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From YouTube: Doris Buntè Apartments Naming Ceremony
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The Walnut Park Apartments in Roxbury are going by a new name this week. Boston Housing Authority renamed the building to honor Doris Buntè, former State Representative and Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority. Doris Buntè is a groundbreaking public figure, and was the first woman of color to serve in the Massachusetts legislature. Her career is centered around public housing and equality in Boston.
A
A
B
Let's
all
take
a
deep
breath
and
let
it
out
and
let
us
pray
mighty
and
merciful
God.
We
thank
you
for
this
gathering
today,
the
celebration
of
a
community
institution,
a
drum
major
for
justice,
a
sister
warrior
who
has
served
this
community
and
the
world
with
all
her
heart,
intellect
body
and
soul,
a
woman
whose
name
is
synonymous
with
righteousness
and
justice,
a
voice
for
the
voiceless
and
one
who
always
speaks
truth
to
power
for
every
battle.
She
fought
for
every
challenge
she
faced
for
every
life.
She
changed
for
every
home.
B
She
helped
create
for
every
family.
She
sheltered
and
nourished
and
inspired.
We
thank
you.
We
pray
for
her
continued
strength
and
endurance
that
she
will
be
filled
with
your
peace
and
love
and
that
her
work
to
make
this
world
better
will
continue
in
every
step
she
takes
in
any
direction.
She
heads
Lord.
We
pray
for
all
of
those
whose
shoulders
on
which
we
stand
today,
those
who
have
worked
and
fought
and
sacrificed
for
us
all
of
us
all
of
those
who
will
come
after
us.
B
We
owe
them
a
debt
of
gratitude
that
we
may
never
fully
repay
and
we
ask
you
to
bless
them.
We
thank
you
for
all
of
those
who
still
serve
us
and
those
who
are
yet
to
come.
We
ask
for
your
wisdom
and
giving
them
the
resolve
and
courage
to
take
the
right
action
against
increasingly
complex
and
evil
adversaries.
B
We
pray
for
these
communities
Lord
for
all
of
those
whom
we
serve
for
those
who
work
and
those
who
are
without
work
for
those
who
are
well
housed
and
those
who
are
homeless
for
those
who
have
purpose
and
those
who
are
confused,
bless
everything
that
happens
here
this
morning.
All
that
is
said
and
promised
and
give
us
all
a
sense
of
renewed
passion
and
purpose,
courage
and
care
that
we
may
move
onward
and
upward
with
wisdom
and
grace
in
the
name
of
all
that
we
hold
wholly
for
me,
that
is
Jesus
Christ.
A
C
A
A
Have
currently
have
about
4,000
units
of
public
housing,
either
under
rehabilitation
or
in
the
planning
stages
to
preserve
another
4,000
units
of
deeply
affordable
public
housing
for
future
generations
of
residents
of
our
city
that
are
so
desperately
in
need
of
affordable
housing.
Please
a
very
warm
welcome
for
my
dear
friend
mayor
Marty,
Walsh.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Bill
and
I
want
to
just
thank
Bill
he's
been
an
incredible
leader
here
at
the
Housing
Authority,
and
we've
been
able
to
do
a
lot
of
renovations,
we'll
make
a
lot
of
investments
because
of
of
his
years
of
experience
here
and
his
passion
and
dedication
to
housing.
So
I
want
to
thank
Billy
and
the
entire
team
at
the
Boston
Housing
Authority,
who
worked
extremely
hard
every
single
day
for
the
residents.
I
want
to
thank
the
residents
for
allowing
us
in
your
home
today.
C
Yes,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
letting
us
come
here
and
do
this
incredible
opportunities.
Renaming
of
this
great
building,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
residents
that
was
here
probably
several
months
ago.
We
were
here
we're
talking
about
the
different
issues
and
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well
for
letting
us
here
today.
Reverend
Walker
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
prayers
and
your
words,
and
thank
you
for
everything
you
do
in
our
city
every
single
day.
C
I,
don't
Mel
Kings
here
yet,
but
I
want
to
thank
Mel
Mel's
gonna,
be
here,
I
think
he's
on
his
way.
I
want
to
thank
Mel,
King
enemy,
Cole,
the
tenant
leader
and
all
the
tenants.
Thank
you
very
much
as
well.
All
the
residents
I
want
to
give
a
couple.
Shoutouts
I
know
we
have
a
big
long
speaking
program
today,
but
I
want
to
give
a
couple.
Shoutouts
I
want
to
thank
represented
by
Owen.
Rushing
Hawaii
served
the
House
of
Representative
for
being
here
today.
C
C
C
She's
inspired
many
of
us
in
public
service
I'm,
proud
of
the
fact
that
my
connection
to
Doris
is
that
we
both
served
in
a
great
branch
of
governmental
messages,
legislature
and
once
you're
a
member
of
that
you
know,
there's
a
connection
there
so
long
before
I
knew
who
Doris
Ponty
was
when
I
got
elected.
There
was
a
connection
there
and
I'm
proud
of
that,
and
I'll
talk
about
that
in
a
second,
but
today
was
certainly
carrying
on
your
legacy.
Fighting
for
equity
in
our
neighborhoods
and
affordable
housing
and
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well.
C
C
After
she
was
trying
to
get
me
and
when
I
got
the
apartment,
it
was
a
no
Meah
thanks
for
being
here,
it
was
like
who
took
you
long
enough
to
get
here
and
she
was
advocating
for
the
sick
and
suffering
alcoholic
and
drug
addicts
is
what
she
was
doing
that
day
and
and
so
many
other
people
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
C
C
C
C
But
when
she
did
her
work,
weather
was
as
a
representative
or
an
administrator.
She
didn't
do
it
as
an
administrator
or
as
a
representative.
She
did
it
as
a
neighbor.
She
understands
the
hopes
and
dreams
of
people
living
in
public
housing
because
she
lived
there.
She
oversaw
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
desegregation.
She
created
powerful
programs
like
youth
on
the
rise.
C
This
past
weekend,
we
were
at
the
Mildred
Haley
apartments
and
we
were
giving
sneakers
to
the
young
people,
because
we
have
an
uptick
in
violence
and
some
of
the
programs
that
she
started
with
still
carrying
on
today
in
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
helping
young
people
have
better
pathways
and
better
successes
in
their
life.
