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From YouTube: Mothers for Justice and Equality Conference 2019
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In the spirit of hope, community members gathered at Boston University recently for the fifth annual Mothers for Justice and Equality Conference to align their work in ending street violence.
Mayor Walsh, BPD Commissioner William Gross, Mothers for Justice and Equality Founder, Monalisa Smith, and many others joined together to support the idea that "Violence of any kind, Is Not OK!"
A
Okay,
good
afternoon,
everyone,
this
is
the
very
special
part
of
our
program.
We
are
now
going
to
have
our
award
presentation
and
our
mayor
your
mayor
right
because
he
he's
been
with
us
for
five
years.
He
is
going
to
give
us
some
remarks
so
I'm
going
to
share
with
you
his
bio
Mayor,
Mark,
Martin,
J
Walsh,
a
long,
a
lifelong
champion
of
working
people
and
a
proud
son
of
Boston
is
the
city's
54th
mayor
since
taking
office.
A
A
The
Walsh
administration
has
addressed
tremendous
need
for
housing
in
the
city
with
an
ambitious
plan
setting
records
for
new,
affordable
and
middle-class
homes.
In
addition,
it
has
built
a
state-of-the-art
homeless,
shelter
and
got
in
the
city
on
the
path
to
effectively
ending
chronic
homelessness.
Thank
you.
The
administration
has
been
hailed
by
President
Obama
for
expanding
young
people's
opportunities
and
breaking
new
ground
in
crime
prevention
and
police
community
relationships.
A
Another
miles
other
milestones
include
the
nation's
first
municipal
office
of
recovery
services
to
prevent
and
treat
substance
abuse,
the
creation
of
a
program
called
building
pathways
that
has
become
a
model
for
increasing
diversity
in
the
workplace
and
providing
good
career
opportunities
for
women
and
people
of
color,
and
in
a
sign
of
strong
fiscal
management
and
economic
policy.
The
city's
first
perfect,
a
a
bond
rating
have
unlocked
unprecedented
investments
in
parks,
libraries
and
public
safety.
How
about
our
mayor?
A
Okay,
now,
okay,
all
right,
I
I'm,
not
even
done
yet
before
taking
office.
Mayor
Walsh
served
in
Massachusetts
House
of
Representatives,
where
he
was
a
leader
on
job
creation
and
worker
protections,
substance,
abuse,
mental
health
and
homelessness,
k-12
education
and
civic
rights.
He
played
a
key
role
in
defending
Massachusetts,
pioneering
standing
on
marriage,
equality.
A
Born
and
raised
in
the
neighborhood
of
Dorchester
by
immigrant
parents,
mayor
Walsh,
is
driven
to
make
sure
Boston
is
a
city
where
anyone
can
overcome
their
challenges
and
fulfill
their
dreams.
As
a
child,
mayor
Walt
survived
a
serious
bout
with
cancer.
Thanks
to
the
extraordinary
care
he
received
from
Boston
Children's
Hospital
Dana
Farber
Cancer
Institute
that
experience
as
well
as
his
recovery
from
alcoholism
as
in
a
young
adult,
is
what
inspires
the
mayor
to
commit
himself
to
public
service
and
ensure
that
more
people
have
the
chance
to
thrive
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
Well,
I
should
just
sit
down
right
now,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
Mona
Lisa.
Thank
you
for
that
introduction
and
I
pre
I
truly
appreciate
it
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
from
mothers
for
justice
and
equality
for
the
great
work
you're
doing
here
in
our
city
of
Boston,
with
truly
partners
to
everything
everyone
from
visiting
from
around
the
United
States
of
America.
Welcome.
If
you
could
raise
your
hand,
wait
from
other
places,
I
want
to
see
where
you're
from
New
York
New
York
in
the
house.
B
Where
else
Chicago
you
got
a
new
mayor
in
Chicago
eyes.
Were
there
the
other
day
who
else
Atlanta
you
haven't
free
new
mayor
there
she's
great,
where
else
North
Carolina
tank
well
part
of
Texas
for
okay,
I,
don't
know
the
mayor.
Is
there
but
I'm
sure
them
is
good.
