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Docket #0193 - Hearing to discuss domestic violence and sexual assaults in the City of Boston
(Off-Site - Held at 250 Dockser Hall @ Northeastern University
65 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA)
A
B
Policy
have
been
tremendous
partners
in
this
work
for
a
very
long
time.
We
wouldn't
be
in
this
space.
This
would
not
have
gone
so
smoothly
if
it
weren't
for
Margaret
her
team,
especially
doing
the
outreach
to
find
courageous
individuals
to
come
forward
and
share
their
stories.
So
thank
you,
Margaux
and
your
team
for
the
work
you
do
every
day.
In
addition,
they
provide
support
and
legal
assistance
to
their
clients.
So,
if
you
don't
know
them
and
you
care
about
this
issue,
you
should
get
to
know
them.
B
Councillor,
Flynn
and
I
called
for
this
hearing
for
a
few
reasons,
most
importantly,
incidents
of
domestic
violence,
sexual
assault
and
child
abuse,
which
is
often
left
out,
or
sadly,
quite
common,
though
often
unreported,
especially
by
immigrants,
members
of
the
LGBTQIA
community
and
those
who
may
be
hesitant
to
contact
law
enforcement.
However,
these
issues
affect
everybody.
There
is
no
face
to
domestic
violence,
sexual
assault
or
child
abuse.
They
can
affect
anyone,
regardless
of
demographic,
social,
economic
status
or
sexual
orientation.
B
This
hearing
is
to
build
a
foundation
of
understanding
of
the
scope
of
the
problem,
and
we
see
this
as
a
first
in
a
series
of
conversations,
and
we
also
see
it
as
an
opportunity
for
the
providers
who
do
the
work
on
the
ground
every
single
day
to
share
the
work.
They
were
doing
to
address
these
issues
and
personally
for
councillor
Flynn
and
I.
When
we
ran
for
office,
we
found
ourselves
because
we
represent
districts
that
have
large
immigrant
populations.
B
We
found
ourselves
engagement
residents
who
would
talk
about
these
issues,
and
so-
and
this
was
an
opportunity
for
us
to
come
together
and
partner
on
the
work
and
specifically
to
raise
not
only
awareness
but
to
ask
the
question:
how
can
the
city
and
what
can
the
city
do
more
to
address
these
issues?
How
can
we
make
it
easier
for
victims
to
report?
Excuse
me
survivors
to
report
these
incidents
safely.
How
can
we
increase
and
expand
access
to
services?
These
are
just
some
of
the
questions
we
look
to
review
today.
B
We
will
hear
directly
from
survivors
organizations
that
serve
and
provide
support
to
survivors.
We
will
hear
from
city
and
state
officials,
and
we
welcome
anyone
to
join
us
to
testify
to
the
extent
you
feel
come
terrible
and
if
you
do
not,
there
are
numerous
ways
that
you
can
still.
Let
us
know
what
is
on
your
heart.
B
B
Lastly,
this
is
a
huge
topic
to
undertake,
of
course,
in
one
hearing,
which
is
why
we
plan
this
to
be
the
first
in
a
series
of
conversations,
but
we
did
feel
it
was
important
to
hold
this
first
one
in
October,
in
recognition
of
National
Domestic
Violence
Awareness,
Month
I'll
close
by
saying
that
I
am
deeply
grateful
and
I
told
myself
not
to
get
emotional,
but
I
am
deeply
grateful,
I'm
also
pregnant.
So
if
I
get
emotional
throughout
this,
it's
also
pretty
bad
too.
B
B
I
often
think
that
politicians
do
maybe
too
much
of
this,
so
we
will
do
a
lot
of
listening
today,
but
really
appreciate
you
being
here
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
councillor
Flynn
for
opening
remarks
before
turning
it
over
to
the
survivors
to
share
pieces
of
their
story
and
to
ask
questions
that
they
can
address
to
share
with
the
group.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
We
did
a
lot
of
listening
over
the
last
four
or
five
months
to
survivors
into
service
providers,
but
we
learned
a
lot
from
Margo
and
her
team,
so
we
want
to
say
thank
you
for
my
growth
Margo
for
her
excellent
work,
not
only
in
helping
us
but,
more
importantly,
on
your
commitment
to
helping
the
survivors
of
domestic
violence.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
panelists
that
are
here
today
for
participating
in
this
important
hearing.
I
want
to
commend
the
courage
of
our
piano
of
survivors
for
being
here
as
council
president
Campbell
was
mentioned.
C
We
had
an
opportunity
to
say
hello
prior
to
this
start
of
the
hearing,
and
your
stories
are
powerful
when
we
thank
you
for
sharing
them
with
us
today
again,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
our
service
providers.
Your
work
is
incredibly
important.
So,
thank
you
for
being
here.
Over
the
weekend,
I
had
an
opportunity
to
attend
a
gala
for
the
Asian
task
force
against
domestic
violence
and
also
heard
powerful
stories
of
survivors
in
the
in
the
Asian
community.
Ever-Present
a
large
Asian
community
I
represent
a
large
immigrant
community,
and
many
of
them
are
undocumented.
C
I
believe
that
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assaults
are
issues
that
are
prevalent
but
are
often
not
talked
about,
as
the
council
president
said,
we're
here,
to
listen
and
to
learn
from
our
panelists
to
see
how
we
can
better
educate
the
public
on
this
issue,
support
our
survivors
and
victims,
as
well
as
discuss
ways
that
we
can
prevent
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assaults.
I
also
represent
dodge
LGBTQ
community
in
my
district
and
I
know
that
there
are
often
barriers
for
these
communities,
including
our
immigrant
community,
in
not
reporting
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assaults.
C
C
Working
on
this
issue
continue
working
closely
with
Andrea
Campbell
and
the
City
Council,
and
then
in
the
mayor's
office,
the
Boston
Police
District
Attorney's,
but
especially
the
survivors
of
domestic
violence,
for
your
courage
and
coming
forward
but
learning
from
your
stories
and
how
we
can
hopefully
prevent
prevent
this,
but
get
services
for
people
that
desperately
need
them.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
D
My
name
is
Shakira
Robinson
I
am
also
known
as
Shakira
story.
I
am
a
single
mother
of
three
I
am
currently
enrolled
in
law
school,
pursuing
a
bachelor's
degree
in
criminal
justice,
with
a
focus
on
management
in
leadership,
in
reference
to
my
force,
of
advocacy
for
myself
and
for
other
survivors.
I
have
also
started
to
nonprofit
organizations
that
speak
directly
to
victims
and
survivors
of
sexual
assault
and
domestic
violence.
I
am
also
in
the
process
of
writing
a
book
in
reference
to
my
story
and
I
am
so
grateful
to
be
here
today.
B
F
B
I'll
just
say,
as
we
continue
this
process
I'm
an
energy
person
right.
We
have
a
large
crowd
here
of
people
that
can,
whether
it
is
doing
this
clapping
or
whatever
it
is
that
encourages
folks
to
share
to
feel
good
to
pull
strength
up
here
audience.
Do
it
we'll
ask
some
questions,
but
silence
can
also
be
a
little
difficult,
I
think
to
navigate
so
to
the
extent
people
want
to
offer
up
a
clap
or
something.
B
D
G
F
So
true,
cuz
I
was
thinking
my
marriage
just
because
I
have
a
baby
and
I
didn't
want
to
struggle
with
my
life
with
a
baby
and
I
took
my
the
man
that
I
married
to
he
really
want
to
have
someone
in
his
life
and
really
want
to
have
a
family.
That's
why
I
was
staying
in
my
marriage
for
my
son,
because
I
didn't
see
my
life
before
I
saw
my
son,
but
after
what
I
discovered
and
I
said
enough,
is
enough.
F
I
have
to
leave
I
just
to
take
my
son
and
my
mom
and
just
flee
cuz.
It's
very,
very
scared.
When,
when
you
are
seeking
for
help-
and
you
cannot
find
anywhere,
you
cannot
find
help
and
once
the
person
that
you
are
married
to
say
nobody
gonna
trust
you,
nobody
gonna,
believe
you
cuz,
he
put
like.
He
went
the
thing
on
kneel
on
your
forehead
so
that
that's
the
way
I
saw
it.
He
said
cuz
I'm,
an
immigrant
I,
don't
have
I'm
undocumented
people
person.
Nobody
cannot
trust
me
because
ye
he
is
a
US
citizen.
F
So
I
have
to
be
careful
because
one
day
you
can
wait.
Somebody
gonna
come
and
beat
me
up
and
nobody
would
mess
up
in
his
family.
They
all
goes
six
feet
on
the
ground,
so
I
was
scared,
I
didn't
want
to
be
killed
and
I
was
scared.
For
my
son's
life.
I
was
scared
for
my
family,
my
mom
and
myself
and
my
son
and
on
May
24th
when
I
left.
My
house
I
said
enough
is
enough:
I
have
to
stand
on
my
feet.
I
have
to
take
my
power
like
a
woman.
F
I
have
to
say
enough
is
enough
and
that's
the
way
it
is
I'm.
Sorry,
because
I'm
Asian,
we
are
women,
Asian
women.
We
we
waste
our
kids
without
men
and
I
have
to
go
back
to
my
woods.
I
say
enough
is
enough.
I
know,
I
mean
I'm
in
u.s.,
I
mean
Massachusetts
state
where
they
said
it's.
A
woman
state
and
I
keep
looking
for
help.
I
didn't
find
any
help.
I
said
enough.
F
Is
enough:
I
had
to
move
on,
no
matter
what
you
can
come
to
try
to
kill
me
or
try
to
do
something
bad
to
my
son.
But
enough
is
enough.
I
left
my
house,
and
that's
why
I'm
here
today,
so
all
over
the
world
people
has
to
know
when
you're
an
immigrant
when
you're
married
to
someone
there's
so
many
abusing
selenium
abuse
and
all
in
the
house
or
in
the
couple.
F
But
we
don't
want
to
say
nothing
because
we
don't
we
scared
to
be
in
jail
because
that's
the
way
it
is
the
person
who
has
the
the
people.
They
say
nobody
gonna
trust
you
they're
gonna,
deport
you,
you
have
to
be
careful,
that's
why
I
said
cause
I
was
scared.
I
don't
want
I,
don't
want
to
be
separated
from
my
son.
I.
Don't
want
to
be
separate
from
my.
C
This
disease,
even
additional
barriers
to
to
weaving
an
abusive
relationship
I,
know,
there's
some
great
providers
that
are
that
are
doing
excellent
work
and
in
helping
our
immigrant
neighbors.
But
what
are
some
of
the
other
barriers
that
are
that
are
facing
victims
from
the
immigrant
community
that
that
maybe
we
can?
We
can
learn
about.
D
You
say
something
something's
going
to
be
done,
there's
a
huge
misconception
that
you
call
the
police,
you're
gonna
go
to
court
and
it's
over.
No
one
ever
tells
you
that
this
is
a
long
game.
No
one
ever
tells
you
this.
The
narrative
of
this
is
hurry
up
and
wait.
No
one
ever
tells
you
that
you
have
to
be
the
force
and
facilitator
of
your
case.
No
one
ever
tells
you
that
the
police
officers
who
take
these
report
aren't
going
to
be
as
detailed
as
your
story.