Duras
helps
show
the
quality
of
public
housing
is
a
stepping
stone
and
then
it
can
make
all
the
difference
with
so
many
people.
C
This
rededication
of
the
doris
ponte
apartments
is
a
fitting
tribute
to
an
incredible
woman
and
we
continue
to
honor
her
legacy
every
day
in
the
city
by
making
investments
throughout
Roxbury
which
I'll
talk
about,
but
my
my
first
real
conversation
with
Doris
Ponte
happened
in
sometime
in
2013
when
I
was
running
for
mayor
of
Boston,
she
was
living
over
and
have
a
point.
Columbia
Point
and
I
had
a
chance
to
talk
to
her
about
my
candidacy
for
mayor.
C
C
She
cares
about
people,
she
cares
about
people,
and
this
is
such
a
fitting
tribute
today
and
again.
I
want
to
thank
Billy
McGonigle,
who
who
talked
about
this,
but
what
Doris
is
legacy
has
left
us
just
so
you
meaning
what
your
work
is
done.
Her
legacy
just
last
month,
we
grow
up
broke
ground
on
the
Whittier
Street
housing
development.
That
was
money.
We
got
from
President
Obama
on
the
way
out
the
door
literally.
The
last
day
said
this
is
Jack
I
want
to.
Thank
you,
mr.
C
president,
for
that,
because
if
you
didn't
get
it,
the
other
guy
probably
would
have
stopped
it
on
us,
but
Doris
fought
to
make
sure
people
live
with
dignity
and
her
and
her
legacy
is
in
in
the
office
that
Billy
holds
today
something
that's
important.
It's
allowing
us
to
achieve
vision
for
Roxbury,
more
high-quality,
affordable
housing,
safer
streets,
better
internet
service,
bringing
the
21st
century
into
the
buildings
here,
so
people,
young
people
can
get
the
opportunity
and
everybody
has
the
opportunity
to
expand
you
get
onto
the
internet
and
explore
the
world
more
open
spaces.
C
C
Housing
is
the
foundation,
but
it
goes
far
beyond
that.
It's
also
about
education.
In
Roxbury,
we
built
the
first
new
high
school
in
a
generation
right
here
in
Roxbury,
the
Dib
on
STEM
Academy,
something
again
that
doris
laid
down
the
foundation
as
a
legislator
and
workings
that
myself
and
Andrea
and
Byron
have
to
continue
that
mantle
of
fighting
for
more
opportunities.
C
It's
about
resources,
renovating
the
WL
library
and
making
sure
the
community
has
the
access
of
the
same
as
the
Copley
Square
Library
in
downtown
Boston,
it's
about
infrastructure
and
when
the
process
now
beginning
the
reconstruction
of
Quincy
Street,
it's
about
public
spaces
in
the
renovating
of
the
bcy
F
Vine
Street
Community
Center.
In
all
of
this
work,
we
stand
on
the
shoulders
of
people
like
Doris
Ponte.
C
We
are
grateful
for
all
she's
done
and
committed,
and
we're
committed
to
making
her
proud
as
a
city
I
want
to
congratulations
to
the
residents
of
the
Doris
Ponte
apartments.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
that,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
celebrating
some
this
morning
with
us
and
to
Doris.
I
wanted
to
say
this
to
me
is
one
of
the
highest
honors.
A
Okay,
our
next
speaker,
I'm
delighted
he
was
able
to
make
it
he's
up
from
Washington
for
a
two-week
recess
and
someone
who
in
Washington
has
been
a
very
strong
and
provide
voice,
unwavering
voice
on
behalf
of
public
housing
and
those
in
need
of
affordable
housing
for
many
many
years
now.
Please,
a
warm
welcome
for
our
congressman,
Michael
Capuano.
F
And
you
know
you've
been
to
a
thousand
of
these
types
of
things
and
usually
the
people
being
on
it
enough
no
longer
with
us
and
I
will
tell
you
that
you
earned
it.
I
started
working
at
the
State
House
in
1976,
and
by
that
time
you
were
already
a
giant
and
people
like
you,
we're
living
proof
every
single
day
that
regular
people
can
make
a
difference
and
I
know
you've
been
an
inspiration
to
a
lot
of
people
in
the
political
life.
F
But
the
truth
is
you've
also
been
an
inspiration
to
a
lot
of
people
that
are
not
in
politics.
It's
important
to
stand
up
for
what
you
think
is
right,
it's
important
to
fight
for
it.
It's
important
to
be
pleasant
jars.
Sometimes
it's
not
pleasant,
but
more
often
than
not,
she
is,
and
she
usually
becomes
unpleasant
after
you've
said
no,
which
of
course
no
one
in
their
right
mind
would
do
the
mayor
said
it
all
about
the
details.
F
But
for
me,
DARS
bunty
embodies
everything:
that's
right
about
growing
up
in
a
community
and
giving
back
I'm
always
telling
people
there's
a
thousand
ways
to
give
back.
Politics
is
one
way,
but
there's
a
thousand
other
ways
to
do
it
and
there's
no
one
way:
you
do
what
you
can
don't
once
he's
done,
which
he
can
every
step
of
life.
F
That's
incredible
and
I
wanted
to
be
here
just
for
a
moment
to
share
this
moment
with
you
doors
and
to
express
my
personal
appreciation
for
the
guidance
and
leadership
you've
provided
not
just
me,
but
so
many
people
I
will
tell
you
that
you
know
your
legacy,
yeah,
it's
a
building
and
that's
wonderful
and
it's
housing.
But
it's
more
for
me
more
about
activism,
more
about
seeing
things
that
need
to
be
fixed
and
doing
what
you
can
to
fix
them.
You've
done
an
incredible
job,
your
entire
life.
You
deserve
this
recognition
and
a
lot
more.
A
Thank
you
congressman
all
right.
Next
speaker
is
a
longtime
member
of
the
House
of
Representatives.
As
the
mayor
said
served
with
the
mayor.
They
are
served
with
DARS
when
she
was
a
state
legislature
and
a
great
voice
in
the
city
for
social
and
economic
justice
and
one
of
Boston's
great
historians.
Please
a
warm
welcome
for
Byron
racing.