If
not
we're
going
to
talk
to
the
mayor
down
there,
Baltimore
Baltimore
Maryland's,
we
got
new
mezda
all
over
the
country,
Nashville
Tennessee,
you
got
a
new
mayor
there,
yeah
Connecticut
great,
thank
you
New
Haven
Connecticut.
B
Atlanta
sorry
Atlanta.
We
stole
it
from
you
a
few
years
ago.
You
know,
but
that's
it's.
You
know
where
you
come
out.
Wait.
We
have
a
big
bandwagon,
a
few
the
guys
come
on
with
us.
You
want
feel
free,
but
I
want
to
think
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
to
all
the
mothers
and
grandmothers
and
anyone
who's
lost
somebody
they
love
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
inviting
me
this
morning
and
thank
you
for
having
this
very
important
conversation.
B
Mona
Lisa
talked
a
little
bit
about
my
bio,
and
you
know
I
appreciate
that.
There's
some
things
in
the
bio
that
we've
done
in
response
to
the
violence
in
the
city
of
Boston
before
I
was
the
mayor
as
a
state
representative,
and
we
created
a
program
called
building
pathways
and
and
that
program
was
created
with
when
President
Obama
did
the
American
Recovery
Act.
B
We
sat
another
program
called
Operation
exit.
An
operation.
X
is
a
program
that
we're
targeting
active
members
in
the
street.
Kids,
that
are,
you
can
say,
kids,
people
that
are
active
in
the
street
and
will
be
able
to
put
a
hundred
and
four
people
that
were
involved
in
the
in
community
activity
and
criminal
active,
not
crime,
whatever
they're
involved
with
being
down
there
luck
and
having
having
those
folks
work
in
the
trades
as
well.
So
we're
working
to
create
pathways
and
opportunity,
and
this
organization
I
have
so
much
respect
for
mother
suggests
inequality.
B
It's
painful
for
a
lot
of
people
for
women
who
escaping
domestic
violence
is
painful
mothers
for
justice.
Inequality
is
a
beacon
of
hope
and
I
want
to
thank.
Thank
you
again
for
all
the
work
that
you
do.
I
have
a
bunch
of
notes
here:
I
think
I'm
gonna
skip
the
notes
cuz.
When
I
talk
off
the
notes,
I
get
all
messed
up.
Let
me
just
them.
B
We
have
a
model
in
City
Hall
when
IB
I
can't
became
the
mayor
just
seeing
a
little
bit
about
me.
I
grew
up
in
Dorchester,
which
is
kind
of
a
neighborhood
of
Boston,
and
when
I
became
a
state
representative,
we
had
a
lot
of
violence
in
our
city
we
had
people
getting
killed
and
I
was
involved
in
the
community,
trying
to
help
to
understand
better
ways
of
helping
people
with.
What's
going
on
when
I
ran
for
mayor
in
2013,
there
was
a
situation
that
happened.
B
101
of
my
one
of
my
people
help
me
get
to
get
elected.
A
friend
of
his
got
shot
and
killed
and
I
went
to
the
house,
the
mother's
house
of
the
young
man
that
got
killed
and
when
I
got
to
the
house,
there
was
a
woman
inside
crying
and
it
was
his
girlfriend
who
and
the
mother
of
his
child
and
I
walked
in
and
I
said
to
the
mom
and
the
girlfriend.
How
sorry
I
was
for
the
loss
and
it
was
senseless.
B
B
In
the
front
yard,
I
saw
a
lot
of
pain
and
anger
from
from
this
young
man's
friends,
I
saw
young
kids
kind
of
younger
brothers
and
sidling
'he's
walking
in
in
the
house,
not
sure.
What's
going
on
and
I
thought
to
myself,
we
help
try
and
treat
the
mother
and
the
girlfriend
and
the
family,
but
we
don't
treat
the
entire
community
and
I
thought
to
myself
that
if
I
was
a
friend
in
that
yard,
my
first
my
first
instinct
would
be
well.
B
B
B
That's
not
a
good
number
for
33
families.
That's
not
a
good
number
for
66
families,
because
there's
another
33
families
affected
by
this
as
well.
So
we
have
to
do
more
than
just
talk
about
our
stats.
We
have
to
do
more
about
reaching
out
and
continuing
to
have
conversations
and
difficult
conversations
in
certain
places
and
that's
where
all
of
you
come
into
play
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
what.
