was
insulted
by
the
fact
that
people
were
calling
into
Mattapan
and
they're
just
a
miracle.
I
called
it
The
Wonder
of
people
coming
together
during
my
time
here
we
had
a
phenomenal
Captain.
We
had
phenomenal
police
leadership.
We
have
phenomenal
residents
who
wanted
to
change
this
around.
I
Our
summers
are
toughest
parts
of
the
year
because,
as
the
commissioner
said,
there's
more
Daylight
there's
more
time,
there's
more
opportunity
for
us
to
get
into
good
things
and
bad
things
right.
Anybody
here
wasn't
young.
We
were
all
looking
for
those
like
standing
fights
and
our
young
people
do
the
same
thing.
When
I
was
here,
we
created
things
that
kept
our
people
not
only
involved,
but
the
community
and
the
best
I'm
here
to
push
I'm
here
to
support
I'm
here,
to
ask:
take
your
proactive
self
again
and
put
it
towards
the
summer.
I
I
Down
the
street,
we
wanted
to
change
the
reason,
but
at
the
same
time
we
wanted
to
get
people
invested
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
make
a
medicine
for
all.
We
work
out
down
the
street.
We
provide
t-ball
for
children,
which
is
phenomenal
on
Saturdays.
We
have
after
50
children
in
the
gym
on
a
Saturday
morning.
By
the
way
the
club
can't
afford
to
a
big
stop
in
the
morning.
I
So
there's
about
a
dozen
Boston
police
officers
that
volunteer
the
times
on
the
weekends
to
work
with
children
and
people,
we've
done,
kiwi,
basketball,
we've
done
free
streaming
and
everything
else
where
they
go.
We
want
to
Mentor
young
people
and
encourage
them
into
our
law
enforcement
career.
Ladies.
I
I'm
proud
to
say
that
we
have
35
people
from
the
Boston
Police
Academy.
Now
all
of
them
look
like
us
and
ladies
60
of
them
are
women.
We
talked
about
police
reform
before
it
became
a
Hot
Topic.
We
have
mentally
young
people
into
our
pre-accounty
training
that
went
into
class
number
six
and
we've
gotten
kids
from
what
you
call
Boston
public
high
schools
to
come
in.
There
we
watch
over
them.
I
We
make
sure
that
they
are
on
the
right
path,
but
we
want
to
say
not
one
but
everybody
during
the
Summers
and
throughout
the
entire
year,
so
I'm
here
to
employ
them
to
get
involved,
to
mentor,
to
participate,
to
organize,
to
give
money,
to
help
find
money
to
make
sure
that
Boston
is
the
safest
city,
that's
not
in
Massachusetts
in
the
United
States.
Thank
you
thank.
J
K
Everybody
doing
tonight,
I'm
not
going
to
run
through
the
whole
thing.
That
Shannon
does
because
commissioner
already
spoke
of
it
on
some
of
it.
Isaac
spoke
on
some
of
his
as
well,
but
Shannon
is
a
community
safety
Grant
administered
by
the
Executive
Office
of
Public
Safety
and
Security.
It's.
This
is
the
17th
year
of
its
operation.
It's
about
1.7
million
dollars
that
we
fund
at
least
1.2
directly
to
community-based
groups
and
Community
agencies,
some
of
them
being
mothers
for
justice
inequality.
They
lose
D,
Brown
peace,
Institute.
K
K
Five
years
ago,
the
city
council
supported
the
Shannon
Grant
in
matching
the
funds
and
starting
the
youth
development
Grant,
which
is
a
beautiful
thing
that
the
council
did.
It
was.
It
still
goes
on
now,
but
it's
a
little
bit
less
than
it
was
in
the
past.
The
Shannon
Grant
started
back
when
it
started
in
2006
with
three
million
dollars
and
we're
currently
down
to
1.8
million
dollars.
It
never
has
reached
that
funding
since
that
time
period
we
are
in
Boston
one
of
the
largest
sites
and
we
have
the
largest
population.
K
K
I
I
always
ask
whenever
I
come
to
city
council
for
a
hearing
to
support
us
in
these
efforts.
I
can't
go
directly
to
the
state
house
and
go
to
each
one
of
our
Representatives,
because
that's
lobbying
on
my
part
as
a
city
employee,
but
but
you
can
so
I,
always
ask
that
you
come
and
help
us
receive
more
funds,
help
all
the
the
populations
that
are
served
through
people
here.
I
see
a
lot
of
our
partners
in
the
room.
Just
a
shout
out
a
couple
of
people
but
Roy
Martin
from
ssy.
K
That's
like
a
sister
brother
partnership
to
us,
so
ssy
and
Shannon
are
are
related.
In
that
sense,
we
always
have
been
I
see.
Anthony
big
time
is
in
the
house
he's
also
a
long-term
partner.
Rev
Rivers
was
here,
he's
also
been
a
partner
of
ours,
so
we
just
and
of
course,
youth
connect,
which
is
one
of
our
Cornerstone
Partnerships
in
the
Shannon
efforts
of
preventing
youth
violence
a
lot
of
times
in
our
city.
K
K
Immediate
things-
and
we
can't
ever
do
it
from
the
Shannon
Grant,
because
we're
applying
for
this
in
October,
and
then
we
get
the
funds
in
this
calendar
year,
not
even
fiscal
year
and
that's
a
whole
bunch
of
more
information,
but
just
to
let
people
know
like
we
don't
have
funds
to
say
this
is
happening
here.
This
program
does
this:
now
we
need
money
right
now
for
that
and
that
that's
something
I
implore
for
for
Isaac
to
go
to
the
city
and
say
all
right.
We
need
this,
for
this.
K
I
can't
do
it
from
here,
but
I
really
would
love
to
do
it
and
be
a
part
of
that.
I
always
feel
like
we've
been
a
part
of
that
I've
been
a
youth
worker
in
the
city
of
Boston,
since
98
and
and
I'm.
This
is
my
heart.
This
is
the
route
from
where
I
started
and
I
always
support
any
organization,
all
efforts
that
are
being
done
to
quell
youth
violence
and
to
make
our
city
the
greatest,
because
we
are
thank
you
thank.
A
You
everyone
for
your
partnership
as
well
and
before
we
get
into
Council
testimony,
I
just
want
to
get
into
a
little
public
testimony
and
I
was
obviously
we
know
it's
Holy.
Week
I
was
around
this
morning
that
for
clergy
it's
like
their
Super
Bowl,
so
we're
going
to
call
upon
Bishop
Dickerson
to
come
up
and
offer
some
public
testimony
followed
by
Reverend
Rivers
before
we
get
into
some
more
public
testimony.
So
please
please
come
forward
in
office
and
public
testimony.
A
M
A
N
L
A
A
M
M
Thank
Sheriff
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
when
I
filed
this
hearing
order,
I
knew
it
was
just
to
hold
this
space
and
to
come
together
and
hear
from
leaders
in
our
city,
our
non-profits.
You
know
coming
together
and
telling
us
all
the
great
work
that
they
are
doing,
but
to
also
make
sure
we
hear
from
the
community,
because
we
know
good
things
are
happening,
but
we
also
have
people
hurting
and
wanting
to
know
like
how
this
can
be
better
for
them.
M
I
know
that
we're
advocating
on
the
council
to
make
sure
in
the
summer
months
that
we
have
more
jobs
for
our
kids,
that
they're
engaged
and
I'm
just
inspired
by
everyone,
who's
already
spoken,
knowing
that
you
know
that
that's
what
we
need.
We
need
to
offer
jobs.
We
need
to
Jose
mentioned
he
his
title
official
title
on
the
invite
was
police
officer,
but
I
know
you
know
he
started
the
South
End
Baseball
like
he
knows.
How
do
you
get
to
kids
and
there's
someone
here?
M
I
saw
we
met,
and
earlier
today
in
the
council
or
known
before,
but
you
know
he's
getting
kids
on
bikes
he's
finding
like
it.
What
is
it
if
it's
Workforce
Development?
What
do
kids
like
if
it's
art
and
I
know
I,
advocate
all
the
time
for
more
Athletics,
more
art,
whatever
we
can
get
kids
involved
is
so
important.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
M
I,
don't
want
to
take
up
too
much
time
because
I
do
want
to
also
hear
from
the
community,
but
just
know
that
we
as
a
council
we
care
about
the
safety
of
all
of
our
neighborhoods
and
know
that
in
the
summer
months,
because
kids
are
out
of
school,
we've
talked
about
that
there's
more
time
and
they
they
want
hope.
And
for
me
it's.
How
do
we
get
kids
to
know
that
there
are
people
out
there
who
care
about
them
and
their
services
that
we
can
connect
them
to?
So
thank
you.
Cheryl
thank.
Q
We
have
seen
alarming
incidents
of
violence
in
our
city
during
the
past
year.
Violence
causes
harm
to
not
only
the
individual,
but
also
to
the
communities
that
experiences
violence.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
on
the
city
council,
but
the
commissioner
commissioner
Cox
and
his
team
for
the
important
work
they
are
doing.
Q
As
we
head
into
warmer
weather.
We
need
to
be
prepared
and
address
violence
and
gun
violence
in
our
neighborhoods
and
thinking
and
thinking
about
ways
to
ensure
that
our
young
people
have
opportunities
social
programs,
Outreach
mental
health,
counseling,
Behavioral
Counseling.
We
need
to
work
together
to
build
strong
in
healthy
neighborhoods
gun.
Violence
is
not
only
a
public
safety
issue,
it's
also
a
public
health
issue.
Many
public
health
professionals
see
gun
violence
as
a
Public,
Health
crisis.
I
agree.
Q
Q
I
also
filed
an
ordinance
to
require
Boston
police
to
study,
gun
trafficking
in
issue.
A
report
to
the
mayor
and
to
the
city
council
having
this
type
of
data,
would
help
our
Public
Safety
officials
to
better
understand
where
illegal
Firearms
are
coming
from
and
also
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
important
work
the
residents
are
playing
working
with
the
police
community
policing
works,
our
Police
Department
is
excellent.