D
G
H
G
G
We
are
privileged
because
of
Doris's
work
and
of
Harry
Spencer's
work
that
we
are
one
of
the
few
major
cities
in
the
United
States
that
has
as
much
public
housing
units
today,
as
we
had
20
years
ago,
as
we
had
30
years
ago,
as
we
had
40
years
ago,
public
housing
was
the
greatest
invention
in
the
United
States
for
providing
affordable
housing.
We
have
never
come
up
with
an
alternative
that
has
been
as
efficient
and
as
steady
a
source
of
affordable
housing
as
public
housing.
Thank
Franklin,
Delano
Roosevelt.
G
There
are
only
two
ways
to
have
affordable
housing
in
this
city
in
the
state
in
an
America,
and
one
way
is
to
own
for
the
government
to
own
Oh
public
housing
available
to
everyone
who
needs
it
and
is
available
through
as
many
units
as
possible.
Every
other
solution
has
been
phony.
That's
why
we
have
to
struggle
to
try
to
keep
them
going
to
try
to
keep
them
not
getting
sold
to
somebody
else
and
of
course,
the
final
solution
for
affordable
housing
is
to
end
poverty,
and
everybody
be
rich
enough
that
they
can
rent
anywhere.
G
G
Everyone
was
singing
it.
It
was
the
Negro
national
anthem
we
wouldn't
meet
like
this
50
years
ago,
without
at
the
beginning,
or
the
end
of
this
ceremony,
singing
lift
every
voice
and
sing,
and
in
his
autobiography
he
talks
about
the
fact
of
realizing
how
that
song
had
become
so
popular
in
the
black
community
and
he
and
his
brother
reminisced
about
writing
it.
For
the
first
time
for
a
one-time
occasion
and
James
Weldon
Johnson
said
we
realized
that
we
had
written
better
than
we
knew
everything
that
you
hear
today.
Doris
remember
you
have
done
this
work.
A
A
A
E
E
In
that
class,
and
when
you
invite
somebody
as
old
as
me
to
come
back
and
speak
it
you,
you
I
I
had
say
it,
but
one
of
the
reasons
is
to
place
this
event
in
a
in
history
to
first
place
this
event
in
history.
Let
me
just
say
that
when
you
honor
a
giant
such
as
Doris,
you
draw
giants
such
as
Mel
King
to
the
occasion.
E
E
And
that
tenant
oriented
majority
was
running
the
Housing
Authority.
Well
around
that
same
time,
a
few
months
after
I
arrived,
the
city
under
newly
elected
mayor,
Kevin
white
ran
into
its
first
fiscal
crisis,
and
the
mayor
decided
that
he
could
unload
some
of
the
senior
bureaucrats
at
City
Hall
off
of
the
city's
budget
on
to
the
federal
and
state
budget
at
the
Housing
Authority.
E
E
That's
right
long
silence,
that's
right!
The
benefit
all
accrued
to
the
mayor.
There
was
no
benefit
for
tenants
in
this
action.
So
guess
what
they
did.
They
said
no
Oh
was
Kevin
white,
astonished,
absolutely
astonished,
he'd.
Never
he
didn't.
It
didn't
occur
to
him
that
somebody
might
not
do
what
he
told
them.
So
he
promptly
moved
to
remove
John
Connally
from
the
housing
authority
to
break
the
tenant
oriented
majority.
Only
the
next
day
it
turned
out
that
John
Connally
was
appointed
by
the
governor.
E
E
It
required
a
trial
before
the
Boston
City
Council
and
the
Boston
City
Council
had
to
vote
to
remove
er
whoa,
so
I'd
by
this
time
was
back
in
law
school,
but
I
was
spending
my
time
running
down
to
the
city
council
chambers,
every
day
of
the
hearing
to
listen
to
this
trial
that
went
on
for
days.
Her
Gleason
was
the
city
solicitor,
the
lemare's
lawyer
and,
as
I
remember,
the
mayor
got
so
impatient
with
herbes
inability
kind
of
make
a
case
for
these
trumped-up
charges.
E
E
Mayor's
have
a
way
of
being
persuasive
with
the
Boston
City
Council
when
they
really
want
it,
and
this
mayor
really
wanted
it,
and
so
they,
a
majority,
voted
to
remove
DARS.
Well,
you
know,
Kevin
white
learned
what
Doris's
several
illnesses
have
learned,
which
is
don't
ever
think,
you've
defeated
Doris,
don't
ever
make
the
mistake.
E
It
was
time
for
me
to
leave
and
the
question
was
how
to
bring
the
the
the
the
receivership
to
an
end
and
safely
returned
the
housing
authority
to
the
administration
of
the
city
and
one
of
the
great
moments
of
we
know
how
history
has
moments
of
just
delicious
irony
guess
who
ran
housing,
a
policy
for
the
city
of
Boston
from
85
on
the
remaining
two
members
of
the
tenant
oriented
majority,
the
Kevin
White
had
sought
to
remove
from
the
Housing
Authority
in
1970.
Dara's
Bundy
ran
the
housing.
E
The
Rd
and
John
Connolly
was
the
housing
advisor
to
the
mayor,
and
so
the
two
of
them
ensured
that
public
housing
moved
forward
that,
as
as
Byron
pointed
out,
we
are
a
city
that
still
has
as
many
housing
units
as
we've
had.
Historically.
Today
we
have
still
have
those
units
and
Doris
has
continued,
uninterrupted
unbowed
and
at
every
step
of
her
career
has
advocated
for
those
for
public
housing.
E
Tenants
for
her
community
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
just
want
to
spend
a
minute,
because
I
reflected
on
the
qualities
that
have
driven
that
extraordinary
career.
There
are
the
obvious
ones
that
I've
talked
about
courage,
persistence,
integrity,
but
there
are
two
others
I'd
like
to
mark.
One
of
them
is
an
incisive
intellect
an
incisive,
intellect
Doris
is
smart.
Just
plumb.
Smart
Doris
has
the
ability
to
look
at
a
situation
and
figure
it
out
fast
and
then
to
take
make
the
right
moves
to
make
it
happen
to
make
happen.
What
has
to
happen?
E
She's,
not
just
an
advocate,
she's,
a
doer.
She
gets
things
done.
She
gets
things
done,
but
underneath
that
intelligence
is
a
second,
sometimes
less
recognized.
Quality
Doris
has
an
extraordinary
capacity
for
human
empathy.