A
B
B
This
one
that
we're
in
today
we
put
money
in
there
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
schools,
125
of
our
schools
in
the
city
of
Boston,
have
nurses
in
them.
When
the
process
now
of
hiring
a
nurse
in
every
school,
not
a
part-time
nurse,
not
a
half-time
nurse,
not
a
nurse
once
in
a
while
full-time
nurses,
and
that's
also
to
understand
the
impacts
that
I
young
people
have,
we
want
to
create
better
opportunities.
B
I
know,
many
of
you
are
working
in
your
cities
to
create
better
opportunities
for
after-school
and
year-round,
and
that's
what
we're
doing
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
a
program
called
god
bless
you.
We
have
a
program
called
the
fifth
quarter
and
the
fifth
quarter
is
making
sure
we
create
opportunities
to
keep
our
young
people
busy.
We
have
over
11,000
young
people,
teenagers
that
go
to
our
bps
school
system
that
we
get
involved
in
summer
jobs
all
summer
long
and
we're
creating
opportunity
trying
to
grow
that
number
get
to
12,000.
B
We
have
kids
that
want
a
job.
We
give
them
access
to
a
job,
those
access
to
jobs.
Some
of
them
are
in
the
city.
A
lot
of
them
are
in
the
private
sector.
I
work
with
a
lot
of
you
are
me
as
to
talk
about
building
that
opportunity
to
get
your
business
communities
in
your
cities
to
hire
young
people
off
the
street
to
give
them
opportunities.
B
They
do
it
for
college
kids
we're
trying
to
do
more
and
more
of
it
around
the
country
for
kids,
younger
kids
to
get
them
engaged
to
give
them
different
experiences
in
Boston.
We're
investing
in
our
parks
in
our
community
centers,
because
sometimes
that's
the
only
place
that
young
people
have
an
opportunity
to
go.
As
you
know,
Boys
and
Girls
Clubs
YMCA
is
whatever
you
have
in
your
cities
and
towns.
B
Summer,
jobs
and
internships
I
talked
about
that
violence
and
trauma
becomes
a
cycle,
so
we're
making
sure
that
our
trauma
teams
are
working.
We're
making
sure
that
we
we
have
office
of
returning
citizens
and
other
office,
that
we
created
an
office
that
when
people
get
out
of
prison
and
concentrated,
they
talk
about
training
programs
in
prisons
and
they
have
a
few.
B
What
elisa
talked
about
homelessness
and
addiction
will
be
named
with
the
house
1956
chronically
homeless,
people
in
the
city
of
boston
they're,
not
all
kids,
but
we
got
a
federal
grant,
which
I
was
shocked
about
because
we're
not
the
we
don't
the
best
relationship
with
the
federal
government
in
city
of
boston.
And
you
know
why.
But
we
got
money,
five
million
dollars
to
come
up
with
a
program.
Where
can
we
bridge
over
troubled
waters
to
come
up
with
a
program
to
help
end
youth
homelessness,
the
United
States
of
America
and
we're
working
with
organizations?
B
We
have
legislation
to
keep
guns
off
the
street
when
the
shooting
happened
in
parkland
Florida.
There
was
rallies
around
the
country,
young
people
at
rallies
around
the
country
to
talk
about
mass
shootings.
Every
time,
I
get
a
chance
to
talk
about
a
mass
shooting,
I
talk
about
a
mass
shooting
and
we
know
them
all
Columbine
Newtown.
We
know
all
the
mass
shootings.
B
But
if
you
look
at
America
every
single
day
in
America
every
single
day,
we
have
a
mass
shooting
in
America
every
single
day.
So
that
means
we
have
365
over
the
last
year.
Cuz,
if
you
take
a
homicide
in
Boston,
a
homicide
in
Chicago,
a
homicide
in
New
York,
a
homicidal
in
a
homicide
in
Connecticut,
a
homicide
in
Baltimore
and
a
homicide
in
other
parts
of
the
country.
That's
a
mass
shooting
and
our
young
people
here
in
Boston
rallied
around
the
shootings
and
working
to
get
guns
off
the
street.
We
have
the
city,
we
have.