B
One
question:
when
councilor
Flynn
and
I
we
met
with
a
host
of
Survivor
survivors
and
providers.
I
should
say
here,
and
we
talked
a
lot
about
justice,
so
I'd
be
curious
from
you
guys
its
perspective.
What
does
justice
mean
to
you?
What
does
it
look
like?
What
does
it
feel
like
anything
you
want
to
say
to
that
would
be
extremely
helpful
to
us
too.
B
I
H
D
I
can
add
what
justice
looks
like
being
someone
who
has
been
in
and
out
of
three
separate
court
systems
in
a
two-year
old
domestic
violence
case
justice
looks
like
a
collaborative
voice
of
services
and
support,
and
community
and
elected
officials
in
government
and
changes
in
policy.
Justice
looks
like
survivors
being
a
part
of
the
facilitating
of
the
laws
and
rights
that
are
supposed
to
be
for
us
that
are
against
us.
D
Justice
looks
like
the
ability
to
face
your
vet,
your
abusers,
with
an
understanding
that
you're
not
doing
this
by
yourself.
Justice
looks
like
not
having
to
rehash
and
regurgitate
our
stories
for
non
factors.
Justice
looks
like
people
who
are
resembling
of
our
stories
in
people
who
are
allies
to
our
stories,
supporting
us
in
this
fight
against
domestic
violence.
That's
what
I
think
it
looks
like.
F
Justice
for
me
means
a
path
where
you
can
be
happy
when
we
confide
support,
like
I,
said
because
in
my
country,
I'm
from
a
country
where
there
is
no
justice
and
I've
been
seeing
women
being
killed
by
their
spouses
by
the
boyfriend
and
when
I
came
in,
you
I
said
I
thought
that
could
be
different.
But
in
my
case,
what
I'm
facing
right
now
I
said
that
there
is
no
not
too
much
difference
is
so.
C
I
F
Wanna
say
thank
you
to
check
around
for
her
support
cuz.
Without
her
it's
been
a
long
time.
I
will
give
up
and
recently
I
chaired
something
with
her
and
she
said:
she's,
not
she's,
not
gonna,
be
by
my
side.
I
have
to
take
this
thing
back
because
many
times
I
was
thinking.
If
I
didn't
have
my
son,
it's
been
a
long
time.
I
would
go
back
to
my
country
because
I
don't
want
with
someone
that
you
get
married
and
putting
that
Big
Trouble
in
America
light
on
your
back,
say
many
bad
things
to
you.
F
D
Taking
back
my
life
over
the
last
two
years,
support
for
me
has
been
my
family,
my
children,
my
attorney
the
community
of
people
who
I
call
my
circle
of
excellence,
who,
like
Emmanuel
has
said,
would
not
accept
me.
Giving
up
would
not
accept
me.
Stopping
this
fight
would
not
accept
me
being
tired
of
the
long
haul
of
the
back-and-forth
of
their
inconsistent
reports
being
reported
that
were
not
being
supported.
D
Support
look
like
to
me
my
inbox
of
repeat,
repeat,
repeat
women,
saying
to
me:
we
need
you
to
keep
fighting
support,
looks
like
to
me
every
last
one
of
you
in
this
room
because
I
don't
think
you
came
here
by
accident.
I,
don't
think
you
came
here
just
to
hear
us
rehash
our
stories
to
go
back
to
your
lives
tomorrow,
as
if
this
never
happened,
I
believe
that
after
today,
you
will
be
a
part
of
this
call
of
action.
I
believe
that
after
today
you
will
hear
our
voices
every
single
time.
D
You
hear
domestic
violence,
and
my
hope
is
that
you
will
now
be
a
part
of
this
movement
so
that
we
can
minimize
what
happens
to
women
like
us,
to
the
LGBTQ
community,
to
the
immigrant
community,
to
the
marginalized
women,
to
the
children
who
are
not
able
to
report
it.
That's
what
support
looks
like
to
me.
B
B
Okay,
I,
just
on
behalf
of
councillor
Flynn
and
I,
want
to
thank
them
because
it
like
we
said,
requires
tremendous
courage
to
come
up
here
and
share
your
story
to
be
vulnerable
in
front
of
many
strangers
in
the
room.
We
had
others
who
wanted
frankly
to
be
here
to
represent
other
communities,
and
we
were
talking
about
LGBTQ
communities.
Obviously
children
who
cannot
be
here
to
talk
about
their
experiences,
and
so
there
are
many
folks
who
are
not
a
part
of
this
conversation.
B
B
C
B
Agent
task
force,
dawn,
sama,
thank
you,
and
after
Dawn
comes
up
to
provide
some
testimony.
We
don't
during
public
testimony.
We
don't
ask
questions
of
folks.
We
allow
them
to
come
and
to
share,
and
then
we
go
right
on
to
the
next
person.
So
we
give
folks
about
three
minutes
or
so
to
share,
and
so
after
dawn,
I
would
like
to
then
invite
a
invite
up.
B
J
J
J
The
hearings
intention
is
to
open
dialogue
on
opportunities
to
reduce
incidents
of
domestic
violence
and
make
it
easier
to
report
these
incidents
and
support
survivors,
currently
there's
a
simple
and
widely
accepted
healthcare
screening
practice,
which
is
one
gateway
to
all
three
of
those
goals.
That
screening
question
is:
do
you
feel
safe
at
home,
which
is
essentially
code
for
being?
Are
you
being
physically
abused
and.
K
J
A
person
raised
in
the
United
States
accustomed
to
Western
practices.
This
question
is
intended
meeting
is
generally
understood.
The
problem
is
that,
with
our
in
our
diverse
City
of
Boston
homes
to
immigrants
and
refugees
to
speak
over
75
different
languages
in
which
our
45
to
47
percent
Asian
languages,
that
simple
question
could
be
misunderstood,
to
mean
something
completely
different.
J
8
has
clients
who
represent
LEP,
Asian,
immigrant
and
refugees
in
general.
Interpreted
this
question
to
mean:
is
my
roof
leaking?
Thus,
my
house
is
structurally
unsound.
Is
my
neighborhood
unsafe
because
robberies
are
going
on
and
it's
violence
and
there's
violence
in
the
area?
A
stranger's
been
stalking
me
and
I
feel
scared
when
I
leave
the
house
CDV,
maybe
on
the
books,
is
a
criminal
act
in
other
communities,
but
it's
often
not
enforced.
J
The
question:
do
you
feel
safe
at
home
is
understood
to
ask
whether
or
not
the
environment
outside
their
home
is
safe,
not
inside
their
private
homes.
This
is
just
one
example
of
where
we
have
good
intentions,
but
they
aren't
culturally
informed
and
therefore
ineffective,
particularly
when,
particularly
with
our
higher
risk
populations,
a
significant
barrier
to
services
knowing
who
isn't
being
reached
and
why
I'd
like
to
offer
two
recommendations
that
could
help
us
address
these
issues.
J
First
is
thinking
about
how
we
collect
and
analyze
data
disaggregated
data
is
critical
to
understanding
that
diverse
ethnic
populations
in
Boston
and
diverse
and
delivering
effective
services.
Also,
the
interpretation
of
data
is
as
important.
We
know
that
under
reporting
is
common
in
DV
and
ese
is
particularly
sexual
assault.
I'm
sorry,
particularly
in
cases
in
immigrant
and
LEP
populations.
However,
low
numbers
should
be
a
red
flag,
not
an
indicator
of
less
need.
J
L
My
name
is
Janine
atonement
and
I
am
my
name,
is
Jenna
Tillman
and
I'm.
Currently,
a
client
at
Casa,
mana
I've,
been
involved
with
a
situation
for
a
couple
of
months.
It
took
me
about
six
months
to
get
connected
with
an
advocate
that
could
help
me
start
to
navigate
through
my
situation
and
for
me
my
situation
is
considered
low
risk
because
there
is
no
real
physical
abuse.
L
They
engrave
on
your
soul
like
stone,
so
words
are
just
as
harmful
as
a
hand
or
a
fist
or
sometimes
even
worse.
I
need
you
to
bring
attention
to
the
fact
that
domestic
violence
does
not
just
in
between
a
boyfriend
and
a
girlfriend.
It
can
happen
between
a
daughter
and
a
mother.
It
can
happen
between
a
grandmother
and
grandchildren.
L
It
can
happen
between
friends.
It
can
happen
in
many
different
situations,
so
we
must
change
our
regulations
to
see
through
a
prisms
eye.
We
must
change
our
regulations
to
support
the
little
guys,
such
as
myself,
I,
don't
feel
safe,
going
and
asking
public
officials
for
help
because
I
don't
have
your
fancy
clothes
I.
Don't
have
your
fancy
talk,
I,
don't
even
have
the
pride
you
have
as
you
walk
through
the
walls,
because
I'm
not
allowed
to
have
that
in
my
own
walls.
L
So
how
can
I
come
and
ask
you
or
tell
you
what's
going
on
in
my
personal
life
when
I?
Don't
feel
you
even
view
me
as
a
human
being
I
am
of
the
less
percent
I'm
considered
under
poverty,
because
I
collect
DTA
assistance
and
get
benefits,
but
due
to
the
fact
that
I
can't
get
consistent,
mental
health
care
to
stay
stable,
I
cannot
hold
down
the
job,
because
some
days,
I
cry
I
cry
for
weeks.
I
cried
for
hours,
I
cried
for
days
months.
I
cried
for
five
years
of
my
life
every
day.
L
Nobody
asked
me
if
I
was
okay.
I
grocery
shop
I
took
my
kids
to
school.
I
went
to
their
parent
council
meetings,
I
held
down
my
part
job,
my
part-time
job,
that
was
overnight
and
I,
was
able
to
go
on
a
corner
at
night
and
cry
and
unpack
boxes.
Nobody
asked
me
if
I
was
okay,
I'm,
the
invisible
colour,
but
today
I
stand
up
and
I
say
do
better.
L
We
deserve
better.
I
am
valuable
if
I
was
given
consistent.
Mental
health
care
I
would
probably
be
a
CEO
of
one
of
your
companies.
I
probably
be
running.
My
own
company,
but
because
the
tears
in
my
eyes
blind
my
path
moving
forward,
no
one's
there
would
tissue
for
me
I,
don't
speak
any
other
language
and
I
don't
come
from
anywhere
else,
but
here
I
was
born
and
raised
in
Boston
and
I
don't
exist
in
Boston.
Thank
you.
B
So
now
I'm
going.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
sharing,
thank
you
for
signing
in
and
thank
you
for
committing
to
come
up
and
actually
coming
up
and
sharing
your
story.
I
really
appreciate
it.
We
appreciate
it.
We
see
you
thank
you.
I
will
be
a
sort
of
allowing
public
testimony
throughout,
but
now
I
want
to
go
to
some
of
the
panelists
and
providers
from
the
second
panel
and
because
of
our
setup,
we'd
love
to
have
everyone
all
at
once.
B
And
I'll
call
up
Deborah
from
the
brookview
house,
so
I'll
try
to
incorporate
I
know
we
have
BPD
here.
Thank
you.