She
deeply
deeply
feels
the
feelings
of
other
human
beings.
She
knows
and
understands
what
it
feels
like
to
be
them
over
that
48
years.
E
E
This
apartment
building
this
place
this
piece
of
public
housing
after
Doris
Bundy,
who
has
throughout
her
entire
life,
with
profound
compassion,
caring,
deep
understanding
fought
for
people
who
needed
her
advocacy
every
step
of
the
way,
and
she
continues
to
this
very
day.
Doris
is
going
to
go
on
and
on
and
on,
because
there's
more
work
to
be
done.
Thank
you.
A
A
Our
next
speaker,
the
word
icon,
is
tossed
around
here
and
there
sometimes
appropriately,
sometimes
inappropriately,
but
in
this
instance
it
is
extraordinarily
appropriate,
a
leader
for
racial,
social
and
economic
justice
in
our
city
and,
to
a
great
degree,
the
conscience
of
our
city.
Please,
a
very,
very
warm
welcome
for
Mel
King.
A
H
H
Because
we
go
back
to
an
interesting
thing,
there
was
a
business
over
by
the
kind
of
playground
and
they
were
looking
to
hire
some
folks
and
one
of
the
things
we
were
working.
One
from
my
standpoint
in
the
community
was
making
sure
that
local
businesses
hired
some
local
folks
and
we
learned
that
tourists
had
applied
for
a
job
there,
and
so
a
few
of
us
went
up
and
talked
to
the
management.
H
So
it's
good
ID.
So
that
was
not
a
first
relationship,
but
I
tell
you
that,
because
she
was
in
the
middle
of
the
challenge
to
make
sure
that
some
of
the
folks
who
lived
in
the
neighborhood
near
kind
of
feel
would
be
able
to
get
jobs
in
the
business.
That
was
right
there
at
that
area.
So
she
was
one
of
the
first
persons
I
was
involved
with
in
making
sure
there
would
be
access
to
employment.
H
She
was
involved
involved
with
you've
heard
a
lot,
but
I
want
to
read
a
poem
that
I
had
written
and
read
and
another
event
at
which
she
was
honored
and
I
thought
it
would
be
appropriate
to
read
today.
I
don't
want
to
frame
it.
I
haven't
listened
to.
What
has
been
saying
already
is
that
a
question
is
always
in
whose
interest,
and
there
is
no
one,
no
one
who
I
can
think
of
who
has
portrayed
the
level
of
the
interest
of
the
people
that
she
felt
were
being
deprived
or
in
most
need
now.
H
H
Trying
to
you
know,
get
educational
opportunities,
things
for
folks
who
look
like
us
as
well
as
others,
and
we
had
been
talking
about
a
community
college
and
so
the
speaker
organized
his
little
folks
and
they
ended
up
getting
a
community
college
in
his
community
and
Thomas
walked
up
to
him
and
said
mr.
McGee
Gigi
clone
Tom
Tommy
said:
you've
got
a
community
college.
H
And
we
still
got
to
get
a
building
over
there
named
after
her
as
well,
and
that's
the
commitment
we
all
need
to
make
to
make
sure
that
it
happens.
So
I
just
tell
that
story,
because
it's
another
indication
of
what
we
call
in
whose
interest
and
when
you
look
at
us,
you
know
that
what
she
does
is
in
the
interest
of
a
lot
of
people
in
need
across
this
city,
and
the
naming
here
is
as
appropriate
as
anything
that
could
be
named
after
her.
H
The
housing
now
we're
gonna
get
the
school
named
after
her
and
I
love.
What
else
now,
when
asked?
If
I
would
say
something,
I
thought
about
some
words
that
I
had
written
in
which
I
had
spoken
about
Doris
p4
and
it's
called
garrisoning
leader
Doris.
We
look
in
the
mirror.
We
see
it's
you
who
cares,
who
loves,
who
shares?
Who
wishes?
Who
teaches
about
the
gifts
of
creation
of
the
ear
and
the
art
in
Earth
of
the
ear
and
the
art
in
heart.
H
So
we
listen
and
cultivate
the
gifts
from
Earth
bounty
that
you
work
to
share
I
want
to
repeat
that,
so
we
listen
and
cultivate
the
gifts
from
Earth's
bounty
that
you
work
to
share.
So
we
listen
and
cultivate
the
beauty
of
all
Earthlings
because
you
can
garrisoning
leader
with
open
arms,
embrace
the
hugs
of
our
grizzly
love
Taurus.
We
love
you
Bunty.
Thank
you.
H
A
A
I'd
like
to
recognize
a
few
of
our
other
tenant
leaders,
Matilda
Drayton
or
a
member
of
our
monitoring
committee
and
the
president
of
Alice
Taylor.
That's
what
Regina,
Smith
who's
active
in
our
resident
advisory
board
active
in
our
monitoring
committee
active
all
over
the
city.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
today.
A
Next
speaker,
like
Doris
and
Mildred,
Haley
is
one
of
the
matriarchs.
If
you
will
of
public
housing
in
the
city,
a
founder
with
builder
daily
of
the
first
tenant
management
corporation
in
the
country,
chairman
of
the
tenant
management
corporation
board.
For
many
many
years,
and
when
her
and
Mildred
took
over
the
day-to-day
operations
for
Bromley
Heath,
the
place
was
an
absolute
disaster.
A
I
believe
4,000
broken
windows,
heat
was
unreliable,
electricity
was
unreliable
and
they
did
a
magnificent
job
of
self
managing
and
moving
that
community
to
a
decent,
safe
and
livable
community,
where
folks
respected
each
other
and
supported
each
other.
There
long
time
saying
of
we,
our
family,
resonates
I.
Think
all
of
us
today,
please
I'm,
very
pleased
and
proud
to
introduce
my
old
friend
and
I'm
a
cold.
I
Good
evening
everybody
I'm
so
nervous,
I'm,
hearing
all
the
wonderful
things
and
not
enough
to
be
said,
but
I'm
honored
to
be
here
to
share
this
day
with
my
friends
and
my
partner
in
this
struggle,
Doris
Doris
Ponte,
and
to
see
the
name
and
dedication
of
this
building
which
people
in
the
community
I
never
knew.
It
was
called
what
walnut
park
and
we
called
it.
