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From YouTube: Committee on Post Audit & Oversight on September 2, 2020
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Docket #0828 - Hearing to review all grants, City funds, and City programs for violence prevention and intervention purposes
A
Okay,
good
morning,
everyone
oops
we're
getting
a
little
echo
great
good
morning.
Everyone,
my
name
is
michelle
wu
city
councilor
at
large
and
chair
of
the
boston
city
council's
committee
on
post
audit
and
oversight.
I
am
joined
by
several
colleagues
this
morning.
Our
sponsors
counselor,
andrea
campbell
and
councillor
julia
mejia,
as
well
as
councilor,
kenzie
bach,
and
I
know
others
will
likely
join
as
as
we
go.
This
public
hearing
is
on
docket
number
zero.
A
Eight
two,
eight
order
for
a
hearing
to
review
all
grants,
city
funds
and
city
programs
for
violence
prevention
and
intervention
purposes.
This
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
live
stream
at
boston.gov
city
city
dash
council
dash
tv,
and
it
will
be
rebroadcast
on
comcast
channel
8,
rcn
channel
82
verizon
channel
1964..
A
We
will
take
public
testimony
throughout
the
hearing.
We'll
start.
Oh,
I
see
counselor
flynn
is
here
as
well.
Thank
you
for
the
message.
Counselor
flynn.
We
will
take
public
testimony
throughout
the
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
testify
by
video
conference
and
have
not
signed
up.
Please
email,
michelle
goldberg,
for
the
link.
Her
email
address
is
michelle
m-I-c-h-e-l-l-e
dot,
a
dot
goldberg
g-o-l-d-b-e-r-g
at
boston.gov.
A
For
the
link,
when
you're
called
for
public
testimony,
please
state
your
name
and
your
affiliation
or
address
and
limit
your
comments
to
no
more
than
two
minutes,
so
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
You
may
also
submit
written
testimony
by
emailing
ccc.path,
that's
city
council
committee
for
postaudit
ccc.pa
boston.gov.
B
B
It
was
a
packed
house
and
we
were
there
to
figure
out
or
to
review
how
much
money
in
terms
of
grants
the
city
received
towards
violence,
prevention
and,
frankly,
I
left
a
little
disappointed
in
the
hearing,
because
I
felt
like
we
didn't
learn
enough
about
the
total
monies
received
and
how
the
city
measures
the
impact
of
these
dollars
and
strategies
in
order
to
be
effective
when
it
comes
to
violence
prevention
work.
Our
city,
we
know,
spends
millions
of
dollars
every
year
in
anti-violence
efforts,
but
incidents
of
violence.
B
B
We
also
know
that
certain
communities,
and
particularly
residents
of
color,
are
disproportionately
stopped
by
and
investigated,
and
we
know
this
from
our
fio
data.
That
also
is
traumatic
with
respect
to
certain
communities
or
residents
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
so
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
again
to
come
to
the
table
and
have
a
conversation
in
a
specific
one
around
not
only
how
much
money
we
receive
for
violence
prevention,
intervention
work,
but
also
what
is
our
strategy?
B
B
D
D
But
you
know,
for
a
long
time,
had
been
doing
a
lot
of
the
work
in
this
space
in
the
city
of
boston,
with
very
little
funding.
So
really
looking
at
equity
and
diving
into
this
conversation
so
that
we're
not
having
a
conversation
to
have
a
conversation
but
that
we're
actually
going
to
move
the
work
forward.
Thank
you.
So
much.
F
Thank
you,
counselor
wu,
and
thank
you
to
counselor
campbell
and
to
counseling
me
here
for
your
work
on
this
important
subject.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
panelists
that
are
here
the
city
officials
that
are
here
as
well,
and
the
people
in
the
community
that
are
doing
outstanding
work
on
anti-violence
measures,
and
just
this
morning
I
was
on
a
call
a
little
bit
of
background.
F
I
was
on
a
call
with
the
chinatown
community
about
ways
we
can
improve
the
quality
of
life
in
the
neighborhood,
but
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
great
organizations
doing
excellent
work
in
the
community,
but
also
it's
critical,
that
the
police
play
an
important
role
as
well
and
that's
building
relationships
in
trust
that
I
have
seen
over
over
the
many
years.
I
know
deputy
bailey's
on
this
call
and
I
saw
deputy
billy
and
several
boston
police
officers
participating
in
operation
at
operation.
F
Thank
you,
vet
several
months
ago,
knocking
on
doors
of
of
veterans
and
homeless,
talking
to
homeless
veterans
about
services,
the
city
provides,
but
it's
so
many
different
organizations
that
are
working
together.
The
bcyf
team,
while
a
lot
of
people
are
away
in
the
summer
and
the
down
down
cape
carter
and
the
mountains
of
new
hampshire
remain.
You
know,
the
bc
dcyf
team
is,
is
helping
kids
in
public
housing,
giving
giving
them
food
and
playing
and
playing
basketball.
F
F
So
those
are
my
comments
and
I
just
want
to
let
let
people
know
I'm
here
to
be
helpful
in
continuing
to
promote
our
city
workers
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
resources
and
tools
to
get
their
job
done,
also
making
sure
that
our
non-profits
are
part
of
the
part
of
the
solution
as
well.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
A
G
Councillor
wu,
thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
public
testimony
and
all
of
the
city
councillors
and
city
officials
and,
of
course,
all
the
volunteers
that
are
helping
with
this
pandemic.
As
I,
I
definitely
want
to
acknowledge
all
the
youth
in
our
city
who
have
more
or
less
become
accustomed
to
shooting
one
another
in
the
streets
as
an
act
of
normal
behavior.
G
G
G
I
have
reached
out
to
chief
of
staff
of
a
local
city
councilor,
requesting
a
budget,
I'm
a
numbers
person.
I
want
to
see
numbers.
I
want
to
see
2020
actuals
of
how
much
the
city
of
boston
has
actually
spent
on
violence
prevention.
I
think
that
is
something
that
the
city
deserves
to
see
and
not
wait
for
a
city
council
hearings
such
as
this.
G
My
questions
are,
you
know
who
applies
for
these
grants.
Are
they
city
or
organizations
that
are
applying
for
them?
What
was
the
dollar
amount
spent
in
2020,
and
what's
the
proposed
budget
and
forecast
for
2021?
I
think
these
are
reactive
meetings
right
now.
I
think
that
we
should
have
been
looking
at
this
a
long
time
ago,
and
it's
sad
that
we've
come
to
this,
but
I
am
happy
that
we
are
having
this
conversation,
so
I
yield
my
time.
Thank
you.
H
Hi
good
morning,
everyone
myself,
dominique
and
rayquan,
are
using
our
combined
time
to
read
a
prepared
statement
so
councilor
president
campbell,
the
mayor
committee,
chair
wu
and
members
of
the
boston
city
council.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
join
you
at
this
committee
hearing.
I
am
danielle
recruitment
and
intake
manager
at
more
than
words
joined
by
my
co-worker
dominique
who's.
Also,
a
recruitment
and
intake
manager,
as
well
as
freikwon
givens,
a
youth
partner.
H
More
than
words,
is
a
non-profit
social
enterprise
that
empowers
youth
to
take
charge
of
their
lives
by
taking
charge
of
a
business.
Young
adults
earn
a
job
running
book
businesses.
They
are
out
on
a
fleet
of
trucks,
sourcing
books
and
selling
them
in
their
online
retail
wholesale
and
pop-up
shop,
businesses
generating
4
million
in
earned
revenue
while
developing
critical
skills
approximately
20
hours
a
week.
They
also
have
a
second
job,
their
u-job,
where
they
receive
intensive
case
management
to
work
towards
personal
goals.
H
We
serve
a
diverse
population
of
young
people,
often
overlooked
and
underfunded
in
anti-gang
and
violence
prevention
initiatives,
our
young
people
are
16
to
24
years
old
and
in
the
child
welfare
system,
in
diversion
programs
experiencing
homelessness
or
out
of
school
and
over
40
percent
of
them
have
court
involvement.
We
work
closely
with
the
suffolk
county
district
attorney's
office
and
cpcs
to
help
ensure
our
youth
get
back
on
track
when
they
are
justice
involved,
including
through
a
grant-funded
partnership
to
implement
joint
training
on
the
developmental
needs
of
emerging
adults.
H
We
are
also
strong
and
loud
advocates
of
raised
age
on
the
juvenile
justice
system,
which
is
critical
to
supporting
our
young
people
to
get
back
on
track.
We
know
this
age
group
has
the
highest
recidivism
rate.
I
can
describe
this
to
you
more,
but
the
best
way
is
for
you
to
hear
from
what
our
young
people
need
directly,
which
is
why
I
yield
my
time
to
one
of
our
young
adult
partners,
rayquan
gibbons,.
I
Hello,
everybody,
my
name
is
rayquan
gibbons
and
I'm
a
partner
at
modern
words.
When
I
got
shot,
I
teamed
up
with
boston
commission
and
my
caseworker
from
there
got
me
connected
with
one
awards,
but
personally
I
have
family
and
friends
who
worked
here
before
me
at
first.
I
thought
it
was
just
a
kitty
job,
but
they
teach
us
real
skills.
I
It's
opportunity
for
me
to
get
back
on
my
feet
and
also
a
great
opportunity
for
young
people
to
stay
off
the
streets
and
also
opportunities
us
to
it's
also
opportunity
to
help
us
run
the
business
on
our
own.
The
job
is
the
problem
because
it
teaches
us
independence
and
prepares
us
for
the
real
world.
I
I
I
J
Hi,
I
am
dominique
I'm
the
recruitment
and
intake
manager
at
modern
words
as
well,
so
I'm
just
going
to
finish
off
and
end
with
us
to
try
and
empower
and
positive
future.
Our
youth
must
overcome
a
wide
array
of
challenges,
including
failing
public
systems
of
care,
unaddressed,
traumas
and
mental
health
issues,
community
violence,
generational
poverty
and
persistent
racism
and
a
culture
of
white
supremacies.
J
The
culver
19
crisis
has
created
an
overlap.
Overlay
of
additional
difficulties
for
our
young
people
to
navigate
gun.
Violence
has
increased
by
30
percent.
During
covet.
The
job
market
has
tightened
just
seven
more
than
words
graduates
started.
New
jobs
in
the
final
quarter
of
fy.
Excuse
me,
20
as
compared
to
82
for
the
rest
of
the
year.
Our
career
service
team
is
helping
youth
to
navigate
the
job
market
with
one
two
one
coaching
resume
and
cover
letter
resources
and
helping
them
with
application.
J
Food
insecurities
has
increased
during
the
pandemic,
and
the
technology
gap
of
our
young
people
face
is
particularly
damaging
and
isolated
worlds
more
than
what
has
distributed
more
than
700
bags
of
groceries
to
youth
and
families,
34
laptops
and
14
cell
phones
to
our
youth.
We
also
pay
our
young
people
through
this
crisis,
distributing
more
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
each
month
and
wages
to
help
help
youth
and
their
families
with
expenses,
isolation
and
challenges.
J
Home
situations
have
intensified.
We
continue
deep
virtual
programming
and
have
now
reopened
physically
for
you
to
come
back
onto
the
site,
critical
to
helping
them
move
through
the
challenging
times.
We
are
grateful
to
be
supported
by
the
city
of
boston
for
this
critical
work
through
violence,
prevention,
funding
in
the
youth
development
fund
in
ssyi
and
job
training,
funding
like
the
neighborhood
job,
trust
in
the
city,
city,
workforce
and
invocations
and
opportunities
act
regulations.
We
also
receive
state
funding,
including
government
gun
violence
prevention,
funding
for
the
department
of
public
health.
J
However,
despite
our
focus
on
specific
serving
public
systems
involved
in
homeless,
youth
government
funding
only
accounts
for
17
of
our
budget
with
the
social,
while
the
social
enterprise
business
run
by
the
young
people
themselves
covers
over
40
percent.
Our
young
people
need
more
from
all
of
us.
Even
in
a
year
of
budgeting
crunch,
we
must
increase
city
funding
for
asset-based
opportunities
for
young
people,
opportunities,
state
stability,
hope
and
jobs
are
the
most
important,
powerful
interrupters
of
violence.
We
in
community
organizations
like
us,
have
increased
our
services
during
kobe
to
be
here
for
our
young
people.
J
Now,
more
than
ever,
we
need
to
invest
in
our
people
and
community.
It
is
simply
hard
to
get
your
life
on
track.
If
you
don't
have
place
a
place
to
stay
adults
who
believe
in
your
potential
and
willing
to
be
go
to
back
for
you
opportunities
for
our
training
and
education
and
the
chance
to
make
a
mistake
and
learn
without
closing
the
door
on
their
futures.
Thank
you
for
considering
us.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
so
we
really
appreciate
everyone
who
signed
up
for
public
testimony
that
that
concludes
those
who
sign
up
in
advance
again
for
anyone
watching.
If
you
feel
moved
to
testify,
you
can
reach
out
to
the
council
and
and
signing
up
it's
michelle
with
2ls.a.goldberg
boston.gov,
and
you
can
get
the
link
to
testify,
but
now
we
will
move
to
the
administration
panel.
A
H
K
L
A
Thank
you,
okay,
so
we
will
go
to
the
panel.
I
have
in
my
records
that
it
will
be
chief
of
health
and
human
services.
Marty
martinez,
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
public
safety,
rufus
falk,
commissioner
bcyf
will
morales
director
of
soar,
boston,
talia,
rivera
director
of
violence,
prevention
at
the
boston,
public,
health,
commission,
catherine,
fine,
boston,
police,
superintendent
of
night
command,
gerard
bailey,
director,
ssyi
coordinator,
frank,
deluca
and
tierney
will
will
manage
the
powerpoint.
A
A
K
So
we
want
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
framework
of
violence
prevention,
intervention
that
we
have
going
on
and
then,
as
you
heard,
we're
going
to
talk
to
some
of
the
direct
work
that
the
administration
has
taken
on
really
targeting
these
services
measuring
their
impact
and
working
to
reduce
crime
in
the
community.
So
next
slide.
K
You
know
we
address
violence
through
a
public
health
lens,
and
that
has
been
in
the
case
for
some
time
and
that
is
focused
to
ensure
that
we
are
taking
a
public
health
approach
to
how
we
think
about
violence
in
the
community.
And
that
means
we
look
at
it
from
a
prevention
intervention
and
response
framework
that
we've
been
adapting
and
working
through
over
the
past
several
years.
K
As
we
reported
the
last
time
we
were
in
a
hearing
together,
our
goal
is
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
only
just
running
services
and
programs
and
investing
in
opportunities
in
the
community,
but
that
we're
working
towards
things
that
we
can
measure
and
a
framework
that
allows
us
to
understand
what
the
gaps
are
and
how
we
can
address
them.
So
as
we
do
this,
the
city's
working
in
these
five
larger
buckets
we're
working
to
identify
and
address
the
social
determinants
of
violence
in
our
community.
K
We
know
when
someone
commits
an
act
of
violence
in
the
community.
It's
not
just
that
act,
but
all
the
other
causes
that
go
into
that.
The
lack
of
access
to
housing,
the
lack
of
access
to
economic
opportunity
more
and
more,
the
inequitable
impact
of
various
things
that
happen
in
our
community
than
lead
to
violence,
and
so
we're
identifying
and
addressing
social
determinants
as
much
as
we
look
at
and
work
specifically
around
violence.
We're
trying
to
create
equitable
pathways
of
opportunity
for
all
bostonians
you're.
K
K
And
that
is
something
that
we
really
tackled
and
took
on
from
the
office
of
public
safety,
boston,
public
health,
commission
and
bcyf,
and
the
office
of
returning
citizens,
which
are
now
all
under
health
and
human
services
as
together,
as
well
as
in
partnership
with
the
boston
police
department,
who
plays
a
critical
role
in
this
work.
We've
improved
and
enhanced
communication
and
coordination
you're
going
to
hear
a
little
bit
about
that
as
well.
We've
worked
to
build
stronger
relationships
with
external
community
partners.
K
So
we've
built
a
stronger
relationship
and
you're
going
to
see
that
through
some
of
the
work
throughout
the
organizations
and
last
but
not
least,
is
to
maximize
impact
and
efficiency
while
ensuring
an
effective
response
to
community
needs.
As
someone
who
spent
much
of
my
career
in
youth
development
before
coming
in
this
role,
I
know
there
are
lots
of
great
organizations.
K
As
you
know,
prevention
is
our
efforts
focused
on
direct
activities
and
programs
and
policies
that
are
intended
to
prevent
violence,
and
so
we
have
a
an
array
of
services,
programs
and
and
efforts
that
go
into
that
prevention
bucket.
We
have
less
so
but
targeted
intervention
work
which
are
strategies
designed
to
produce
behavior
change
or
improve
specific
outcomes
for
targeted
populations
or
communities.
K
You
can
you
try
to
prevent
it?
You
absolutely
try
to
intervene
in
it
and
then
you
respond
to
it
in
the
community
and
overall
we
know
this
is
important
to
everyone
on
this
call
and
everyone
in
the
community.
We
want
to
recover
from
it,
so
it's
not
as
much
just
to
prevent
it
or
try
to
stop
it,
but
we
need
to
have
ongoing
and
longer-term
work
to
support
individuals
and
neighborhoods
in
the
community
as
a
whole
to
rebuild
after
violence
occurs,
which
is
a
really
important
piece
of
this
work.
K
So
it's
this
framework
that
we've
been
using
and
working
through
over
the
past
several
years,
where
we've
seen
sort
of
the
work
and
effort
be
more
intentional.
It's
where
we
saw
the
lowest
crime
rates
that
we
had
seen
in
many
years
last
year,
but
of
course,
as
has
been
mentioned,
and
also
by
the
pan
by
the
public,
we've
seen
increased
issues
this
year,
which
of
course
has
has
really
pushed
us
to
think
about
what
services
we're
running,
what
programs
are
running
and
how
we're
investing
those
city
dollars.
