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Docket #0812 - Order for a hearing on efforts to combat summer violence in the City of Boston
A
In
everybody
and
welcome
to
the
Christopher
and
Ella
chamber,
my
name
is
Tim
McCarthy
I'm,
the
counselor
from
district
5
I'm.
Also
the
chair
of
Boston
City
Council
Committee
on
Public
Safety
and
criminal
justice,
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues.
In
order
for
parents,
Council
Matt,
O'malley
councillor
Janey,
councillor,
Aneesa,
sabe,
Jorge,
counselor,
Edie
Flynn
in
Casa,
Althea
garrison
I
want
to
remind
you
that
this
is
a
public
hearing,
it's
being
recorded
and
broadcasted
on
Comcast
8,
RCN,
82,
Verizon's,
1964
and
online,
the
city
of
Boston
gov
web
page.
A
Please
silence
your
phones
and
other
devices
will
also
take
public
testimony
and
would
appreciate
it
if
you
sign
in
and
indicate
if
you
wish
to
testify,
please
check
the
yes
box.
If
you
do
wish
to
testify,
please
state
your
name
and
your
affiliation
and
please
limit
your
comments
to
a
couple
minutes.
That
way
we
can
ensure
that
everybody
concerned
has
an
opportunity
to
speak.
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
number
zero,
eight
one
to
order
for
hearing
and
efforts
to
combat
summer
violence
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
This
docket
number
is
sponsored
by
councillors,
O'malley
Janey
and
president
Campbell.
We
have.
We
have
a
panel
from
the
administration
in
front
of
me
now
we're
just
going
to
take
a
bit
out
of
order.
There's
a
video
that
we're
going
to
play
first
before
we
invite
the
panel
to
for
opening
remarks,
as
well
as
my
colleagues
for
open
remarks.
So
I
think
we'll
watch
the
video
first
and
we'll
have
opening
remarks
and
we'll
and
we'll
start
the
hearing.
So
thank
you
very
much.
B
B
But
me,
you
know
I
stayed
in
the
house
and
wrote
stories
and
drew
pitches
and
pitches
of
sneakers
and
figures.
I
grew
up
seeing
and
popular
landmarks
and
I.
Remember
my
my
former
English
teacher
mentor,
Malcolm
Bryant,
told
me
a
true
artist
paints
a
picture
of
a
better
world.
Don't
waste
time
telling
me
about
what
you
see
outside
your
window.
Tell
me
what
he
smells
like
tell
me
how
you
would
like
it
to
smell
something
like
that
he'd.
You
know
he
has
an
interesting
tone.
B
I,
always
remembered
that,
though,
if
I
had
to
think
of
one
moment
where
my
entire
life
was
influenced,
it
would
be
Patrice
Patrice
Lassiter
when
I
first
met
her.
She
was
a
bug
like
a
real
bug
like
super
super
super
bug,
super
silly,
a
smile
that
you
couldn't
ignore
and
she
was
going
to
do
at
the
time
when
we
met
and
I
didn't
notice,
but
she
dumped
him
because
she
just
knew
me
and
her
we'll
be
together
and,
needless
to
say,
he
didn't
like
that.
Much
shout
out
to
Clint
whoever
he
is.
B
We
grew
to
be
best
friends
and
I,
never
felt
so
connected
to
one
person.
I
always
tried
to
put
her
first,
even
when
I
was
doing
things.
I
shouldn't
have
been
doing,
but
I
will
always
keep
her
away
from
it.
She
was
smart
funny.
Beautiful
stubborn
I
always
had
to
have
the
last
word,
never
wrong.
Ton
of
sarcasm
and
I.
Remember
the
prom
I
was
happy
but
stayed
cool.
It
was
important
to
stay
cool.
She
was
happy
I.
B
Remember,
I
asked
my
math
teacher
at
the
time
to
rent
me
a
car,
so
I
could
drive
and
she
did
it
and
then
looking
back
as
an
adult,
that's
kind
of
crazy,
but
I
love
her.
For
that
not
gonna,
say
her
name,
but
I
love
her
for
that.
I,
remember
I
just
done
my
first
commercial
and
it
was
playing
every
single
day
for
months.
I
thought
I
knew.
I
was
rich.
That
was
my
idea
to
money
falling
back
then
Patrice
and
I
would
talk
about
entertainment
and
making
it
she
wanted
to
be
an
actress.
B
B
But
life
has
a
funny
way
of
playing
out.
My
mother
was
arrested
and
sentenced
and
I
couldn't
leave
my
brothers
and
my
father,
who
was
in
recovery
at
the
time
and
they
needed
me
Patrice
mentioned
or
suggested.
I
was
saying
I'm
staying
here
and
and
just
until
my
mom
got
home,
so
things
got
a
little
more
settled.
We
will
both
go,
but
I
refused.
I
didn't
want
her
to
suffer
and
sacrifice
any
of
her
dreams
for
mine.
So
we
made
a
pact.
B
She
will
go
to
Atlanta
study,
grind
it
out,
and
I
will
pick
up
on
my
end,
I
even
proposed
her
I
spent
a
lot
of
my
commercial
money
and
after
I
spent
that
I
realized
I.
Wasn't
that
rich
I
bought
a
little
ring,
it
was
flat.
O's
had
a
bunch
of
clusters,
but
it
was
shiny,
I
thought
that
was
important.
She
got
into
college
and
found
a
place
for
her
friends
and
although
I
was
sad
to
be
losing
her
I
knew
it
was
the
best
decision
to
me.
B
Patrice
was
shot
and
killed
while
getting
ready
for
school
I
felt
it.
They
say
it
happened.
Around
7:40
a.m.
I
jumped
up
at
7:42.
I
was
late
for
work,
I
called
her
immediately
when
I
woke
up.
She
didn't
answer.
The
story
surrounding
her
death
is
still
unsettled.
In
my
mind,
you
can
Google
gonna,
find
versions
for
yourself.
B
But
to
me
it's
still
cloudy
I
realized
that
people
were
here
to
do
their
part
and
inspire
others
and
to
hopefully
keep
it
going
almost
like
a
marathon
because
of
her
I
became
an
actor
developed,
a
real
respect
and
love
for
it.
Join
Screen,
Actors
Guild
moved
to
Harlem,
put
out
records,
traveled
even
started
my
publishing
company
and
named
it
after
her
I
quietly
move
on
her
honor.
Anyone
who
knows
me
knows
how
important
she
was
and
still
is,
that
loss
broke.
My
heart
forever
changed
deal
with
loss
and
death.
B
Here,
on
the
first,
the
stamps
came:
help
make
a
shopping
list:
wheat-bread
2%
milk
brown
eggs.
This
was
our
routine
struggle
to
make
ends
meet
some
nights,
no
light
some
days,
no
heat
house
full
of
love,
don't
good
time,
similarity
the
projects
and
the
mad
dog
casualties,
one
TV,
where
rabbit
is
we
he's
a
ball
on
the
break?
There's
no
clear
yeah
I'm,
just
reminiscing
on
he
big
notice
is
coming
home
to
the
couch
gone
thought.
Brennan
Center
was
a
real
store,
don't
knock
on
the
door.
B
And
bitchin
refuses
a
dime.
They
go
away,
no
matter
what
color
I
look
at
them,
I'm,
trying
to
screw
over
slaw,
so
busy
divorce.
Some
accounted
for.
It's
thrown.
The
sue-happy
show
this
billboards
top
already
I'm
touching
the
people
with
this
hip-hop
I'm
ready
to
battle
with
my
pros,
rocks
down
lead
by
example.
B
B
C
B
A
D
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
I
will
be
brief
as
I
think.
It's
important
that
we
hear
from
some
of
the
experts
as
well
as
community
members,
stakeholders
here,
spicy
to
say,
I'm
delighted
to
again
part
with
my
dear
colleague
and
friend
from
district
7
councillor
Kim
Janey,
as
well
as
the
council
president
from
district
4
council
Andrea
Campbell.
On
calling
this
hearing.
E
D
First
met
last
year
on
June
14,
so
a
little
bit
better
than
a
year
ago,
where
we
heard
from
then
Commissioner
Evans,
chief
Marty,
Martinez,
Conan
Harris
who's
to
serve
the
capacity
and
the
public
safety
cabinet
in
chief
will
Morales,
and
it
was
a
very
worthwhile
opportunity
to
talk
to
folks
hear
from
folks
hear
from
members
of
the
community
and
figure
out
some
strategies
and
some
actions
that
we
ought
to
be
taking
as
a
city
as
a
community
going
forward.
We
all
know
the
crime
rate
goes
up
in
the
summer.
D
Is
the
thermostat
or
the
thermometer
rises?
So
too
often
does
crime
rate.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
everything
involved
in
some
real
support
services
and
wraparound
services
for
everyone
in
our
city.
A
terrific
sort
of
takeaway
from
last
year's
hearing
was
some
great
work
with
the
Mildred
Haley
task
force
from
formally
Bromley
Heath
and
el
Mildred
Haley
I've
been
delighted
to
have
worked
with
their
task
force.
Every
Wednesday
we
do
a
hot
dog
night.
D
Hamburgers
will
be
in
the
equation
a
little
bit
later
in
the
season,
but
encourage
you
all
and
to
really
help
have
a
cross-collaboration
want
to
specifically
thank
the
men
and
women
of
a13
and
Jamaica
Plain
for
their
great
partnership
there.
So
that
is
all
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
for
the
great
work
that
you
do
every
day
and
particularly
those
who
serve
on
the
front
lines.
We
really
appreciate
in
value
and
thank
you
again
to
my
colleagues
and
all
my
colleagues
who
have
joined
us
and
thank
you,
mr.
D
F
You
so
much
mr.
chair,
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
my
colleagues,
councillor
Matt
O'malley
in
Council
Campbell
for
their
partnership.
I
was
grateful
to
partner
with
you
last
year,
councillor
O'malley.
So
thank
you
want
to
thank
all
of
my
colleagues
for
for
being
here.
We
know
that
violence
does
happen
all
year,
but
there
certainly
is
an
up
taken.
So
we
want
to
have
this
conversation
to
explore
strategies
that
are
working
and
where
they're
not
working.
We
want
to
beef
those
up
so
I'm
grateful
to
have
this
conversation
again
with
all
of
you.
F
I
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
being
here,
and
certainly
all
of
the
the
advocates,
the
activists
and
community
experts
who
will
also
provide
important
testimony.
We
know
that
violence
is
on
the
rise
during
the
warm
seven
months.
We
just
saw
this
past
weekend
a
spike
in
violent
incidents
in
our
neighborhood,
which
all
are
unfortunate,
including
police
involved
shootings,
which
is
currently
under
investigation,
and
that
is
not
the
purpose
of
this
hearing.
This
hearing
is
to
talk
about
summer.
F
Violence,
I
think
it
was
really
important
and
powerful
that
we
opened
up
this
hearing
with
the
video
that
we
opened
up
with,
and
so
I
want
to
acknowledge,
Daniel
Davis,
who
was
in
the
audience
the
filmmaker
and
artist
who
was
featured
in
the
video.
Thank
you
for
for
putting
your
heart
out
there
and
creating
this
important
piece
of
art
for
us
all
to
reflect
on
the
beauty
in
our
community,
as
well
as
the
pain
that
many
of
us
feel
from
these
violent
incidents
and
I
know
there
was
some.
F
Some
of
the
images
in
the
music
video
portion
may
have
been
disturbing
to
some
folks
in
terms
of
looking
at
chalk
lines
and
bullet
casings
and
yellow
tape.
But
the
reality
is
that
many
of
our
children
are
seeing
that
every
day
in
their
neighborhoods
and
we've
got
to
do
more
to
make
sure
that
that
is
not
the
case
and
in
fact,
that
we
all
can
live
in
neighborhoods
that
are
safe
and
free
from
this
violence.
So
I
welcome
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
the
panel
I
too,
want
to
kind
of
get
right
in
it
I.
F
For
me,
the
important
thing
about
this
hearing
is
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
be
solution-oriented
and
to
really
hear
from
community
in
terms
of
what
is
working
so
I
certainly
respect
the
experts
on
this,
the
administration
panel,
but
certainly
anxious,
also
to
hear
from
the
other
experts
in
the
room
which
are
folks
who
are
on
the
ground
every
single
day.
Doing
this
work
alongside
you,
so
I
want
to
acknowledge
them
in
this
space
and
I
look
forward
to
having
a
very
productive
hearing.
F
G
Thank
You
councillor
McCarthy
for
chairing
this
hearing,
and
also
thank
you
for
arranging
that
the
video
be
shown
thank
you
to
Michelle,
as
well
as
Carrie
from
central
staff
for
making
it
happen.
I
also
want
to
thank,
of
course,
my
partner's
councillor
Janie
and
councillor
O'malley
as
well,
and
thank
you
to
all
the
panelists
for
the
work
that
you
do
every
single
day.
It's
not
easy.
G
Work
I
also
want
to
thank
the
activists
and
the
advocates
from
the
community
for
not
only
being
here
but
pushing
us
to
do
better
and
show
up
better
and
holding
us
accountable.
I
mean
this
is
a
tough
hearing,
because
just
last
night,
of
course,
in
my
district
and
over
the
weekend,
many
of
the
incidents
of
violence
or
in
my
district
as
much
as
I
may
say,
you
know
we
need
to
have
a
comprehensive
response.
We
need
to
work
in
collaboration.
We
need
to
get
at
the
root
causes.
G
It
never
feels
good
to
have
to
call
folks
on
their
Street
to
see
how
they're
doing
to
address
trauma
and,
of
course,
their
sense
of
fear.
The
best
thing
about
D
for
residents
in
particular
as
they
are
extremely
resilient.
They
come
from
all
different
walks
of
life.
The
folks
who
live
near
Melville
and
Penn
Hollow
Street
yesterday
are
of
every
demographic
you
can
imagine.
They
are
connected
as
a
community
and
they're
showing
up
as
a
community
and
they
refuse
to
live
in
fear.
G
I
saw
this
video
when
it
when
it
was
showcased
and
debuted
with
councillor
Janey
and
thought
it
was
a
nice
touch
to
bring
it
to
this
hearing
one.
So
people
can
feel
the
sadness
the
ank's
of
what
it
means
to
lose
folks
and
just
be
reminded
Mr
Price,
of
course,
Kendrick
Price,
who
was
pictured
in
that
video
d4
resident
family
still
lives
in
the
district.
The
pain
is
real,
but
that
being
said,
I'm
really
excited
to
talk
about
the
solutions.
How
we
move
forward.
G
Of
course,
the
city
alone
and
city
leadership
cannot
do
it
by
themselves.
We
do
best
when
we
work
in
collaboration
when
we
work
together
when
we
work
in
partnership
when
we
come
with
a
open,
a
sense
of
compassion,
understanding
and
also
you
know,
if
you're
pushing
us
to
be
accountable,
there's
a
way
in
which
to
say
that
to
each
and
every
one
of
us,
we've
already
done
some
really
creative
things,
I
think
in
the
prevention
space,
particularly
youth
development
fund.
G
That
was
huge
in
my
first
term,
pushing
for
that
and
working
with
you
of
course,
Marty
before
you
even
got
here
so
good
stuff.
We
hold
this
meeting
called
constructed
in
peaceful
communities
in
our
district
in
district,
four
people,
turnout
from
every
walk
of
life,
we're
developing
a
strategic
plan
to
respond
to
incidents
of
violence
that
are
informed
by
community.
It
has
been
extremely
powerful
because
we
have
folks
whether
they're,
currently
gang
involved
formerly
gang
involved.
G
However,
whatever
terminology
they
choose
to
use
for
themselves,
they
are
showing
up
to
participate
and
add
their
voice,
we're
creating
the
space
and
working
in
partnership.
We
will
have
a
hearing
at
some
point,
looking
at
all
the
funding
that
comes
through
the
city
of
Boston,
the
Shanon
grant
ssy
I,
you
name
it
to
talk
about
where
that
money
is
being
spent.
How
do
we
spend
it
efficiently
for
what
purpose
etc?
Looking
forward
to
that
hearing
I
think
it's
important,
but
if
we're
talking
about
education,
our
schools
trauma
response.
It's
all
connected.
G
I
know
we
cannot
possibly
get
to
it
and
justice
hearing
alone,
but
I'm
excited
to
have
the
conversation
to
continue
the
conversation
that
council
malian
councillor
Janie
started
last
year
and
lastly,
because
of
course
we
have
representation
from
BPD.
Yesterday
was
an
officer-involved
shooting
that
never
feels
good,
particularly
for
those
two
officers
that
were
involved,
who
have
a
great
reputation
in
community
and
on
the
force.
It's
a
hard
job
and
it's
a
difficult
one.
G
G
I
will
keep
pushing
at
that
issue
because
it
is
important,
but
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
tremendous
work
of
the
folks
are
already
within
our
public
safety
agencies,
many
of
whom,
of
course,
live
great
in
our
community
right
on
the
very
streets
where
this
is
happening
and
care
deeply.
So
I
appreciate
each
and
every
one
of
you
and,
of
course,
all
of
my
colleagues
as
well
thanks
again
to
councillor
Jani
and
councillor
Malley
and
Thank
You
council
McCarthy.
Thank.
H
I
As
a
former
probation
officer
for
ten
years,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
work
closely
with
the
Boston
Police,
but
also
with
a
lot
of
social
service
providers
in
residents
across
the
city
and
I
have
seen
a
lot
of
people
doing
a
lot
of
great
work
in
the
city
unsung
heroes
at
times,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
for
always
being
there
for
the
residents
of
Boston
and
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
Walsh
administration
for
working
closely
with
the
residents
on
on
these
important
issues
as
well.
Thank
you.
A
J
K
Thank
You
mr.
chairman,
and
to
my
colleagues
for
continuing
the
conversation
to
all
of
our
panelists
who
are
here
and
for
what
you
do
every
day
and
most
of
all,
to
residents,
activists
and
community
members
who
are
in
the
room
I'm
just
here
to
listen
and
offer
my
support
for
community
driven
solutions.
And
oh,
there
are
people
who
are
in
this
room
who
have
been
asking
for
resources
and
coordination
and
many
pathways
and
have
been
laid
out
before
us
so
interested
in
kind
of
helping
support,
getting
everyone
on
the
same
page
and
moving
forward.
A
You
very
much
I'd
just
like
to
add
quickly.
You
know,
I
agree
with
my
colleagues.
This
isn't
just
a
policing
issue.
We've
worked
together
with
the
nonprofit's,
the
CBO's
throughout
the
city,
the
Boston
summer,
jobs
programs
unbelievably
important.
All
the
nonprofit's
are
faith-based
organizations,
and
you
know
programming
the
parks
programming,
the
community
centers
we're
all
rowing
in
the
right
direction.
A
I,
don't
think
anybody
in
this
room
likes
to
see
any
headlines
like
we
see,
sometimes
in
the
paper
and
in
the
news
and
I
think
everybody's
in
this
boat
and
we're
all
rowing
for
peace
and
and
I'm
impressed
with
everybody
coming
here
and
I.
Do
hope
that
a
hearing
like
this
you
know
moves
that
forward
and
maybe
another
Boston
miracle
is
in
our
in
our
near
future.
So
I'd
like
to
introduce
the
the
panel
we
have
from
the
Boston
Police
Department
deputy
chin
and
deputy
Mike
oldrich.
A
We
have
chief
mighty
Martinez,
co-chaired
co-directors
Tracy,
LIF,
cotton,
Rufus
walk.
We
have
reverend
mark
scott
irreverence,
not
here.
No
max
no
of
Kevin's
here,
Oh
Kevin
Sibley
from
the
director
of
returning
citizens,
so
I
think
I'll
start
with
deputy
chin
and
deputy
McGoldrick.
Thank
you
welcome.
L
L
As
far
as
some
of
the
police
efforts
out
there
that
firearms
arrests
and
twenty
eighteen
year-to-date
we're
at
222
and
twenty
nineteen
year-to-date
fire
rounds,
RS
are
at
two
hundred
and
forty.
So
you
know
the
amount
of
firearms
arrests
has
also
increased,
as
the
amount
of
shootings
has
increased.
So
you
know
the
officers
are
out
there
doing
the
work.
It's
just
you
know
it's
just
a
constant,
constant
effort
out
there,
some
of
the
things
we're
doing
to
address
it,
and
obviously
a
lot
of
it
is
collaborative
with
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor's
office.
L
The
the
budget
has
increased
by
three
point:
four
percent
or
thirteen
point:
eight
million
the
monies
slated
to
go
to
additional
officers,
equipment
and
support
for
social
services.
Last
week
we
added
115
officers
graduated
from
the
Academy,
bringing
the
total
to
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
fourteen
officers,
the
highest
level
the
department's
been
at
in
a
decade,
and
we
have
budgeted
for
our,
not
the
class
of
130,
who
will
probably
graduate
the
Academy
about
the
same
time
next
year.
