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Public Health, Homelessness & Recovery Hearing - Docket #0882, youth & young adult homelessness specific to LGBTQ+ youth
A
A
B
Good
morning,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Erin
Murphy
city
council
at
large
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council,
Committee
on
Public
Health
homelessness
and
Recovery.
I
am
joined
by
my
colleagues,
councilor
Ruthie
luigienne
at
large
council
president
Ed
Flynn
and
Council
Alara.
This
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov,
City,
Dash,
Council,
Dash,
TV
and
broadcasted
on
Xfinity
channel
8
RCN
channel
82
FiOS
channel
964..
We
will
be
taking
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
B
If
you
are
interested
in
testifying
here
with
us
in
the
chamber,
please
sign
up
on
the
sheet
near
the
door.
If
you
are
interested
in
testifying
virtually
please
email,
the
central
staff
liaison
Megan
Kavanaugh
for
the
link
at
m-e-g-h-a-n
dot,
Kavanaugh
k-a-v-a-n-a-g-h
at
boston.gov
written
testimony.
Comments
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
at
ccc.health
boston.gov
and
will
be
made
a
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors.
B
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
kenter
Lara
and
Council
Liz
Braden
and
was
referred
to
the
committee
on
July,
13,
2022.,
so
welcome
and
we
will
be
taking
the
advocate
panelists
first.
So
thank
you
for
being
here.
I
will
before
I
give
my
opening
statements.
I
am
going
to
read
a
statement
from
chastity
bullwick
who
sent
us
an
email
saying
good
morning,
all
after
Saturday's
horrific
event
in
Colorado
Springs,
we
have
had
two
staff
members
quit
due
to
the
fare
of
their
safety.
B
I
will
be
working
at
our
transitional
home
this
morning
and
will
be
unable
to
attend
the
hearing.
Please
keep
in
mind
the
following:
more
resources
are
needed
to
combat
housing
and
safety
for
Trans
and
lgbtq
Youth
and
Young
adults.
There
are
not
enough
programs
and
the
ones
that
do
exist
like
the
transgender
emergency
fund
is
severely
underfunded.
B
Transitional
homes,
work
and
more
funding
should
be
established
to
fund
these
programs.
Traditional
shelters,
don't
work
most
have
and
do
discriminate
against
the
trans
and
lgbtq
communities,
and
they
do
not
provide
tools
for
people
to
become
and
remain
sustainable
number
two.
We
are
tired
of
hearing.
B
There
are
no
housing
funds,
yet
when
migrants
appear,
the
money
magically
appears
number
three
too
many
buildings
going
up
in
Boston
that
low-income
people
can't
afford,
or
there
are
only
a
small
percent
of
units
that
are
low
income
and
lastly,
with
the
rent
increased
in
Boston,
but
not
the
minimum
wage.
How
do
how
does
the
city
expect
one
to
survive,
especially
an
already
marginalized
Community?
Thank
you
for
understanding.
I
did
want
to
read
her
comments
into
the
record.
B
I
know
many
of
you
probably
will
be
talking
and
lifting
up
a
lot
of
those
same
issues
and
we
have
been
joined
by
councilor
Mejia
at
Large.
So,
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
This
is
an
important
um
hearing
to
have
youth
homelessness
is
a
serious
problem
in
the
United
States
and
as
the
council
chair
on
homelessness
and
also
the
chair
of
the
newly
formed
special
commission
to
end
family
homelessness,
I
do
not
take
this
problem
lightly.
B
So
we
have
to
also
remember
that
several
factors
can
contribute
to
youth
homelessness,
including
family
conflict,
abuse
and
neglect,
Financial
instability
and
mental
health
issues.
As
a
result,
homeless,
youth
are
at
increased
risk
for
many
adverse
outcomes,
including
mental
and
physical
health
problems,
substance
abuse
and
oftentimes
Unfortunately.
They
are
involved
in
the
Juvenile
Justice
System.
B
Our
lgbtq
plus
youth
are
disproportionately
represented
among
the
homeless
population
and
often
face
unique
challenges.
When
trying
to
access,
shelter
and
other
services,
they
may
be
more
likely
to
experience
rejection
from
family
members
and
face
discrimination
and
violence
from
their
peers.
Additionally,
they
may
have
difficulty
finding
safe
and
affirming
shelters.
It
may
be
at
greater
risk
for
exploitation
and
abuse
after
Saturday's
horrific
event
in
Colorado
Springs.
It
is
clear
that
the
lgbtq
plus
Community
has
undergone
so
much
bigotry
and
hatred
that
it
affects
almost
every
part
of
their
lives.
B
Unfortunately,
the
violence
against
lgbtq
individuals
Nationwide
directly
feeds
into
the
growing
fair
and
hate
that
we
continue
to
see
plague
this
country.
It
truly
breaks
my
heart
to
see
such
a
community
under
attack
so
before
I
hand
it
over
to
the
lead.
Sponsor.
I
would
like
to
just
take
a
moment
of
silence
for
the
five
victims
of
the
attack
on
Club
Q
in
Colorado,
Springs
Colorado.
C
Where
we
have
people
in
a
creative
prompt,
write
us
letters
from
the
future
that
tell
us
what
the
future
would
look
like
for
their
communities.
If
we've
solved
some
of
today's
most
pressing
issues,
and
so
in
June,
our
office
decided
to
undergo
another
letters
from
the
future
campaign.
And
this
time
it
was
called
letters
from
the
future
Beyond
Pride
toward
policy,
because
we
wanted
to
do
more
than
just
celebrate
um
the
queer
and
trans
community
in
the
city
of
Boston.
C
But
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
making
the
systemic
changes
necessary
to
make
sure
that
you
could
live
healthy,
thriving
lives
and
that
those
Investments
were
being
made
by
the
city
council
and
the
mayor's
office.
So
in
our
letters
from
the
future
Beyond
Pride
um
survey,
as
you
can
imagine,
we
got
a
beautiful,
beautiful
tapestry
of
stories
that
came
from
queer
folks
from
all
across
the
city,
and
there
were
six
clear
issues
that
were
identified
by
people
in
the
city
of
Boston.
C
C
The
third
was
supporting
lgbtq
Youth
and
Boston
Public
Schools
protected
spaces
for
community
and
culture
building
for
queer
people
in
the
city
of
Boston,
increasing
access
to
addiction
and
mental
health
services
for
the
lgbtq
community
and
violence
and
prevention
of
discrimination,
and
so
those
were
the
six
issues
that
were
the
most
Salient
for
the
people
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
My
office's
intention
is
to
have
a
hearing
on
all
six
of
those
issues.
We've
already
filed
three
of
those
hearing
orders
and
to
release
a
report
in
coming
June.
C
That
would
ultimately
make
recommendations
to
not
only
my
colleagues
on
the
city
council,
but
to
the
city
of
Boston,
about
what
you
want
to
see
and
what
you
need
in
the
city,
and
so
I'm
really
excited
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
our
first
hearing,
which
is
lgbtq
housing.
Initially,
when
we
filed
this
here,
we
wanted
to
talk
about
Youth
and
Young
Adult
homelessness.
C
But
after
having
conversations
with
so
many
members
of
the
community,
it
became
very
clear
that
we
needed
to
expand
and
really
explore
what
access
to
housing
looks
like
for
all
different
members
of
the
queer
community,
and
so
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
Youth
and
Young
Adult
homelessness.
But
we're
also
going
to
be
talking
about
re-entry
housing.
C
There
are
a
lot
of
creative
transformative
models
that
you
have
created
as,
as
we
know,
when
there's
a
necessity
are
people
there's
a
a
sentence
that
I
say
often
is
that
when,
when
our
people
can't
breathe,
we
build
a
new
set
of
lungs,
and
you
have
done
exactly
that,
and
so
I'm
really
excited
to
hear
from
you.
What
you've
done
uh
and
I
will
yield
my
time
to
my
Council
colleagues
for
their
opening
statements
and
I
look
forward
to
your
presentations.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
D
Thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
the
the
important
work
you're
doing
on
this
as
well.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
and
to
the
to
the
mayor's
team.
That's
here,
including
Quincy
Roberts,
who
I've
worked
closely
with
one
of
want
to
thank
them
for
the
important
work
that
they're
doing
on
this
important
civil
rights.
Civil
rights
issue.
E
E
When
they've
been
closed
on
you
and
so
I
I'm
excited
for
the
work
that
you
do
and
for
the
work
that
we've
done
together
and
we'll
continue
to
do
and
I'm
just
so
glad
that
you
are
a
voice
here
in
the
city
to
really
advocate
for
folks
who,
um
where
they
just
too
often
have
doors,
shut
on
them
and
so
I.
Thank
you
for
being
here
um
and
also
you
know,
Morgan
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
with
black
and
pink
I'm.
E
um
That's
how
it
started
with
you
know,
attending
events
and
hearing
Chastity
speak
about
the
needs
of
the
trans
emergency
fund
and
the
and
the
housing
that
the
house
that
she's
at
right
now
in
Dorchester
that
really
demands
uh
City
support
and
City
dollars,
and
so
during
arpa,
working
with
Quincy
Roberts
um
and
working
with
the
housing
department
really
working
to
get
a
commitment.
We
try
to
get
that
support
for
that
housing,
uh
a
900
000
via
the
arpa
process,
um
and
we
were
we.
E
If
we're
not
doing
the
work
to
fund
that
our
dollars
need
to
go
to
support
vulnerable
honorable
folks,
who
have
been
too
often
been
historically
excluded,
lgbtq
folk,
black
and
brown
folk,
um
disabled
folks,
and
so
I'm
really
excited
for
this
hearing
to
learn
to
continue
to
learn
from
all
of
you
and
to
and
hear
about
where
we
need
to
put
our
dollars
on
our
resources
and
how
we
can
show
up
better
for
you
every
day
as
a
city.
So
thank
you
for
holding
us
accountable
and
I
look
forward
to
this
partnership.
Thank
you.
F
And
so,
if
we
remain
grounded
in
that
right,
there's
nothing
that
we
can't
accomplish.
And
so
I
really
do.
Think
that
this
moment
is
about
seizing
it
and
being
as
aggressive
as
we
need
to
be.
And
loud
and
bold,
this
is
not
the
time
for
us
to
shrink
away
from
these
issues.
It's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
stand
up
and
really
show
up
for
folks
right,
and
so
that's
what
I've
I'm
here
to
do.
B
G
G
G
Councilman
Murphy
mentioned
chronic
homelessness,
and
what
we
see
with
a
lot
of
young
people
experiencing
homelessness
is
that
they
might
be
able
to
get
a
job
for
a
few
weeks,
but
without
the
support
and
stability
they
need
to
maintain
that
job.
They
never
get
the
financial
security
that
they
need
to
maintain
housing
and
it
sort
of
creates
this
cycle
of
housing
and
security,
leading
to
job
and
security,
leading
to
financial
insecurity,
leading
back
to
housing
and
security.
G
That
can
create
a
setup
for
long-term,
chronic
homelessness,
and
so
what
we
do
at
break
time
is
that
we
work
to
break
that
cycle
by
investing
in
a
Young
Person's
pathway
into
the
workforce
in
their
Foundation
of
Financial
Security.
We
recruit
from
other
nonprofits
in
the
city
like
Bridge
Over,
Troubled
Waters,
who
are
doing
incredible
work
to
support
young
people.
Each
of
our
young
people
goes
through
a
three-part
program.
It
starts
with
three
weeks
of
Workforce
Readiness
training
and
financial
literacy
uh
that
happens
at
our
office,
which
is
right
over
at
170
Portland
Street.
G
Just
an
eight
minute
walk
from
here.
uh
After
those
three
weeks
of
training,
all
of
our
Associates
or
our
young
people
are
sent
out
for
three-month
job
placements
in
the
community.
So
what's
really
cool
about
our
model
is
based
on
what
a
Young
Person's
interested
in
doing.
We
can
create
a
job
placement
that
aligns
with
their
long-term
career
interests.
So
we
have
young
people
who
are
working
at
in
Tech
at
small
businesses.
We
have
young
people
working
at
restaurants.
G
We
have
young
people
at
Frugal,
bookstores,
Community,
servings,
all
over
the
city,
places
where
they
feel
like
they're,
getting
a
job
opportunity
that
aligns
with
their
interests
break
time,
pays
our
Associates
18
an
hour.
During
that
time
we
match
any
savings
they
put
aside
and
we
also
are
continuing
to
support
them
with
pathway
coaching
as
they're
exploring
housing.