The
Roundhouse
I've
always
known
as
it's
a
round
house
today
when
I
got
an
invitation.
I
said
milk
wisdom
is
it's.
I
The
Roundhouse
all
I
can
say,
is
Doris
being
an
advocate
in
a
supporter
of
residence
and
affordable
housing,
not
only
in
our
state
city
and
state,
but
nationally
I
met
Doris
I.
She
she
didn't
become
an
advocate.
You
know
our
supporter
from
something
she
read
heard.
Somebody
say
she
was
a
former
resident
of
opie.
Well
what
you've
got
and
she
was
on
that
task.
I
Force
and
I
met
her
at
our
citywide
organization,
TPC
tenant,
Policy
Council,
and
it
was
made
up
of
residents
from
public
housing
developments
across
this
city,
South
Boston,
East,
Boston,
Fanueil
Cathedral,
and
we
were
leaders.
We've
worked
together,
working
with
the
Housing
Authority
and
working
with
residents,
so
it's
that
that
advocacy
for
her
moved
her
on
from
tenet
Policy
Council.
She
was
a
commissioner
at
the
Housing
Authority
and
the
state
legislature
and
all
I
can
say
is
that
Doris
never
removed
herself
for
called
herself
different
from
everybody.
We
were
all
too
same.
I
We
were
families
trying
to
raise
children,
raise
our
families
and
they
had
the
same
hopes
and
dreams
and
fears
that
everyone
else
had
in
the
legislature.
The
iris
was
always
available.
You
could
see
her
anytime
and
you
could
talk
to
her
about
things.
You
could
propose
things
to
her
and
she
was
honest.
She
gave
you
her
honest
opinion
and
if
she
promised
to
help
you
she
would
we're
still
in
the
struggle
today
and
I'm.
I
Because
I
know
her
eyes
and
ears
and
open
anything,
she
hear
a
seat
from
the
legislature
proposed
elected
officials.
I
know
she's
gonna
be
on
the
phone
she's
gonna,
be
on
her
email
and
she's
gonna
be
voicing
her
opinion,
throw
and
calm.
These
are
perilous
days.
It's
not
just
a
Massachusetts
problem.
It's
a
national
problem
funding.
Our
housing
authorities
are
doing
a
wonderful
job
with
budget
cuts
all
around
and
I'm
sure
losing
staff
years
ago.
I
That's
what
everybody
wanted
and
housing
offered
that
for
families
we
lived
in
places
where
we
had
to
heat
the
house
from
the
kitchen
stove
and
a
circulator
or
coal
stove
in
the
front
room.
Your
hot
water
was
a
tank
attached
to
the
cold
cooking
stove
Saturday
night
was
bad
for
everybody.
You
through
all
the
children
in
the
bathtub.
They
took
a
Becca.
I
She
had
a
full
tank
of
hot
water
and
at
night,
when
you
went
to
sleep
in
the
winter,
every
blanket
and
coat
in
the
closet
was
on
the
bed
to
keep
you
warm
at
night,
all
the
children
slip
together,
boys
and
girls,
and
it's
together
as
I
said.
We
are
still
in
the
struggle
and
we
have
to
keep
going
and
keep
moving
because
many
of
our
elected
officials
in
Washington,
we
don't
hear
a
whisper
about
public
housing
anymore.
We
become
invisible.
We
don't
hear
anything
I'm.
I
I
You
can
you
can
available,
but
it's
a
national
thing:
I
write
and
I'm
telling
people
I
write
everybody.
You
know
and
I
know
that
funding
we
used
to
have
the
pilgrimages
every
year
going
to
Washington
to
walk
the
halls
of
Congress
in
the
Senate.
Those
monies
was
cut
and
I
do
believe
and
I
know,
Doris
feel
the
same
way
and
I
do
a
lot
of
things
that
affect
the
poor
and
low-income
was
in
discretionary
funds
and
anytime
they
felt
like
cutting
that's
where
they
went.
They
took
it
from
there.
I
I
It's
regardless,
oh,
we
got
a
vote
in
every
election
and
all
of
these
I'm
speaking
and
I
know
I'm
saying
what
Doris
would
be
saying
if
she
was
standing
here
and
I'm
a
public
health
housing
developments.
We
must
vote
in
both
elections
and
I've
spoken
to
some
of
the
people
who
run
for
our
local
offices.
Here
in
the
elections,
come
I
said:
look
collaborate,
collaborate,
get
a
truck,
get
a
loudspeaker,
get
some
music
and
go
in
these
housing
developments
and
say
vote
vote
for
the
candidate
of
your
choice
to
remind
people.
I
We
got
young
mothers
working
very
hard,
trying
to
put
food
on
the
table
on
some
of
these
low-paying
jobs.
You
know,
there's
no
youth
programs,
I
can
remember
with
Doris,
calling
together
all
of
the
leaders
in
house
and
in
youth
and
asked
what
was
the
main
thing
and
you
showed
up
and
said:
we
need
transportation.
I
Almost
every
development
had
a
basketball
team
and
the
kids
had
problems
visiting
from
one
community
to
other
strange
and
met
confrontations
in
in
the
public
transportation
stations
and
somewhere
doris
found
vans
and
those
vans
transported
those
children,
those
boys
from
one
development
to
other
so
that
they
can
Pete
and
play
basketball
together
and
doing
that
brought
about
friendship
relationships
between
those
boys
when
they
met
on
the
on
the
on
the
on
the
bus
other
train.
Again
it
was
a
smile
because
they
remembered
everybody
bouncing
a
ball
or
doing
something.
I
That's
how
you
bring
people
together
and
stuff,
and
so
I'm
a
boys
are
missing
that
we're
missing
the
youth
workers.
You
know
they're
making
merry
with
gangs.
Now
we
don't
have
nothing
going
on
with
that.
So
we
need
to
carry
on
these
kind
of
programs
that
Doris
had,
but
we
need
the
money
to
do
it,
and
so
we
have
to
band
together
our
local
task
forces
and
everybody
and
find
ways
to
connect.
You
know,
because
in
Washington
they
still
sometime
with
the
thing
of
time
limits.
You
live
in
public
housing.