So
we
anticipate
being
able
to
keep
the
resources
somewhat
on
an
even
even
power
to
keep.
L
You
know,
keep
the
deployment
of
our
offices
and
specialized
units
and
districts
at
about
the
same
level,
maybe
throwing
some
increases
depending
on
attrition
as
far
as
the
summer
goes.
So
we
have.
You
know
one
of
the
first
big
summer
events
going
towards
the
4th
of
July
season.
We've
we've
released
the
with
release
a
deployment
plan
for
the
district
and
specialized
units
for
the
the
pre
fourth
of
July
weekend.
That's
done
collaboratively
with
the
captain's
and
with
the
the
various
specialized
Union.
L
So
we
have
it's
it's
an
you
know,
obviously
led
by
statistics
and
intelligence
led
product
combined
with
the
interests
of
our
stakeholders
and
in
the
experience
that
our
department
leadership
has
in
deciding
where
to
best
allocate
our
resources,
so
that
plan
is
in
place
and
that'll
be
the
first
major
weekend
planned
for
deployment
of
resources.
Obviously,
there
are
several
more
weekends
to
come
in
the
summer
and
that
deliberative
approach
to
deploying
our
resources
is
going
to
continue
on
through
the
summer.
M
Deputy
superintendent,
James
Chen,
so
I'm
just
gonna,
go
over
an
overview
of
what
the
department
has
in
plan
for
the
summer.
In
order
to
ensure
a
safe
summer,
the
department
has
four
main
goals:
one's
to
prevent
incidents
of
violence
and
retaliation
by
impact
players
number
to
get
as
many
guns
off
the
street
as
possible,
increase
positive
interactions
between
police
and
the
community
and
engage
more
youth
in
programming
activities
and
connections
to
services.
So
how
we're
gonna
do
that?
M
We're
gonna
achieve
these
goals
with
external
partners
and
focusing
on
five
strategy
areas
supported
by
information
sharing
and
coordination
with
these
partners
strategy
number
one:
there's:
intelligence,
driven
deployment,
focusing
resources
on
geographical
hotspots,
high-risk
entire
players,
most
active
gangs,
the
constant
shifting
of
gang
dynamics
and
illegal
firearms.
Our
youth
and
violence
strike
force
with
the
drug
unit.
Will
we
having
Joint
Operations
focus
on
these
highest
risks?
Impact
players?
M
The
department
will
continue
to
crack
down
on
stuff
like
illegal
scooters,
off-road
vehicles
and
bicycles.
Department
will
continue
to
proactively,
monitor
house
parties
and
nightclubs
due
to
the
violence.
That's
associated
with
them
strategy
number
two:
increased
police
presence,
we're
gonna,
increase,
patrols
around
nightclubs
and
licensed
premises
bars
in
that
nature,
citywide
bite
unit
will
be
deployed,
strategic
based
on
crime
and
intelligence
analysis.
We're
gonna
have
operation
crosswalk,
which
cracks
down
on
drivers,
not
stopping
for
pedestrians.
M
In
the
crosswalk,
the
school
police
will
step
up
patrols
in
the
summer
schools
locations
out,
they've
added
several
DPS
have
added
several
locations.
This
summer
we
will
be
emphasizing
police
presence
in
parks
and
open
spaces
where
gatherings
of
the
youths,
basketball,
tournaments
and
things
like
that.
We're
gonna
focus
resources
to
ensure
that
all
the
huge
cultural
festivals,
for
example,
Haitian
Dominican,
Puerto
Rican,
the
Caribbean
festivals,
as
well
as
other
major
events
as
deputy
McGoldrick
mentioned,
fourth
of
July
and
all
the
big
holiday
events.
M
We're
gonna
enhance
the
police
presence
at
Camp
Harbor
view,
which
is
the
summer
camp
servicing
a
lot
of
us
city
youths
over
the
summer.
We're
gonna
participate
in
the
clergy
police
walks
the
peace
parts
that
happens
almost
every
day
during
the
week,
Monday
Tuesday,
Thursday
and
Friday
all
across
the
city.
M
We're
also
gonna
refer
to
y-o-u,
which
is
the
youth
options.
Unlimited,
it's
a
Workforce,
Development
Program
for
gang
and
court
involved
youth.
We
also
have
best
clinicians.
This
is
a
partnership
with
the
Boston
Medical
Center's
emergency
service
teams,
basically
placing
these
clinicians
in
our
district
stations
to
address
and
respond
to
emotionally
disturbed
people.
M
We
also
have
a
deputy
superintendent
assigned
to
the
homeless
and
opioid
issues.
This
is
like
a
multi-agency
response
to
individuals
suffering
from
homelessness,
substance,
abuse
and
mental
health
issues.
We
have
what
they
call
the
hub
and
core
model
which
has
been
implemented
in
two
districts:
district,
13
and
district
7.
This
involves
weekly
meetings
with
the
Boston
Police
and
service
providers
to
identify
individuals
that
will
need
services
within
the
community
wraparound
services.
We
call
that
we
will
also
step
up
efforts
in
support
for
homicide
survivors
and
make
sure
that
we're
constant
connection
with
them.
M
We
also
will
participate
an
opera
operation
exit.
This
is
designed
as
an
intensive
training
program
to
prepare
participants
for
entry
into
apprenticeship
and
the
building
trades
and
unemployment's
participants
are
carefully
selected
based
on
their
prior
criminal
behavior
and
their
willingness
to
change
their
behavior.
M
We're
also
gonna
coordinate
with
the
BPH
C's
trauma
teams,
strategy
number:
four:
we
will
have
police
referrals
to
the
mayor's
summer
jobs
programs,
which
seeks
to
provide
10,000
youth
with
summer
and
meaningful
employment
partnering
with
the
private
sector,
police
referrals
of
kids
to
free
or
reduced
prime
price
partners,
summer
camps
at
partnering
agencies
like
the
YMCA,
the
boys,
girls,
clubs,
things
like
that.
These
programs
are
great
because
they
offer
discounted
or
free
memberships
to
the
YMCA's
and
the
Boys
and
Girls
Clubs.
M
We
also
participate
in
the
MLK
Scholars
Program.
We
host
interns
for
seven
weeks
and
moving
on
a
strategy
number
five,
the
community
engagement.
So,
with
the
creation
of
the
new
Bureau
of
Community
Engagement,
we
have
new
summer
initiatives
and
highlights
we
have
the
We
Belong
Summer
Youth
Leadership
Program,
which
we
take
30
youths
from
at-risk
youth
from
the
communities
that
are
impacted
and
we
basically
teach
them
leadership,
programs
and
things
like
that.
We
introduced
them
to
leaders
from
the
communities,
so
they
can
have
reverse
dialogues
with
them
and
just
to
change
their
outlook
in
life.
M
We
have
summertime
with
the
woman
in
blue,
which
is
a
program
where
25
female
police
officers
take
on
mentorship
with
youth
in
the
community.
They
they
engage
in
basketball
clinics
and
we
have
a
month-long
CSI
camp
where
we
show
them
parts
of
the
police
department
and
how
we
operate.
We're
gonna
have
pop-up
basketball
games
in
the
districts
and
basically
engaging
in
the
use
and
dialogues
with
the
youth
and
all
the
different
communities
with
the
police
department.
M
We're
gonna
also
have
the
junior
police
academy,
which
is
seven
weeks
of
junior
police.
Youths
that
are
will
will
take
from
all
the
different
districts
and
we'll
take
them
up
for
weekly
visits
to
the
police
department.
Engagement
activities.
We're
gonna
have
first
responder
safety
days.
That's
days
that
we're
gonna
spend
with
special
needs
individuals.
M
We
also
have
the
National
Night
Out,
which
is
on
August
5th
and
August
6,
which
is
a
citywide
event
and
that's
gonna
engage
in
all
the
communities
and
what
the
flashlight
walks
we're
gonna
have
probably
about
15
of
those
during
the
summer.
We're
gonna
be
in
all
the
different
communities
for
that,
and
basically
we're
gonna
engage
in
youth,
police
dialogues,
teen,
empowerment,
medicine,
wheel
and
others.
We
also
have
the
ice
cream
truck,
which
will
be
visiting
almost
every
community
throughout
the
city
and
engaging
with
all
the
youths.
M
N
Good
afternoon,
everyone
Thank
You
councillor
McCarthy
and
cancer
Janey
and
and
the
entire
council
for
giving
us
an
opportunity
to
sort
of
lift
up
some
of
the
things
that
we're
working
on.
You
heard
an
array
of
work
that
the
police
department
is
tackling
and
what
I
want
to
do
is
be
able
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
sense
of
both
what
we're
doing
in
Health
and
Human
Services,
but
also
what
the
overall
approach
is
around
summer.
Violence,
so
I'm
using
some
slides,
I
hope
I
do
this
right.
N
N
The
goal
is
to
embed
violence
prevention
approach
across
all
city
services
and
in
partnership
and
coordinated
with
city
agencies,
and
we
do
it
from
a
public
health
approach,
which
means
you
cannot
simply
focus
on
the
that's
happening.
You
must
think
of
all
the
factors
that
are
going
into
it
and
you
must
work
to
try
to
counter
it.
So
we're
simply
trying
to
strengthen
that
framework,
and
let
me
give
you
some
specifics
of
what
we're
doing
in
Health
and
Human
Services
on
these
each
of
these
quickly.
N
Want
to
make
sure
people
see
that
we're
working
on,
and
these
are
some
examples
right.
Some
of
them,
you
already
hurts
I'm,
not
gonna,
go
over
too
much
of
them,
but
the
mayor,
Summer,
Youth
jobs
program.
What
I
want
to
point
out
to
you
is
that
we
have
an
entity,
part
of
it
called
youth
works
and
youth
work.
Specifically
as
this
year,
we'll
give
400
proven
risk
young
people
a
summer
job
so
summer.
N
Jobs
are
important
and
they
give
all
young
people
an
opportunity
that
the
youth
works
portion
of
the
summer
jobs
program
will
work
with
court-involved
or
gang
involved.
Young
people,
it's
it's
about,
400
of
them
that
we're
targeting
through
the
Department
of
Youth,
Employment
and
engagement,
but
again
it's
to
connect
folks
who
may
need
that
opportunity
most
we're,
also
supporting
the
prevention
side,
the
safe,
a
successful
youth
initiative,
which,
of
course,
intervenes
with
teens
and
young
adults
who
are
likely
to
use
firearms.
N
The
Health
Commission
with
providers
provides
engagement,
outreach
and
case
management
services
to
connect
these
young
people,
young
adults,
to
employment,
education
and
behavioral
health
opportunities.
Although
the
SS,
why
that's?
There
is
under
prevention?
It
also
is
an
intervention
strategy
on
the
next
slide.
You'll
see
that
we
have
our
bcy
of
summer
programming.
Thousands
of
young
people
are
served
by
our
DCYF
centers.
We
also
have
youth
and
individual
programs,
and
in
targeted
programs
we
have
a
pre
employment
program
for
13
and
14
year
olds,
which
is
very
important
our
summer
teens
program.
N
In
addition,
the
last
piece
that's
their
BC
YF
once
again
through
the
command
from
Mayor
Walsh,
is
giving
a
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
through
our
summer
fund
that
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
really
for
dedicated
nonprofit
organizations
to
expand
their
services.
I
think
it's
roughly
70
organizations
getting
grants
anywhere
from
1,200
bucks
to
maybe
eight
thousand
nine
thousand
dollars,
and
it's
so
they
can
serve
more
young
people
and
targeted
neighborhoods
and
to
be
able
to
expand
that
reach.
N
N
So
last
year
we
did
HHS
hosted
cookouts
in
Jamaica
Plain
uplands
corner
in
fields
corner
this
year,
in
addition
to
four
block
parties
that
BC
OIF
will
do
we'll
do
to
larger
community
cookouts
and
Dudley
in
Mattapan
to
be
able
to
engage
folks
and
bring
communities
together
with
the
goal
of
turning
out
three
to
four
hundred
folks
within
that.
So
that's
part
of
the
prevention
bucket
of
work,
many
other
things
there
but
I'm
just
giving
you
some
glimpse
of
the
strategy.
The
intervention
work,
that's
in
front
of
us
includes
our
street
workers
program.
I.
N
Think
our
counselors
know
that
in
this
year's
budget,
there's
about
560
about
560
thousand
dollars
to
invest
in
our
street
workers
program.
We
are
revamping
that
program,
we're
very
close
to
be
able
to
share
all
the
excitement
of
the
details
of
the
program.
But
again
the
program
is
that
are
trained
to
engage
young
people
engage,
proven
risk
young
people
in
very
in
various
neighborhoods
and
can
connect
them
to
resources
and
services.
The
revised
or
updated
program
that
we're
working
on
does
everything
from
focus
on
resource
coordination,
focus
on
pathway,
opportunities
for
young
people.
N
It
even
rebrands
at
the
program
which
I'm
you
probably
saw
in
your
budget
letter
that
we
sent
you.
The
goal
is
to
strengthen
that
program
and
the
street
workers
are
actually
engaged
in
that
process
today.
But
again,
that's
about
intervention
in
addition
to
that,
we're
partying
with
CBO's
and
their
work.
College-Bound
Dorchester,
for
example,
wrote
organizations
that
are
already
working
with
these
targeted
populations
to
engage
them
in
services
and
to
intervene
in
some
of
the
pieces
that
are
there
and
last
but
not
least,
is
the
response
portion
of
the
the
strategy.
N
N
As
you
see
there
on
the
slides,
Jamaica
Plain
he's
Boston
Matapan
Grove
Hall
bone
Geneva
and
greater
four
corners,
they
are
a
partnership
as
a
reminder
between
a
community
health
center
and
a
CBO
to
connect
both
clinical
resources
to
folks
who
may
need
them,
as
well
as
to
connect
folks
to
the
Lewis
T
Brown
Peace
Institute
who's,
an
important
part
partner
into
this
work.
Folks
from
our
neighborhood
based
trauma
teams
are
here
today
and
can
talk
more
about
that.
But
again
lots
of
violence
can
be
retaliatory
in
nature
and
so
to
gauge.
N
Folks
around
trauma
is
an
important
part
of
it.
Last
but
not
least,
on
the
response
piece
that
I'll
share
with
you,
we've
also
been
working
to
support
community
forms,
so
after
violence
happens
in
a
community
communities
want
to
come
together,
they
want
to
be
able
to
have
dialogue
and
discussion.
We've
been
able
to
support
some
of
that
work
with
the
Mattapan
Community
Health
Center,
for
example,
to
do
a
series
of
several
meetings
in
Mattapan
to
sort
of
look
at
some
of
the
issues
that
might
be
there.
N
We've
had
conversations
about
doing
that
and
some
other
neighborhoods
as
well
and
we'll
continue
to
do
that
to
respond
to
the
issues
that
are
in
front
of
us
so
before
I
kind
of
wrap
up,
I
guess
the
pieces
that
I'll
share
with
you
is
that,
while
we
are
working
on
prevention,
intervention
and
response,
we
are
tackling
a
systems,
change
approach,
and
so
the
next
slide.
That's
there.
We
have
created
a
youth
violence
prevention
working
group.
N
It
is
an
interagency
working
group,
that's
meeting
to
better
coordinate
the
violence,
prevention,
intervention
and
response
services
across
BPD
bps,
the
Health
Commission
be
cyf
in
a
variety
of
internal
facing
folks.
We
have
not
gotten
been
able
to
get
reach
out
to
the
external
partners
who
are
doing
this
important
work
and
have
lots
of
thoughts
to
it,
but
we
are
working
across
everyone.
You
see
here,
including
Commissioner
grass,
to
be
able
to
understand.
Where
are
we
working
well?
N
How
many
programs
do
we
have
hundreds
of
prevention
programs
between
the
police
department
be
CYF
across
the
city
within
the
schools
as
well?
Do
we
need
more
intervention
programs?
Yes,
do
we
need
more
programs,
they're
gonna
target
higher
risk
young
people,
yes,
and
do
any
more
services
that
will
reach
older
young
adults,
maybe
25
and
up
yes,
and
but
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
better
understand
what
all
those
opportunities
might
be
and
invest
in
those
by
working
together
to
be
able
to
think
about
systems
change
and
create
real
opportunities
to
move
it
forward.
N
We're
also
looking
to
work
to
look
at
systems,
change
and
root,
cause
issues
and
look
at
coordination
so
that
we're
actually
tackling
the
problems
we
need
to
be
tackling
and
lifting
up
the
services
we
need
to
be
lift
you
know,
that's
that's
the
larger
approach,
we're
tackling
and
the
HHS
is
helping
to
give
some
leadership
to
that
I.
Think
my
colleagues
from
the
Office
of
Public,
Safety
and
returning
citizens
have
some
real
specific
things.
They're
working
on
that
sort
of
wrap
up
the
administration's
efforts.
Thank
You
counselor
thank.
O
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
inviting
me
to
be
here
as
one
of
the
youngest
offices
in
the
city.
I
want
to
just
explain
what
our
office
does
and
what
we've
been
able
to
accomplish.
In
the
short
19
months
that
we've
been
established,
the
office
of
returning
citizens
provides
individuals
who
have
been
affected
by
incarceration
through
housing,
healthcare,
employment
and
education.
We
also
identify
gaps
in
services
that
may
hamper
successful
reentry.
The
OSE
is
a
voluntary
organization.
We
focus
on
restoration,
engagement
and
redemption
of
the
individuals
were
involved
in
the
office.
O
In
the
last
19
months,
we've
been
able
to
service
548
individuals,
men
and
women
in
our
office,
and
we
have
another
122
registrations
that
we've
been
able
to
form
behind
the
wall
and
or
while
individuals
are
in
prison
awaiting
release.
Our
average
age
of
assistance
is
35
years
old
and
that's
very
important
for
us
to
capture
and
that's
very
important
information
for
us
to
know.
We
have
a
recidivism
rate
about
between
three
and
five
percents
and
we
have
another
5%
that
are
mi
a
that
just
we
don't
have
any
connection
or
communication
with
them.
O
We
don't
always
assume
that
they
have
been
re-arrested,
they
may
have
moved
out
of
the
area
and
or
lack
of
funding
for
technology,
telephones
etc.
But
we
have
over
200
partners
throughout
the
city
of
Boston
and
through
that
partnership
we
extend
beyond
Boston
to
Brockton
Framingham,
Lawrence
and
even
New
Bedford,
and
we
find
that
we
find
that
necessary,
because
individuals,
just
quite
frankly,
can't
afford
to
live
in
Boston.
O
We
have
to
find
housing
measures
in
and
outside
of
our
borders,
and
we
have
to
build
relationships
in
in
and
outside
of
our
borders,
so
some
of
our
partners
include
nee
cat
and
as
building
the
New
England
Culinary
Arts
and
Training
mass
hire
Wentworth
Institute
of
Technology,
and
we
because
we
want
to
educate,
encourage
and
employ
those
who
want
to
better
their
situation.
In
that
we
find
the
most
important
work
that
we've
been
doing
is
hands
on
case
management
with
individuals
hands
on.
We
call
the
text
we
write.
O
O
One
of
our
newest
partners
is
the
Boston
Dream
Center,
it's
a
faith-based
organization
and
it's
connected
to
over
three
thirty
30
churches
with
over
2000
parishioners
into
England,
and
not
only
are
they
helping
on
the
outside
they're
helping
on
the
inside.
They
hold
faith,
faith-based
and
worship
services
on
the
inside
and
we
are
connected
in
a
way
where
we
understand
that
there
is
a
need
for
us
to
involve
our
church
community
and
they
are
a
very
important
partner
that
can
help
to
reach
out
to
help
save
some
of
our
individuals.
O
Now
as
I
move
as
I
close
I.
Just
want
to
say,
part
of
our
plan
is
understanding
that
the
that
there's
a
lapse
or
lack
of
services
for
individuals
who
are
27
28
years
old
to
approximately
37
years
old.
We
have
a
lot
of
youth
programs,
but
when
folks
are
coming
out,
what
they're
asking
for
is
they're
asking
for
a
housing.
They
understand
that
if
they
have
not
accomplished
their
GED
or
if
they
have
not
accomplished
their
educational
goals,
they
want
assistance.
O
So
we
want
to
just
like
we're
continuing
to
identify
some
of
the
roadblocks
that
are
getting
in
the
way
of
our
young
people
and
to
understand
that
that
average
age
of
35
is
an
age,
that's
oftentimes
overlooked,
and
then
we
are
seeing
an
increase
in
some
of
the
violence
in
that
age
group.