G
Most
of
our
young
people
during
this
time
are
in
some
sort
of
transitional
housing
that
they're
actually
going
to
lose
if
they
don't
get
employed,
and
so
that's
why
we're
actually
employing
the
these
young
people
ourselves
onto
our
payroll
and
having
the
businesses
and
nonprofits.
We
work
with
pay
for
half
that
cost
so
that
it's
really
a
shared
investment
across
our
community
in
making
sure
that
these
young
people
have
a
pathway
into
the
workforce.
Finally,
after
the
job
placement,
we
support
young
people
for
three
years
at
break
time.
G
We
continue
to
pay
them
a
hundred
dollars
a
month
for
a
year
after
they
graduate
and
then
a
hundred
dollars
a
quarter
for
the
following
two
years:
totaling
two
thousand
dollars
in
financial
support.
We
continue
to
provide
pathway,
coaching
monthly,
check-ins
and
really
work
to
ensure
our
young
people
have
a
pathway
to
job
Security,
Financial,
Security
and
ultimately
housing
security
in
terms
of
our
impact.
G
So
far,
we
employed
150
young
people
so
far
this
year,
83
of
our
alumni
are
working
and
are
in
school
compared
to
12
prior
to
the
program
they're,
seeing
wages
that
are
33
percent
higher
savings
that
are
a
thousand
dollars
higher
and
a
74
Point
increase
in
her
in
credit
scores.
So
our
work
is
quickly
having
a
tangible
impact
on
the
economic
reality
of
these
young
people's
lives.
G
The
long-term
alumni
work
a
lot
of
city
funding
sources
are
focused
on
supporting
the
job
placement
or
the
job
training,
but
that
long-term
support,
unfortunately,
under
current
grants,
we're
not
able
to
get
funding
for
so
it's
a
great
way
to
Pilot
and
expand
that
work,
which
will
also
inform
how
other
programs
work
with
their
alumni
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
use
arpa
funds
in
that
in
that
really
creative
way
to
Pilot
that
and
find
ways
to
scale
it
longer
term.
We're
also
asking
the
city
to
explore
a
a
temporary
alternative,
shelter
fund.
G
G
So
we're
seeking
funding
to
support
that
work
through
both
the
office
of
housing,
the
office
of
lgbtq
plus
advancement
and,
finally,
we're
continuing
to
Advocate
that
the
city,
through
the
Department
of
Youth
Employment
and
engagement,
bring
their
success,
link
job
programming
to
be
year-round
and
really
invest
more
money
per
young
person
in
making
sure
that
we're
supporting
young
people
all
throughout
the
year,
not
just
during
the
summer
months.
The
city
was
able
to
appropriate
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
that
last
fiscal
year,
but
none
of
it
was
spent.
G
So
we
really
want
to
make
sure
and
hold
the
city
accountable
to
ensuring
that
we're
supporting
young
people
all
throughout
the
year
with
those
success
linked
dollars
and
really
figure
out
how
we
can
make
sure
that
that
happens
and
that's
implemented
I'm
over
time.
So
I'm,
gonna,
I'm
gonna
finish
there,
but
look
forward
to
answering
any
questions.
Folks
have.
H
H
um
We
had
to
Advocate,
threaten
and
and
more
to
get
that
person
and
to
uh
the
sober
home
uh
once
they
were
housed
in
a
sober
home.
uh
A
lot
of
what
what
they
experienced
were
the
other
women
in
the
home
felt
uncomfortable.
So
these
are
some
of
uh
the
experiences
that
LBGTQ
trans
women
experience
while
trying
to
be
housed.
H
um
40
of
the
homeless,
you've
served
by
agencies
um
are
our
drop-off
centers,
um
30
percent
of
streets,
Outreach
clients.
Twenty
percent
of
Justice
involve
individuals,
um
age
out
of
foster
care.
What
that
means
is
the
youth
that
are
in
foster
care,
end
up
aging
out
and
30
of
them
end
up
in
incarceration
due
to
homelessness.
H
Discrimination
based
on
based
on
criminal
history,
uses
a
back
door
for
discrimination
for
lgbtq
people,
so
landlords
discriminate
they
use
their
Quarry
as
an
excuse,
because
they're
lgbtq
to
put
in
layman's
terms
there
are
also
represented
by
the
sex
offender
registry.
There
are
numerous
sex
workers
that
are
labeled
as
sex
offenders,
which
should
not
be,
and
that
is
another
barrier
that
we
Face
housing
individuals.
H
um
I
just
want
to
uh
to
talk
about
a
little
bit
about
the
legislation
that
we
are
we
filed.
H4071
is
legislation
that
we
filed
to
provide
subsidy
vouchers
for
individuals
returning
home
from
incarceration.
This
bill
will
serve
as
a
solution
to
some
of
the
problems
that
LBGTQ
individuals
are
facing.
Also,
the
policies
we
uh
created
working
with
a
counselor
with
z,
uh
Senator,
Miranda
and
rep
El
Dorado
have
been
effective,
reversing
discriminatory
housing
policies.
H
I
I
Sorry-
um
and
you
know
all
these
kind
of
areas-
kind
of
overlapping,
for
example,
black
trans
women
are
10
times
more
likely
to
be
incarcerated
than
the
general
public.
So
again,
we're
just
kind
of
seeing
this,
this
kind
of
stacking
of
all
of
our
most
vulnerable
communities,
so
addressing
housing
discrimination
specifically
by
addressing
um
you
know,
discrimination
based
on
criminal
records
is
really
critical
to
making
sure
that
our
most
vulnerable
are
getting
housed,
but
also
we
need
more
opportunities,
for
you
know
safe
and
secure
shelter
for
folks,
while
they're
waiting
for
housing.
I
The
wait
lists
right
now
are
you
know
up
to
10
years
for
many
folks
and
there's
a
lot
of
real
fear
going
to
shelters.
As
Leslie
said,
we've
had
clients
who
have
been
denied
access
to
shelter,
we've
had
clients,
who've
refused
to
go
because
they're
scared
of
being
assaulted
or
mistreated,
um
and
uh
you
know
when
you
come
home
from
incarceration.
I
But
really
briefly,
um
you
know
there
is
particularly
unique
challenges
of
um
you,
know:
sexual
violence
of
separation,
of
for
solitary
confinement
for
quote
protection
and,
if
you're
coming
to
a
congregate
or
she
Street
living
situation,
there's
just
no
way
to
adequately
heal.
So
you
know
we
need
opportunities
for
specific
housing
for
those
who
are
re-entering.
That
also
is
trauma,
informed
and
understands
the
specific
needs
of
lgbtq
folks
in
order
to
ensure
positive
outcomes.
Thank
you.
J
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much
to
the
rest
of
the
panel.
It
was
exciting
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
your
work
and
just
a
lot
of
the
overlapping
issues
so
yeah.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
counselors,
especially
counselor
Laura,
for
creating
the
opportunity
to
discuss
this
issue
today.
My
name
is
Morgan
Benson
I'm,
not
Michael
Cox.
Unfortunately,
Michael
is
sick
and
so
I'm
going
to
be
doing
my
impression
of
what
he
would
have
shared
so
black
and
pink
it
was
has
been
around
in
some
form.
J
To
two
years
we
started
doing
more
re-entry
and
policy
work,
and
so
the
re-entry
work
is
what
I'll
be
talking
a
little
bit
about
today.
So
we
do
bail,
support
court
support.
We
have
a
housing
program
where
we
would
provide
up
to
a
thousand
dollars
for
folks
upon
re-entry
just
to
put
them
up,
usually
for
about
a
month
in
a
sober
house
or
another
transitional
facility,
and
so
I'll
just
speak
to
just
the
demand
that
we
get
from
our
members
for
that
support.
J
So
we
did
an
inside
survey
of
our
members
in
2020
and
more
than
half
said
that
they
would
either
be
homeless
or
were
unsure
of
their
housing
plans
upon
release
from
incarceration.
So
this
is
all
of
our
lgbtq
members
and
those
living
with
HIV
who
are
currently
incarcerated
across
Massachusetts.
Only
one
member
said
that
they
plan
to
have
their
own
apartment.
J
um
We
also
I
should
mention
we
opened
a
house,
so
this
is
a
little
um
impromptu
sorry,
but
um
the
other
main
component
of
the
work
that
we
started
was
that
we
opened
a
house
for
formerly
incarcerated
trans
folks
um
and
it's
a
beautiful
space.
I
wish
Aaron,
who
there's
only
four
members
of
the
team.
Two
of
them
are
sick.
Today,
um
Aaron
runs
the
house,
it's
a
beautiful
space.
J
um
It
only
has
um
places
for
four
beds,
plus
one
emergency
bed,
and
we
haven't
publicized
it
really
at
all,
but
we've
already
gotten
15
applications
and
would
really
love
to
have
provided
those
folks
with
the
space
that
we
hope
to
create
for
everyone
who
wants
it,
but
um
we
also
receive
about
20
requests
for
our
housing
Support
Program
every
month
since
April,
and
we
have
not
been
able
to
fill
that
for
the
past
few
months
and
so
just
to
share
that
information.
To
speak
to
the
tremendous
need
that
our
members
have.
J
um
Some
of
the
solutions
that
we're
hoping
for
are
more
support
for,
um
like
Riley,
was
saying
places
that
folks
can
come
home
to
and
be
in
a
loving
Community.
um
That
is
not
the
sober
homes
and
transitional
houses
that
we
take
them
to
now.
At
best.
What
I
hear
back
is:
okay,
it's
not
too
bad
and
I
want
so
much
more
for
our
members,
so
there
need
to
be
lgbtq,
specific,
inclusive,
lead
and
beautiful
Lee
run
places.
J
We
also
because
I
I
recognize
that
that's
probably
not
a
possibility
for
everyone.
In
the
immediate
term,
I
Echo,
the
Massachusetts
Commission
on
lgbtq
youth,
lgbtq
youth
recommendation
that
that
basic
lgbtq
competency
training
is
provided
all
state,
employees
and
contractors
and
I
hope.
That's
done.
Ai
lgbtq
folks,
particularly
people
of
color
I,
think
that
that's
everything
I
mentioned
you
I
wanted
to
mention.
You
also
mentioned
the
um
the
the
recent
attack
on
the
the
folks
in
Colorado
Springs.
J
We
recently
just
had
transgender
day
of
remembrance
and
we've
had
other
instances
of
white
supremacists,
particularly
targeting
lgbtq
events
in
Boston
and
I,
just
want
to
Echo
what
I,
um
what
I
shared
with?
Also
the
lgbtq
public
safety
hearing
is
just
that
you
know
what
we
understand
from
systems
of
Oppression
is
that
it
is
the
material
conditions
that
created
the
ideologies
that
permeate
our
systems
today
and
until
there's
a
chart
that
we
can
show
that
says
this
is
how
many
more
lgbtq
folks
are
unhoused
than
than
CIS
and
and
straight
folks.
J
That's
going
to
create
the
conditions
for
this
violence
to
persist,
and
so
that's
my
goal
that
um
that
we
have
all
of
these
beautiful
places
until
those
material
conditions
and
I
understand
these
things
feed
into
each
other.
But
that's
what
I'm
asking
for
of
the
council
is
that
we
get
that
chart
leveled
out.
um
This
was
impromptu,
but
yeah
thanks.
B
B
K
K
She,
her
I'm
executive
director
of
lgbtq
senior
housing
here
in
Boston,
we're
creating
the
pride
which
is
Boston's
first
lgbtq
welcoming
affordable
senior
housing
community
and
we
are
so
happy
to
share
whatever
we
can
about
our
journey,
creating
this
first
ever
welcoming
affordable
senior
community
with
all
of
you,
as
we
address
all
of
the
issues
for
our
community,
especially
for
young
adults
and
young
people,
who
need
the
safety
and
family
that
that
we
are
creating.
We
hope
at
the
pride
in
going
forward.
So
we
know
that
there's
a
humongous
need
for
affordable
senior
housing.
K
That's
welcoming
to
the
lgbtq
community.
Our
lgbtq
elders
grew
up
in
a
time
when
there
was
no
protection
against
discrimination
when
we
were
condemned
by
all
major
institutions
in
society
when
we
lost
friends
and
lovers
and
Community
because
of
the
AIDS
pandemic.
This
is
a
these.
Are
the
people
upon
whose
shoulders
We
Stand
today,
who
have
helped
create
the
world
where
there
are
anti-discrimination
laws,
where
we
have
a
right
to
marry,
where
we
are
still
finding
and
fighting
for
living
safely
and
aging
in
place
safely
and
in
fabulous
communities?