B
The
toughest
gun
laws
in
America
here
in
bought
in
Massachusetts,
but
we
still
have
too
many
homicides.
Since
I've
been
mayor
since
I've
been
a
mayor,
almost
300
people
have
lost
their
life
to
gun
violence
and
six
years,
that's
300
too
many
one
is
too
many
and
we're
working
with
our
legislature
every
day
to
change
that
our
Police
Department
plays
a
critical
role
in
this
as
well.
B
When
I
became
the
mayor,
we
had
the
incident
happened
in
Ferguson
and
then
Baltimore
and
in
New
York
and
then
around
the
country,
and
we
start
to
say,
wait
a
second.
We
have
to
look
and
see
what
we're
doing
as
a
police
department
and
what
we're
doing
is
an
impression.
Obama
did
recognize
Boston
as
a
national
model,
because
our
job
is
building
trust.
B
Our
job
is
mentoring,
young
people,
our
job
is
working
on
diverting
young
people
from
the
criminal
justice
system,
we're
working
in
training,
our
offices
to
how
to
deescalate
a
situation
and
how
to
confront
a
situation.
The
Commission
will
talk
about
that
in
a
few
minutes,
we're
working
about
building
trust
and
it's
a
national
problem,
because
if
you
go
to
any
city
in
America
and
you
walk
into
any
grammar
school
in
America-
and
you
ask
the
young
kids
what
they
want
to
be,
every
kid
loves
the
police
officer.
B
And
then,
when
you
go
to
the
same
community
later
that
afternoon
and
you're
talking
to
the
seniors,
they
love
the
police
office.
They
want
them
in
the
streets,
but
it's
the
middle
that
we
lose
the
kids
and
we
have
to
build
those
relationships
on
because
every
young
person
shouldn't
be
looked
at
as
a
criminal,
because
they're
not
and
we're
doing
that
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
last
year,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
a
point
in
but
before
I
go
to
the
commissioner.
B
B
B
The
forgiveness
you
have
in
your
heart
to
come
to
a
conference
in
Boston,
Massachusetts
or
in
your
own
cities,
were
in
your
own
towns
across
America.
To
do
this
work
so
that
other
mothers
and
other
grandmothers
and
other
family
members
don't
have
to
experience
the
same
loss.
You
did.
I
am
truly
grateful
for
that.
B
B
This
is
not
about
economic
development
or
I
can
come
down
on
a
policy
and
say
this
is
how
high
we're
gonna
build,
and
this
is
how
much
density
we're
going
to
build
and
this
how
much
low-income
housing
you
have
to
have
this
isn't
about
a
park.
We're
gonna,
put
seven
baseball
fields
over
here.
We're
gonna
have
this
kind
of
grass.
This
is
about
human
beings.
This
is
about
personal
stuff.
There's,
no,
there's
no
roadmap.
There's
no
manual!
There's
no
script,
there's
nothing
that
tells
us
what
to
do.
Every
situation
is
different.
B
Every
young
person's
obstacles
are
different.
Everything
we
do
is
different,
so
we
have
to
continue
to
work
if
this
is
a
hot
game
it
comes
from
inside.
So
I
just
want
to
pass
that
along
to
you
here
today
that
I'm
willing
to
do
whatever
I,
whatever
I
can
do
to
help.
You
help
you
in
your
cities
across
America
last
year,.
B
Last
year,
so
since
I've
been
mayor,
I've
had
two
police
commissioner's.
The
first
Police
Commissioner
was
was
Billy
Evans.
He
was
a
police
commissioner.
He
served
four
years
police,
commissioner
in
Boston,
and
the
chief
of
the
police
department
at
the
time
was
chief
cross
and
they
sat
down
and
they
created
a
team
and
they
created
ways
of
doing
policing
and
changed.
The
way
policing
happens
in
the
last
Commissioner
left
he
left
about
a
year
ago.
B
So
I
was
faced
with
a
decision
on
a
new
police
commissioner
and
I
needed
a
new
police
commissioner
that
understood
the
streets
and
somebody
they
could
take
the
work
to
the
next
level,
and
he
is
a
longtime
friend
of
this
organization
and
he's
a
longtime
friend
of
me
and
his
name
is
Commission.
