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Docket #0165 - Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a grant for the No Kid Hungry grant, awarded by Share Our Strength to be administered by the New Urban Mechanics
A
Good
morning,
everyone
happy
valentine's
day.
I
am
liz.
My
name
is
liz
braden,
I'm
the
city
councilor
for
district,
nine
and
chair
of
the
committee
on
strong
women,
families
and
communities.
A
It
is
monday
february
14th
2022,
and
we
are
here
today
for
a
virtual
hearing
on
docket
0165
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
from
the
no
kid
hungry
grant
awarded
by
the
share
our
strengths
to
be
administered
by
the
office
of
new
urban
mechanics,
referred
to
the
committee
on
january
26,
2022
and
sponsored
by
mayor
michelle
wu,
in
accordance
with
chapter
20
of
the
acts
of
2021,
modifying
certain
requirements
for
open
meeting
law
and
revise
and
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
the
requirement
that
public
bodies
conduct
its
meetings
in
a
public
place
that
is
open
and
physically
accessible
to
the
to
the
public.
A
The
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing
virtually
via
zoom
and
it
is
being
recorded.
This
enables
the
city
council
to
carry
out
its
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
the
public
health,
accommodations
and
ensuring
public
access
to
its
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
The
public
may
watch
this
hearing
via
live
stream
at
www,
dot,
boston,
golf
slash,
city
dash,
council
dash
tv
and
on
xfinity
8
rcn
82,
verizon
964.
A
A
Initially,
three
cities
were
selected
to
receive
a
fellow
with
the
salary
paid
in
full
to
augment
city
augment
city
innovation,
effects,
efforts
and
identify
new
opportunities
to
combat
food
insecurity.
Three
cities
have
been
selected
for
the
grant
awarded
by
share
our
strengths
of
200
thousand
dollars.
A
Each
this
grant
will
be
used
to
fund
a
fellows
salary
over
an
18
month
period
and
and
to
launch
improvements,
strategies
and
programs
administered
by
the
mayor's
office
of
new
urban
mechanics
joining
the
committee
today
are
miss
kim
deputy
director
of
planning
development
and
development
in
the
mayor's
office
of
food
access
and
mr
christopher
carter,
chair
of
the
mayor's
office
of
new
urban
mechanics.
Thank
you
very
much
for
attending
you're.
Very
welcome
and,
let's
see
I'm
just
checking
who
my
colleagues
are
here.
A
By
my
colleagues,
counselor
council,
president
ed
flynn,
julia
mejia,
russell
lujan
and
kendra
lara.
Thank
you
all
for
for
coming
this
morning
and
I'll
just
turn
it
over
brief.
Brief
remarks
from
my
my
colleagues
who
are
here
this
morning,
councillor
flynn.
B
Also,
you
know,
I
think
I
think
we
need
this
is
what
government
does
best
is,
is
working
with
people
in
need,
making
sure
that
they
they
have
access
to
food
and
a
little
kid
can't
go
to
school
without
being
being
well
fed
and
having
healthy,
healthy
foods
and
in
their
body.
B
So
this
is.
This
is
a
is
as
about
as
important
of
an
issue
as
you
possibly
can
have
a
discussion
on
in
the
city
of
austin.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
braden
for
sharing
this,
but
also
the
the
city
administration
officials
that
are
that
are
here
as
well,
that
understand
the
importance
of
healthy
food
and
food
access
for
families
in
need.
Thank
you,
council
braden.
A
Thank
you,
mr
construction.
Counselor.
C
Yes,
thank
you
to
the
chair
and
for
calling
this
hearing,
you
know
as
someone
who
grew
up
experiencing
food
insecurity,
you
know
often
taking
boxes
of
whatever
could
be
spared.
This
conversation
is
personal
and
professional
for
me,
especially
since
kovit
has
started,
our
office
has
worked
to
ensure
that
families
across
boston
aren't
going
hungry
by
providing
stipends
for
local,
culturally
competent
foods.
That
people
know
how
to
cook
and
can
enjoy.
C
We've
done
this
because
one
of
the
major
trends
we've
noticed
with
food,
charity
and
insecurity
is
the
lack
of
cultural
competency
and
the
design
for
control
over
what
low-income
families
are
eating.
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
understand
that
charity
and
addressing
food
insecurity
needs
to
also
be
done
with
dignity,
and
I
look
forward
to
learning
more
about
how
we
can
use
this
fund
to
not
only
feed
families
but
to
empower
them
through
this
project.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
mejia
councillor,
louisian.
D
Good
morning,
everyone
thank
you,
chair,
brayden,
thank
you
to
the
administration
for
your
work
on
all
this.
This
effort,
counselor
luigi
and
I
care
deeply
about
food
access
working
with
a
number
of
non-profits
here
that
work
on
food
access
actions
with
them
this
weekend
over
at
the
guild
and
over
at
a
food
pantry
and
fridge
that
I
helped
to
manage
in
matapan.
So
really
thinking
about
how
we
are
working
as
government.