I
I
I
So,
let's
find
some
ways
to
carry
on
the
things
that
Doris
has
fought
for
all
these
years
and
many
other
many
other
of
our
matriarchs
in
public
housing,
try
to
collaborate
and
communicate
and
write
these
people
and
make
them
find
some
kind
of
way
that
we
can
communicate
with
these
guys,
I
see
everybody
walking
around
with
a
thing
in
the
hand
and
tweet
and
Facebook.
We
develop
us
a
number
where
we
learn
how
they
do
it
and
not
a
one-day
thing.
Every
day,
somebody's
jam
up
their
lines
and
their
minds
are
open.
I
Cuz,
we
paid
the
doggone
bill
and
stuff,
so
you
know
I,
don't
know
what
else
I
can
say,
but
all
of
this
is
in
the
half
of
someone
that
I
love
deeply
between
Doris
and
my
belated
friend
Mildred
Haley.
We
were
more
than
friends
and
I
can
say
that
we
promote
we're
friends
to
relatives
residents,
not
only
in
ramallah
Heath
nationally.
We
all
have
the
same
fears.
The
same
experiences
and
housing
is
a
need.
I
You
got
to
have
that
first,
to
have
a
place
to
stay,
that's
safe
and
a
place
to
stay
that
you
can
afford
the
rent,
because
we're
being
moved
out
a
lot
of
people
who
never
had
anything
to
do
with
the
city,
but
they
want
to
come
in
now
and
get
all
the
big
places
you
know
and
move
us
out
like
we
look
at
us
if
we
walk
the
street.
What
are
you
doing
here
and
we've
been
here
all
these
years?
I
I
Denmark
and
Columbus
Avenue
and
every
day,
I'm
looking
at
this
building
and
I'm,
seeing
it
it
is
so
strong
and
tall,
and
you
can
you
can't
miss
it
and
in
the
summer,
if
you
go
pants
on
the
bus,
I
walk
past,
you
see
elderly
and
disabled
sitting
out
with
one
another
enjoying
one
another.
That's
what
it's
all
about!
That's
what
committee
up
advocacy
and
support
is
all
about.
I
I
know:
I'm,
rambling
on
and
I'm
long-winded,
but
I
have
so
many
things
that
I
feel
I
love
where
I
live,
I
love
where
I
live
62
years,
their
children
are
grown
and
got
kids
as
they
own.
That
was
in
my
program,
my
cooking
and
so
in
capacities
in
the
cave
and
all
of
those
things,
and
they
recognize
me
still
and
I
don't
enter
me.
People
say
not
safe
uh-uh
I
can
walk
out
any
time
day
or
night.
In
my
development.
I
For
you
and
help
me
like
that,
so
they've
recognized
me
so
being
visible
and
being
involved,
and
you
know
trying
to
help
and
improve
it.
It's
safety
for
you
and
you
do
this
because
you've
set
examples
for
your
children
and
people
said
it.
You
don't
have
good
kids
from
public
housing,
no
sir
I
got
eight
and
they
all
wonderful
children.
I
Technicians,
I
got
all
of
that.
I
got
someone
in
the
Boston
Symphony,
all
of
that
public
housing
and
stuff.
So
this
is
what
we
do.
We
collaborate
and
help
one
another
with
children
and
be
grateful
and
and
keep
our
eyes
on
what's
going
on
in
Washington
and
the
kind
of
legislations
that
they
try
to
propose
and
snip
on
this,
and
if
we
can't
get
they
on
the
bus,
we
gonna
get
them
on
the
phone.
We
gonna
tweet
them
and
be
gonna
jam
them
lines
up.
A
A
J
That
coming
after
the
end
of
May,
it's
a
tough
act
to
follow.
I
want
to
say
that
growing
up,
Anna,
Mae
and
Mildred
Hailey
and
my
grandmother
were
like
the
three
musketeers,
and
you
know,
listening
to
the
mayor
and
listening
to
Harry
talk
about
some
of
the
things
that
they
went
through
in
the
beginning.
I
know
that
if
you
sat
down
with
those
three
women
did,
some
business
was
going
to
get
taken
care
of,
and
even
through
the
years
you
know
watching
her
and
Mel
and
John
and
Harry.
J
This
still
best
friends
to
this
day
and
the
passion
that
I
just
heard
from
Anna
is
still
alive.
In
my
grandmother,
I
mean
like
the
mayor,
talked
about.
If
she
got
something
on
her
mind,
there's
gonna
be
a
meeting.
Now
it
used
to
be
at
the
red
Fez.
Now
it's
probably
going
to
be
at
Victorious
or
at
her
house.
You
know,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
coming
out
to
the
Hall
of
Fame
ceremony.
Oh
no,
the
building,
dedication,
doris
bunting.
J
We
don't
usually
get
this
many
friends
and
family
together
unless
there's
a
a
wedding
or
a
funeral.
You
know
this
is
this
is
quite
an
honor
and
with
that
being
said,
you
know
this
is
kind
of
bittersweet
for
my
grandmother,
because
one
of
my
other
grandmother's
and
her
best
friend
passed
within
the
last
two
weeks
and
today
we're
having
a
ceremony
two
days,
and
so
if
we
could
have
a
moment
of
silence
for
Trudy
and
my
aunt
Charlotte,
please.
J
The
reason
we're
here
at
this
particular
location
is
because
part
of
you
know,
as
I
wrote
my
speech,
probably
about
10
minutes
to
11
over
at
McDonald's
and
then
Harry
spoke
Harry
just
took
out
my
speech
away
from
me,
but
out.
The
reason
we're
at
this
location
is
because
one
of
the
things
that
she
did
when
she
got
in
public
housing
is
to
make
sure
that
my
grandmother,
grandma
grandma,
who
I
refer
to
it,
was
all
set
and
she
lived
in
this
building.
J
She
said
because
it's
my
mother
and
we
take
care
of
one
another
and
so
and
let
me
back
up
my
grandmother,
grandma
grandma
or
Evelyn
Johnson
Brown
was
from
New
York
and
she
was
in
the
political
life
there.
She
did
a
lot
of
different
things.
She
was
part
of
the
New
Deal
in
a
Democratic
Party.
She
was
a
consultant
for
the
city
councilors.
She
did
some
things
there
and
she
was
actually
the
first
woman,
the
first
black
woman
to
ever
have
a
voting
district
assigned
to
her
and
then
back.
J
Then
you
know:
when
election
came,
you
had
a
voting
machine
in
your
front
room.