So
with
that
being
said,
the
partnerships
are
creating
intentional
mentorship
opportunities
for
individuals
to
come
in,
to
talk
to
have
someplace
to
go.
O
The
offers
of
returning
citizens
is
Crete
was
created
for
that
specifically
to
have
them
comment
even
just
to
take
a
load
off,
sometimes
because
that
is
very
important,
so
as
I
close
and
pass
on
to
my
part,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
listening,
we're
here
for
you
and
we
look
forward
to
your
insight.
Thank.
A
G
You
and
I
apologies
to
my
co-sponsors.
It's
difficult
to
try
to
coordinate
all
of
our
schedules.
I
have
to
go
to
the
Suffragette
Centennial
movement
and,
frankly,
talk
about
the
Boston
born
black
woman,
who
were
suffragettes
so
I
have
to
be
there
across
the
street,
but
just
quickly
wanted
to
tell
folks
that
I
will
watch
the
tape
we'll
stay
in
contact
with
everyone
here,
like
we
already
are
doing
we'll
just
add
on
the
this
they'd
be
great
to
see
re-entry
incorporated
in
this
actual
plan.
G
One
of
the
meetings
we
actually
had
as
well
with
BPD
with
respect
to
summer
violence,
was
the
fact
that
many
of
the
recent
victims
and
players
are
much
older,
they're,
not
young
people
and
looking
at
what
are
the
lists
of
services
currently
available.
So
we're
all
on
the
same
page
as
to
what
those
lists
are
and
then
how
do
we
fill
those
gaps
to
meet
those
needs?
G
And
then
lastly,
I'll
say:
I
also
had
questions
which
my
colleagues
will
also
ask
as
well,
which
is
how
how
do
we
reach
those
impact,
players
and
I'll
put
that
in
quotes,
because
they
don't
obviously
describe
themselves
as
such?
How
do
we
reach
those
impact
players,
the
gang
involved
or
those
who
are
currently
in
this
in
the
streets
who
we
can't
I
can't
go
up
to
informal
relationship
with
some
of
our
street
workers?
May
police?
Probably
not.
So?
How
do
we
create
a
team
of
folks
who
are
proactively
able
to
reach
those
players?
G
Ssy
allows
us
to
do
some
of
that
through
the
work
of
some
of
the
folks
at
the
Health
Commission
who've
been
doing
it
for
a
really
long
time,
but
I.
Remember
that
being
a
challenge
that
came
up
and
in
the
meeting
in
terms
of
the
summer
violence
strategy,
so
would
love
to
hear
your
thoughts
at
some
point
on
that
and
lastly,
my
apologies
again
to
my
colleagues
but,
of
course,
we'll
follow
up
with
them
and
also
two
of
my
team
members.
G
All
of
my
team
members
are
here
many
of
my
team
members,
especially
CJ
and
Cheryl,
who
you
guys
know
very
well,
are
also
here
taking
notes
and
will
be.
You
know,
submitting
questions
as
well
through
my
colleagues
related
to
this.
So
again,
thank
you
guys
for
the
work
you're
doing.
Thank
you
to
community
and
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
letting
me
go
out
of
turn
as
I
go
speak
on
all
of
our
behalf.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
P
Want
to
say
very
quick:
we
have
a
good
evening
to
all
the
council
to
all
the
support
of
folks
here
from
the
community.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge.
We
have
a
very
small
office,
and
we
have
two
folks
here
that
do
some
tremendous
work
low
priority
that
oversees
our
programs.
We
knew
an
exit.
You
know
an
Xavier
just
extraordinary.
He
does
a
little
bit
of
everything
all
over
the
place,
but
he's
establishing
a
good
rapport
for
us
back
out
in
the
communities.
I
just
wanted
to
reminisce
a
little
about
the
video
that
I
saw.
P
P
When
the
mayor's
office
of
Public
Safety
was
established,
there
was
some
core
fundamental,
very
principles
that
I
think
were
put
in
place
that
constituents
had
a
place
to
go
regarding
any
type
of
community
violence,
that
victims
had
a
place
to
go,
and
so
community
violence
as
well
as
we
also
make
sure
that
we
work
with
internal
partners,
external
partners,
providing
technical
assistance
to
help
direct
and
guide
folks
toward
what
we
need
to
do
to
deal
with
all
aspects
of
violence.
But
what
I'd
like
to
do
today
is
really
speak
specifically.
P
What
we're
doing
now
I've
been
in
this
office
about
six
months
and
Rufus,
will
talk
he's
been
about
six
weeks,
but
I?
Think
we've
made
some
major
strides
within
a
short
period
of
time.
Operation
exit
is
a
program
that
our
Rufus
and
I
inherited
that
Linda
Lowe
priori
is
running.
It's
been
in
existence
now,
six
years
we've
had
over
80
graduates
this
year
we
have
18
individuals
in
that
class
and
if
you
want
to
talk
about
impact
players
and
if
you
want
to
meet
impact
players,
that's
where
you
come
to
meet
them.
P
These
individuals
have
young
men
and
women
that
have
been
on
the
streets
involved
in
gang
violence
over
the
years
due
to
work
with
our
partners
have
changed
their
lives
and
decided
they
didn't
want
to
do
this
anymore.
The
mayor
put
this
in
place
with
the
unions
and
the
unions
are
doing
an
excellent
job
in
regards
to
providing
employment
opportunities
and
with
impact
players.
P
You
have
to
have
some
type
of
real
employment
opportunity,
they're
not
going
to
stand
behind
McDonald's
and
some
of
these
other
places
they
they're
gonna
they'll
continue
to
do
what
they
used
to
do,
but
this
program
is
excellent.
We
have
another
class
starting
in
our
operation,
renew
program,
which
is
a
restoration
and
carpentry
program.
We
have
for
individuals,
and
normally
these
individuals
have
come
through
the
federal
prison
system,
one
way
or
another,
and
been
recommended
by
individuals
to
federal
probation
in
the
federal
system
to
be
engaged
in
some
type
of
Employment
Opportunity.
P
P
You
know
you
have
some
folks
like
Monica
cannon
and
James
Hill
and
Ricki
grant
and
folks
that
are
in
the
community.
Doing
great
work,
but
this
is
a
situation
where
we
have
to
engage
everybody
so
we're
gonna,
bring
together
neighborhood
associations
from
Roxbury
Dorchester
Matapan
and
engage
them
in
a
one-day
conference
and
we'd
like
to
explain
to
them
what
we
need
from
them
in
order
to
help
us
be
even
more
successful
in
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
the
future.
We're
also
starting
an
initiative
called
adapt
your
block
as
a
church
based
initiative.
P
One
thing
that
I
want
to
say
true
that
in
regards
to
the
violence
and
homicides
that
are
happening,
this
is
a
black
community
issue.
These
are
black
kids,
killing
black
kids
and
right
now
we
need
anybody
from
all
walks
of
life
to
gauge
in
this
work,
you
don't
have
to
be
black
to
work
on
black
communities
white
to
work
and
why
all
you
have
to
be
is
dedicated
committed
and
have
a
good
heart,
and
these
young
people
on
the
corners
will
respond
to
you.
P
It's
very
important
that
we
focus
on
all
these
different
aspects
when
we're
talking
about
gang
violence,
but
we
also
want
to
make
sure
we
don't
leave
the
girls
out,
which
brings
us
back
to
another
program
that
we
initiated
years
ago,
called
professional
women
and
girls
of
today
in
the
future,
where
we
are
employing
20
young
girls
that
have
the
aspiration.
They're
gonna
follow
a
professional
woman
in
the
career
that
they
aspire
to
be
in
the
future.
So
we
have
young
girls
that
will
work
in
a
k-9
unit
with
the
police
department.
We're
taking.
P
One
is
going
to
the
district
attorney's
office,
we're
giving
young
girls
the
opportunity
to
get
quality
employment
in
quality
situations
to
make
them
understand
and
feel
you
don't
have
to
follow
around
with
these
young
guys
to
be
successful.
This
is
gonna,
be
a
quality
opportunity
for
you
to
move
forward
to
other
initiatives
that
I
mentioned
and
I'll.
Let
Rufus
talk
about
some
of
the
other
things
that
we're
doing
in
right
now,
I'm
only
really
talking
about
the
stuff
we're
doing
around
this
population.
P
P
It's
coming
along
extremely
well
from
social
workers
to
trauma
teams,
street
workers,
you
name
it
Suffolk,
County,
District,
Attorney's,
Office,
2d,
Tom,
the
Suffolk
County
House
of
Corrections,
but
we
have
about
20
partners
that
sit
down
and
working
to
come
together
to
figure
out
strategy.
So
we
can
get
more
people
on
the
streets
to
deal
with
this
high-risk
population
and
the
last
piece
that
I'll
mention
is
our
D
way.
Dys
visits.
P
We
have
14
people
that
have
volunteered
to
be
a
part
of
a
team
that
are
a
part
of
a
number
of
groups
across
the
city.
If
you
want
to
see
200-300
impact
players,
dys
system
has
20
to
50
of
them
every
year
and
what
we're
gonna
do
is
go
in,
like
we
did
years
ago,
develop
a
rapport
with
those
individuals
in
this
system.
P
So
that
way
before
they
start
their
six
months
before
they
start
to
come
home,
we
already
have
a
relationship
with
them,
we're
already
plugging
them
in
back
in
school,
plugging
them
in
with
programs.
So
hopefully
they
will
go
back
to
the
same
situations
that
they
were
involved
in,
so
those
are
initiative
specifically
dealing
with
the
high-risk
gang
of
our
population.
Some
other
time
we
can
talk
to
you
about
some
of
the
other
things
that
we're
doing
as
well.
Rufus.
Q
Good
evening,
everyone
out
I'll
be
brief.
So
this
again,
this
is
my
seventh
week
on
the
job,
but
the
last
time
I
testified
I
was
is
about
twenty.
Seventeen
and
I
was
testifying
from
the
community
perspective,
so
now
I'm
intensifying
from
the
administration
perspective,
but
lucky
enough
for
me,
I
bring
that
community
context
to
the
work
and
I
think
that's
what's
important
in
policy
development.
Q
So
that's
what
we've
been
trying
to
bring
when
we're
talking
about
Public
Safety
we
recognize
Public
Safety
is
about
how
do
we
sort
of
strengthen
communities,
because
it's
easy
to
point
to
the
15
year
old,
who
picks
up
the
gun,
but
not
the
system
that
failed
that
15
year
old.
So
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do
now.
Q
That's
some
of
the
sort
of
direction
that
we're
trying
to
go
and
I
think
we
need
to
get
away
from
some
of
these
labels
of
proven
risk
versus
avarice,
because
we
can
all
be
in
this
room
and
God
forbid.
Something
happened
to
one
of
us
and
we're
all
teenagers
and
one
of
our
friends
gets
killed.
That
can
either
drive
us
to
pick
up
a
gun
or
drive
us
to
be
so
traumatized,
but
we
don't
want
to
sort
of
continue
down
the
path
that
we've
sort
of
been
on.
Q
So
we
have
to
sort
of
broaden
our
net
in
terms
of
who
we
want
provide
services
for
and
what
those
services
look
like.
So
we're
trying
to
be
very
place-based
a
neighborhood
base,
with
our
programming
figuring
out,
where
some
of
the
gaps
are.
How
do
we
bring
more
support
to
areas
that
generally
don't
receive
a
lot
of
support
around
resources,
whether
it
be
aftercare
for
or
after
out
of
time,
sort
of
activities
for
guys
who
guys
and
girls
who
are
at
high
school
age?
We're
looking
for
things
to
do
after
school?
Q
What
happens
with
them
during
the
summertime?
How
are
we
sort
of
galvanizing
and
building
partnerships
for
some
of
our
CBO's
and
make
sure
that
some
of
our
young
folks
have
places
to
go?
Also?
What
are
we
doing
for
that
again
that
that
population
has
30-plus
that
have
sort
of
aged
out
of
all
of
our
programming?
But
those
are
the
same
guys
who
were
in
gang
of
all
the
2009.
They
didn't
go
anywhere.
The
same
issues
that
they're
having
on
they're
just
experienced
in
them
continue
as
they
as
they
aged
all.
Q
Their
issues
are
just
aging
with
them,
so
we
may
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
being
strategic
with
that,
which
is
where
the
office
of
returning
citizens
comes
in,
which
is
where
we
also
have
to
build
other
partnerships
with
building
pipelines
to
creative
element,
not
just
jobs,
making
sure
folks
who
are
33
years
old
can
have
venues
in
avenues
into
careers.
It's
gonna
help
them
navigate
away
from
that
lifestyle
that
they
were
living.
I.
Q
Think
the
last
thing
I'm
just
leaving
with
is
just
sort
of
speaking
on
that
video,
as
well
as
1999
was
20
years
ago.
I
was
I
was
17
when
that
incident
happened,
then
living
in
Roxbury.
For
those
of
us
who
lived
there,
that
that
was
sort
of
sent
tremors
throughout
our
whole
community
and
everybody
involved
were
people
that
we
grew
up
with
from
the
perpetrator
to
the
victims,
and
it
just
showed
for
a
lot
of
us
how
vulnerable
we
are
to
violence
and
much
of
our
young
people.
Q
Young
adults
and
seniors
still
feel
that
vulnerability,
which
is
why
we
still
have
so
many
incidents
of
violence.
We're
dealing
with
people
who
have
so
much
trauma
service
providers
included
who
have
dealing
with
so
much
trauma.
So
what
any
instance
happens?
It
just
compounds,
and
it
continues
to
create
this
fight-or-flight,
where
the
smallest
disagreement
could
turn
into
violence,
and
we
have
to
get
to
the
point
where
we're
not
leaving
Roxbury
to
tackle
issues
that
happen
in
Roxbury
or
Matapan
that
just
tackle
issues
that
happen
to
man.
Q
It
might
have
paint
leaving
those
communities
to
deal
with
it
alone.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
really
take
a
citywide
approach,
making
sure
that
all
of
the
resources
that
we
have
under
our
purview
I'll
go
into
those
places
to
sort
of
address
these
things.
So
again,
I'm
seven
weeks
in
but
lucky
enough
for
me,
I've
been
doing
the
work
for
a
while
and
and
Tracie
Linden
Xavier
have
have
been
doing
this
work
for
officer
public,
say
so
I'm
just
coming
in
to
support
and
making
sure
that
we
for
every
policy
we
develop.
Q
D
You,
mr.
chairman,
thank
you
all
for
that
thorough
overview.
It's
it's
telling
and
not
surprising
that
the
focus
of
all
of
your
presentations
is
looking
at
that
holistic
view
of
things
right.
It's
it's
thinking
about
what
happens
in
the
summertime
when
kids
are
out
of
school
and
young
people
are
out
of
school.
It's
talking
thinking
about
what
happens,
those
who
are
aging,
you
know,
don't
have
access
to
resources,
so
I
really
appreciate
it.
We
want
to
get
to
hear
from
some
folks
well
I'll,
keep
these
questions
brief,
but
I
think
you
all
touched
upon
this.
D
P
Think
it's
a
little
bit
of
both.
You
know
we're
in
considered,
not
to
mention
we
sit
in
the
same
suite
but
yeah
we're
in
consistent
communication
with
each
other
with
us
or
anything
from
law
enforcement.
Hhs
on
a
consistent
basis
were
consulted
one
another
on
the
best
moves
to
make
strategically
in
order
to
move
the
agenda
forward.
Okay,
great
and.
D
Then
you
know
if
there
were
sort
of
an
infusion
of
resources.
What
would
be
the
best
focus
on
that?
You
know
I'm
sure
you'd
all
have
different
different
answers,
but
if
there
could
be
sort
of
be
one
as
it
relates
to
violence
and
some
are
like
what
what
do
you
think
we
should
be
focused
on
as
we
as
we
sort
of
low
no
look
at
trends
and
sort
of
see
how
things
have
changed
in
anyone
or
everyone
could
sort
of
answer.
This
I
think.
Q
We
really
have
to
focus
on
that
population
between
the
ages
of
25
and
I
would
say,
35
and
that's
everything
from
building
sustainable
pipelines
to
career
development.
But
it's
also
ensuring
that
that
population
not
only
sees
themselves
as
members
of
this
larger
society,
but
see
themselves
that
they're
they
have
a
place
within
the
city
of
Boston
I.
Think
that's
done
by
showing
that
they
have
a
way
to
earn
a
living,
but
also
be
able
to
have
a
voice
as
well.
Q
How
do
we
real
relationship
with
them
to
ensure
that,
whether
it's
folks
who
want
to
go
into
education
to
go
back
to
to
improve
their
skill
set
or
want
to
go
into
some
of
the
Health
and
Human
Services
places
in
terms
of
hospitals
and
and
and
who
want
these
pathways?
But
we
have
to
do
a
better
job
in
ensuring
that
we're
sort
of
calling
on
our
partners,
so
they
can
feel
like
they
have
a
entry
into
it.
D
D
Q
Gonna
help
out,
obviously,
if
we
give
three
guys
from
Academy
homes,
employment
not
giving
them
but
give
them
up
between
those
positions,
get
trained
are
in
those
positions.
That's
gonna
change.
The
entire
trajectory
of
the
community.
I
live
I,
live
on,
Humboldt,
Avenue
and
guys
see
me
and
they
see
the
okay
that's
possible
for
me
as
well.
We
have
to
create
more
tangible
examples
for
these
young
people.
P
D
Good,
thank
you.
I
know
we're
really
I
appreciate
what
we're
doing
here.
I
know
we
can
always
strive
to
do
more,
but
really
appreciate
all
of
you
and
what
you've
done
and
what
you've
said.
There
are
other
cities
that
sort
of
are
doing
some
interesting
fun
things.
We
should
be
looking
to
example
as
it
relates
to
violence
as
it
relates
to
wraparound
services.
I.
R
N
I
think
there's
some
cities
I
mean
there's
cities
it's
hard
in
Massachusetts,
to
be
honest,
because
their
cities
are
some
smaller
than
you
know
the
Boston,
but
I
do
think
there
are
cities
who
have
you
know
gotten
to
that
comprehensive
approach,
probably
in
a
way
that
maybe
is
more
comprehensive
than
we
have
to
be
honest.
I
think
that
are
sort
of
talking
about
a
public
health
approach
to
violence
prevention
and
have,
like
you
know,
an
overall
plan.
N
That's
pretty
clearly
in
place
and
moved
in
some
research
to
look
at
how
folks
are
tackling
some
of
these
issues
in
San
Francisco
and
in
other
cities,
Philly
who's
gotten
certain
sort
of
everyone's
at
the
table
and
not
in
a
piecemeal
kind
of
way,
so
that
that
was
what
I
would
say.
I
think
there's
some
pockets
of
programs
in
different
areas
across
Massachusetts,
where
there's
some
interesting
things
happening
with
targeted
populations.
N
But
again
you
know
Boston
being
unique
in
the
way
that
the
size
we
are
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
real
comprehensive
partner
or
someone
to
look
to
across
the
state.
I
don't
know
if
someone
has
a
different
thought
around
that,
but
I
I
think
there's
pieces
and
other
neighborhoods.
That
could
be
useful,
though,
to
learn
from
I.
Q
Also
think
we've
we've
had
success
here.
We've
asked
success
within
the
city
of
Boston
I.
Just
think
we
need
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
figure
out
what
worked
and
then,
where
do
we
innovate?
Where
there
are
gaps
again,
we've
had
some
successes,
but
I
think
we
need
to
sort
of
figure
out.
Okay.
What
what
made
that
successful
in
terms
of
we
have
individuals
who
navigated
through
so
many
systems
that
they
were
able
to
successfully
not
navigate
these
systems
coming
from
these
same
corner,
Co
hotspots?
Q
What
worked
for
them
and
what
worked
for
these
communities
so
I
think
we
need
to
sort
of
glean
on
some
of
the
successes
that
we've
had
as
a
city
and
then
trying
to
innovate,
where
we
see
that
again,
certain
things
I
worked
when
I
was
a
teenager.
It's
not
gonna
work
for
some
of
these
teenagers
now,
but
some
of
those
sort
of
key
components
are
probably
still
still
essential.
We
just
need
to
innovate
in
some
of
those
places,
I
think
Boston.
D
We're
the
model
no
I
agree
with
you,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
community
policing.
I,
think
that
we
have
have
set
the
gold
standard.
You
know
the
purpose
of
question
was
to
sort
of
see
other
best
practices.
Some
of
you
may
know
before.
I
was
in
this
role
years
ago.
I
did
legislative
affairs
for
former
sheriff
Andrea
Cabral.
D
She
emulated
what
the
sheriff
the
former
sheriff
of
Hampden
County
did
a
guy
named
Ike
Ashe,
who
was
a
social
worker
who
ran
for
sheriff
out
in
Springfield
area
and
created
an
accountability
pod
for
transitioning
detainees
and
inmates
to
to
find
a
job
to
get
housing.