We
don't
have
enough
police
officers
in
the
city.
We
need
to
consistently
hire
200
to
300
police
officers
every
year.
We
don't
have
enough.
Q
Q
Our
minority,
our
minority
police
officers,
play
a
critical
role
in
this
city,
they're,
really
on
the
front
front,
end
of
community
policing.
So
we
have
a
lot
to
be
thankful
for
in
this
city,
for
our
Police
Department,
the
the
Latin
police
officers
as
well.
Jose
was
Jose's
representing
them,
but
also
the
Boston
police,
patrolman
Association.
It's
important.
We
all
work
together
and
work
together
to
make
sure
every
person
this
summer
has
a
safe
and
healthy
summer
and
we're
able
to
do
that
working
together
as
a
community.
Thank
you
thank.
R
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair
and
good
evening.
Everyone
again,
I'm
Ruthie
luigien
at
large
city,
counselor
and
I
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
being
here
and
for
and
everyone
who
gave
public
testimony
because
or
part
of
the
panel,
because
it
is
incredibly
important
important
that
we
work
in
solidarity
to
make
sure
that
we
are
giving
our
young
people
in
the
city
options
to
really
Thrive
I.
R
Think
everyone
on
the
panel
spoke
to
the
importance
of
providing
activities
for
our
young
people
and
I
think
that
even
signifies
a
new
day
and
recognizing
that
what
we
need
to
do
is
provide
our
young
people
with,
with
with
options
of
things
that
they
can
do.
Councilworrell
and
I
yesterday
sponsored
a
resolution
recognizing
April,
as
as
Second
Chance
month
for
those
who
are
returning
home
from
incarceration
in
my
office.
Yes
and
my
office
did
a
lot
of
work
with
the
office
of
returning
citizens.
R
As
a
young
person
growing
up
in
Mattapan,
we
didn't
have
a
Mata
Pantene,
Center
I
was
actually
here
at
common
Square,
Health
Center,
doing
youth
programs
because
of
Mattapan.
We
didn't
have
that
and
so
expanding
the
opportunities
and
the
places
that
our
young
people
have
for
Joy
is
a
critical
component
of
this
work.
Isaac
you're
reframing
of
the
issue
to
one
of
community
safety
is
incredibly
important.
R
Thinking
about
how
we
make
our
Parks
more
safe,
not
only
when
it
comes
to
making
sure
that
they're
being
properly
proper,
really
patrolled,
but
that
we
have
the
proper
Lighting
in
our
parks
that
we
have
the
proper
activities
that
we
are
thinking
about.
The
programming
that
we
can
have
in
our
Parks
so
that
we
don't
have
to
hear
these
terrible
stories
of
13
year
olds
in
Mattapan
being
shot.
R
I
talked
to
that
mother
so
often,
and
those
one
of
those
stories
is
too
many
for
any
of
our
neighborhoods
and
so
I'm
I'm
excited
to
be
doing
the
work
in
partnership
with
all
of
you
here
on
the
piano.
My
colleagues
in
the
administration,
everybody
here
in
this
room
because
it
takes
all
of
us.
We
are
fighting
a
system
that
has
been
unfair
and
unjust
for
our
young
people
period
during
Black,
History,
Month,
Council,
Morrell
and
I
hosted
an
event
at
cheveu
for
young
people
a
free
event,
and
we
had
500
kids
show
up.
R
500
did
not
have
the
capacity
to
host
500
kids
there,
but
that
shows
you
that
our
young
people
are
yearning
for
places
of
joy
and
community
and
I
think
that
we
all
here
in
the
room.
We
won't
agree
on
everything,
but
we
will
agree
on
enough
to
tackle
these
issues
and
to
make
sure
that
we
are
believing
in
our
young,
kids
and
their
potential.
We
obviously
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
around
gun.
R
Trafficking
guns
are
killing
people
and
we
need
to
replace
those
guns
with
opportunities
for
our
young
people
and
to
also
think
about
how
we
target
the
hot
spots
and
so
I.
Thank
you,
commissioner,
and
everyone
here
who
is
doing
that
work.
We
all
come
at
this
from
different
perspectives
and
I
think
that's
what
it
takes
to
solve
these
problems.
I
do
have
some
questions
and
I
want
to
put
on
the
record
Isaac.
R
If
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
we
are
doing
in
the
aftermath
of
soar
to
really
address
in
gang
intervention,
Dr
abasola,
you
spoke
to
the
violence,
Intervention
Program
I,
wonder
if
that
is
some
something
that
we
should
be
expanding
here
in
the
city
when
we're
talking
about.
Not
only
are
we
talking
about
neighborhoods
but
specific,
the
micro
targeting
that
we
need
to
do
within
neighborhoods
and
I.
Think
the
VIP
program
is
a
really
great
model.
R
I
and
I
think
this
is
a
question
for
everyone,
and
I
also
want
to
shout
out
to
counselor
Sabi
George,
who
brought
up
oftentimes
missing
in
this
discussion.
Is
our
young
girls.
When
we're
talking
about
violence,
we
we
do
tend
to
focus
a
lot
on
on
males
and
I
think
it
is
incredibly
important
for
us
to
talk
about
young
girls,
but
we
do
have
this
new
office
of
black
male
advancement
and
we
have
the
commission
of
black
men
and
boys
Vice.
Commissioner
Vice
chair
I,
see
here
Vice,
chair
Mackey.
R
How
do
we
think
about
looping
in
the
office
of
blackmail
advancement
and
the
black
men
and
boys
commission
to
the
work
that
we
need
to
do
for
not
only
violence
prevention
in
the
summer
but
year
round?
I
think
it
is
a
critical
and
an
important,
and
especially
you
as
it
coming
from
that
world.
How
do
we
integrate
the
work
of
the
commission
and
of
the
office
to
that
prevention?
Work?
R
R
We
are
breaking
bread
with
our
Muslim
brothers
and
sisters
tonight
and
for
during
the
season
of
Ramadan,
so
I'm
going
to
have
to
leave
a
bit
earlier
to
break
bread
with
my
Muslim
brothers
and
sisters
over
at
City
Hall,
but
wanted
to
add
those
questions
for
the
record.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
to
everyone
for
being
here.
B
So
I
just
want
to
know
that
I
see
you
and
I
appreciate
you.
So
I
I
am
more
interested
in
learning
a
little
bit
more
about
our
return
on
investments.
We
talk
a
lot
about
funding
opportunities.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
organizations
I'd
like
to
see
who
can
talk
to
me
about
what
the
return
on
investment
looks
like
how
many
young
people
have
we
served?
What
are
we
doing?
B
You
know
in
the
hearing
order
that
councilor
Murphy
filed,
we
said
that
there
were
150
thousand
footsie
cups
distributed
I
like
to
know
out
of
those
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
footsie
cups
that
were
distributed.
How
many,
how
many
guns
that
we
take
off
the
streets?
How
many
people
do
we
impact
those
sort
of
things
that
I'd
like
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
see?
B
I
came
up
in
the
90s
in
the
early
90s
when
violence
was
hot
in
these
streets
and
at
the
time
I
was
doing
Youth
Development
work
when
peer
leadership
first
came
onto
the
scene
and
Robert
Lewis
Jr
created
the
youth
workers
program.
I,
don't
know
if
some
of
you
know
that,
but
back
then
we
were
really
looking
at
developing
and
supporting
peer
leadership.
B
Programming
and
the
city
made
lots
of
investments
in
peer
leadership
and
I
think
that
this
Administration
has
made
a
lot
of
commitment
and
supporting
Youth
Development
and
Workforce
Development
and
I
would
like
to
applaud
the
administration
for
their
efforts
in
that
space.
I
also
see
that
we've
been
talking
a
lot
about
issues
of
Mental
Health
and
we
can't
be
well
if
we're
not
if
we're
not
able
to
show
up
as
our
full
selves,
and
so
earlier
this
year
the
Burke
had
an
uptick
of
violence
and
so
our
office.
B
The
way
that
we
roll
is
we
either
create
a
program,
a
policy,
a
protocol
or
a
procedure.
So
in
partnership
with
an
organization
we
created
a
mental
health
and
wellness
ambassadors
Program
for
Young
People
to
learn
about
their
mental
health
triggers
so
that
they
can
spot
them
in
their
peers
and
then
connect
their
peers
to
the
support
services
that
they
need.
On
top
of
that,
it
is
a
Workforce
Development
pipeline,
because
young
people
are
able
to
see
what
social
work
looks
like
and
then
they
can.
You
know
pursue
that
as
a
career.
B
Mental
health
has
to
be
about
the
whole
family.
We
can't
just
to
the
way
what
the
youth
connect
director
talked
about.
We
could
do
all
of
this
work
with
young
people,
but
then
we
send
them
to
Broken
homes
that
are
not
ready
to
or
prepared
to
receive
them
we're
talking
about
violence
prevention
without
talking
about
housing,
we're
talking
about
violence
prevention
without
talking
about
education.
B
We're
talking
about
all
of
these
things
without
really
looking
at
the
root
causes
of
the
conversation
that
we
have
yet
to
have
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
as
it
relates
to
violence,
because
when
it's
time
for
us
to
invest
in
violence
prevention,
we
don't,
and
we
can't
have
a
conversation
about
wanting
to
do
good
work
and
then
not
roll
up
our
sleeves
to
do
the
work
so
I'm
here
right
as
an
at-large
city
counselor
to
say
that
it's
not
just
about
showing
up
and
creating
space.
It
is
about
voting.
B
In
the
values
of
what
people
in
this
community
have
been
fighting,
for,
it
is
about
honoring
the
voices
of
those
who
we're
here
to
represent,
and
some
of
the
questions
that
I
have
for
the
record
is
to
commissioner
Cox
and
I
too,
have
to
go
because
I
have
a
few
events.
But
I
would
like
to
ask
you,
commissioner,
Cox.
If
you
could
give
me
some
insight
to
how
many
Deputy
District
leaders
are
of
color
in
our
stations.