D
As
president
flynn
said,
our
most
basic
calling
is
to
meet
people's
basic
needs
and
and
to
guarantee
them
the
basics
when
it
comes
to
food
access,
and
so
I'm
really
happy
to
be
here
really
happy
that
the
city
got
this
grant
to
fund
fellowship
and
to
fund
pilot
solutions
and
to
explore
what
other
pilot
solutions
we
can
we
can
we
can
we
can
explore
funding
to
meet
people's
basic
food
needs.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
lara.
Have
you
any
opening
statement.
E
Thank
you,
chair
braden.
I
think,
similarly
to
my
colleagues,
I
am
very
excited
that
we
have
access
to
this
level
of
financial
resource
to
really
focus
on
encrypting
food
with
us,
poor
working-class
families
in
the
city
of
boston.
In
the
you
know,
rise
of
the
kova
19
pandemic.
We
have
seen
non-profit
organizations
and
mutual
aid
groups
really
take
on
the
load
of
making
sure
that
families
and
children
were
fed,
whether
it
be
in
food
drives
or
neighborhood
fridges.
E
The
people
in
our
neighborhoods
have
really
shown
up
for
each
other,
and
I
think
that
all
of
that
work
is
really
amazing
and
speaks
to
the
spirit
of
solidarity
in
our
city,
but
that
it
needs
to
be
in
addition
to
the
work
that's
being
led
by
the
city
of
boston,
and
so
I
think
that
this
is
a
really
big
step
in
us
continuing
to
ensure
that
all
of
our
families
and
all
of
the
children
have
what
they
need.
So
thank
you
for
hosting
this
hearing.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
lara.
We
also
received
apologies
from
councillor
tanya
fernandez
anderson
who
was
unable
to
attend.
So
let
me
see
we'll
hand
it
over
in
order.
Is
it
miss,
hay
and
kim?
Are
you
the
first
stop
for
the
administration.
F
Hi
everyone
we,
we
have
a
flight
deck
happy
to
share
it.
I
don't
know
what
the
usual
protocols
are,
but
there
I
think
modem
is
going
to
take
the
lead
and
then
I
can
follow
up.
A
Whoever
has
it
if
you
have
a
donor
city
council
staff,
have
it,
I
don't
have
it
so
something
else.
Thank
you
here
we
go.
G
Can
everybody
see
that?
Yes,
okay,
great
good
morning,
madam
chair
counselors,
I'm
chris
carter,
I'm
with
the
mayor's
office
of
newer
mechanics
you're,
going
to
hear
a
little
bit
from
me
about
what
newer
mechanics
does
a
little
bit
from
hayen
about
the
work
that
the
mayor's
office
of
food
access
is
doing
and
then
we'll
touch
on
sort
of
why
we
receive
this
grant
and
what
we
hope
to
do
with
it.
G
And
that
looks
a
little
bit
like
this.
This
is
sort
of
our
generalized
approach
to
how
we
do
this
work.
So
we
spend
time
exploring
new
areas,
sort
of
looking
at
ideas
that
come
in
from
residents
or
the
research
community
or
our
colleges
or
our
partners,
often
talking
with
the
mayor
or
city
department,
leadership
and
sort
of
the
challenges
that
they're
facing
or
ideas
that
they
have
and
then
scoping
those
into
experiments.
G
Things
that
we
can
go
out
and
test,
whether
it's
over
the
course
of
a
day
over
a
course
of
a
couple
years
and
then
evaluating
those
and
making
sure
we
transition
them
to
hand
off.
And
I'm
showing
this
because
one,
it's
it's
nice
to
have
sort
of
a
general
understanding
of
the
model.
But
we
imagine
that
the
fellow
that
comes
in
will
also
be
using
sort
of
this
generalized
model
of
how
this
works
too
right
a
little.
A
lot
of
sort
of
listening
up
front
scoping
into
an
experiment
that
they
can
run
and
then
evaluation.
G
Over
the
years
we
have
worked
in
a
lot
of
different
spaces,
including
some
deep
work
with
the
mayor's
office
of
food
access.
But,
as
you
can
see,
sort
of
those
topical
areas
that
neuromechanics
touches
is
pretty
broad,
it's
sort
of
anything
a
city
is
responsible
for
and
often
we're
in
collaboration
with
a
another
city
department
doing
that
work.
Sometimes
it's
with
a
community-based
organization
or
an
academic
institution
or
another
city
somewhere
else
in
the
world
that
we're
sort
of
jointly
exploring
those
things
and
those
experiments,
but
pretty
broad
in
that
space.
G
We
do
some
externships
and
then
lastly,
where
this
fits,
is
sort
of
these
cross-departmental
fellowships,
where
we
sort
of
share
a
person,
that's
embedded
inside
a
department
and
our
office,
and
we've
had
some
really
great
experiences
there.
The
work
we've
done
with
mayor's
office
of
food
access
over
the
last
couple
years
has
been
sort
of
sometimes
through
these
fellowships,
where
we
have
dedicated
a
person
to
a
project
to
work
on
collaboratively
with
them.
G
Things
like
the
the
chatbot
that
is
sort
of
in
existence
now
to
help
people
identify
places
where
or
resources
for
food
access
came
out
of
one
of
those
collaborations.
F
Okay,
hi
everyone.