You
know
what
I
mean
and
I
say
all
that,
because
the
seed
was
planted.
You
know
the
seed
was
planted
and
actually
my
grandmother
went
to
school
for
catering.
So
if
she
had
to
put
all
that
energy
into
catering
that
she's
put
into
public
housing,
she
probably
be
like
either
aunt
jemima
or
somebody
like
that.
J
I
mean
I
could
go
on
and
continue
about
how
my
grandmother
came
here
in
the
late
50s,
with
a
sense
of
purpose
and
97
cent
in
their
pockets,
and
but
all
that
stuff
will
be
in
the
book.
The
book
I
can't
talk
about.
What's
gonna
be
in
the
book,
you
have
to
buy
it
yourself,
but
at
this
time
when
she
started
to
get
involved
with
public
housing,
it
wasn't
real.
Common,
like
Harry,
talked
about
the
people
who
were
supposed
to
be
advocating
for
public
housing
weren't
from
public
housing.
J
So
they
didn't
really
have
a
sense
of
what
needed
to
happen,
and
if
you
ever
sit
down
and
talk
to
my
grandmother
now,
she'll
still
tell
you
the
same
things
as
far
as
nobody
else
can
tell
you
what
you're
going
to
need.
You
have
to
be
in
a
position
to
tell
them
so
that
they
can
help
you
that's
what
real
advocacy
is
about.
I
J
I
C
J
J
But
back
then,
you
had
a
real
sense
of
community
I.
Remember
sweeping
the
hallways
having
a
turn
and
then
somebody
else
would
be
mopping.
The
hallways
and
there
was
little
plant
plant
things
in
outside
each
floor
had
a
week.
You
know
and
that
that
that's
what
the
pride
was.
That's
when
it
was
instilled
a
matter
of
fact.
I
still
do
that.
Now
in
the
apartment
I
live
in
my
neighbors.
J
J
One
was
who
was
gonna,
handle
the
leasing
piece
who
was
gonna,
discuss
the
management
piece
who
was
going
to
deal
with
the
maintenance
and
who
was
gonna
sign
up
for
the
physical
upgrades,
so
everybody
was
invested
in
their
community.
That's
how
my
grandmother
thinks
about
and
tenants
empowering
themselves
and
she's
always
been
like
that.
A
lot
of
people
talked
about
reaching
out
to
her
and
her
having
answers.
Usually
her
answer
is
going
to
revolve
around.
What
can
you
do
to
help
you
because
then
show
helped
you?
If
you
want
to
do
something
to
help
yourself?
J
You
know
what
I
mean,
and
so
in
that
I
mean
Harry.
Harry
took
half
of
my
speech
so
all
that
stuff
about
she
joined
the
board
in
in
Orchard
Park,
and
then
there
was
a
city
board
of
a
couple,
and
then
there
was
another
board
after
that,
and
it's
stuff
like
this
one.
It
happens
in
your
life,
it's
just
natural
ascension,
it's
nothing
that
you
raise
your
hand
and
you
sign
up
for
it's
just
the
coat.
J
The
the
the
course
of
events
in
your
life
dictate
that
if
you
want
to
help
this
is
what
you
do.
You
know
and
as
I
watched
my
grandmother's
life
and
seeing
her
go
through
all
these
processes
and
all
that
Kevin
white
stuff
and
the
FBI
coming
over
to
the
house
going
through
stuff
with
a
fine-tooth
comb.
I
gotta
say
this
right
here
and
I
used
to
have
a
hard
time.
With
this,
when
I
was
in
high
school,
my
grandmother
is
the
fairest
person
I've
ever
met
in
my
life.
J
And
just
like
Harry
talked
about
I
used
to
sit
down
and
try
to
explain
to
her
a
story
for
45
minutes
and
at
the
end
of
the
story,
she's
gonna
ask
three
questions
to
cut
through
all
that
BS
get
down
to
the
nitty-gritty,
I
used
to
say
that
if
I
ever
went
on
Who
Wants
to
Be
a
Millionaire
and
I
got
to
my
last
lifeline
and
I
didn't
have
the
answer
to
the
question
I'm
calling
my
grandmother.
It's
not
one
win
the
money.
You're
not
I
mean
I
just
want
to
say
this
right
here.
J
J
The
foundation
has
been
laid
for
the
the
generation
now
and
I
say
that,
because
you
know
the
mayor's
gone,
sorry
say
this
I
guess
through
all
these
elections
that
are
happening
in
the
city
when,
when
the
people
that
are
going
to
represent
us,
don't
reach
out
to
the
people
that
have
been
here
that
laid
the
path
before
so
that
they
can
get
some
history
and
understand
how
this
thing
is
really
working
or
how
it
should
work
and
where
our
goals
need
to
be.
It's
almost
shame
on
them,
I
think
in
this
country.
J
Right
now
we
all
realize
that
we
have
a
responsibility
that
the
next
time
that
there's
election,
we
will
all
participate
and
pay
attention
to
the
fullest.
If
we
thought
that
we
didn't
have
to
before
I
think
we
realize
it
now
so
I'm
ending
with
this
I
saw
ray
Flynn
in
Elliot
Congregational
Church
last
month
and
I
went
and
reintroduced
myself
to
him.
I
said
hey,
how
are
you
said
hi?
How
are
you
I
says:
I'm
Bernard,
I'm,
Doris
John
Dara's
bunty's
grandson.
J
The
first
thing
he
said
to
me
is
my
greatest
political
appointment,
and
so
when
people
feel
like
that
about,
you
yeah
and
he
didn't
have
to
say
that
that
was
the
first
thing
that
he
said
that
lets
me
know.
You
know
many
people
are
born
in
other
places
and
have
other
families
and
born
into
great
families.
I
cannot
fathom
the
fact
that
I
am
born
into
the
family.
That
I
am
and
I
am
truly
grateful.
J
Listen
I'm,
the
favorite
cuz
I'm,
the
oldest,
there's
a
lot
of
responsibility
that
comes
with
that
and
I
understand
that
she's
guided
me
every
step
of
my
life,
my
grandmother.
She
guides
me
and
my
mother
all
the
time.
There's
the
three
of
us.
You
know
what
I
mean:
I
mean
I'm
gonna,
say
this
last
thing
and
I'm
going
to
sit
down.