We
have
the
health
commission
community-based
providers
I'll
try
to
do
it
so
that
we
actually
have
a
slice
of
those
who
are
state
officials,
city
officials,
with
a
community-based
provider
to
hopefully
bring
some
richness
to
the
conversation
and
just
for
the
sake
of
time
you
know
I
also
want
to
respect
people's
time.
We
will
not
be
here
all
night
and
could
be
here
all
night,
but
we
will
not
be
here
all
night.
B
This
space
is
not
ours,
but
before
we
proceed,
we
did
ask
folks
who
are
going
to
testify
on
panel
number
two,
like
panel
number
one
to
come
prepared
with
some
opening
remarks
in
response
to
some
questions.
We
gave
them,
so
we
will
have
them
start
with
that
and
then
councillor,
Flynn
and
I
have
a
few
questions,
not
many
frankly,
because
our
goal
is
again
to
do
more
listening.
So
we
appreciate
you
guys
being
here.
I'll
start
with
you.
Margo
then
go
to
the
district
attorney
and
then
go
to
Deborah.
B
I
want
to
thank
the
district
attorney
for
being
here.
She
could
have
sent
a
whole
crew
unit.
I
guess
she
came
directly
from
Logan
Airport
having
been
out
of
town
for
a
few
days
because
of
the
magnitude
of
what
we
were
going
to
be
talking
about
and
wanted
to
personally
be
here
to
be
a
part
of
this
conversation.
Understanding,
of
course,
the
magnitude
and
the
role
that
her
office
plays
as
well.
So
I
appreciate
you
being
here
and
thank
you
and
thank
you
to
Deborah
as
well
for
the
work
you
do
and
thank
you.
Mark.
M
And
thank
you
again
to
panel
1
and
all
of
the
people
giving
public
testimony.
This
is
this
couldn't
be
done
without
you?
So
I
also
want
to
thank
everyone
here.
It
is
really
important
that
we're
all
here
and
we're
all
listening.
My
name
is
Margo
Lindauer
and
I.
Currently
am
the
director
of
the
domestic
violence
Institute
here
at
Northeastern,
University
School
of
Law,
in
my
capacity
as
director
here,
I
oversee
and
run
two
programs
one's
a
first-year
volunteer
programs
program.
M
Excuse
me
for
first-year
law
students
where
we
seek
to
meet
survivors
at
places
where
they
first
turned
to
for
help,
including
but
not
limited
to
local
community
health
centers,
including
upins
Corner,
Codman
square
Matapan,
health
center,
the
Dorchester
house
Boston,
Medical,
Center
and
Boston
Children's
Hospital,
to
name
a
few.
That
is
not
an
exhaustive
list,
but
it's
just
an
example.
I
also
run
the
domestic
violence
clinic,
which
is
an
upper-level
legal
clinic
based
out
of
the
Boston
Municipal
Court,
primarily
in
Dorchester,
but
we've
expanded
our
scope
to
Roxbury
West
Roxbury
Charlestown
Brighton
in
East
Boston.
M
In
the
past
year,
we
focus
on
intimate
partner,
violence
and
the
specific
legal
work
we
do
focuses
around
209
a
and
258
a
civil
restraining
orders.
However,
as
it's
become
abundantly
clear
through
the
already
testimony
already,
the
testimony
that
you've
already
heard
domestic
violence
does
not
happen
in
a
silo.
One.
Specific
legal
solution
does
not
solve
a
problem.
M
My
work
exclusively
focuses
on
survivors.
After
doing
and
teaching
this
work
for
many
years,
I've
come
to
realize
that
what
I
know
is
far
less
than
what
I
don't
know.
Barriers
to
reporting
are
tremendous
on
a
practical
and
objective
level,
both
in
the
meta
and
micro
sense.
We
have
systemic
racism
and
poverty
always
a
play.
It
is
nearly
impossible
for
most
survivors
I
work
with
to
leave
their
relationship
on
a
practical
level.
There's
nowhere
to
go.
We
have
far
more
need
than
there
are
domestic
violence,
shelter,
beds.
M
Many,
if
not
all,
of
the
survivors
I
work
with
are
entangled
with
their
abusers.
Entanglement
can
happen
in
many
different
ways,
but
family
and
economic
entanglement
are
just
a
few.
It's
not
a
fair
framework
to
ask.
Why
did
you
not
leave
on
a
broader
level?
We
just
don't
know
enough.
We
need
to
develop
systems
to
measure
outcomes,
as
you
heard
before.
What
is
justice?
We
don't
actually
know
what
justice
is,
because
we
don't
survey
survivors.
M
How
do
individual
survivors
define
what
they've
experienced
and
what
they
need
from
a
systemic
level
from
a
practical
level
and
from
an
outcome-based
level,
we
don't
have
the
data.
The
current
civil
and
criminal
justice
systems
infrequently
accomplish
what
our
survivors
want,
but
we
don't
know
what
would
something
about
the
work
that
I
do?
That
would
surprise
those
who
are
not
engrossed
in
on
a
daily
daily
basis,
but
a
lot
of
people
I
see
here
are
partners
in
the
work.
So
it's
not
going
to
surprise
them.
M
Is
the
frequency
severity,
longevity
and
low
sentencing
that
accompanies
many
of
the
cases?
This
includes
domestic
violence.
It
includes
sexual
assault,
it
includes
child
abuse
and
it
includes
an
area
that
many
people
don't
want
to
talk
about,
but
is
also
elder.
Abuse
abuse
against
persons,
intimate
children,
elders
and
others
happens
at
a
frequency
that
we
are
not
willing
to
acknowledge.
M
M
That
does
not
touch
on
the
brutality
that
many
people
in
this
city
in
this
community
face
on
a
day-to-day
basis
in
their
own
homes,
for
the
cases
that
are
not
that.
Excuse
me
for
the
cases
that
are
reported,
the
cases
languish
in
our
system.
Our
system
is
not
equipped
to
move
at
the
speed
for
which
survivors
need.
M
M
K
I'm
Rachel
Rollins
I'm,
the
newly
elected
District
Attorney
of
Suffolk
County
for
10
months
I've
been
in
this
position.
We
specifically
interact
with
survivors
in
that
we
are
where
survivors
can
come
to
when
when
charges
are
brought
against
the
individuals
that
are
harming
them
and
we
prosecute
those
cases,
what
I
will
say
I
think
some
barriers
are
is
I
completely
agree
with
Margo
I
think
the
system
works
too
slowly.
I
think
we
don't
indict
certain
cases
up
out
of
district
court
into
Superior
Court.
K
If
we
truly
value
people
I,
don't
think
we
are
doing
that
enough.
I
believe
that
we
need
to
make
sure
we're
speaking
to
victims
more
that's
one
of
the
things
I
think
we
as
a
system,
not
necessarily
my
office,
but
just
the
American
legal
system
in
and
of
itself,
believes
that
we
know
what
victims
want
to
need
and
oftentimes.
We
aren't
reflective
of
the
very
people
that
we
are
supposed
to
be
assisting
right
and
then
we
also
need
to
make
sure
we
are
constantly
self-correcting.
With
respect
to
language.
K
With
respect
to
talking
about
the
invisibility
that
people
spoke
of
black
trans
women,
there
are
entire
swaths
of
people
that
are
invisible
or
our
behavior
makes
them
feel
as
though
they
are
whether
then
we
certainly
know
they
exist.
Something
that
happened
this
morning
was
a
press
conference
we
had
regarding
an
involuntary
manslaughter
charge.
We
brought
against
a
person
who
we
believe
was.
You
know,
terrorizing
her
partner.
K
What
I
spoke
about
this
morning
and
I
think
my
role
is
the
DA.
You
know
the
people
in
this
room
understand
this.
We
all
need
to
be
speaking
to
people
outside
of
this
room
about
the
right
language
that
they
need
to
be
using.
So
one
of
the
things
I
was
proud
to
say
when
everyone
was
listening
about
this
Kay
that
you
know
to
BC,
students
were
in
love
and
then
one
of
them
committed
suicide,
and
we
believe
that
the
girlfriend-
actually,
we
would
argue,
terrorized
her
boyfriend
and
preyed
upon
him
ultimately
resulting
in
his
death.
K
But
we
said
that
domestic
violence
doesn't
manifest
in
one
particular
way
to
your
point:
ma'am,
it's
forced
isolation
from
friends
and
family.
It's
physical
assault,
it's
stalking,
economic
coercion,
emotional
threats,
sexual
assault,
psychological
intimidation,
domestic
violence
is
not
perpetrated
by
one
type
of
abuser.
A
perpetrator
is
not
limited
by
their
gender
or
the
gender
of
their
partner,
and
it
doesn't
always
look
the
same,
but
it
is
always
about
power
and
control,
and
so
I
feel
as
though
as
the
DA.
K
We
have
an
obligation
as
this
office
not
just
prosecute
to
let
people
know
that
we
can
provide
services.
You
don't
need
to
be
fearful
that
we're
gonna
force
you,
depending
on
what
the
circumstances
are,
and
these
are
complicated
cases
right
to
your
point.
There
are
times
where
you
love
someone
very
much
and
just
want
the
behavior
to
stop.
You
don't
want
them
deported
back
to
a
place.
They
haven't
been
in
30
years.
You
just
want
them
to
stop
abusing
you,
so
we
have
to
be
able
to
adapt
appropriately
to
things
like
that.
K
I'm
proud
that
we
hired
a
head
of
our
Victim
Witness
advocate
unit
who's,
a
licensed
clinical
social
worker.
So
to
push
back
on
my
staff,
who
wants
more
lawyers,
more
lawyers.
Lawyers
are
great,
but
we
need
more
clinicians.
We
need
more
social
workers,
we
need
more
people
who
understand
and
have
lived
experiences
and
we're
not
doing
nearly
well
enough.
I'm
proud
that
we've
started
the
process.
We
have
a
lot
of
a
way
to
go,
so
I
will
end
with
that
and
turn
it
over,
but
we
can
answer.
D
D
D
The
lack
of
culturally
and
linguistically
appropriate
clinical
services,
the
lack
of
affordable
childcare,
is
also
another
barrier.
What
I
think
I
still
find
interesting
and
surprising
is
that
survivors
are
still
not
believed
they
are.
Survivors
are
still
having
their
stories
told
by
others,
and
not
necessarily
by
them
being
told
themselves,
and
until
we
begin
to
address
the
issues
of
domestic
violence,
we
will
continue.
D
You
have
issues
with
violence
in
schools
and
violence
in
the
community,
because
those
two
things
are
linked
in
and
are
bred
and
rooted
in
domestic
violence
and
the
violence
that
happens
in
a
home
and
I.
Just
also
just
would
like
to
say
that
I
would
I'm
very
grateful
when
my
heart
is
just
full
hearing
from
the
survivors
that
were
here
tonight.
D
I
was
trying
really
hard
to
be
appropriate
and
not
cry,
but
to
know
that
you
are
believed
and
that
you
are
absolutely
right,
ta
Rollins,
that
we
have
to
begin
to
take
this
outside
of
here.
This
is
like
we're
preaching
to
the
choir
and
we
need
to
now
move
it
outside
and
begin
to
really
address
the
issues
of
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault
in
our
communities.