Thank
you,
counselors
and
here
braden
for
having
us
I'm
saying,
I'm
the
deputy
director
of
the
office
of
food
access.
Some
of
you
may
have
known
carolina
lopez,
athena,
the
former
director
to
transition
out
of
the
office
a
couple
weeks
ago,
and
I'm
just
stepping
in
for
a
couple
of
things,
not
hair
replacement,
but
happy
too
happy
to
do.
Do
things
like
this.
So
just
some
background
on
the
office
we,
the
office
was
founded
in
2016
and
our
mission
is
to
improve
equitable
access
to
healthy
foods.
F
We
focus
on
the
following:
affordability
and
quality,
physical
accessibility
and
choice,
underutilization,
communication,
awareness
of
programs
and
community
solutions,
and
our
vision
endorses
a
just
resilient,
robust
food
community
in
boston.
It's
really
great
to
hear
from
counselors
about
reflections
on
how
important
food
is
to
the
city
and
yeah,
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
what
folks
said
really
resonate
with
how
our
office
hopes
to
approach
the
work
so
really
quickly.
F
Our
current
initiatives
right
now
they
fall
into
kind
of
three
different
buckets,
but
I
wanted
to
focus
today
on
the
last
bucket
connecting
residents
to
existing
food
resources.
So
I
heard
from
the
counselors
in
opening
remarks
about
how
dignity
cultural
conferences
see.
Control
over
food
is
really
important
for
residents,
and
we
believe
that
as
well
and
last
year
we
funded
2.2
million
in
grants
to
community-based
organizations
focusing
on
destination
access,
food
resources
and
outreach,
equity
and
food
access,
as
well
as
food
sovereignty.
F
So
really
just
thinking
about
these
elements
that
we
spoke
about
before,
we
also
have
a
campaign,
a
communications
campaign
that
will
think
about
how
how
to
communicate
around
existing
food
resources,
so
resident
business
able
to
tap
into
those
and
then
finally,
we
have
the
food
security
fellowship,
which
we'll
speak
a
little
bit
more
about
in
detail
here,
but
just
want
to
pause
and
say
please
reach
out
to
the
office
if
any
of
your
consult
students
need
support,
they're,
happy
to
share
resources
and
talk
about
about
existing
initiatives.
F
That
sounds
like
your
offices
are
part
of
all
right
so
going
into
the
details
of
the
fellowship,
so
the
fellowship
as
counselor
braden
spoke
on
before
is
about
oh
thanks.
So
much
chris.
Yes,
it's
it's
about
it's
funded
by
no
kid
hungry,
which
is
a
project
of
share
our
strengths,
which
is
a
national
nonprofit
that
focuses
on
addressing
food
security
issues
for
children
and
families.
F
F
So
the
particular
focus
of
the
fellowship
is
to
think
about
stigma
around
using
safety
net
emergency
suite
programs.
So
we
have
a
robust
food
access
system
in
the
city
of
boston,
but
many
resources
are
underutilized
or
met
for
a
lot
of
different
reasons,
and
I
think
this
fellow
will
help
us
think
about
what
are
those
reasons
and
how
do
we?
How
do
we
shape
solutions
to
how
help
utilization
of
these
resources?
F
I
think
a
large
part
of
it
will
be
about
community
how
to
bring
community
voice
to
the
table
and
how
to
really
like
highlight
that
dignity,
piece
peace,
because
it's
really
again
not
about
charity,
but
about
just
making
sure
folks
are
able
to
access
the
needs,
the
resources
that
they
really
need.
So
the
strategy
here
we
are
in
the
final
stages
of
hiring
the
food
security,
fellow
and
their
focus
on
will
be
on
a
human-centered
design
approach.
I'm
not
sure
if
folks
are
familiar
with
that
term,
but
it
it.
F
But
it's
just
a
problem-solving
approach
that
focuses
on
the
human
experience
on
each
step
of
the
process.
So
thinking
about
how
to
bring
that
the
voice
of
the
community
members
in
the
process
and
make
sure
the
solutions
that
are
com
that
come
up
are
really
through
community
research
and
co-creation
of
solutions.
F
The
fellow
will
join
a
cohort
of
fellows
so
there's
two
other
fellows
that
are
being
funded
through
no
kid
hungry,
one
in
memphis
and
one
in
seattle,
and
so
there'll
be
some
exchange
of
ideas
there
and
thinking
about
how
to
create
these
innovative
solutions
to
better
serve
our
residents
and
then
finally,
the
fellow
will
work
closely
with
safety
net
emergency
food
partners.
F
So
again
that
means
our
community
organization
partners
as
well
as
our
our
food
pantries,
are
existing
and
our
larger
partner,
the
greater
boston
team
bank
and
then
next
is
a
rough
timeline
on
the
next
slide.
Chris,
if
you
still
mind
for
dancing.
F
Thank
you
so
much
so
right
now
we're
wrapping
up
the
recruitment
of
the
launch
of
the
fellowship
will
depend
likely
on
graduation
date
of
the
fellow
I
believe,
and
then
after
that
there'll
be
this
time
timeline
for
research
and
prototyping,
which
really
just
means
community
engagement
and
then,
after
after
that
process,
we'll
have
kind
of
implementation
and
trial
of
the
program
and
sustainably
planning
for
the
long
term,
but
yeah.