It
was
this
in
Kyle,
inclusive
approach,
and
it
really
worked
so
I
know
we're
doing
some
great
things
here
and
hope.
D
F
F
Can
any
of
you
speak
to
whether
or
not
the
city
is
engaged
with
some
of
these
larger
corporate
folks
who
think
Boston
is
a
very
attractive
city
in
Boston's,
a
great
city,
but
what
so
they're
getting
tax
breaks
to
come
here?
What
is
the
give
back
to
the
community?
So,
for
example,
we
talk
about
jobs,
so
many
of
these
companies
come
in
and
say,
they've
got
all
these
jobs.
My
question
always
is
for
whom
you
know
many:
the
amazons
of
the
world
are
bringing
their
kind
of
tech
folks
with
them.
F
So
what
commitments
can
we
get
around
financial
investment,
but
also
kind
of
this
job
training
that
could
really
change
a
life?
These
young
men
we're
talking
about
age
25
to
35,
but
even
younger
many
of
them
are
dads
and
so
the
operative
the
ability
to
earn
and
take
care
of
their
family
very
important.
Now,
if
they're
gonna
earn
one
way
over
here
or
can
we
provide
real
opportunity
and
get
something
for
all
that
we
give
for
companies
coming
in?
F
Do
any
of
you
know
and
I
know
chief
barrows
isn't
here
on
the
panel,
but
do
any
can
any
of
you
speak
to
whether
or
not
these
types
of
conversations
are
happening
in
terms
of
what
Gillette's
and
or
GES
rather
and
Amazon's,
and
those
types
of
companies
can
do
in
terms
of
not
just
jobs.
So
jobs
are
great,
but
we
really
have
to
talk
about
jobs
for
home
and
so
how
we
create
opportunities
for
folks
to
get
into
these
programs
and
then
be
ready
to
work
at
a
Google
or
an
Amazon
or
whatever.
We've.
O
Surveyed
the
landscape
throughout
New,
England
and
I'll,
give
you
one
taste
one
test
case
in
particular:
Mass
General,
Hospital
they're,
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
in
in
one
of
the
three
largest
employers
in
Boston
and
one
of
the
issues
or
the
issues
that
we're
encountering
is
with
the
human
resource
department
in
defining
quarries.
In
defining
the
background
check.
There
are
certain
quarries
and
there
are
certain
offenses
that
are
not
a
that
are
not
technically
allowed.
So
the
conversation
is
what
is
allowable.
O
The
conversation
is:
how
far
are
you
looking
back
to
an
individual
I,
often
say
in
those
meetings
that
what
you're
looking
at
what
you're
looking
at
is
a
quarry?
Does
the
individual
who's
reading
a
quarry
understand
what
that
is?
Does
the
individual
who's
reading
who's
interviewing
the
person
know
that
that
individual
that's
sitting
in
front
of
them
isn't
that
person
in
the
past?
They
are
the
person,
that's
right
there
and
they
would
be
an
amazing
employee
given
the
opportunity.
O
F
I
would
suggest
just
me
like
before
the
company,
so
we're
talking
about
a
company
that
wants
to
move
to
the
city
that
we're
having
those
conversations
not
just
with
HR,
with
corporate
CEO
before
they
even
get
to
to
Boston,
so
that
we're
engaging
what
with
what
our
expectations
are.
Moving
forward.
I'm,
sorry
Rufus!
You
wanted
to
act.
Q
Just
just
a
quick
point,
an
example:
Friday
I
was
at
a
grand
opening
for
jet
links,
Boston,
which
is
in
the
Aeronautics
field.
They
buy
and
sell
planes.
They
assesses
their
enhance
command
force
base
just
to
approach
them
about
some
of
the
sort
of
opportunities
in
aeronautics
industry
that
we
could
possibly
have
within
the
city
of
Boston,
in
terms
of
whether
it
be
mechanics
whether
it
be
pilots,
so
there's
a
whole
array
of
job
opportunities
there
and
they
were
willing
to
have
that
conversation
about
around
training
which
is
going
to
be
the
critical
part.
Q
But
also
the
most
important
part
is
that
initial
entry
into
the
actually
workforce
and
I
think
we
have
to
really
pitch
it
on
the
mutual
mutual
beneficial
nature
of
them.
Having
this
partnership
with
the
city
boss,
but
also
them
improving
some
of
their
diversity.
Inclusion
numbers,
but
also
have
an
opportunity
for
guys
that
have
those
real
career.
S
Q
Opportunities
so
I
think
there
are
opportunities
out
there.
We
just
have
to
make
that
ask
and,
like
you
said,
make
sure
we're
holding
these
companies
accountable,
while
the
ones
that
are
already
here
and
those
ones
that
are
looking
to
come
here,
holding
them
accountable
and
I.
Think
as
a
as
we
collaborate
with
the
o-p-s
City
Council
as
a
city
as
a
whole,
we
can
all
hold
them
accountable
collectively.
Q
N
If
I
could
just
add,
some
of
these
conversations
are
already
happening,
so
chief
barrows
pulled
together
both
Department
of
Youth
Employment
and
engagement,
which
holds
where
the
youth
employment
is
for
the
city
office
of
Workforce
Development.
Also
to
look
at
new
companies
coming
in
and
to
explore
pathway
opportunities
for
for
youth
and
young
adults.
It
doesn't
answer
the
older
25
to
35,
but
there
already
has
been
some
of
those
conversations
so,
for
example,
for
this
summer,
there's
a
pilot
of
an
initiative
working
with
real
estate.
N
Companies
who
want
to
come
in
and
they
want
to,
you
know,
sell
what
is
Boston
to
create
some
pathway.
Programs
for
students
do
I
think
it's
through
Madison,
Park
and
O'brien
to
be
able
to
get
a
job
with
a
real
estate
company,
which
is
in
a
different
layer
than
most
of
the
youth
summer.
Jobs.
There's
a
couple
different
examples
where
I
would
argue
and
I
don't
speak
for
chief
Barros,
but
there's
a
couple
different
examples.
Where
he's
trying
to
do
it
again
before
the
company
or
before
the
industry
as
industries
trying
to
expand.
N
How
do
we
think
about
pathway
program
opportunities?
Not
just
a
six-week
job
in
the
summer.
That
gives
a
kid,
a
paycheck
which
is
important.
But
how
do
we
think
about
the
long
term?
Skill
building?
That's
there
I
do
think
we
need
to
translate
that
into
the
older
population
and
we
need
to
make
sure
it's
coordinated.
So
we
can
see
the
opportunities
that
are
in
front
of
us,
because
we
also
have
to
make
sure
that
25
to
35
year
olds
and
all
folks
are
career
or
job
ready.
N
F
N
Be
glad
to
engage
you
if
they
were
just
were
able
to
secure
some
of
the
resources
to
do
those
cookouts
that
we're
gonna.
Do
we
Roxanne
Longoria
who's?
All
my
staff
will
be
it's
quite
a
spearheading
that
with
community
folks
so
glad
to
engage
youth.
For
example.
One
of
the
reasons
we're
doing
the
one
in
Mattapan
is
that
at
the
community
meetings
in
Mattapan
there
was
a
discussion
of
wanting
to
do
more,
not
after
something
bad
happens,
but
before
so
that's
why
we're
doing
one
of
the
cookouts
in
Mattapan?
N
F
And
I
will
wrap
up.
I've
got
a
lot
of
questions,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
time
for
my
colleagues
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
moving
and
getting
to
the
second
panel
and
hearing
testimony
from
community.
But
since
we
are
wrapping
up
the
budget
and
we've
been
talking
about
funding
and
the
importance
of
investing.
F
Let's
talk
about
the
budget.
Can
we
so?
How
much
is
the
city
spending
for
the
SS
weii
funds?
Can
you
talk
about
all
the
different
grants
if
there's
a
way
to
kind
of
get
at
how
much
overall
we're
spending
for
prevention
and
intervention
to
kind
of
do
this
work?
I,
don't
know
and
I
know
it's
rest
in
different
departments,
but.
N
N
That's
a
large
question,
so
let
me
see
if
I
can
give
you
something.
I
know
I,
know
you're
on
the
the
budgets
coming
shortly.
So
again,
there
I
did
send
I.
Think
the
council
a
full
letter
recently
that
outlined
on
June
3rd,
outlined
the
buckets
of
resources.
As
you'll
know,
you
brought
up
SS.
Why
I
guess
is.
Why
is
an
example
with
that
funding
is
coming
from
the
Massachusetts
executive
office
of
Health
and
Human
Services
rewarding
funds
through
the
police
department?
The
Health
Commission
plays
a
role.
N
There
are
a
bunch
of
buckets
of
funding,
resources
and
opportunities
that
are
there.
What
I
can
stressed
you
know
I'm
glad
to
sort
of
walk
through
the
resources
that
are
there.
You
know,
for
example,
we
have
another
half
a
million
dollars
going
into
our
street
workers
program
to
revamp,
grow
and
expand
the
opportunities
that
are
there.
We
once
again
will
have
one
point:
forty
million
dollars
going
into
the
neighborhood
trauma
teams
to
strengthen
what
they're
doing
and
ensure
that
they're
using
the
data
points
that
they
have
in
front
of
them.
N
Specifically
again,
the
budget
is
not
only
trying
to
increase
the
amount
of
resources
once
again
in
our
concert-
camels,
not
here,
but
we
have
the
youth
development
fund
also,
once
again,
that
will
be
awarding
grants
out
to
youth
organizations
so
glad
to
sort
of
I.
Don't
have
it
all
rolled
out
for
you,
but
there
is
a
major
commitment
in
all
these
buckets
around
violence
prevention
in.
F
The
budget
I
think
just
to
wrap
up
because
again
I
know
we
want
to
move
just
what.
How
are
we
measuring
success?
So
what
what's
the
metrics
we're
using?
How
do
we
know
whether
or
not
we
are
investing
in
the
right
areas
or
not?
So
if
you
could
just
speak
to
that
or
anyone
on
the
panel
can
talk
about
whether
or
not
we're
getting
yeah.
N
So
part
of
why
we're
trying
to
work
collaboratively
across
the
across
the
table
here
is
that
if
you
asked
each
of
us
where
those
funds
were
and
where
our
metrics
are,
you
probably
get
a
different
answer
from
all
of
us
at
the
table.
So
one
of
the
things
we're
trying
to
do
is
be
able
to
lift
that
up
more
holistically.
N
So
if
we're
working
in
prevention,
it's
hard
to
prove
what
you
didn't
it's
hard
to
show
what
didn't
happen,
but
you
know,
but
we
know
clearly
that
there
is
a
parameter
of
how
to
prevent
violence
in
the
community,
and
so
how
do
we
contribute
to
that?
How
do
we
make
sure
that
more
young
people
have
access
to
caring
adults,
that
more
young
people
have
connection
to
resources
around
employment,
that
more
people
are
getting
the
resources,
our
own
mental
health
and
behavioral
issues
that
might
exist?
N
So
what
we're
doing
right
now
is
been
able
to
document
what
are
all
those
resources
are
collectively
and
how
we're
looking
at
crime
rates
and
statistics
from
the
police
department?
But
there
are
also
metrics
related
to
the
officer
returning
citizens,
the
outputs
and
recidivism
there's
metrics
related
to
the
mayor's
office
of
Public
Safety,
looking
at
engagement,
CBO's
and
resources.
N
So
again,
there's
not
one
one
metric
across
us,
but
that's
why
the
working
group
has
been
formed
by
Commissioner
cross
and
myself
to
be
able
to
lift
up
the
collective
approach
and
ensure
that
it's
coordinated
and
we're
working
towards
shared
goals
and
resources.
So
that's
what
we're
trying
to
make
happen
with
the
resources
that
are
in
front
of
you
through
the
budget.
Thank.
A
H
You
again
chair
and
thank
you
to
the
detail
of
your
responses
to
the
questions
so
far.
I
am
interested
in
the
difference
in
approach
when
we
think
about
older,
older
young
people
and
younger
older
people
that
are
that
seemed
to
be.
It
seems
to
be
more
involved
in
some
of
the
crime
across
the
city.
How
our
approach
has
changed
thinking
about
them,
because
it
has
to
be
more
than
just
jobs,
yeah.
P
One
thing
that
I
want
to
mention
too
I've
done
this
work
for
a
lot
of
years.
I
can
remember
my
first
four
years
of
doing
this
work.
I
thought
I
could
save
every
kid
every
other
kid,
a
young
adult
that
was
out
there.
I
knew
a
lot
of
individuals
that
pull
triggers
and
I
went
to
over
100
funerals
in
my
first
four
years.
One
of
the
things
that
we
cannot
diss
and
forget
some
of
these
individuals
do
not
want
the
resources
that
we
have
to
offer.
P
Some
of
these
individuals
I
know
individuals
that
enjoy
being
on
the
street
in
the
street
life.
They
enjoy
doing
all
those
aspects
on
a
negative
basis,
but
with
that
being
said,
there
are
times
that
we
just
have
to
get
behind
law
enforcement
and
support
that
it
is
not
always
gonna
be
a
program
for
an
individual.
Some
of
these
individuals,
like
I,
said
they
don't
want
the
resources
and
I'm
just
gonna,
say
clearly
they
have
to
go
to
jail.
P
You
know
we
have
a
lot
of
programs
in
the
city
of
Boston
for
a
lot
of
different
individuals,
I'd
like
to
see
everyone
be
saved,
but
it's
not
realistic.
It
just
doesn't
happen
and
I've
learned
this
from
experience
and
I
feel
bad
at
times.
There's
some
of
the
kids
that
maybe,
if
I
didn't
support
them
in
the
court
system
and
maybe
they
were
incarcerated,
maybe
a
jail
ministry
may
have
helped
them
a
lot
better
than
being
on
the
street
and
possibly
losing
in
life.
P
So
I
also
want
to
say
that
we
have
to
get
behind
law
enforcement
they're
doing
a
ton
of
things
in
a
lot
of
different
directions.
We
want
them
to
be
social
workers.
We
want
them
to
be
everything
to
everybody,
but
it
gets
to
a
point
in
time
for
some
of
the
population
we
have
to,
let
them
just
do
their
job
and
some
of
these
individuals.
They
don't
have
to
go.
H
About
some
of
the
women
centric
or
young
women
centric
efforts,
because
a
lot
of
the
work
does
tend
to
be
male
centric
and
I
know
there's
some
efforts.
Xavier
I
was
in
the
meeting
earlier
today
where
he
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
professional
women
and
girls
programming
talk
about
women
both
in
those
early
formative
years,
but
the
work
we're
doing
with
women
who
might
be
returning
to
our
city,
sort
of
all
of
it.
I'm
interested
in
that
effort.
Absolutely.
O
We
have
we
have
partnerships
that
work
with
women
or
a
female
population
who
have
amazing
resources
and
once
again
we're
talking
from
development
education,
we're
talking
clothing.
We
have
we're
talking
family,
so
when
individuals
or
returning
citizens
are
coming
home,
we
meet
them
where
they
are,
we
look
toward
what
those
issues
are.
Was
there
a
domestic
issue
in
the
house?
Was
there
a
drug
issue
in
the
house?
How
can
are
they?
Are
they
looking
to
reunite
themselves
with
their
families
and
through
it
was
mentioned
before
we
have
all
the
resources
in
our
space
in
Boston?
O
We
just
have
to
connect
them
and
we
make
sure
that
we
take
them
literally
from
from
A
to
B,
to
C
to
make
sure
that
all
the
services
are
connected
and
follow-up
and
back
with
them.
So
all
of
the
services
that
are
in
that
are
in
Boston
and
throughout
individuals
are
taken
from
one
step
to
the
next
and
we
follow
up
with
them
and
that's
the
case
management
aspect
of
it.
That
makes
that
makes
it
most
important
and
special
for
that
individual
and.
O
We're
working
with
a
couple
of
organizations
Sisters
of
st.
Joseph's
aftercare
is
one
of
our
partners,
as
mentioned
before
the
Boston
dream
Center,
and
these
are
female
specific.
We
have
a
wonderful
partner
with
Stacy
Borden
who
is
working
in
our
office
as
well,
walking
these
women
through
all
the
things
that
they
need,
including
trauma,
including
family
reunification,.
P
Also
mentioned
one
of
the
things:
I
realized
work
with
Kevin
and
being
in
the
community,
the
men
when
they
come
home.
They
come
home
usually
to
an
environment
where
there's
a
woman,
their
girlfriend,
wife,
mother
or
something.
But
when
the
women
come
home,
those
resources
are
just
not
there
for
them.
I
attended
a
ribbon-cutting
the
other
day
for
the
McGrath
house,
which
is
just
I,
think
they
have
a
new
I.
P
Think
there's
about
60
or
70
beds
that
they're
offering
to
these
women,
but
I
know
that
having
after
having
conversations
with
Kevin,
that's
a
population-
and
we
want
to
make
sure
feels
that
the
office
of
returning
citizens
is
available
to
them
as
well,
and
it
times
women
do
get
forgotten
just
like
in
the
girls
program
as
well.
So
we're
trying
everything
we
can
to
address
the
needs
of
as
many
groups
we
can
is.
H
So,
if
you
don't
have
an
addiction
issue,
there
isn't
a
program
for
us
making
sure
that
we're
supporting
those
people
and
then
my
last
question
I
am
trying
to
be
aware
of
time-
is
around
connecting
all
of
our
residents
across
the
city
of
Boston
to
mental
health
resources
because
of
the
trauma
because
of
the
lack
of
support,
because
of
sometimes
a
lack
of
cultural
and
linguistic
resources
in
native
languages
and
culturally
competent
resources.
Folks
just
aren't
getting
the
help
that
they
need,
even
when
they
know
they
need
resources.
H
Q
You
hit
on
two
different
populations
too,
because
there
are
individuals
who
can
self-identify
as
being
traumatized,
and
you
have
folks
who
don't
even
realize
that
they're
dealing
with
that
level
of
trauma
so
I
think
we
as
a
city.
We
have
to
sort
of
change
the
conversation
about
how
we
even
discuss
it
and
try
to
try
to
normalize
the
conversation,
because
it's
an
abnormal
aspect,
where
people
think
hot
weather
is
coming
and
easily
start
thinking
about
gunshots.
First,
it's
thinking
about
taking
their
kids
to
the
park.
Q
So
the
fact
we
have
to
point
that
out
that
that's
an
abnormal
reality
and
then
we
have
to
address
it
directly
and
I.
Think
that
comes
from
us
sort
of
pushing
the
conversation
forward
about
some
mental
health
or
traumatic
things
that
we've
been
through
in
terms
of
just
the
community
as
a
whole
of
whether
you've
seen
somebody
get
shot
when
you
were
12
or
see
somebody
overdose
at
19
and
sort
of
talk
about
how
those
things
impact
the
juubi
sort
of
change.
Q
H
Also
say
in
something
to
follow
up
I'd
say
that
often
precipitates
those
mental
health
issues,
not
necessarily
but
often
yeah,
becomes
part
of
communities
DNA.
Whether
or
not
it's
something
that's
been
actually
experienced,
it
becomes
part
of
you
are
we
part
of
your
genetic
makeup,
I
think
over
time,
I
think.
P
A
portion
a
part
of
this
has
to
do
to
with
the
with
the
quality
of
worker
that
you
have
working
in
the
communities
and
what
they
can
identify,
what
they
can
identify,
what
they
can
actually
when
they
realize
it's
time
to
move
this
person
onto
a
qualified,
professional
and
I.
Think
with
chief
Martinez,
is
doing
in
regards
to
restructuring
the
reinvestment
in
the
programs
that
he's
working
with
folks
that
Catharines
find
that
they're
doing
it
with
the
trauma
teams.
H
L
H
I
Thank
You,
council,
McCarthy
and
I
just
had
a
couple
questions.
I
know
you
hit
on
some
of
them.
The
panelists
may
be
chief
Martinez
I
know.
We've
talked
over
the
last
several
several
years,
really
on
public
health
issues.
Public
health
concerns
I
think
we
both
think
of
this
issue
as
crime
is
a
public
health
problem
as
well.
How
can
we
engage
young
people
that
may
have
been
exposed
to
violence
as
as
a
young
child,
whether
it's
seeing
a
domestic
violence
in
their
family
or
as
they
grow
up
being
exposed
to
violence?
I
N
I
also
think
one
of
the
things
that
you
raise
it
up
and
I
appreciate
this
is
that
as
much
as
I
want
us
to
think
about.
You
know
the
the
older
age
and
we
sort
of
lifted
that
up
some
of
the
reasons
we
don't
have
the
issues
with
the
younger
age.
As
we
have
so
many
programs,
we
have
so
many
services.
We
focus
on
prevention.