D
D
D
I
mean
I
guess
the
purpose
of
your
question
is
to
say
you
know
it's
about
promoting
people
and
I
would
have
to
say
that
this
is
part
of
the
the
issue
around
promotion
processes
and
things
of
that
nature,
which
I
think
you
know
it's.
We've
been
struggling
with
that
for
a
while,
while
people
have
to
take
exams,
people
have
to
pass
exams.
D
People
have
to
you,
know,
participate
in
the
process
and
actually
have
a
fair
exam
to
make
sure
that
they're
successful
across
the
board
and
and
that's
something
I
think
traditionally,
the
police
department,
not
our
department,
I,
think
law
enforcement
in
general
struggled
with.
So,
if
that's
the
question
that
you're
trying.
B
B
I
appreciate
that
I
think
somebody
earlier
said
that
the
issues
of
racism
are
deeply
rooted
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It's
a
Public,
Health
crisis.
It's
everything
right
and
I
think
that
sometimes
when
we
need
more
diversity,
it's
not
just
about
having
people
in
positions
who
are
of
color
to
dictate.
But
when
you
have
people
of
color,
there's
also
a
cultural
sensitivity
and
an
ability
to
be
able
to
say
here's.
B
What
may
work
here
in
this
neighborhood,
because
you
can't
read
and
learn
everything
about
us
in
a
textbook
and
then
come
through
and
think
that
you're
going
to
know
how
to
you
know,
help
support
us.
So
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
here
to
really
look
at
increasing
the
representation
that
we
have
in
this
space
and
I.
B
Think
that
that's
one
of
the
things
that
I'd
like
to
lean
into
a
little
bit
more-
and
you
know
I-
also
want
to
uplift
that
my
office
worked
on
establishing
the
black
men's
commission
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I'm
incredibly
proud
of
the
work
that
has
been
done
and
I
think
again
talking
about
values
and
statements.
We
need
more
money
to
support
the
work
that
is
coming
out
of
that
out
of
that
commission.
B
This
has
to
be
everybody,
and
that
includes
the
hair
salons,
the
barber
shops,
the
bodega,
the
laundromat.
Anybody
that
does
business
with
our
community
needs
to
be
here,
engage
in
this
conversation
and
set
in
the
stage
and
participating
in
what
role
they're
going
to
play
and
doing
this
work.
Right
and-
and
you
know,
I
feel
like
I'm
gonna
start
preaching
and
I'm
not.
B
But
you
know
why
I'm
so
frustrated
is
that
I've
only
been
in
office
for
three
years
and
in
three
years
I
have
seen
how
business
gets
done
and
how
city
does
not
function
right
and
I
feel
a
sense
of
responsibility,
because
we
don't
have
any
more
time
to
wait.
The
conversation
about
violence
should
not
be
here,
we're
not
we.
We
should
be
talking
about
this
in
January,
not
about
just
violence.
In
the
summer.
It's
violence
you
around
a
plan
has
to
be
put
in
place
for
the
entire
year.
B
Every
single
City
department
needs
to
have
a
violence,
prevention
strategy,
Workforce
Development
right,
even
the
parking
people
and
the
transportation
department.
Every
single
person,
every
single
Department
plays
a
role
in
this
conversation
and
I'm,
really
sad
to
see
that
we
don't
have
more
young
people
in
this
chain
in
this
space
right
now,
because
they're,
the
ones
who
are
out
here
dodging
bullets
every
single
day,
and
we
need
to
listen
to
them
so
that
we
can
definitely
inform
decisions
that
are
going.
B
L
Thank
you,
chair
and
I
want
to
welcome
everybody
to
the
most
talented,
most
prolific
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
Boston
Dorchester
Massachusetts
I
also
want
to
just
say,
take
it
to
the
piano
for
being
here
and
Jose
said
something
that
really
resonated
with
me.
He
talked
about
collaboration
right.
He
talked
about
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us
right
in
order
to
fix
this
work
and
when
I
look
across
this
room,
I
see
a
lot
of
individuals
who
have
the
resources.
Have
the
experience?
Have
the
knowledge
has
the
net?
L
Have
the
network
has
this
skill
set
in
order
to
make
that
happen?
I
see
big
time:
Reverend
Rivers
Reverend
Peterson
Brother,
D,
James,
Mackey,
Troy
Smith,
my
God
Minister
Randy
Mohammed
in
the
back
Renee
I'm
not
going
to
keep
on
naming,
but
there's
so
many
people
in
this
room
today
that
have
the
know-how.
L
Now
some
of
my
colleagues
have
said
we
hosted
a
event
at
a
free
event,
and
it
just
spoke
to
the
need
of
activities
on
the
on
the
weekend.
Driving
down
Blue
Hill
Ave
in
Talbot
have,
after
the
event
and
to
see
that
the
bcyf
and
the
Boys
and
Girls
Clubs
were
closed
closed
during
that
time.
Just
kind
of
just
are
we
really
activating
and
tackling
with
all
our
resources
and
all
our
policy,
the
the
the
violence
or
the
need
to
invest
in
our
young
people
in
creating
space
for
them?
L
So
I
would
love
to
you
know
just
for
the
administration
is
to
see
if
there's
any
opportunity
to
expand
the
hours
of
our
bcyfs
during
the
summer
time.
Also,
we
talked
about
the
structural
issues
right.
One
of
the
things
that
we
introduced
recently
on
the
city
council
was
tuition.
Assistance
right.
If
we're
tackling
the
root
causes,
we
have
to
also
change
the
mindset
of
our
individuals
in
college
or
Workforce.
Development
needs
to
be
at
the
root
of
it,
and
sometimes
in
our
community.
L
We
don't
have
the
financial
means
to
go
to
college
or
that
program
that
costs
money
is
too
far
off
for
us
because
we're
not
making
the
amount
of
money.
It's
Financial
is
a
barrier,
so
the
the
city
of
Boston
I
believe
needs
to
take
more
of
that
on
and
I
know
that
we
expanded
College
tuition
to
community
colleges,
but
I
believe
that
needs
to
go
a
little
bit
further
into
into
making
sure
that
private
colleges
are
part
of
it
and
also
Workforce
and
apprenticeship.
Programs
are
part
of
that
as
well.
L
L
Say
that
again,
okay,
yeah
yep,
it's
just
primarily
for
our
youth,
we're
going
to
be
having
a
conversation
to
activate
our
youth
to
start
bringing
up
solutions
that
they
want
to
see
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
My
one
question
or
my
two
questions
for
the
administration
is
around
the
new
initiative
that
was
announced,
I
believe
on
Tuesday.
The
research
of
Thomas
apt
from
Maryland
was
chosen
to
lead
the
city
of
Boston
in
the
conversation
around
violence.
L
Just
wanted
to
understand
like
that
process,
on
choosing
Thomas
apt
and
is
the
researcher
being
paid
and
who
was
invited
to
the
workshops
and
how
was
that
list
being
created?
Who
was
on
that
list
and
how
is
that
list
Chosen
and
then
also
was
I
asked
about
the
bcyf.
The
other
question
is
youth
connect.
The
brother
from
youth
connect
spoke
to
the
need
of
family
support
and
services
and
trainers,
not
just
for
the
individual,
but
for
the
whole
family.
S
S
S
We
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
to
listen
to
the
community.
So
can
we
hear
from
the
community?
That's
all
I'm
saying
before
folks
take
flight,
it's
important
that
we
do
that.
I
think
that
y'all
need
to
change
the
way
that
y'all
promoting.
So
with
that
being
said,
T
Michael
Thomas,
my
brother
go
ahead.
U
Quick,
oh
you
don't
have
to
be.
Is
everything
on
the
record
respectively,
camera
camera
too
sweet
Brian,
no,
but
seriously,
who,
on
the
panel
seriously,
who
on
the
panel,
believes
that
the
people's
Academy
should
be
funded
to
train
individuals,
a
trade
to
get
them
off
the
streets
who,
in
this
room
things
that
it
should
be
funded
and
I'll?
Tell
you
why,
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
of
the
people's
academies,
I'm
T,
Michael,
Thomas
I
started
this
program.
Over
15
years
ago,
I
funded
it
out
of
pocket.
U
I've
spent
over
half
a
million
dollars
out
of
my
own
pocket.
My
triple
decade
for
the
third
floor
second
floor,
basement
back
of
my
house
is
the
program.
I
went
through
three
Community
process
to
get
land
to
build
a
school.
Every
time
I
made
the
attempt
it
came
out
of
park
at
least
30
grand.
Finally,
on
the
corner,
Quincy
and
Warren
went
against
a
developer.
We
got
the
land
to
build
a
trade
school
with
living
workspace.
U
U
My
point
is
that
the
next
few
weeks
in
the
beastly
building
on
Morrissey
Boulevard
we're
starting
a
new
cycle
to
train
individuals
to
be
instructors
and
we're
calling
on
the
city
as
a
partnership
to
put
the
put
the
hammer
in
their
hands
and
put
the
guns
down.
Let's
teach
them
a
trade
in
Boston,
there's
over
18
billion
in
new
construction,
four
to
six
times
that
in
restoration
work.
When
you
look
around
the
city
you're
seeing
license
plates
from
every
place,
but
Boston.
U
What
we
are
saying
is
we're
not
here
to
fight
the
city,
we're
looking
for
a
partnership.
There's
enough
funding
on
a
city
level
and
on
a
state
level,
help
us
to
build
a
school
but
also
help
us
to
teach
these
individuals
a
trade.
Not
everyone
is
scared
for
college.
We
all
agree
upon
that
and
you
would
always
need
a
trades
worker.
The
trades
is
the
key
to
the
middle
class.
U
Let's
be
honest,
so
what
we're
saying
is,
but
all
of
these
Witnesses
help
us
build
a
school
Under
corn
under
Quincy
and
Warren,
and
help
us
train
these
individuals
out
of
the
beastly
building
right
on
Marcy
Boulevard
right
next
to
Star
Market,
let's
get
put
the
guns
down:
let's
teach
them
a
trade,
let's
get
them
off
the
street.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
B
A
V
I've
been
working
in
this
community
I've
lived
in
this
community.