Will
he
grass.
B
B
When
Commissioner
grass
got
appointed,
it
was
a
big
deal
in
the
african-american
community
in
Boston
and
was
a
big
deal
in
a
lot
of
communities.
But,
as
I
said,
it
is
swearing
and
when
he
got
sworn
in,
he
only
had
about
seven
thousand
people.
There
live
streams
and
some
people
in
the
hall.
What
I
said
was
we
made
history
today,
but
it
wasn't
just
about
making
history.
He
was
the
right
guy
and
the
most
qualified
guy
for
the
job
because
he
started
as
a
cadet.
B
B
1989,
it
was
1989
that
goes
April.
It
was
community
policing.
He
had
a
nice
conversation
with
me,
but
since
the
time
the
Commissioner
has
been
commissioner
in
the
year,
his
first
action
was
to
create
something
called
the
community
engagement
Bureau.
That
Bureau
is
a
Bureau
that
reaches
out
to
our
communities.
It
goes
deeper
than
what
community
policing
was
originally
intended,
for.
B
We
have
a
whole
superintendent
in
a
whole
office,
dedicated
towards
going
out
into
the
community
and
building
community
trust
relations,
but
not
just
that,
but
also
talking
to
the
young
people
that
I
talked
about
that
age.
That
gets
lost
that
age
that
gets
lost.
How
do
we
go
out
there
and
how
do
we
make
an
impact
in
their
life,
not
necessarily
become
a
police
officer,
but
to
explain
to
people
what
the
consequence
is,
how
their
actions
are
and
working
on
helping
those
those
kids
get
back
on
the
right
path.
B
It's
helping
us
build
trust
and
it's
helping
us
create
pathways
to
safety.
He
recently
expanded
a
cold-case
unit
in
Boston.
We
have
about
a
thousand
a
thousand
unsolved
homicides
that
date
back
to
the
70s.
Those
those
cases
are
hurtful
for
the
families
involved
and
what
we're
able
to
do
in
the
last
budget.
B
It's
part
of
our
commitment
to
bring
justice
to
survivors
and
making
sure
loved
ones
and
never
forgotten.
Commissioner
grass
has
also
taken
important
measures
to
make
the
beat
beat
boss
the
police
department
more
diverse
in
the
way
we
do.
That
is
a
couple
ways
number
one
is
by
our
testing
and
number
two.
We
have
a
cadet
program
and
the
last
cadet
program
we
put
on
with
easy
these
young
people
that
get
on
the
police
department.
They
go
on
as
cadets.
They
move
up
to
the
police
department.
B
We
put
on
24
cadets,
the
last
class
75%
people
of
color
12.
We
have
50%
of
that
class
12
women
in
that
class,
the
first
time
we
were
able
to
do
that
to
diversify
our
Police
Department,
we're
improving
the
Wellness
of
our
offices,
this
to
health
and
wellness
of
our
offices,
which
benefit
the
entire
community,
we're
strengthening
partnerships
at
our
schools,
our
BC,
where
our
centers
empowering
our
young
people.
We
have
a
call
something
called
the
PAL,
the
Police
Athletic
League.
We're
revamping
that
to
make
sure
the
investments
our
community
go
out.
B
We
have
an
event
in
Boston
every
year
it's
called
shop
of
the
carpets
at
Christmastime,
with
300
police
offices,
line
up
and
take
300
kids
shopping
around
Target.
They
walk
in
I
think
it's
$100
gift
card
they
got,
but
will
you
see
it
the
crash
registers?
You
see
the
police
officers
putting
their
hand
in
their
own
pocket
because
they
get
more
than
300
$100,
where
that
gets
the
kids
we're
doing
that
every
year
and
we're
building
that
trust.
That
makes
a
big
difference.
We
have
an
ice
cream
truck
people
laugh
about
our
ice
cream
truck.
B
B
Some
of
our
most
important
efforts
in
the
city
of
Boston,
are
helping
generational
change
and
the
Commission
is
able
to
bridge
that
gap.
There's
no
one.
That
I
would
rather
have
leading
this
work
right
now,
because
he
truly
cares
about
the
community
and
he
has
a
story.
God
bless
you.