N
Right
and
so
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
that
prevention
piece
with
young
people
and
getting
them
the
access
to
care,
whether
it's
through
the
school-based
health
centers,
whether
it's
through
a
CBO
or
nonprofit,
but
we
have
to
be
able
to
ask
young
people
and
break
down
some
of
the
stigma
that
exists,
so
they
can
get
the
care
that
they
need,
and
then
we
have
to
provide
that
support
and
resources.
So
we
can
do
it.
N
The
one
thing
I'll
just
say,
though,
is
if
every
person
who
needs
mental
health
support,
raise
their
hand
and
said
I'll.
Take
it
right
now
we
do
not
have
enough
clinicians
to
provide
mental
health
support
to
young
people.
So
it's
not
just
about
breaking
down
barriers.
We
don't
have
enough
services
available
for
young
people
also
and
not
enough.
People
want
to
be
able
to
do
that
with
youth.
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
pieces.
N
P
Other
thing,
too
comes
right:
I
believe
that
even
if
a
street
worker
or
trauma
team
individuals
focused
on
working
with
one
particular
population,
most
of
them
will
go
in
and
do
home
visits
when
you
go
into
the
home
and
you
do
a
home
visit,
you
get
a
lot
more
information
on
in
regards
to
what's
going
on
with
the
entire
family.
In
that
way,
that's
why
it's
important
for
us
in
the
front
lines
or
in
management
levels
to
communicate
with
one
another.
P
I
You
those
those
comments
are
very
helpful.
Family
counseling
is,
is
a
part
of
the
process
as
well.
My
final
final
question,
maybe
maybe
to
the
superintendent
deputy
superintendent
I
know.
We
talked
briefly
about
Corey
reform.
I.
Think
Governor
Patrick
did
some
great
work
on
Corey
reform.
Maybe
we
have
to
even
go
even
further
but
relating
to
that
probation
in
parole
the
court
system.
What
type
of
support
are
we
getting
in
the
neighborhoods
from
probation
from
parole?
I
L
I
Are
we
engaging
the
people
that
are
on
probation
and
parole
enough
in
terms
of
providing
them
as
much
information
as
we
can
on
Cory
friendly
employers,
companies
that
want
to
hire
someone
with
the
Corre?
How
are
we
doing
in
terms
of
that
type
of
outreach
and
getting
someone
into
a
job
training
program
or
a
job
that
is,
that
has
a
quarry.
We.
O
Actually
have
created
quarry
opportunities
and
career
information
sessions
at
the
at
the
courthouse.
First,
first
Wednesday
from
9
to
12.
We
make
sure
that
we
put
that
information
out
individuals,
any
individuals.
We
may
have
any
questions
about
their
quarry
and
we're
also
having
constant
quarry
trainings
throughout
the
city
of
Boston.
O
I
You
and
when
I
started
with
councillor
Janie
and
councillor
Edwards
two
years
ago,
the
first
meetings
we
had
was
City
Council
meetings
we
had
was
in
Suffolk
County
House,
a
correction
talking
to
some
of
the
talking
to
some
of
the
staff
and
people
that
were
there.
What's
the
interaction
like
with
the
Sheriff's
Department,
those
that
are
waiting
sentence
or
waiting,
trial
law
or
already
convicted.
What
type
of
outreach
are
we
doing
for
those
people
that
will
eventually
get
out
of
out
of
jail.
O
We
are
with
Suffolk
County,
actually,
I
was
there.
Yesterday
we
have
a
bi-weekly
meeting
and
there's
the
intake.
That's
that's
also
provided
for
individual
who
are
coming
out
being
released
within
30
days
and
that's
an
ongoing
ongoing
relationship
as
well
as
with
Nashua.
We
have
a
monthly
meeting
with
Nashua
to
make
sure
that
that
information
is
distributed
for
the
population
that
will
be
released
within
the
next
36
between
30
and
60
days.
P
As
well
as
I
would
share
Tompkins
on
a
consistent
basis
and
he
has
a
woman
by
the
name
of
Carla
Acevedo
that
runs
the
re-entry
program
for
the
Suffolk
County
House
of
Corrections,
and
she
actually
sits
on
our
safe
city's
leadership,
team
and
she's.
Actually,
she
helps
develop
resources
for
us
she's
taken
a
young
lady.
P
I
O
That's
the
case:
what
we're
doing
is
we're
working
with
organ
organization
in
people
who
have
bedding
opportunities,
transitional
housing
opportunities,
some
of
our
recovery
home
partners
we've
been
in
conversation
to
talk
to
discuss
transitional
housing
in
addition
to
recovery,
home
housing.
So
that's
been
very
successful
out
of
the
out
of
the
conglomerate
of
ten
individuals.
They
have
over
900
beds
that
they're
willing
to
share
and
to
help
work
out
a
transitional
mission
due
to
the
housing
laws
here
in
Boston
and.
N
O
I
There
an
opportunity
for
inmates
to
get
their
identification
card
while
they're
still
in
jail
or
prison.
Yes,
there
is
his
registry,
or
is
the
appropriate
government
agency
part
of
that
process?
Yes,
okay!
Well,
thank
you
for
taking
my
questions
and,
more
importantly,
thank
you
for
the
leadership
you
are
providing
in
this
city.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
Q
Operation
exit
is
a
program
that
fits
that
parameter
and
also
we
have
office
of
attorney
citizens
as
well.
Were
you
looking
so
those
are
the
two
programs
I
could
think
of
offhand
again
operational
exits
for
those
guys
who
are
gang
involved,
who
are
coming
out
of
their
life,
who
get
opportunity
to
be
trained
and
enter
into
the
building
trades
office
of
returning
citizens
is
again
tackling
populations
who
finished
up
a
state,
local
or
federal
sentence
and
they're
entering
back
into
the
city
of
Boston
and
trying
to
sort
of
transition
to
positive
adulthood.
Q
N
Say
primarily,
the
city
also
provides
obviously
in
various
ways
the
city
provides
funding
to
nonprofits
CBO's
that
do
serve
that
population.
It
turns
out
that
age
range
so
whether
it's
resources
that
are
provided
through
the
Shannon
grants
or
ssy
the
city's
actively
supporting
CBO's
that
do
do
that.
But
to
the
earlier
point
of
Consular,
sorry
George,
there's
not
enough
programs
targeting
that
age
population,
let
alone
employment,
there's
just
generally
not
enough
programs,
Oh.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Council
garrison,
I
just
have
a
couple
quick
questions
before
we
the
panel
and
go
to
public
testimony
a
quick
question
to
tracy.
Actually,
it's
more
of
a
yeah.
It's
a
question.
We
were
talking
about
operation
renew,
which
I
really
find
interesting,
I
like
to
know
more
about
that.
I'll.
Tell
you
why.
A
The
program
is
filled.
It's
a
phenomenal
program
and
just
down
the
street
is
another
one
for
hospitality.
So
it's
hostesses.
Baristas
desert
chefs
chefs
hotel
management
bartenders
by
our
management.
That's
have
a
stuff
incredibly
successful.
What
is
operation
I
can
just
give
you
a
brief,
like
monarch,
notes,
on
operation
renew
and
then
maybe
offline.
A
We
could
start
talking
about
the
next
step
to
you
know,
and
even
what
counsel
Jeanne
said
some
of
these
bigger
companies
that
are
coming
in
you
know
they
may
not
have
the
opportunity
to
hire
people
directly,
but
they
certainly
have
the
opportunity
to
fund
programs
that
we
could
set
up
in
order
to
utilize
their
capital
to
help
us
get
out
of
the
predicament.
Well.
The
reason
why
we're
here
today
you.
P
Know
it's
another
brainchild
of
the
mayor.
You
know
trying
to
figure
out
what
we
do
with
this
older
population.
It's
you
know
fellows
that
have
done
long
term
bids
in
the
federal
prison
system
working
in
partnership
with
the
US,
Attorney's,
Office
federal
probation
office.
It's
basically
a
program,
that's
put
in
place
to
help
four
or
five
individuals,
I
I
would
say
per
year
is
that
per
year
yeah.
This
is
our
second
year
trying
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
build
their
resume,
giving
them
an
opportunity
to
start
something
they
have
a
trait
a
skill.
P
You'd
be
surprised
at
some
of
the
things
that,
within
a
short
period
of
time
that
folks
in
exit
am
renew
a
building.
Did
you
see
the
opportunity
to
do
so?
But,
as
you
talk
about
some
of
those
new
opportunities
that
we
need
to
make
available,
I
mean
in
working
with
the
trade
environment,
I'm
communicating
with
Chris
Caudill
for
new
urban
mechanics,
we're
in
the
process
of
working
with
with
the
commissioner
Rooney
from
BTD
trying
to
figure
out
what
we
do
around
the
autonomous
vehicle.
There's
a
lot
of
money
out
there
that's
available
in
that
community.
P
When
I
worked
in
BTD,
we
were
working
towards
trying
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
develop
opportunities
not
only
for
the
students
at
Madison,
but
eventually
there's
going
to
be
all
types
of
positions:
administrative
jobs,
manufacturing
jobs,
you
name,
it
is
going
to
be
available,
so
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
bring
some
of
that
money
into
a
trade
school
at
Madison
Park
and
to
develop
some
additional
resources,
whether
it's
during
school
hours
or
something
in
the
careers
after
school
hours
as
well,
which
which
will
be
open
to
the
general
community
yeah.
A
That
may
not
be
something
that's
that's
you
know
in
their
toolbox
and
I
will
tell
you
speaking
to
the
City
Council's
in
Limerick
and
the
Lord
Mayor
there
that
program
that
they
have
has
been
incredibly
successful,
of
getting
people
who
were
on
the
wrong
track
back
on
the
right
track
and
and
fulfilling
a
positive
life.
So
I
want
to
thank
everybody
on
the
on
the
panel.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
on
today
and
again,
I
think,
as
all
the
councillors
have
stated
at
some
point
in
time.
A
So
we're
gonna
go
into
public
testimony.
Now
some
people
checked
yes,
I
have
a
couple.
People
who
checked
yes
and
no
so
I
know
it's
like
it's
confusing
you're
here
you
want
to
testify,
but
you
don't
so
I'll
end
up
a
Reedy,
everybody
who's,
yes
to
testify,
and
then,
if
you
do
want
to
testify
at
the
end,
you're,
certainly
more
than
welcome
to
come
up
and
testify
at
the
end.
So
we
do
have
a
short
PowerPoint
presentation
from
Monica
can
and
grant.
So
we'll
start
with
Monica
from
violence
in
Boston
Inc.
Oh.
T
I
want
to
start
off
by
saying
my
name
is
Monica
cannon
grant
from
violence
in
Boston
and
I'm
gonna.
Give
this
PowerPoint
presentation,
but
I
want
to
read
two
quotes
to
you.
Guys
one
is
from
Martin
Luther
King,
there's
nothing
more
dangerous
than
blind
patriotism
and
sincere
ignorance.
The
other
one
is
from
Malcolm
X
and
he
says
if
you
stick
a
knife
in
my
back
9
inches
and
pull
it
out
six
inches,
there's
no
progress.
If
you
pull
it
all
the
way
out,
that's
not
progress.
T
Progress
is
healing
the
wound
at
the
blow
me
and
they
haven't
even
pulled
the
knife
out
much
less
healed
wound.
So
part
of
the
reason
why
we're
having
issues
with
violence
prevention
is
similar
to
what
happened
in
this
council
hearing
where
two
hours
was
spent.
Talking
to
the
City
of
Boston
in
the
community
came
last
I
heard
you
guys
mention
the
Boston
miracle
report.
T
So
this
is
just
the
dynamics
of
what
it
would
look
like,
but
what
that
board
wouldn't
tell
is
having
community
individuals
sit
on
a
board
and
make
decisions
for
organizations
receiving
funding
around
being
violence,
prevention
and
violence
prevention,
so
we
can
know
who
you're
working
with
what
those
outcomes
look
like.
What
are
the
success
rates?
What
are
the
failure
rates?
I
heard
a
lot
of
programs
being
mentioned,
but
no
accountability
tool
and
as
a
community
I
feel
we
deserve
to
know
where
these
organizations
are
working.
T
T
T
So
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
a
firm
believer
in
is,
as
you
put
money
where
you
actually
care,
and
if
you
don't
fund
it,
you
don't
care
about
it.
So
I!
Listen
to
you
guys
talk
about
the
budget.
This
budget
lacks
funding
for
a
comprehensive
violence
prevention
plan
and
certainly
the
public
facing
budget
portal
which
we
provided
information
for.
T
We
appreciate
the
mayor's
office
providing
the
granular
detail
and
we
understand
that
if
one
digs
through
various
cabinet
departmental
sub
budgets
that
eventually
you'll
reach
online
items,
which
are
on
page
31
and
32
of
the
HHS
budget
and
81
and
82
of
the
Public
Safety
budget,
that
are,
there
are
programs,
including
those
which
are
purely
seasonal.
For
the
summer
months
earlier,
iterations
of
these
programs
can
be
viewed
and
like
a
noun
two
year
old,
2017
document
that
remains
the
only
public
facing
violence
prevention
plan
in
the
mayor's
office
of
Public
Safety
website.
Further.
T
Both
the
HHS
budget
and
the
public
safety
budget
reflect
the
line
item
for
community-based
violence
prevention
or
community-based
violence
that
went
from
some
level
of
funding
in
the
ten
hundreds
of
thousands
in
2017
in
2018
to
zero
in
2019
and
2020,
not
clear
where
the
funding
went
just
know
that
it
shifted.
Similarly,
an
OG,
JDP,
youth,
violence,
prevention,
enhancement,
project,
the
public
safety
budget
went
from
fifty
four
thousand
and
two
thousand
seventeen
to
one
hundred
and
ninety
six
thousand
and
two
thousand
eighteen
to
zero
in
2019
and
in
2020.
T
The
external
funds
portion
of
the
Health
and
Human
Services
budget
also
reflects
a
reduction
to
zero
in
the
last
couple
of
years
for
a
number
of
anti-violence
programs,
including
Shannon
Community,
Safety
and
street
safe
Boston.
In
many
ways,
the
granular
analysis
illustrates
our
point
that
the
idea
that
community
organizes
affected
individuals-
grassroots
groups,
should
have
to
sift
through
the
city's
budget
to
cobble
together
a
working
guess
of
the
city's
approach
to
violence
to
print
prevention.
T
How
funding
has
changed
from
year
the
year
where
it's
been
allocated
and
relocated,
and
the
total
funding
from
these
kinds
of
programs
demonstrates
that
the
mayor's
office
hasn't
systemized
its
approach
to
violence,
event,
prevention,
let
alone
its
funding.
There
is
an
aligned
item
that
shows
total
funding
for
violence
prevention
across
departments,
so.
T
The
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
appears
to
be
tasked
as
the
chief
organizer
of
this
work
through
the
city
of
Boston,
its
total
operation
operational
budget
for
fiscal
year.
2020
is
slated
to
reach
more
than
eighty
nine
million.
The
two
million
in
bphc
highlighted
for
violence
initiatives,
which
is
one
point
three
for
neighborhood
trauma
teams,
seven
hundred
and
twenty
seven
thousand
for
violence,
intervention
and
prevention
is
just
two
percent
of
its
overall
budget,
even
based
on
our
subsequent
review
of
the
HHS
budget.
T
Two
point
three
point:
two:
six
million
in
VIP
and
trauma
services
amounts
to
a
grand
total
of
only
two
point:
four
percent
of
the
total
one
hundred
and
thirty
six
point:
three
million
HHS
operated
operation
on
budget,
which
doesn't
include
external
funds
or
expenditures.
Violence
prevention
should
not
be
an
independent
umbrella
in
the
city's
budget.
It
should
be
a
funding
priority
and
so
I'm
gonna
move
through
the
rest
of
this
thing.
T
But
hopefully
you
guys
get
to
check
out
those
pages
in
the
budget,
so
the
data
this
data
is
based
on
the
presentation
from
when
we
present
it
for
mayor
Walsh,
it's
totally
different.
Now,
as
there's
been
twenty
gun,
violence,
homicides
in
the
city
of
Boston,
these
are
heat
maps.
I
want
everybody
to
look
at
these
heat
maps
right.
So
the
first
one
is
Dorchester.
The
second
one
is
Jamaica
Plain.
The
next
one
is
Roxbury.
The
next
one
is
South
End
and
the
following.
T
So
one
of
the
things
we
proposed
to
Mayor
Walsh
is
not
a
regurgitation
of
creating
new
programs,
but
actually
utilizing
the
resources
that
are
already
in
play.
Boston
is
resource
rich.
We
don't
coordinate
efforts.
You
have
to
Dowe
15
phone
numbers
as
a
gunshot
or
stab
victim
in
this
city.
You
have
to
dial
another
ten,
just
to
actually
receive
help
and
not
get
a
voicemail.
So
what
we
proposed
to
Mayor
Walsh
is
actually
an
hour.
Some
summarize
so
you
guys
don't
have
to
go
through,
but
it
lists
the
different
communities
of
concern.
T
Those
involved
in
those
uninvolved,
and
the
reason
why
this
is
important
is
because
Cori
Thompson,
who
was
just
recently
killed
on
a
Duke
Street,
wouldn't
have
been
on
any
of
your
list,
not
sure
ssy,
I,
not
sure
violence
prevention.
That's
not
sure
known
to
the
police,
not
sure
gang
involved,
not
any
of
that,
but
he
was
involved
right.
Had
we
been
canvassing
that
community
and
actually
talking
to
residents
and
it
be
community
driven,
we
could
have
caught
Cori
right.
T
The
same
thing
will
Jose
Martinez,
who
was
on
the
older
side
of
the
spectrum
whose
cousin
is
here
today,
Michael
Martinez,
who
was
an
organizer
from
March
for
our
lives
Boston
he
was
killed
in
Jamaica
Plain.
He
wouldn't
have
been
on
any
of
your
list
as
well.
One
of
the
other
things
I
would
like
to
say
is.
This
is
not
a
black
kid
on
black
kid
issue.
We
have
no
communication
in
liaison
and
the
Cape
Verdean
community.
T
We
have
no
communication
in
liaison
in
the
Latino
community,
the
haitian
creole
community,
who
actively
has
gangs
you
know
so
town.
You
might
want
to
google
that
and
we
don't
have
any
communication
there.
This
is
not
a
black
kid
on
black
kid
issue.
The
young
man
who
was
in
an
altercation
with
the
Boston
Police
Department
on
yesterday
and
lost
his
life,
was
not
black.
T
So
one
of
the
things
that
I
heard
councillor
Mountain
Malley
access
is
there
any
city
that
models
that
we
can
look
to
it's
funny.
Richmond,
California
and
Oakland
California
uses
Boston's
model
for
violence,
prevention
and
crime
has
dropped
14%.
We
are
the
only
city
not
using
our
own
model.
Harvard
Kennedy
did
a
report
on
the
Boston
miracle
and
crime
dropped
11
percent
under
the
twice
now
removed
commissioners.
T
We
know
what
works.
It
was
community,
let
it
was
community
driven
and
it
was
people
like
myself
activists,
people
from
the
hip-hop
community
who
led
elected
officials
and
police
into
communities
upon
request
of
the
residents
and
provided
them
direct
service.
Instead
of
making
them
doubt,
5
phone
numbers
to
actually
get
help.
I.
T
Can
provide
all
these
reports
afterwards
as
well,
and
so
that's
the
end
of
the
presentation.
I
just
you
know,
I
really
wish
that
we
get
out
of
this
mindset
that
when
we
have
these
hearings,
I
want
to
highlight
for
you
that
we're
having
this
hearing
on
June
25th
when
we
met
with
the
mayor,
it
was
May
13th
every
summer
we're
having
these
hearings.
So
we
are
now
just
having
hearings
to
have
hearings,
because
the
budget
has
already
voted
for
there's
not
a
line-item
there.
T
So
the
purpose
of
this
hearing
is
basically
for
the
community
to
come
and
regurgitate
their
pain,
to
no
avail
because
from
a
financial
aspect
in
order
to
be
absolutely
effective
in
the
city
of
Boston,
around
violence
prevention,
there
needs
to
be
funding
and
I
don't
mean
1.2
million,
because
we
can
do
way
better
than
that.
That's
actually
chump
change,
which
is
part
of
the
problem.
T
A
lot
of
the
individuals
who
are
gatekeepers
to
this
funding,
who
are
gatekeepers
to
these
programs,
don't
trickle
down
to
the
people
who
actually
need,
and
what
we
have
is
a
regurgitation
of
this
conversation
where
we
sit
and
listen
to
public
officials-
and
this
is
no
slide
on
number,
because
I've
met
with
every
last
one
of
them,
but
we
sit
and
we
have
them
come
and
they
tell
us
all
these
programs
they're
there.