That
was
the
overview.
F
F
A
You
thank
you
singing.
Thank
you.
That
was
a
very
comprehensive
presentation,
so
I'll
open
it
up
to
my
colleagues.
If
anyone
has
any
questions
or
comments.
B
Thank
you,
council
braden.
So
thank
you
to
that
explanation
about
the
200
000
program.
So
I
guess
my
question
is
you
know
in
various
various
cultures
and
various
ethnic
groups,
what
what
are
we
doing
to
ensure
that
we're
providing
cultural
sense,
sensitive
food
to
two
residents,
two
families,
and
how
will
this?
B
How
will
this
grant
help
learn
more
about
the
the
food
habits
or
what
various
cultures
would
request
for
for
food
access.
F
Thank
you,
president
flynn.
For
that
question.
I
can
speak
briefly
on
what
the
office
is
working
on
currently
from
the
path
we
funded
gave
grants
for
our
organizations
to
specifically
buy
culturally
relevant
products
for
residents,
so
that
was
last
year
through
karazhan
funding
this
year
we
are,
we
have
an
rfp
with
the
ymca,
that's
going
to
work
with
the
14
community
hub
schools
and
that
rfpa
is
called
the
culturally
relevant
career
food
distribution
program.
F
I
believe-
and
that's
really
going
to
be
about
a
mobile
market,
that
that
works
with
different
skills
schools
to
provide
culturally
relevant
products
for
students
at
those
schools.
So
it's
a
pilot
and
we
haven't
started
yet,
but
that's
definitely
in
in
the
works
but
yeah.
I
think
it's
a
great
question.
That's
an
issue
that
has
come
up
over
and
over
again
from
our
residents
that
whatever
reasons
are
present,
has
to
be
culturally
relevant
and
I
think
that's
a
problem
that
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
thinking
about
during
this
fellowship
as
well.
F
So
one
for
an
example
is
that,
through
the
y,
through
the
greater
boston
food
bank,
they
have
like
a
list
of
products
that
each
individual
pantry
is
able
to
order
off
of
and
on
that
list.
Are
these
like
cool,
different,
culturally
relevant
products,
but
not
every
pantry
order.
F
F
I
think
another
way
is
that
we're
really
thinking
about
engaging
with
just
multilingual
residents,
just
knowing
that
different
populations
of
different
needs,
so
during
the
communication
making
sure
we're
doing
kind
of
an
outreach
to
a
wide
wide
swath
of
residents
who
utilize
these
services
and
making
sure
we
have
like
language
appropriate
resources
when
we're
thinking
about
doing
outreach.
B
Well,
well,
thank
you
that
that
response
was
very
helpful.
My
my
final
point,
it's
really
not
a
question,
but
you
know
we're
we're
heading
into
the
budget
season
budget
process
now,
and
I
would
I
would
really
like
to
know
when
I
and
my
counselors
would
as
well,
but
there
should
be
no
reason
at
all.
Anyone
in
the
city
goes
hungry
and
if
you
think
you
don't
have
enough
money
in
the
upcoming
budget,
that's
allocated
to
food
access.
B
Please
reach
out
to
you,
know
myself,
please
reach
out
to
council
brayden
in
in
all
of
your
colleagues,
because
that's
our
job
working
with
the
mayor,
but
under
no
circumstances
should
anyone
in
this
city
ever
go
out,
go
without
a
a
hot
meal,
especially
a
little
kid.
So
we
must
guarantee
that
in
this
upcoming
budget,
so
that's
a
that's
a
priority
and
if
you
notice
that
there's
not
enough
in
that
budget,
you
come
running
down
to
the
fifth
floor
and
see
councillor
braden
and
council.
Brandon
will
hook
you
up.
A
C
Yes,
I
absolutely
love
president
flynn
he's
one
of
the
biggest
advocates
when
it
comes
to
making
sure
that
we
are
fully
funding
all
of
the
initiatives
that
help
support
our
families.
So
I'm
really
grateful
to
him.
So
I
just
have
a
few
questions.
I'm
curious
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
what
stigmas
or
stigmas
are
going
to
be
addressed
through
this
fellowship.
C
Are
we
talking
about
stigma
that
people
experience
when
receiving
aid
or
the
stigma
of
people
who
provide
aid,
and
I'm
also
curious?
You
know,
I
think
that
something
that
needs
to
be
addressed
is
how
people
who
are
in
charge
of
providing
aid
view
the
people
who
are
receiving
the
aid.
You
know,
while
I
appreciate
that
you
mentioned
this-
isn't
charity,
but
in
practice
it
can
feel
like
it.
C
So
if
you
can
just
kind
of
walk
me
through
what
your
thought
process
is
around
that,
and
then
I'm
also,
if
you
could
just
tell
me
a
little
bit
more
about
your
recruitment
process
for
the
fellows,
how
are
we
ensuring
that
they
have
lived
experience
that
would
reflect?
You
know
reflect
this
work
and
when
we
talk
about
increasing
access
to
healthy
foods,
how
are
we
defining
healthy
in
terms
of
quote?