D
At
brookview
house,
we
work
primarily
with
black
women
and
so
there's
a
whole
nother
marginalized
community
that
we
know
that
from
research
that
black
women
aren't
net
survivors
aren't
necessarily
responding
to
the
way.
The
way
traditional
services
are
being
offered
and
that
we
have
to
be
out-of-the-box
and
thinking
in
our
thinking
and
how
we
approach
working
with
particularly
black
and
brown
women,
who
are
impacted
because
we
are
impacted,
impact
they're
totally
different
again.
One
of
the
things
is
that
we
we.
D
What
we
found
is
that
as
black
women,
we
don't
necessarily
want
just
to
heal
ourselves.
We
want
to
heal
our
whole
entire
family,
and
so
programs
have
to
be
open
to
working
with
or
making
referrals
to
abusers
and
I
know
that's
a
scary
thing,
but
we
have
to
begin
to
help
begin
to
look
at
how
we
work
with
entire
families.
D
We
also
have
to
begin
to
begin
to
break
the
cycle
for
children
Brooke,
who
takes
a
to
generational
approach
that
we
believe
we
with
all
that
we
believe
is
that,
if
we
can,
children
will
stop
the
vital
stop
the
cycle
of
poverty
and
homelessness
and
domestic
violence
in
their
families.
If
we're
working
with
them
just
as
hard
as
we're
working
with
their
with
their
parent
in
that
family.
K
To
add
one
more
thing,
one
of
the
fights
that
I
have
in
the
courthouses,
so
in
Suffolk,
Superior,
Court,
homicides,
Trump,
all
the
other
trials.
I
don't
want
us
to
have
to
have
a
domestic
violence
homicide
in
order
for
us
to
believe
or
listen
to
you
or
value
you.
At
that
point,
we
need
to
and
I
like
to
remind
people
with
sexual
assaults,
domestic
violence.
These
are
almost
murders
where
the
person
is
still
there.
K
These
are
you
are
taking
and
robbing
people
of
who
they
are
and
they
that
shell
of
that
person
we
want
to
get
you
back
or
make
you
survive
this,
but
there
should
be
no
hierarchy
of
oh
well
they're
dead.
Now,
let's
at
least
get
that
trial
out
of
the
door.
Whether
I
have
to
fight
my
fingers
to
the
bone,
to
get
chief
justice,
Gant's
and
others
to
recognize.
We
either
need
more
sessions.
K
N
M
Thing
also
that
I'd,
like
just
to
kind
of,
say
and
I
think
people
in
the
audience
know
but
hurt
people,
hurt
people
and
there's
no
perfect
victim
as
there's
no
perfect
perpetrator
and
so
I
think
kind
of
expanding
the
conversation
about
what
a
victim.
What
a
survivor,
what
a
perpetrator
looks
like
and
how
we
can
appropriately
serve
them,
is
going
to
go
a
long
way.
B
C
B
Because
you
guys
covered
so
much
within
your
testimony,
we're
gonna
proceed
to
the
next
we're
not
forcing
questions
up
here,
but
thank
you
guys
continue
to
learn
quite
a
bit
frankly,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we
create
space
for
others
who
have
come
forward
and
Ian.
Thank
you
for
being
here
as
well
and
for
the
work
that
you
do
every
single
day.
At
this
time,
we're
going
to
have
representatives
from
the
police
department
come
up,
don't
be
sharing
and
Terry
Thomas.
You
can
come
up.
B
And
then
to
have
a
community
base,
let's
see
is
Beth
here.
Oh
yes,
dumb-looking
and
I
know
Stephanie
Lauren
I'm
gonna
be
getting
to
guys
in
the
next
time
with
the
Health
Commission.
So
thank
you
guys
as
well
and
I
would
just
ask
similar
to
the
previous
panelists
I
would
ask
that
you
guys
state
your
name
for
the
record,
your
organization
and
you
can
jump
right
in.
Thank
you
good.
O
Afternoon
my
name
is
Sharon
diet
and
I'm.
The
deputy
superintendent
at
the
Boston
Police
Department
I,
am
the
commander
of
the
Family
Justice
Center
and
that
houses
the
detectives
that
investigate
human
trafficking,
crimes
against
children,
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault,
and
next
to
me,
I'll.
Let
him
introduce
himself
cuz.
This
is
Captain
Thomas,
who
works
at
the
FTC
good.
O
Just
want
to
thank
the
survivors
for
their
story,
your
courage
and
strength.
Every
time
I
hear
survivors
story,
I
always
think
to
myself.
What
can
we
do
better?
What
can
we
do
more
and
what
we
can
do
to
improve
the
services
that
the
police
provide,
along
with
the
providers
that
we
work
with
so
the
detectives
at
the
fjc?
They
investigate
the
cases
and
they
connect
survivors
to
services
and
resources.
We
have
domestic
violence
advocates
and
they
make
referrals,
they
explain
procedure
and
they
provide
safety
plans
to
our
survivors,
the
multiple
units
that
we
have.
O
They
customize
the
referrals,
depending
on
what
we
need,
whether
it's
the
crimes
against
children
who
deal
a
lot
with
the
child,
appetit
Center.
We
have
domestic
violence
who
deal
with
Casa
Mariner.
So
we
deal
with
a
lot
of
service
providers
at
the
FJC,
and
the
one
thing
that's
great
about
the
FDC
is
that
it
houses
so
many
providers
that
we
work
with
and
that's
a
great
partnership,
everything
that
we
need
a
kind
of
housed
in
one
place
for
domestic
violence
for
the
sexual
assault,
so
the
crimes
against
children
for
the
human
trafficking.
O
P
I'll
Giselle
just
had
a
few
things.
We
have
roughly
14,000
domestic
violence
calls
per
year,
that's
not
even
including
the
services
on
restraining
orders,
so
we're
very,
very
busy,
but
I'd
like
to
reiterate
just
how
lucky
we
are
to
have
it's
almost
a
one-stop
shop
at
the
Family
Justice
Center,
with
with
having
all
the
service
providers
in
there
and
building
the
relationship
relationships
that
we
have
with
them.
I
haven't
been
there
very
long,
but
since
I've
been
here,
it's
been
an
excellent
experience.
P
I
think
I've
made
a
lot
of
good
connections
and
and
really
value,
and
nowhere
to
go
to
now
with
the
services
that
we
need.
As
the
deputy
had
said,
we
have
to
customize
with
with
the
different
victims
that
we
come
across.
We
have
to
customize
those
and
to
be
able
to
have
those
relationships
and
have
the
faith
in
those
folks
that
we
we
refer
them
to
that.
It's
very
important
to
us.
Q
And
I
would
say
first
that
I'm
so
grateful
for
the
invitation
to
participate
on
the
panel
and
appreciative
to
be
among
our
tremendous
partners
at
the
FTC,
the
Boston
Police
Department,
this
FDA's
office,
the
Family
Justice
Center
and
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
Tonight.
We've
witnessed
some
very
powerful
testimony
about
violence
and
I'm
really
grateful
to
have
been
here
to
get
to
hear
that
and
I
think
from
where
I
sit
with
the
CAC,
the
Children's
Advocacy
Center.
It
strikes
me
that
child
abuse
is
particularly
difficult
to
talk
about
9
out
of
10
children.
Q
Don't
report
abuse
when
it
occurs
and
nearly
2
out
of
3
never
report
their
abuse
because
it
can
be
so
hard
for
anyone,
let
alone
a
child
to
step
forward
and
because
it's
not
always
possible
for
kids
to
speak
at
events
like
this
for
themselves.
I
hope
that
we
can
elevate
their
voices
tonight.
I'm
guessing
many
people
in
the
room
may
not
have
heard
yet
about
the
CAC,
but
I'm
really
grateful
to
get
to
be
here
with
you.
Q
It's
important
for
the
community
to
know
that
we
exist,
particularly
because
we
respond
to
nearly
2,000
referrals
for
child
abuse
and
commercial
sexual
exploitation.
Every
year
since
1995,
the
CAC
and
our
partners
have
been
the
city's
frontline
responders
to
child
abuse.
We
coordinate
multidisciplinary
interventions
for
children
and
families
and
we
streamline
their
access
to
services,
safety
and
justice.
Q
Q
If
a
child
bravely
came
forward
to
disclose
their
abuse
to
a
teacher,
maybe
they
would
be
brought
to
a
school
nurse,
maybe
to
an
ambulance,
maybe
to
a
hospital,
maybe
then
later
to
a
police
station
and
asked
to
tell
their
story
over
and
over
potentially
dozens
of
times
experiencing,
retraumatization
and
stress
along
the
way.
Now,
youth
and
their
families
have
access
to
the
CAC
and
its
network
of
providers,
partners
and
support.
Q
But
many
many
partners
and
many
families
in
our
community
don't
know
that
we
exist
and
don't
know
that
that
help
is
available.
We
offer
advocacy
crisis
services
in
English
and
Spanish
transportation
specialized
medical
care.
We
also
offer
short
term
evidence-based
clinical
supports
for
kids
and
their
families.
Team
is
really
the
heart
of
who
we
are,
and
we
include
families
and
their
children
as
part
of
our
team.
We
and
our
partners
can
do
together
is
far
greater
than
one
agency
can
do
alone.
Q
As
far
as
barriers,
we
see
that
families
encountering
abuse
are
asked
to
overcome
a
lot
fears
about.
What's
going
to
happen,
next,
wait
lists
for
specialized
trauma
services
and
trying
to
seek
and
find
trust
amidst
very
complex
systems.
Research,
and
our
experience
shows
us
that
families
fare
much
better
when
they
receive
comprehensive
services
and
timely
way.
Q
We're
here
to
help
provide
support,
to
reduce
stigma
and
to
help
families
access
healing
we're
here
to
respond
to
every
child
that
needs
us,
but
we
often
feel
like
we're
bursting
at
the
seams,
we're
here
to
respond
to
every
child
that
needs
us,
but
many
people
in
the
community
don't
know
that.
We're
here
so
thank
you
so
much
for
shining
a
light
on
this
issue
and
for
having
us
be
a
part
of
this
conversation.
O
I
just
want
to
say
that
the
survivors
spoke
about
having
to
retell
their
story
over
and
over
again,
but
I.
Think
the
one
thing
that
we
do
really
well
at
the
fjc
is
prevent
the
interview
of
children.
We
just
do
one
interview
with
all
the
partners
together
so
that
child
does
not
have
to
be
re-interviewing
single
agency.
O
So
I
think
for
the
one
thing
that
we
love
and
that
we
do
on
half
of
children
is
that
we
have
that
one
interview
with
all
the
providers
with
the
police,
the
DA's
office
to
CAC
and
all
the
partners
I
think
that's
something
unique
and
hopefully
that's
something
we
can
expound
upon
for
domestic
violence.
Survivors.
C
In
in
my
district
in
Chinatown,
I
know
one
of
the
most
underreported
ethnic
communities
in
the
city
on
child
abuse
in
in
probably
domestic
violence
as
well,
whether
it's
a
mistrust
of
government
in
general
or
poverty,
but
especially
immigration
status
in
language
access
is
always
a
is
an
issue
before
us
having
facted
all
those
those
those
issues.
I
mentioned.
What
can
we
do
for
our
immigrant
community,
especially
our
immigrant
community?