They
don't
work
and
I'm
the
only
pricing
woman
to
say
it
out
loud.
Thank
you.
E
A
A
V
Right,
thank
you,
hi.
Everyone.
Thank
you
for
having
me
thank
you
for
inviting
us.
My
name
is
Brianna
Butterworth
and
I'm
here
with
Operation
lipstick,
so
just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
about
what
lipstick
does
and
who
we
are.
I
first
want
to
call
out
two
important
names:
those
names
of
Ruth
Rollins
and
Kim
Odom.
They
helped
us
found
lipstick
in
2013
after
they
lost
their
sons
to
gun
violence
and
like
to
bring
up
their
names
before
we
present
anything.
V
So
lipstick
is
an
acronym.
We
stand
for
the
ladies
involved
in
putting
a
stop
to
inner-city
killings.
We
do
this
by
focusing
on
the
often
overlooked
problem
in
gun,
violence
of
straw
buying
which,
as
you
know,
is
when
a
person
with
a
clean
background
purchases,
a
firearm
for
somebody
with
a
felony
or
who
can't
get
one
themselves.
V
We've
also
expanded
our
definition
to
work
on
people
to
work
with
people
who
are
hiding
and
holding
guns
as
well,
so
we're
shifting
the
context
up
the
iron
pipeline
and
not
just
focusing
on
victims
and
shooters,
but
on
asking
how
did
the
shooter
get
the
gun
in
the
first
place?
This
is
part
of
the
big
conversation.
V
It's
important
to
note
that
this
is
a
conversation
that
disproportionately
affects
communities
of
color.
I
am
a
white
woman.
It
is
important
to
say
that
I'm,
the
only
white
woman
on
the
team
I,
am
normally
behind
the
scenes.
Unfortunately,
my
colleagues
couldn't
make
it
today
and
I
appreciate
them,
letting
me
take
up
the
space
and
speak
for
the
organization.
V
This
approach
works,
Dan
Connolly,
the
former
attorney
general
credits,
lipstick
with
a
33
percent
drop
in
women,
going
through
the
prison
systems
for
gun
violence
as
lipstick
moves
into
the
future,
we're
transitioning
to
a
new
executive
director,
and
we
have
five
new
field
coordinators.
I
am
one
of
them.
We
have
a
new
plan
and
our
plan
is
to
approach
this
problem
holistically.
The
front
facing
part
of
the
organization
is
gonna,
be
with
our
new
Action
Center
in
Dudley
square.
We
plan
to
use
this
as
a
community.
V
V
Seven
people
shot
in
24
hours
in
Boston's.
Two
of
them
were
homicides,
we're
here,
but
we
need
your
help
and
we
need
to
work
holistically
and
we
need
to
work
horizontally
through
coalitions
with
other
organizations.
We
need
your
help
to
know
who
our
partners
are
and
who
we
can
turn
to,
and
I
look
forward
to
sitting
down
with
all
of
you
and
discovering
who
those
people
are
across,
not
just
our
district
that
we're
in
and
Dudley,
but
across
the
city
and
across
the
state.
V
U
Councillors
first
want
to
say
thank
you
to
some
extent,
for
this
convening
I
will
name
as
it's
been
named
before,
that
is
June
26
and
I'll.
Just
June
twenty-fifth
day
difference,
but
thank
you
counselor
for
the
clarity,
but
as
June
25th
summer
is
well
and
I
heard
a
reference
me
to
real
summer
or
whatever.
U
What
is
going
to
be
the
effect
this
time?
If
my
understanding
of
these
hearings
are
correct,
they
are
to
convene
people
and
city
officials.
Let
me
just
name
something
there:
we
spent
two
hours
listening
the
people
that
are
in
the
same
building
to
some
extent
there
could
have
probably
been
some
more
engagement
and
correspondence.
It
should
not
have
to
take
city
councilors
to
call
cabinet,
Chiefs
and
division
and
department
heads
in
via
a
hearing
to
get
information
and
to
hear
about
a
plan.
U
The
final
thing,
I
will
say
in
reference
to
municipal
accountability,
is
that
it
is
imperative
that
the
community
has
confidence
in
the
fact
that
when
they
spend
their
time
and
they
come
and
they
testify
they
participate,
they
reach
out.
They
advocate
they
volunteer
that
it's
going
to
have
an
impact
and
not
just
be
recorded
and
shared
on
being
in,
like
what
is
being
shared
here
today,
I
almost
want
to
ask
the
councillors
at
what
level
are
you
going
to
go
back
and
advocate?
U
One
thing
that
you
can
do
it
was
referenced
that
the
budget
was
voted
for.
My
understanding
is,
the
final
vote
is
not
happening.
I
would
like
to
encourage
you
all
that
if
the
priorities
of
the
community
not
reflected
in
those
line
items
that
impact
the
areas
that
we
are
referring
to
here
today,
then
it
would
be
wonderful
to
see
you
all
stand
up
and
vote.
No,
we
understand
your
powers
limited
by
charter.
U
They
are
a
small
percentage
but
are
getting
a
lot
of
attention
in
the
media
and
the
impact
of
what
they're
doing
gets
a
lot
of
attention.
But
where
is
the
intentional
allocation
in
the
budget
to
direct
to
directly
and
intentionally
work
with
this
group?
The
money
is
there:
what
I
will
do
is
challenge
you,
as
I
said
to
Lili
gross
in
a
task
force
meeting.
He
was
saying
that
he's
going
to
ask
the
mayor
and
they
need
more
staff.
U
I
raised
my
hand
and
said
no
sir,
what
every
department
and
what
the
city
needs
to
do
was
a
hole
and
I'm.
So
sorry
that
we
don't
have
the
the
I
forgot.
What
the
committee
was
called
the
former
budget
accountability
committee
that
former
counsel
agency
used
to
oversee
that
was
taken
down
once
he
left.
We
need
that
back
in
place.
U
These
budgets
need
to
be
combed
through
and
more
referenced
on
a
federal
level,
but
peeling
off
the
fat
and
reallocating
the
money
in
areas
that
will
impact
all
of
these
programs
and
be
cyf
and
everything,
no,
not
a
discredit
to
them.
But
a
lot
of
the
young
people
that
have
men
to
older
people
that
are
making
the
decision
to
shoot
or
who
have
been
shot,
do
not
frequent,
be
cyf,
do
not
go
to
the
cookouts
and
do
not
go
into
centers.
U
We
have
to
I
think
with
councilor
Campbell
and
maybe
at
least
asabi
Georgian
asks
also.
What
is
the
intentional
going
after?
That
is
where
I
would
encourage
you
all
as
counselors
to
ensure
that
it's
reflected
in
the
budget.
You
are
a
voting
tomorrow,
correct
either
McCarthy
org
O'malley
the
budget
votes
tomorrow
somewhere
between
yesterday.
What
happened
in
the
hearing
and
similar
to
what
the
young
lady
did
comb
through
that
budget
and
if
it's
not
reflected
I,
encourage
you
to
vote.
No.
The
other
piece
is
Oh
in
its
concept.
U
They
refer
to
the
co-directors
Linda
and
new
hire
Xavier.
That
office
needs
a
couple
of
things:
support
with
the
s
with
a
little
line
through
it.
It
needs
some
money
and
if
it
does
not
have
money,
it
needs
capacity
increase
in
a
manner
that
they
have
the
ability
to
oversee
everything
that
was
talked
about
today.
One
of
you
asked
the
question
and
said
basically
kind
of
who's
overseeing
the
public
safety
piece.
Marti
Martinez
said
he
is
a
little
bit.
Oh
PS
said
they
are
a
little
bit
they're
nice.
U
If
my
understanding
of
that
office
is
that
they
oversee
all
of
those
efforts,
so
I
would
encourage
you
that
if
in
the
budget,
there
is
not
capacity
easily
able
to
be
seen,
vote
no
and
advocate
for
there
to
be
capacity.
So
they
can
do
what
it
is
that
they
need
to
do
ss.
Why
I
came
up
had
a
conversation
with
the
chief
Martinez
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
and
we
are
currently
at
some
point
going
to
reconvene
and
get
back
together,
but.
U
My
understanding
is
that
money
is
dedicated
toward
those
that
will
shoot,
there's
some
prevention
to
it,
but
again
the
intentionality
of
going
after
that
2
to
300
person,
lists,
there's
some
questions
that
need
to
be
asked.
What
percentages
of
those
died
off,
unfortunately
excuse
my
vernacular
we're
percentages
at
best
successfully
graduated
got
a
job
contributing
to
community.
How
are
they
put
on
the
list?
How
was
the
list
maintained
that
information
is
requested
and
needed
to
sort
of
understand
again
around
the
thing
of
allocation?
U
U
Systems
and
structures
are
the
issue
here
today.
The
young
lady
referred
to
having
the
comb
through
the
budget
and
things
like
that.
While
there
the
needle
is
moving,
it
has
to
be
more
aggressive,
it
has
to
be
more
aggressive
and
it
has
to
be
done
in
a
manner
that
we
are
intentionally
attempting
to
target
that
population,
but
will
not
go
into
your
community
center.
That
will
not
walk
up
on
you
all
at
a
peace
walk.
We
have
to
be
sure
the
allocation
of
funds
through
the
budget
is
dedicated
to
that
particular
population.
U
One
thing
I
want
to
say:
there's
been
I
want
to,
while
I
definitely
respect
the
experience
and
knowledge
base
of
one
of
our
co-directors
of
public
safety.
There's
a
couple
of
skewing
of
numbers
that
are
going
on
due
to
a
couple
of
incidents,
so
I
want
to
name
the
fact
that
we
have
to
be
careful
when
we
look
at
numbers
and
we
look
at
ages.
U
So
I
want
a
name
that,
while
we're
going
to
bring
attention
to
the
25
and
35
year
olds,
we
also
have
to
make
sure
similar
to
the
pregnancy
thing.
Teenage
pregnancy
went
up.
We
took
the
money
away
when
teenage
would
put
money
to
it.
When
teenage
pregnancy
went
down,
we
took
the
money
away
until
it
went
back
up.
U
We
want
to
sort
of
have
some
sustainable
funding
and
initiatives
and
program
that
will
have
an
impact
where
someone
talked
about
them
being
a
positive
contributor,
I
think
it
was
Kevin
or
roofs
are
one
of
them
talk
about
being
a
positive
contributor
to
society
beyond
just
trying
to
get
them
not
to
shoot.
That's,
basically,
all
that
I
have
to
say
I
can't
implore
enough
that,
please
don't
let
us
do
this
again,
and-
and
it's
just
that
we're
here
again
next
year
it
just
really
it
can't
lives
are
at
stake.
U
What's
happened
in
the
last
24
to
48
hours
is
just
beyond
words.
The
community
is
constantly
perpetually
traumatized
and
the
compounded
exponential
trauma
that
they
experienced
over
the
last
couple
of
days.
We
we
as
a
community
and
collaborators
with
government
and
city
counselors
in
the
administration.
U
W
Bam
is
a
school-based
counseling
program
that
guides
young
men
to
learn
eternal
eyes
and
practice
social
cognitive
skills,
you
know,
make
responsible
decisions
for
their
future,
become
better
students
and
better
members
and
in
their
community,
Bam
has
been
proven
to
reduce
violence,
increase
graduation
rates
for
black
and
black
black
and
brown
boys
in
Chicago.
We've
had
three
randomized
control
studies
conducted
by
the
Chicago
crime
lab
that
speaks
to
that
impact.
W
The
study
shows
that
Bam
has
been
able
to
reduce
violence
by
50
percent
for
young
men
in
our
program:
increased
graduation
rates
by
20
percent
and
decrease
overall
crime
arrests
by
35
percent.
The
study
also
shown
for
every
dollar
invested
in
BAM
there's
a
thirty
dollar
return
by
keeping
scholars
out
of
the
juvenile
justice
system.
That
number
would
be
higher
if
we
looked
at
the
college
going
race
and
things
of
that
nature.
W
In
Boston,
we
were
starting
to
see
the
impact
of
our
program
that
were
having
here
on
our
scholars
and
we're
seeing
91%
daily
attendance
rate
for
our
scholars,
which
is
outpacing
the
school
by
two
percent.
The
district
is
still
reporting
32
to
37
percent
absenteeism
for
black
and
brown
boys,
so
we're
blowing
that
out
the
water
we
saw
93
production,
not
93%
reduction
and
suspension
rate
for
our
first
cohort
and
98%
of
our
scholars,
say
that
they
both
that
they
believe
they're
on
a
path
to
success
and
see
themselves
graduating
from
high
school.
W
At
BAM.
We
meet
scholars
where
they
are
a
majority
of
that
work
happens
in
the
school.
We
hire
these
amazing
men
that
we
call
BAM
counselors,
who
come
with
backgrounds
and
clinical
theory
and
practice
social
work
or
just
years
of
experience
and
with
youth
engagement.
Bam
counselors
are
full-time
they're
working
with
a
cohort
of
50
to
55
scholars
and
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
and
they
were
meeting
with
these
scholars
in
groups
of
12
to
15
once
a
week.
W
Our
program
is
built
around
a
two
to
two
to
three
year:
curriculum
which
is
built
around
a
set
of
six
core
values:
accountability,
integrity,
self-determination,
positive
anger,
expression,
respectful
womanhood
and
visionary
goal.
Settings
I'll
say
this:
you
know,
BAM
doesn't
claim
to
be
the
end-all,
the
be-all
end-all,
but
we
do
something
well
and
we
believe
in
staying
in
our
lane
and
for
things
that
you
know
I'm
not
in
and
out
lane.
We
believe
in
collaboration
and
working
with
other
organizations
that
do
things
well.
W
So
our
program,
you
know
we're
from
Boston
we
focus
primarily
on
ninth
graders.
We
will
work
with
those
this
cohort
until
their
junior
year
in
that
junior
year,
I'm
looking
to
work,
we're
looking
to
work
with.
You
know,
organizations
like
bottom
line
summer,
such
all
partners
who
we've
come
to
the
table,
and
you
know
working
with
its
we're
intentional
around
creating
I
heard
earlier
about
workforce
development
opportunities,
we're
intentional
and
creating
opportunities
for
our
scholars.
So
they
have
a
seat
at
the
table.
They're
working
in
hi,
lovely
internship.
W
Some
of
those
partners
were
stepped
up
to
the
table
and
provided
opportunities
for
our
young
black
and
brown
boys
at
Mass,
General,
Hospital,
dana-farber,
federal
reserve's,
State
Street.
All
who
are
giving
our
young
men
an
opportunity
to
have
real
work,
force,
real
work,
experiments
not
just
cleanup
jobs
and
but
give
them
an
opportunity
to
show
what
they
what
they
can
do.
That
mgh
experience
was
a
great
opportunity
for
our
scholars,
where
they
prove
that
which
led
to
those
other
opportunities
for
our
scholars.
W
How
and
on
this
Tracy
said
something
earlier
when
he
talked
about
engaging
everybody,
we
always
talk
about.
It,
takes
a
village
to
raise
our
babies.
I
think
that
remains
to
be
the
same.
When
we
start
talking
about
you
know,
how
do
we
address
the
youth
violence
or
the
violence?
That's
going
on
in
our
community
is
truly
a
collaborative
effort
working
together,
people,
understanding
their
roles
and
their
lanes
and
and
doing
that.
W
Well,
and
if
you
don't,
then
you
know
work
with
your
colleagues
and
other
existing
organizations
to
figure
out
a
part,
so
we're
here
to
to
do
our
part
to
be
a
part
of
that.
A
lot
of
the
young
people
we
see
might
not
be
the
perpetrators
of
the
violence
but
they're
affected
by
the
trauma,
so
we're
providing
them
a
safe
space.
Where
they're
you
know,
they're
checking
in
every
day
and
having
conversations
with
their
counselors
that
Bamm
counselors
that
they
might
not
be
able
to
have
in
the
classroom.
So
a.
A
Quick
question
and
thank
you
for
your
incredible
work
that
you've
done
I
had
counseled
Janie
speaks
the
world
of
you,
so
I
know
you're
you're
in
good
company
how
much
per
per
student
per
year
ballpark
does
it?
Does
it
take
them
a
man
to
go
through
your
program?
1380,
1380,
okay,
it
always
helps
to
know
per
student
simply
because
you
know,
even
in
the
summer
jobs
I
mean
I'm
date
myself,
but
back
in
the
late
90s.
A
W
Know
one
of
my
frustrations
is
you:
have
this
amazing
program,
that's
driven
by
results
and
you
hear
it's
too
expensive.
So
you
know
one
of
the
things
I
like
to
talk
about
is
when
you
compare
the
cost
for
incarceration,
it
cost
fifty
six
thousand
last
time,
I
checked
to
incarcerate
an
individual
and
we're
talking
about,
like
you
said,
fourteen
hundred
to
have
an
impact
on,
you
know
on
a
young
person's
life.
W
So
for
me
it
you
pay
now,
where
you
pay
later
and
and
again,
that's
that's
one
of
the
things
you
know
when
you
look
at
the
results
that
the
district
has
acknowledged
the
school
to
Prison,
Pipeline
and
working
to
you
know,
really,
you
know
dismantle
it.
So
you
know
I'm
excited
to
lead
that
charge
here
as
the
IDI
of
BAM
and
and
really
start
to.
You
know
get
that
work
in
motion
yeah.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
U
F
So
I
want
to
certainly
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
every
single
day
on
the
ground
in
the
community,
where
it
really
matters
so
much
I
do
have
just
a
couple
of
questions,
so
maybe
starting
with
you,
mr.
Brown,
can
you
kind
of
just
give
more
of
an
overview
of
young
how
young
people
are
identified
for
your
program?
F
How
what
happens
to
them,
how
long
they
stay
with
you,
etc,
and
then,
whether
or
not
you
follow
the
young
people,
so
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
really
important
in
powerful
is
when
we
follow
young
people
beyond
so
12th
grade
graduation.
Are
they
going
to
a
two-year
college
four-year
college?
Are
they
going
straight
to
work?
Are
they
starting
a
business?
What
is
happening
and
how
we
can
tap
into
to
folks
who
have
been
successful
in
the
program
to
come
back
and
give
back
to
a
younger
generation?
W
You
know
I
definitely
start
with.
You
know
it's
a
long,
it's
a
lifelong
commitment
to
our
to
our
BAM
scholars.
So
again
you
know:
I
talked
about
the
curriculum
being
two
or
three
years,
but
in
that
senior
year
they
become
ambassadors
of
the
program,
so
they
working
with
our
BAM
counselors
to
co-facilitate
trainings
and
then
the
ultimate
goal,
like
you
said,
is
to
figure
out
if
what's
best
for
them,
when
we
talk
about
visionary
goal
settings
that
means
what
is
their
goal?
What
do
they
want
out
of
life?
W
It
doesn't
mean
it's
college,
it
could
be
a
trade,
it
could
be
and
then
working
with
them
to
you
know
to
accomplish
that
goal,
and
you
know
that's
when
we
really
rely
on
partners.
You
know
again
when
we
talk
about
the
partners,
whether
it
was
post-secondary,
Workforce,
Development
and
keeping
that
relationship
going,
there
hasn't
Chicago.
We
we
do
have
some
results
in
terms
of
what
the
impact
looked
like.
W
Back
to
them,
so
you
thought
next
generation.
Absolutely
you
talked
about
how
our
scholars
identified
so
yeah
yeah.
So
it's
about
the
tier
system
with
the
bps.
You
know
whether
they're
one
tier
1,
2
or
3
BAM
is
a
tier
2
intervention.
So
we
really
start
there
identifying
those
scholars
who
need
so
we're
working
with
the
district
around
identifying.
W
So
once
we
identified
what
school
we're
gonna
be
in
we're
working
with
leadership,
more
identifying
scholars
were
working
with
school
police,
we're
working
with
guidance,
counselor's,
and
then
a
lot
of
that
work
has
just
done
with
the
BAM
counselor
who
was
in
the
building.
You
know,
starting
in
September,
you'll
find
him
at
the
front
door
greeting
in
scholars.
Oh
you'll
find
him
in
the
lunch
rooms
and
programming
doesn't
start
until
the
second
week
of
October.
W
So
we're
really
dedicating
that
first
month
to
first
month
and
a
half
to
two
recruitment,
you
know
with
those
scholars
and
then
from
there
just
because
you've
been
identified
as
a
candidate
for
BAM
program
doesn't
mean
that
you
know
you're
involved
in
that's
when
we
work
with
the
family.
So,
there's
a
whole
piece
of
working
with
the
family,
you
know
getting
assent
and
consents
from
from
parents
and
then
just
providing
an
orientation
for
them
and
keeping
them
involved.