K
M
Thank
you,
chief
and
good
afternoon
councillors.
It's
a
honor
to
be
in
front
of
you
again
again
my
my
role,
primarily
I'm
tasked
with
that
level
of
coordination
in
terms
of
internally,
how
our
city,
departments
and
cabinets
working
together
around
this
space,
around
violence
prevention,
community
development,
but,
most
importantly,
being
present
in
those
neighborhoods
and
being
present
with
those
individuals
who
are
most
vulnerable
and
in
most
need
of
our
support.
M
M
So
if
there
was
an
uptick
of
violence
happening
over
in
the
upcoming
corner
area,
making
sure
that
we
were
deploying
resources
and
making
sure
we
had
assets
in
that
area
to
address
them,
but
also
beyond
that
we're
making
sure
we
were
being
strategically
fast.
So
how
can
we
prevent
incidents
from
occurring
so,
which
is
why
we
make
sure
we
were
receiving
context
on
the
ground
from
our
our
city
agency,
but
most
importantly
from
our
our
community
members.
M
M
Who
are
the
individuals
who
we
need
to
make
sure
we
are
providing
services
with,
and
it
also
extends
to
bps,
so
we're
making
sure
that
from
a
bps
standpoint,
how
can
we
make
sure
we're
supporting
the
efforts
that
they're
having
within
the
school
and
also
recognize
that
they're
part
of
our
external
communities
outside
of
their
school
buildings?
So
many
of
many
of
these
works
in
titan
and
deal
with
meeting
weekly
receiving
information
receiving
where
hot
spots
are
and
then
on.
M
So
when
an
incident
happens,
we
receive
the
updates
making
sure
that
our
services
are
on
the
ground,
make
sure
that
we're
connected
with
the
family
members
directly
impacted
making
sure
that
we're
connected
with
the
community,
who
was
also
can
be
directly
but
also
indirectly,
impacted.
Make
sure
that
they're
receiving
trauma
trauma
supports,
forgive
me
and
also
recognizing.
If
there
are
gaps
in
our
recovery
sponsors
that
we
can
make
sure
we're
closing
those
gaps
again,
we
could
bring
bps.
M
In
with
that,
we
we
noticed
that
we
had
a
number
of
individuals
who
were
being
indirectly
impacted.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they
were
they
were
receiving
trauma
support.
So
what
bps
added
was
that
in
the
if
we
have
an
incident
happening,
the
internet
that
happened
on
circuit
street,
so
what
what
bps
did?
M
They
were
in
the
map
to
figure
out
how
many
bps,
families
and
students
were
impacted
by
the
incident,
and
it
was
31
families
impacted
and
then
making
sure
that
they
had
their
school
services
and
clinicians
reaching
out
to
those
families
as
well.
So
we
we
have
a
system,
we
have
a
protocol.
Pre-Covered
postcovid
is
important.
I
mean,
while
we're
doing
coverage.
It's
also
important
to
recognize
that
our
service
delivery
didn't
stop.
We
were
still
outside.
M
We
were
still
making
sure
that
we
were
being
present
within
the
community,
so
there
were
groups
of
individuals
congregating
at
trial
department.
We
were
making
sure
that
we
were
there
and
being
present
also
recognizing
that
the
population
that
we
serve
their
their
first,
their
their
first
fear,
isn't
isn't
cover
19.
Their
first
fear
is
being
victim
of
gun
violence,
so
recognizing
that
the
population
that
we're
serving
is
not
really
changing
their
behavior.
M
And
that
again,
this
goes
in
terms
of
alignment.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
funds
that
we
are
allocating
are
going
to
address
gaps
recognizing
that,
as
chief
mentioned,
we
have
a
lot
of
entities
who
are
doing
great
work.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
supporting
those
entities
that
are
doing
great
work,
so
they
can
increase
their
bandwidth
and
ensuring
that
the
efforts
that
we
are
funding
are
coordinated
with
our
overall
message
and
overall
framework.
M
K
N
Thank
you,
chief
martinez.
My
name
is
catherine,
fine,
I'm
with
the
division
of
violence,
prevention
at
the
boston,
public
health,
commission.
I
am
going
to
read
some
comments
and
then
defer
to
the
slides.
I
will
keep
my
comments
brief
to
create
opportunity
for
or
questions
but
do
want
to
make
some
acknowledgments.
N
So
thank
you,
councillor
campbell
counselor,
wu,
councillor,
mahaya,
councillor
bach,
councillor
flynn
and
arroyo
for
being
here.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
as
the
public
health
employee
that
will
come.
We
come
before
you
and,
as
others
have
said,
in
the
midst
of
overlapping
public
health
crises,
the
coping
19
pandemic,
the
epidemic
of
racialized
violence
in
our
city
and
the
insidious
and
intergenerational
impacts
of
systemic
racism,
all
of
which
have
deeply
and
inequitably
impacted
black
indigenous
and
communities
of
color
in
boston
and
across
the
country.
N
We
come
to
this
hearing
today
in
support
of
black
lives
matter
and
solidarity
with
families
in
boston
and
the
country
who
are
suffering
as
a
result
of
systemic
racism,
designed
and
perpetuated
by
white
people
and
maintained
and
enforced
through
structures
of
power
and
violence,
including
state-sanctioned
violence.
And
we
want
to
thank
the
council
for
your
leadership
and
the
opportunity
to
share
our
work
with
you
today.
N
If
you
have
those
specific
questions-
and
I
also
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
the
leadership
of
our
staff
of
the
community
and
of
our
partners
during
this
unprecedented
time
and
including
the
partners
on
this
panel
at
the
city
level-
they've
acted
with
enormous
courage
and
wisdom
and
care,
as
they've
led
their
programs
to
really
unexpected
and
transformative
change
during
this
time,
and
there
is
more
we
can
do
and
we
can
always
do
better.
But
we
come
to
you
with
really
open
hearts
and
minds
this
afternoon.
N
So
I
want
to
defer
back
to
the
slides
and
just
share
with
you
our
strategic
framework
at
the
in
the
commission.
This
is
a
framework
that
we
go
by
that
does
line
up
with
the
overall
hhs
framework.
We
really
prioritize
partnerships
at
all
levels
and
we
believe
that,
in
order
to
do
our
work
we
have
to
we
have
to
work
with
community
and
residents
and
and
be
working
with
them
side
by
side
with
them.
In
this
work,
we
promote
policies
that
promote
social
justice
and
health,
equity
and
access
to
resources.
N
N
Violence,
intervention
and
prevention
is
a
prevention
program
that
we
have
it's
grounded
in
community-based
organizations
in
six
neighborhoods
across
the
city
of
boston.
Their
goal
is
really
on
community,
mobilizing
raising
community
voice,
taking
action
against
violence
and
working
to
build
both
capacity
and
youth
development
strategies
at
the
neighborhood
level.
N
N
Both
of
these
teams
are
part
of
an
annual
summer
program
that
we
host
every
year.
The
vip
program
and
start
strong
program
had
an
unbelievable
virtual
summer
with
young
people.
We'd
love
the
opportunity
to
come
and
talk
to
anybody
more
about
how
that
was
done
and
what
we
learned
next
slide.
Please
next
slide
a
safe
and
successful
youth
initiative.
That's
a
state-funded
initiative.
It's
been
part
of
the
of
the
division
also
for
a
number
of
years.
N
This
is
and
works
in
conjunction
with
other
city
state
partners
and
within
the
context
of
of
health
and
human
services.
This
is
a
program
really
aimed
at
17
to
24
year
olds,
who
are
identified
as
being
at
risk
of
gang
or
gun
violence.
We
offer
intensive
case
management,
support
connection
to
education,
employment
services
in
connection
to
behavioral
health
services
and
roy
martin
is
on
the
space
this
afternoon
to
answer
more
questions
about
that
next
slide.
Please
and
yeah,
and
finally,
the
neighborhood
trauma
team
network.
N
N
We
did
receive
a
million
dollars
a
little
bit
more
than
a
million
dollars
that
went
mostly
to
the
neighborhood
trauma
teams
as
a
result
of
reallocation
of
budget
money
from
the
police
department.
We'd
be
happy
to
share
with
you
how
that
money
has
been
allocated.
If
you
would
like
to
have
a
slide
to
answer
those
questions
as
well
and-
and
I
think
this
is
finally,
the
family
justice
center
of
boston
is
a
community
of
agencies.
These
are
non-profits
who
work
in
the
domestic
violence,
sexual
assault
and
sexual
exploitation
space.
N
They
have
space
over
at
the
family
justice
center
in
brighton,
that
is
shared
space
with
the
boston
police
department.
These
are
free
services
in
order
to
meet
the
needs
of
clients
who
are
impacted
by
those
forms
of
violence.
They
also
do
a
lot
of
training,
education
and
public
awareness
activities
as
a
collaborative
together
next
slide.
N
O
Have
all
right
this
is,
will
morales.
If
you
have
any
questions.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
city
councilors
for
making
this
forum
available
in
this
hearing
and
so
very
important
in
regards
to
sort
of
the
work
that
bcyf
does
and
I'm
actually
waiting
for
the
slide
to
come
up.
You
know
we
live
in
a
world
prevention.
O
I
think
vcyf
was
established
over
40
years
ago
on
a
grassroot
nature
that
we've
worked
in
partnership
with
a
lot
of
community
partners
to
basically
identify
what
the
community
gaps
were
in
regards
to
the
needs
of
not
only
youth
but
also
families
and
some
of
the
challenges
that
they've
had
in
their
communities.
As
you're.
Very
much
aware,
we
operate
in
about
36
community
centers,
where
every
nook
and
cranny
and
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
boston
and
we
normally
operate
in
neighborhoods.
O
That
sometimes
are
the
hardest
to
engage
and
we
engage
sometimes
the
most
toughest
populations
in
regards.
But
a
lot
of
our
work
has
changed
recently
and
you
know
when
we're
looking
at
the
uptake
of
violence.
Understand
that
it's
not
that
the
city
has
stopped
doing
anything,
understand
that
also
our
partners
and
their
capacity
to
do
more.
You
know
I
mean,
has
changed
too
as
well,
and
sometimes
it
they've
had
gaps
that
they've
been
trying
to
fill.
O
So
you
know
the
connecting
with
our
young
people
in
somewhat
has
been
sort
of
disrupted
because
of
covet,
but
I
think
that
a
lot
of
us
are
still
connect
are
still
committed
to
figuring
out.
If
we
can't
physically
connect
with
them.
How
do
we
do
it
to
various
different
platforms,
and
so
at
bcyf?
That's
where
we've
been
instituting
since
day.
O
Just
to
give
you
sort
of
a
brief
summary
is
that
we
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
target
populations
that
are
specifically
more
vulnerable,
sometimes
in
the
youth
realm,
especially
those
12,
13
and
14
year
olds
that
are
trying
to
find
their
way,
but
sometimes
find
their
way
to
a
street
corner
versus
coming
into
a
community
center.
In
partnership
with
soar
and
with
some
other
organizations,
we
make
sure
that
we
try
to
expand
our
reach
and
ensure
that
those
young
people
find
their
ways
to
our
doors.
O
Understanding
that
majority
of
the
work
that
bc
web
does
has
no
cost.
So
we
make
sure
that
cost
does
not
become
an
inhibiting
factor
for
young
people
to
come
in
through
our
doors
and
participate
in
our
programs
just
this
summer
alone,
and
it's
not
keeping
it
specific
to
the
summer.
Super
teens
our
program
or
one
of
our
anchor
summer
programs
increased
its
capacity
to
serve
more
young
people
between
the
ages
of
13
and
14
years
of
age,
and
this
is
the
youth
population
that
sometimes
does
not
have
as
many
opportunities.
O
If
there
was
a
traditional
summer
camp
program,
they
would
have
aged
out,
but
they're
not
also
they're,
also
too
young,
to
participate
in
in
any
summer
employment
program.
This
provides
them
with
a
pre-employment
program,
but,
most
importantly,
it
provides
them
with
an
opportunity
to
connect
with
a
consistent,
caring,
adult
understanding
that
one
of
the
biggest
sort
of
deterrents,
the
young
people
I
mean
one
of
the
biggest
assets
that
young
people
can
have
is
connecting
to
a
mentor.
O
We
should
ensure
that
through
this,
through
this
initiative
called
the
super
teens,
and
I
really
want
to
thank
all
the
city
councilmen,
all
the
city
councils
that
participated
in
a
sort
of
forum
that
we
had
and
an
engagement
with
the
super
teens.
I
know
that
julie
mayer
was
definitely
a
part
of
that
and
the
exchange
was
very
wonderful
to
see
our
young
people
be
able
to
have
access
to
their
city
councilors
and
have
that
healthy
exchange.
O
O
Sometimes
when
we
think
of
violence-
or
we
think
about
those
who
are
engaged
and
so
unhealthy
behaviors,
we
sometimes
narrow
it
down
to
the
boys,
but
the
reality
is:
is
that
we've
seen
insurgents
and
how
the
girls
also
play
a
role
in
that,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
also
provide
programming
and
services
that
are
specific
to
young
women
and
about
what
their
role
is
about
being
healthy
themselves.
But
how
do
they
also
contribute
to
making
a
much
healthier
community
in
regards
to
that?
O
A
lot
of
our
prevention
work
is
also
not
done
alone.
Our
spaces
are
very
much
open
to
a
lot
of
community
grassroots
organization.
We've
worked
with
monica
gannon
on
some
initiatives.
We've
worked
with
rufus,
not
only
in
his
role
with
the
city
but
prior
to
the
city.
You
know
we
always
make
our
spaces
available
to
support
a
lot
of
local
small,
grassroots
organizations
or
even
just
individuals
who
are
thinking,
have
a
great
idea
and
want
to
implement
it
and
sometimes
just
need
the
space
and
small
resources
to
get
it
out
of
the
way.
O
So
a
lot
of
our
partnerships
that
tend
to
happen
are
really
sort
of
grassroot
level
and,
and
we
play
a
very
crucial
role
in
making
sure
that
we
support
those
organizations
and
having
access
to
those
resources.
We
continue
to
work
very
diligently
with
the
boston
police
department
and
especially
now,
with
the
bureau
of
community
engagement.
Nora
bastian
actually
lives
in
our
spaces.
O
Most
of
the
time-
and
you
know
prior
to
covet,
hosted
a
series
of
a
lot
of
girls
athletic
empowering
kind
of
workshops
that
were
happening,
and
it's
changed
a
little
bit
but
we're
looking
at.
How
do
we
reintroduce
it
now
that
some
of
the
guy
state
guidelines
have
made
it
possible
to
make
those
kind
of
connections
to
continue?
O
We
also
work
with
the
boston
fire
department
in
regards
to
creating
more
connections
in
regards
to
team
fire
academy
that
they
had
this
summer
and
making
the
referrals
and
connecting
young
people
who
are
looking
for
opportunities
with
us
and
connecting
them
back
to
them.
In
regards
to
that,
one
of
the
things
that
happened
too
is
that
we
know
with
the
state
of
covet
a
lot
of
the
organizations
weren't
able
to
support
young
people
with
deep
employment
this
year,
and
so
what
bcyf
does
is
that
we've
increased
our
allowance
over?
O
I
think
an
additional
230,
more
young
people,
and
so
we
supported
over
600
kids
with
employment
opportunities
and
we
implement,
and
we
supported
them
through
an
extension
that
dye
had
because
we
knew
it
was
very
important
not
only
to
get
young
people
employed
but,
most
importantly,
to
kind
of
keep
them
engaged
and
connected
to
adults.
And
so
you
know
that
was
a
very
rewarding
experience
for
all,
and
it's
won
the
role
that
we
continue
to
play
in
doing
doing
those
things.
We
hope
to
extend
our
program
menu
way
into
the
fall.
O
O
But
one
of
the
great
things
about
pre-registration
is
that
we're
able
to
now
capture
more
information
on
our
young
people,
cell
phone
numbers
emails.
I
mean
let
get
to
let
get
to
know
them
a
little
bit
differently
through
a
very
virtual
space
that
sometimes
we
didn't
have
before
it
makes
it
very
interesting.
O
But
at
the
same
time
we
see
that
a
lot
of
young
people
continue
to
repeat
and
sign
up
for
various
classes
and
various
opportunities
that
bcyf
continues
to
offer,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
is
that
we
continue
to
invest
more
in
our
spaces,
especially
our
team
friendly
spaces
in
the
next
couple
years.
We're
going
to
be
be
doing
a
couple
of
our
facilities
over
one
of
them
is,
of
course,
the
curly
community
center.
O
That's
going
to
get
a
major
overhaul
that
we
we
hope
it
could
become
sort
of
not
only
a
hub
for
south
boston
but
a
hub
for
all
the
city
of
boston
and
where
we'll
probably
provide
more
opportunities
for
young
people
and
for
families
there.
But
you
know
we
made
some
initial
other
investments
too,
as
well
as
we
found
that
not
every
young
person
had
a
google
chromebook,
not
every
kid
goes
to
the
boston
public
school
and
was
able
to
get
one.
O
So
we
made
some
additional
purchases
and
provided
them
to
some
of
our
super
team.
Kids,
who
had
the
technology
down
a
gap
and
kind
of
fill
that
and
of
course,
we
we
invested
in
some
specialized
equipment
so
that
when
we
do
the
in-person
programming,
we're
able
to
do
it,
sort
of
in
a
safe
and
and
and
in
a
very
safe
environment.
Some
of
the
critical
support
elements
that
we
did
is
that
you
know,
even
though
kobe
came
on
board,
we
continued
to
feed
families.
O
O
It
makes
it
a
big
difference
when
there's
a
presence
there
when
they
have
an
individual
or
youth
workers
that
the
young
people
there
can
actually
turn
to
who
are
immediately
there
to
support
them
with
any
any
issues
that
they
may
have,
or
any
opportunities
for
growth.