That
may
not
speak
English?
P
Deputy
touched
on
it
earlier,
I
think
just
trust
within
the
community
and
I.
Think
that's
one
of
our
forties
with
the
Boston
Police
is
definitely
the
relationships
that
we
built
with
the
community
policing,
so
I
think
that's
very
important.
Also
we
have
access
to
you
know
we
may
not
have
provide
those
services,
but
we
do
have
access
to
all
these
services
in
between
our
community
service
offices
and
the
fgf
JC,
then
we
can
connect
people
and
and
encourage
survivors
to
get
that
help
and
so
I
think
that's
very
important
to
get
that
out.
There.
K
In
addition,
you
need
to
hear
that
if
it's
Suffolk
County,
we
are
looking
at
what
the
immigration
consequences
would
be
with
respective
charges
and
I
am
fully
aware
that
that's
complicated
when
it
comes
to
domestic
violence,
because
we
have
victims
that
need
to
be
heard
and
we
need
people
to
be
held
accountable.
But
we
also
need
to
make
sure
that
is
that
accountability
and
a
result
in
something
that
ultimately,
is
a
death
sentence
for
that
person
sending
them
back
to.
C
B
Think
just
one
so
councillor
Flynn
I
actually
went
to
go
visit
the
Family
Justice
Center.
We
got
to
see
not
only
where
our
children
are
being
interviewed,
hear
more
about
the
coordination
and
the
you
know
the
intentionality
of
making
sure
that
children
are
not
reach
Ramat
eyes
through
the
process.
So
we
learned
a
lot
in
terms
of
best
practices
that
could
possibly
transfer
over
to
other
types
of
cases.
So
I
appreciate
you
guys,
sharing
that
I.
B
Think
I'd
like
to
sort
of
ask
this
one
question,
because
I
think
we
learned
a
lot
from
the
previous
panelists
who
went
really
deep
and
shared
things
that
were
absolutely
surprising.
Frankly,
from
where
you
said,
I'd
be
curious
to
hear
what
is
one
thing
I
mean
folks
in
this
room
may
know.
But
what?
What
is
one
thing
that
people
in
the
public
should
know
about
the
work
you
do?
That
might
even
surprise
the
folks
in
this
room,
I.
O
Would
say
that,
as
far
as
the
police
that
we
we
do
look
upon
for
our
service
providers
to
help
us,
so
we
do
reach
out
to
them
a
lot
to
call
to
ask
them
what
we
can
provide
so
I
think
for
us.
It's
just
having
that
network
of
folks
that
we
can
say.
Okay,
we
need
someone
to
get
housing
or
we
need
someone
to
get
mental
health
and
we
have
at
the
fjc.
We
have
that
in-house.
O
So
that's
one
thing
like
we
don't
have
to
like
try
to
figure
out
where
that
is,
we
can
go
downstairs.
We
can
make
a
phone
call
or
they
can
come
upstairs
and
we
have
that
connection
whenever
we
have
cases
involving
kids
if
their
cases
that
I'm
not
gonna
be
prosecuted,
we'll
send
those
downstairs
and
they'll
provide
them
with
services
and
counseling.
So
I
think
that's
like
one
of
the
things
that
the
fjc
really
does
well
is
having
just
all
those
partners
and
be
able
to
have
all
those
service
providers
there
to
assist
us
to.
O
Let
them
have
that
housing
because
we
can't,
as
police,
provide
housing,
but
as
long
as
we
have
the
connections
that
we
can
say,
okay,
let's
call
this
agency
I'll
call
this
person
we
can
have
them,
tell
us
what
they
have
for
housing
or
bedding
or
counseling.
We
provide
that
information
to
the
victims
survivors,
so.
Q
I
think
what
would
surprise
most
folks
would
be
just
the
sheer
volume
of
referrals
that
we
see
and
as
some
of
the
prior
panelists
discussed.
This
child
abuse
in
particular
is
not
something
that's
easily
or
readily
talked
about
by
the
community
and
I
think,
because,
as
a
community,
we're
often
silent
on
the
needs
of
youth,
and
that
this
is
happening
at
such
high
rates.
We're
falling
short
of
really
identifying
how
many
kids
might
benefit
from
help
and
services.
B
R
B
Oh
put
it
up
here
and
I
quickly,
just
wanted
to
read
a
letter
from
our
colleague
on
the
council,
who
could
not
be
here
tonight
but
submitted
the
letter,
given
the
importance
of
the
hearing,
it's
from
councillors,
nice
asabi
George,
who
is
one
of
the
at-large
councilors
for
the
city
of
Boston.
Please
be
advised
that
I'll
be
absent
from
today's
hearing
on
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault.
Due
to
a
prior
commitment,
I
would
like
to
thank
the
chair
council
McCarthy
for
hosting
the
hearing
and
thanks
to
councillors,
Flynn
and
Campbell
for
sponsoring
this
hearing.
B
Despite
my
absence,
I
would
like
to
offer
my
support
for
the
survivors
of
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault.
It
is
devastating
to
know
that
approximately
three-quarters
of
the
population
in
Massachusetts
are
survivors
of
domestic
violence.
We
have
so
much
more
work
to
do
in
our
city
to
support
survivors
and
to
tackle
the
root
causes
of
sexual
assault
and
domestic
violence.
I
am
grateful
for
the
leadership
of
the
sponsors
of
today's
hearing
eager
to
learn
about
the
next
steps
that
we,
as
a
city
can
take
to
address
these
damaging
and
pervasive
issues.
B
R
G
G
60%
of
our
staff
identify
as
survivors
and
over
60%
of
our
staff
is
bilingual
in
English
and
Spanish
and
another
10%
speak
other
languages.
We
support
all
survivors,
but
our
community
is
primarily
black
and
Latino.
Women
under
the
age
of
30,
96%
earn
$30,000
a
year
or
less
and
35%
are
immigrants
who
speak
English
as
a
second
language,
while
in
my
role,
I
don't
work
directly
with
survivors.
G
My
role
is
to
ensure
that
casa,
minha
staff
have
resources
supports
and
the
partnerships
they
need
to
do
their
work
with
survivors
and
to
bring
awareness
about
domestic
violence
to
our
communities.
In
our
experience,
most
survivors
of
domestic
violence
do
not
need
services,
they
need
support
and
access
to
resources.
G
The
foundation
of
castamere
ness
work
with
survivors
is
of
the
need
for
economic
stability
and
permanent
housing.
Imagine
living
in
an
abusive
relationship
and
being
forced
to
decide
between
remaining
in
that
relationship
and
and
and
rent
or
rendering
yourself
and
your
children,
homeless
and
hungry,
or
losing
your
children
losing
custody
of
your
children.
If
you
leave,
no
one
should
ever
have
to
make
a
choice
like
that,
and
yet
countless
survivors
make
that
choice
every
day.
G
One
of
the
things
that
you
ask
us
is
what
would
surprised
folks
and
there's
three
things
that
I'll
briefly
talk
about,
but
the
first
one
is
that,
while
we
are
a
domestic
violence
organization,
we
don't
work
with
survivors
only
on
domestic
violence
incidents.
Before
we
talk
about
the
abuse
before
we
talk
about
the
abuse,
we
have
to
ensure
that
survivors
are
safe
and
that
they're
working
towards
resolving
their
basic
needs
of
housing
and
financial
independence.
G
G
They
just
want
the
abuse
to
stop
most
of
the
survivors
with
whom
we
work,
don't
trust
the
system
to
believe
them,
and
they
don't
feel
like
the
system
has
their
back
communities
need
to
see
repeatedly
and
in
tolerance
to
domestic
violence
from
the
criminal
justice
system.
They
need
to
see
law
enforcement
speak
out
against
abuse
and
work
towards
community
change,
while
prioritizing
victim
safety
and
holding
offenders
accountable.
In
addition
to
the
dynamics
of
domestic
violence,
law
enforcement
must
also
understand
the
neurobiology
of
trauma
and
police
bias
against
immigrants,
people
of
color
and
other
marginalized
communities.
G
Many
survivors
do
not
want
to
report
abuse
because
they
fear
it
may
trigger
immigration
and
deportation
proceedings
or
they
don't
want
their
partners
arrested,
because
black
men
are
just
are
already
disproportionately
targeted
by
law
enforcement
or
they
rely
on
the
abusers
income
for
support
for
themselves
and
their
children.
And
then
the
third
thing
that
would
surprise
folks
is
that
domestic
violence
isn't
just
physical
and
janina's,
and
the
district
attorney
talked
about
it
way
better
than
I.
R
S
My
name
is
Lauren
Carabas
I
work
for
Fenway
Health's
violence,
recovery
program.
I
just
want
to
thank
the
survivors
who
spoke
today.
Janaina
your
testimony
was
really
powerful
and
it's
a
privilege
to
have
the
microphone
tonight.
So
I'll
do
my
best
to
kind
of
speak
to
the
LGBTQ
folks
that
we
work
with
so
I'm
the
assistant
manager
of
Fenway
Health's
violence,
recovery
program.
We
specialize
in
working
with
LGBTQ
survivors
of
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault.
S
Of
course,
those
rates
increase
with
intersecting
identities,
so
LGBTQ
immigrants
right
we're
speaking
a
lot
about
siloed
identities
and
a
lot
of
people
hold
multiple
identities
and
LGBTQ
survivors
with
disabilities.
In
speaking
about
the
barriers
that
survivors
face
in
accessing
services
and
reporting
abuse,
I
want
to
address
that
systemic
oppression
is
perhaps
one
of
the
greatest
barriers
that
survivors
of
all
identities
face.
S
What
this
looks
like
day
to
day
is
that
a
transgender
survivor
may
have
fled
their
country
of
origin
for
being
beaten
by
police.
They
may
be
arrested
for
doing
survival.
Sex
work
they
may
be
thrown
in
a
jail
cell
with
a
gender
they
don't
identify
with,
they
might
be
turned
away
from
a
female
only
shell
and
be
called
the
wrong
name
or
gender
by
their
health
care
provider.
In
this
way,
the
systems
that
have
been
designed
to
support
survivors
continuously
perpetuate
the
violence
they
have
already
experienced.
S
T
Good
evening
my
name
is
Katherine
fine
I'm,
the
director
of
the
division
of
violence
prevention
at
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
I
too,
want
to
really
acknowledge
a
deep
appreciation
to
the
survivors
who
spoke
today,
who
had
the
courage
to
come
in
and
share
their
stories.
They
were
very
powerful
and
and
really
important
for
all
of
us
to
really
center.
Our
work
in
in
your
stories
also
thank
you
to
councillor
Campbell
and
councillor
Flynn
for
co-hosting
and
having
us
here.
T
So
one
way
we
do,
that
is
that
we
are
the
governing
entity
in
part
of
the
Family
Justice
Center.
So
I
won't
go
into
a
lot
of
detail,
but
we
are.
We
really
do
support
the
operational
sort
of
interrelatedness
at
the
at
the
fgc
assuring
the
colocation
of
the
12-month
multidisciplinary
partners
there
and,
as
others
have
testified
to
this
colocation,
really
helps
increase
collaboration,
coordination
and
minimizes
the
number
of
times
that
survivors
need
to
repeat
their
stories.