Unquote
stigma?
C
I
guess
this
is
not
a
question
but
more
of
a
comment,
but
something
that
I've
noticed
when
it
comes
to
food
aid
is
how
regulated
the
diets
of
families
in
these
programs
are.
As
a
city.
You
know,
I
don't
think
that
we
regulate
foods.
C
You
know
we
got
a
call
from
a
constituent
who
was
food,
insecure
and
was
afraid
she
was
also
undocumented
and
was
afraid
to
head
into
the
local
pantry
was
20
minutes
away
from
our
house,
so
I
called
the
bodega
around
her
way
and
we
created
an
opportunity
for
her
to
be
able
to
shop
for
the
things
that
she
wanted
and
that
she
knew
how
to
cook.
Like
you
know,
rice
and
oil,
and
you
know
seasonings.
C
There
was
a
level
of
empowerment
for
her
to
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so
we
designed
this
whole
initiative
where
we
partnered
up
with
local
bodegas
across
the
city
and
worked
with
nonprofit
organizations
and
connected
constituents
directly
to
their
local
bodegas,
and
I
think
that
there
is
some
power
there
when
people
are
able
to
shop
with
a
level
of
dignity
and
autonomy.
So
just
curious.
If
you
could
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
how
you
see
this
program
kind
of
replicating
that
to
some
extent.
F
Thank
you
so
much.
I
come
to
megia
for
those
questions
I'm
going
to
try
to
hit
all
them.
Please
let
me
know
if
I
missed
some.
I
think
the
first
question
was
about
what
the
stigmas
look
like
and
I
think
that's
something
that
the
fellowship
hopefully
will
help
us
think
through.
F
I
think
we
just
want
to
see
like
there.
There
are
these
food
pantries,
but
there's
there's.
There
are
a
lot
of
reasons
why
folks
don't
want
to
use
them?
I
think
people
feel
embarrassed.
I
think
how
they're
treated
as
a
is
a
part
of
it,
I
think
misconceptions
are
what
was
available
to
pantry.
How
close
the
pension
might
be
this
this
desire
to
support
yourself
and
make
decisions,
I
think,
also
really
big.
F
So
I
think
those
are
questions
that
we'll
really
have
to
think
about
and
think
about
how
we
can
support
individuals
and
making
accessing
the
the
resources
that
are
available
to
everyone.
I
think
your
other
question
was
about
the
individuals
who
are
serving
residents
and
how
they
treat
those,
and
I
think
that
is
a
really
important
part
of
the
interaction
and
and
making
sure
that
what
whatever
that
interaction
looks
like
does
not
add
to
is
not
an
additional
barrier
for
for
our
residents.
Yes,
there's
some
healthy
foods.
F
We,
I
think
we
we
speak
about
it
as
like
health,
fruits
and
vegetables
for
the
most
part,
but
we
don't
have
a
very.
We
don't
have
like
a
kind
of
like
a
nutritionally
guideline
breakdown
for
healthy
foods
and
vegetables
through
this
program,
because
it's
this
is
a
program
focused
mainly
on
food
pantries.
We
don't
it
doesn't,
have
restrictions
around
use
like,
for
example,
the
snap
program
does,
which
we
know
does
have
those
rules
of
what
you
can
buy.
F
We're
really
hoping
that
this
idea
of
choice
is
something
that
we're
able
to
think
about
through
through
the
fellowship,
because
it
is
really
important
thinking
about,
like
just
that's,
really
important
part
of
the
dignity
right
being
like
how
do
you?
How
do
you
utilize
these
services
and
feel,
like
you,
have
a
choice
and
to
make
the
kinds
of
food
that
you
you
need
and-
and
you
want
for
your
families,
and
let
me
see
what
else
I
think
I
think
thinking
about
about
the
element
of
choice.
F
This
is
just
one
of
our
projects
in
our
office
and
our
other
initiatives
do
also
complement
a
lot
of
the
work
and
the
needs
that
you're
bringing
up
so,
for
example,
whenever
a
community
grant
partners,
I
think
the
doors
associated
co-op
really
like
lets
less
individuals
shop
for
themselves,
and
they
they
are.
We
through
funding
that
program.
F
We
are
allowing
residents
we're
helping
residents,
have
subsidized
access
to
the
co-op
and
so
there's
there's
element
of
like
choosing
local
healthy
food,
but
that
is
provided
by
like
a
local
initiative
and
then
yeah,
and
I
think
I
think
yeah
that
we
could.
I
could
talk
a
lot
a
lot
about
that,
but
I'll
stop
there
and
happy
to
answer
more
questions,
and
I
want
to
turn
over
to
chris,
if
you'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
recruitment
process
and
happy
to
jump
in
there
too.
G
Thanks
han
yeah
counselor
great
question,
we
did
a
pretty
broad,
open
call
through
a
range
of
different
channels.
You
know
sort
of
professional
networking
sites,
as
well
as
through
handshake,
which
touches
80
to
100
different
colleges
and
universities,
we're
looking
for
people
that
have
design
expertise
and
sort
of
knowledge
of
food
systems.