One
of
the
things
that
we'll
continue
to
do
as
we
continue
to
emerge
and
look
at
where
we
are
now.
We
want
to
expand
more
training
opportunities,
especially
for
all
our
bcyf
staff,
we're
living
in
a
virtual
world.
O
Now
we
have
to
think
about
what
opportunities
we
could
do
to
continue
to
connect
young
people
more
frequently
and
provide
and
get
more
access
to
them,
but
they
can
also
have
access
to
us
as
quickly
as
possible.
One
of
the
things
we're
gonna
be
looking
also
is
to
look
at.
How
do
we
expand
more
deepen
our
relationship
more
with
bpd
and
the
bureau
of
community
engagement
and
soar,
and
to
think
about
how
do
they
use
our
standalone
buildings
into
the
early
evenings?
O
Looking
at
how
can
they
we
can
enhance
skill
sets,
but,
most
importantly,
how
can
they
together
do
more
outreach,
because,
knowing
that
sore
boston
works
with
the
impact
players,
what
we
found
is
that
the
impact
players
have
little
brothers
and
sisters
who
are
sometimes
not
involved
or
engaged
in
that
kind
of
lifestyle.
But
the
reality
is
that
what
we
found
is
when
you
talk
to
those
impact
players,
they
don't
want
their
little
brothers
and
sisters
involved
in
that
lifestyle.
O
So
we
think
that
by
having
them
go
out
and
do
outreach
together
and
make
the
connections
young
people,
those
young
people,
will
be
able
to
come
to
our
doors,
because
they'll
have
a
familiar
face
on
the
other
side
of
it,
and
I
think
that's
it
for
us.
If
there's
any
questions,
I
wanted
to
entertain
any
now.
A
Very
much
to
our
panel
from
the
administration.
I
wanted
to
recognize
that
councillor,
michael
flaherty
and
counselor
anissa
sapi
george
had
joined
us
as
well.
Let's
see
there
and
I
have
gotten
a
note
okay,
so
we
have
one
other
person
signed
up
for
public
testimony
that
we
will
get
to
after
q
a
with
counselors,
so
we'll
go
straight
into
questions
in
the
order
that
we
had
listed
earlier
for
counselors
and
then
finish
the
public
testimony
and
then
panel
number
two.
A
P
P
P
Our
target
population
are
between
the
ages
of
14
to
24.
However,
we
do
service
adults
that
range
from
25
to
32
who
meet
one
of
the
following
criterias,
so
the
youth
and
young
adults
that
we're
engaging
are
repeatedly
engaged
in
violence
as
an
influencer
in
a
gang
and
or
driving
violence
in
the
streets.
Next
slide
there
are.
P
Through
our
advocacy
work.
We
have
a
team
right
now
of
four
resource
coordinators,
who
are
cultivating
relationships
with
companies
and
corporations
to
create
a
pipeline
for
employment
opportunities
in
industries
like
customer
service,
hospitality
and
warehousing,
and
I'm
excited
to
report
that
we
recently
secured
several
partnerships
with
autozone
jiffy
lube,
a
t
in
flower
bakery.
P
In
addition
to
to
that,
our
resource
coordinates.
Resource
coordinators
also
facilitate
access
to
services
in
health
care,
mental
health,
housing
and
education.
For
example.
Probably
about
two
months
ago
there
was
a
young
man
who
was
shot,
thankfully
not
to
his
demise,
but
he
didn't
have
health
insurance
and
he
left
the
hospital
with
2
000
bill
and
our
resource
coordinators
were
able
to
get
him
enrolled
in
mass
health
and
was
able
to
get
the
bill
back
paid.
P
A
hundred
of
those
gangs
are
active,
meaning
they're
present,
but
quiet
they're
dormant.
Some
of
those
100
gangs
represents
groups
that
have
been
long-standing
fixtures
in
our
communities
for
decades
like
a
castle
gate,
a
columbia,
road,
interville
and
columbia
point.
They
are
not
actively
driving
violence
right
now,
but
they
are
there
and
they're
groups
that
we're
constantly
paying
attention
to
of
the
100
gangs.
There
are
roughly
anywhere
between
30
to
45
that
are
actively
driving
violence
in
the
city.
P
Our
program
goals
for
2020
are
to
outreach
to
those
360
gang
involved,
youth
and
young
adults,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
to
really
build
a
deep,
authentic
relationship
with
them,
and
we
want
to
contact
and
connect
with
a
hundred
percent
of
our
roster
by
september
2020
and
we're
close.
So
right
now
we
are
at
206
of
the
360.
P
part
of
the
reason
we
haven't
met.
The
whole
360
is
that
we
have
four
vacant
outreach
and
engagement
coordinator
positions
right
now,
and
then
we
have
a
couple
of
outreach
engagement
coordinators
who
are
out
on
leave.
We
also
are
looking
to
broker
services
for
the
360
gang
involved,
youth
and
young
adults
that
we're
targeting,
and
you
can
see
on
the
the
bullets
there
on
how
we
plan
to
do
that.
And
then
our
last
goal
for
2020
is
to
facilitate
conflict
resolution
mediation
to
24
gangs
in
the
city
of
boston.
P
So
this
is
just
a
map
in
I
mean-
and
this
is
not
a
secret
to
us-
we
know
where
most
of
the
violence
is
happening
in
our
community,
but
this
first
map
represents
the
territories
in
the
city
that
are
occupied
by
gangs
and
you
can
see
their
proximity
to
each
other.
You
know
they're,
sharing
the
same
corner
stores
the
same
mom-and-pop,
restaurants,
schools,
hospitals,
you
name
it
right.
It's
like
you
know.
We
have
gangs
that
are
two
and
three
streets
over
from
each
other,
which
leads
to
this
second
map.
P
P
More
recently,
we've
been
seeing
an
uptick
in
places
like
roslindale,
also
east
boston,
but
our
outreach
and
engagement
coordinators
are
paying
attention
to
those
trends
as
well,
but
we're
confident
that
our
purpose
and
our
strategy
to
help
gain
involved.
Youth
and
young
adults
change
their
life
course.
Trajectory
will
result
in
a
reduction
of
gang
related
activity
in
our
city.
Thank
you.
A
A
B
Thank
you,
council,
wu
and
and
I'll
be
mindful
of
time,
so
we
can
get
to
panel
two
and
save
questions
for
additional
rounds.
First
of
all,
thank
you
to
all
of
you
guys
for
the
presentation.
Of
course.
Thank
you
for
the
work
you
guys
do
every
single
day.
I
know
it's
not
easy,
and
I
appreciate
you
guys
coming
back
to
the
table
to
have
continue
this
conversation
based
on
the
hearing
that
I
held
in
matapan.
So
thank
you
just
quickly,
and
this
is
through
the
chair.
B
If
we
could
get
copies
of
this
presentation,
that
was
given
that'd
be
great,
and
then
I
have
some
questions.
I'm
gonna
go
through
and
and
frame
some
just
as
requests
through
the
chair
just
to
save
time.
So
one
of
the
things
is
obviously
with
respect
to
the
monies.
So
every
department
can
play
a
role
in
violence,
prevention,
intervention
and
recovery
and
has
different
funding
amounts
of
funding
and
sources
of
funding.
B
B
My
question
related
to
it
is
this
is
based
on
the
previous
hearing.
Has
there
been
any
progress
in
making
this
information
that
I'm
requesting
available
publicly
on
the
city
of
boston's
website?
That's
my
first
question.
My
second
question
is
catherine's
presentation
and
I
know
she
went
through.
It
quickly
had
some
metrics
in
there
as
to
how
they
measure
their
success.
B
B
If
are
there
any,
you
know
what
are
the
metrics
or
if
we
could
get
what
other
departments
are
using
in
terms
of
their
metrics
that
measure
their
success.
That
would
be
helpful.
That
continues
to
be
a
question
if
you're
spending
x
dollars
on
this
program.
What
are
your
goals?
What
are
you
trying
to
reach?
I
know
some
are
data
driven
some
are
maybe
through
qualitative
stories
or
something
like
that.
That
would
be
helpful
too,
and
I
can
request
that
through
the
chair
and
then
I
guess.
B
My
second
question
is,
after
the
the
the
progress
of
making
that
information
available
on
the
website
so
are
going
back
to
soar,
which
is
so
critical.
You
know
we're
talking
about
the
violence,
it's
typically
in
many
respects
not
to
discount
the
the
need
to
serve
our
young
people
and
commissioner
morales
got
to
that.
12
14.
I'll,
come
back
to
that,
but
really
those
who
define
themselves
as
gang
involved
that
harder
to
reach
older
population
we've
often
talked
about
that
being
a
challenge.
B
Soar
is
attempting
to
do
that
work,
but
frankly,
it
sounded
similar
to
the
ss
ssy
work
which
is
they
had.
You
know
for
a
long
time,
a
list
of
300
influencers
trying
to
give
them
resources-
stipending,
of
course,
organizations
as
well.
So
I'm
curious
how
sore
works
with
ssyi
when
soar
gets.
For
you
know
when
once
a
sore
outreach
person
does
their
outreach
to
folks
in
the
community,
and
they
hear
back
from
that
person.
B
Do
they
then
refer
that
person
to
the
organizations
within
ssyi?
Who,
who
is
referring
to?
What
can
you
just
walk
us
through
that
process
of
where
soar
and
ssy
are
similar,
where
they're
different,
because
it
sounds
similar?
So
I'm
just
curious
about
that
piece.
So
I
guess
there's
two
questions.
Sorry
for
the
confusion.
The
first
is
progress
and
making
these
funding
sources
available
online
on
our
city
of
boston's
website
and
then
specifically
to
soar.
B
K
I'll
take
the
budget
question
counselor.
So
last
year
was
the
first
year
that
I
think,
since
I've
been
in
this
role,
where
we
were
requested
to
look
at
that
data
in
terms
of
what
was
being
spent.
I
think
it
might
have
come
up
two
years
ago,
but
last
year
was
the
first
year
that
was
sort
of
raised
up.
We
then
did
work
with
budget
going
into
this
year
to
sort
of
map
that
data
out.
So
what
you're
asking
for
in
terms
of
total
spent
and
sort
of
how
it's
administered?
K
I
think
we
have
that
information
through
budget.
We
did
not.
I
don't
think
it's
been
published
anywhere
online,
but
we're
glad
to
make
it
as
transparent
as
possible,
so
we'll
circle
I'll
circle
with
budget
on
that,
because
they're
the
ones
that
collected
that
across
this
the
administration
about
where
that
lived.
So
we
can
circle
on
that
front,
and
then
I
would
guess
talia
and
roy
you
guys
making
the
distinction
because
would
be
clear,
so
talia.
P
P
Q
B
Well,
I
guess
my
only
thing
is
because
you
know
obviously
I'm
in
my
fifth
year
on
the
council.
My
first
hearing
was
on
the
ssy
and
shannon
grant
looking
at
those
monies
specifically
on
ssyi
and
really
pulling
apart
the
history
of
that.
Of
course,
roy
we've
talked
about
this
numerous
times,
along
with
organizations
that
get
the
funding
on
how
you
really
reach
those
who
are
getting
involved,
those
folks
who
are
tough
to
reach
in
order
to
really
prevent
and
intervene
violence.
B
We
talked
about
how
you
hire
more
people
who
can
reach
those
individuals
and
needing
to
resource
that,
and
then
once
you
were
able
to
build
that
trusting
relationship.
Where
do
you
refer
them
to
so
I
know
soar
was
to
re.
You
know
we
wanted
to
redo
the
the
street
worker
program
and
I
get
that
there
was
a
lot
of
concerns
related
to
that
program
and
its
efficiency.
B
B
It
just
seems
it
just
seems
to
be
more
efficient
if
those
programs
merged,
and
yes,
I
hear
you
working
with
individuals
versus
gangs,
I
see
them
as
connected
right
if
an
individual
is
part
of
a
gang
they're
connected,
and
so
I
think
about,
are
we
losing
any
resources
by
duplicating
efforts
or
just
how
that
works
in
in
greater
partnerships?
I
was
just
taken
yeah.
P
P
B
So
we
could
get
the
list
of
who
the
outreach
folks
are.
I
think
that
would
be
useful
to
all
counselors
to
know
that
right,
who's
in
their
respective
districts
and
communities
working
on
the
ground.
I
do
think
this
just
reminds
me
of
a
conversation
that
was
started
in
the
previous
hearing
too,
which
is
how
you
know.
I
don't
know
if
it's
an
office,
you
know
I
know
rufus.
Frankly,
I'm
like
get
rufus
a
budget,
get
him
some
more
resources,
human
capital.
But
you
know
how
do
you
coordinate
all
these
moving
pieces?
B
M
Yeah,
so
just
to
sort
of
thank
you.
I
think
we
could
do
a
better
job
at
the
sort
of
external
messaging,
but
internally,
that
coordination
does
happen.
So,
for
instance,
if
it's,
if
we
we
meet
weekly,
to
determine
the
way
in
which
the
most
need
is,
but
most
importantly,
we're
making
sure
that
we're
not
we're
not
duplicating
these
efforts
because,
like
you
said,
we
have
departments
that
have
a
lane
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
every
effort
is
is
connected
and
we're
making
sure
that
not
only
internally,
we
do
it
externally.
M
With
and
making
sure
every
initiative
knows
what
each
other
is
doing,
that
that
those
efforts
do
happen.
But
I
think
I
agree
with
you.
We
we
should
do
a
better
job
at
externally.
Making
sure
that
that
process
is
is
fully
explained
and
we're
actually
in
the
process
of
doing
so,
making
sure
that
that
level
of
information
is
is
available
to
not
only
to
to
your
staff
but,
more
importantly,
to
the
community
that
they
know.
B
I
know
I'll
add
no,
I
just
because
I'm
looking
at
time,
I'm
sure
counselor
will
jump
to
the
next
person.
Is
you
know
one?
Obviously,
it's
important
to
work
with
those
folks
getting
involved.
The
individuals,
of
course
want
to
raise
up
the
families
and,
and
those
who
are
connected
to
those
individuals
too,
which
is
critically
important.
I
think
people
on
panel
2
are
going
to
speak
to
that
as
well
and
on
the
metrics
or
accountability
that
help
us
keep
everyone
accountable
would
love.
This
is
maybe,
for
you,
chief
martinez,
on
the
funding
piece.
B
Thank
you
on
the
metrics
piece.
I
did
see
a
lot
of
that
in
some
of
the
presentations,
but
not
with
respect
to
everything.
I
think
that
is
helpful
too,
and
how
do
we
deem
more
successful
and
then
my
last
question
is
how
I
mean.
Obviously
you
show
me
that
map,
which
was
very
depressing.
I
will
tell
you
because
that's
my
district.
B
You
know
I
got
dorchester
matapan
biggest
neighborhoods
and
I
talk
to
you
guys
all
the
time
separately,
most
of
the
time
of
where
the
violence
and
uptick
in
violence
is
happening
and
there's
an
uptick
right,
whether
we
like
it
or
not,
there's
an
uptick.
So
I
really
would
love
to
hear
you
know.
Where
are
we
getting
it
wrong
right?
Clearly,
some
things
are
not
working
right,
and
so,
where
are
we
getting
wrong?
What
we
need
to
do
better
and-
and
I
know
covid-
is
bringing
you
know
and
what's
happening
with
race.
B
Racism
in
this
country
trauma
mental
health,
you
name
it.
I
don't
have
all
the
answers.
I
do
try
to
connect
with
some
folks
who
are
part
of
just
some
awful
cases
frankly
to
to
get
a
greater
and
deeper
understanding.
It's
not
my
lane,
but
you
know.
Clearly
there
is
an
uptick
and
a
lot
of
questions
from
community
on.
Where
can
we
be
doing
better?
Where
we're
not
and
I'll
leave
with
that
question
before
I
then
go
to
my
colleagues
and
then
I
can
come
back
around.
K
Can
I
just
so
I
would
offer
that
I
mean
you're
right
concert.
I
mean
there's
an
uptick
here
and
bpd's
also
on
the
call-
and
I
think
they've
been
you
know,
working
on
the
coordination
side
also
with
rufus's
work.
I
think
it's
important
to
note
and
for
all
counselors
that
there's
an
uptick
in
violence
in
almost
every
major
city
right
now-
and
I
think
that's
an
important
distinction
to
to
be
clear.
K
Soar
and
public
safety
have
seen
that
there's
been
young
people
that
are
nowhere
near
being
on
the
ssy
list
and
and
not
familiar
with
the
work
that
ssy
does,
but
that
are
getting
engaged
and
involved
in
activities
that
are
of
concern
and
driving
some
violence
in
the
community.
So
we've
seen
more
of
that,
which
has
then
seen
some
uptick,
which
is
then
forced
to
sort
of
try
to
look
at
that
coordination
and
better
alignment
with
the
police
department.
But
I
think
I
think
you're
absolutely
right.
K
I
mean
the
uptick
that
we're
seeing
here
really
has
has
required
some
and
you
know
intentional
focus,
which
is
why
that
team's
been
meeting
weekly
and
then
really
coordinating
in
advance
of
holiday
weekends
in
advance
of
carnival
in
advance
of
all
the
things
that
we
know
can
sometimes
drive.
Violence
in
the
community,
so
no
singular
answer
to
it,
but
I
think
it's
been
a
a
combination
of
things
that
have
put
us
in
the
scenario
we're
in
today.
P
I
think
I'll
add
to
that.
I
mean
it's:
it's
not
a
secret
that
the
street
workers
program
had
not
has
not
been
the
most
effective.
Hence
why
the
mayor
made
the
investment
to
redesign
the
model,
so
another
huge
factor
where
I
felt
like
previously
previous
to
this
change
was
that
all
the
street
workers
did
not
were
not
connected
to
the
right
kids
right.
So
that's
that's
another
huge
problem
right.
The
only
way
that
we
can
engage
this
population
is
that
we
got.
We
have
to
know
them.
P
So
now
I
mean
things
are
a
lot
different.