W
So
we
do,
you
know
three
times
you
know
during
the
year
will
host
an
opportunity
for
families
just
to
come
and-
and
you
know
see
what's
going
on
with
their
child,
but
just
to
keep
them
engaged
and
see
what
other
supports
that
they
need.
That's
where
their
community
partnerships
are
really
important.
You
know
so
we're
able
to
support
whole
families
and
not
just
AA
scholar,.
W
F
W
We're
funded
is
we're
privately
and
publicly
funded.
Forty
sixty
forty
percent
of
our
funding
comes
from
the
district
is
committed
and
then
sixty
percent
is
through
philanthropy.
So
that's
why
building
community
and
partnerships
are
important
for
us.
We've
done
a
lot
of
work
around
building
with
our
city
councils
and
state
reps.
To
have
them
come
in
because
we
want
to.
You
know,
that's
that's
important.
You
know
when
we
talk
about
sustainability.
W
In
the
first
year
we
were
in
four
schools
serving
150
this
September
we
will
be
in
ten
schools
serving
550
and
we
added
Greater
Boston,
so
we're
also
be
expanded
to
Cambridge
that
Cambridge,
Rindge
and
Latin
as
well.
So
but
honest
on
on
the
you
know
talking
about
the
funding.
You
know
this
upcoming
school
year
would
be
the
last
year
that
were
funded
essentially
through
the
district.
So
it's
important
for
us.
The
requirement
will
be
for
schools
to
take
on
the
funding
if
they
want
been
and
the
reality
is
a
lot
of
these
schools.
W
W
The
questions
that
we
acts
and
interview
is
what
makes
your
heart
hurt
and
what
makes
my
heart
hurt
is
when
I
have
a
young
person
or
family
member
come
to
me
and
say:
listen,
how
do
I
get
my
son
involved
in
BAM
and
you
know
for
me:
I
got
to
say
well,
if
they're
in
the
Boston
Public
School,
you
know,
then
we
can
get.
It
meant
for
me,
it's
about
being
able
to
provide
BAM
for
any
young
man
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
can
use
it.
W
You
know,
I
truly
know
the
power
of
a
caring
adult
and
a
young
person
I'm
a
lifelong
resident
of
City
Boston
I'm,
a
product
of
the
Boston
Public
School
System.
So
for
me
this
is
truly
personal.
I
know
the
resources
in
a
mentorship
that
I
had
that
allowed
me
to
be
here
today.
I
grew
up
in
the
90s
as
well.
I
lost
my
brother
to
gang
violence.
You
know
that
was
my
story.
So
now
I'm
an
inspiration
for
these
young
people,
so
I
do
that
work
for
them.
F
Appreciate
all
of
that,
so
the
purpose
of
this
hearing
just
to
clarify.
So
this
is
not
a
budget
hearing,
so
this
is
a
hearing
that
we've
held
and
the
purpose
really
for
me
and
I'm
sure
my
colleagues
would
agree
is
to
look
and
explore
what
is
working,
what
isn't
working?
What
are
the
right
strategies
we
need
to,
and
certainly
we
need
to
look
at
timing.
That
being
said,
I'm
really
engine.
Why
we
wanted
to
open
up
with
this
powerful
video
from
mr.
F
Davis
is
because
I
think
it
really
set
the
tone
on
what
is
really
great
and
what
is
good
and
positive
happening
in
our
community
and
the
challenge
that
young
people
in
many
households
have
in
terms
of
their
inability
to
play
outside
and
do
what
Rufus,
who
just
left,
talked
about
being
normal,
which
is
it's
the
weather,
is
warm.
We
should
go
to
the
park
and
play
not
the
weather's
warm,
oh,
my
god.
F
I
can't
go
outside
anymore
and
so
opening
up
with
community
and
just
making
sure
that
we
have
space
here
to
maximize
community
voice,
but
also
solutions
and
so
I.
Think
a
final
question
for
me
and
I'm
reminded
I,
know:
councilor
Pressley
I
mean
not
councilor
congresswoman
Presley
had
staff
here
today,
and
one
of
the
things
that
she's
always
telling
us
is
that
those
closest
to
the
pain
need
to
be
part
of
coming
up
with
the
solutions,
and
so
for
me,
I
think
a
final
question.
F
If
there
were
three
things
that
you
would
like
to
come
out
of
this
hearing,
if
we
could
just
maybe
go
down
the
line
with
just
what
those
quick
three
things
are
in
terms
of
you
know,
either
it
could
be
like
next
steps.
It
could
be
planning
for
a
continuation
of
this
car.
You
know
whatever
it
I,
don't
want
to
prescribe
and
tell
you
what
those
three
things
are,
but
if
we're
looking
to
have
community
driven
community
lead
solutions,
then
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
creating
space
an
opportunity
here.
V
V
A
Would
say
that
Boston
well
I
would
say
that
the
entire
chief
of
Health
and
Human
Services
would
be
the
communicator
to
you
know:
action
with
with
nonprofits,
so
I
know
like
the
the
Boston
youth
fund,
which
is
now
the
youth
enrichment,
yeah
jobs
program.
We
work
with
a
they
work
with
well
over
200
nonprofits
from
YMCAs
to
faith-based
organizations.
To
you
know
the
acquiring
okay.
V
A
V
You
know
it's
not
gonna,
take
anything
out
of
your
bottom
dollar.
Talking
about
funding
to
partner
with
us.
You
know
we're
getting
grants
from
other
places
so
having
city
agencies
that
can
work
with
something
like
operation,
lipstick
and
treat
that
more
holistically.
That
would
be
a
really
helpful
approach,
I
think
and
again.
I
was
up
on
in
Dorchester,
say
and
not.
Everybody
is
coming
up
on
your
radar
and
we
can
help
with
that.
If
you
leave
with
the
community
Thank.
U
We
need
intentional
intensive
case
management
into
up-and-coming
and
not
saying
it's
not
there,
but
the
up-and-coming
source
program,
and
also
intentional
aggressive
case
management
on
the
young
two
to
three
hundred
young
people
that
are
named
on
that
ssy
I
lists
and
then
also,
as
I
mentioned,
before,
the
capacity
for
the
Office
of
Public
Safety
to
have
the
support
of
the
mayor
through
that
dollar
sign
support
and
then
also
to
put
his
backing
behind
whatever
Tracy
and
Rufus
need
from
departments
and
from
divisions
around
sharing
of
their
resources.
They
need
that
support
and
they
need
that.
U
You
know,
Walsh
is
not
I
mean
you
know
with
all
due
respect
to
his
leads
were
a
little
softer
here,
but
they
need
that
support
and
to
build
our
capacity
for
that
office.
So
all
the
wonderful
stuff
we
heard
about
today
can
be
coordinated
sort
of
in
one
manner
and-
and
you
all
are
someone
I
know
it's
not
about
the
budget,
but
but
somebody
somewhere.
F
Thank
you
can
I
just
clarify
yes,
so
I'll
use
the
schools,
as
kind
of
my
analogy,
so
many
of
us
lobbied
advocated,
fought
to
get
an
office
of
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
to
kind
of
own,
a
lot
of
the
work
that
the
school
department
needed
to
do.
Yes,
that
being
said,
acknowledging
that
all
of
the
work
to
close
and
eliminate
the
opportunity
chief
McCabe
cannot
rest
just
there
that
all
the
other
departments
also
have
a
role
in
that
that's.
G
E
U
W
Thank
you
so
much
sort
of
three
things:
1
&
2,
are
tied
together,
collaboration
and
accountability
for
all
organizations
and
individuals.
Doing
this
work
and
I
think
the
third
is
the
most
important
to
me
and
that's
a
selfless
roof,
selfless
I'm,
sorry,
a
ruthless
self-examination
and
that's
you
know
for
individuals,
the
one
is
working
and
that's
dealing
with
your
stuff,
your
trauma.
We
talked
about
the
trauma
of
our
young
people
or
what
about
the
trauma
of
the
dopes
we're
doing
this
and
how
does
that
show
up
in
your
work
and
you're
coming
to
the
table?
T
T
Knowing
there
are
organizations
and
offices
right
here
in
City
Hall
that
don't
coordinate
with
each
other
to
prevent
reproduction
of
services,
so,
for
instance,
if
you're
working
with
re-entry
no
one
in
public
safety
is
aware,
especially
if
you're
somebody
coming
home
from
prison
and
what
causes
the
person
who
is
on
effect.
End
of
that
is
the
person
coming
home
from
prison
right
and
so
in
a
situation
and
I'll.
Give
an
example
and
I'm
done
is
the
young
man
that
I
mentioned?
T
Who
I
helped
him
turn
himself
in
on
Monday
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
came
home
from
prison
a
few
months
ago
and
was
dropped
on
a
corner.
What
a
jail
idea?
No
reentry
prep,
no
reentry
plan.
He
was
homeless.
He
had
no
resources,
he
didn't
fit
the
criteria
of
being
a
youth.
He
was
29
years
old
and
it
took
less
than
two
weeks
for
him
to
be
reincarnated,
because
so
many
balls
were
dropped
in
opportunities
for
him
to
be
able
to
engage
in
a
real
way.
He
wanted
to
work.
F
To
follow
up
for
you
if
I
may
mr.
chair,
so
we
heard
from
the
first
panel
around
reentry
and
what
is
happening
here,
my
at
least
from
what
I
see
on
the
movies.
What
I
understand
from
people
who
are
in
this
work
on
the
ground,
people
are
literally
dropped
with
whatever
their
belongings
were
from
prison.
This
ID,
perhaps
and
then
kind
of
just
left
how
and
I'm
sorry
that
Kevin
is
not
here
anymore,
but
so
I'm
one.
F
T
There,
from
my
experience
on
working
with
the
individuals,
I,
don't
know
what
the
office
experiences
so
I
don't
want
to
speak
to
what
Kevin
is
doing,
but
from
working
with
individuals
coming
home
from
prison.
It's
their
responsibility
to
seek
out
the
re-entry
services,
which
poses
an
issue
for
multiple
different
reasons
and
the
first
one
being
safety.
The
other
issue
is,
is
we
have
to
get
in
this
habit
of
going
behind
the
wall
and
start
the
process
of
reentry,
not
when
they're
leaving
the
facility?
T
Because,
as
someone
who
was
formerly
employed
by
Roca,
my
job
was
tasked
with
going
behind
the
wall
and
meeting
with
them
months
before
they
even
touched
the
ground
here
to
prepare
them
so
that
when
I
picked
them
up
from
prison,
the
first
thing
we
did
was
go
to
Target
and
get
clothes,
get
an
ID.
Get
your
birth
certificate,
your
social
security
card,
because
you
can't
do
anything
without
those
things,
but
a
lot
of
them
are
coming
home
without
the
bare
minimums.
T
And
then,
after
that,
we
can
talk
about
employment,
housing
and
and
what
are
your
goals
and
what
the
things
that
you
need.
But
a
lot
of
them
are
coming
home
and
they
don't
even
have
the
bare
minimums
like
a
bus
pass.
So
we're
telling
people
to
change
your
life,
but
we're
not
giving
them
the
tools
necessary
to
do
so
and.
F
In
your
experience,
through
your
work
at
Roca,
how
long
did
that
process
take
in
terms
of
really
trying
to
make
sure
the
housing
was
in
place?
There's
some
job
opportunities
lined
up.
You
know
all
the
things
that
people
need
to
kind
of
come
home
and
stand
on
their
feet
as
opposed
to
kind
of
going
back,
and
so.
T
The
other
piece
is:
is
the
young
man
who
just
went
back
to
jail?
He
said
two
months
before
he
was
released.
He
was
placed
in
ddu
ddu,
a
solitary
confinement
and
when
you're
in
solitary
confinement,
it's
a
severe
mental
health
effect.
So
even
in
his
conversation
with
da
Rollins,
he
was
shaking
throughout
the
whole
conversation
because
he
hadn't
had
any
interaction
with
another
human
while
in
ddu
prior
to
being
released,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
Roca
did
that
I
think
was
great.
T
Was
there
was
a
catalyst
program
at
a
Boston,
Medical
Center
and
what
it
did
was.
It
was
specifically
for
young
men
coming
home
from
prison
and
in
one
appointment
you
got
a
mental
health
worker,
a
social
worker
psychologist
and
a
doctor,
so
I
was
tasked
with
taking
them
to
Boston
Medical
Center,
where
they
could
see
all
three
people
in
one
visit,
because
the
likelihood
of
them
going
to
the
hospital
and
taking
care
of
themselves
was
slim
to
none
Thank,
You
counsel,.
U
Can
I
add
one
thing
you
remember
tracking
back
in
the
day,
the
tracking
model,
the
tracking,
was
basically
what
diversion
young
people
they
were
matched
with
someone
they
had
to
do
a
curfew
check.
They
took
them
out
now.
These
older
young
people
are
not
going
to
do
that,
but
with
the
case
management
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
mention
that
there's
sort
of
a
tracking
mentoring
thing
that
needs
a
typical
flexibility
around
ours
and
around
the
resources
they
have
to
do
some
atypical,
taking
the
young
men
out
to
eat.
U
F
E
U
I
understand
folks
have
to
be
paid,
but
we
need
a
a
typical
model
that
has
some
flexibility
similar
to
what
was
a
sheet
say
back
in
the
day
streets
they'd
happen,
the
street
safe,
had
flexibility
and
I.
Believe
that's
one
of
the
things.
That's
missing
that
Street
workers
due
to
Union
stuff
and
whatnot.
U
They
don't
have
our
flexibility
and
they
don't
have
provider
resources,
flexibility,
some
sort
of
way
of
figuring
out
a
typical
program
that
has
flexibility
around
hours
of
service
and
then
also
resources
where
these
mentors
can
really
spend
some
quality
to
take
them
out
to
eat.
Take
them
to
you
know
up
in
New
Hampshire
to
for
a
couple
of
days
if
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
ceasefire
thing
who's
paying
for
the
air
B&B,
where
they're
out
there
for
three
days
having
real
hard
combos,
of
course,
with
their
proper
monitoring
and
whatnot.
H
I
was
able
to
participate
in
the
band
program
Sean
and
just
really
found
it
personally
gratifying
and
beneficial,
and
while
I
was
sitting
here,
I
had
owed
you
a
date
too
welcome
you
before
the
City
Council,
so
I've
emailed
just
to
set
that
up.
I
hope
we
can
do
that
soon.
For
for
my
council
colleagues,
I'd
love
you
to
talk
a
little
bit
about.
H
I
A
X
A
Y
Y
Another
thing
is
a
few
years
ago
the
Boston
Globe
did
a
study
on
racism
in
Boston
and
release
that
research
report
on
racism
Boston
and
how
it's
affecting
blacks
in
Boston
and
they
determined
after
they
looked
at
different
industries,
that
blacks
in
Boston
have
a
net
worth
of
$8.
The
city
has
not
addressed
that
issue.
Those
inequities,
and
so
this
hearing
that
we're
having
on
youth
violence
is
a
relationship.
Y
The
impact
of
the
inequities
that
blacks
face
in
Boston
and
I
want
to
address
that,
because
it's
not
just
impacting
our
youth,
but
it
has
an
impact,
our
families,
it
has
impact,
it
has
droid
many
of
our
families,
and
so
as
we
will
build
our
black
families
in
Boston.
These
are
the
some
of
the
things
that
we
need.
Y
I
tried
to
reduce
it,
Kim
Janey
to
three,
but
I,
wasn't
able
to
number
one
single-parent
homes
and
built
just
a
half
of
the
families
of
single-parent
homes,
and
we
know
by
the
data
that
they
are
financially
lacking
of
all
people
in
the
city
of
Boston
so
and
most
of
those
single-parent
homes
have
children.
Those
children
need
to
have
summer
camps
this
summer.
Some
of
the
pressure
and
and
some
of
the
pressure
and
stress
from
those
families
need
to
be
relieved.
The
children
are
our
future.
Y
Y
Every
year
the
Boston
Health
Commission
comes
out
with
the
health
of
Boston
and
they
come
to
the
Great
Hall
in
Dorchester,
and
we
hear
they
bring
the
data
and
we
hear
the
data
that
number
one
black,
women
and
Dorchester.
Many
of
them
who
single
parent
or
head
of
household,
have
the
highest
rates
of
diabetes
in
the
whole
state
and
that
our
children
are
obese.
You
know
I,
like
for
the
City
Council
to
ban
sweetened
beverages.
Y
I
like
for
the
City
Council
to
ban
can
be
sweetened
beverages
and
sweets
that
is
given
daily
to
our
children
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools.
That
should
be
providing
the
data.
Science
data
also
shows
that
sugar,
sweetened
beverages
that
that
ultras
learning,
that
alters
attitudes
also
I've,
also
read
online,
that
some,
you
see,
I,
think
I,
don't
know
your
name,
but
I
think
you
said
that
you
want
to
know
what
other
cities
are
doing
so
I
also
read
that
other
cities
having
free
prison
calls.
Y
So
these
parents,
who
mostly
low-income,
are
having
to
pay
for
their
children
to
call
them
for
prison,
so
three
prison
clothes
they
don't
have
to
be
paying
for
those
expensive
calls
that
they're
having
to
pay
face
selling
permits
an
expansion
of
pushcarts
in
Dorchester
Dame,
an
opinion.
I
know
there
is
a
push
for
jobs,
but
we
have
a
thriving
innovation
district
in
the
Seaport.
We'll
need
a
pipeline
to
the
innovation
district.
Y
One
for
blacks
and
one
for
others.
We
have
the
quality
of
life
issue
with
jobs,
work
and
we're
not
enjoying
life
in
north
Dorchester.
Our
children
are
in
her
house,
other
people
are
riding
the
blue
bikes.
Other
people
are
jogging
our
children
and
we're
feeling.
Every
time
we
hear
gunshots
on
the
news,
then
that
stress,
stressing
our
families
out
we're
not
going
outside
our
children,
males
you're
talking
about.
Z
And
I'm
from
the
Dorchester
neighborhood
I
spent
half
a
part
of
my
life
in
Jamaica,
Plain
I
moved
to
Dorchester
with
my
son
at
the
age
of
seven.
His
name
was
Amin
sir
ohm
Anthony
lacy,
which
I
lost
him
to
homicide
in
2017
I'm.
Also
a
survivor
of
my
son
myself
and
don't
know
who
hurt
me
and
what
I
can
say
what
you
guys
were
talking
about
earlier
about
people
who
move
from
where
they
live
and
kids
are
able
to
start
a
life
for
themselves
and
get
past.
Z
Z
Due
to
him
talking
about
suicide,
which
I
took
very
seriously
so
I
asked
for
help
for
many
programs
and
what
I
got
was
programs
that
weren't
consistent
I
was
patient.
I
was
proper,
I
was
well-mannered,
as
I
am
standing
here
today,
I
mean
was
as
well,
which
I
raised
him
to
in
order
in
life
to
get
people
to
listen
to
you.
You
have
to
make
sure
that
you
work
on
the
way
that
you
express
yourself
and
you
communicate
yourself
to
others,
so
that
they
can
support
you
best.
Z
But
we
didn't
get
that
I
got
him
into
a
program.
He
started
a
job,
his
first
paycheck.
They
didn't
call
me
and
say
well:
Alexis
I
mean
got
his
first
paycheck,
let's
meet
and
discuss
how
he
will
spend
this
money,
how
he
will
save
some
of
it,
how
he
he
invest
some
of
it
into
his
everyday
needs
to
teach
him
how
to
provide
for
his
self
in
a
hygienic
way.
Z
So
I
wrote
down
a
few
things,
and
that
was
that
I
did
reach
out
for
support
and
they
weren't
consistent.
So
to
me,
that's
a
form
of
neglect.
If
I
was
to
neglect
my
child
I'd
be
in
trouble.
Why,
when
you
ask
me
for
support
and
help
a
lot
of
these
agencies
are
consistent
courts
and
as
well
as
schools
that
they
are
allowed
to
get
a
pass,
but
parents
get
in
trouble
when
they
don't
handle
their
responsibilities.
A
teacher
bullied
my
son.
Z
What
she
didn't
think
about
was
what
he
went
through
the
night,
which
sometimes
I
got
an
attitude,
and
what
I
try
to
do
is
talk
to
him
to
see
what
was
going
on
with
him
and
tried
my
best
to
give
him
the
love
and
comfort
that
he
needed,
even
if
he
didn't
want
to
communicate
with
me
what
had
happened
so
instead
of
her
taking
the
route
of
thinking,
maybe
he
had
a
bad
night
or
even
a
bad
morning.
What
can
I
do
to
help
my
student?
Z
Instead,
she
embarrassed
my
son
by
mention
in
his
age
and
that
he
was
at
seventh
year
old
and
ninth
grade
again,
but
he
was
supposed
to
show
up
to
her
classroom
the
very
next
day
and
she
was
his
first
teacher
I,
don't
know
how
a
seventh
year
old,
that's
been
bullied.