We
left
that
knowledge
really
open
to
be.
It
could
be
personal
experience.
G
It
could
be
sort
of
something
that
you've
engaged
in
professionally
in
the
interview
process
allowed
people
to
sort
of
share
their
own
personal
experiences,
their
connection
to
food
or
food
insecurity,
as
well
as
to
community,
and
certainly
some
of
the
the
sort
of
candidates
that
we've
spoke
with,
have
experienced
that
firsthand
and
have
sort
of
firsthand
knowledge
of
what
it
is
like
to
be
food
insecure,
if
not
in
boston,
but
in
another
place.
So
I
feel
like
we
did
a
good
job
of
pulling
in
folks
that
have
both
personal
and
professional
connections
here.
G
But
we're
also
looking
for
this
slightly
specific
sort
of
design
skill
set
among
those
people
and
we're
hoping
to
bring
on
one
of
those
people
soon
that
that
can
speak
to
that.
From
firsthand.
C
Thank
you
and
one
just
one
last
question:
councilman
braden.
If
I
can
just
really
quick,
I'm
just
curious
about
young
people
and
and
have
you
thought
of
including
some
of
their
voices,
I
know:
there's
a
young
woman,
nakia
who's
working
with
council
luigen
on
the
food,
the
refrigerator
project
in
matapan,
and
I'm
just
curious.
You
know
what
a
role
or
voice
young
people
have
had
to
address
some
of
the
concerns
that
they're
experiencing
and
how
that
may
influence
the
program
that
you
are
designing.
F
Hey
thank
you
for
that
question.
We
love
young
people's
voices.
Yes,
I
I
would
love
to
work
with
young
people,
and
I
I
think
I
think
part
of
part
of
the
challenge
of
this
fellowship
is
that,
because
it's
kind
of
this
like
design
process,
we
the
idea
of
exactly
what's
going
to
look
like
so
like
we're,
really
open
to
engagement
with
with
young
people,
we're
really
hoping
for
engagement
with,
with
with
seniors
like
with
whoever
might
use
these
resources
and
whoever
may
not
have
regular
activism
in
the
past.
F
So
yeah
we
really
love
any
of
those
connections.
We
have
in
the
past
work
with
young
people
for
some
other
projects.
They've
helped
us
with
our
double
food
book
program.
They
we
have
a.
We
have
a
couple
programs
to
simply
focus
on
boston
on
children,
youth
under
18.
and
there's
been
some
youth
ambassadors
work
there.
So
we
we
do
have
some
of
that
already,
but
yeah
would
really
really
love
love
to
do
that.
G
I'll
just
add
one
more
thing
in
there,
because
I
am
particularly
biased
towards
involving
young
people
in
the
development
of
these
programs,
as
somebody
that
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
in
a
community
based
organization
working
with
youth
leadership
opportunities.
We
run
a
summer
fellowship
that
is
with
high
school
students
doing
design
work.
So
we
imagine
there
being
some
overlap
with
this
person
and
those
folks
that
come
in
that's
led
by
our
director
of
civic
design,
sabrina
dorsenville.
G
So
we
imagine
there's
some
collaboration
and
opportunities
for
young
people
to
work
on
this
topic.
Specifically
in
addition
to
what
hayan
was
talking
about
about.
You
know,
this
is
going
to
involve
this
person
reaching
out
to
young
people
to
seniors
and
everywhere
in
between,
as
we
sort
of
scope
and
shape
that
but
excited
for
us
to
think
about
how
to
put
more
youth
voices
in
government.
A
Thank
you.
It
comes
from
here,
counselor
of
the
region.
D
Thanks
chair
braden,
thanks,
hagan
and
and
chris
I'm
really
excited
about
what
this
could
mean
for
sort
of
understanding
the
you
know
pitfalls
in
our
emergency
food
access
program
and
how
we
can
improve
it.
I
just
am
curious
in
terms
of
where
we
are
in
the
hiring
process
for
this
fellow,
like
our
app,
are
you
still
accepting
applications.
G
G
Yeah
we
have,
we
are
down
to
our
finals
at
this
point,
so
we
have
sort
of
five
finals
that
we're
working
through
the
the
final
steps
on
at
this
point.
D
Okay,
the
great-
I
really
hope,
because
I
feel
like
there's
just
been
so
much
learned
over
the
past
few
years
in
the
pandemic,
among
different
folks
who've
been
addressing
food
access,
both
from
our
non-profits
from
our
community
and
mutual
aid,
fridges
that
I
hope
that
we
were
able
to
draw
from
that
talent
pool
or
reach
out
to
that
talent
pool,
because
I
think
a
lot
of
the
ideas
on
how
like
where
the
patch,
where
the
failures
in
our
in
our
aid
systems
are,
are
felt
mostly
by
those
who
are
like
directly
on
the
ground,
doing
the
work.
D
D
You
know
how
we
fail
our
residence
put
simply
and
how
you
know.
Sometimes
these
patchwork
of
systems
fail
our
residents.
I
really
hope
we're
able
to
hire
someone
who
can
give
a
lens
to
that
and
who
is
able
to
bring
that
perspective
to
bear
in
this
role,
because
I
think,
that's
critically
important.