K
We
were
able
to
to
create
the
pride
because
of
a
long
Community
investment
in
finding
community
support
finding
a
neighborhood
in
a
building
that
would
accommodate
our
housing.
We
were
able
to
put
together
a
typical,
affordable
housing
development
package
of
funding
that
included,
that
includes
state
and
federal,
affordable
housing
dollars,
historic
preservation,
money,
Community,
preservation,
act
dollars
and
private
funds.
We
can't
be
an
exclu,
inclusive
community.
The
fair
housing
laws
prevent
us
from
requiring
anyone
to
be
in
our
community
to
be
a
member
of
our
of
our
communities.
K
um
We
are
firm,
Believers
in
housing
first,
and
we
also
are
firm
Believers.
That
cities
have
a
particular
obligation
and
responsibility
in
this
area.
It's
in
cities
where
we
can
create
family
and
Community
much
more
easily
than
in
pla
other
places
around
the
country,
and
so
Boston
needs
to
take
a
leadership
role.
You
are
all
doing
that
with
this
hearing
today,
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
continue
this
work.
B
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
all
for
your
presentation.
uh
I
think.
One
thing
that
has
become
very
obvious
is
that
there's
a
need.
um
One
of
the
the
conversations
that
we're
always
having
here
on
the
council
is:
how
do
we
continue
to
bring
the
people
who
are
farthest
out
in
the
margins
to
the
center
and
for,
however,
bad
Youth
and
Young
Adult
homelessness
is
for,
however,
bad
mass
incarceration
is
for,
however,
bad
the
act.
The
an
accessible
senior
housing
is
um
you've
shared
with
us
information
and
data.
C
G
So,
even
if
you
won't
get
kicked
out
of
the
housing
because
you
lack
the
job
in
many
instances,
you'll
lose
it
because
you
can't
end
up
affording
it
once
you
start
to
have
pain,
start
to
have
to
pay
so
break
time.
We
really
see
the
issue
of
young
adult
homelessness
as
one
of
Economic
Opportunity
as
one
of
Workforce
Development,
because
all
these
amazing
housing
initiatives
we
have
will
never
be
sustained
if
we're
not
also
investing
in
that
entry
point
into
the
workforce
and
that
Foundation
of
financial
security,
yeah.
C
um
Definitely
understand,
and
it
sounds
like
your
organization-
is
doing
a
lot
of
investment
in
really
changing
the
material
conditions
for
these
young
people
to
make
it
so
that
they
can
there
they
can
be
sustained
um
throughout
when
being
placed
in
housing.
Have
you
seen
any
particular
model
of
either
transitional
housing
and
shelters?
I
know
that
you
work
with
Bridge
Over
Troubled
Waters
in
those
organizations
that
have
worked
exceptionally
well
for
lgbtq
young
people,
yeah.
G
Well,
I'll
say
a
couple
of
things
here
so
in
terms
of
emergency
shelter
because
of
the
lack
of
ability,
availability
of
transitional
housing
or
permanent,
stable
housing,
we
still
need
emergency
shelter
and
we
have
a
shortage
of
emergency
shelter
in
this
city
of
Boston
there's
only
about
60
youth,
specific
emergency
beds,
and
that
actually
is
including.
Why
to
why
which
is
technically
in
Cambridge
but
serves
Boston
youth.
G
So
it's
a
very
low
number
and
the
reason
why
it's
important
that
we
have
youth
specific
beds,
in
addition
to
just
general
emergency
shelter,
is
because
for
transgender
youth
as
an
example,
50
of
them
50
percent,
half
report,
instances
of
violence,
abuse
sexual
assault
in
congregate,
living
facilities,
either
mostly
by
other
residents,
but
sometimes
also
by
staff
and
so
for
lgbtq
plus
youth
in
particular.
The
need
for
safe
youth,
specific
shelter
is
so
important.
G
I
saw
that
one
working
at
White,
Hawaii
I
worked
there
after
it
opened
and
just
the
opening
the
open
affirming
community
that
existed.
There
was
you
know
it
inspired
me
to
come
out
as
a
young
person
and
I
wasn't
even
staying
there
and
so
I
think
it's
important
that
we
continue
to
invest
in
youth,
specific
shelter
beds,
but
in
the
absence
of
those
beds,
I
think
it's
really
important.
We
invest
in
funding
for
what,
for
what
I
call
temporary
alternative
shelter,
what
that
means
is
a
Airbnb
or
a
hotel
bed.
G
So
at
break
time
we
have
an
emergency
fund.
We
call
it
our
break
time,
Community
Fund
that
we're
launching
honestly
to
just,
if
someone's
on
a
shelter
wait
list
for
two
weeks,
just
to
pay
for
them
to
have
a
hotel
bed,
shelter.
Bed,
we
start
a
partner
with
hotels
here
in
the
city
who
was,
you
know,
offered
at
slower
rates
and
and
been
Partners
when
you
really
need
ways
for
when
there
isn't
a
long-term
solution
to
be
able
to
bridge
the
gap
and
I
think
temporary
alternative
shelter.
Funding
is
the
way
to
do
it.
G
And
so,
if
we
can
find
a
way
for
the
city
to
fund
short-term
sort
of
All
Temporary
alternative
shelter
when
there
isn't
a
youth,
specific
shelter
bed
available,
that's
how
we
get
people
into
housing
in
the
first
term
in
terms
of
those
longer
term,
housing
options,
rapid
rehousing
and
transitional
housing
are
both.
Awesome
definitely
should
continue
to
expand
those.
C
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
um
Leslie.
When
we
had
a
conversation,
you
talked
about
your
work,
the
work
that
you
do
at
Justice
for
housing
and
you
have
an
incredible
success
rate.
Can
you
walk
me,
beginning
to
end
in
terms
of
someone
is
coming
out
of
incarceration
the
work
that
and
they
come
to
your
organization,
what
that
looks
like
sure.
H
um
Justice
for
housing
has
an
emergency
down
payment
assistance
program
where
we
provide
that
first
down
payment
or
back
rent
payment
for
individuals
who
are
returning
to
the
community,
we
find
that
providing
uh
piggyback
end
off
off.
What
I
said
is
that
to
have
that
first
initial
um
resource
to
get
into
housing
your
first
month
or
your
first
two-month
provides
stability
so
that
you
can
find
a
trajectory
you
want
to
you
want
to
go
in
from
there.
H
H
A
H
Issue
as
far
as
housing
and
and
barriers
to
stable
housing,
I
also
want
to
highlight
that
um
we
hear
from
our
constituents
that
their
their
children
are
excelling
once
we
house
them
and
I
disagree.
I
I
think
that
you
need
stable
housing
first
before
you
can
even
focus
on
a
job
right.
uh
You
can't
you
can't
I'll
constituents
say
that
it's
impossible
for
them
to
keep
a
job
or
sustain
a
job
if
they're
homeless,
so
I
I
think
stable
housing
is
first
and
then
Employment
will
come
afterwards.
E
Thank
you,
uh
chair
and
I
also
just
want
to
thank
again
everyone
for
sharing
your
expertise
um
with
us
um
to
help
us
really
think
about
um
how
we
are
more
supportive
and
also
our
budget
cycle
is
it
all
starts
very
soon.
It
starts
um
uh
in
the
new
coming
year
and
these
conversations
will
help
inform
our
dollars
and
how
we
spend
them,
um
especially
Connor.
When
you
were
talking
about
um
success,
link
and
the
need
for
it
to
be.
E
You
know
more
supportive
for
the
program
that
you're
doing
in
year
round,
I
I,
guess
kind
of
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
more.
If
you
could
expand
on
what
those
conversations
with
the
city
have
been
like
so
far,
because
I
remember
this
being
an
issue
that
you
brought
up.
So
if
you
could
talk
about
sort
of
what
the
pain
points
are
and
and
what
we,
as
a
city
council,
can
do
in
the
budget
cycle
to
really
advocate.
G
Yeah
so,
first
and
foremost,
I
think
the
biggest
challenge
is
the
amount
of
funding
per
youth.
So,
for
the
summer
jobs,
the
amount
of
funding
is
approximately
not
exactly
but
approximately
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
which
for
us,
you
know
taking
a
young
person
through
our
whole
program,
including
the
alumni
work
costs
about
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
G
um
You
know
that's
one,
two
hundredth
of
the
cost
of
long-term
chronic
homelessness.
It's
not
even
comparable,
but
the
twenty
five
hundred
dollars.
While
it
has
an
impact,
is
you
know
only
one-fifth
of
the
total
costs,
we're
incurring
and
I.
Think.
The
challenge
is
that
the
success
link
program
having
been
designed
around
summer
job
placements,
for
for
it
being
converted
to
a
year-round
model
that
per
youth
funding
needs
to
be
increased.
We
think
it
needs
to
be
increased
to
at
least
ten
thousand
dollars
per
young
person.
G
We're
also
advocating
for
this
on
the
state
level,
with
the
broader
youth
Works
program
and
we've
got
in
the
state
that
state
program
arpa
dollars
to
support
that
so
I
think
really.
What
needs
to
happen
is
that
we
have
to
you
know,
fully
expand
success,
link
to
a
year-round
program.
We
need
to
allocate
at
least
ten
thousand
dollars
per
youth
to
year-round
job
opportunities
for
young
adults,
ages,
18
to
25.
G
um
and
I.
Think
that
the
main
challenge
with
getting
the
funding
spent
last
year
from
what
I've
heard
was
mainly
just
staffing
issues
and
just
sort
of
you
know
we're
all
City
departments,
non-profits
private
employers
alike,
all
struggling
with
Staffing
and
so
I
think
it
was
a
staffing
issue.
So
there
might
be
a
need
to
invest
dollars
in
sort
of
Staff
Administration
for
dyee
I'm,
not
sure
I.
Think
we'd
have
to
sort
of
engage
their
Department
directly
on
that.
G
But
from
our
perspective
at
break
time,
the
biggest
thing
is
just
making
sure
that
that
per
youth
funding
goes
up
so
that
we
can
actually
invest
and
wrap.
Around
supports
actually
create
opportunities
that
lift
people
out
of
homelessness
versus
sort
of
doing
it
halfway
or
a
fifth
of
the
way,
and
not
actually
making
much
of
a
difference
at
all.
E
Thank
you
Connor
and
I.
Thank
you
for
that
Insight.
That
will
be
really
informative,
as
we
think
about
the
Investments
that
we
need
to
make
um
Morgan
you
had
mentioned
I
think
you
were
citing
the
commission,
uh
lgbtq
plus
commission
um
the
need
for
there
to
be
more
training
and
sensitivity
in
whether
it's
you
shelters
or
General,
Shelters
about
the
population
specific
need
um
and
that
Ideal
World
we'd
have
shelters
where
folks
have
just
safe
spaces.
Where
you,
you
know
that
you're
gonna
be
welcomed
and
feel
comfortable,
because
it
is
an
lgbtq
plus
friendly
space.
E
Whether
it's
like
you
know,
Gretchen
was
talking
about
pride
and
how
that's
lgbtq,
plus
friendly
housing,
I'd
love
to
see
us
get
there
on,
like
the
shelter
model.
uh
Short
of
that.
What
does
that
training
actually
look
like
and
do
we
know
like
what,
at
what
rate
it's
being
used,
who's
doing
it
because
I'd
be
I'd,
be
I'd
want
to
help
advocate
for
that
to
be
expanded?
E
To
that
and
like
honestly,
every
vulnerable
group-
that's
been
historical
excluded,
probably
needs
that
sort
of
sensitivity
training
so
that
when
you
are
in
shelter,
placement
you're
not
made
to
feel
even
further
marginalized
or
downtrodden
right,
and
so
just
I'd
love
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
what
that
about
that
training.
If
you
have
any
more
info.
J
J
The
need
for
and
I
agree
just
sort
of
on
a
range
of
um
issues
that
relate
to
the
systemic
biases
that
we
have
from
what
I
hear.
It's
mainly
around
staff,
not
staff
having
been
maybe
trained
or
been
introduced
to
the
need
to
um
be
sort
of
like
a
bison
do
sort
of
bystander
intervention,
but
not
doing
that
and
I
know.
There
are
some
training
resources
that
exist
that
are
specific
to
shelters.
J
But
from
my
experience
at
black
and
pink,
what
I
know
of
that
has
happened
is
just
that
Mike
calls
a
bunch
of
places
and
tries
to
maybe
threaten
them.