That's
talked
about.
Suicide
can
show
it
the
next
day
in
your
classroom
when
you
bullied
him
besides,
that,
like.
Z
Was
at
the
court
two
days
before
asking
for
help?
My
son
told
me
that
his
life
was
threatened
and
there
was
a
photo
took
in
a
friend
of
my
play,
store
and
in
my
life
too.
I
still
live
at
that
same
residence
that
I
bought
to
an
attention
that
I
live
in
an
everyday
fear.
I'm
already
a
survivor
living
in
fear
and
I
still
live
at
the
same
residence.
That
I
have
made
aware
that
I've
been
threatened
and
my
son
was
threatened.
Z
Z
What
your
concerns
are,
what
your
needs
are
and
coming
back
the
next
week
with
that
state
that
information
I
should
have
been
in
Special
Olympics,
because
I
was
an
athlete
and
I
never
got
to
introduce.
To
me
all
I
got
was
a
therapist
and
medication.
My
son
as
well
that
can't
just
be
the
solution.
I'm
scared
of
medication,
because
it
can
take
over
your
life.
Z
It
could
change
things
for
you
and
it
can
make
things
happen
to
you
as
a
woman
that
no
woman
wants
to
go
through
so
I
rather
find
different
ways
to
deal
with
my
pain
and
that's
natural
healing
when
it
comes
to
being
a
trauma.
Survivor
in
a
victim
I
feel
like
I'm,
both
because
I'm
a
victim
of
neglect.
My
son
is
a
victim
of
neglect
and
in
order
for
things
to
change,
you
have
to
be
consistent
in
families.
Z
Life
show
up
with
a
book
write
things
down,
be
consistent
and
stop
making
excuses,
because
I
didn't
make
an
excuse
to
be
a
mother
to
my
child,
I
stepped
up
and
I
did
what
was
right
and
what
I
was
supposed
to
do.
So,
if
I
could
be
a
survivor,
a
woman
who's
come
from
an
abusive
community
have
been
through
many
traumas.
Do
the
best
that
I
possibly
could
he
has
a
shipmate
award.
Z
Art
award
had
a
piece
of
art
in
Harvard
for
a
week,
competition
and
he's
gone
now
that
didn't
have
to
happen,
as
it
happened
to
many
kids
and
mothers.
That's
my
only
child,
and
he
gave
me
hope
when
I
was
hopeless
and
now
I
feel
hopeless
again
without
him
and
I'm
working
on
restoring
my
hope,
because
there
is
a
life
for
me
beyond
what
I've
been
through
my
life
that
I've
been
deserved
to
have,
but
because
I've
been
so
neglected.
Z
My
life
is
starting
at
37,
I'm,
37
years
old
and
I'm
still
stealing
here,
talking
properly
I'm,
not
being
belligerent,
I'm,
not
swearing
and
I'm
a
little
bit
emotional,
because
I'm
hurt
so
I
would
really
ask
people
to
think
about
being
consistent,
showing
up
with
a
book
resources
other
than
therapy
and
medication.
There
is
yogurt
therapy
art
therapy,
gardening
therapy,
dance
therapy
special
olympics
therapy.
I
never
experienced
it
till
now.
Z
That's
that
shouldn't
be
I,
didn't
graduate
from
high
school,
but
I'm
working
on
it
now,
but
I'm
a
medical
assistant
certified
in
medical
terminology,
so
that
means
I
have
what
it
takes
and
I
did
that
by
myself,
because
I
believe
in
me
and
when
I
talk
to
people
they
just
dismiss
you
or
they're
mean
to
you
we're
hard
people.
We
need
your
help.
That's
all
we're
asking
for
I'm
willing
to
put
in
the
work,
but
I
need
a
mentor.
I
need
an
advocate.
I
need
a
coalition
to
come
with
me.
Z
So
when
those
people
giving
me
a
hard
time
and
I'm
already
going
through
a
hard
time,
I
actually
really
get
help.
They
don't
get
paid
for
not
helping
their
people
getting
paid
and
not
helping
people.
It's
not
fair.
So
what
they
were
talking
about
did
and
all
that
it's
true
it's
needed,
because
they're
getting
paid
and
they're
not
really
helping
us.
It's
not
fair
I
should
have
never
lost
my
son.
Z
I'm
lost
and
I've
been
living
here.
37
years.
I
shouldn't
feel
this
way.
I
wrote
some
things
down,
but
I
don't
like
to
I
would
speak
from
my
heart
in
my
mind,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
are.
This
is
neglect
I've
been
neglected.
My
son
has
been
neglected.
When
do
you
guys?
Not
you
guys
here?
Cuz
I,
don't
know
you
guys
and
me,
and
you
haven't
done
any
work
together
where
you've
neglected
me,
but
the
people
that
I
have
reached
out
to
to
help
me.
Z
AA
It's
hard
to
follow,
as
you
know,
I'm
Lin,
courier
I'm,
a
youth
advocate
and
anti
racism
advocate
who's
been
working
with
high-risk
youth,
gang
involved,
use,
ex-gang
members,
etc
for
25
years.
The
and
now
put
youth
in
prison.
So
when
listening
because
this
is
really
important,
thank
you
I
don't
mean
to
be
disrespectful,
but
I
know
we're
running
late,
but
I
came
here
with
a
broken
leg.
The
piece
that's
missing
and
maybe
it's
been
too
brought
up.
AA
I
know
Monica
touched
on
it,
but
what's
happening
in
the
prisons,
to
our
kids,
they're
not
getting
there
not
at
all,
getting
the
programming
or
the
education
that
they
need.
I
work
with
youth
for
three
years,
I've
been
working
with
them
and
I
talked
to
Kevin.
Just
just
now,
I
think
we're
gonna
meet,
but
I
put
together
an
outline
of
a
program.
It's
got
to
be
more
than
just
a
couple
months
before
they
leave.
AA
Their
mindset
has
got
to
be
changed
and
the
resources
that
they
need
have
got
to
be
given
to
them
before
the
DLC
is
not
doing
it.
They
will
not
do
it.
I'm
working
with
the
DOJ
right
now,
because
they're
investigating
the
abuses
of
our
youth
and
other
people
with
isolation,
they're,
torturing,
our
kids
they're
there
in
Kerr
and
I,
won't
go
on
I'd
love
to
tell
you
more
hello,
nice
to
see
you.
AA
They
are
there
pitting
the
kids
and
the
different
gangs
together.
I
have
proof,
I
have
names,
I
have
dates
if
you
knew
what
they
were
doing
to
our
young
people
and
then
setting
them
out
back
into
our
communities.
It's
horrific.
So,
as
I
said,
I
I
have
an
idea
or
outline
of
a
program
that
could
really
help
these
youth
before
they
get
ready
to
even
re-enter
and
I've,
talked
to
public
safety
and
some
people
and
they
Public
Health
I'm.
Sorry,
and
they
like
the
idea
and
they
they're
they
off
the
record.
AA
They
said
that
they
would
be
willing
to
piggy
back
and
bring
these
kids
back
into
the
community
where
the
resources
at
Monica
said
they're
not
getting.
Also,
the
do
see
has
to
be
fed
resources
because
they
are
they're
just
coming
out
the
older
ones
too,
and
that's
why
some
of
the
murders
have
happened.
Some
of
the
murders
happen
to
because
somebody's
cousin
or
friend
gets
killed
on
the
outside
from
the
inside.
They
tell
him
to
make
a
hit,
so
this
connection,
this
link
has
got
to
be
made.
Otherwise
this
is
never.
AA
So
I,
don't
know
if
someone's
mentioned
that
piece
in
bps
they
probably
have,
but
that
has
to
be
paramount.
But
anyway
thanks
a
lot
and
I
just
had
to
share
that
with
you,
because
I
I
worry
about
the
prison
piece.
It's
it's.
It's
counterproductive
for
everything
that
we're
all
trying
to
join
the
outside.
Thank
you.
X
Hello
first
I,
don't
say
giving
unto
God
son,
Christ,
Jesus
and
also
to
the
council.
Thank
you
for
inviting
us
here
today.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
speak.
My
name
is
Roy
Owens
I'm,
pastor
of
the
Walthall
Chapel
Church
of
God
in
Christ
I'm.
Also,
president
of
Savior,
cheering
ministries
also
bowling
Street
Neighborhood
I'm
here
today,
but
before
I
talk
about
some
anything
I
just
like
to
say
this.
That
I
believe
that
we
all
believe
that
God
exists
and
I
believe
that
we
all
believe
that
God
is
loved.
X
We
know
that
God
is
loved
because
we
look
around
and
we
see
the
birds,
the
bees,
the
flower,
the
trees.
We
see
the
cows
on
a
thousand
years.
We
have
everyday,
we
have
beef,
steak,
bacon,
etc.
We
know
that
we
didn't
create
any
of
these
things.
So
we
know
that
there's
someone
that
loves
us
that
someone
everything
that's
around
us.
We
see
that
somebody
gave
it
to
us,
we
didn't
create
it.
We
just
use
it.
So
we
know
that
there
is
a
creator.
X
We
know
there's
a
God
of
love
but
I'm
here
today
to
say
that
if
we
are
gonna
really
solve
some
of
issues
in
our
community,
then
our
leadership
need
to
exemplify
that
love
and
I
found.
The
greatest
problem
that
we
have
in
the
city
today
is
that
we
don't
have
the
love.
We
don't
help
the
leadership,
whereas
in
the
City
Council
at
Beacon
Hill.
As
you
look
around
today,
we're
falling
so
far
from
grace,
and
we
know
when
Massachusetts
first
started,
you
had
to
be
a
pastor.
X
You
had
to
have
200
members
in
order
to
call
start
a
city
or
town
Holyoke,
and
all
these
places
were
started
by
pastors.
Capacitor
was
ahead
of
everything
he
was
the
mayor.
He
was
the
city
councilor.
He
was
in
charge
of
everything,
but
today
you
look
around
and
you
can't
find
a
pastor
in
any
position
of
power,
whereas
in
Beacon
Hill
West
in
City,
Council
and
I'm
saying
so.
Where
is
the
love
where's?
The
love?
X
We
every
bill
that
comes
out
of
Beacon
Hill
every
bill
that
come
out
of
City
Hall
is
something
contrary
to
what
God
really
is
and
we
want
to
know.
You
know.
Why
are
we
having
the
problems?
Why
don't
we
show
love
what
am
I
talking
about?
Why
don't
we
show
love?
We
can
look
around
and
see
that
I'm
gonna
be
an
example.
The
barrier
be
police
station
as
torn
down
the
new
station
being
built
the
land,
Archer
Park,
ruggle
Street
project
Columbia
Point
or
where
they
now
call
it,
maybe
Archer,
Park
or
Archer
garden.
X
You
look
around
these
lands
out
there,
Harvard
University,
the
latest
was
America,
was
created
for
poor
folks
by
the
church,
who
found
it
and
came
left
Europe
because
of
religious
persecution.
So
they
wanted
to
create
a
system
for
poor
folks
to
be
helped,
whereas
in
the
federal
government
state
government
a
city
go,
the
City
of
Boston
is
a
501
C
3
out
of
the
church.
You
wouldn't
know
it
today,
you
and
even
people,
don't
even
they
know
501
C
3,
but
do
they
know
all
this
stuff
comes
out
of
the
church.
X
X
They
said
going
to
go
back
to
some,
what
they
call
poor
folks,
but
you
have
to
have
$30,000
to
start
and
then
the
next
level
is
a
middle
income,
higher
wages
and
then
the
next
is
another
income
and
your
to
end.
This
land
belongs
to
the
poor
folk.
But
if
you
walk
in
there
and
you're
from
the
welfare
department-
and
you
just
have
our
own
welfare
budget-
you
don't
even
qualify
to
make
an
application.
Something
is
wrong.
With
that
picture
everything
we
get
public
facilities.
A
X
I'm,
saying
is
we're
talking
about
why
we
have
balance.
We've
been
telling
you
the
foundation
from
our
problems.
If
we
don't
have
love
and
you
can't
have
love
if
you've
taken
the
land
away
from
poor
folks
who
was
the
church
in
this
whole
America,
the
city
of
Boston
were
created
by
poor
folks,
the
boston
public
education,
public
education
started
by
po
folks,
they
educate
for
folk.
All
these
things
have
been
taken
from
them
and
you
want
to
know
why
we
have
a
problem.
It's
being
taken.
The
land
has
been
taken.
X
The
projects
have
been
taking
we're
dealing
with
gentrification
every
there's,
not
a
person,
you
cannot
walk
through,
Roxbury
Dorchester
might
appear
and
not
know
that
they
don't
know.
Jenna
fication
is
taking
place
and
you
want
to
know
whoa.
Why
are
they
having
vowels
and
then
you're
taking
away
every
program?
They
have
you
got
programs,
that's
on
the
book
with
no
fence
you're
like
oh.
We
don't
know
why.
X
The
problem
is,
if
you're,
given
a
program
with
no
money
to
finance
it
and
I'm,
saying
you're
taking
away
the
land,
gentrification
is
taking
place
now
you're
coming
up
with
stuff,
you
didn't
take
enough
land
inspection
department
goes
out
to
take
the
senior
under
the
senior
citizen
program
that
they
got
you
supposed
to
take
money
for
yourself.
They
go
out,
find
something
wrong
with
him.
They
can
help
their
own
friend.
They
take
out
money
on
the
senior
citizen
building
and
put
them
in
debt.
X
This
I'm
saying
this:
that's
taking
what
families
they're
losing
at
home
grandmother's
not
able
to
leave
if
the
houses
have
been
taken
away
and
I'm
saying
this
not
only
those
houses
being
taken
away,
but
on
top
of
that
under
the
new
geocoding.
Now
you
got
come
up
with
geo
code
to
take
the
poor
folks
that
left
they
got
money
in
the
community
you're.
X
Taking
that
out
so
now,
do
you
want
to
tell
the
poor
folks
that's
left
on
welfare,
you're
gonna
gel
coat
them
out
to
the
suburban
areas,
what
they
don't
have
transportation
to
get
back
in
the
city?
And
you
don't
think
that's
calling
violence,
you
don't
think
you're,
not
you're,
not
you're
put
you're
doing
everything
to
people
in
our
community.
We
know
it.
That's
the
something
we
live
with
every
day
and
usually
what
is
the
problem?
You
starving
us
to
death?
X
It's
like
Indians
on
a
reservation
they're
supposed
to
get
food
and
you're,
causing
them
giving
them
bad
blanket.
They
got
disease
and
you're
like
you,
don't
know
why
they're
dying
and
you
don't
know
why
they
starving
to
death.
Well,
you
starving
us
to
death
in
the
budget.
You're
starting
to
slip
in
the
public
school,
you
give
us
third
world
education,
we're
maybe
about
30
education.
We
have
science
classes,
but
if
you
compare
at
you're
out
there
in
the
suburban
area
the
science
classes
in
Boston,
they
don't
have
no
real
science,
they
just
keep
them
theory.
X
You
have
the
book,
you
read
it,
but
you
don't
really
have
side.
You
have
ban
units
out
there,
the
suburban
areas
you
have
ban.
You
have
uniforms
and
everything
right.
You
come
to
city
of
Boston.
You
don't
have
all
these
bad,
you
don't
have
a
uniform.
You
get
theory
of
music
everything
you
get
in
higher
education,
this
theory
and
then
we're
supposed
to
compete
against
everyone
else.
I'm
saying,
thank
you
very
much.
So
I'm
saying
this
I'm
saying
is
like
I
think
that
what
we
need
to
do
is
have
a
heart.
X
You
need
to
have
love
it
very
fact.
You're
trying
to
cut
me
off.
You
can
cut
off
nobody
else,
but
you
don't
have
the
love,
because
you
don't
like
what
I'm
saying
you
don't
have
to
love.
You
know
you
wouldn't
say
it
you
trying
to
cut
me
I,
don't
where
I'm
trying
to
be
cut
off,
because
you
don't
have
the
love
trying
to
cut
you,
you
don't
have
the
love,
because
you
don't
have
love.
That's
where
I'm
here
you
don't
have
love.
X
You
don't
respect
us
and
we'll
come
here
today
you
took
four
or
five
hours,
three
or
four
hours
on
your
own
thing
and
in
your
community
get
up.
You
keep
on
the
rest.
You're,
not
gonna.
Rush
me
you're
right
sure
you
keep!
Yes,
you
did.
You
said.
Thank
you.
You've
got
thrown
Sam.
Thank
you
why
she
was
talking
agree.
That's
just
you
disrespect
us.
You
disrespect
our
leadership
and
you
respect
everything.
We
stand
for
and
I'm
saying
only
way,
we're
gonna
get
it.
X
R
While
you
come
up
with
solutions
to
summertime,
violence
and
I
also
ask
that
you
even
keep
your
own
family
in
mind
because
gun
violence
doesn't
affect
you
until
it
does.
Please
keep
in
mind
that
prevention
isn't
as
simple
as
increasing
police
presence.
It's
about
comprehensive
programming
and
coordination.
It's
about
making
programs
that
are
sustainable
and
making
sure
there's
sufficient
communication
between
city
departments
and
across
sectors
I've
got
gun.
R
This
is
something
that
you've
you've
said
already
in
something
that
has
been
reiterated,
but
we
do
need
guidance,
more
guidance,
counselors
in
schools,
social
workers
in
the
neighborhoods.
We
do
need
more
community
centers
and
recreational
centers
in
the
Jaypee
area.
Also,
we
need
real
resources
that
are
sustainable
and
fully
funded.
We
need
resources
that
also
serve
intergenerational
populations.
As
you
see,
sort
of
the
age
that
we
thought
was
participating
in
violence
has
really
changed.
R
That
was
true
in
my
cousin's
case
and
through
many
other
cases
and
I
do
want
to
touch
on
two
statements
that
were
said
earlier
very
quickly.
Chief
Martinez
said
something
about
communities
wanting
to
talk
about
violence
after
things
had
happened,
and
that's
just
not
true
communities
want
to
talk
about
violence
now
they
want
to
be
proactive
and
I.
R
A
AB
In
my
written
notes,
it
says
good
afternoon
but
good
evening
my
name
is
Megan
malcolmus
I'm,
a
lifelong
resident
of
Carmen
squirt
Dorchester,
specifically
a
neighborhood
called
the
talbot
norfolk
triangle,
which
falls
between
tabakov
and
Norfolk
Street,
so
I
do
work
with
an
organization
in
that
neighborhood
called
the
Boston
project
and
I'll
keep
my
thoughts
brief,
but
I
just
wanted
to
raise
concerns
based
off
of
youth,
led
research
that
has
been
done
specifically
regarding
mental
health.
I
know.
AB
Mental
health
was
touched
on
briefly
earlier
during
this
hearing,
but
I
think
something
that's
been
echoed
by
both
our
young
people
and
our
adult
neighbors
is
that
mental
health,
specifically
that
regards
secondary
trauma
and
community
trauma
that
there's
not
a
big
enough
investment
in
that
there
needs
to
be
increased
attention
towards
specific
services
and
resources
that
address
secondary
trauma
and
offer
healing
and
therapy,
and
similar
services.
I
was
reflecting
while
sitting
if
a
young
person
in
my
neighborhood
asks
me
how
to
find
a
job.
AB
It's
super
easy
for
me
to
direct
them
to
Dee
Yee
and
help
them
navigate
that
process.
But
when
my
peer
is
asking
me
for
mental
health
services,
I
am
lost,
I,
don't
know
what
the
city
offers
or
how
to
navigate
that
and
I
think
that's
really
telling
of
the
city's
investment
in
mental
health
and
that
there
needs
to
be
clear
steps
towards
addressing
community
trauma
and
that
it
really
is
a
large
piece
that
neighbors
and
members
of
our
city
are
echoing
that.
AB
This
is
something
that's
real,
but
that
there
doesn't
seem
to
be
clear,
direct
action
towards,
and
so
that's
all
I
have
to
say,
and
just
echoing
earlier
concerns
by
Monica,
Kane
and
grant
and
other
activists
that
the
strategy
for
gun
violence
needs
to
be
more
specific
and
concise
and
directed
because
right
now
it
feels
like
we
all
have
different
pieces
that
were
trying
to
grasp
onto
to
address
this
issue,
but
that
there
could
be
a
more
streamlined
approach
to
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
very
much
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
hanging
in
there,
including
my
my
fellow
colleagues.
This
has
been
a
long
hearing
and
certainly
well
worth
it.
This
is
docket
number
zero,
eight
one
two.
This
is
an
order
for
a
hearing
in
efforts
to
combat
summer
violence
in
the
city
of
Boston
I
know
this
hearing
is
now
adjourned.