You
know
now
we
have
goals
objectives
set
in
place.
We
have
expectations
for
our
outreach
and
engagement
coordinators
and
we're
holding
them
accountable
to
that
so,
and
I
think
that
we'll
start
to
see
a
difference
in
in
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
community.
You
know
and-
and
I
think
there's
this
misconception-
that
a
lot
of
our
kids
want
to
do
what
they're
doing
I
don't
they
don't
right.
A
perfect
example
is
a
couple.
P
Probably
maybe
two
months
ago,
a
young
man
who
I've
worked
with
for
probably
over
10
years
was
murdered.
I
had
another
young
man,
that's
part
of
the
same
group.
Call
me
on
facebook
like
via
facebook
live,
and
he
shows
me
he's
upset
he's
crying.
He
shows
me
his
gun
and
he
tells
me
he's
like
listen
like
I'm
about
I'm
about
to
go,
handle
this
right.
So
my
thing
is
okay,
you're
about
to
go
handle
this.
Why
are
you
calling
me
why?
Why
are
you
telling
me
that
right?
P
P
And
so
what
I
would
say
to
you
is
to
give
us
a
little
bit
more
time,
because,
although
I've
been
in
this
position
for
a
year,
we've
spent
probably
about
three
years
going
through
union
negotiations.
So
literally,
I
would
say
that
the
official
redesign
of
our
model
really
did
not
take
place
until
july.
So
I
I
mean-
I
would
say
just
you
know,
bear
with
us
give
us
some
time,
but
I
guarantee
that
you'll
start
to
see
a
change
in
community,
and-
and
this
is
the
other
thing,
the
other.
P
The
other
thing
that
I
I
really
want
to
shift
about
our
work
is
that
our
job
is
not
to
stop
shootings,
because
if
we
could
we
we
would
right.
I
think
it's
a
realist,
unrealistic
expectation
to
say
that,
as
outreach
and
engagement
coordinators,
we
need
students
to
stop.
What
I
feel
like
our
work
is
is
to
help
young
people
change
their
lives
and,
as
we
do,
that
we'll
see
a
reduction
in
firearm
related
offenses
and
gang
related
activity
in
community.
So
I
just
just
give
us
some
time.
A
D
D
So
I
am
comforted
and
knowing
that
you're
in
this
position
that
I
am
grateful
to
everything
that
you're
doing
so
so
just
know
that
you
have
me,
even
though
I'm
always
out
here
not
about
this,
that
or
the
other,
but
just
know
that
you
have
me
here
in
your
corner
to
support
whatever
it
is
that
you
need,
and
whatever
whatever
funding
or
whatever
it
is
to
get
you
the
resources
that
you
need
to
improve
the
lives
of
the
youth
that
we
want
to
serve.
I'm
here
for
all
of
it
to
you,
both
okay.
D
So
now
for
my
questions,
because
you
know
I
gotta
come
at
something
right
so
here
it
goes
so
this
one,
I
don't
know
who's
gonna
answer
it,
but
this
probably
whoever
deals
with
the
trauma
teams
right,
I'm
just
curious.
How
is
the
community
involved
in
the
in
the
decision
making
about
the
evaluation
and
trauma
services?
Is
there
a
publicly?
Is
it
publicly
available
detailed
data
reports
that
the
community
can
access
regarding
the
service
delivered
and
any
existing
evaluations?
D
R
R
There
were
350
residents
that
participated
in
that
there
were
14
of
those
sessions
that
were
done
that
created
an
rfp.
The
rfp
was
put
out
publicly
and
different
community
partners
were
able
to
apply.
There
was
a
a
panel
that
was
made
up.
That
was
certainly
very
inclusive,
of
members
of
the
community
that
evaluated
those
rfps,
scored
them
and
selected.
R
R
Also,
by
the
same
time,
another
round
of
community
listing
sessions
were
done.
There
were
five
of
those
that
were
done
as
we
look
forward,
we'll
be
doing
another
rfp
process
to
be
able
to
extend
our
reach
further
out
into
the
community.
Again.
That'll
be
an
rfp
that
will
be
public
and
be
a
public
process.
R
I
would
say
that
we
call
ourselves
a
network
because
that's
what
it
is.
It
involves
a
number
of
community
organizations-
community
health
centers,
along
with
community-based
partners.
All
of
this
is
on
the
website.
Neighborhoodhealing.Com,
so
you'll
want
to
see
a
list
of
who
it
is
and
how
to
contact
them.
That's
all
there.
R
D
No,
I
appreciate
that.
I
appreciate
that,
and
only
just
because
I
know
that
counselor
wu
will
be
letting
me
know
about
my
time
deficit
here.
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
get
to
some
of
the
some
of
the
other
follow-ups
that
I
have
in
regards
to
this
particular.
It
seems
like
there
were
a
lot
of
non-profit
organizations
and
people
in
the
space
that
do
this
work
that
were
participating
in
this
and
you
know
even
employees,
but
I
I'm
really
curious
about
community
members.
D
I'm
talking
about
going
back
to
I
always
see
when
I
walk
into
a
room,
I
look
to
see
who's
in
it
and
who's
not
and
oftentimes
as
those
who
are
living.
The
realities
usually
don't
show
up
into
these
spaces
so
katherine.
If
in
the
in
like
in
30
seconds,
can
you
just
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
the
efforts
that
were
made
for
community
residents?
People
not
the
usual
suspects,
just
like
everyday,
like
people
at
the
barber
shops?
I
just
want
to
know
like
that.
Like.
N
Yeah,
okay,
I'll
try
in
30
seconds.
So
just
to
underscore
what
mark
said
when
we
designed
this
program,
we
initially
started
with
the
concept
of
three
community
focus
groups
and
it
snowballed
into
14
listening
sessions
over
six
and
a
half
weeks
we
connected
to
350
residents
and
really
listened
to
them
about
the
design
of
this
entire
strategy.
N
N
Does
it
make
meaning
for
you
and
we've
gotten
feedback
from
that
and
and
tried
to
build
that
in
to
our
further
of
our
program,
design
and
then
and-
and
I
think
to
your
point-
I
just
want
to
hear
your
point
acknowledge
your
point.
There
is
absolutely
more.
We
can
do
in
terms
of
kind
of
continual
feedback
in
the
process
and
also
hearing
from
people.
Who've
received
the
services
and
did
they
work
for
you.
That's
the
most
important
thing.
D
D
And
then
the
other
piece
of
it
is
that
in
terms
of
the
rfp
that
is
set
out,
this
is
really
an
opportunity
for
us
to
really
think
about.
How
do
we
support
minority
business
owners
and
in
the
businesses
in
the
in
the
city
of
boston
and
making
sure
that
the
rfp
is
looked
at
through
the
lens
of
racial
equity
and
that
we
are
looking
at?
Who
is
conducting
this
research
and
the
role
that
they
play
in
helping
us
kind
of
like
create
the
template
for
for
success?
D
So
I
just
wanted
to
throw
all
those
quick
little
recommendations
out.
You
know
you
could
take
whatever
you
like,
and
you
could
put
the
rest
of
the
filing
cabinet
is
all
good.
I
just
got
to
do
my
dual
diligence
to
say
it
because
otherwise,
then
I
wouldn't
feel
like
I
was
hurt,
so
I'm
moving
on
to
two
more
questions.
If
you
guys
don't
mind
one
is
I
I'm
curious
about
the
jobs?
D
I
know
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
talked
about
is
employment
was
really
basically
having
a
job
saved
my
life,
but
I'm
just
curious.
What
are
we
doing
for
employment
opportunities
for
young
people
who
are
undocumented
in
the
city?
What
strategies
are
we
looking
at?
How
are
we
supporting
young
people
who
are
undocumented
in
terms
of
job
employment
opportunities
and
I'm
not
sure
who
can
answer
that
yeah.
K
K
But
what
I
can
do
is
ask
them
to
give
you
a
written
follow-up
in
terms
of
what
they
were
able
to
do
and
connect
with.
I
will
say
what
we
did
start
to
do
is
pre-covet
the
city
of
san
francisco.
A
few
other
cities
have
developed
sort
of
a
grant
program
for
non-profits
that
connect
directly
with
youth,
who
don't
have
documentation
to
work
and
created
some
additional
programming
to
be
able
to
match
it
and
expand
it.
We
started
down
that
road
and
then
kovitz
sort
of
threw
that
all
into
a
mix.
K
So
this
was
sort
of
the
step
this
summer
with
efforts
to
try
to
figure
out
a
more.
You
know,
systemic
way,
to
make
sure
that
all
young
people
can
get
access
to
employment.
The
problem
is-
and
you
know,
love
to
figure
out
how
to
do
this,
but
the
way
that
our
current
employment
is
handled
through
the
city
were
unable
to
use
city
dollars.
D
Okay,
great,
thank
you.
So
I'm
gonna
ask
one
last
question:
okay,
counselor,
before
you
shut
me
down,
so
I'm
curious:
how
does
the
office
of
public
safety
coordinate
with
bpd
when
it
comes
to
violence
prevention?
In
what
ways
does
the
office
of
public
safety
inform
bpd
on
how
to
prevent
violence
in
their
own
ranks
and
here's
something
that
I
just
want
us
to
really
think
about
terence
coleman.
He
was
shot
and
killed
in
his
home
next
to
his
mother.
D
Okay,
he
experienced
violence
at
the
hands
of
the
bpd
and
there
aren't
enough
job
training
programs
in
the
world
that
would
have
stopped
that
from
happening
that
day.
So
when
we
think
about
violence
prevention-
and
I
know
that
this
is
around
youth-
we
also
need
to
acknowledge.
There
are
also
some
adults
that
are
committing
crimes
and
then
also
even
in
the
bpd.
D
M
It
was
around
this
caribbean,
this
unofficial,
caribbean
weekend,
deputy
superintendent,
gaines
and
bpd
was
a
part
of
this
working
group
that
we
had
to
make
sure
that
we
were
present
in
areas
where
people
were
celebrating
partying
without
ppe,
and
we
all
know
that
that
caribbean
festival
weekend
has
been
traditionally
a
weekend
where
we've
experienced
upticks
in
and
shootings
and
violence.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
our
deployment
strategy
was
coordinated
between
bpd
sword,
boston
in
our
office
and
also
our
trauma
to
making
sure
everybody
knew
where
incidents
would
happen.
Parties
were
parties
were
happening.
M
We
had
saw
boston
who
actually
attended
some
parties
passed
out,
ppe,
making
sure
folks
were
being
safe,
that
information
intel
was
being
passed
through
through
bpd,
but
in
terms
of
how
we
informed
their
their
relations
with
with
the
community.
To
be
honest
with
you,
that's
that's,
that's
not
my
role.
I'm
gonna
be
completely
honest
with
you
in
terms
of
their
best
practices
yeah,
but.
D
I
don't
know
five,
six
or
seven
months
after
she
recently
had
his
child
and
she
actually
ended
up,
seeing
him
not
murdered,
but
was
was
the
first
person
on
the
scene
to
arrive
and
see
him
laying
on
the
street.
So
I
I
share.
All
of
this
is
because
these
are.
These
are
not
the
things
that
this
is
not
a
political.
This
is
not
political.
For
me,
this
is
personal
right.
D
This
is
happening
in
my
own
backyard
in
my
own
household
and
when
it
comes
to
trauma
response,
I
feel,
like
you
know,
there's
not
enough
money
to
that
can
go
around
to
help
support
every
single
impact
that
our
young
people
are
facing.
But
when
kids
are
festering
and
holding
on
to
this
hurt
hurt
people
hurt
people
and
as
a
city,
we
need
to
really
start
thinking
about
how
we're
utilizing
our
budget
as
a
value
statement
and
what
we
are
funding
and
how
we're
funding
it.
D
So
all
of
that
just
to
say
that
I
really
do
appreciate
the
work,
but
I
know
that
the
work
needs
a
lot
of
work
if
we're
going
to
move
forward.
So
so,
thank
you
all
for
for
being
here
and
entertaining
all
of
these
questions.
I
got
round
two,
the
next
time
I
get
you
off
with
some
more
stuff.
Thank
you.
R
R
It
was
interviewed
a
witness
and
was
interviewed.
We
we
do
work
with
the
homicide
detectives
so
that
so
that
we
can
get
connected.
The
peace
institute
is
part
of
part
of
that
network
and
get
connected
there,
but
but
we
don't
always
get
connected
so
any
that
is
it's
your
family
member,
also,
your
constituent,
so
so
think
of
it.
As
this
is
my
constituent,
how
do
I
give
them
services
and
then
and
then,
once
we
know
that
we
can
stay
in
communication
with
you
to
really
try
to
get
the
services
that
they
they
need.
M
Just
to
add
upon
that,
so
one
of
the
sort
of
silver
linings
of
cover
19
is
this
concept
of
of
contact
tracing
and
that's
how
we
are
trying
to
view
the
way
in
which
we
we
deploy
trauma
services.
So
it's
not
just
it's
those
who
are
indirectly
and
directly
connected
by
violence,
because
we
recognize
we
were
missing.
M
Individuals
who
might
not
live
in
a
household
who
might
just
simply
go
to
the
school
who
may
live
in
another
address
that
we
might
not
have
access
to
so
now
we're
doing
a
better
job
at
trying
to
connect
the
dots
with
those
individuals
who
weren't
directly
and
indirectly
impacted
by
violence.
We
know,
like
you,
said
those
people
or
who
were
victimized
by
it,
sometimes
become
the
ones
who
then
try
to
victimize.
Other
people
are
still
dealing
with
compounded
trauma.
So
that's
one
of
the
civil
lines.
We
actually
have
some
language
around.
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I'm
gonna
try
and
keep
this
tight,
and
so
my
first
question
is,
for
I
think,
marty
martinez.
You
might
be
the
best
one
to
answer
this,
which
is
we
moved
when
racism
was
declared
a
public
health
crisis.
The
mayor
moved,
I
believe,
10
to
12
million
dollars
into
trying
to
address
that.
K
K
So
you
can
see
what
programs
it's
living
with
and
what
community
resources
are
there,
because
there's
other
resources,
language
access
services,
around
low
income,
housing
that
that
money
also
got
spread
into,
but
but
catherine
referenced
in
her
slides
that
there
are
money
that
came
into
the
trauma
teams,
there's
some
money
that
went
into
the
store,
boston
and
there's
some
money
that
went
into
the
office
of
public
safety.
So,
if
you'd
like
they
could
sort
of
do
that
now
and
give
you
a
little
bit
of
that,
but
the
rest
of
the
money
we
could
do
it.
L
N
Okay,
so
the
million
dollars
has
gone
to
just.
We
felt
that
we
were
fun
underfunding,
a
certain
number
of
our
partners,
particularly
our
community-based
partners,
so
to
increase
funding
for
their
work,
not
to
expand
their
work,
but
to
give
them
more
resources,
more
capacity
for
the
work
they
were
doing
that
is
about.
I
have
to
pull
the
chart
up
in
front
of
me
to
take
a
look
at
the
that's
a
big
chunk
of
the
1
million.
That's
that's
going
out.
N
I
want
to
say
in
the
five
to
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
the
million
that
includes
an
expansion
of
our
on-scene
response
work.
We
also
use
some
of
that
funding
to
retain
bphc
positions
that
were
vulnerable
to
layoffs
due
to
the
fact
that
they
were
on
grants
and
about
250
225
000
of
it
is
going
to
be
used
for
expansion.
L
O
How
do
we
better
collaborate,
because
since
we
share
school
buildings
with
boston
public
schools,
if
we
have
a
dynamic
relationship
with
the
school
police,
we
may
be
able
to
be
supportive
in
a
way
of
actually
reducing
acts
of
violence
from
moving
forward
out
into
the
streets.
You
know
I
mean,
and
hopefully
addressing
them,
while
they're
inside
the
school.
So
it's
looking
at
sort
of
a
new
collaborative
process
too,
as
well.
At
the
same
time,
you
know
we,
you
know
the
time
that
I've
been
here
and
prior
to
taliyah.
O
One
of
the
things
that
I
did
was
work
with
the
street
workers
and
walk
with
them,
and
a
lot
of
them
have
been
doing
this
work
for
a
very
long
time,
similar
to
the
way
that
you
have
ons
workers
who
actually
get
kind
of
fatigued
after
attending
their
2000
meeting
and
they've
been
beat
up
and
they
tend
to
move
on
we're
looking
for
opportunities
and
where
sometimes
there
could
be
a
sort
of
career
pipeline
ladder
for
some
of
our
shore
or
street
workers.
To
move
into
and
think
about.
O
The
perfect
fig
would
be
that
some
of
them
can
qualify
to
be
school
police
right
who
have
these
mediation
skills
who
understand
to
work
with
young
people
and
kind
of
make
that
connecting
and
that
dot
happen,
but
they're
more
rooted.
Now
it
is
cool
to
kind
of
do
that.
So
there's
is
that
and
that
should
have
been
expanding,
an
idea
in
regards
to
how
we're
able
to
do
that
that
kind
of
work
moving
forward.
What
was
the
other
question
you
said
you
mentioned.
L
Remote
learning
right
so
you're
gonna
have
a
lot
of
kids
that
aren't
in
school.
I
think
50.
I
don't
know
what
the
number
is
now,
but
50
had
gone
all
remote
and
so
no
matter
how
this
goes.
Even
if
we
have
a
hybrid
that
that
eventually
works,
we're
still
looking
at
50
of
our
student
population
isn't
even
going
into
a
school
building,
and
so
I
don't
know
what
how
that's
gonna.
L
I
don't
know
how
colbit
in
terms
of
how
it's
impacting
what
our
school
layouts
look
like,
how
that's
going
to
impact
school
policing
and
by
you
know
proxy,
how
that's
going
to
impact
your
ability
to
collaborate
with
them
right,
and
so
there
might
be
things
that
they're
already
doing.