Maybe
um
you
know
try
to
yeah
follow
up
as
much
as
we
can
again
also
really
short
staffed
and
don't
have
sort
of
like
a
LGBT
sensitivity,
training
department,
but
um
but
doing
that
sort
of
ad
hoc
when
something
not
great
happens,
unfortunately,
is
what
I've
seen
so
far
and
um
yeah
I
agree
something
around
just
sort
of
like
bystander
intervention.
E
Yeah
awesome
well,
I'm
glad
also
the
administration
is
here
because
I
think
this
is
an
area
where
um
they
can
really
help
lean
in
and
with
the
new
office.
um
So
I
appreciate,
I,
appreciate
that
insight
and
gives
us
something
to
think
about.
And
lastly,
Leslie
um
I
just
want
to
say
that,
like
the
way
that
you
intervene
and
really
help
to
support
folks
who
otherwise
wouldn't
be,
is
really
phenomenal,
and
so
that's
why
I've
always
been
inspired
by
the
work
that
you're
doing
it.
E
H
H
um
From
our
Pro
from
our
Hands-On
defense
program
and
in
our
shop
program,
uh
percentage
of
our
participants
have
been
released
from
probation
early
because
of
uh
the
tremendous
progress
they
have
achieved
in
our
program.
uh
88
of
them
have
engaged
in
mental
health
and
substance
abuse.
It's
four
thousand
dollars
to
house
one
individual
in
our
program
versus
167
um
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
the
doc.
H
H
So
our
goal
is
to
educate
those
those
organizations,
um
but
we
need
the
resources
right.
We
need
resources
to
facilitate
that
education.
We
need,
we
can
house
a
hundred
people
right
now
if
we
had
the
the
proper
fund
and
we
have
not
received
any
city
funding
and
and
in
our
organization
at
all.
So
if
we
could
had
resources
right
now,
we
have
40
vouchers.
We
could
have
100
vouchers
and
and
fill
100.
Business
is
permanent
housing.
This
isn't
rapid
rehousing.
This
is
forever
housing.
H
So
the
impact
that
we
will
have
on
our
community
by
providing
stable
housing
for
impacted
people
with
zero
considerating
weight
will
lower
the
recidivism
rate.
uh
Parole
officers
are
calling
us
probation.
Officers
are
calling
us
uh
doc.
Doj
are
all
calling
us
the
house,
they
their
probationers.
We
just
don't
have
the
resources
to
do
that.
So
if
we
had
more
funding,
we
could
house
more
people.
E
I
We
are
incredibly
successful
once
we
bring
to
these
housing
authorities
um
the
the
lived
experiences
and
and
have
them
have
to
tell
someone
to
their
face
like
I.
Don't
think
you
deserve
housing?
No
one
wants
to
do
that,
but
we
would
be
much
more
successful
if
one
the
policies
changed
and
two
we
had
more
people
to
help
those
and
I
think
just
the
one.
Tiny
last
thing
is
just
that
with
eviction
specifically
or
any
loss
of
housing.
I
The
impact
is
much
more
significant
for
folks
who
are
formally
incarcerated
and
especially
again,
those
that
are
at
the
intersection
of
multiple
forms
of
marginalization,
because
getting
housing
in
the
first
place.
If
you're,
formerly
incarcerated,
is
a
nightmare
um
losing
it
could
mean
never
getting
it
again.
So
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
and.
E
Just
wanted
to
say
thanks
for
the
things
those
answers
agree
right
to
council
as
an
attorney
who's
worked
in
housing
court,
it's
like
it's.
A
master
right
to
council
is
necessary
um
and
and
just
thankful
for
all
of
your
comments,
thankful
to
Administration
I'm
gonna
have
to
leave,
but
I
will
continue
to
listen
and
uplift
and
support
the
work.
E
F
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
all
for
bringing
so
much
wisdom
right,
because
the
real
work
is
being
done
by
people
who
are
living
the
realities
and
or
doing
the
work
and
oftentimes.
That's
just
not
how
we
move
right.
So
we
need
to
take
our
Direction
and
Leadership
from
those
who
know
what's
up
and
clearly
based
on
your
representation
presentations
today.
We
know
that
you
do
I'm
going
to
start
off
with
Connor
um
in
2021
I
believe
it
was.
F
Our
office
worked
alongside
you
and
your
team
to
create
a
new
line
item
in
the
budget
that
had
never
existed
before,
and
that
was
for
Workforce
Development
for
young
adults
19
to
24.,
um
and
we
were
incredibly
like.
Oh
my
God.
We
were
able
to
create
a
line
item
for
this
and
at
the
time
there
was
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
set
aside,
but
because
of
also
with
the
Opera
funding,
they
increased
it
to
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars.
F
So
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
advocacy
and
your
Insight
to
know
that
this
was
a
population
that
we
needed
to
pay
attention
to
specifically
around
lgbtq
and
uh
young
people
who
are
aging
out
of
foster
care
and
dys
right.
It
is
unfortunate,
given
the
transitions
that
we've
had
with
administrations.
F
You
know
during
that
time
we
haven't
done
our
dual
diligence
to
really
fully
execute
that
Vision,
but
again
remaining
hopeful
right
that
this
is
a
really
great
opportunity
for
us
to
do
some
intervention
around
how
some
of
those
dollars
are
going
to
get
earmarked
for
some
of
the
efforts
that
you're
talking
about
specifically
so
for
those
who
are
tuning
in
from
the
administration
know
that
some
of
those
dollars
need
to
be
earmarked
for
the
work
that
we
did
in
2021,
so
just
putting
it
out
there.
Secondly,
it's
like
I
owe
you,
let's
pay
up
right.
A
F
It
up,
second,
um
because
we
continue
to
be
in
partnership
with
your
organization.
We
also
realize
that
you
we
need
to
stabilize
young
people
right.
You
can't
get
a
job
unless
you
have
housing,
you
can't
get
housing
unless
you
have
a
job.
We
have
to
look
at
this
conversation
as
the
whole
child
and
be
able
to
look
at
policies
that
are
going
to
lean
into
that.
So
this
year,
um
I,
don't
know
what
the
dollar
amount
is.
F
G
Well,
first
of
all,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
over
here
to
you
in
your
office
for
advocating
for
that
line.
It
and
I'm
excited
to
work
together
to
make
sure
the
dollars
actually
get
out
there.
In
terms
of
your
question
you're.
So
right,
we
need
to
think
about
the
issue
of
young
adult
homelessness
as
a
Workforce
Development
issue
as
an
Economic
Opportunity
issue,
and
so
I
think.
From
my
perspective,
a
package
deal
in
terms
of
using
Arbor
dollars
and
general
funds
to
support
young
people
actually
escaping
homelessness.
G
Think
a
500
000
investment
in
temporary
alternative
shelter
could
be
a
great
way
to
empower
young
people,
particularly
lgbtq
plus
young
people,
with
some
sort
of
bridge
housing,
Hotel
bed
Airbnb
as
they're
waiting
on
you,
a
youth,
specific
bed.
Because
again,
that's
the
time
in
which
they're
at
the
highest
risk
Leslie
is
so
right.
You
can't
maintain
employment,
it's
almost
impossible
to
maintain
a
point
without
stable
housing.
G
F
And
so
um
in
regards
to
Opera
funding.
I
know
that
there's
you
know,
we've
allocated
we've
already
fought,
there's
been
dollars
that
have
been
earmarked
so
I'm
curious
from
an
operating
budget
standpoint,
um
because
that's
what
we're
going
to
be
fighting
for
next
year
and
I
think
that
sometimes
when
we
can
build
um
longevity
and
sustainability,
it
we're
not
going
to
have
to
just
rely
on
hopes
and
prayers
that
we're
going
to
get
another
windfall.
F
So
if
we
were
looking
at
this,
as
from
a
line
item
perspective,
something
that
we
would
advocate
for
um
it
sounds
like
you
might
be
able
to
provide
some
input
in
terms
of
what
is
more
sustainable
and
that
we
can
do
long-term
Investments
so
manage
in
all
of
our
expectations.
What
would
that
look
like
aside
from
Arbor
like,
let's
just
let's
just
act
like
we,
don't
have
that
anymore
right?
Let's
just
think
about
long-term
Investments
That
would
be
a
permanent
line
item.
F
Would
it
still
be
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
each
category
for
the
operating
budget?
Is
there
a
minimum?
Is
there
a
baseline
that
just
could
get
you
up
and
running?
The
only
reason
why
I
ask
is,
because
you
know,
um
there's
a
lot
of
need
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
setting
ourselves
up
for
Success.
So
when
I
start
working
with
Quincy
on
trying
to
chase
those
dollars
for
both
housing
and
youth,
Workforce
Development
those
two
things
interest,
you
know
working
collaboratively,
um
then
we
have
other.
F
You
know,
policies
that
we
are
pursuing,
so
you
have
to
pick
and
choose
right,
but
I
want
to
choose.
This
is
one
of
the
Investments
that
our
office
has
been
pounding.
The
pay
you've
been
since
we've
came
into
this
place.
So
what
would
be
kind
of
like
the
I
wouldn't
say
the
bare
minimum,
because
we
have
to
ask
for
more
but
hope
and
pray
that
we
get
like
I
want
something,
that's
respectable
right
that
is
going
to
set
you
up
for
Success
on
a
long-term
path.
What
does
that?
Look
like
yeah.
G
Think
any
investment
through
our
general
funds
would
be
incredibly
impactful
because,
as
we're
rolling
out
this
program,
we're
also
working
with
government
agencies
on
the
local
state
and
federal
level
to
find
ways
to
fund
it
longer
term
through
different
pre-existing
Government
funding
channels
for
the
temporary
alternative,
shelter
funding
the
500
000
would
support
about
a
hundred
young
people.
Is
our
estimate
uh
happy
to
send
along
our
proposal
for
what
that
looks
like
we
think,
that's
a
critical
sort
of
pilot
size
to
really
test
this
out
and
understand.
You
know
how
this
works.
G
um
You
know
if,
if
those
resources
are
available,
I
think
we
can
make
it
work
with
a
smaller
pilot
size.
Well,
the
reason
why
we're
advocating
for
this
is
really
I
think
in
partnership
with
the
office
of
Housing
and
office
of
lgbtq
plus
advancement,
finding
ways
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
leave
people
high
enough
to
dry
when
they're
on
shelter,
wait
lists
and
make
sure
that
we
have
resources
committed
to
it.
And
it's
something
that
we've
that
the
office
of
housing
has
done
great
things
to
start
to
address
and
so
I
think.
G
Through
a
conversation
between
the
office
of
has
and
the
City
Council
on
break
time,
we
can
figure
out
a
way
with
whatever
resources
available
to
make
that
work.
um
Having
it
funded
through
General
funds
would
be
preferred
because
we'd
love
to
build
it
up
longer
term,
but
wherever
the
money
can
come
from
well
we'll
take
it.
F
Sure
do
I
have
time
for
one
more
question
one
more.
Yes,
thank
you.
um
It's
a
question
and
a
comment.
So
we've
been
working,
our
office
has
been
working
with
tree
life,
which
is
an
organization
that
supports
uh
young
people
who
are
aging
out
of
foster
care,
and
it's
a
Housing
Initiative
right
now
that
it's
in
Northampton
they're
trying
to
bring
you
here
to
Boston
and
I.
F
Think
that
that's
also
another
partner
that
you
all
should
look
into
for
housing
and
then
I
did
have
a
question
for
Leslie
I've
been
I've
been
before
I
was
a
city
councilor
I
used
to
work
with
young
people
and
and
parents,
and
one
of
the
initiatives
that
we
uh
partnered
up
with
was
the
Suffolk
County
Sheriff's
Department,
with
an
initiative
called
The
Family
Matters
program.
Are
you
familiar
yeah?
F
We
worked
with
homes
for
little
Wanderers
and
other
organizations
to
ensure
that
our
incarcerated
loved
ones
when
they
came
home
that
they
were
well
received
and
that
they
were
set
up
for
success
and
I'm
curious.
As
you
look
within
that
model,
the
Family
Matters
are
Are
there
specific
programming
that
you
are
running
or
are
interested
in
expanding
upon
to
help
support
our
our
incarcerated
loved
ones.
Our
young
people,
lgbtq
plus
communities,.
H
We
we
already
uh
house
individuals
18
to
24,
uh
we
house
that
population
already,
uh
but
our
mothers
and
our
parents
and
and
fathers
we
have
single
fathers
too.
uh
We're
looking
to
exp,
expand
our
sharp
program,
uh
a
million
dollars.