He
has
a
story
to
tell
he's
one
of
the
most
professional,
talented
people
that
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with.
B
He
cares
deeply
about
the
work
he
does
he's
an
amazing
human
being
and
I'm
so
proud
that
he's
our
Police
Commissioner
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
he's
quickly
rising
through
the
ranks
of
the
police
step
of
the
leadership
on
a
national
level,
because
people
are
identifying
who
he
is.
He
says
what
he
believes.
He
says
the
way
it
is
and
he's
building
more
trust.
We
need
to
take
commissioner
grasses
model
and
take
it
around
the
country,
because,
when
I
go
to
other
cities,
I
don't
see
that
relationship.
B
B
We
don't
always
have
to
agree,
and
we
don't
have
to
like
each
other
sometimes,
but
we
have
to
be
focused
and
dedicated
on
the
mission
and
that's
what
Commissioner
Grosset
does
this
year
he's
getting
the
courage
and
conviction,
award
and
I
just
wanna
I'm
gonna
end
with
this
I
want
to
thank
before
I
he's
not
coming
up
yet
I
truly
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
making
a
journey.
B
Congratulations
Monalisa
on
an
incredible
another,
incredible
conference
and
dedication
to
all
of
you.
We're
gonna
keep
you
in
my
prayers
tonight
and
to
all
of
us
in
America.
Let's
make
America
a
safer
place
for
our
kids.
Let's
make
sure
that
young
black
and
brown
boys
and
black
and
brown
girls
don't
have
to
worry
about
who
they
are
where
they
grow
up
what
street
they
walked
on.
We
have
to
do
something
more
than
we're
doing
in
America
today
and
that's
good.
B
C
The
mothers
of
courage
and
conviction
award
is
given
in
recognition
of
community
work
that
has
come
after
a
standing
firm
in
the
presence
of
tragedy
to
help.
Others
awardees
include
individuals
who
are
dedicated
to
community
safety,
supporting
their
neighbors
and
promoting
community
service
going
above
and
beyond
the
courage
and
conviction.
Award
recipients
are
heroes
in
the
community
and
they
represent
the
impact
one
individual
can
have
in
creating
a
profound
and
positive
change
within
their
communities.
C
The
2019
awardee
William
Graz
is
the
city
of
Boston's
first
african-american,
commissioner
Ross
is
a
33
year
veteran
of
the
Boston
Police
Department
gross
has
worked
throughout
the
city
of
Boston
to
address
gang
activity
and
youth
violence
throughout
his
career.
Commissioner
cross
has
maintained
a
strong
connection
with
the
community
and
has
been
awarded
numerous
awards
for
bravery,
service
and
community
partnership.
Commissioner
cross
is
dedicated
to
the
goal
of
a
safe
city
for
all
of
Boston's
residents:
mothers
against
violence,
National,
Conference,
2019,
courage
and
conviction,
Award
recipient
Boston,
Police,
Commissioner,
William,
G
gross.
D
D
So
as
my
family
I'm,
originally
from
Hillsboro,
Maryland
I've
lived
on
a
pig
farm
for
11
and
a
half
years
came
to
Boston
in
1975
was
a
tough
time
racially
so
because
of
forced
busing,
but
I
tell
you
what
almost
every
neighborhood
in
Boston
eventually
had
a
hand
in
raising
me
helping.
My
single-parent
mother
raise
myself
and
my
two
sisters.
I
saw
a
lot
of
death
in
Boston
when
I
came
to
Boston.
D
It
was
a
tough
neighborhood
in
Dorchester
Esmond
Street
that
first
year
alone,
I
saw
two
or
three
people
that
were
known
to
the
community.
They
died
as
a
result
of
violence.
I
know
about
the
pain
from
the
community.
I
know
about
the
relationship
historically
sold
to
the
negative
between
communities
and
a
police
department,
and
even
a
mayor
thank
God
for
my
mother
and
grandmother
who
instilled
in
me
a
rich
sense
of
history.
D
I
know
where
I
came
from
I
know
who
helped
build
this
nation
and
the
answer
to
that
is
all
God's
children,
everybody
in
this
room,
every
ethnicity.
So
with
that
being
said,
being
raised
in
Boston
from
75
to
85.