That
might
be
imp
like
the
things
that
are
already
working
in
terms
of
your
collaboration
that
might
be
changing
due
to
the
way
that
school's
changing,
and
so
I
wanted
to
see.
O
There's
nothing
yet
really
strongly
solidified,
because
they're
also
looking
for
other
partner
organizations
and
after
school
beyond,
is
also
doing
some
work.
But
we
see
ourselves
supporting
some
some
remote
learning
to
happen
in
the
spaces
that
we
tend
to
share
with
the
schools.
But
it's
going
to
be
very
unique
because
it's
going
to
be
a
new
realm
for
us
as
we
do
this
kind
of
work
in
partnership
with
the
boston,
public
schools.
O
But
our
staff
is,
you,
know,
able
and
willing,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
very
unique
way
of
us
doing
work
as
we
move
forward.
We
know
that
parents
are
already
asking
for
that
kind
of
support.
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
if
we're
going
to
provide
the
support
and
we're
going
to
provide
the
programming
that
there
are
going
to
be
some
strong,
safe
measures
there
to
ensure
that
we're
going
to
have
a
safe
environment
to
do
it.
L
Okay,
that's
perfect
for
an
answer.
Thank
you
and
then.
Finally,
my
last
question
is
really
more
of
a
statement.
I
I
benefited
from
the
services
of
the
trauma
team.
I
had
a
murder
very
close
to
me
and
I
think
that
they're
a
very
underrated
asset
to
the
city,
and
so
my
hope
is
that-
and
this
is
just
open
to
everybody,
on
this
who's.
Listening.
L
L
We
got
ptsd
coming
from
what
we
just
experienced
through
calvin,
we
had
730
some
deaths
that
climbs
every
day
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
impacts
that
our
children
are
having
that
our
folks
out
there
are
having,
in
terms
of
losing
jobs
being
under
a
much
tighter
rise
in
our
trauma
team.
I
know
they've
specialized
a
lot
in
showing
up
to
the
scenes
of
crime
showing
up
to
console
families,
but
they're
they're
going
to
be
needed
in
ways.
L
I
don't
think
we've
utilized
them,
and
so
my
hope
is
that
we
can
find
a
way
to
both
in
increase
their
funding,
increase
their
impact
and
increase
their
reach,
and
so
you
know,
if
there's
ways
to
do
that
or
ways
we're
already
trying
to
do
that.
Please
inform
me
of
ways
we
can
help
on
that
and
that's
that's
it
for
me.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
everyone
for
being
here.
I've
been
in
and
out
of
this
meeting,
so
I
haven't
followed
it
closely
enough
to
ask
a
question
that
either
hasn't
been
asked
before
or
might
not
be
appropriate
for
this
setting.
So
I
will
I'll
certainly
review
the
the
meeting
once
it's
posted
on
video
and
follow
up
individually
with
any
of
you
on
some
of
those
questions,
but
I
will
say
I'm
sure
my
colleagues
have
already
thanked
you
for
your
work
and
your
efforts
on
behalf
of
the
city.
C
I
know
that
the
work
that
you're
all
doing
is
some
of
the
most
difficult
work
that
has
to
be
done
on
behalf
of
our
residents,
especially
our
most
vulnerable
residents.
So
just
want
to
to
say
thank
you,
and
please
know
that
I
will
watch
the
video
once
it's
posted
and
follow
up
as
I've
had
a
number
of
conversations
with
a
number
of
you
along
the
way,
as
it
is
thanks
thanks.
Madam
chair,
thank
you.
Counselor.
A
A
I
had
hopefully
just
a
few
questions
so
in
terms
of
this
this
last
summer
or
this
kind
of
wrapping
up
summer,
how
many
total
youth
summer
jobs
were
provided
at
the
end.
I
know
there
was
kind
of
a
phasing
and
we're
going
to
do
this
much
and
then
try
to
ramp
it
up
over
the
course
with
additional
sign-ups.
So
how
many,
by
the
end,
positions
were
there
for
young
people
through
success,
link.
K
Yeah
so
I'll
take
that
counselor
y
e,
which
runs
that
obviously
rashad
cope
and
their
team.
They
ended
up
hiring
I'm
trying
to
pull
the
number
for
you
as
I
have
it
right
now.
They
end
up
hiring
about
3
500
youth
through
success
link
throughout
all
employment.
It
was
close
to
5
800
because,
as
you
know,
there's
abcd
the
pick.
K
K
A
K
Yeah
so,
along
with
that
breakdown,
unfortunately,
since
rashad's
not
part
of
this
hearing,
he
would
know
that
information,
but
I
can
break
it
down
for
you.
I
don't,
I
think
a
small
portion
of
it
was
kara's
act
money.
To
be
honest,
I
mean
we
redirected
some
funds,
but
we'll
double
back
as
a
reminder.
We
always
allocate
funding
in
the
summer
and
then
we
try
to
take
what
most
of
that
remaining
funding
is
and
to
put
it
into
year-round
employment.
A
Okay,
great
and
then
my
last
question,
just
if
we
could
do
a
quick
kind
of
jump
like
quick
answer
from
each
of
the
panelists
just
around.
If
if
there
was
sort
of
one
thing
that
is
maybe
outside
of
the
control
of
your
immediate,
you
know
department
or
position
as
it
relates
to
violence,
prevention
and
intervention
that
could
happen
for
the
city
like
it
could
be,
funding
related.
It
could
be
housing
really,
it
could
be
anything.
You
know
what
is
kind
of
that.
P
Yeah,
I
think
I
you
know,
I'm
a
believer
in
social
organization
and
I
think
that
part
of
what
we
see
in
our
neighborhoods
is
a
lot
of
social
disorganization
and
the
only
way
which,
which
is
a
contributing
factor
to
a
lot
of
the
social
ills
that
we
see
in
our
community
and
the
way
to
rectify.
That
is
to
empower
residents.
P
You
know,
I
think
that
our
our
work
is
going
to
make
a
difference,
but
if
we
can't
get
residents
to
buy
into
what
they
want
for
their
community
and
fight
for
that,
then
we're
going
to
continue
to
see
these
these
cycles
of
violence,
the
cycles
of
poverty,
like
all
of
these
social
ills
that
are
in
our
community.
So
we
need
to
figure
out
ways
to
empower
our
residents
to
create
vision
for
their
communities
for
what
they
want.
M
I
agree
with
talia
wholeheartedly,
but
and
another
step
upon
that.
I
I
think
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
as
a
city
as
sort
of
highlighting
our
local
products
of
our
systems
and
and
elevating
those
those
products
to
positions
of
leadership.
So
how
do
we
highlight
those
kids
who
actually
went
through
our
public
school
system
and
and
creating
spaces
and
platforms
for
them
to
be
leaders
because
they
have
to
see
they
have
to
see
end
products
that
look
like
themselves
in
order
to
visualize
it
as
possible
for
them?
M
R
R
You
know
at
the
commission,
we
don't
do
it,
we
don't
we
don't
do
the
work.
The
work
is
done
through
our
partners.
I
think
we've
got
the
right
structure,
it
just
needs
to
be
stronger
and
it
needs
to
reach
further
right.
So
there
there
are
community
organizations
that
have
been
doing
this
kind
of
work
for
a
long
time
that
are
not
contracted
partners
with
us.
R
That's
because
the
funding
goes,
but
so
far
there
are
community
health
centers
in
extremely
important
neighborhoods
that
are
impacted
by
violence
that
are
not
contracted
partners
with
us.
The
trauma
response
team.
Those
people
that
show
up
at
this
scene
are
our
community
residents
that
we
train
that
we
compensate.
We
were
compensating
them
way
too
low.
R
The
pandemic
really
showed
that
to
us,
so
we've
increased
the
compensation
that
goes
to
them.
There
are
other
people
out
there
that
are
that
are
like
that.
We
we
have.
There
are
a
lot
of
youth
peer-led
organizations
that
are
at
the
commission
that
are
in
other
parts
of
the
city
that
have
done
fantastic
work
with
young
people.
R
R
They've
got
the
right
set
of
training
around
being
trauma,
informed,
resilience
in
form,
wholeness
and
informed
health,
informed
all
the
racial
justice
lens
they've
got
the
right
people,
but
you
know
we
were
looking
at
laying
one
of
those
people
off,
but
for
the
investment
that
the
mayor
made
recently
and
the
city
council
approved,
we
would
had
a
layoff
with
one
of
those
people.
You
know
we.
We
were
robbing
peter
to
pay
paul
to
keep
him
as
long
as
we
did
so,
and
that
team
is
too
small.
R
That
team
should
have
more
people
on
it.
They
should
be
doing
more.
Trainings
and
and
and
more
agencies
that
you
do
it
for
the
city
council,
they
should
do
it
for
your
staff.
They
should
do
it
for
the
neighborhood
associations
right.
So
that
last
thing
I'll
say
you
know
we
haven't
talked
much
about
the
violence,
intervention,
prevention
program
or
vip
of
literature
in
progress.
R
They've
been
around
for
10
years
level,
funded
the
whole
time.
So
the
question
about
you
know:
what
are
we
doing
wrong
and
what
we
do
better
to
leave
the
prevention
program
level
funded
for
10
years
there.
It
is
so
so
we
we've
got
good
people.
We
got
good
structure,
it's
just
not
as
strong
as
it
needs
to
be
doesn't
reach
as
far
as
it
needs
to
reach.
O
Yes,
I'll
go
I'll,
go
real,
quick,
I
think,
just
to
piggyback
a
little
bit
about
leah,
rufus
and
everybody's
already
mentioned,
I
mean
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
see
in
our
space
is
that
we
do
see
a
lot
of
community
groups,
use
our
spaces
and
and
organize
their
meetings,
but
one
thing
that
I
would
love
to
see
to
see
more
capacity
building
of
them.
I
think
that
we
continue
to
evolve,
but
they
don't
they
sometimes
don't
know
how
they
can
restructure
themselves.
How
do
they
evolve
themselves?
How
do
they
become
stronger
advocates?
O
Sometimes
those
things
are
not
there.
They
lose
sometimes
the
most
passionate
individuals
who
don't
possess
those
skills,
as
they
either
age
out
of
that
role
or
they
move
on
or,
unfortunately,
some
people
pass
away,
and
I
would
love
to
see
more
of
that
capacity
building
happen
with
those
neighborhood
task
force,
community
councils
or
committees,
because
I
think
that
when
you,
when
you
end
up
building
their
capacity,
then
the
social
organization
stuff
is
going
to
happen.
They
would
know
how
to
coordinate
themselves
a
whole
lot
better
and
I'm
pretty
sure
you
guys
have
seen
it.
Q
All
right
this
is
this
is
roy
martin.
I
think
in
terms
of
what
would
be
the
greatest
benefit
to
us
in
our
efforts
to
program
in
the
community
would
be,
you
know,
number
one,
a
sustained
effort
to
mitigate
covet
19.,
because
in
order
to
serve
humans,
you
need
agencies
with
their
doors
open,
safely
open
in
order
to
properly
you
know,
connect
and
partner
with
our
communities
and
individuals
to
serve.
Q
So
that's
number
one
number
two,
I
think,
there's
some
things
that
we're
doing
internally,
that
we
just
need
to
kind
of
you
know
continue
to
circle
the
wagons
and
close
the
loop.
I
know
I
have
a
meeting
on
friday
with
marta
out
of
the
chief's
office,
and
I
know
we've
had
a
series
of
meetings
with
chief
martinez
as
well
trying
to
continue
to
support.
Q
A
N
Kathryn,
okay,
I
just
want
to
see
if
anyone
I
mean.
The
only
thing
I
would
say
is
I
to
to
echo
what
other
folks
have
said
in
terms
of
what
does
it
mean
to
bring
some
of
these
strategies
to
scale
and
where
are
the
gaps
and
and
what
we
need
to
get
to
those
gaps,
and
then
I
would
just
also
offer
what
does
it
mean
to
reimagine
our
approach
in
terms
of
really-
and
maybe
you
know
covet
as
will
help
us
think
differently
about
prevention,
and
so
that
we
have
to
do
the
response.
N
We
have
to
be
responsive.
We
have
to
support
communities
to
heal,
but
really
what
does
it
mean
to
actually
prevent
to
prevent
this?
And
that's
you
know,
that's
all
of
the
big
buckets
that
I
know
you
talk
about
all
the
time.
It's
housing,
it's
schools,
it's
community
development,
it's
good
careers,
not
jobs
and
all
of
those
pathways.
And
how
can
we?
You
know,
organize
ourselves
to
kind
of
change
the
framework.
A
B
No,
I
mean
I
will
first
of
all
I'm
eating
something,
because
I
thought
I
was
going
to
pass
out,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
I
mean.
I
know
this
is
not
easy
work
and
everyone
has
good
intentions
is
passionate
about
this.
I
mean
council,
woo
and
all
my
colleagues
had
great
questions,
so
I'm
not
going
to
belabor
the
point.
One
thing
that
came
come
up
and
was
one
of
my
questions
was
really
about.
B
How
do
you
get
community
and
residents
on
the
ground
involved
in
an
intimate
way,
and
I
think
some
folks
brought
up
resident
neighborhood
associations?
Obviously
reverend
scott?
You
live
in
my
district,
but
I
think
that
is
a
piece
that
is
often
missing.
Is
the
people
on
the
ground
in
their
neighborhoods
who
have
solutions
and
ideas
as
to
how
to
stop
the
violence
in
their
neighborhood
who
have
solutions
with
respect
to
addressing
root
causes
of
violence,
because
they're
living
the
problem
every
single
day,
but
they're
never
at
the
table.
B
They're
never
invited
to
participate
or
they're
not
taking
seriously,
and
I
think
that's
a
critical
piece
of
the
problem
and
so
that
in
my
office,
that
is
the
foundation
of
our
very
work.
So
I
appreciate
all
of
you.
I
do
want
to
get
you
know
to
the
panel
number
two
frankly,
because
it's
so
late,
so
looking
forward
to
listening
to
them,
because
I
think
they
also
offer
perspectives
where
we
can
do
better
and
and
do
it
in
a
way,
that's
constructive.
B
So
thank
you
all
stay
safe
and
healthy
and
really
appreciate
you
guys
taking
the
time
to
be
a
part
of
this,
and
I
also
appreciate
those
folks
who
participated
for
more
than
words
at
the
beginning
with
respect
to
public
testimony
really
really
shout
out
to
those
young
people,
because
some
of
them
have
gone
through.
These
programs
have
lived
different
lives
and
they
are
the
examples,
frankly
of
what
who
we
need
at
the
table
in
a
more
consistent
basis
in
terms
of
solutions.
D
Yeah,
I'm
not
gonna,
I'm
not
gonna
occupy
any
additional
space
other
to
say
thank
you
to
everyone,
who's
out
here
doing
this
work.
I
know
it
is
not
easy,
but
I
do
appreciate
every
effort
that
is
made
tonight
and
I
do
appreciate
some
of
my
colleagues
asking
what
else
can
we
be
doing
and
how
else
can
we
be
supporting,
because
it's
really
easy
for
us
to
ask
these
questions
when
we're
sitting
on
this
side
of
things
when,
in
reality,
you
all
are
the
ones
who
are
doing
the
work
on
the
front
lines.
D
You
see
it
every
day
day
in
and
out,
but
often
times.
What
I
have
seen
is
that
there
is
a
disconnect
from
those
who
are
in
positions
of
power
and
those
who
are
on
the
ground
level,
doing
the
work
and,
if
we're
not
taking
our
directive
from
those
who
are
in
the
front
lines
and
leading
and
also
living
the
realities,
then
we're
missing
the
opportunity
to
really
reimagine
the
type
of
programming
that
we
need
in
this
day
and
age.
D
I
want
you
to
embrace
me
as
a
colleague
and
as
someone
who
wants
to
be
at
the
table
to
inform
the
decision
and
to
work
alongside
you
and
your
team
to
move
my
people
forward,
so
that
is
going
to
require
us
doing
some
restorative
justice,
you
and
I
to
figuring
out
what
we
need
to
do.
But
this
group
here
and
the
work
that
comes
out
of
the
boston,
public,
health,
commission
or
all
the
types
of
programs
that
I
deeply
care
about.
A
S
Ahead
castle,
my
name's
frank
deluca,
and
I
I
work
in
the
boston
police
office
of
research
and
development,
and
I
thought
I
I
thought
we
should
mention
just
one
more
thing-
that
the
boston
police
provides
leadership
and
administrative
oversight
to
two
very
important
youth
violence
prevention
grants.
That's
the
ssyi
and
the
shannon
grant-
and
these
are
two
fine
examples
of
the
police
department,
engaging
in
positive
engagement
with
the
community,
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
you
were
all
aware
of
that.
A
A
U
Hi
good
afternoon
hi,
my
name
is
george
lee,
I'm
an
organizer
with
youth,
justice
and
power
union,
and
thank
you
very
much
to
the
lead
sponsors
on
this
hearing
order.
Council,
media,
counselor,
campbell
and
personal
for
sharing
this,
and
also
just
a
lot
of
thanks
for
folks,
really
cutting
to
the
heart
of
the
issue,
about
needing
more
resources
for
violence
prevention,
and
I
have
to
say
this
is
a
pretty.
U
U
But
people
get
portrayed
as
inherently
violent
as
opposed
to
addressing
the
root
of
the
problem,
which
is
people
lack
opportunities.
They
lack
support
and
they
lack
resources.
So
we
need
to
really
figure
out
what
resources
need
to
be
added
for
jobs,
for
housing,
for
youth
programming,
for
youth
workers,
so
that
these
programs
don't
have
to
to
struggle
to
support
the
young
people
that
we
care
so
much
about.
So
I
forgive
today's
presentation
was
mentioning
like
piloting,
that
that
stipend
work
place,
readiness,
life
skills
course
and
try
to
broker
things
with
autozone.