We
need
a
million
dollars
to
uh
run
the
program
efficiently
and
to
be
able
to
to
house
up
to
a
hundred
people
um
a
year.
The
thing
I
want
to
say
about
about
our
program
is
the
permanency
of
it
and,
and
you
know,
rapid,
rehousing
and
and
shelters.
H
Yes,
we
do
need
uh
short-term
fixes
But.
Ultimately,
the
community
is
looking
for
something
where
they
can
call
call
a
home
right
and
not
have
to
worry
about
being
housed
18
months
later
or
the
money
running
out
right.
So
this
this
problem.
This
is
a
sustainable
program
right.
That
is
um
an
answer
to
individuals
who
are
impacted
or
system
involved.
H
It
is
the
first
of
its
kind
in
Massachusetts
and
the
sixth
in
the
country
um
we
were
just
invited
to
the
White
House
because
of
our
policies
that
we
were
able
to
overturn
and
and
enable
Justice
involve
individuals
to
be
housed
in
public
housing.
We
just
brought
home
two
lifers
off
of
parole
so
because
of
the
policies
we
created
and
enacted
and
worked
with
the
Boston,
Housing,
Authorities
and
I
have
to
lift
them
up
right
now.
H
uh
They
have
been
uh
very
um
supportive
of
our
programs
and
are
willing
to
work
with
our
community
um
where
before
they
had
caused
a
lot
of
harm,
but
they
are
doing
something
about
it.
So
um
I
can
say
that
if
we
had
the
resources
for
to
expand
our
sharp
program,
we
would
be
able
to
make
a
significant
impact
in
our
community.
B
H
Do
work
with
DCF
we
work
at
DCF:
they
uh
they
welcome
our
housing
because
they
do
not
have
any
housing
for
mothers
right
who
who
are
coming
home
and
they
don't
have
any
permanent
housing
where
that
is
a
problem
for
them
to
receive
their
children.
So
we
prioritize
mothers
and
children
coming
out
of
DCF
because
of
um
family
unification.
C
Thank
you
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
so
I
have
a
question
for
black
and
pink
and
then
for
Gretchen,
because
I
wanna,
I
I,
really
wanna
um
lean
on
this
Pride
model.
um
What
we're?
What
we're
here
I
mean,
first
of
all,
I'm
incredibly,
inspired
by
all
of
the
work
that
everybody
here
is
doing,
I
think
that
uh
you
know
Chastity's
not
here,
but
with
the
Trans
emergency
fund
and
with
Justice
for
housing.
How
many
houses
do
we
have
these
kind
of
Grassroots
houses
that
exists
in
the
city
right
now?
C
Is
that
is
it
just
those
two?
Are
there
more
there's
one
more
New
Beginnings
re-entry
um
you're
right?
Yes,
thank
you
um
and
so
I'm,
just
you
know,
there's
a
need,
and
unfortunately
we
have
not
been
meeting
that
need,
and
you
have
taken
care
of
yourselves
and
your
people
and
the
community
that
you're
building
and
the
support
that
you're,
giving
people
and
just
the
success
rate
of
the
work
that
you're
doing
is
incredibly
inspiring
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
bringing
our
people
home
and
giving
them
homes
to
live
in.
H
C
C
H
H
J
J
um
We
know
that
they
have
so
as
part
of
the
intake
process
at
a
facility.
You
are
screened
for
Priya,
which
is
the
law
that
is
ostensibly
aimed
to
decrease
sexual
violence.
While
inside
there
is
some
data.
That's
collected
around
that
related
to
whether
you
are
or
are
perceived
to
be
lgbtq
but,
uh
like
Leslie
said,
we
can't
get
it
when.
J
Can
self-identify
um
but
I
believe
the
way
that
that
question
is
administered
um
yeah,
it's
sort
of
it's
sort
of
either
way
and
there's
obviously
challenges
with
self-identification
when
often
the
person
that
you're
identifying
to
may
be
a
correctional
officer,
and
not
a
medical
professional,
or
something
like
that.
Thank
you.
I.
I
Was
just
going
to
add
that
I
I
was
chuckling,
because
when
we
were
prepping
out
here,
Morgan
and
I
were
talking
and
we
were
both
like
yeah.
We
can
find
a
lot
of
statistics
about
formerly
incarcerated
uh
or
the
intersection
between
incarceration
and
homelessness,
incarceration
or
sorry,
the
intersection
between
uh
queerness
and
homelessness
and
youth
and
homelessness,
not
very
much
for
all
three
um
at
once
um
and
then
I,
but
I
do
want
to
uplift.
I
um
Black
and
pink
uh
was
part
of
a
um
a
report
uh
back
I
think
in
2018
it's
called
coming
out
of
uh
concrete
closets
which
did
talk
about
you
know
what
being
queer
behind
the
wall
and
then
the
Fenway
Institute
did
a
comprehensive
study
as
well.
That
looked
at
um
uh
you
know,
kind
of
the
barriers
for
folks
I
think
predominantly
coming
home
who
are
lgbtq
identified.
So
there
is
like
some
research,
but
it's
very
piecemeal.
I
G
It
does
not
include
people
are
Couchsurfing,
it
does
not
include
people
as
councilman
Murphy
mentioned.
It
does
not
include
people
who
are
in
transitional
housing
or
in
other
situations
that
are
sometimes
defined
by
different
government
agencies
this
homeless.
So
the
data
that
we
use
that
we
look
to
is
a
2018
report
from
Chapin
Hall
at
the
University
of
Chicago.
That
says
that
one
in
ten
young
people
nationally
experience
some
form
of
homelessness
each
and
every
year.
That's
over
4
million
young
people.
G
But
if
you
look
at
the
federal
numbers
that
happen
to
the
point
in
time,
count
and
Orders
of
magnitude
different,
so
one
thing
that
break
time
is
exploring
is
how
both
the
city
of
Boston,
the
state
of
Massachusetts,
can
we
replicate
what
was
done
on
a
national
level
with
those
counts
and
do
it
here.
They
did
it
through
basically
through
phone
calls,
um
but
yeah.
We
don't
there's
so
many
things
about
that.
I
could
share
about
the
data
that
we
just
don't.
J
K
Yes,
absolutely
thank
you
counselor.
um
We
really
what
about
creating
the
pride
and
creating
um
and
doing
our
Outreach
as
if
it
were
a
political
campaign.
So
our
early
task
force
members
that
founded
our
non-profit
um
started,
visiting
City,
Hall
I
was
talked
to
the
mayor,
then
talk
to
city
councilors,
and
we
also
knew
once
we
had
identified
the
former
Barton
Rogers
school
in
Hyde
Park
as
a
potential
home
for
the
pride
that
we
needed
to
reach
out
to
the
community
here
in
Hyde
Park.
So
we
did
a
lot
of
work
to
talk
to
neighbors.
K
We
didn't
go
into
the
community
with
a
plan
with
everything
all
set
and
decided
before
we
started
talking
with
folks
in
the
community,
really
how
the
pride
ended
up
taking
shape
was
with
Community
input,
which
is
why
we
have,
which
is
very
unusual
for
affordable
housing,
will
have
a
large
public
Community
Center,
we'll
have
a
home
for
the
54th
Regiment.
That
is
a
historically
enactor's
group
here
in
in
Hyde
Park.
K
I've
served
on
boards
and
and
work
for
nonprofits
before
joining
as
executive
director
with
lgbtq
senior
housing
and
everyone
who's
on
our
board
is
a
former
Community
organizer
and
social
justice
worker
in
some
way,
and
it
really
makes
a
difference
in
terms
of
how
we
approach
problem
solving
and
how
we
are
creating
Community.
As
we
go
forward.
L
M
A
B
I
know
we
are
as
a
council
trying
to
make
sure
that
when
the
administration
comes,
they
also
hear
from
the
community.
So
thank
you
for
being
willing
to
go.
Second,
we
appreciate
that
we're
hoping
that
becomes
the
norm
going
forward,
because
we
do
believe
that
the
community
panelists
sheds
a
great
light
that
we
want
you
to
hear
directly.
So
thank
you
for
being
patient
um
and
thank
you
for
being
here.
I
know
that
you
have
slide
decks.
We
also
um
know
that
we,
we
prefer
the
conversation,
but
please
refer
to
them.
B
K
B
N
We'll
talk
about
that
as
well
awesome
so
good
morning
my
name
is
uh
Quincy
J
Robert
senior
I
am
the
inaugural
executive
director
for
the
mayor's
office
of
LGBT,
plus
lgbtq
plus
advancement
and
my
pronouns.
Are
he
him
and
his
so
before
I
get
started
and
go
any
further?
It's
transgender
awareness
month
and
I
just
want
to
bring
into
this
space
those
that
we
have
lost,
and
those
that
cannot
be
here
today
to
advocate
for
themselves
because
they
are
out
surviving.
N
N
N
We
have
expanded
to
a
small
But
Mighty
team
of
two
recently
onboarding,
my
chief
of
staff,
who's
to
my
left,
Julianne
Doherty
Lee.
So
we
are
excited
to
have
her.
However,
we
are
only
a
staff
of
two
so
we're
currently
and
right.
Now,
as
we
speak,
we
are
in
a
final
round
of
hiring
two
community
relations
Specialists.
N
um
A
lot
of
our
friends
have
spoken
today
who
we
work
with,
um
including
Bagley,
including
break
time
Connor
and
break
time.
So
we
get
a
lot
of
our
information
from
those
individuals.
Have
you,
as
you
have
heard
today,
all
the
work
is
connected,
but
as
of
a
part
of
a
collective
goal
to
ending
chronic
youth
homelessness,
especially
LGBT
homelessness,
we
want
to
highlight
what
our
office
is
doing
and
we'll
be
doing
this
fiscal
year
with
the
budget
that
was
provided.
N
The
number
one
thing
that's
relevant
to
this
is
the
mayor's
annual
lgbtq
plus
youth
Summit,
this
coming
May
in
partnership
with
Bagley
jri,
Boston
glass
and
the
Massachusetts
Commission
on
LGBT
uh
youth
commission.
We
will
be
holding
a
holistic
approach
to
Youth
Services
in
hosting
this
first
LGBT
youth
Summit,
which
will
take
place
May,
20th
and
May
21st.
N
Second,
we
want
to
mention
something
that
this
Council,
this
very
Council
has
blessed
us
with
I'm,
not
the
religious
person,
but
I
I
do
call
it
a
Blessing.
By
increasing
our
budget,
we
were
able
to
provide
many
grants
that
will
launch
in
the
next
two
weeks.
We
are
calling
it
The,
Beyond
Pride,
Mini
grants
thanks
counselor
Laura
and
these
grants,
as
we've
heard
today
from
uh
different
testimonials,
that
you
cannot
have
sustainable
housing
without
employment
and
vice
versa.
N
So
I
think
this
um
I
think
I
know
these
many
grants
is
a
way
for
us
to
give
a
little
to
just
highlight,
what's
already
being
done
in
the
community
and
amplify
those.
So
again,
those
will
uh
we'll
start
we'll
start
taking
submissions
in
the
next
two
weeks
for
those
mini
grants
and,
last
but
not
least,
I
know
Council
of
Louisiana
had
to
leave,
but
she
talked
about
culturally
competent
training.
That
is
number
three.
That
will
be
our
deliverables
for
this
fiscal
year.
N
We
need
your
help
to
make
this
reality,
so
I
will
yield
the
rest
of
my
time
to
my
colleague,
because
she
has
all
the
data,
and
this
is
the
expert
that
we
rely
on
for
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we
will
be
doing
so
I.
Thank
you
again
for
the
council,
especially
the
two
counselors
sitting
in
front
of
me
for
bringing
this
to
the
Forefront.
Thank.
B
N
L
L
um
This
is
just
some
background.
The
plan
was
launched
in
2019.
It
was
developed
in
2017
18,
it
included
240
community
members
uh
working
in
different
working
groups
and
110
public
and
private
organizations.
The
plan
is
public,
it's
very
comprehensive
and
it
has
a
number
of
objectives
and
goals
and
the
implementation
team
is
going
goal
by
goal.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
wiggle
room,
we
sort
of
go
through
what
was
created
in
the
plan
and
here's
some
progress.
L
L
um
This
is
just
one
day
in
time,
so
it's
not
everyone
who
experienced
homelessness,
but
the
benefit
of
the
point
in
time
account
is
that
it's
done
the
same
way
every
year
and
every
time
of
the
year.