So
we're
very
proud
to
continue
to
be
able
to
do
that
and
also
appreciate
hearing
that.
T
There's
always
need
for
more
space
and
need
to
have
more
access
to
different
kinds
of
services
in
the
building.
So
thank
you
for
lifting
that
up
so
one
another
area
that
may
be
less
known
about
the
Family
Justice
Center
and
the
work
of
the
Boston
Public
Health,
Commission
and
coordinating
that
work
is
the
kinds
of
trainings
that
happen
in
the
building,
and
that
can
happen
because
of
that
shared
space.
T
So
in
just
the
last,
in
the
current
year,
we've
hosted
trainings
on
topic
areas,
including
bystander
intervention,
immigration
law,
partner
abuse
in
LGBTQ
communities
and
the
Family
Justice
Center.
Commission
staff
has
worked
very
closely
with
community
partners
to
address
to
develop
a
three-day
training
institute
that
really
focuses
on
addressing
safety
and
healing
through
cultural
awareness,
and
this
this
training
really
names
the
impact
of
structural
racism
and
other
forms
of
Pervis
of
oppressions
and
gives
deepens
providers
capacity
and
tools
to
address
those
issues.
T
T
So
this
looks
like
youth
workers,
other
agencies
serving
immigrant
and
refugee
communities
are
homeless
service
providers
at
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
and,
most
recently
we
expanded
into
working
into
a
pediatric
setting
at
Boston,
Medical
Center,
and
so
through
these
trainings.
We
found
that
one
third
of
providers
report
a
client
experiencing
multiple
forms
of
violence
in
the
past
year,
including
domestic
violence,
sexual
violence
and
children's
expansion,
children's
exposure
to
violence
as
well
as
community
violence.
T
So
we've
done
the
lips.
So
we
really
do
want
to
kind
of
lift
up
that
gap
in
really
understanding
how
how
kind
of
to
work
across
different
forms
of
violence
and
what
the,
what
the
increased
elevation
of
risk
becomes
for
survivors
when
they
have
these
multiple,
both
experiences
of
violence
in
different
settings
and
different
forms
of
impression
of
oppressions
that
are
impacting
their
access
to
care
or
access
to
the
systems
that
they
need
that
they
need
to
take
advantage
of.
And
then.
T
No,
we
have
partnered
recently
with
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
to
address
vicarious
trauma
among
immigrant
refugees,
serving
providers,
as
well
as
our
own
Bureau
of
homeless
services,
and
we
we
are
very.
We
would
like
to
kind
of
continue
to
deepen
our
capacity
to
do
this
work
so
that
we
can
continue
to
offer
these
this
kind
of
training
for
free
to
providers
across
the
city.
B
You
so
much
to
this
panel
I,
just
the
last
point
on
taking
care
of
the
staff
and
the
providers
who
do
this
work
is
something
that
came
up
in
our
conversation
with
the
various
providers
we
met
with
months
ago
and
how
important
that
is,
it's
often
lost
in
conversation,
there's
very
little
funding,
if
any
at
all
that
go
towards
that,
because
this
is
also
a
traumatising
work.
I
mean
just
after
this
hearing
tonight.
All
of
us
should
leave
here,
taking
some
very
deep
breaths
and
making
sure
we're
taking
care
of
ourselves
right.
B
C
What
more
can
we
do
to
make
sure
that
people
that
are
victims
of
of
domestic
violence
know
where
the
services
are?
How
do
we?
How
do
we
communicate
that
message
to
them
and
is
there
also
a
stigma
that
they
may
they
may
have
of
coming
forward
in
not
not
coming
forward
to
fresh
charges
or
get
the
services
services
that
they
need.
S
Thanks
for
your
question,
counselor
I
think
that
a
lot
of
the
answer
has
been
said
here
already
tonight
about
sort
of
on
a
macro
level,
including
survivors
in
the
conversation
about
how
to
provide
services
that
are
more
responsive,
I.
Think
I
really
appreciated
what
you
were
saying
about.
The
trainings
I
think
we
need
to
have
more
service
providers
that
are
culturally
competent
in
working
with
all
communities,
but
definitely.
O
S
Folks,
in
order
to
feel
safe
to
come
forward
and
I,
think
that
includes
understanding
the
barriers
of
what
it
means
to
actually
to
actually
speak
up
and
be
believed.
I
think
the
one
question
that
was
asked
of
us
earlier
or
was
about
sort
of
collaboration
amongst
services
and
I,
feel
like
that's
because
of
the
limited
resources
we're
all
sort
of
really
siloed.
S
There's
one
agency
that
has
shelter
there's
one
agency
that
does
housing
there's
one
agency
that
has
comprehensive
mental
health
care
and
I
don't
have
the
answer
necessarily
but
sort
of
just
want
to
speak
to
the
issue
that
we're
all
sort
of
working
really
hard
at
different
things,
and
and
that's
why
and
I
think
there.
If
there
was
a
way
for
us
to
be
able
to
collaborate
better,
the
services
would
feel
more
responsive
to
all
communities.
B
I'm
now
gonna
do
some
public
testimony
for
some
folks
who
have
signed
up
I'm,
going
to
call
a
few
people
at
once
and
and
just
ask
you
to
come
up
and
join
us
and
we'll
have
each
person
go
separately.
I
have
and
I
apologize.
It
looks
like
Patricia,
it's
difficult
to
read.
The
the
penmanship
probably
signed
up
early
on
email
is
Fenway,
eight,
five,
eight
or
something
like
that
at
gmail.com.
B
B
B
R
R
It
took
me
two
years
to
get
through
the
court
system
on
a
domestic
violence.
My
husband
I
was
married,
no
longer
June
7th.
My
divorce
was
finalized,
however.
I
still
suffer
financially
physically
emotionally,
but
I
thank
God
that
I
have
family
people
that
pray
for
me
and
kept
me
in
contact
and
supported
me.
I,
do
not
know
about
Northeastern's
domestic
violence
program.
R
R
R
But
here's
as
hell
living
this
life
as
a
victim
and
it's
not
easy
because
when
you
go
to
the
resources
that's
listed
in
the
back
of
a
brochure,
I
refer
to
a
certain
number
or
email
address.
You
referred
to
another
one,
because
you
don't
need
the
criteria
and
that's
sad:
that's
why
women
end
up
in
homeless,
shelters!
That's
why
women
end
up
being
abused
again
and
again
and
again
having
no
dignity.
R
It's
a
sad
situation
and
we
need
to
do
better
court
system.
Centers
providers,
just
don't
sit
at
your
desk
and
request
for
a
grant
each
year.
It
doesn't
do
you
any
good,
because
you're
gonna
have
mental
health
all
around
you
every
day.
You
need
to
do
more.
You
need
to
talk
to
the
victims.
I
know
the
procedures
are
written
guidelines
and
manuals.
You
need
to
get
away
from
those
manuals
and
those
procedures
because
it's
not
working.
R
U
Okay,
can
everybody
hear
me
yes,
okay,
good
evening,
my
name
is
Cynthia
brazier
and
I
first
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you,
fine
people
for
being
here
and
listening
to
not
only
as
providers
but
also
to
the
survivors
that
I
represent
as
I
sit
up
here.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
City
Council.
K
U
Because
we're
interfacing
and
I
do
love
the
fact
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
have
these
conversations.
I
hope
that
we
get
to
do
this.
A
lot
more
I
hope
that
going
forward,
he
can
do
more
of
a
discussion
not
necessarily
anywhere
from
being
able
to
kind
of
have
real
dialogue
amongst
each
other.
So
again,
my
name
is
Cynthia.
I
am
here
representing
Casa
Marina
I
am
the
Dorchester
community
engagement
coordinator,
I
specifically
represent
black
women
survivors
that
are
from
that
community
and
I.
U
Another
difficult
aspect
of
our
work
is
when
we're
helping
those
survivors
who
are
fleeing
from
their
situation.
They
just
isn't
enough
resources
to
truly
support.
Someone
who
has
finally
worked
up
the
courage
to
say
enough
is
enough.
They
come
to
us
and
they
want
to
either
escape
or
they
want
another
place
to
go.
U
They
want
safety
for
themselves
or
their
children,
except
they're
met
with
so
many
barriers
that
it's
a
it's
nearly
impossible
and
it's
hard
for
us
as
providers
to
sit
across
from
our
survivors
who
have
really
just
overcome
so
much
so
then
look
at
them
and
say:
I'm.
Sorry,
I,
don't
have
an
answer
for
you.
I
don't
have
a
direction
to
point
you
towards
I.
Don't
have
the
resource
actually
looking
for
that's
very
difficult,
for
me:
has
a
provider
for
those
that
have
relocated
to
our
state?
U
Oh
my
god,
the
amount
of
barriers
that
they
meet
because
they're
not
originally
from
Massachusetts,
are
we
kidding
like
these
women
are
needing
our
support.
People
are
needing
our
support
and
yet
I
have
to
abide
by
this
manual.
That
says
that,
oh
because
you
haven't
lived
in
the
state
for
such-and-such
amount
of
time,
I
can't
you
can
access
this
such
a
dis
resource
that
you
need
to
survive
and
to
be
good
for
your
family.
For
your
kids,
that's
a
difficulty
for
me.
U
Those
who,
let
me
see!
Oh,
my
god,
legal
services
for
those
who
are
fleeing
from
other
states
or
those
who
yeah
fleeing
from
other
states,
not
here
with
us
now
guys
I
became
a
lawyer
I
think
someone
mentioned
earlier.
You
know
what
we
do.
I
my
main
role
is
meeting
people
where
they're
at
I'm,
not
a
legal
professional
I,
don't
have
that
those
skills
or
what-have-you
but
I
can't
stand
by
and
say:
I
can't
help
you,
because
it's
not
within
my
job
description
or
it's
not
within
the
bounds
of
my
role.
U
If
I
can
help
you
in
any
way
shape
or
form,
then
I
have
to
do
that.
But
then
that's
me
taking
on
a
brunt
of
work.
That
is
a
lot
more
than
I
can
manage
really,
but
who
else
is
gonna?
Do
it
for
them?
Who
else
we're
talking
about
survivors
telling
their
stories
over
and
over
and
over
again
I?
Think
one
of
the
survivors
mentioned
earlier
that
you
know
being
able
to
have
the
courage
to
stand
up
and
say:
I
need
help.
U
I,
don't
think
we
realized
how
many
times
they
to
stand
up
and
say:
I
need
help
from
each
of
the
services
that
they're
trying
to
access
and
that's
unacceptable
in
terms
of
advising
survivors
to
reach
out
to
their
local.
You
know
police
officials
or
justice
systems.
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
continue
to
do
that
and
I
do
so,
but
it's
meant
by
well
Cynthia.
U
This
is
what
has
happened
when
I
have
tried
to
do
it
in
the
past,
I've
called
and
to
report
a
violation
of
a
restraining
order,
but
something
as
little
as
did
you
catch
the
picture
of
the
person
that
was
following.
You
keeps
you
keeps
that
violation
from
being
recorded,
okay
or
how
about
visitation
out
of
at
a
police
department
which
whatever
leave
that
there,
but
you
know
an
abuser,
manipulating
this
system
to
then
work
against
the
survivor
who's
trying
to
abide
by
the
the
regulations
that
they
agreed
upon.