U
So
it's
not
just
a
few
hundred
or
a
thousand
young
people,
but
you
know,
as
folks
mentioned
right
now
with
chief
martinez,
I
think
you
mentioned
with
the
pandemic
and
folks
being
out
of
work
and
struggling
with
financial
survival
and
isolation
that
folks,
who
are
slipping
deeper
into
into
struggling,
and
to
stop
that
you,
you
need
to
have
a
wide
system
of
resources
in
place,
so
you
need
thousands
of
jobs.
You
need
affordable,
housing
across
the
board,
because
right
now
what's
happening.
U
Instead,
when
you
look
at
that
map
of
where
the
shootings
are
again,
it's
not
because
people
are
inherently
violent.
It's
because
that's
where
poverty
is
that's
where
racism
is
that's
where
lack
of
opportunity
is
and
folks
are
being
criminalized
in
ways
that
are
perpetuating
perpetuating
that
systemic
racism
that
catherine
was
was
referring
to.
So
I
just
want
to
pitch.
You
know
as
folks
know,
folks,
who
are
working
very
hard
to
advocate
for
defunding
the
police
and
shifting
resources
to
programs
like
this,
and
that's
that's
the
heart
of
the
issue
here.
U
Thanks
yeah,
the
last
two
points,
just
the
shannon
grants.
As
folks
know,
there's
a
lot
of
community
groups
have
a
real
issue
with
how
the
shannon
grants
are
run.
It's
administered
by
the
police
department.
No
community
organization
should
have
to
apply
to
the
same
folks
who
are
doing
that
state-sanctioned
violent
violence.
That
catherine
was
talking
about,
who
are
perpetuating
mass
incarceration.
U
You
know
in
the
state
we
had
a
fight
years
back
to
try
to
increase
department
of
public
health
grants
instead
of
public
safety
grants
so
that
we
could
have
alternatives
to
shannon
and
then
the
last
point
is
just
on
youth
jobs
that
the
administration
had
actually
committed.
They
said
that
they
had
enough
funding
for
4
800
success,
link
jobs
this
summer,
so
to
hear
that
there
are
only
3.
500
means
that
there's
a
big
gap
in
what
should
have
happened
and
what
could
and
what
needs
to
happen
instead.
U
So
if
it
did
happen,
that's
actually
good
but
be
great
to
just
know
that
in
advance
and
have
that
communication.
Instead
of
being
told
that
it's
not
going
to
happen
so
that
we
can
celebrate
y'all
instead
of
you
know,
frankly
criticizing
folks
for
not
making
that
happen,
but
really
hoping
that
that
can
also
ramp
up
this
year.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
A
Okay,
so
just
a
note
for
our
sponsors,
I
don't
see
a
few
of
the
names
that
I
had
been
given
for
the
panel
in
the
waiting
room
and
it
might
have
been
a
time
issue,
but
I
just
want
a
flag
that
I
I
don't
see,
monica
or
ortina
in
there.
The
folks
that
are
in
the
waiting
room
seem
to
be
staff,
members
from
the
health
commission
and
and
and
bpd
so.
B
A
E
I
guess
I
can
go
first:
okay,
thank
you,
councillor
wu
councillor,
campbell
and
counselor
mejia
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
at
today's
hearing.
My
name
is
rhianne
farrington
and
I'm
a
life
coach
at
roxbury
youth
works
gift
program.
Roxbury
youth
works
is
a
39
year
old,
community-based
minority,
non-profit,
serving
boston's
youth
involved
in
the
juvenile
justice
system
and
or
the
child
welfare
system.
E
We
have
been
lucky
for
the
past
two
years
to
have
the
youth
development
fund
support
our
gift
program,
gift
which
stands
for
gaming
independence
for
tomorrow
matches
young
women
that
are
either
at
high
risk
or
actively
being
sexually
exploited.
With
a
life
coach
from
our
team,
each
life
coach
works
one-on-one
with
each
young
woman
to
work
on
self-advocacy
life,
skill
building
and
other
self-identified
goals
to
intervene
and
prevent
risk
of
sexual
exploitation.
E
E
E
A
lot
of
the
times
our
girls
are
displaced
from
their
homes
placed
in
hospitals
and
our
shelters.
It's
quite
a
challenge
and
anxiety
provoking
when
you
are
uncertain
about
what
your
next
move
is
going
to
be
and
cannot
anticipate.
What
tomorrow
will
look
like
a
majority
of
our
youth
live
for
today
and
worry
about
tomorrow
when
it
arrives,
and
for
that
reason
we
make
a
point
to
make
meaning
with
them
as
consistent
as
possible,
while
making
a
tradition
out
of
our
group
gatherings,
specifically
our
holiday
events.
E
E
E
We
have
also
been
able
to
host
events
such
as
a
luncheon
in
boston
and
a
new
york
trip,
which
included
experiencing
a
broadway
play
and
a
dinner
for
our
alumni
to
encourage
continued
engagement
and
solidify
our
message
of
once,
a
gift
girl,
always
a
gift
girl,
particularly
doing
during
cobin
19.
This
funding
has
allowed
us
to
engage
our
girls
and
activities
virtually
to
continue
their
ability
to
feel
that
sense
of
community
during
copen
19.
While
the
girls
were
isolated
in
their
homes
or
programs.
E
We
wanted
to
ensure
that
the
girls
had
a
sense
of
normalcy
and
feelings
of
unity.
In
these
uncertain
scary
times,
we
were
able
to
host
health
and
wellness
groups,
nail
and
hair
care
groups
paint
night
and
an
end
of
school
year,
virtual
party
with
food
and
a
dj
each
one
of
these
opportunities
for
our
girls
to
participate
in,
encourages
our
girls
to
bond
positive
communities
and
relationships
with
one
another
and
our
staff.
We
all.
E
A
W
So
I
just
want
to
start
off
by
saying
hi.
My
name
is
jacquel.
Thank
you
for
having
us
here
today.
I
was
not
aware
of
the
need
to
prepare
a
statement
so
I'll
just
give
some
context
for
our
organization
and
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
on
the
more
recent
end
as
well.
So
again,
my
name
is
jacquel.
I
serve
as
the
boston
program
director
for
teen
empowerment
and
we
also
have
sites
in
both
somerville
massachusetts
and
rochester
new
york.
W
Our
work
focuses
on
empowering
young
people
in
their
own
neighborhoods
to
be
influencers
and
change
agents
in
their
own
communities.
Our
work
is
really
intentionally
localized
because
we
recognize
that
the
need
for
close
tight-knit
community
and
recognize
that
that
is
where
young
people
are
able
to
make
their
largest
level
of
impact
through
their
friends,
their
family
and
the
community
around
them.
We
work
on
a
variety
of
issues
and
we
work
with
young
people
from
the
age
of
14
to
21
on
these
issues.
W
So
when
teen
empowerment
started,
it
started
really
around
julia
spoke
a
little
bit
to
the
90s,
and
I
mean
I
don't
have
much
context
for
that.
I
was
just
a
baby
but
really
started
in
that
space
of
looking
at
you
know.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
young
people
who
are
in
the
community,
who
are
being
seen
as
these
you
know,
hyper
violent
young
people
are
gonna?
W
Is
that
young
people
hold
a
lot
of
power
and
the
ways
in
which
we
shift
communities
is
in
making
sure
that
we
provide
space
and
platforms
for
those
that
power
to
then
influence
advocacy
efforts,
community
change
efforts,
etc
and
yeah.
So
I'm
excited
to
be
here
today
and
really
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
kind
of
questions
we
have
coming
up
and
really
really
excited
to
have
ari
with
me
here
today
who
is
working
with
us
as
well.
So
I
will
go
ahead
and
let
r
go
next.
V
Hello,
so
my
name
is
arianna
constant
patton,
I'm
an
associate
program
coordinator
with
te.
I'm
not
gonna,
reiterate
everything
that
jacquel
just
said
just
doesn't
make
sense
to
do
so.
So
I
can
speak
briefly
about
my
own
experience
with
the
organization
I
started
when
I
was
14.
My
18th
birthday
is
at
the
end
of
the
month,
so
I
don't
think
without
this.
V
We
have
program
coordinators
started
as
a
program
coordinator
and
she's,
one
of
the
main
people
that
I
have
looked
up
to
for
all
these
years
and
been
able
to
reach
this
adult
staff
position
before
even
hitting
you
know
the
legal
age
of
an
adult,
and
so,
with
that
being
said,
being
able
to
work
with
young
people,
mainly
in
the
violence
prevention
group,
because
this
summer
we
had
three
groups.
We
had
our
mental
health
group,
our
violence,
intervention
and
prevention
group,
and
also
our
education
group
working
on
three.
V
A
lot
of
them
are
hoping
to
come
back
for
the
school
year.
However,
that
may
look
because
this
is
the
first
time
we
were
fully
virtual,
as
you
guys
might
all
notice,
we're
all
on
zoom
right
now.
So
with
that
being
said,
I
just
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
be
here-
and
you
know
be
a
part
of
this
today
and
hope
to
see
a
lot
coming
out
of
this.
A
B
Thank
you,
council,
woo
and
just
an
update,
tina
had
to
jump
off
an
emergency,
but
she
will
probably
jump
back
on
so
just
flagging
that
she
may
be
in
a
waiting
room
somewhere
that
I
can't
see.
Thank
you,
ladies
first
of
all,
for
waiting
so
long
to
offer
some
remarks
and
testimony
really
appreciate
that,
frankly,
I'm
always
unnerved
a
little
bit
when
we
go
so
long.
You
have
to
wait.
I
know
how
busy
you
guys
are
so
really
want
to.
B
But,
from
your
perspective,
right
you're
on
the
ground
every
single
day,
working
with
different
populations
of
folks,
I'm
always
interested
in
hearing
from
you
guys
as
providers,
what
we
can
be
doing
better
as
a
city,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
engagement,
so
engaging
you
and
your
organizations
and
participants
on
the
funding
side
and
and
lastly,
we
often
talk
about
measuring
people's
success.
I
know
that
can
be
really
hard
if
you
are
understaffed
at
your
organization
to
be
gathering
metrics
or
to
be
doing
reporting
right
for
various
grants.
B
W
God,
let's
jump
in
okay,
yes,
I'll,
go
and
jump
in.
I
have
a
lot
of
thoughts.
If
people
who
have
worked
with
me
in
the
past
know,
I
like
to
talk,
so
I'm
going
to
try
to
keep
things
brief
and
really
get
to
the
the
piece
of
your
question.
I
think
a
lot
of
when
I
think
about
what
people
can
be
doing
better,
especially
from
the
context
of
working
into
an
empowerment.
W
W
What
happens,
however,
is
that
the
conversation
tends
to
be
with
the
intermediaries
and
not
the
young
people
who
are
experiencing
what's
going
on,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
it's
been
most
powerful
when
we
talk
about
like
like
tracking
success,
is
that
I
think
data
is
extremely
important
people.
I
love
numbers,
I'm
a
former
math
teacher,
I'm
like
all
about
the
numbers,
and
I
think
that
numbers
can
tell
the
story
depending
on
what
story
you're
trying
to
tell
and
depending
on
what
question
you're
asking
and
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
W
We
need
to
get
back
to
young
people
about
what
questions.
Should
we
actually
be
asking
like
what
is
actually
making
your
life
better
or
not
or
challenging
you
in
your
life,
so
that,
when
we're
tracking
data,
we're
tracking
data
that
actually
will
impact
these
young
people
in
the
communities
that
they're
they're
in,
because
if
we
are
doing
better
for
young
people
we're
doing
better
for
community?
W
You
know,
especially
when
we're
talking
about
the
young
people
who
we're
working
with
you
know
in
roxbury
and
dorchester,
who
are
not
only
young
people
right,
but
also
like
black
and
brown
young
people,
who
are
also
impoverished.
Young
people,
who
are
also
young
people
who
are
dealing
with
mental
health
concerns
and
like
lower
educational
outcomes.
W
Sometimes
is
I
sitting
so,
for
example,
these
kind
of
conversations
and
like
I
can
see
the
like
intention
and
interest
from
counselors
or
from
the
other
organizations
that
are
on
and
young
people,
don't
see
that
you
know
like
they're,
not
in
these
conversations
they're
not
on
these
calls
and
in
a
lot
of
ways
we
walk
into
a
lot
of
conversations
where
we'll
bring
young
folks
from
teen
empowerment
into
the
room
and
where
they're,
the
only
young
people
in
the
room.
You
know,
and
I
think
that
that
is
a
real.
W
W
C
W
The
connections
exist
as
far
as
like
the
people
who
are
managing
it
from
a
higher
level,
know
that
those
things
exist,
but
a
lot
of
times
on
the
ground.
It's
a
lot
harder
to
see
those
connections
and
and
to
see
that,
like
shared
strategy,
so
I
think
that
if
there
are
ways
for
the
city
to
hold
more
of
the
understanding
of
like
how
we
connect
these
organizations,
I
know
there's
like
the
city,
safe
meetings
and
the
and
the
weekly
meetings
that
we
spoke
about
earlier,
but
being
more
intentional
around
that,
like.
W
O
V
Yeah,
so
I
can
jump
in
so
I
think
with
that
being
said,
and
I'm
gonna
use
this
meeting
today.
I
guess
that's
a
personal
example.
Is
young
people
they're
still
young,
I'm
not
gonna,
sit
here
and
lie
to
you
and
act
like.
I
know
everything
that
was
happening
in
this
meeting
today
and
say
that
I
I
could
connect
all
the
ducks
because
I
definitely
couldn't.
I
think
that
a
lot
of
these
you
know,
meetings
where
you
know
it's
open
to
the
public.
V
It's
open
to
people
to
come
in
to
listen
to
sit
down.
It's
not
necessarily
open
to
those
who
have
not
been
in
these
spaces
before,
and
I
think
in
saying
that
I'm
saying
like
I
don't
need
you
to
dumb
it
down
for
me.
I
just
need
you
to
explain
it
in
a
way
that
I
have
seen
before
and
or
that
I
can
understand
better
and
I
think
that
that
happens
very
very,
very
often
when
walking
into
these
these
faces.
V
Just
because
you
know
you
don't
always
expect
a
young
person
to
walk
in
and
be
like.
No,
I'm
here
to
listen,
I'm
here
to
understand,
and
it's
just
very
common
for
that
to
be
the
case,
and
so
with
that
being
said,
it's
just
like
these
meetings.
I
think
they
should
be
more
open
to
you,
know
young
people
and
having
their
voice
into
it,
whether
that's
in
you
know
making
making
statements
or
or
just
being
able
to
listen
to
it
like
what
is
what
do
these
things
mean?
V
Is
there
a
chat
box
I
can
type
in
so
I
can
ask
questions.
Is
there
a
way
that
I
can
ask
questions
because
they
don't
get
they
not.
Everyone
gets
this
opportunity
that
I'm
receiving
as
still
being
a
young
person
right
now
and
and
that's
just
the
reality
of
it,
and
they
also
don't
always
know
how
they
can
get
to
this
point
as
well.
V
So
I
think,
with
with
you
know
these
meetings,
these
important
things
that
are
happening,
whether
it's
an
organization
that
they're
currently
working
with
or
they're
just
trying
to
find
you
know
the
logistical
side
of
like
trying
to
start
something
you
know
they're
trying
they
looking
forward
to
hey
in
the
future.
I
might
want
to
start
my
own
non-profit.
How
does
that
look?
How
does
the
background
of
things
like
that?
Look
if
they're
not,
and
these
meetings
aren't
adapted
to
also
have
young
people
come
in,
ask
questions.
V
It
doesn't
need
to
be
a
young
people
like
space.
I
think
that's
also
a
misconception
where
it's
just
like
oh
yeah,
like
we
should.
We
should
have
this
exclusive
to
young
people.
We
don't
need
that.
It's
not
that's
all
we're
asking
for
we're
just
asking
for
you
know
it
to
be
like
understood
that
we
are
also.
We
should
also
be
welcoming
to
these
meetings
because
a
lot
of
time
it
doesn't.
It
also
does
not
feel
like.
V
B
B
How
do
we
design
these
spaces
right
so
that
everyone
feels
you
know
we
can
participate?
Add
value
can
chime
in
and
it's
hard
to
do,
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
frustrations
we
have
on
my
team
too
is
we
often
are
in
spaces
where
it's
200,
young
people
or
100
young
people
or
50
young
people,
but
all
young
people-
it's
not
necessarily
bringing
these
spaces
together.
So
this
is.
B
This
is
very
helpful
and
I
think,
there's
ways
in
which
we
can
do
better
and
that's
why
I
really
acknowledged
the
young
people
at
the
beginning
who
testified
and
were
vulnerable
to
share
their
stories
and
how
these
programs
work
for
them,
because
it's
critically
important
to
what
we
do
and
selfishly
I'll
say
it's
good
to
know
that
some
of
the
things
we're
advocating
for
that
is
actually
having
a
positive
impact,
particularly
in
this
time
when
it's
really
hard
yeah.
I
see
you
twice
so
this
is
so
strange.
B
You
just
popped
up
twice
on
the
screen,
so,
but
no
so
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
my
colleagues,
I
want
to
be
mindful
of
people's
time
and
let
me
and
rihanna,
if
you
want
to
add
anything,
feel
free,
but
I
I
just
wanted
to
really
acknowledge
you
that
that
piece
around
designing
these
spaces
to
really
allow
for
greater
participation
and
not
separate
in
a
part
but
a
part
of
the
same
conversation
which
is
critically
important.
So
thank
you
guys
or,
ladies
thank
you,
councillor
campbell.
D
D
Yes,
I
first
wanted
to
thank
department-
and
I
am
dating
my
age
here,
because
I
think
I
was
a
before
15
empowerment
was
was-
was
even
an
idea.
I
think
I
was
around
in
the
initial
time
when
it
first
came
to
be,
and
I
went
to
the
first
peace
conference
that
teen
empowerment
hosted
a
long
time
ago,
y'all
so,
and
it's
so
disheartening
that
I
am
still
doing
this
work,
giving
the
amount
of
just
it's
just
it's
both
instead
that
20,
something
years
later
close
we're
still
having
the
same
conversation.