So
it's
not
necessarily
meant
to
show
how
many
people
experience
homelessness,
but
it's
a
steady
data
number
and
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
that,
sometimes
in
homelessness.
L
L
So
it's
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
people
fleeing
violence,
domestic
violence,
the
vast
majority
of
the
work
that
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
has
done
for
rising
to
the
challenge
is
ADD
housing
opportunities,
youth,
dedicated
housing
opportunities.
So
before
the
plan
was
created
in
in
20
2017
2018,
we
only
had
40
youth,
dedicated
programs.
Now
we
have
317.
So
it's
it's
a
huge
change
um
and
that
I
think
goes
to
the
point
in
time.
Count
is
just
we
sort
of
flooded
the
system
with
you
dedicated
opportunities
of
those
youth.
L
Dedicated
opportunities
is
very
important
in
the
system,
because
um
a
lot
of
our
the
prioritization
is
based
on
length
of
homelessness
and
young
adults.
Don't
have
as
many
days
homeless.
So
a
lot
of
times
they
can't
access
the
mainstream
resources
so
have
specific
resources.
Dedicated
to
them
is
very
important,
um
which
goes
through.
Like
sort
of
the
last
bullet
uh
we
expanded
um
access
and
Pathways
to
housing,
made
sure
that
people
at
the
Boston
Public
School
System
had
access
to
those
housing
opportunities
that
people
out
there.
L
The
youth
shelters
had
access
and
young
people
at
all
shelters
as
well,
um
so
the
way
that
it's
in
the
slides
is
divided
by
the
strategies
in
the
plan,
but
I'll
just
talk
about
sort
of
the
first
few
slides
is
just
access
to
housing.
Increasing
access
points,
um
ensuring
young
people
know
where
it
should
go
and
that
housing
was
accessible
for
everyone
and
then
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
actual
housing
opportunities.
L
um
As
a
lot
of
people
mentioned
using
adult
homelessness,
uh
there's
a
lot
of
focus
on
people
who
are
double
up
without
surfing,
even
more
than
sort
of
mainstream
or
general
homelessness,
um
and
that
has
been
brought
up
many
times
to
my
office
and
we've
funded
specific
programs
for
that
population,
because
our
federal
programs,
usually
we
can
use
those
federal
dollars
for
people
who
are
doubled
up
in
cloud
surfing.
So
the
first
one
highlighting
is
the
youth
Flex
fund,
which
is
a
flexible
pool
of
funds
to
pay
for
one-time
housing.
L
Costs,
is
up
to
four
thousand
dollars,
and
young
people
can
use
every
physical
year
and
it's
very,
very
flexible.
As
long
as
you
can
connect
the
cost
to
housing
it
can,
it
can
be
paid
for
so
if
a
young
adult,
for
example,
drives
to
work
and
their
car
broke
down,
and
if
they
lose
their
job
they're
going
to
lose
housing.
The
program
could
pay
for
the
fixing
the
car.
So
they
can,
you
know,
continue
to
drive
and
continue
to
pay
rent.
So
it's
very
flexible,
then.
The
second
program
that
I'm
highlighting
is
the
youth
liaison.
L
That
was
added
to
our
true
major
adult
shelters
that
are
run
by
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission,
so
that
would
be
112th,
Southampton
and
Woods
Mullen.
Even
though
shelters
you
know
a
lot
of
people
talking,
young
people
don't
go
to
adult
shelters.
They
our
data
shows
that
they
do
go.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
go
have
the
resources
they
need
are
connected
to
our
youth,
dedicated
resources
and
can
be
potentially
transferred
to
a
Youth
Shelter
when
appropriate.
These
youth
Liaisons
sees
every
single
young
adult
who
went
to
social
mainstream
shelters.
L
They
refer
them
to
Mental,
Health,
Resources
and
other
resources
and
ensure
that
they
have
pathways
through
housing.
Because
a
lot
of
times
the
young
people
at
adult
shelters
are
just
100
people
with
nobody
who
has
like
youth
dedicated
opportunities
for
them.
Then
we
have
a
peer
youth,
peer
housing,
navigation
program,
they're
located
into
sort
of
spaces.
One
is
a
mobile
one
that
touches
all
the,
not
all
the
other
adult
shelters
that
are
not
Boston,
Public,
Health,
commission,
so
Pine
Street
and
Boston
Rescue
Mission
Rose's,
Place
Etc,
um
and
then
we
have
a
youth
housing
navigator.
L
L
um
For
BPS
I
just
want
to
highlight
um
the
Navigator.
We
launched
that
program
in
2020
and
through
2020
through
21
talking
to
the
organization
that
runs
that
program
just
as
Resource
Institute.
We
realize
that
like.
Yes,
you
need
housing
navigation,
you
need
people
who
are
embedded
in
BPS,
but
navigation
is
not
enough.
There
was
very,
very
little
actual
dollars
for
housing
in
that
program
is
mainly
navigation.
So
we
added
a
lot
of
rental
assistance
and
created
a
rapid
housing
program
dedicated
to
BPS
students,
and
it's
the
only
referee
housing
program
that
we
have.
L
um
Okay,
so
I
I
was
talking
a
lot
about
like
how
to
access
the
opportunities,
and
these
are
the
opportunities
that
I
was
talking
about
so
277
new
youth,
dedicated
housing
opportunities,
rapidly
housing
I
think
we
already
talked
about,
but
it's
a
short
to
medium-term
program.
It's
usually
two
years.
It
can
be
three
years
on
a
case-by-case
basis.
L
um
We've
launched
employment
and
CVS
incentives
program
for
people
who
are
in
Rapid
housing,
because
it
is
a
progressive
engagement
model
and
we
were
seeing
that
people
weren't
paying
rent
so
or
increasing
their
payments.
So
this
program,
uh
every
extra
dollar
that
someone
pays
storage
rent,
goes
through
a
savings
account
and
it's
a
12-month
program.
It's
a
pilot
program
and
you
can.
They
can
accumulate
up
to
twelve
thousand
dollars.
L
L
um
This
is
for
calendar
year
2022,
so
it's
not
full
12
months,
um
but
it
was
up
to
like
last
week,
I
think
when
I
took
it
so
in
2022,
478
youth,
individual
young
people
experiencing
homelessness
in
Boston
that
doesn't
include
families,
they're,
just
individuals
and
so
I
I,
just
like
to
bring
some
data.
So
um
you
can
see
the
gender
is
pretty
divided
evenly.
The
average
age
of
someone
experiencing
hormones
is
21..
L
um
It
is
proportioning
impacts,
black
young
people
um
and
latinx
when
you
consider
like
the
population
of
Boston
um
and
44
of
young
people
experiencing
homes,
as
in
Boston,
have
a
disabling
condition
on
record.
So
you
can
imagine
that
the
number
the
percentage
is
probably
higher.
That's
the
percentage
we
can
get
and
then
the
true
meaning
of
the
youth
shelters
that
we
have
in
Boston
collect
algebra
TQ
data,
though
it's
not
collected
in
the
mainstream
shelters.
L
The
black
latinx
are
just
proportionately
impacted
by
homelessness
and
lgbtq
people
are
disproportionately
affected
by
homelessness,
so
throughout
our
Supportive
Services
Program,
we
try
to
have
you
know
culturally
appropriate
affirming
Services
we
partner
with
organizations
that
serve
them
specifically,
and
we've
also
launched
Anonymous
surveys
that
capture
that
question.
So
we
have
a
survey
that
all
the
young
adults
who
are
in
the
programs
can
fill
out.
That
will
ask
questions
like
I
feel,
like
the
program
staff
represent
my
culture
identity
background.
L
We
plan
on
using
the
data
from
those
servers
to
go
to
the
individual
agencies,
because
it's
it's
divided
by
the
individual
agencies
and
you
know,
do
continuous
quality
improvement
with
them.
If
one
Agency,
for
example,
seems
to
be
doing
services
that
is
less
appropriate
uh
and
we
also
partner
with
the
office
of
Human
Services,
which
is
an
implementation
partner
for
the
rising
to
the
challenge
in
providing
trainings
for
for
all
the
staff
in
the
shelters
and
also
the
ones
doing
the
housing
work
around
positive,
Youth,
Development
substance
use
and
show
my
informed
care.
B
I
am
always
hopeful,
but
happy
to
hear
this
panel
and
the
panel
before
talking
a
lot
about
Workforce
Development
and
not
just
financial
support,
but
financial
literacy
and
I
heard
that
again
and
also
heard
um
a
lot
about
flexible.
It
came
up
a
few
times
and
it's
flexible
to
me
in
this
case
and
in
many
cases
it's
reasonable
right
that
there's
rules,
but
then
we
have
exceptions
to
rules
because
we
have
unique
populations.
B
I
know
the
school
voucher
program
and
we've
been
increasing
that,
but
when
you
mentioned,
um
like
fleeing
domestic
violence,
we
know
that
youth
um
usually
is
white,
the
18
to
24
age,
but
school-aged
children
under
18,
who
may
feel
that
they've
been
isolated
or
need
to
leave
their
family
because
of
violence
or
just
don't
feel
safe
living
there.
Is
there
a
different
program
or
can
they
take
advantage
of
the
BPS
Housing
Voucher
if
they're,
not
a
family,
if
they're,
just
a
child
like
how,
if
you
have
any
information
on
that,
that
would
be
helpful.
Yeah.
L
So
people
on
their
team
are
a
little
bit
difficult
for
us
because
all
of
our
programs
that
you
you
when
you
move
in
you're
a
tenant
all
the
mirrors
of
Housing
Programs,
it's
all
rental
assistance
and
if
you're,
if
you
are
not
emancipated,
you
can't
sign
your
own
lease.
There
are
some
states
they
call
National
safe
place
and
bridge
over
trouble.
Warriors
is
one
that
they
do
have
emergency
shelter
for
people
who
are
under
18..
So
that's
normally,
where
we
go
to
the
Navigator
who
is
located
at
BPS.
L
They
will
receive
referrals
for
everybody,
um
but
they
won't
necessarily
add
them
to
their
case
load.
They
will
sort
of
do
the
transfer
to
the
safe
places,
um
except
like
there's
17,
almost
18.
They
work
with
them
because
we
know
they're
like
you're
gonna
turn
18
soon
and
they
can
start
even
doing
Housing
search
before.
B
C
You
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
administration
for
um
giving
us
these
updates
on
the
rights
to
the
challenge
um
project
and
the
work
that
the
mayor's
office
of
Housing
and
the
office
of
lgbtq
plus
advancement
is
doing.
um
I
have
a
couple
of
things
in
the
vein
of
BPS.
Is
there
only
one
youth
liaison,
or
is
there
one
in
every
school.
L
L
C
N
C
Okay,
thank
you,
I'm,
hoping
that
it's
going
to
be
moved
towards
being
a
requirement
and
may
be
voluntary
for
the
quasi-governmental
agencies,
which
I
don't
know
that
we
can
tell
what
to
do.
But
you
know
I
think
that
in
this
day
and
age
requirement,
the
Baseline
requirement
to
have
that
and
I'm
curious
about
the
shelter
system,
so
Woods
Mullen
and
remind
me
of
the
other
one
Southampton
yeah,
the
South
Hampton
in
the
woods
modern
shelters.
C
The
you
know,
what
information,
what
training
do
the
people
who
run
the
shelters
have
and
what
specific
you
know
the
reality
is
that
the
best
would
be
that
this
is
being
led
by
queer
folks,
and
you
have
people
that
are
there,
and
people
are
having
their
you
know
their
own
space
and
so
on,
and
so
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
what
information
you
have
about.
What's
happening
at
the
shelters
uh
that
are
ran
by
the
city
of
Boston
when
it
comes
to
lgbtq
people
coming
into
the
shelters.
L
um
So
though
they
would
be
doing
trainings
with
Boston
Public
Health,
commission
staff
and
other
staff
at
Pine
Street
in
and
other
major
shelters.
I
know
that
the
shelters
do
have
their
own
chains,
but
I
can't
speak.
I
could
ask
them
and
get
back
to
you,
um
Boston
Public
Health
commission
would
be
able
to
speak
on
the
trainings
that
they
do
internally,
but
I
know
that
they
exist
I.
Just
because
we
don't
run
shelters,
I
can't
speak
as
much
yeah.
C
So
I'll
make
sure
and
through
the
chair
to
make
that
official
request,
because
I
would
love
to
like
what
their
what
the
entry
process
is
like
what
the
intake
process
is
for
queer
folks
who
show
up
to
the
shelters,
I
think
is
incredibly
important,
because
we
also
want
to
see
if
people
come
in
how
many
people
are
coming
in.