All
of
my
life
and
I've
worked
in
this
community
for
the
last
29
years
on
Talbot
Ave,
first
with
the
boys
and
girls
club
at
its
opening
and
then
with
bcyf
Perkins
Community
Center.
My
first
question
is
to
the
counselors
that
are
present
I'd
like
to
know
by
name
how
many
counselors
have
supported
this
bill,
the
the
the
the
the
for
this
Community
violence
chaired
by
councilor
or
authored
by
councilor
Murphy.
It's
not
a
bill,
okay,
so
how
many
counts?
A
V
Well,
the
important
thing
is
that
they
signed
in
support,
because
violence
is
not
just
on
Talbot
Avenue.
Violence
is
not
just
geared
towards
our
young
people
from
the
ages
of
10
to
24.
violence
for
years,
I've
been
counseling
working
with
families,
because
the
the
youth
connect
program
initially
started
as
youth
service
providers.
V
V
V
Yes,
I've
been
working
with
young
people
for
well
over
30
years,
but
when
you
become
a
victim
of
gun
violence,
while
protecting
a
young
person,
your
mind
changes
your
outlook
changes,
especially
when
my
daughter
witnessed
the
entire
incident
so
trauma
isn't
just
for
those
who
who
experience
it.
It
affects
the
entire
city,
and
so
every
counselor
should
be
in
support
of
this
hearing
and
every
hearing
moving
forward.
Don't
give
me
lip
service
because
it
sounds
good
show
me
show
me.
S
S
S
S
This
should
be.
We
shouldn't
have
to
ask
if
things
consistently
continue
to
happen.
This
should
be
given
from
the
city
and,
with
that
being
said,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
our
sister
romilda.
She.
She
has
something.
That
literally
relates
to
what
we're
talking
about
right
now.
I
want
to
give
the
space
for
her
to
speak.
J
My
name
is
Ramona
Pereira
known
by
everyone.
Asro
I
am
the
founder
of
project
turnaround
I'm
a
long
time
resident
of
Dorchester
and
I.
Also
at
one
time
was
a
youth
that
needed
these
same
Services
I
started
project
turnaround
in
2020.
My
program
functions
to
bring
together
traditionally
siled
re-entry
in
Social
Services
in
a
holistic
One-Stop
model.
Crafted
from
my
lived
experience
as
well
as
many
years
serving
as
a
case
manager
and
re-entry
Advocate
project
turnaround
focuses
on
providing
Pathways
for
successful
re-entry.
All
too
often
when
people
return
home
from
incarceration,
they
are
faced
with.
J
They
are
faced
with
Maze
of
agencies
and
programs
that
are
hard
to
navigate
even
with
support
project
turnaround
serves
as
acts
as
a
Clearinghouse
for
those
resources
in
a
central
hub
for
the
people
most
in
need.
Every
participant
is
paired
with
a
case
manager
and
a
mentor
that
helps
him
and
her
navigate
systems
from
getting
into
Supportive
Housing
to
job
training
and
Trauma
interventions.
As
a
program
that
has
its
origins
in
a
very
in
the
very
Community
it
serves.
J
Project
turnaround
uses
a
community
feedback
loop
to
ensure
that
all
programs
and
resources
are
vetted,
provide
growth
and
opportunity
to
up
to
participants
and
create
Pathways
for
successful
re-entry.
The
Continuum
of
Care
that
is
provided
ensures
that
no
participant
is
are
left
behind.
Street
Outreach
violence,
Interruption
case
management,
counseling,
education,
housing
and
support
services.
J
Project
turnaround
functions
as
a
sensor
where
Community
change
comes
from
Community
Connection
we're
devoted
to
helping
Boston
youth
access,
the
service
and
holistic
care
necessary
to
achieve
their
potential.
We
recognize
that
many
of
Boston's
youth
have
suffered
the
impact
of
generational
trauma,
mass
criminalization
and
poverty.
We
believe
that
by
tailoring
interventions
to
youth
in
their
own
communities,
we
can
help
transform
all
of
Boston's
neighborhoods
into
thriving
and
supportive
communities.
J
I
do
need
help
and
support
I
can't
do
it
alone
and
I
can't
keep
using
my
own
personal
money
we're
the
most
connected
to
these
youth.
We're
also
a
program
with
the
most
resources,
but
also
the
program
least
funded
by
y'all
I
started
with
fund
with
funding
from
New
York
City,
I'm
gonna,
say
it
again.
New
York
City
believed
in
me
and
gave
me
money
not
y'all,
so
that
little
bit
of
money
it
keeps
us
afloat,
but
that
money
is
running
out.
J
J
He
was
sent
to
Northampton,
which
is
a
trigger,
and
we
all
know
that
it's
all
with
massive
cast
people.
They
steal
your
stuff.
This
young
man
don't
play
that,
but
he's
going
to
end
up
doing
if
they
do
harm
to
him.
It's
cause
harm
back,
I
asked.
We
was
in
a
group
of
same
folks
that
y'all
fund
20
million
dollar
programs
and
all
kinds
of
stuff
I
asked
for
resource
and
those
resources.
Everyone,
the
the
faciliter
said
we
have
time
after
we
could
get
together.
Everyone
left
when
the
training
was
over.
J
J
We
have
jobs
for
14
to
18
year
olds
cool,
but
what
about
the
18
to
24
or
the
25
plus
y'all
took
operation
exit,
why
it
was
a
program
that
was
working,
y'all,
built
tiny
homes
and
provided
housing
for
mass
and
cash.
Where
we
all
know,
70
of
those
folks
are
not
from
this
city,
and
it
angers
me
that
we
can't
do
it
for
our
own
residents.
J
J
J
I'm
also
tired
of
seeing
the
same
offices
officer,
chin,
Nora,
Minnie,
I'm,
tired
of
that,
and
thank
you
for
your
commitment
lanita
to
keep
that
piece
of
the
work
going
today
and
I
appreciate
that
I
don't
even
know
who
that
is
but
go
ahead.
Investing
in
funding
is
you
guys,
keep
investing
in
funding
in
the
same
people.
The
same
organizations
keep
getting
the
same
millions
of
dollars
and
we
all
know
we
can't
go
to
them.
People
to
get
anything.
J
J
We
keep
getting
re-traumatized
because
the
same
thing
keeps
happening,
we're
keeping
our
young
people
out
of
these
spaces.
I
hear
you,
you
want
them
here.
Why
aren't
they?
Why
are
they
shut
out?
Why
aren't
they
voices
heard
they
matter?
They
can
articulate
themselves
very
well
to
tell
you
what
their
needs
and
wants
are,
but
y'all
don't
want
to
hit
them
all.
Y'all
do
is
when
they
speak
with
passion,
I
love,
your
voice,
keep
it
going,
yeah,
that's
cool,
and
all
that
help
me
now.
J
J
Minister
Randy
is
here
today
and
I'm.
Gonna.
Tell
you
all
about
this
brother.
We
have
clergy
he's
not
on
there,
but
who's
the
one
that's
most
connected
to
the
gang
youth
adults,
whatever
him
who's,
the
one
that's
visiting
the
presidents
him
who
do
I
go
to
when
I'm
ready
to
go
off
and
take
somebody's
head
off
him.
J
J
A
A
O
So
therefore,
one
of
the
things
that
I
hope
that
the
city
of
Boston
Gets
behind
me
with
Dr
Isaac
might
I
might
put
him
on
my
taxes,
or
he
might
put
me
on
his
that's
how
much
I
bother
him.
That's
so
much!
We
talk
about
the
hot
spots,
that's
how
much
we
talk
about
planning
and
so
poetry
in
the
park.
It's
something
I
plan
to
do
this
summer.
Poetry
in
the
park
will
be
in
God
willing
all
the
hot
spots
Hot
Spot
parks
in
our
community.
O
Usually
when
we
do
events,
we
do
them
during
the
daylight
hours
fortunate
apartment
we're
going
to
do
7,
P.M
to
10
p.m.
When
it's
dark
out
we're
going
to
turn
the
lights
on
right,
Minister,
Randy
and
ten
thousand
fails.
So
we
part
of
that
movement
because
there's
nothing
greater
than
the
security
of
ten
thousand
failures,
because
they
understand
the
proper
handling
of
our
people.
O
The
idea
is
to
make
sure
that
we
have
music
good
food
good
times
last
summer,
at
Roxbury,
Heritage
Parks
I
had
them
from
five
years
old
to
85..
You
understand
now
we're
going
to
do
it
a
little
bit
more.
In
addition
to
that,
I
also
want
to
note
that,
starting
in
September
of
last
year,
I'm
I'm
bothering
Isaac
I'm
bothering
Rufus
at
the
time
everybody
hey
man.
What
are
we
going
to
do
someone's
going
to
be
here
before
you
know
it
right?
O
O
You
understand,
we
haven't
healed
from
that,
yet
the
effects
of
it
we're
still
feeling
today
the
benefit
of
that
many
others
are
still
benefiting
today
in
this
city,
my
father
retired,
from
the
Boston
Police
Department,
but
he
got
on
the
Boston
Police
Department,
because
the
NAACP
had
to
shoot
you
understand
and
as
a
black
man
on
the
police
department.
My
dad
said
man
I
fought
so
much
racism
in
the
force
than
to
only
go
out
and
be
castigated
by
my
community,
because
they
will
entrust
me
you
understand.
So
we
haven't
gotten
over
that
era.
O
O
You
understand,
so
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
dealing
with
a
lot
of
City
officials
I
take
that
back
a
handful
of
them
that
handful
has
been
working
with
months
four
months,
but
myself
we've
had,
in
my
opinion,
some
great
representatives
from
our
religious
community
brother
Dickerson,
who
was
right
there
Pastor
Willie
Broderick,
who
was
not
here
presently
Minister,
Randy
Mohammed.
Why?
Because
we
can't
do
it
if,
if
God
ain't
in
it
man
the
devil,
got
it.
O
So
we
we
weren't,
trying
to
figure
out
what
we
can
do
on
our
own
I
reached
out
to
some
clergy
who
I
know,
don't
give
me
lip
service,
they
roll
up
their
sleeves
and
they
get
in
the
community
and
they
work.