D
D
That
I
appreciate
is
the
work
that
they
do
with
bringing
police
officers
and
young
people
together
to
kind
of
have
those
restorative
justice
circles
and
to
talk
about
these
conversations.
So,
yes,
lots
of
lots
of
amazing
work
coming
from
teen,
empowerment
and
a
lot
of
other
youth
organizations.
So
I
just
want
to
give
you
all
a
big
shout
out
for
your
steadfast
commitment
and
innovation
and
all
the
work
that
you
all
do
I
do.
I
do
have
just
a
quick
question.
I
know
frank.
We
haven't
heard
much
from
you.
D
So
frank
delucas,
your
chance
to
shine
up
in
here
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
your
role
in
and
how
you
intersect
with
the
community
organizations,
because
you
said
I
think
earlier
and
I
don't
know
everybody
so
I'm
learning
everybody.
I
think
you
said
you're
part
of
the
bpd.
But
can
you
just
tell
me
how
you
work
in
collaboration
with
a
teen
empowerment?
How
do
you
work
in
collaboration
with
other
nonprofit
organizations,
to
help
support
the
violence
prevention
efforts?
Can
you
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
that?
Nf
I've
met
you
before.
S
D
So
then,
I
guess
my
question
then
will
be
is
like
an
ariana
or
other
young
people
like
kerry,
mays
and
nate
nasaja,
a
lot
of
young
people
in
the
city
of
boston,
who
are
doing
some
really
incredible,
work
that
are
associated
with
these
organizations.
Do
you
have
young
people
in
your
decision
making
rfp
process
that
are
informing?
D
S
Well,
sir,
well,
certainly
it
is
broadcast
by
the
public
health
commission
when
they
do
have
an
rfp,
I'm
sure
they
would
invite
anyone
that
would
have
an
interest
in
dealing
with
these
proven
risk.
Individuals
17
to
24
year
old
that
are
most
likely
to
be
involved
in
violent
activity
in
the
city.
That's
shooting
or
stabbing
violence.
D
My
question
is:
are
there
young
people
who
are
sitting
in
your
rfp
process
designing
what
types
of
rfps
we
should
be
putting
out,
because
once
what
I
see
it,
because
I
used
to
work
in
the
nonprofit
space?
What
happens
is
that
you
have
people
who
who
have
graduated
from
big
universities.
They
sit
together
and
create.
This
is
the
type
of
programming
that's
going
to
reduce
violence,
and
then
you
send
out
these
rsvps
and
then
the
community
writes
the
rfp
so
that
it
could.
It
could
meet
the
goals
and
objectives
of
the
particular
rfp.
D
But
my
question
is:
what
opportunities
exist
where
we
can?
We
can
have
a
community-centered
approach
to
developing
the
rfp
process,
where
it's
being
led
by
the
people
who
are
living
the
realities
and
dodging
these
bullets,
so
that
we
can
create
the
type
of
programming
and
that
then
people
can
apply
for
things
that
make
more
sense
to
what
the
reality
is.
I
guess
is
what
I'm
trying
to
get
out
of.
Q
Thank
you.
What's
going
on
tina,
so
yeah,
actually
we
have
so
we
in
fact
teen
empowerment,
was
probably
contracted
for
eight
years
with
us.
So
we
do
have
a
pretty
extensive
history
with
team
empowerment.
Our
last
rfp
team
did
not
apply
and
then
to
answer
your
question
about,
do
we
have
young
people
involved
with
the
rfp
process?
Absolutely
so
we
have
had
prior
program
participants
as
well.
As
you
know,
just
lay
young
people
from
the
community
participate
as
well
as
we
have
pretty
much.
Q
A
community
review
team
made
up
of
a
bunch
of
different
stakeholders
across
the
city,
including
clergy
as
well.
So
all
of
our
rfps
are
reviewed
by
community
people.
They,
you
know
they
provide
input
on
the
program
in
sport.
We
scored
the
rfps
and
we
actually
had
a
cycle,
maybe
about
three
or
four
years
ago,
where
we
had
young
people
come
in
and
rate
the
programming
that
they
received
to
kind
of
dictate
if
we
were
going
to
continue
moving
forward
with
their
relationship.
So
I
appreciate
your
question
great
question
and
absolutely
so.
D
Yeah-
and
you
know
mr
martin,
now
that
I'm
seeing
you
here,
I
am
reminded
of
a
meeting
that
you
were
a
part
of
many,
maybe
four
or
five
or
six
years
ago.
I
can't
keep
up
with
all
these
dates
anymore,
but
we
were,
it
was
the
family,
it's
the
family
matters
consortium
and
there
was
with
the
sheriff's
department.
There
were
people
who
are.
We
were
talking
about
the
returning
citizens
and
how
do
we
support
and
wrap
around?
So
it's
good
to
see
you
in
this
space.
D
It's
good
to
it's
good,
to
know
that
you
are
in
your
position
and
I'm
I'm
incredibly
grateful
for
the
work
that
you
all
are
doing,
and
it's
good
to
see
you
again,
yes,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
just
give
a
shout
out
to
all
the
activists
out
there
who
are
listening,
keep
fighting,
because
you
know
we
got
to
fight
for
every
single
dollar
that
we
get
and
that's
it
I'm
going
to
yield
the
rest
of
my
time,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
other
folks
who
need
to
speak.
Thank
you.
A
It
comes
from
before
we
continue
with
questions
with
council.
Savvy
george,
I
know
chaplain
tina,
sherry
has
just
joined
us,
so
all
the
other
panelists
had
given
a
a
brief
statement.
So
if
we
could
go
to
you
just
to
make
sure
that
your
voice
is
centered
in
this
too
and
then
we'll
keep
going
with
q
a.
T
T
I
don't
know
if
I'm
given
a
statement,
so
I'm
just
going
to
speak
being
at
these
hearings
is
a
sense
of
frustration,
because
it
seems
that
we're
coming
and
we're
repeating
the
same
thing
and
the
same
thing
and
the
same
thing.
So
I'm
still
hopeful,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
have
done
this
work,
but
after
26
years
something
has
to
happen.
Something
different
has
to
happen
once
these
hearings
are
done.
So
forgive
if
I
sound
frustrated,
I'm
not
frustrated.
It's
just
my
passion.
T
This
has
really
become
solidified,
so
we've
done
this
work
and
when
you
do
this
work
and
then
your
funding
is
cut
to
be
told
that
you
don't
write
a
good
proposal,
it's
a
slap
in
the
face,
so
I'm
gonna
say
that
and
that's
for
another
story,
but
I
will
give
a
formal
presentation
to
the
boston
city
council.
So
under
mayor
menino's
administration,
mayor
walsh,
administration
and
working
with
the
new
administration
with
the
chief,
we
have
created
a
true
partnership
with
the
city
of
boston.
T
I'm
no
longer
the
sidekick,
I'm
now
an
integral
partner
with
this
city
and
doing
this
work
that
looks
at
healing
reconciliation
and
accountability
and
we
fit
into
the
model
that
chief
martinez
spoke
because
we've
partnered
with
everyone
who's
made
that
presentation,
and
so
we
have.
Since
january,
we
have
provided
over
forty
thousand
dollars
to
families
impacted
by
murder,
just
to
be
able
to
bury
their
loved
one
and
that's
the
rest
of
the
peace
fund
through
the
city
of
boston,
to
the
advocacy
of
council
campbell.
T
It
was
it
made
happen
for
25
years
we've
tried
to
get
the
city
to
take
responsibility
for
the
ongoing
homicide
that
happens
so
that
the
burden
does
not
fall
in
the
family.
It
has
been
done.
We
have
a
living
peace
fund
and
do
the
covet
19.
We
have
spent
over
60
thousand
dollars
to
support
families
financially
financially,
that
the
city
of
boston
doesn't
know
they
exist,
because
these
are
all
families
whose
loved
ones
have
been
murdered.
T
It's
a
sense
of
frustration,
so
there
is
hope,
because
this
year
we
were
our
funding
at
increase.
We
got
25
000
from
the
boston
public
health
commission
every
year
as
a
contract,
and
this
year
it
got
increased.
So
we
are
now
and
I'm
going
to
say
formal
study
partnership
at
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
the
work
the
cost
to
do
this
work
is
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
the
fact
that
we
have
to
write
a
proposal
and
compete
with
people
who
are
not
doing
this
work.
T
T
Establish
a
protocol
for
responding
to
families
impacted
by
murder,
in
addition
to
trauma,
grief
and
loss,
murder
is
still
happening.
Covet
19
is
happening,
people
are
still
dying
and
they
still
need
financial
resources,
so
the
work
is
being
done.
I
have
a
five-page
report
that
I
will
give
the
mayor
that
there
are
ten
points
in
terms
of
how
do
we
do
this
work,
but
what
I
don't
want
to
do
is
have
to
compete
with
people
who
have
access
to
the
people
that
are
giving
the
money
or
that
I'm
making
noise.
T
T
T
T
Are
we
being
funded
by
that
and
if
we're
not
being
funded,
what
needs
to
happen
for
us
to
get
funding,
especially
if
you
know
the
people
in
your
community
are
doing
this
great
work
and
then
bring
us
together,
bring
us
together
for
those
that
are
doing
prevention,
intervention.
What
what
are
the
other
two?
T
I'm
not
sure
what
the
other
two
are
but
bring
us
all
together,
so
that
then
we
can
compare,
and
if
I'm
doing
something,
that's
not
my
lane,
I
don't
have
to
do
it,
but
I
can
check
in
with
you
and
somebody
else,
and
then
we
can
support
each
other,
I'm
not
a
grand
writer.
I
didn't
get
into
this
work,
to
write
grants
and
for
the
boston
police
to
tell
me
they
cut
my
funding
because
my
grant
wasn't
written
well,
that's
not
cool,
nobody
called
me
to
say
tina
girl.
You
need
help
in
writing
this
grant.
T
T
T
Last
but
not
least
again,
I
am
committed.
A
lot
has
happened.
A
lot
can
continue
to
happen.
The
city
of
boston
is
a
model
across
this
country.
It
is
a
model.
I'm
asking
those
of
you.
If
you're
funding
me,
I'm
asking
my
city
council,
my
counselor
at
lodge,
evaluate
me
evaluate
the
people
that
I'm
serving
and
if
I'm
not
doing
good
work,
then
don't
fund
me,
but
don't.
Let
me
write
a
proposal
then
turn
around
and
tell
me
I'm
not
qualified
to
do
this
work.
Don't
do
that
to
me.
T
I
would
rather,
I
would
rather
evaluate
the
city
of
boston
and
issue,
a
report
as
to
how
the
city
of
boston
is
doing
this
work
and
then
refund.
Last
but
not
least,
I
would
ask
the
city
councilor:
can
you
file
legislation
with
the
state
or
whoever?
It
is
to
give
you
power
over
the
city's
budget
that
you
are
not
just
voting
up
and
down,
but
that
you
have
some
stay
in
the
city's
budget?
T
T
There
are
so
many
reports
that
the
city
of
boston
gives
to
the
federal
government
for
funding
that
uses
community,
yet
community
doesn't
always
benefit
a
few
people
always
benefit
challenge
me
challenge
me.
Am
I
really
doing
what
I
said
I'm
supposed
to
be
doing.
I
can
tell
you
that
survey,
your
constituency
and,
if
I'm
not
don't
fund
me
so
I'm
committed
to
this,
I'm
committed
to
the
city,
I'm
committed
to
the
mayor
chief
martinez.
T
T
T
T
What
can
we
do
to
let
you
know
the
work
that
your
constituents
are
doing,
but
only
a
few
people
get
funded
only
a
few
people
get
funny
because
we
can
make
noise
or,
if
you
fund
me
and
don't
fund
that
one
then
blah
blah
blah
it
can
be
about
that.
Who
is
doing
the
work?
Evaluate
me,
that's
what
I'm
asking
for
we
work
with
rufus
when
a
homicide
happens
when
families
needs
housing,
we
put
them
up
in
hotel.
T
A
Thank
you
very
much
tina
we're
gonna
go
keep
going
with
questions
from
counselors.
I
I
see
frank.
I
think
you
are
hoping
to
chime
in
disrespectfully.
This
is
not
the
the
sort
of
space
to
be
going
back
and
forth
with
the
with
the
panelists.
We
want
to
make
sure
everyone
has
the
the
chance
to
say
what
they're
going
to
say
and
then
help
the
counselors
ask
questions.
C
George,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
again
to
for
everyone
for
their
presentation
today
and
I
don't
know
how
we
worked
out
this
timing
for
me
to
follow
tina,
but
I
just
really
appreciate
her
passion,
her
commitment
to
our
city
and
to
the
residents
of
our
city
and
to
you
know
this
work.
That
again
goes.
You
know,
certainly
it's
it's
recognized
and
it's
appreciated,
but
unless
it's
funded
it's
it's
really
hard
to
fully
appreciate
and
recognize
the
efforts
that
have
that
are
happening.
So
I'm
curious.
C
I
have
two
questions
one
to
tina.
What
are
some
of
those
specific
next
steps
outside
of
the
charter
reform
that
she
mentioned
that
she'd
like
to
see
us
take
after
today,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
this
was
maybe
where
frank
was
hoping
to
respond
to
tina's
comments,
but
I
am
curious
about
where,
with
that
reduction
from
44
to
22
000,
where
that
other
funding
went
how
those
decisions
were
made,
but
so
first
with
tina.
What
are
some
of
those
actionable
steps,
because
I
equally
feel
some
of
that
frustration.
C
Sometimes,
when
we
as
a
city
council,
have
these
hearings,
we
do
a
whole
lot
of
show
boating
and
a
whole
lot
of
sort
of
expressing
our
issues
and
our
concerns.
But
then
aren't
following
up
with
those
actionable
items,
aren't
following
up
with
the
task
list
and
really
following
up
with
the
commitment
that
we
have
to
our
residents
and
to
the
taxpayers
of
the
city
of
boston
for
talking
about
funding
issues,
but
the
work
that
our
residents
deserve
needs
to
happen.
So
tina
aside
from
the
charter
reform
piece
on
the
budget.
T
I
would
say
we
all
you
all
know
who
we
are.
Each
of
you
have
amazing
activists,
programs,
organizers
in
your
district,
take
inventory
again,
chief
martinez
laid
it
out
there,
four
pillars
that
the
city
is
working
with.
That's
in
line
with
the
center
for
disease
control,
social
ecological
framework
in
order
to
reduce
cycles
of
retaliatory
violence.
Intervention
must
happen
at
multiple
level.
That's
the
public
health
model,
prevention,
intervention
and
healing,
and
all
that
other
stuff
primary
secondary
and
tertiary
there's
a
new
language.
It
is
the
public
health
approach.
T
Are
they
being
funded
through
the
city
of
boston
and,
if
they're
not,
then
how
can
they
be
if
they
are
being
funded?
What
support
do
they
need?
What
assets?
How
can
how
are
their
reports
being
done
because
sometimes
also
I
write
reports?
I
write
reports
and
I
match
with
my
challenges.
I
give
my
challenges,
but
nothing
comes
back
to
help
me
address
those
challenges,
so
I
think
that
for
me,
that
would
be
a
way
of
really
being
engaged
and
involved.
T
You
know
with
the
city
councils
that
you
guys
understand
and
know
who
you
are,
who
you're
not
just
your
constituents,
but
that
are
doing
the
work
and
then
you
post
it
on
your
website.
You
guys
have
amazing
website.
Then
you
guys
share
some
because
you're
connected
with
some
more
than
others,
but
then
you
share
and
then
you
will
see
across
the
city.
T
We
are
all
either
duplicating
doing
something
similar
and
then
how
do
we
connect?
So
that's
really
the
primary
the
city
of
boston
issued
a
report
and
I
want
to
go
back
to
the.
What
do
you
call
it?
Boston
miracle,
there's
a
whole
report
on
that.
A
whole
report
on
that.
The
reports
of
this
great
work
that
this
city
has
done,
recommendations
that
this
city
puts
forth
and
I
can
send
you
all
those
reports
really
for
you
guys
to
look
and
see
who
is
doing
the
work
in
your
district.
C
S
It's
outstanding
work,
if,
if
you
were
referring
to,
maybe
the
the
shannon
grant
rfp,
I
think
those
decisions.
I
know
those
decisions
were
made
by
a
panel
rather
than
the
boston
police
department.
It
was
made
by
a
panel
of
a
cross-section
of
individuals
in
the
community,
so
I
don't
think
the
police
certainly
didn't.
I
know
they
didn't
certainly
single
you
out,
but
that
decision
was
made
by
the
the
the
panel.
T
T
T
C
So
I
think
that
that's
something
that
I
can
certainly
commit
to
working
with
the
chair
and
to
the
the
sponsors
of
today's
hearing
to
make
sure
that
happens.
I
do
know
that
chair
wu
wanted
to
avoid
sort
of
the
panel
direct
back
and
forth,
so
just
want
to
sort
of
manage
that
but
frank.
I
appreciate
that
that
I
don't
frank.
S
B
C
The
theme
is
and
the
conversations
we
want
to
have.
So
I
appreciate
from
all
of
you,
especially
around
the
youth
piece,
the
the
sort
of
the
push
to
make
sure
that
we
truly
are
engaging
youth
in
our
work
and
in
our
conversation,
so
that
they
can
inform
and
and
they
can
do
it
in
a
much
better
way
than
we
can
and
form
the
work
that
needs
to
happen.
C
A
B
I
just
first
of
all
I
wanted
to
thank
tina
for
for
hopping
on.
I
know
she
was
like
dealing
with
an
emergency.
I
mean
we
talk
all
the
time
so
on
the
funding.
Cutting
piece
you
know
had
to
make
calls
to
say
this
is
ridiculous.
That's
one
of
the
organizations
in
my
district
who
is
doing
the
work
and
I'm
blessed
to
have
her
as
a
resident
in
my
district.