How
long
are
they
staying?
If
then,
if
they're
leaving,
why
they
left
right
and
so
thinking
about
like
um
intake
and
outtake
for
the
shelters,
because
we
can't
actually
see
the
problem.
C
C
That
shows
um
that
there's
a
problem
um
as
we
often
do,
because
you
know
we
need
those
stories,
so
I
think
that
the
update
that
I
wanted
from
the
rise
to
the
challenge,
particularly
around
lgbtq
youth,
I,
think
that
this
is
a
really
encouraging
update
in
terms
of
the
work
that
you're
doing
uh
I
as
a
when
I
was
a
young
person.
I
was
housing,
insecure
and
Bridge
Over
Troubled.
What
trouble
Troubled
Water
was
the
place
because
I
was
under
age.
I
was
17,
I,
wasn't
18.
C
um
and
ended
up
couch
surfing,
because
there
were
no
beds
that
Bridge
Over,
Troubled
Waters
and
because
I
was
underage,
there
wasn't
access
to
anything
else
right,
and
so
this
is
an
issue.
That's
incredibly
important
for
me
and
I
know
that
for
me,
as
a
young,
black
woman
I
knew
that
I
was
predisposed
even
to
be
impacted
by
youth,
homelessness
and
I.
Know
that
that's
also
true
for
young
people,
who
are
queer
for
all
of
the
reasons
that
we
know,
and
so
what
my
hope
is.
C
Is
that
we're
having
and
implementing
as
a
city,
robust
interventions
that
are
specific
to
the
unique
needs
of
people
who
are
farthest
out
in
the
margins,
um
and
so
the
next
question
that
I
have
and
it's
the
last
question
that
I
have
with
the
administration
I
think
um
is
for
director
Roberts.
Given
what
you've
heard
here
today,
what
Vision
do
you
have
for
your
office
and.
N
It's
what
I've
heard
for
the
last
two
decades,
a
lot
like
councilmania
Hedrick,
Martin,
Institute
Alum,
there
shout
out
to
Hitch
Martin
um
and
Harvey
Milk
high
school.
So
it's
what
I've
heard
for
the
last
two
decades
and
the
question
you
asked
about.
What's
going
on
in
the
uh
the
shelters,
not
necessarily
city,
funding,
shelters,
but
shelters
in
general,
it's
horror
stories,
you
hear
them,
I
hear
them
and
the
vision
I
have
especially
for
the
training
now
that
it's
voluntary
I
want
it
to
be
similar
to
the
real
training,
where
it's
an
executive
order.
N
It's
mandatory
for
all
eighteen
thousand
uh
plus
uh
city
employees.
So
we
can
better
serve
our
constituents
and
take
it
a
step
further
because
you're
giving
me
ideas
as
well
get
into
those
shelters
visit.
Those
shelters
and
I
know
the
visitation
everybody's
going
to
put
the
best
foot
forward
when
they
see
us
there,
but
I
also
want
to
offer
them
training
before
it's
a
problem.
So
that's
the
vision
I
have
with
the
culturally
competent
training,
um
but
I
have
a
larger
Vision
I
would
say
in
the
next
five
years.
N
N
N
C
C
The
truth
is
that
the
people
who
are
on
the
ground,
who
are
most
directly
impacted
by
these
issues,
have
already
built
up
effective
models,
and
so,
if
there
was
a
funding
mechanism
that
was
coming
to
the
city
to
the
three
four
houses
and
organizations
that
already
exist
to
help
them
expand
and
sustain
their
organization,
how
would
you
imagine
that
happening?
Would
you
imagine
that
happening
through
rfps
through
your
office,
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
collaboration
between
the
two.
N
All
the
above
I
think
as
many
access
to
uh
resources
is
fine.
um
I,
don't
think
it
necessarily
has
to
come
to
my
office,
but
I
would
love
to
be
that
platform
on
that
vessel.
For
these
things
that
happen,
but
I'm
a
lot
like
all
you
give
it
directly
to
the
people
that's
most
affected.
um
My
office
is
work
as
far
as
funding
I
think
the
money
for
our
office
should
go
into
Personnel,
because
we
don't
have
the
the
people
to
do
the
work,
it's
just
Julianne
and
I.
B
It
and
um
I
appreciate
the
training.
I
know
um
our
office
pushed
and
we
did
get
funding
through
the
public
health
during
the
budget
season
about
trauma-informed
and
Mental
Health
Training.
In
our
offices
it
is
voluntary,
but
knowing
the
calls
we
get
and
when
we're
out
on
the
streets,
you
know
the
people
we're
working
with
for
our
offices
and
our
staff
to
make
sure
that
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
your
training.
F
F
um
Absolutely
after
working
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
which
you
know,
Boston
is
a
little
bit
slow
in
a
lot
of
ways
um
but
um
being
in
New
York
and
really
seeing
how
intentional
and
how
Unapologetic
uh
the
space
was.
It
just
was
super
inspiring,
which
is
I
I,
give
them
the
biggest
shout
out
whenever
I
can
and
they've
done,
some
amazing
work
and
we
should
really
look
at
that
model
and
replicate
it
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
let
it
be
on
steroids
here,
because
um
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
F
um
But
um
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
youth.
The
flex
fund.
I
know
I
talked
about
in
2021
our
office
2022,
this
past
budget
cycle.
We
fought
for
housing
stipends
for
uh
19
to
24
year
olds
and
I
have
yet
to
hear
how
those
dollars
were
disseminated.
Would
you
happen
to
know
if
any
of
those
dollars
that
ended
up
within
the
budget
for
this
particular
program.
L
Think,
uh
no
not
that
I
know
I
would
have
to
ask
my
the
budget
Folks
at
mayor's
office
of
housing,
but
the
youth
Flex
fund
I
think
there
is
the
need
for
uh
increase.
The
youth
lives
fund
I
think
is,
as
is
as
is
right
now,
is
appropriately
from
the
reaction
decrease
because
he
wasn't
being
as
used
as
much.
A
L
Think
there's
the
need
for
a
separate
stipend.
The
use
type
is
fun
because
I
think
this
typhoon
would
pay
people
directly
and
they
use
life's
fund
covers
it
pays
uh
sort
of
a
landlord
or
it
doesn't
give
money
to
young
people
directly,
which
I
think
is
different,
um
but
I.
Don't
I
would
have
to
ask
my
office
and
come
back
I'm.
F
You
know,
there's
been
three
different
administrations
since
you
know
we've
been
at
this,
um
so
I'm
curious
around
the
uh
employment
uh
opportunities
for
uh
for
career
young
folk
um
I
worked
at
Goodwill
many
years
ago
with
women
who
were
transitioning
out
of
DTA
and
helping
them
find
jobs,
and
what
I
found
in
that
space
was
is
that
they
just
wanted
women
to
just
get
a
job,
and
that's
it.
There
wasn't
really
no
intentionality
about
what
were
First.
Development
was
really
all
about.
F
You
know
I
wanted
to
focus
on
making
sure
that
they
had
careers
um
and
there
is
an
initiative
called
The
Help
program
at
Goodwill
that
focuses
on
human
resources
and
I'm
curious.
What
if
any
opportunities
exist,
or
what
are
you
all
pursuing
for
creating
a
pipeline
to
create
the
next
generation
of
Quincy's
right
that
are
going
to
show
up
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
and
run
all
of
these
departments?
So
can
you
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
Pipeline
and
vision.
N
um
I'm
excited
to
answer
this
question
because
I'm
in
the
trenches
right
now
with
the
hiring
process,
um
we're
not
going
to
talk
about
the
amount
of
budget,
because
you
all
know
what
I'm
working
with.
However,
I
was
very
creative
with
that
budget.
um
Yes,
we're
bringing
on
two
community
relations
Specialists,
but
we
carved
out
some
of
the
money
that
you
all
allowed
us
to
have
to
do.
N
It's
the
youth
show
so
where
we
have
two
positions
open
for
that
um
to
help
and
Mentor
these
individuals,
because
it's
a
four-month
program
for
three
thousand
dollars
a
month
or
something
like
that,
something
like
three
thousand
dollars
a
month
um
and
then
the
last
opportunity
with
what
we
have
is
a
policy
youth
policy.
Fellow
because
we're
trying
to
get
we're
not
trying
we
are
trying,
we
will
get
Young
Folks
involved
into
this
process,
um
because
everyone
who
knows
me
best
I'm,
a
policy
driven
person.
N
um
Everything
that
we
talk
about
is
should
be
driven
through
policy,
so
I
really
want
to
invest,
as
uh
Council
of
media
said,
I
want
to
invest
in
the
next
Quincy,
the
next
Corey,
the
next
Jonathan's.
The
next
gen
means
the
next
Julianne's
and
I.
Think
that's
the
way
we
can
do
it
right
now
with
the
money
that
we
have
future
because
I
know
Council
Lord
is
thinking
about
this.
The
future
plan
is
to
have
more
money,
so
I
can
Empower
more
young
people,
because
I
want
to
be
intentional
about
the
people,
we're
hiring.
N
If
you
look
at
the
job
description
from
the
community
relations
aspect,
it
clearly
says
you
have
to
either
have
lived
experience,
uh
trans
experience,
black
and
brown,
or
you
have
to
at
least
work
in
that
field
for
at
least
five
years,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
going
back
to
what
all
the
counselors
are
saying.
The
people
who
are
affected
most
by
these
problems
so
I
hope
I
answered
your
question.
Counseling.
N
Absolutely
and
I
just
end
with
I
think
I,
keep
saying
I
think
I
know
that
the
LGBT
youth
Summit
will
give
that
holistic
approach
for
other
young
folks,
and
it
may
not
um
give
them
a
job
immediately,
but
it
will
give
them
the
tools
to
thrive
holistically.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this
youth
Summit
it's
only
a
day,
but
it's
in
partnership
with
what
bagley's
already
doing
what
jri
is
already
doing.
F
So
awesome,
that's
awesome.
I
have
one
more
question,
um
so
you
mentioned
an
executive
order
um
and
I
would
like
for
you
to
consider
something
that
gets
codified
into
law
right,
because
I
I
think
that
if
we,
you
know,
encourage
people,
that's
a
nice
polite
way
of
saying
it
would
be
great.
Then
we
mandate
them
and
then
you
know,
there's
a
level
of
accountability.
F
The
administrator
who's,
the
head
ancho
in
charge
that
that
is
something
that
gets
implemented
and
upheld,
no
matter
who
steps
in
and
out
of
this
administration,
because
what
I
have
seen
is
that
when
folks
do
executive
orders,
people
can
undo
them
with
new
administrations
and
the
only
way
we're
really
going
to
be
able
to
you
know,
keep
things,
and
we
can
continue
to
update
and
amend
ordinances
as
the
time
needs.
But
I
I
do
appreciate
the
executive
order.
F
Thinking,
but
I
do
believe
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
lean
in
and
I'm
sure,
counselor
Lara.
If
you
haven't
and
I'm
sure
you
probably
will
lead
because
I'm
all
about
like
making
sure
that
people
who
are
doing
that
work
and
leading
that
work
continue
to
lead
that
work,
I'm
just
making
recommendations,
I'm
not
saying
that
I'm
going
to
lead
it
or
write
it.
Because
I
don't
want
people
to
get
crazy
about
stuff,
because
you
know,
but
I
do
think
that
there
needs
to
be
something
that
gets
formalized
into
something
that
is
codified.
F
N
B
Thank
you.
um
If
you
would
like
to
stay,
we
do
have
public
testimony.
Also
so
we'd
love
you
to
stay
here,
um
Marie
Stowe
carnalia.
You
can
come
to
this
or
either
one
I
think
they're
both
on
so
wherever
you
feel
comfortable
and
for
public
testimony.
Please
make
sure
you
state
your
name
and
affiliation,
and
everyone
has
two
minutes.
So
I
will
put
the
timer
on
so
you
can
wait
a
moment
until
people
move,
so
you
feel
comfortable.
Okay,.
O
O
Some
of
the
police
have
now
been
investigated
by
Internal
Affairs
and
fired
as
police
officers
guilty
of
multiple
violations
and
criminal
offenses.
Yet
they
are
not
in
prison.
I'm.