You
see
because
sometimes
we're
quick
to
say
we're
the
clergy
yet,
but
some
clergy,
y'all
y'all,
can
stay
home.
O
I
want
the
clergy
that
walks
through
the
neighborhood
all
the
time
brother
Dickerson
I,
want
the
clergy
that
walks
in
Orchard
Park,
Warren,
Gardens,
right,
Willie,
Broderick,
12,
Baptists
I
want
the
religious
leader
that
goes
through
growth.
Homes
been
doing
it
for
over
20
years,
brother
Minister,
Randy,
10,
000
Fearless,
because
when
they
walk
man,
the
Windows
start
shaking
and
folk
trying
to
figure
out
what's
going
on,
they
reach
out
and
they
hear
positive
mess.
We're
talking
about
midnight,
a
Muslim,
Christian,
Jew
and
Gentile
all
different
social,
economical
statuses
and
everything
else.
O
So,
myself,
sister
romilda
brother,
James
Hill
we
started
trying
to
convene
the
healing
tour
is
on
its
way.
Is
it
going
to
be
the
solve
all?
Probably
not,
but
it's
going
to
give
us
an
opportunity,
because
sometimes
we
need
a
space
to
cry.
We
need
a
space
to
yell.
You
understand.
We
need
a
space
where
we
can
have
clinicians,
psychiatrists
and
so
forth
on
deck.
That
will
be
then.
However,
let
me
also
say
that
during
the
healing
tour,
we
need
accountability.
O
O
When
you
talk
about
reducing
violence,
let
me
explain
something:
we
talk
about
Workforce
Development
argumentatively,
probably
the
greatest
man
that
ever
do
Workforce
Development
in
this
city.
Rest
in
peace
is
brother,
Minister,
Rodney,
Devon,
okay,
I
said
at
that
man's
feet,
soaking
up
all
the
information
he
could
possibly
give
me
so
that
I
could
understand
how
to
move
with
organizations.
Corporations
would
have
you
in
regards
to
Workforce
Development.
O
So
let
me
explain
something
if
you
think
we
can
put
our
babies
at
Home
Depot
for
17
or
18
an
hour
at
CVS
or
some
other
bag
places
things
of
that
nature,
that
ain't
gonna
work
see
they
need
living
wage
jobs
because
in
the
city
of
Boston
you're
making
under
sixty
thousand
dollars
you're
in
trouble
better.
Yet
if
you
have
a
child
or
two,
so
when
we
talk
about
Workforce
Development,
it's
about
making
sure
that
we
align
our
youth
with
jobs
that
are
not
just
over
broke
because
that's
what
a
job
is.
O
It
needs
to
be
a
career
right.
So
that's
the
trades.
You
did
that's
tech
jobs,
for
example,
you
have
TCN,
which
is
a
global
situation.
The
clubhouse
Network
the
bases
in
Roxbury
this
summer,
God
willing
we'll
have
cohorts
going
through
that.
Why?
Because
when
they
go
through
Cisco
training
at
the
end
of
those
17
weeks,
it's
guaranteed
placement,
not
a
hope
in
a
damn
prayer.
O
O
And
I'll
also
and
I'm
gonna
leave
with
this
not
to
hog
up
the
mic:
I'm
angry
I'm,
tired,
I'm,
angrier
and
I'm,
tired,
I
own,
a
restaurant
in
Grove
Falls
and
often
at
times
my
customers
call
me
because
they
scared
they
want
to
know
hey
man
is
it
cool.
Can
we
come
by
today?
Is
this
shooting
going
on?
They
don't
want
to
park
behind
Flames,
because
it's
prostitution,
drug
selling
guns,
or
what
have
you
right
now
during
covert
by
the
grace
of
the
most
high?
O
We
felt
about
86
000
people
with
the
help
of
the
community
right,
but
then,
at
the
same
time,
when
it
came
time
to
bid
for
certain
contracts
to
provide
food
for
for
individuals
that
lived
in
BHA
and
things
of
that
nature,
and
they
said
that
these
contracts
are
going
to
go
to
small
black
minority-owned
restaurants.
So,
when
I
teamed
up
with
my
good
brother
Mentor
from
down
home
kitchen
brother
Webster,
Gary,
Webster
and
his
family,
we
put
our
bid
in
guess
what
happens
all
the
damn
time?
O
Y'all,
don't
give
nothing
to
us
little
guys,
it
just
don't
happen,
but
we
can
do
it
if
one
restaurant
was
able
to
pump
out
1
752
meals
a
day,
because
that's
what
we
did
if
I
was
good
enough
to
help
feed
my
community
I'm,
not
good
enough
to
get
a
bed
from
the
city
something's
wrong
with
that
City
fresh
can't,
keep
getting
it
on.
They
may
at
times
have
a
face
that
looks
like
mine,
but
we
all
know
what's
happening
behind
closed
doors,
who
actually
runs
that
and
controls
that.
O
So
we
have
black
and
brown
businesses
that
need
more
from
the
city.
You
want
to
stop
this
violence,
stop
playing!
You
want
to
stop
this
violence.
I
know
for
a
fact
that
there
are
countless
jobs
within
the
city
that
go
unfilled.
All
the
damn
town
open
them
up.
Let
them
go
through
these
Workforce
Development
trainings,
these
life
skill
trainings
and
then
give
them
the
job
as
opposed
to
letting
it
sit
there
vacant.
O
A
Q
N
X
A
Have
two
options:
we
have
two
options:
we
have
the
option
to,
we
have
order
restored
and
we
have
15
folks
that
have
asked
to
testify,
and
we
only
have
an
hour
left,
because
this
this
place
is
closing.
So
it's
like
how
do
you
like
your
eggs?
Okay,
so
we're
either
going
to
continue
with
public
testimony
and
allow
everyone
to
have
two
to
three
minutes
respectfully
of
everyone
here,
so
that
all
15
individuals
who
took
time
out
of
their
schedule
and
out
of
their
lives
to
come
here
to
hear
the
panels
to
engage
there?
A
A
Respect
one
another
and
give
folks
two
to
three
minutes
each
so
that
we
get
through
the
remainder
of
the
sheet
with
his
15
names,
because
this
place
closes
I'd
stay
here
till
11
o'clock.
Folks,
you
know
me:
we
don't
have
the
luxury
tonight.
This
place
closes
at
eight.
So
let's
restore
order.
Let's
go
back
to
the
sheet
in
order
of
folks
arrival
and
ask
one
another
respectfully
to
make
their
comments
in
two
to
three
minutes:
do
I
have
an
amen,
amen
so
and
now
the
next
name
on
the
street
very
difficulty.
A
O
T
A
T
Y
Y
Once
again,
meat
and
potatoes
y'all
are
not
talking
to
the
people
that
have
been
in
this
community
grinding
period.
I
got
over
four
Decades
of
dealing
with
the
street,
the
real
gang
bangers,
the
music
industry
and
working.
What
they're
talking
about
is
People
Like
Us
that
been
working
in
this
community
and
not
even
asking
for
a
dime
but
I'm,
getting
tired
that
y'all
haven't
woken
up.
Y
What's
going
on
with
our
high
school
students
leaving
on
the
MBTA
buses
in
our
day
when
there
was
riots,
when
we
had
the
real
fights
they
knew
to
let
Brighton
High
leave
at
a
certain
time.
They
knew
that
the
Burke
leave
at
a
certain
time.
They
knew
the
schools
left
at
a
certain
time
are
y'all
idiots
are
y'all,
letting
them
all
leave.
At
the
same
time,
the
MBTA
police
officers
are
overwhelmed
in
Nubian,
Square
they're
overwhelmed
at
Ashmont,
they're
overwhelmed
and
Mattapan.
Y
Our
children
are
our
base,
but
you
have
to
worry
about
the
mothers,
the
grandmothers,
the
fathers
we
have
to
worry
about.
The
nature
of
our
people,
but
what's
going
on
in
these
train
stations
is
ridiculous.
Just
yesterday,
I
broke
up
a
fight
and
someone
said
I've
seen
a
helicopter
in
Nubian,
Square
I
said
yeah.
There
was
another
fight
in
the
neighborhood
and
guess
what
the
person
online
said.
If
you
wasn't
there
breaking
that
up
by
your
dag
on
yourself.
Y
You
need
to
come
talk
to
the
truth,
because,
as
long
as
you
keep
thinking
you're
doing
something
you're
doing
exactly
what
they
want.
You
to
do
nothing,
we
have
to
collectively
come
together.
Boston
is
the
beacon
in
the
world,
but
if
we
keep
dividing
between
between
money,
color
we're
going
to
keep
doing
the
same
thing
and
I'm
gonna
end
here.
I
was
born
in
1966.
Y
and
I've
been
at
every
table.
A
lot
of
y'all
really
don't
know
where
I'm
from
I've
been
at
every
table
and
my
family's
very
successful
and
I
know
the
difference.
Stop
it
there's
no
way
at
1966
when
I
was
born,
we're
talking
the
same
thing
at
56..
It's
because
y'all
don't
want
to
wake
up
and
you're,
not
really
experts,
because
everything
that
you're
reading
is
not
applied
to
the
people
in
the
community.
That's
black
white,
green!
All
across
the
board.
Y
P
Everybody
peace,
I'm
gonna,
do
my
best
to
be
real
brief.
It's
it's
sad!
It's
disappointing
that
when
I
came
in
it
was
full
in
here
now
it's
empty,
but
I
told
my
mother
and
Miss
Julia.
You
know
what
I'm
about
to
do,
but
I
told
my
mother
in
a
visitor
room
of
a
prison
that
I
would
do
this.
So
will
somebody
please
help
me
count
to
20.,
please
my
brother
Maggie
one,
two
three,
four:
five:
six:
seven,
eight:
nine
ten,
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen,
sixteen
Seventeen,
eighteen,
nineteen,
twenty!
P
That's
how
many
years
I
spent
in
prison
for
killing
somebody
we
talk
about
violence
is
that
we
talk
about
no
I'm
asking.