That's
very
difficult.
U
You
know
not
to
mention
that
a
lot
of
the
agencies
a
lot
of
the
providers
that
our
survivors
have
to
interface
and
lack
the
like
the
the
skill
of
being
trauma-informed.
Someone
mentioned
language
earlier.
That
is
very
big.
That
is
very
big.
That
trauma-informed
pieces
is
so
important.
I've
had
survivors
that
are
in
shelters
who
are
trying
to
make
it
to
their
jobs
and
back
to
the
shelter
at
a
certain
time
who
are
being
questioned
and
acts.
Are
you
sure
you're
not
with
somebody
else?
Are
you
sure
you
didn't
go
see?
Somebody
else.
U
U
The
other
thing
in
terms
of
working
in
the
community
and
I
guess
in
the
sense
of
what
support
we
need.
We
need
a
lot
more
providers.
We
need
a
lot
more
clinical
levels
of
providers
that
can
really
do
the
work
that
needs
to
be
done,
because
if
it
is
and
I'm
just
so
happening
to
provide
some
sort
of
emotional
support
that
it
needs
to
be
that
I
know
exactly
what
I'm
doing
it
needs
to
be.
That
I
understand
vicarious
trauma
that
I
have
the
support
from
my
agent
to
really
take
care
of
myself.
U
Are
you
kidding?
This
mom
is
choosing
to
be
in
a
shelter
with
her
child
who
was
raped
because
she's
so
afraid
of
being
deported.
You
know,
and
she
needs
I-
need
support
more
support
around
those
survivors
who
are
not
choosing
to
leave
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
The
assumption
is
that
survivors
are
ready
to
leave
or
that
they
have
to
leave
their
situation.
That
might
not
be
feasible
for
them,
especially
we
need
we
don't
have
shelters
to
provide
them,
especially
we
don't
have
the
financial
resources
to
help
support
them.
U
U
Sometimes
it's
because
there
are
certain
age
which
none
of
that
should
matter,
because
if
they're
in
the
home
and
they're
witnessing
that
they
need
that
support,
and
if
we're
trying
to
break
to
break
this
cycle
of
domestic
violence,
then
we
can't
just
look
at
one
aspect
of
the
family
and
not
focus
on
the
whole.
Thank
you.
B
V
N
Again,
hello,
my
name
is
MIA
Prince
I'm,
a
sophomore
at
the
John
Gio
Bryant
school,
mathematics
and
science.
Currently,
I
am
the
director
of
the
public
peace
Committee
on
the
mayor's
Youth
Council
as
a
peer
leader
at
Casa
Marina.
We
focus
on
the
education
and
prevention
process
and
aspect
of
our
mission
through
a
partnership
with
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
program
start
strong.
We
aim
to
give
workshops
to
our
peers
and
teach
them
about
teen,
dating
violence
and
unhealthy
relationships.
Besides
teaching
people,
what
an
unhealthy
relationship
is.
V
Other
things
are
the
things
we
do
to
reach
our
community,
our
tape,
links
and
community
events.
Where
we
give
information
about
our
agency
to
anybody
interested,
we
also
host
community
events
for
youth,
so
they
know
that
types
of
men
as
a
resource.
We
handle
the
Instagram
to
reach
possible
survivors
through
a
different
platform
before
working
at
casa,
minha
I
didn't
know
how
to
spot
unhealthy
or
abusive
relationships.
Now,
I'm
able
to
notice
red
flags
refer
people
to
appropriate
resources
and
know
safe
spaces
where
young
persons
can
get
support.
If
they're
in
an
abusive
relationship,
it.
N
Is
important
for
us
to
be
doing
this
work
because,
according
to
a
survey
done
by
the
CDC
one
in
11,
high
school
age,
females
and
one
in
15,
high
school
aged
males
have
reported
experiencing
physical
abuse
and
their
relationship?
In
the
past
year,
in
an
average
Boston
public
school
classroom,
there
will
be
roughly
three
girls
and
two
males
in
this
type
of
relationship,
even
though
our
mission
is
to
make
sure
every
relationship
is
healthy.
We
honestly
aren't
there.
Yet.
N
We
believe
that
having
staff
such
as
guidance,
counselors
and
teachers
be
trained
on
how
to
respond
to
disclosures
will
be
beneficial.
While
we
work
on
educating
teens
in
the
Boston
Public
School
System
on
healthy
relationships,
I
think
the
biggest
way
in
which
we
can
make
an
impact
and
stop
domestic
violence
starts
with
young
people,
teaching
young
people
on
how
to.
N
Teaching
young
people
on
how
to
have
a
healthy
relationship
is
important
to
stop
these
actions
and
behaviors
before
they
become
normalized
at
a
young
age
and
then
carried
on
into
adult
years.
If
we
most
of
us,
get
our
examples
of
a
relationship
from
the
media,
whether
it
be
shows
movies
or
songs
and
oftentimes,
the
media
doesn't
portray
this
and
you
know
good
or
right
light.
V
The
way
in
which
we
are
trying
to
reduce
domestic
violence
is
by
teaching
alternative
ways
in
which
we
have
a
healthy
relationship,
while
the
school
system
teaches
us
about
health
and
wellness,
I
learned
a
very
valuable
lesson
as
a
parent
leader
on
ways
of
having
a
healthy
relationship
now
only
romantically,
but
with
friends
and
family.
Thank.
B
W
W
Reading
documents
bike
is
leading
the
healthy
Youth
Coalition,
which
is
the
coalition,
is
trying
to
pass
the
healthy
youth,
Act
statewide,
so
VP,
the
Boston,
Public,
Schools
and
Boston
has
done
an
amazing
job
to
bring
this
to
the
schools,
but
that
is
not
the
reality
statewide.
So
if
you're,
not
part
of
Boston
Public
School
I
encourage
you
to
reach
out,
because
what
our
children
are
getting
outside
possibility
school
is
it's
none
of
that.
W
It's
almost
November
and
I
have
asked
for
the
curriculum
three
times
in
my
school,
and
they
won't
give
it
to
me
so
anyways.
My
name
is
Kathy
Santiago
and
I
am
here
as
a
representative
of
the
Boston
area,
rape
crisis
center
I
am
their
advocacy
and
legislative
affairs
manager
and
I
wanted.
To
give
you
a
testimony
on
when
it
comes
with
regards
to
sexual
violence,
many
of
you
know
that
bike
has
been
providing
brake
crisis
centers
services
in
Boston
area
for
the
last
46
years.
W
Not
only
are
we
the
only
brave
person
Center
in
Boston,
but
we're
also
their
largest
in
Massachusetts.
Our
mission
is
to
end
sexual
violence
through
healing
in
social
change
parks,
medical
advocacy
programs
who
support
it.
Support
survivors
in
1900
in
the
room
in
during
the
17
sites
in
nine
hospitals
in
Boston
during
2018,
we
supported
more
than
four
hundred
and
ten
survivors
at
the
emergency
room
who
had
an
evidence
collection
kit
perform.
There
is
more
than
one
a
day
during
the
same
timeframe,
our
legal
advocacy
program
held
over
1,300
session
supporting
survivors.
W
Additionally,
our
at
the
multidisciplinary
statewide
access
to
forensic
information
program,
which
is
one
of
a
kind,
has
provided
critical
forensic
information
to
survivors
over
the
last
15
years
as
a
rape
crisis
center.
That
supports
the
most
survivors
in
the
emergency
room
and
has
the
most
comprehensive
live
legal
advocacy
program.
We
fully
understand
the
prevalence
of
sexual
violence
and
the
importance
of
trauma-informed
investigations
and
prosecutions
to
best
support
survivors.
We
believe
that
the
criminal
legal
system
is
not
currently
working
for
survivors
of
sexual
violence.
W
Statistics
show
that
sexual
violence
and
rape
are
the
most
underreported
and
under
prosecuted
violent
crimes.
National
statistics
show
that
under
six
percent
of
rapes
and
in
an
arrest
in
point
six
percent
and
incarceration
point
six
percent
as
a
rape
crisis
center.
We
also
understand
that
prosecution
is
not
the
answer
for
all
sexual
assaults.
It
is
first,
it
is
for
something
not
off.
That's
it.
Focusing
on
prevention
is
critical.
Moving
forward.
W
Prevention
should
not
outlook
should
not
outline
what
survivors
can
or
should
do,
picture
zero
in
unprepared
on
the
perpetrators
behavior
and
holding
them
accountable,
as
well
as
shifting
community
norms.
Provision
efforts
should
start
at
an
early
age
when
teaching
children
about
healthy
relationships
and
consent.
W
We
should
give
youth
the
tools
to
speak
up
and
become
active
bystanders.
We
should
provide
survivors
services
and
hold
perpetrator,
Ville
perpetrators
accountable
for
their
crimes
in
order
to
best
prevent
sexual
violence.
We
need
to
believe
and
validate
survivors
and
change
the
culture
that
enables
sexual
violence
to
happen.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
time
and
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing.
Thank
you.
B
B
X
Course,
thank
you.
My
name
is
JP
Delgado
Cal
dumbest
I
am
the
community
engagement
associate
at
the
network
Laurette
the
network.
Loretta
is
a
30
year
old
survivor
led
Boston
based
organization
working
statewide
to
end
domestic
violence
within
LGBTQ,
polyamorous
and
s/m
communities
through
services
and
community
education.
In
our
work
we
see
many
survivors
from
our
communities
unable
to
establish
stable
housing
for
years.
X
Many
times
providers
and
police
are
unable
to
identify
who
is
being
abusive
and
who
is
a
survivor
within
LGBTQ,
polyamorous
and
s/m
relationships
where
abuse
is
happening.
Many
survivors
are
forced
to
choose
between
safety
and
being
many
survivors
are
forced
to
choose
between
safety
and
being
out
about
who
they
are
and
what
they
have
experienced.
In
2018,
the
network
Laurette
received
39
requests
from
survivors
looking
for
a
shelter
or
for
housing
yeah.
We
were
only
able
to
house
13
people
in
our
transitional
living
program.
X
Considering
the
painful
history
that
LGBTQ
communities
have
with
police,
LGBTQ
survivors
are
less
likely
to
reach
out
to
law
enforcement.
The
recent
mishandling
of
the
straight
Pride
Parade
quote
by
the
city
of
Boston
and
Boston
Police,
the
mistreatment
of
counter
protesters
and
the
violence
towards
homeless
folks
by
Boston
Police
during
Operation
Clean
Sweep,
show
patterns
in
police
action
that
validate
the
deep
mistrust
from
LGBTQ
survivors
and
homeless,
communities
towards
law
enforcement
patterns
of
by
Potter's
of
police
violence
and
brutality
against
black
and
brown
people.
X
C
Thank
You
council,
president
and
I
want
to
thank
you
to
thank
the
piano
us
for
being
here
for
those
that
testified.
The
sharing
your
stories,
you
have
recommendations
on
how
we
can
work
together
on
this
critical
issue.
I
especially
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Margo
and
the
team
at
Northeastern
University
domestic
violence
program
for
educating
myself
and
in
the
council
president
on
on
this
important
issue,
and
we
we
hope
that
we
were
able
to
continue
working
with
you
Margo
and
in
with
Northeastern
University
I.