Often
those
are
the
folks
who
also
have
like
the
cultural
awareness
and
understanding
that
I
think
counselor
julia
councillor
mejia
was
talking
about,
so
I
I
mean
I
don't
know
who
the
candidates
are.
D
I
don't
know
where
we
land,
but
you
know
if
you're
choosing
between
you
know
strengths
and
weaknesses.
I
just
want
us
to
put
a
scale
as
a
a
a
hand
on
the
scale
for
folks
who
have
been
doing
the
organizing
work
around
food
insecurity,
especially
during
this
pandemic.
Thank
you.
E
You
chair
brayden,
I'm
not
sure
that
I
have
any
specific
questions.
I
think
one
of
the
things
that's
coming
to
mind
for
me
is
the
scope
of
the
food
security
design.
Is
it
are
you
looking
just
to,
and
this
question
might
have
been
answered?
E
I
might
have
just
missed
it
or
about
a
bit
shared
in
a
different
way,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
incredibly
supportive
of
is
community
gardens
and
looking
at
the
amount
of
food
that
you
can,
you
know
get
from
a
community
garden
based
on
the
dollars
that
are
invested,
and
so
I'm
wondering
in
the
scope
of
this
design.
Are
you
also
including
ways
that
democratize
kind
of
like
food
access
and
give
communities,
leadership
and
kind
of
power
over
like
their
food
sources
in
the
neighborhood,
through
community
gardens
as
well?.
F
Yeah,
I'm
I'm
happy
to
share.
Thank
you
counselor
for
that
question.
F
We
I
think
to
me
power
is
something
that
we
would
love
to
see
more
like
come
out
through
this
fellowship
the
research
from
the
fellowship
and
thinking
specifically
about
our
emergency
food
access
program
and
I'm
not
sure
exactly
what
that's
gonna
look
like
we're,
hoping
to
incorporate
like
thinking
about
art
and
thinking
about
just
like
about
like
the
the
issues
of
of
the
the
holes
in
the
emergency
cat
food
system,
speaking
particularly
about
gardens
that
won't
be
necessarily
focused
on
in
this
fellowship.
F
But
it
is
something
that's
important
to
the
office
when
we've
been
in
conversations
with
pro
boston,
the
the
new
grassroots
development
office
and
thinking
really
a
lot
about
food
sovereignty
and
how
we
can
support
that
so
food
sovereignty.
I
think
really
thinking
about
how
folks
can
grow
and
and
access
foods
that
are
really
meaningful
to
them.
I
think
there's
some
other
things.
We've
been
thinking
about
as
well
how
to
make
sure
that
growing
on
a
large
scale
is
supported
too.
F
So
it's
it's
about
residents,
but
also
about
like
supporting
local
growing
in
boston
and
making
sure
that's
like
economically
feasible
for
for
folks.
So
those
are
those
are
projects,
we're
really
excited
about
and
would
love
to
continue
that
conversation
on,
but
probably
necessarily
won't
be
connected
to
this
fellowship.
A
Thank
you.
I
I
just
had
a
couple
of
thoughts
and
thank
you
for
your
very
comprehensive
presentation
and
thank
you,
my
colleagues,
for
some
great
questions.
I
I
had
a
question
about
you
know
just
thinking
about
religious
minorities
and
kosher
and
halal
foods
and
and
their
availability
and
in
food
pantries.
A
I
know
out
here
in
austin,
brighton
we've
started
this
a
kosher
food
pantry
for
the
first
time
that
has
started
during
the
during
the
pandemic,
and
I
know
in
my
conversations
with
folks
how
challenging
that
is
in
terms
of
sourcing,
halal
foods
and
kosher
foods
to
serve
the
needs
of
a
very
diverse
community,
and
I
think
then,
just
thinking
about
the
logistics
of
how
how
important
it
would
be
to
really
engage
with
the
the
managers
or
the
people
who
run
the
food
pantries
and
and
think
about
the
logistics
on
the
ground
of
you
know.
A
If
a
food
pantry
is
limited,
availa
opening
food
distribution
to
to
one
saturday
once
a
week
or
whatever,
and
then
just
having
the
availability.
I
think
our
in
our
local
food
pantry
the
tendency
as
you
make
up
the
boxes
and
then
people
take
what
they
get,
but
we
have
a
pretty
diverse
community.
A
We
have
asians,
we
have
russians,
we
have
you
know
and
we
have
the
whole
mix,
and
this
is
again
down
to
the
culturally
competent
piece
of
it
because,
what's
called
what's
what
works
for
one
group
doesn't
work
for
another.
A
So
just
trying
to
think
about
the
the
logistical
challenges
of
that
and
how
that
might
be
streamlined
and
to
give
people
more
choice
would
be
something
I
would
be
interested
in,
because
very
often
I
haven't
volunteered
the
food
pantry
people
end
up
just
taking
the
stuff
out
and
putting
it
on
the
table,
and
they
end
up
with
a
fraction
of
the
food
or
half
of
the
food
that
might
otherwise
be
available
to
them.
F
Yeah,
I
think
that's
really
important.