That
was
a
tough
time,
but
I
always
wanted
to
be
a
police
officer
and
when
I
made
that
decision
at
only
18
to
join
the
Boston
Police
Department
as
a
Boston
police
cadet,
a
lot
of
my
friends
are
like.
D
Are
you
crazy,
you're
working
for
people
that
kill
us
and
I
said
one
thing
they
would
stop
to
me.
You
want
change,
be
the
change
all
right
and
then,
when
I
came
aboard.
Thank
you.
That's
from
my
momma
and
then
when
I
came
aboard
in
1985,
when
I
was
21
as
a
police
officer,
I
did
get
to
go
to
other
sections
of
the
city,
such
as
South,
Boston,
Charlestown,
East,
Boston
know
what
I
learned.
D
Mothers
are.
Mothers
know
what
I
learned
things
can
affect:
families
like
socio-economic
strikes,
something
in
your
very
title:
mothers
for
equality
and
justice
that
there
was
an
equality
and
justice
for
everyone
in
the
city,
but
every
time
there
was
an
injustice
and
inequality,
mothers
felt
at
the
most.
You
are
the
givers
of
life.
D
I
already
got
a
big
Rottweiler
head,
so
I'm
gonna
get
any
bigger,
but
those
mothers
also,
let
me
know-
what's
going
on
through
my
entire
career
I-
have
stayed
close
to
the
community
to
help
raise
this
country
boy
from
Hillsboro
Maryland
to
the
man
that
I
am
now
and
as
I
eluded
to
my
mother,
being
a
single
parent,
the
other
parent
was
the
neighborhood.
It
was
nosy
Miss
Parker
told
on
everything.
E
D
D
Let
me
tell
you
about
my
brother
one
time:
I
was
in
not
a
panic,
Christmas
and
the
entire
gym
of
the
Mildred
school
and
the
auditorium
was
filled
with
presents,
was
the
auditorium
and
I'm
like
wow.
Who
did
this
and
they
point
to
this
redheaded
guy
I'm,
like
man
I
know
him
I
was
like
oh
I,
know
him
he's
from
Savin.
Hill
good
thing
know
right.
D
So
guess
what
that's
when
he
was
a
state
rep,
he
was
doing
more
things
for
the
neighborhoods
of
color
than
some
of
the
politicians.
You
heard
him
tell
tell
you
I
tell
it
like
it
is,
I
knew
right
then,
and
there
that's
a
person.
I
need
to
work
with
that's
a
person
when
mothers
tell
me
stuff
and
the
community
tells
me
things
he
would
listen.
D
D
It's
nice.
When
someone
has
the
faith
in
you
to
say
here's
what
I
want
you
to
do,
here's
what
I
need
you
to
do
and
let's
do
it
together.
So
as
your
42nd
Commissioner,
let
me
tell
you
something:
I've
listened
and
being
a
student
of
history.
Boston
did
need
a
change
and
I'm
proud
of
the
mayor
and
his
leadership.
I'm.
Definitely
proud
of
you.
D
My
sister
don't
get
to
that
in
a
minute,
but
one
thing:
if
you
see
the
tragedies
that
are
going
around
the
United
States
as
pertains
to
mothers
losing
their
children
right
and
sometimes
it's
through
the
interaction
with
police,
we
have
to
really
talk
about
community
policing
and
what
that
means.
What
that
means
in
Boston
is
that
we're
going
to
work
hand-in-hand
together
to
solve
problems
and
create
a
better
quality
of
life.
D
D
We
look
at
that
with
more
empathy,
sympathy,
care
and
respect
the
numbers
that
you
heard
the
mayor
tout
about
the
crime
rate
being
low
is
because,
when
we
hear
from
the
community,
when
the
community
teaches
us
that
our
law
enforcement
partners
shouldn't
be
robotic,
cynical,
don't
care
I'll
show
up
when
you
call
me
and
then
leave.
They
teach
us
again
to
have
empathy,
sympathy,
care
and
respect.
It's
even
reflected
in
our
Academy
curriculum,
fair
and
impartial
policing.
Leave
your
biases
at
home,
procedural
justice.
That's
common
sense
treat
people
like
you
want
to
be
treated.
De-Escalation.