C
Is
they
served
ten
years
as
a
probation
officer
at
Suffolk,
Superior
Court
prior
to
this
and
worked
on
this
issue
on
domestic
violence
issues
and
worked
closely
with
the
District
Attorney's
Office,
but
immigrants
coming
forward?
You
know
there
was
really
no
system
in
place
for
them,
especially
for
the
woman
survivor.
C
There
was
always
a
difficulty
language
issues.
There
was
difficulty
with
housing
issues,
and
so
what
would
happen
most
of
the
time
is
the
the
case
would
not
go
forward
because
of
weather.
It's
a
cultural
issue,
a
language
issue,
financial
issue,
so
I
wanted
to
at
least
focus
on
that
issue
on
the
Boston
City
Council
is.
How
is
how
can
we
make
sure
that
our
immigrant
voice
is
heard
in
the
city
and
I?
C
One
of
the
major
priorities
of
the
Boston
City
Council
is
advocating
for
programs
during
the
budget
process
and
that's
something
I'm
going
to
work
hard
on.
I
know
the
City
Council
president
will
do
the
same,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
have
voice
is
heard,
especially
during
the
budget
process
as
well,
and
we
could
hopefully
advocate
for
you
to
make
sure
that
there
are
programs
available
to
to
survivors,
but
also,
maybe
even
connecting
that
into
working
closely
with
the
boston
public
school
system.
As
these
young
students
mentioned
earlier.
C
You
know
educating
especially
our
young
boys,
in
giving
them
an
opportunity
to
learn
about
a
good
relationship
so
that
when
they
grow
up,
they
can
be
a
productive
father.
They
can
be
a
productive
member
of
society
as
well.
So
again,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
everybody
for
being
here
tonight
and
I
learned,
I
learned
a
lot
and
it's
it's
something
myself
and
the
council
president
will
continue
to
work
on.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
You
councillor
Flynn
for
the
partnership
and,
frankly,
I
think
it's
a
powerful
statement
that
we
sit
here
and
I'll
be
very
I,
don't
speak
in
code
as
a
white
man
and
a
black
woman
partnering
on
these
issues.
I
think
it
is
critical.
I
think
it
is
important
and
we
recognize
the
statement
is
very
powerful
and
so
we'll
continue
to
partner
on
these
issues.
B
I
want
to
thank
Margo
northeastern
for
hosting
us.
I
know
we
have
to
get
out
of
here,
but
to
open
up
your
space
was
really
critical.
One
of
the
things
that
was
important
to
us
was
getting
and
moving
the
conversation
out
of
City
Hall,
getting
outside
of
the
confines
of
where
we
traditionally
like
to
stay
and
where
were
comfortable
and
trying
to
make
it
a
little
bit
more
convenient
for
folks
to
show
up
to
participate,
even
take
the
tea
to
walk
here
whatever.
B
So
thank
you
for
providing
the
space
will
continue
to
move
outside
and
what
we
mean
by
that
is
to
bring
in
those
folks
who
think
this
issue
isn't
about
them,
and
that
is
very
important.
We
heard
that
loud
and
clear.
I
also
want
to
think
all
of
the
providers
who
testified
we
understand
this
is
not
easy
work.
It
is
complicated
whether
it
is
Boston
Police
Department,
our
Health
Commission
District,
Attorney,
Rollins
Ian
and
her
incredible
team
all
of
the
community-based
providers.
B
It's
easy
to
point
fingers
when
things
go
wrong,
but
we're
not
there
on
the
ground
every
single
day,
taking
the
calls
having
to
file
the
report.
So
thank
you
for
what
you
do
every
day
and
thank
you
for
being
very
candid
and
honest
about
how
you
can
do
better
how
we
can
do
better,
really
appreciated
that
as
well.
B
I
also
want
to
thank,
of
course,
the
organizations
that
weren't
testifying
today,
but
we're
still
in
the
room
Jane
Doe
was
here,
are
hearing
order,
sites,
data
points
from
that
incredible
organization,
and
we
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
could
have
had
frankly
a
long
list
of
providers.
There
are
folks
on
the
ground
doing
work
in
my
district
working
with
a
Haitian
community
working
with
the
cave,
Verdean
community,
Portuguese
community
Latino
community
community
Asian
community
a
lot
of
incredible
work
happening
on
the
ground.
B
We
want
to
also
acknowledge
those
folks
who,
although
they
didn't
testify,
are
still
just
as
important
as
the
providers
that
testified
today.
We
also
want,
of
course,
think
our
survivors
not
only
for
coming
and
testifying,
but
for
staying
for
sticking
around
for
listening.
It
could
have
been
very
painful
for
you
to
hear
some
of
the
things
coming
out
of
the
providers
and
wanting
to
chime
in,
but
you
stayed
to
listen
and
be
a
part
of
the
conversation.
So
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
being
here
and
for
your
courage
and.
B
Know
that
it
is
an
inspiration
for
both
of
us
to
continue
the
work,
the
uncomfortable
conversations
about
all
three
categories
that
are
very
rich
in
complex.
You
provide
inspiration
to
us
by
just
being
here,
and
it
was
above
and
beyond
to
hear
from
you
in
terms
of
your
experience,
but
particularly
how
you
define
justice.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
get
to
that
definition
in
your
definition
of
what
justice
means,
but
it's
powerful
to
have
a
working
definition
that
is
coming
from
you
guys
versus
from
us.
B
So
thank
you
again,
and
this
was
an
opportunity
also
for
us
to
make
sure
that
we
did
more
listening
and
less
speaking
to
ensure
that
those
who
come
forward
and
are
dealing
with
this
every
single
day
that
they
are
not
invisible.
We
heard
that
quite
a
bit,
no
one
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
this
country
frankly
or
the
world,
but
really
in
the
city
of
Boston,
should
ever
feel
invisible,
and
that
was
really
devastating
to
hear
and
shocking
to
hear.
B
But
then,
at
the
same
time,
it
sort
of
added
a
little
bit
of
gave
me
a
little
umph,
I
guess
to
say
we
have
much
more
work
to
do,
particularly
from
the
government
space
to
ensure
that
folks
don't
feel
invisible
folks
who
are
neighbors
folks
who
live
in
our
community.
So
thank
you
to
those
folks
who
offered
public
testimony
who
named
that,
but
then
gave
us
an
opportunity
to
come
forth
with
solutions
so
that
they
don't
feel
invisible.
B
And,
lastly,
in
terms
of
where
do
we
go
from
here,
we
heard
loud
and
clear
that
we
want
this
to
be
a
dialogue.
We
do
too
because
of
the
formal
hearing
nature
of
our
hearings.
We
had
to
start
like
this,
not
frankly
ideal
for
us.
We
had
to
record
it
like
this.
We
had
to
set
it
up
like
this.
All
of
that,
so
we
chose
this
opportunity
just
to
gather
as
much
information
as
possible.
We
have
to
go
back
and
review
this
look
at
it.
B
Everyone
is
doing
incredible
work
in
their
own
right.
How
do
we
sort
of
synthesize
all
of
that
and
put
forth
thoughts
and
ideas
around
where
the
conversation
goes
from
here?
There
will
be
subsequent
conversations
that
will
not
be
set
up
like
this.
We
had
to
start
this
way,
but
the
next
time
we
can
actually
do
it
in
a
more
creative,
innovative
way.
That
involves
a
roundtable
and
actual
discussion
on
now
that
we
know
this
information.
Where
do
we
go
from
here?
How
do
we
stop
working
in
silos?
How
do
we
work
in
partnership
in
collaboration?
B
How
do
we
hold
each
other
accountable,
and
how
do
we
absolutely
always
have
survivors
at
the
center
of
every
conversation
that
we
coast,
if
we
learned
anything
going
forward,
every
conversation
should
include
survivors
at
the
table
and,
frankly,
to
agencies
and
state
agencies,
community-based
organizations
if
we
are
having
or
contemplating
what
we
are
doing
and
policies
or
regulations.
We
already
know
that,
based
on
public
testimony
and
those
who
agreed
to
camp
come
forward,
they're
willing
participants
to
be
at
the
table,
even
informally,
without
paying
them.
B
That's
a
beautiful
thing,
so
we
will
make
sure
that
every
conversation
we
have
going
forward
includes
survivors
at
the
table
as
we
contemplate
what
we
should
be
doing,
and
so
we
will
be
in
touch
with
the
folks
who
are
here.
We
hope
that
you
signed
up
so
that
we
can
stay
engaged
with
you
and
we
hope
you
did
so
legibly.
We
also
hope
that
you
will
stay
engaged
with
us.
B
We
will
be
following
up
what's
a
few
folks
in
the
room
who
shared
some
thoughts
that
may
guide
how
we
design
what
next
steps
could
be,
and
that
in
course
includes
the
survivors
and
we
will
start
with
you,
so
we
hope
you'll
remain
available
to
us,
and
so
we
will
be
in
touch
in
terms
of
next
conversations.
I'm
expected
to
have
my
second
child
at
the
end
of
this
year,
I'm
saying
this
probably
the
end
of
this
year,
early
January.
B
So
if
I'm
am
ia
for
a
little
bit,
that
is
why
it
does
not
mean
if
this
important
this
conversation
is
not
important
or
that
the
sense
of
urgency
that
we
have
established,
particularly
in
this
conversation,
that
it
doesn't
exist
anymore.
It
does
so
I'm
just
putting
that
out
there
and
I
end
by
saying
you
know
this
is
heavy
stuff
and
I.
B
Don't
know
about
many
folks
in
the
room,
but
it
triggered
a
lot
for
me
personally
for
me
professionally
for
me
and
thinking
about
my
family
for
me
thinking
about
experience
with
some
of
these
issues,
and
so,
let's
make
sure
that
we're
taking
care
of
ourselves.
What
does
it
mean
for,
and
this
I
guess
goes
to
providers
too,
as
we
are
tasked
with
doing
their
work,
as
my
uncle
often
likes
to
tell
us
it's
okay,
not
to
be
okay
and
to
name
that
and
to
feel
emotions
and
to
express
them.
B
So
if
you
have
tears
cry,
you
know
if
you
feel
vulnerable
and,
however,
that
be
that,
but
to
hide
our
emotions.
To
show
up
in
authentically
is
a
total
mistake.
We
are
all
human
beings
and
if
you
were
not
triggered
today,
well
I'm
gonna
check
on
you
and
make
sure
you're
not
a
robot
and
so
make
sure
you're
taking
care
of
yourselves
and
again.
B
If
we
can
be
a
resource
with
respect,
other
providers
in
the
room
can
be
a
resource
with
respect
to
folks
who
felt
trigger
we're
here,
use
us
and
thank
you
last,
but
definitely
not
least,
to
my
team
to
councillor
Flynn's
team
to
make
this
happen.
It
does
not
happen
by
accident.
There
were
a
lot
of
emails
exchanged
with
people
and
to
essential
staff.
Thank
you
guys
for
setup.
The
mics
Kerry
who's
taping
this
for
the
public
to
watch
Candice,
Thank,
You
Shane,
thank
you
and
to
our
incredible
staff.
We
appreciate
you
guys.