Are
we
talking
about
violence?
No,
no!
Okay
at
14
I
walked
inside
of
a
barber
shop
at
10
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
shot
a
man
in
his
chest.
Twice
went
to
dys
the
system
was
broken
and
I
was
let
right
back
out
at
16.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
You
compare
me
to
Monster
Cove.
Yes,
you
did.
Yes,
you
did.
Yes,
you
did
but
hold
up
it's
my
turn.
It's
my
turn.
It's
my
turn.
My
mother
died.
Bro
I
called
you
bro.
My
mother
died
from
a
fat
and
all
overdose.
Well,
I
sat
in
a
cell
two
days
after
my
third,
after
my
31st
birthday,
then
I
had
32
days
to
come
home
and
they
found
my
little
brother
on
the
side
of
a
sober
house
dead
with
one
sneaker
on
from
a
fan
on
overdose.
P
P
P
Now
I'm
here
and
I'm
doing
the
work
every
single
day
I'm
in
the
streets.
Randy
sees
me.
They
meant
they
all
see
me
I'm
in
the
streets
for
real
man.
You
know
why
wait
you
know.
Wild
Industries
are
real
cause.
I
was
in
the
streets
for
real,
so
here
it
is
I
with
the
city
hall
yesterday
in
every
city,
council
should
have
one
of
these
under
their
door.
P
If
you
don't
see
I
messed
up,
then,
because
I
did
it
myself,
I'm
asking
for
25
000
dollars
to
get
a
bin
and
a
trailer
to
take
my
15
youth
that
I've
been
with
for
two
and
a
half
years
on
the
bikes,
the
same
bikes
that
the
officers
get
complaints
about,
not
dirt
bikes,
pedal
bikes.
Those
are
my
kids
and
I'm
trying
my
hardest
I'm
trying
they're,
not
gang
bangers
they're,
not
they're,
just
angry
young
kids,
my
book
from
negative
to
positive
produce
while
incarcerated,
read
it
it'll.
P
P
P
P
Z
This
evening,
affiliation,
Minister
Randy
Mohammed,
minister
of
Muhammad,
Mosque
number
11,
also
the
founder
of
ten
thousand
Phyllis
peacemakers
Boston.
Also,
the
executive
director
of
Torchlight
Recovery
Inc,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
y'all
for
having
these
hearings
and
for
being
here
and
thanking
everyone.
That's
in
the
panel
for
for
indulging
and
being
here
and
taking
your
time.
Z
I
just
want
to
say
a
few
things
wow
that
was
powerful.
My
man,
brother,
Victory,
beautiful
brother
I,
think
that
when
we
talk
about
reducing
the
violence
and
really
thinking
about
the
summer,
I
like
what
councilman
here
said,
we
have
to
understand
that
we
can't
just
focus
on
one
thing
in
just
the
summer
right.
We
have
to
take
a
holistic
approach.
Z
The
violence
is
a
byproduct
of
failed
social
systems
right,
so
you
know
we
have
to
take
a
look
at
the
educational
system,
the
criminal
justice
system,
the
Health,
Care
System
right
and
we're
failing
when
we're
talking
about
the
violence.
That
is
the
byproduct
of
these
systems
right,
and
so
we
was
at
a
panel
this
morning
similar
to
this.
Z
Looking
at
how
and
developing
a
strategy
for
the
city
for
the
city
to
address,
gun
violence-
and
you
know,
one
of
the
things
that
came
out
of
some
of
the
research
that
was
being
presented
was
the
the
the
the
demographics
of
those
that
the
main
for
lack
of
better
words
impact
players
with
regards
to
the
violence
and
as
young
men,
black
and
Latino
in
our
community.
And
we
know
that.
That's
who
that's
that's
the
number
one
people,
that's
the
number
one
Target
population,
that's
driving
this
violence.
Z
We
need
a
comprehensive
plan
that
focuses
exclusively
on
not
I
shouldn't
say
exclusively,
but
that
targets
that
specific
population
right
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
are
culturally
responsive
programs
that
address
the
issues.
That's
going
on
in
this
community
to
deal
with
cultural
refinement.
We
are
dealing
with
I'll
say
this:
I
did
Prison
Ministry
for
the
better
part
of
30
years,
State
and
county
jail
and
I've
worked
with
the
most
violent
people
in
this
state.
Z
Facts:
I'm
not
saying
that
just
to
be
saying
that
their
record
says
that
I'm
talking
about
in
Walpole,
Souza,
baranowsky
I'm
talking
about
in
the
ddu
I
work
with
with
the
most
violent
people
in
our
state
and
I,
can
tell
you
that
some
of
the
people
that
are
considered
the
worst,
the
most
violent
people
right
with
the
proper
information
and
education
I've
seen
some
of
these
same
individuals
become
some
of
the
most
respectful,
loving
kind,
hard
work
and
productive
people.
Many
of
them
have
been
able
to
transition
and
get
out
Victory.
Z
Z
Yes,
sir,
yes,
sir,
so
I
I
had
a
relationship.
I
built
a
relationship
with
him
in
jail,
and
we
talked,
and
he
told
me
from
jail
what
he
was
gonna
do
he
wrote
his
book
from
jail
and
he
he
committed
to
me
that
when
he
got
out,
he
told
me
exactly
what
he
was
going
to
do
and
it
was
to
work
with
these
Youth
and
I
commend
my
brother
because
he
made
his
word
bond
and
I,
see
him
every
day.
Z
I
see
him
every
day,
working
with
the
youth
and
who
better
to
work
with
the
youth
who
better
to
work
to
stop
the
violence
than
those
that
were
a
part
of
it.
So
I,
wanna,
I
wanna,
encourage
us
to
consider
that
we
have
a
more
intentional
relationship
with
our
returning
citizens,
but
we
also
have
to
be
more
intentional,
because
the
programming
that
turned
my
brother
around
were
not
the
traditional
programs
that's
being
offered
in
the
doc.
Z
There
was
a
non-traditional
cultural
programs
that
gave
them
a
sense
of
knowledge
of
self
that
changed
his
perception
of
who
he
is
that
allows
him
to
come
back
out,
not
as
a
killer
or
gang
banger,
but
someone
that's
committed
to
make
a
change.
We
have
to
be
more
intentional
about
that.
We
need
those
type
of
programmings
that
that
deal
with
the
cultural
refinement
has
to
be
supported.
Z
Last
thing,
I'll
say:
is
this
I've
been
leading
the
10
000
Fearless
peacemakers
for
the
last
four
years
consistently,
and
we
have
been
able
to
to
raise
a
volunteer
group
of
men
that
are
going
out
into
the
community
to
promote
peace,
to
offer
conflict
mediation,
and
we
set
up
a
stop.
The
beef
hotline
for
the
life
of
me
I,
don't
understand
how
we
not
getting
no
kind
of
support
when
everyone
talks
about
you
know
the
black
man
in
the
black
community
not
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
do
when
the
community
need
to
take
responsibility.
Z
Here
we
have
a
group
of
men
that
are
stepping
up
to
be
responsible
and
be
accountable
and
to
make
a
difference,
we
can't
get
a
billboard.
We
can't
get
a,
we
got
a
free,
stop
the
beef
hotline
number,
it
can't
I
mean
that
should
be
plastered
everywhere.
We
should
be
able
to
get
support
so
that
we
can
recruit
and
build
and
have
more
than
just
an
hour
power,
but
to
go
out
into
our
communities
and
create
the
culture
of
Peace.
Z
Z
AA
How
are
you
my
name
is
Danny
Santana
I
am
the
director
of
ity
that
stands
for
inspiring
Chinese
youth.
Many
of
you
in
here
today
know
me,
but
there's
a
few
of
you
that
are
in
here
today.
They
know
me
for
many
years
since
I
was
98
years
old.
If
you
know
me
more
than
10
years
and
you're
sitting
in
the
room,
please
stand
up
if
you
know
me
more
than
10
years
and
you're
sitting
in
the
room.
Please
stand
up
it's
about
three
of
you
in
here
right
now,.
AA
N
M
AA
These
people
know
me
not,
as
the
team
it's
antenna
than
I
am
today,
but
they
know
me
as
the
Danish
antenna
that
was
the
Latin
King
I
was
The
Lion
King
for
27
years
I
ran
the
Latin
Kings
for
10
years
in
the
city,
I've
been
shot
three
times,
I've
been
stabbed
nine
times.
My
wife
was
murdered
in
front
of
my
kids,
not
even
three
blocks
up
the
street
from
you.
AA
You
know
Blue
Horse
across
the
street,
because
the
gang
lines
you
guys
want
to
talk
about
violence,
like
my
brother,
said
we
know
about
violence,
but
we're
not
here
to
talk
about
that.
We're
not
here
to
point
the
fingers.
Well,
we'll
tell
you
to
talk
about.
Is
the
programs
that
we
got
running
okay
right
now,
I
was
given.
God
is
good.
The
CEO
will
Comic-Con
got
my
information.
He
donated
50
tickets
for
me
to
take
50
years
to
come.
Our
kids
from
the
city
of
Boston
don't
know
what
Comic-Con
is
enemy.
AA
They
have
no
idea
I'm
taking
50
youths,
this
Saturday
to
enemy,
Comic-Con
who's,
never
been
there.
It's
going
to
be
the
first
time
I've
been
going
around
for
the
last
three
days,
and
everybody
in
this
state
right
here
knows
that
I've
been
asking
for
Hope
to
feed
these
kids.
Twenty
five
hundred
dollars
is
all
I'm
asking
for
Ivory.
Did
everything
I
got
money
to
buy
in
the
costumes
they're
going
to
be
dressed
up?
These
kids
are
going
to
have
the
time
of
their
life.
AA
We
are
out
here
doing
it.
These
are
programs
that
have
really
existed.
I
run
a
game
mentoring
program
where
I
did
a
workshop
not
too
long
ago,
where
a
couple
people
sitting
here
had
the
privilege
of
going
and
had
an
opportunity
to
see
what
I'm
talking
about,
because
the
violence
has
to
start
from
the
home,
and
we
have
to
attack
it
from
where
the
problem
starts
right.