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
We've
we've
we're
in
partnership
with
austin,
brighton
health
collaborative
and
they've
brought
that
issue
specifically
about
coaching
and
law.
F
So
it's
up
to
us
in
the
past,
we've
directly
funded
kind
of
aggregated
buying
of
halal
foods,
and
I
think
it's
something
that
we're
concerned
about
moving
forward
yeah,
I
think
it'll
be
an
important
conversation
for
us
to
think
about
what
you
said
was
about
cultural
irrelevance
is
really
important,
not
just
for
to
meet
the
needs
of
your
family,
but
also
thinking
about
like
about
efficiency
too.
I
think
in
the
pandemic
early
in
the
pandemic.
F
We,
when
we're
doing
distributions-
I
think
there
was
this
one
example
of
when,
like
folks
in
chinatown,
were
getting
just
boxes
of
beans
and
no
one
was
we're
eating
them
because
they're
like
we
don't
eat
these
beans,
and
so
just
like
thinking
about
yeah
cultural
relevance.
Is
it's
important
to
to
make
sure
like
yeah,
that
we
are
meeting
these
and
and
making
sure
the
food
goes
to
the
places
that
they
they?
That
is
the
most
needed.
A
Yeah,
I
think
as
well
on
a
from
the
pragmatic,
practical
side.
It's
it's
when
you
do
bulk
purchases,
you
know
if
you
have
to
diversify,
so
much
that
you
don't
have
the
same
ability
to
do
bulk
purchases.
It's
it's
challenging,
but
I
know
you're
going
to
get
into
the
weeds
and
all
of
this
practical
implications
of
all
this,
it's
very
exciting.
A
So
I
just
really
in
terms
of
the
undocumented
residents
in
terms
of,
and
that's,
there's
always
barriers.
I
think
people
are
afraid
to
as
country
mejia
referenced
earlier.
You
know
is
that
sensitivity
about
feeling
exposed
and
vulnerable
if
they're
going
to
a
publicly
accessible
food,
pantry
or
whatever
they
don't
want
to
draw
attention
to
themselves
so
also
ways
that
we
can
work
with
our
undocumented
population
to
ensure
that
they
get
adequate
nutrition
because
they're
they're
excluded
from
so
many
of
the
other
programs.
A
Have
you
are
we
thinking
about
those?
I
know
you
you
folks
are:
have
you
come
up
with
any
good
solutions.
F
Yeah,
no
thank
you
for
hiring
that
community.
I
think
that's
definitely
really
important
for
food
banks,
thinking
about
not
requiring
ideas
and
making
sure
that
everyone
feels
comfortable
accessing
them.
With
regards
to
our
other
programs,
our
farmers,
like
a
coupon
program
which
piloted
last
year,
which
was
a
great
success.
We
are
that
program,
was
really
initially
conceived
to
think
about
our
our
residents,
who
don't
qualify
for
other
services,
especially
our
undocumented
residents,
and
just
to
give
them
choice
and
access
to
food
resources
and
as
well
as
support
local
local
farmers.
F
So
I
think
that's
that's
the
focus
that
we'll
think
about
moving
into
this
year
as
well,
just
making
sure
that
that
population
is
really
really
really
supported
in
the
way
that
they
they
need
to
so
yeah.
So
thinking
about
it
in
the
fellowship,
but
also
thinking
about
the
other
work
that
we're
doing
too.
A
Yeah,
oh,
and
also
a
big
shout
out
for
the
the
the
the
vouchers
for
the
food,
the
farmers
markets.
I
think
I
think
it
was
particularly
successful
out
here
in
austin
brighton
at
our
farmers
market.
We
they
hired
translators,
so
we
had
russian
and
chinese
and
maybe
arabic
translators
to
help
explain
the
voucher
and
how
it
could
be
used.
So
I
think
it
was
a
pretty
good
return.
I
think
it
was
very
helpful
for
the
residents,
but
also
incredibly
helpful
for
the
the
farmers
were
able
to
sell
a
lot
more
produce
as
well.
A
So
that
was
very
helpful
and
that's
all
my
comments,
so
this
is
a
this
is
a
wonderful
opportunity.
As
the
chair
of
this
committee,
I'm
really
really
excited,
and
I
I
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
do
a
deep
dive
and
try
and
come
up
with
some
innovative
strategies
that
will
help
our
food
access
for
our
communities.
A
So
are
there
any
other
comments
from
my
any
of
my
colleagues?
If
you
want
to
raise
your
hand.
A
Well,
good,
so
you
know,
I
will
be
recommending
that
we
accept
this
grant
on
our
and
move
it
along
in
this
expedited
its
passing,
and
I
wish
you
all
the
best
in
your
search
for
a
really
great
candidate
to
be
our
fellow
and
we
look
forward
to
feedback
and
hearing
hearing
some
some
an
update
on
on
how
it's
going
and
and
what
conclusions
or
innovations
are
gonna
be
a
result
of
this.
It's
really
exciting.
A
So
thank
you
both
thank
you,
chris,
and
thank
you
hayen
for
being
here
this
morning.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
and
I
with
that
said.
I
think
I
will
now
join
this
meeting.
Thank
you
all.