I
know
this
right
here
when
it's
all
said
and
done
and
buildings
are
nice.
Mel
said
a
wing
in
a
school
that
Roxbury
Community
College
story
is
more
to
it.
J
She
goes
and
sees
Trudi
and
Auntie
Charlotte
again.
I
honestly
believe-
and
my
grandmother
says
this
all
the
time-
just
two
questions,
one
which
you
did
to
the
people
and
what
you
did
for
the
people
and
hopefully
what
you
did
for
the
people
is
a
lot
longer
less
than
what
you
did
to
the
people.
I
loved
one.
A
A
This
is
one
of
my
favorite
days
in
my
almost
40
years
at
the
VHA
to
be
able
to
participate
in
honoring.
This
great
woman
touches
me
deeply
a
little
bit
of
the
reason
why
I
actually
chose
this
building.
One
Bernard
has
already
mentioned
that
her
mom
lived
here,
I
think
circa
1970.
She
was
one
of
the
first
folks,
one
of
the
first
elderly
folks
to
move
in
here
and
Doris
used
to
visit
her
frequently
and
the
elevators
were
often
broken.
A
Unfortunately,
back
in
those
days
she's
going
to
talk
about
that,
okay
I
have
no
doubt
she's
gonna
talk
about
that.
In
addition,
it
is
the
tallest
building
in
the
VHA
portfolio
and
recognition
of
someone
who
has
stood
so
tall
on
behalf
of
the
public
housing
residents
of
the
city.
We
will
not
see
her
like
again.
A
K
First
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
I
want
to
thank
Bill
McGonagall,
and
you
know
there's
some
things
that
you
should
know
about
bill
too,
and
it's
the
reason.
We're
such
good
friends
bill
has
made
a
commitment
to
the
residents
in
public
housing
that,
to
the
extent
that
he
has
to
do
redevelopment
if
there
are
100
or
800
low-income
units
in
the
housing
development
that
he's
redeveloping
that
there'll
be
that
same
100
or
800
units
when
he
finishes.
K
K
K
K
K
D
K
There
are
so
many
of
the
people
that
I'd
like
to
thank
individually,
but
it's
not
gonna,
make
sense.
So
I'm
gonna
just
talk
to
you
a
little
bit.
I've
always
been
fascinated
with
words,
and
so
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
words
when
bill
came
to
see
me
to
talk
to
me
about
the
possibility
of
today.
I
had
not
been
in
this
building
in
quite
some
time
and
when
I
think
about
the
amount
of
time
I've
spent
in
this
building.
I
thought
that
was
really
sad.
K
That
I
had
not
been
here,
and
so
he
told
me
go
back.
You
know,
go
back
and
see
and
tell
me
what
you
think.
You
know
it's
interesting
because
I
came
here
and
I
saw
a
couple
of
tenants
and
one
tenant
said:
are
you
the
one
they're
gonna
name
the
building
after
well?
You
should
remember
me:
could
you
used
to
know
my
cousin
and
she
told
me
her
cousin's
name
and
of
course,
I
didn't
know
her,
but.
G
K
Can
I
say,
but
while
I
was
here,
I
met
a
young
girl
when
I
was
outside
and
she
I'm
assuming
she's
a
teenager
and
she
said:
can
poor
people
move
in
this
building
and
it
was
with
great
pride
that
I
said?
Yes,
that's
what
this
building
is
for
this.
This
building
is
for
seniors
and
disabled
people
will
have
limited
income,
that's
what
the
building
is
for
the
most
vulnerable
portion
of
the
population
and
that's
who
this
building
will
serve.
How
could
I
not
be
honored
to
have
this
building
named
after
me?.
K
K
H
K
It's
in
pretty
good
shape
and
then
I
met
a
young
woman
and
whose
uncle
lives
here
and
I
asked
her
the
condition
of
the
building,
and
this
has
to
do
with
the
way
people
here
understand
and
interpret
the
word
and
I
had
asked
about
the
condition
of
the
building.
So
one
tell
me
what
Billy
provides
and
the
other
one
said:
it's
terrible,
there's
alcohol,
there's
crime,
there's
drugs,
and
then
she
said,
but
that's
everywhere.
So
what
can
I
say
and
I
thought
to
myself
two
different
interpretations
of
what
is
the
condition
of
the
building?
K
This
building,
of
course,
has
loads
of
memories,
memories
about
parties
that
we've
had
birthday
celebrations,
New,
Year's
Eve,
so
many
many
different
things
so
much
time
that
I've
spent
in
this
building
with
my
mother
and
when
I
came
to
visit.
I
went
up
to
the
19th
floor
where
she
lived
and
I
just
recalled
all
of
the
long
talks
all
of
the
many
nights
that
I
spent
with
my
mother,
what
an
opportunity
and
then
also
under
memories,
I
remembered
that
when
John
isn't
here
now,
he
was
here
earlier.
K
So
when
the
elevator
was
down,
we
walked
up
and
I
want
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
that,
because
if
you
remember,
if
you
know
me,
you
know
I'm
five
feet
tall
and
I
wore
heels
too
and
shields
that
we
thought
were
high
heels
at
the
time
and
that
we
were
cute
in
them.
And
so
we
had
our
cue
inch
heels
and
I
mean
I.
Want
my
killing
fields
to
the
mailbox.
K
But
that's
the
way
that
was
back,
then
question
are
two
elevators
now,
in
any
event
being
in
this
building
and
having
put
my
mother
in
this
building
was
something
that
I
did
consciously.
It
was
a
beautiful
building.
It
was
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
my
mother
and
for
other
people's
parents
who
came
here
and
at
that
time,
disabled
people
weren't
allowed
in
senior
buildings,
and
so
it
was
all
seniors.
I.
K
Houst
her
and
it
caused
some
commotion
boy.
Did
it
cause
some
commotion?
There
were
the
news.
Media
was
all
over
that
story
and
I.
Remember
waking
up
one
morning
and
I:
don't
remember
if
it
was
the
globe
or
the
Herald,
but
in
huge
letters
on
the
front
page,
it
said
bunty's
houses,
mother
and
it
was
meant
to
be
a
form
of
condemnation
because
I
held
her
and
I'll
share
this
with
you
until
today.
I
consider
that
memory,
a
badge
of
honor.