The
lack
of
fatherhood,
the
lack
of
all
the
family
morals,
that's
not
being
taught
to
our
kids.
AA
I
won
the
game
mentoring
program:
I
won
the
sex
domestic
violence,
advocacy
mail
program,
I
run
a
human
trafficking
awareness
program.
I
wouldn't
defeated
the
hungry
program
where
we
go
out
every
two
weeks
on
a
Friday
between
10,
30
and
2
o'clock
in
the
morning
to
feed
the
Homeless
and
give
out
care
packages.
I
pass
our
care
packages.
Narcan
I
give
out
empty
bottles
of
Pepsi,
so
they
could
put
the
dirty
needles
in
it
and
tell
them
you
know
you
collect
75.
You
know
you
get
30
dollars.
AA
You
know
you
got
to
give
these
people
an
incentive
to
do
things
just
like
these
kids
that
are
hanging
out
at
our
train
stations.
Okay
and
I'm
gonna
give
a
big
Applause
to
our
Transit
Police,
because
there
are
so
few
for
so
many
I'm
trying
to
work
on
a
coalition
right
now
in
the
new
Bean
Square,
where
I
can
get
all
the
non-profits
that
are
doing
stuff
with
youth
work,
because
we
got
seven
non-profits
right
then,
and
they're
not
working
with
each
other.
I.
Don't
understand
that
I!
Don't
understand
that.
AA
Why
do
we
have
seven
non-profits
that
are
doing
Youth?
Work
engagement,
violence,
intervention
prevention
and
they're,
not
working
with
each
other
I
got
50
views
going,
and
you
know
how
about
50
use
because
I
shared
my
tickets
with
Devon
who's
in
the
streets.
With
these
kids,
how
many
tickets
did
I
give
you
ten
mission.
Safe
I
gave
mission
Safe
time,
I
get
fathers,
uplift
tank
I
got
20
kids
of
my
own,
didn't
bring
it
and
there's
25
other
kids
that
want
to
go
and
I'm
trying
to
see
if
I
can
get
them
in.
AA
We
out
here
doing
the
work
you
guys
are
giving
money
to
all
these
programs
to
the
claim
they're
doing
the
work
but
where
they
at
because
we're
the
ones
out
here.
I'm
in
your
offices
twice
a
week
for
the
last
two
months
and
I
know
I'm
a
big
pain
in
the
ass.
But
if
I
don't
do
it
in
my
mouth
pain
in
the
ass,
you
guys
are
not
going
to
listen
to
me.
I
think,
I
start
with
you.
You
read
through
my
program
what
you
tell
me
Julia.
What
was
your
experience.
AA
AB
AB
So
here's
a
guy
from
East
Boston,
I,
swam
I
swim
across
the
harbor
to
be
here,
because
this
is
a
city
of
Boston
issue
right
and
we
are
connected
and
I
want
to
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution.
Just
a
couple
things
to
add,
and
so
many
people
said
so
many
good
things
and
appreciate
all
the
comments
that
people
have
met
made.
AB
AB
But
we
heard
in
a
hearing
earlier
in
the
year
that
the
the
website
in
which
kids
have
to
sign
up
to
get
the
jobs
was
rather
complicated
and
in
the
end
they
gave
up
and
they
didn't
successfully
make
the
application
so
that
a
lot
of
jobs
went
on
unmet.
So
that's
something
to
give
some
thought
to
the
access
to
jobs
if
we're
going
to
offer
a
7
000
jobs
to
make
it
accessible
for
the
young
people
to
get
those
jobs.
AB
AB
So
parents
really
needing
extra
support
and
help
in
some
way
that's
going
to
have
some
teeth
so
another
aspect
of
of,
what's
going
on
in
terms
of
Public,
Safety,
adolescence
and
in
community
safety
and
then
and
then
just
to
add
in
I,
heard
a
number
of
people
talk
about
vocational
training
and
I
love
that
because
it
seems
like
so
often
we
we
focus
on
academic
work
and
college
preparation
and
University
preparation,
but
not
everybody's.
An
academic
person.
AB
I
I
want
a
good,
auto
mechanic
that
I
can
trust
and
and
so
on.
So
those
trade.
The
job
training
to
me
seems
like
such
an
important
offering
and
something
to
consider
and
the
connection
with,
what's
going
on
in
the
summer
to
what
goes
on
in
the
school
to
what
goes
on
in
the
family.
What
goes
on
in
the
community
to
to
really
see
those
connected
and
to
see
us
find
Solutions
across
the
board
in
those
various
areas,
but
I
want
to
be
part
of
the
solution.
AB
W
W
W
Youth
and
I
want
to
know
a
bit
more
about
how
you
are
going
about
identifying
at
promise
Youth
and
how
law
enforcement
fits
into
that
process,
because
I
think
that
it
would
be
incredible
if
we
could
get
services
to
youth
who
are
craving
programming
without
have
having
that
interaction
and
interfacing
with
law
enforcement.
To
begin
with,
how
do
we
make
sure
that
these
young
people
are
not
interfacing
with
the
court
systems
with
law
enforcement
in
order
to
to
get
these
programs?
F
I
I
yeah.
So
to
answer
that
question
Miss
through
Partnerships,
the
easiest
example
would
be
the
mayor's
office.
We
obviously
partnered
with
the
Boston
Police
Department.
If
there's
a
young
person
that
has
come
through
that
is
in
need
of
services.
For
example,
I
personally
rely
heavily
on
youth
connect,
youth
connect
in
the
last.
What
week
alone
they
received
over
20
referrals
from
two
districts
alone.
F
Well,
I
think
that
if
we're
the
concept
of
identifying
I
want
to
I
want
to
be
very
clear
that
we
are
not
identifying
any
at
promise
young
people
to
law
enforcement.
We
are
relying
on
the
information
that
they
have
as
reliable
information
to
identify
who
are
the
most
at
promise.
Young
People,
based
on
the
work
that
they're
doing
sometimes
it's
a
rest
but
other
times
it's
a
referral,
that's
made
out
I
would
describe
it
as
a
one-way
Street.
T
AC
Vitale
I'm
from
Georgetown
sub
1
and
raised
and
to
be
honest
with
you,
I
wasn't
going
to
come
here
today.
I
know
about
the
hearing,
but
I
don't
see
a
point
in
wasting
time
with
hearings
anymore
because
they
don't
go
anywhere.
The
people
on
this
panel
don't
listen
to
the
public.
We
have
who's
that
Brianna
mallor,
who
gets
black
men
tackled
by
the
Boston
police
in
the
park
and
arrested
for
absolutely
nothing.
AC
We
have
Dr
ojukutu
Who
wants
to
force
all
the
Boston
Public
School
kids
to
be
muzzled
all
day
in
school
and
take
deadly
vaccinations
when
we
have
Michael
Cox
who
fires
police
officers
for
exercising
their
first
amendment
rights,
but
covers
up
when
police
officers
are
corrupt
and
then
the
Boston
city
council
I
mean
they
spend
three
quarters
of
the
time
at
their
meetings
and
hearings
thanking
each
other
and
pounding
each
other
on
the
back.
I
haven't
seen
them
find
solutions
for
anything.
AC
So
I
live
right
across
the
street
from
here
and
that's
why
I
came
here
at
the
last
minute.
I
felt
compelled
to
come
here
to
say
to
the
tiny
little
bit
of
people
that
lasted
this
long,
because
you
all
had
to
sit
through
the
first
hour
of
hearing
them
talk
about
themselves,
to
say
to
you
that
they
don't
care
tomorrow,
they're
going
to
get
up
and
go
to
work
and
probably
not
even
think
about
anything
that
anybody
here
said
tonight,
and
this
is
election
year
for
the
Boston
city
council.
AC
I
I
I've,
given
testimony
at
two
of
the
Boston
city
council
many
times
they
they
don't.
Even.
Look
me
in
the
face
when
I'm
speaking
that
Michelle
Wu
has
had
me
arrested
for
peacefully
protesting
in
front
of
her
house.
They
don't
care
about
the
people
they
care
about
their
own
money
and
themselves
and
covering
up
all
of
the
corruption
that
the
Boston
police
do
and
that
they
all
do
they're
all
friends
and
family,
and
we
have
to
look
out
for
ourselves.
AC
X
But
let
me
give
you
some
practical
Solutions.
It
was
a
little
allusion
to
the
Boston
blessing
crisis,
whatever
in
the
70s
I.
How
about
some
reparations
for
Boston
Public
School
students
like
from
1974
up
into
2020
and
you're
wondering
where
the
money's
gonna
come
from.
Did
all
of
you
not
get
raises
recently
like
who
else
got
a
raise
to
Adam
cederbaum,
who
doesn't
I,
asked
him
how
many,
how
many
total
police
officers
work
totally
I,
don't
know
our
favorite
bimbo,
our
favorite
City
City
funded
taxpayer
funded
bimbo
right.
X
That's
what
I'm
saying
like
that's
correct,
but
then
you
know
that
gives
you
a
good
idea.
Yeah
yo!
The
city
council
is
suing
the
city
council.
It's
like
the
double
Spider-Man
meme.
There's
one
there's
money,
but
also
at
a
certain
point.
Like
money's
not
gonna,
do
anything
money's,
not
even
real
and
money
is
what
you
say
it
is
so
we
also
need
to
be
looking
at
how
to
stop
violence
before
it
happens,
and
we
we
know
we
we've
been
through
this
before
it's
when
it
feels
so
tired.
X
It
feels
so
tired,
like
you
know
what
I
mean
like
like
what
about
the
the
forms
of
violence
enacted
by
the
local
government?
What
about
mandates
business,
killing
mandates?
What
about
now,
you
want
to
regulate
beekeeping.
What
are
you
gonna?
Send
the
police,
the
police
on
people
for
a
bunch
of
bees
like
what
about
the
violence
that
y'all
enact
with
your
policies?
What
about
the
the
social
violence?