A
co-founder
of
fusion
magazine
a
nationally
recognized
award-winning
lgbtq,
focused
student
media
publication
I
helped
complete
while
completing
two
undergraduate
degrees
in
magazine
journalism
sociology
at
Kent,
State
University
in
Ohio,
Mandy,
Jenkins,
K,
common
and
I
created
Fusion
20
years
ago
at
a
public
university.
O
O
I've
seen
it
from
both
sides
as
a
victim
and
as
an
innocent
party.
It
is
very
difficult
in
this
state
to
obtain
housing
as
an
lgbtq
individual
without
a
criminal
background
now
is
my
case
is
pending.
My
attorney
entered
a
plea
of
not
guilty
and
with
complication
and
delays
caused
by
the
pandemic.
I
sat
in
South
Bay.
My
case
has
no
clear
end
in
sight.
I
was
lucky
to
have
a
good
representative,
an
attorney
willing
to
fight
and
do
Zoom
calls
to
make
sure
I
didn't
die
in
jail
to
be
clear.
O
I
have
no
criminal
convictions
on
my
record,
however,
as
a
result
of
my
false
arrest
and
due
to
an
open,
Quarry
I've
now
lost
my
housing
and
now
get
illegal
denials
from
housing
authorities.
Despite
no
negative
housing,
history
I
suffer
from
severe
epilepsy
from
police
brutality.
I'm
now,
deaf
in
two
years,
I
have
partial
Hearing
in
the
left
side
from
a
surgeons
in
York,
City,
no
evictions
or
drug
abuse
problems
made
my
past
I
used
to
work
in
City
Hall
here
with
Mayor
Menino.
O
He
gave
me
Awards
and
said:
I
was
a
new
Bostonian
that
I
could
influence
Youth
and
make
a
difference.
Despite
my
excellent
previous
work,
history
accomplishment
awards
that
stretch
into
my
long
curriculum
fatay
an
outstanding
record
as
an
undergraduate
professor
and
an
lgbtq
leader
for
queer
women
of
color
I
was
a
peaceful
community
activist
I
became
homeless
and
now
face
employment
discrimination
as
I
often
work
in
education
with
at-risk
youth.
The
district
attorney
in
Salem
ridiculously
claimed.
O
This
would
be
my
only
crime,
I
stood
in
Hamilton
Hall.
Thinking
that
the
danger
was
over
I
posed
no
threat
to
anyone
in
the
Commonwealth
and
I'm
Buddhist
I
spoke
on
a
panel
at
a
Peace
festival
in
Plum
Village
France,
where
I
usually
reside
in
2016.
one
of
the
main
panel
members
talking
into
the
largest
Buddhist
Gathering
to
ever
take
place
on
this
planet.
O
The
person
posing
the
greatest
danger
to
the
Commonwealth
is
Governor
Baker
in
his
attempts
to
Foster
inequality,
making
people
guilty
until
proven
innocent
trying
to
increase
the
length
of
a
dangerous
hearing
and
at
the
stay
that
you
sit
unconvicted
yet
innocent
in
jail
in
South,
Bay
I,
suffered
I
was
put
in
solitary
confinement
denied
the
right
to
call
my
attorney
here.
I
know.
President
Trump
has
advocated
government
here
declaring
minorities
lgbtq
people,
the
disabled,
is
myself.
O
Journalists
and
even
honest
poll
workers
out
of
the
protections
afforded
white
supremacists
and
white
Christians,
while
Waging
War
against
the
formerly
incarcerated
the
innocent.
Yet
falsely
accused
women.
Now
targeted
by
sexual
harassment
are
violently
subjected
to
rape
and
put
in
prison
for
trying
to
report
the
perpetrators
now
forced
in
many
states,
even
in
cases
of
incest,
subjected
to
cruelly
carry
the
progeny
of
unpunished
sexual
offenders.
O
Now,
even
in
the
Commonwealth,
we
Face
constant
tyranny
and
deprivation
of
life,
liberty
in
the
pursuit
of
happiness
as
the
Patriot
front
and
nc1
NC,
nsc-131
leaders
or
other
hate
groups,
infiltrate
our
governance
and
reinforce
systemic
racism
by
occupying
positions
of
authority
in
law
enforcement,
including
the
FBI.
How
many
times
did
I
call
the
FBI?
O
O
O
O
We
should
not,
as
anti-racist
advocates,
fear
the
police
or
have
no
freedom
to
even
call
9-1-1
or
the
FBI
Dr
David
Jones
was
murdered
for
being
the
founder
of
the
Milton
anti-racist
Coalition
strategy
group.
His
support
of
lgbtu
leaders
like
myself,
because
I
came
out
as
transgender
because
of
his
unparalleled
public
health
research,
documenting
social
inequities
and
racism
prevailing
in
public
health
in
our
own
City
locally
and
in
the
Mississippi
Delta.
O
Despite
calling
the
FBI
to
report
threats
of
domestic
terrorism,
two
of
my
friends
died
in
Colorado,
Daniel
and
Derek
reporting,
death
threats,
I
called
the
FBI
warning
them
that
I
saw
things
on
social
media,
I
reported
being
taken
hostage
multiple
times
to
mandated
reporters
at
MGH
in
Massachusetts
mandated
reporters.
They
look
at
a
section
12.
They
consider
their
options.
They
don't
understand
that
white
supremacy
has
become
commonplace.
O
The
comments
that
Trump
would
always
be
president
that
even
he
lost
the
election
that
they
were
going
to
storm
Congress
I
called
my
friends
in
the
federal
government
I
used
to
be
assigned
to
Governor
Deval
Patrick
Olympia,
snow
Senator,
John,
Kerry
I
worked
in
the
capital
and
no
one
could
stop
what
was
coming
from.
The
Commonwealth
I
warned
Diana
Presley's
office
I
worked
for
the
Massachusetts
recreational
consumer.
Council
I
was
an
international
journalist,
journalist
reporting
to
the
World
Health
Organization,
now,
I
can't
even
call
9-1-1
or
the
FBI.
O
A
member
of
the
Westboro
Baptist
Church,
took
me
hostage
in
Salem.
They
claimed
just
because
I
identify
as
transgender
and
I
participated
in
Black
lives.
Matter
protest
with
my
black
adopted
dad
standing
by
his
side
that
no
police
would
help
me
and
claim
like
people
like
me.
Don't
belong
in
this
country
in
January,
2011
I
was
attacked
by
United
States
military
veteran
after
getting
Alpha
plane
from
Charlotte
Boston
Logan
Airport
I
was
going
to
Harvard
Square
I
used
to
work
at
Harvard
University
in
Boston
University
for
being.
B
O
In
this
state,
I
learned
as
a
victim
of
crime,
because
the
offender
was
a
homeless
man
when
he
attacked
me
that
the
justice
system
doesn't
offer
solutions
to
prevent
reoffenders
from
again
harming
citizens
when
convicted
violent
offenders,
never
received
proper
Rehabilitation
or
left
destitute
after
serving
their
country.
I
believe
even
my
attacker
deserved
treatment
for
his
mental
illness,
drug
addictions
and
if
he
had
the
appropriate
community
services
and
Supportive
Housing,
perhaps
his
hatred
would
not
have
continued
to
escalate,
leading
to
my
disability
and
his
continued
imprisonment.
O
P
P
uh
So
I've
been
considered
homeless
since
I
was
18..
um
My
I
lived
in
an
abusive
household
and
um
I
wanted.
I
was
mostly
Couchsurfing
at
that
point.
um
So
when
I
went
to
college,
I
moved
into
the
dorms,
and
um
even
so
during
breaks
and
holidays,
I
would
ask
the
school
to.
Let
me
stay
on
campus
um
and
then
I
ended
up
Couchsurfing
for
about
two
years
um
and
due
to
disability,
I
um
I
have
a
hard
time
keeping
employment.
A
J
A
A
M
Hello
hi
good
morning,
hi
good
morning.
My
name
is
jutia
Ellis
I'm,
currently
a
member
of
the
black
and
pink
organization
um
and
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
contrast.
Some
of
the
concerns
that
I'm
currently
dealing
with
um
so
there
seems
to
be
a
lot
of
controversy
when
it
comes
to
DTA
and
Sheltering.
Without
a
child,
you
technically
don't
qualify
for
certain
betting
or
certain
things
that
you
need
I'm
currently
in
the
predicament
of
working
on
a
way
of
getting
my
child
back
and
the
last
thing
that
I'm
lacking
in
that
department
is
housing.
M
um
I,
just
don't
feel
like
me,
and
my
wife
are
fairly
treated
and
they're
in
this
process.
When
it
comes
to
housing,
our
past
housing,
we
had,
he
was
uh
evicted
from
because
we
had
a
neighbor
who
was
very
aggressive
towards
the
obgtq
community
in
falsify
reports
which
Quincy
Police
Department
then
um
removed
my
child
from
my
care
because
of
the
falsified
report
that
she
made
due
to
her
not
liking
um
my
wife
and
the
way
she
conducts
herself
or
carry
herself,
um
and
it's
been
very
traumaful
for
me.
M
um
I'm
still
struggling
with
housing
at
the
moment,
I'm,
currently
homeless
um
and
I
just
feel
like.
There
should
be
more
things
that
are
offered
and
more
consideration
when
it
comes
to
police
of
what
is
actually
the
truth
or
what
is
actually
not
the
truth
before
there's.
Actually
a
police
report
made
because
that
determination
um
takes
a
big
toll
within
parents
of
losing
their
child
to
a
falsified
report
in
the
whole
justice
system.
I
feel
as
if
may
not
be
a
proper
word
to
use.
M
M
I've
been
denied
at
numerous
places,
I've
been
denied
for
Section
Eight
I've
been
denied
for
just
various
housing
reasons
and
I
understand
that
nobody's
perfect,
but
when
you
are
in
jail,
you
do
take
the
time
to
rehabilitate
yourself
to
know
what
is
wrong
from
right
and
I
do
feel
as
if
that
housing
is
very
hard
for
me.
Right
now
and
I
lean
on
as
many
pieces
as
I
can
I
have
a
great
team
which
is
black
and
pink.
Who
stands
up
for
me
and
they
try
to
advocate
for
me
and
best
Avenues.
M
M
um
Not
there's,
not
severe
situations
on
my
record
that
is
determining
that
I
can't
have
housing,
um
nothing
I've
ever
done,
contributes
to
a
house
or
at
my
housing
for
me
not
to
qualify
for
housing
and
I.
Just
wish
that
everything
kind
of
just
would
be
overlooked
differently.
Kind
of
like
on
the
on
our
side
of
it,
like
I,
said
I'm
currently
homeless.
M
Right
now,
as
you
could
tell
I'm
saying
at
McDonald's
I'm
trying
to
just
focus
on
what
my
next
place
is
to
rest,
my
head,
um
Elijah
is
going
on
and
I
just
feel,
like
I
hear
a
lot
I've
been
sitting
here.
Listening
to
a
lot
that's
been
said,
um
I
still
don't
feel
like
the
resources
we
have
are
beneficial.
For
me
at
least
um
I
hear
a
lot
about
Sheltering
and
funding,
but
most
of
those
Sheltering
needs
a
referral
or
um
you
have
to
speak
some
type
of
requirements
to
be
accepted
in
those
and
I.
M
Don't
think
that's
I
do
feel
like
the
cities
maintains
something
for
the
incarcerated
women
training
terminate,
who
you
are,
how
you
carry
yourself.
It
should
more
determine
uh
how
you're
going
to
go
about
your
future
in
a
positive
way,
but
that's
kind
of
all
I
want
to
say
sorry
for
the
noise.
In
the
background,
oh.
B
B
C
C
There's
no
reason
why
we
can't
invest
in
fixing
the
solution
uh
when
we
look
at
the
few
hundred
people,
at
least
that
we
are
that
are
documented
uh
to
be
impacted
by
the
issue
of
homelessness
or
being
discriminated
against
because
um
their
queer
or
trans.
So
my
I'm
excited
about
putting
forth
some
recommendations
and
I
will
continue
the
conversations
with
your
organizations
and
with
my
colleagues
on
the
council
as
we
move
forward.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
everyone
who
brought
their
heart
and
soul
into
this
conversation
right.
It's
not
easy
um
and,
as
always,
we'll
just
recommit
to
a
clean
collaboration
with
those
who
are
living
the
realities
and
doing
the
work
so
that
we
can
show
up
for
you
in
ways
that
is
not
just
about
lip
service.
But
it's
about
delivering
because
we're
tired
of
hearing
the
same
old
same
also
encouraged
by
the
energy
um
that
is
in
this
Council
and
look
forward
to
supporting
the
work.
Thank.