But
again
none
of
us
likes
wasting
time.
I
don't
like
wasting
my
time
right.
B
We
got
children,
we
got
other
things
we
got
going
on
and
so
still
haven't
yet
to
get
a
response
as
to
the.
Why
so
happy
to
to
pull
in
other
counselors
but
frank,
I
appreciate
you
wanting
you
know
looking
into
that
and
getting
back
to
tina
directly
on
that
and
tina,
and
I
she's
exactly
right.
I
don't
like
having
these
hearing
just
for
the
sake
of
having
hearings
we
held
the
similar
hearing
in
august
of
last
year
in
mattapan.
B
Some
of
the
questions
are
still
the
same
questions
over
a
year
later,
specifically
around
all
of
the
monies
we
get
for
violence,
prevention,
intervention,
recovery,
re-entry
all
those
pillars,
the
total
monies
we
get,
what
departments
get
them?
How
did
they
use
them?
The
metrics?
All
of
that
I
wanted
that
information
to
be
public
on
our
website,
so
people
can
see
and
process
that,
obviously
it's
still
in
work,
it's
still
in
a
sort
of
work
in
progress,
wonderful,
but
again,
a
year
later.
B
So
I
share
the
same
frustration
that
tina
and
many
others
do,
and
I
will
be
honest.
Many
of
the
providers
we
reached
out
to
who
participated
in
that
first
hearing
and
really
loved
to
be
a
part
of
it
were
looking
for
updates,
and
I
was
sad
that
I
could
not
give
them
the
updates
that
I
wanted-
and
I
think
folks
in
the
public
need
to
understand
that
our
hearings,
you
know
much
of
what
we
do
with
the
information
we
have
to
go
through
the
administration.
It's
not
like.
B
We
have
all
this
in
our
database
if
we
did
it'd
be
done
yesterday,
and
so
I
think
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
maneuver
and
how
we
get
this
done
on
terms
of
action
items.
Council
mejia
and
I
have
already
been
texting.
We
will
do
that
convening
of
bringing
together
the
organizations
doing
the
work
that
tina
just
mentioned.
B
B
But
I
agree
you
know
I
too
do
not
like
wasting
my
time
and
I'm
glad
tina's
pulled
in
a
little
bit
more
than
she
was
saying
the
last
hearing,
but
I
wanted
to
just
go
on
the
record
that
the
many
of
the
same
questions
I'm
asking
now
were
the
same
questions.
I
asked
when
I
originally
filed
this
hearing
order,
but
all
of
the
information
doesn't
sit
on
the
council
side,
so
the
accountability
also
has
to
come
from
the
administration
and
pushing
them
to
do
better
too.
B
So
I
appreciate
the
administration
showing
up.
I
know
it's
not
easy
and
one
thing
I
do
want
to
give
time
to
jaquail.
I
thought
I
saw
you
raising
your
hand.
I
could
be
wrong,
but
go
ahead.
Speak
I'll,
give
you
my
time,
but
we
will
continue
this
conversation
and
we
will
bring
together
those
providers
in
short
order.
So
thank
you
all
for
the
work.
You
do
and
raise
your
hand,
but
go
ahead.
Jacal
all
you
and
thank
you
councilwood.
I
know
this
was
a
long
hearing.
B
W
W
So
like
it.
What
I
think,
what
is
sometimes
frustrating
is,
like
those
roles,
aren't
really
defined
on
a
city
level
and
definitely
not
on
a
neighborhood
level
of
like
who
does
specifically
like
who
does
the
interventions
out
of
the
work
here?
Who
does
the
prevention
side
of
the
work
here?
Who
is
working
on
like
healing
and
recovery?
Who
is
working
on
like
that
kind
of
piece
is
also
really
necessary
for
us,
as
providers
and
as
programmatic
people
to
understand
it.
W
We
need
to
know
that
as
well,
and
I
think
so
to
counsel
campbell's
point
like
having
it
in
a
space
where
we
can
access
is
like
huge,
like
we
work
with
young
people,
we're
like
they
need
mental
health
support.
We
don't
have
the
capacity
as
an
organization
to
do
that.
We
don't
we
wouldn't
be
the
ones
to
do
it
the
best,
but
we
have
young
people
whose
work
is
being
impacted
because
they
don't
have
that
support.
So
how
do
we
then
make
those
connections?
W
And
so
I
think
part
of
it
is
that,
and
I
think
to
the
other
point
around
the
funding
piece,
and
I
don't
know
what
role
the
councils
have
in
this
part
of
it,
and
maybe
even
it's.
This
is
even
more
so
to
some
of
the
people
who
are
on
that
first
panel.
But
what
does
it
look
like
to
have
multi-year
funding
and
then
to
have
a
a
process
of
evaluation
so
that
people
aren't
like
losing
funding
and
not
knowing
why?
W
We
have
an
entire
like
we're
we're
dealing
with
this
entire
coca-19
pandemic.
So
like
what
does
it
matter?
What
happens
then
right?
What
happens
when
the
when
things
don't
work
as
planned
and
like?
How
are
we
supporting
organizations
still
being
able
to
do
the
work?
I
think
the
piece
around
space
is
huge
that
continues
to
come
up
we're
talking
about
the
highest
risk
populations.
We
can't
just
be,
like
you
know,
join
the
zoo
meeting,
like
that's,
not
going
to
happen
like
this
summer
to
already
started.
W
W
What
are
the
buildings
right
now
that
aren't
being
used,
that
we
can
socially
distance
and
bring
young
folks
into
buildings
that
are
up
the
street
from
their
houses
and
not
making
them
trek
across
the
city
to
do
so
like
what
are
the
ways
in
which
we
can
be
really
intentional
about
localized
work
with
young
people
and
community
members,
so
that
like
to
come
before,
like
they
don't
have
to
hear
about
some
hearing,
because
there's
something
that's
happening.
There's
a
space!
W
D
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
I
am
very
mindful
of
time.
I
I
didn't
get
to
hear
tina
before
I
had
my
questions,
but
I
wanted
to
just
acknowledge
that
I
you
know
tina
and
I
go
way
back
1994.
I
know
teens
against
gang
violence.
Her
son
louis
d
brown
was
a
part
of
that
organization
like
for
me.
I
I
have.
D
I
share
the
same
frustration
that
tina
expressed
earlier
in
terms
of
like
we
keep
having
these
conversations
and
expecting
different
results,
but
the
work
really
doesn't
seem
to
be
moving
in
the
direction
that
it
needs
to
right.
So
something
has
to
give
boston.
Is
resource
rich
and
coordination
poor.
D
I
say
that
every
time
we're
the
mecca
of
the
nonprofit
sector
right
and
we
still
can't
get
it
together
in
a
way
that
is
doing
a
concerted
effort,
including
our
boston,
public
schools,
right
everything,
everybody's
siloed,
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
start
really
thinking
about.
How
do
we
have
a
community
conversation
and
how
do
we
bring
all
of
our
resources
to
the
table
and
really
do
some
asset
mapping
and
figuring
out?
D
Are
we
really
being
intentional
and
strategic
about
how
we're
funding
organizations
who
are
the
organizations
like
jacquel
said,
are
doing
x,
y
and
z
that
all
needs
to
be
unpacked,
because
otherwise,
it's
just
a
whole
bunch,
more
lip
service,
which
is
what
everybody's
getting
sick
and
tired
of
these
days?
And
I
think
we
need
to
move
beyond
these
dialogues,
and
I
really
do
appreciate
the
hearings
because
they
inspire
us
to
think
about
the
work
differently.
D
But
I
can
also
understand
the
level
of
frustration
because
we're
still
dodging
these
same
bullets-
and
it
doesn't
really
seem
like
much-
is
changing
changing-
is
the
people
that
are
on
the
council.
That's
it,
but
the
work
and
the
lives
and
the
impact
that
we're
making
it,
I
don't
feel
is.
We
could
be
doing
a
lot
more
if
we,
if
we're
being
more
strategic
about
who
we
fund
and
how
we
go
about
doing
it.
D
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
all
again
for
staying
for
so
long
and
being
engaged
in
this
conversation
and
bringing
all
of
you
and
all
of
who
you
are
into
these
spaces.
Deeply
deeply
grateful
for,
for
all
of
it
and
to
you,
council
woo,
for
allowing
us
to
babble
as
long
as
we
have,
and
my
sister
in
service
counselor
campbell
for
for
your
steadfast
conviction
in
this
space
and
here
for
the
next
steps.
Thank
you.
A
S
A
V
I
think
that,
with
all
of
this,
like
being
able
to
have
this
opportunity
is
incredible.
So
again,
I'm
I'm
going
to
thank
you
all
and
looking
up
to
you
know
all
of
you.
It's
just
incredible
to
have.
You
know
women
like
you
in
office.
You
know
right
right
in
our
our
backyards,
basically
and
having
this
opportunity.
In
addition
to
all
that,
I
believe
that,
like
has
already
been
said,
violence
prevention
work.
V
It's
not
going
to
get
done
with
with
the
way
it's
going
right
now,
being
basically
segregated
different
organizations,
not
working
together.
It's
it's
not
helpful.
It's
not
helpful.
At
all,
say
if
we
have
a
young
person
that
you
know
is
is
coming
out
of
a
situation
and
all
we
can
give
them
is
a
job,
but
they
can.
They
can't
handle
the
amount
of
structure
that
we
have
in
our
work
for
for
us,
and
we,
then
we
don't
have
that
resource.
V
You
know
we're
not
going
to
say
we
shouldn't
sit
here
and
force
them
into
this
box
of
so
much
structure
when
they
can't
handle
that,
after
coming
out
of
something
like
dys
care
or
something
like
that
where
it's
like,
they
can't
handle
the
amount
of
structure
because
they're
not
used
to
it
or
they
can't
come
back
into
that
space
because
they
can't
handle
it.
We
shouldn't
have
to
just
be
like
well
we're
either
going
to
try
to
force
you
into
this
box,
which
is
not
helpful
or
or
just
try
to
you
know,
be
like
okay.
V
We
can't
help
you
that
shouldn't
be
the
case.
That
should
be
the
case.
What
should
be
the
case
is
like
oh
wait.
I
know
xyz
organization
that
can
actually
help
you
actually
has
the
resources
for
you.
That's
the
way
that
we
should
be
like
working
with
young
people
especially
opportunity
you,
because
it's
ridiculous
for
us
to
have
to
turn
a
young
person
away
and
just
be
like.
Well,
I
don't
really
know
which
organization
I
mean,
maybe
this
one.
This
could
be
the
case
that
doesn't
make
any
sense
at
all.
V
If
we're
unable
to
you
know
employ
a
young
person
based
off
of
theirs
their,
you
know
immigration
status
based
off
of
their
living
situation
based
off
of
their.
You
know
the
the
area
they
live
in,
whatever
you
may
have
it,
you
know
we
should
be
able
to
defer
them
to
be
like
there's
this
other
organization
that
I
know
or
here's
somebody
that
might
know
an
organization,
even
though
we
don't
it's
like.
Why
should
we
force
young
people
to
not
force
them
but
feel
like?
V
This
is
the
only
option
they
have
our
organization's
the
only
option
they
have
to
work
with
sure
we
would
love
for
that
to
be
the
case,
we
would
love
there
to
be
one
universal
organization
that
our
young
people
are
able
to
get
everything
from
like.
Like
a
you
know,
violence
prevention,
hub
or
something
that'd
be
great,
but
it's
unrealistic,
so
so
in
all
honesty
being
able
to
come
together
with
city
councilors
with
other
organizations
with
you
know
other
activists
and
things
like
that
in
the
community,
it's
essential.
V
So
if
they
there
are
any
spaces,
you
know
any
more
spaces
that
you
guys
can
create.
That'd
be
amazing,
if
you
guys
have
time,
I
hope
you'd
make
the
time
for
things
more
things
like
this,
not
just
something.
That's
one
once
a
year
because
receiving
this
opportunity
to
be
here
has
been
amazing
and
I
feel,
like
other
young
people,
need
to
hear
things
like
this,
but
and
and
be
a
part
of
this
conversation.
A
E
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
having
me
and
taking
the
time
to
listen
to
everybody,
and
it's
been
really
valuable
for
me
to
hear
everybody's
insights,
and
I
just
want
to
echo
what
teen
empowerment
said
they
their
organization
sounds
great
and
I've
been
part
of
this
field
for
a
while
and
I've
never
heard
of
them.
So
I
definitely
echo
trying
to
collaborate
with
other
nonprofits
and
organizations
serving
this
youth.
Thank
you.
W
Just
say
I
know
I've
spoken
a
lot.
I
just
want
to
echo
that
thanks
for
the
space
to
do
this,
and
just
again
like
really
looking
forward
to
continuing,
not
just
a
conversation,
but
the
calls
for
action
not
just
for
this
council
but
recognize.
This
is
larger
than
that
right,
like
the
calls
to
the
mayor,
the
call
to
like,
even
on
the
state
level,
to
really
think
about
how
we're
doing
this
work,
and
so
just
appreciate
continuing
to
be
a
part
of
this
conversation,
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
next
steps.
Oh
I'm
sorry!
W
W
R
R
I
was
in
a
meeting
with
the
mayor
right
after
he
had
spoken
with
the
number
of
young
people
in
teen
empowerment,
I'll
say
it
was
a
very
impactful
encompass
conversation.
I
also
appreciate
that
and
then
just
finally,
I
think
ariana
said
something
very
important
around
the
word
segregation
and
what
would
be
interesting
for
you
know.
R
Future
city
council
meetings
is
to
mix
it
up
to
mix
the
the
city
agency,
people
up
with
the
community
people,
the
older
people,
up
with
the
younger
people,
the
the
people
who
are
speaking
giving
testimony
as
a
resident
just
mix
us
all
up
and
maybe
make
it
more
of
a
space.
We
can
kind
of
go
at
it
a
little
bit
right
and
and
have
a
lot
of
back
and
forth
and
exchange
right,
even
argue
right
right.
You
know.
T
I
just
want
to
say
again:
I'm
I'm
in
this:
I'm
in
this
for
life,
you
know
december
will
be
27
years.
Since
lewis
is
gone,
the
victims
were
not
even
born
that
are
being
killed.
Now
the
killers
were
not
even
born
that
are
killing
and
going
to
jail,
and
for
me
it's
the
families
that
still
missing
from
these
conversations,
who
are
the
families
of
the
people
that
we're
working
with?
I
am
committed
to
this
city.
I
travel
across
the
country
and
boston
is
a
model.
T
B
I'd
only
want
it's
past
four
o'clock.
Council
rule.
Thank
you
for
chairing
a
long
hearing.
I
saw
the
kiddos.
We
all
got
kids
dogs.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
and
council
mejia.
Thank
you
for
the
partnership
here.
We
will
follow
up
to
make
that
next
conversation
happen
with
respect
to
the
organizations
getting
to
know
each
other,
how
we
frame
that,
but
I
really
appreciate
the
work
of
everyone
who
participated
today.
I
know
it's
not
easy.
B
Work
and
folks
have
been
doing
this
a
really
long
time,
many
before
they
even
came
to
the
city
of
boston
as
an
employee.
So
I
appreciate
you
where
I
see
you
pop
back
on,
so
just
thank
you
guys
for
staying
on
so
long,
particularly
folks
from
administration.
In
listening
to
the
providers
hearing
their
frustrations.
I
know
sometimes
we
share
the
same
thing,
but
I'm
in
this
work
like
tina,
said
to
have
an
impact.
I
love
this
city.
I
love
the
district.
B
I
am,
I
have
the
responsibility
of
serving,
which
is
very
much
experiencing
every
inequity.
You
can
talk
about,
including
the
uptick
in
violence,
so
here
to
be
a
partner
in
that
work.
So,
thank
you
guys
for
taking
the
time
today
and
look
forward
to
the
next
steps
and
thank
you
again
councilmember
for
the
partnership.
D
Yes,
thank
you
councillor
wu
and
thank
you,
everybody
who
stayed
on
this
long.
You
all
are
so
dope
because
I'd
be
like
yo.
I
gotta
go
so
so
that
this
goes
to
show
your
commitment
to
this
conversation,
both
the
administration
and
the
community
partners
that
have
stayed
in
counselor
campbell.
You
have
just
been
leading
in
this
conversation
in
this
space,
with
right
right
fully,
so
your
lived
experience
is
exactly
why
we
are
here
having
this
conversation
when
it
comes
to
the
violence
that
we
see
in
our
streets.
D
So
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
always
bringing
me
into
the
conversation
and
creating
a
seat
at
the
table
for
me
to
join
you
in
these
in
this
dialogue.
I
I
think
in
this,
during
this
hearing,
many
of
you
realize
how
old
I
really
was,
because
I
was
doing
this
work
even
before
the
work
was
needed
to
be
done,
and
so-
and
I
didn't
just
talk
about
the
fact
that
I
was
around
in
the
90s
just
for
the
sake
of
speaking
about
it.
D
But
it
was
really
just
to
kind
of
really
show
you
all
how
important
it
is
for
us
to
recognize
that
this.
These
conversations
are
not
new,
and
but
what
is
new
is
the
sense
of
urgency
and
the
political
will
that
we
are
seeing
now
from
the
new
count
from
the
council
that
we
have
in
in
this
office
in
this
year,
and
so
that
speaks
volumes
to
where
the
opportunity
lies
and
really
in
terms
of
bringing
the
work
forward.
D
But
the
most
important
thing
is
that
we
can't
do
this
work
without
doing
so
in
partnership
with
those
who
are
doing
the
you
know,
doing
the
work
and
live
in
the
reality.
So
really
just
wanted
you
all
to
know
that
you
continue
to
count
on
me
as
a
partner
alongside
this
journey,
and
thank
you
thank
you.
Counselor
wu
and
thank
you,
council
campbell
and
thank
you
to
all
who
participated
today.
That's
all
I
got
to
say.