What
about
the
fact
that
plenty
of
us
are
can
barely
afford
to
live
in
this
area
that
raised
us
up?
X
You
certainly
made
a
lot
of
money
off
of
our
standardized
test
scores,
which
are
bonuses
for
Boston,
Public
Schools,
there's
an
unprecedented
level
of
violence
in
Boston,
Public
Schools.
In
my
day,
like
the
boys
Boston
light.
Next
to
this
Friday
Clemente
field,
their
kids,
throwing
hot
noodles
on
teachers,
there
are
kids,
they're
they're.
You
know
what
I
mean
it's
not
just
the
summer:
it's
it's
year
round,
so
you
know
Feel
Free
at
any
time
to
shave
a
little
bit
off
of
all
your
like
recent
raises
and
everything
and
and
give
back
to
us.
X
I
mean
it's
so
expensive
to
live
here.
What
do
they
call
them?
Five
car
flattery:
he
got
a
whipper
every
day,
like
yo
ball
out,
though
I
I
would
too
I
would
too
if
I
had
the
same
amount
of
Social
Capital.
If
I
had
the
same
amount
of
economic
capital,
I
would
so
you
know
I
mean
I,
guess
what
I
can
really
say
just
prepare
for
us
to
keep
for
to
keep
coming
to
meetings
like
this.
You
know
we'll.
X
Do
the
one-woman
protest
here,
we'll
pop
up,
surprise,
we'll
we'll
switch
it
up
we'll
make
you
think
that
we're
gonna
all
come
in
protest
and
you'll.
Be
all
scared.
You
know
what
I
mean
like
when
you
ran
away
at
the
public
safety
meeting.
Mr
flattery,
like
you
know
what
I
mean
like
we're:
we're
not
gonna
stop
doing
this.
X
So
if
you
find
this
disruptive
imagine
how
disruptive
it
is
to
to
live
under
the
the
like,
how
much
qualified
immunity
is
on
this
panel,
like
total
of
them
but
you're,
acting
like
we're,
acting
like
we're
menacing
to
our
community,
like
if
it
wasn't
for
a
tweet,
that
Ramil
to
Amplified
I,
would
have
been
yelling
about
contaminated
drinks
and
roofie
drinks
in
our
city.
She,
like
where's
her
where's
her.
Why
does
it
see
on
the
Public
Safety
Council?
She
helped
warn
more
people.
You
know
what
I
mean.
X
What
about
what
about
Catherine
giving
people
rides
safe,
rides
home
on
the
fourth
of
July,
when
there's
eight
shootings
like
we're
looking
at
stockos
like
yo
bro,
you
know
what
about
people
like
Joe
who
like
what
like,
like
you
know
what
I
mean.
Well,
guess
what
we're
here,
we're
gonna,
be
here:
we're
gonna,
keep
being
loud
and
Rowdy
and
disruptive
and
clowning
and
roasting
you
until
you
take
us
seriously,
because
you
know
we
pay,
we
pay
you,
taxes,
you're,
our
sugar
babies,
all
right
thanks!
So
much.
N
B
A
AD
But
you
know
when
it
comes
to
Public,
Safety,
I'm,
44
years
old.
A
lot
of
people
in
this
room
doesn't
don't
even
know
me.
You
don't
know
me,
you
never
have
because
they're
so
scared
to
have
conversation
with
me.
You
run
you
run
away,
not
you
Julia.
Don't
look
at
me
that
way:
I'm
gonna
get
to
that,
but
there's
there's
a
lot
of
people
on
this
particular
piano,
excluding
Julia
Brian
Rowell,
my
my
brother
Michael
Flaherty,
Aaron
Isaac.
AD
Those
are
the
people
that
have
no
issues.
Having
a
conversation
with
me,
those
are
the
people
that
are
not
scared
to
sit
down
and
say
Joe.
What's
going
on,
let
me
hear
you
out:
those
are
the
people
that
understand
the
PTSD
and
my
trauma
that
I
deal
with
every
day
and
understand.
What's
going
on
with
me
also,
why?
Let
me
not
forget
somebody
in
this
room
here.
AD
There's
Lisa
Cersei
is
in
here
that
listens
to
me
every
day
and
my
great
friend
and
Community
leader
and
someone
that
holds
me
down
through
all
of
my
stuff
Pablo
barrows.
Even
though
a
lot
of
you
talk
about
him
he's
behind
his
back,
but
I'm
gonna
tell
the
truth,
and
then
Ro
is
here.
These
are
the
people.
These
are
the
people
that
that
hold
me
down
and
I
only
see
a
couple
of
people
from
this
Police
Department
here
that,
when
kids
have
a
conversation
with
me,
sit.
C
AD
There
see
them,
but
commissioner
cost
can
you
please
stand
up
I'll,
Stand,
There
He
said
he
said.
Please
stand
up
because,
since
you
came
in
I
asked
you
to
have
a
conversation
with
you
to
address
some
of
these
issues
that
go
on
within
the
department
and
some
of
the
behaviors
of
your
officers,
some
of
the
behaviors
of
the
community
members
issues
that
matter
issues
that
would
help
your
black
self
raised
in
this
community.
But
you
decide
to
go
along
and
with
everybody
else.
A
AD
That's
how
you
felt
and
that's
how
I
feel
okay,
we
have
Greg
Wong
who's
been
running
who's
been
sitting
there
for
a
long
time.
We
have
no
issues,
we
have
other
people
that
are
willing
to
have
conversation,
but
the
problem
at
this
table
here
is
a
lot
of
you.
Don't
want
to
have
conversations
with
people
that
have
been
here
that
been
doing
the
work
because
I'm
sorry
A
lot
of
these
people
that
are
here
doing
the
work
now
and
on
trauma
and
gun
violence
have
came
way
after
me.
AD
If
you
know
the
amount
of
families
that
I've
helped
the
amount
of
families
that
we've
marched
up
and
down
Blue
Hill
Ave
streets,
all
Washington
streets,
all
of
those
I
was
with
Tina
Sherry
when
Tina
Sherry
had
a
hundred
people
marching,
but
none
of
you
have
taken
the
time
to
understand
why
Joe
was
so
passionate
and
why
Joe
fights
you
come
with
your
little
attitude,
because
somebody
untucked
bad
about
me
and
they
feel
uncomfortable
and
you
just
disregard
me.
You
disregarded
what
I
have
to
say.
Commissioner
Cox,
you
know
your
police
officers.
AD
AD
You
will
never
imagine,
you
could
sit
there
and
you
can
make
that
face
all
you
want
feel
uncomfortable.
That's
why
I'm
here
to
make
you
uncomfortable
to
understand
that
we
have
work
to
do
and
you're
the
head
negro
in
charge
of
the
police
department.
Please
don't
be
like
the
last
one,
because
we
can
get
your
cowboy
hat
as
well.
AD
Okay,
no
I'm
dead,
serious,
because
I
was
nice
to
you
and
I
tried
to
befriend
you
and
have
conversation
with
you
and
you
felt
like
I
was
nothing
and
I'm
tired
of
people
in
this
community
in
this
city,
acting
like
I'm,
nothing
Brianna,
my
Lord
you're
another
one.
We
send
you
a
text
message
about
something
really
important
in
the
city.
AD
I
respectfully
text
with
Brianna
about
a
packet
of
papers,
men,
City
mail-
maybe
none
of
your
own
city
council,
know
that
was
a
packet
of
City
meal
talking
about
mattresses
and
mattresses
removals.
Do
you
all
know
about
that
about
how
they're
no
longer
going
they're
going
to
be
recycling,
mattresses
and
the
city
is
no
longer
going
to
be
picking
up
with
trash.
A
AD
Guess
what
the
whole
Grove
Hall
Community
never
got
those
letters.
You
know
why
they
were
all
in
my
building.
A
big
stack
of
them.
I
took
a
picture
of
it
and
I
sent
it
to
debris,
because
that's
the
personal
Community
engagement
right.
That's
your
job
right!
Computer
engagement,
I'm,
almost
done
Michael!
Everybody
else
got
to
talk,
Community
engagement.
AD
So
if
that's
Community
engagement,
I'm
reaching
out
to
you
about
stuff,
that's
mattering
to
the
community,
not
about
me
not
about
you
not
about
it's
about
mattering
to
all
the
communities,
because
everybody
needs
to
know
that
these
mattresses
can
no
longer
be
picked
up
off
the
side
of
the
street
on
regular
trash
day,
but
that
meal
never
got
there
because
the
U.S
post,
Office
man
through
that
mail
in
my
hallway,
for
all
of
the
community
in
my
neighborhood.
So
what
did
I
have
to
do?
AD
T
AD
You
give
money
to
these
organizations,
and
everybody
keeps
saying
this:
you
give
more
money
to
these
organizations
that
don't
do
nothing.
Let
me
bring
one
up
trauma:
team,
I'm,
sorry
Mark,
because
I
don't
have
no
disrespect
for
you.
You
never
did
nothing
to
me,
but
the
programming
I'm
talking
about
nothing
personal.
AD
AD
AD
AD
Do
your
research
on
what
exactly
they're
doing
put
money
in
them
in
in
the
hands
of
people
that
are
going
to
do
part
uplift,
our
community
uplift,
that
black
and
brown
youth,
because
I
also
I,
have
to
say
one
more
thing:
I'm
gonna!
Let
go
our
families
us
the
people,
we
our
community.
We
have
to
figure
out
how
to
do
things
on
our
own,
sometimes
sometimes
if,
if
it
means
that
we're
going
to
go,
sell
a
chocolate
bar
on
the
street
to
get
the
money
to
raise
for
our
kids,
that's
what
we're
going
to
do.
A
Thank
you,
yeah
I,
recognize
state
representative,
Chris
Worrell
is
here
and
says
districts
good
to
see
you
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
Thank
the
panelists
that
will
conclude
the
hearing.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
with
respect
to
dark
at
zero
one.
Six
six
Committee
on
Public
Safety
will
be
adjourned.
We're
committed
to
a
hard
stop
at
7,
45
I
think
we're
just
over.
Thank
you.