D
But
if
you're
gonna
teach
you
know,
teach
about
the
community,
you
have
to
have
the
community
come
in
and
teach.
My
sister
is
no
stranger
to
the
Boston
Police
Academy,
because
we
bring
in
people
from
the
community
to
share
their
lived
experiences
to
make
sure
our
officers
are
better
and
the
way
they
treat
the
individuals
that
we
serve.
It's
not
the
other
way
around
your
program.
D
Mothers
for
justice
and
equality
is
also
taught
people
to
look
at
us
through
a
different
lens
as
policing
President
Obama
himself
after
a
series
of
shootings
involving
police
and
black
and
brown
men
in
the
community
ordered
a
study
in
21st
century
policing.
Here's
the
shocker
at
the
end
of
that
study
says.
If
you
want
to
learn
about
diversity.
Inclusion,
community,
policing,
working
in
partnerships
go
to
Boston,
everybody
fell
off
their
seats,
but
again
we
didn't
rest
on
our
laurels.
D
The
mere
allow
me
to
create
the
bureau
of
community
engagement
to
make
sure
the
11
districts
are
treating
everyone
the
same
way
and
to
make
sure
just
like
Mona
Lisa
and
her
great
team
and
my
mother's
and
my
extended
sisters
that
we
are
leaving.
No
families
behind
how
do
I
know
what
it
feels
like
when
you're
left
behind
and
when
you're
dirt-poor
and
what
you
don't
think
anyone
else
cares.
Then
you
don't
care.
It
does
affect
our
sons,
our
daughters.
D
Our
community
police
model
is
number
one
in
the
country
because
we
work
in
partnership
with
Mona
Lisa
Smith.
We
work
in
partnership
with
the
clergy.
We
work
in
partnership
with
our
institutions
of
higher
learning
you're
in
be
you
right
now:
Reverend
Martin
Reverend,
dr.
Martin,
Luther
King,
win
here
in
1951
255.
D
Talking
about
trauma
makes
you
weak.
I
can
say
it
all
day
as
a
police
officer,
but
when
a
mother
that's
lost
their
children,
a
mother's
lost
their
child
says
it's
okay
to
not
be
okay!
That's
a
lot
of
pain!
You
carry
that
child
for
nine
months.
It's
okay!
To
talk
about
your
feelings,
it's
okay,
because
one
day
it
may
even
lead
you
to
the
highest
power
of
all
forgiveness,
I'm,
still
working
on
it,
but
it's
okay,
I'm
glad
the
mothers
are
from
across
our
great
nation.
D
So
you
can
share
chair
your
lived
experiences
because
that's
a
healing
process.
No
one
can
talk
to
you
and
relate
the
way
that
you
mother's
all,
can
because
you've
lost
someone
and
then
in
turn
you
can
teach
others
what
it
feels
like.
You
can
teach
others
about.
What's
needed
in
your
communities.
You
can
teach
others
what's
needed
in
families.
You
can
teach
others
how
to
move
forward
together.
That
is
being
done
in
Boston.
D
D
We
have
people
in
our
community,
one
minute,
no
Rufus
Fogg
a
brother
from
the
community.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
Reverend
Mark
Scott,
a
man
from
the
community
that
leads
our
trauma
services.
That's
another
thing
in
closing:
I'm
gonna
wrap
it
up,
but
I'm.
Just
so
happy
to
be
here
is
that
we
talk
about
the
healing
process
Damir
reached
out
to
the
clergy,
reverend
mark
scott,
who
served
our
great
nation
and
the
armed
services,
but
now
serves
our
great
city
as
he
heads
our
trauma
services.
D
Man
I
know
that,
like
my
own
social
security
number
six
one,
seven
four,
three
one
zero
one,
two:
five,
because
the
people
need
to
hear
it.
People
were
tired
of
if
you
heard
a
squirrel
getting
run
over
in
the
suburbs,
there's
seven
counselors,
but
when
our
children
were
experiencing
that
led
to
post-traumatic
stress,
there
was
nothing,
but
the
mayor
says
no
vermin,
Scott
says
no,
and
now
our
trauma
services
are
here
to
help
heal.
D
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
my
extended
mother's.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
My
extended
sisters,
trust
me
I'm
happy
to
be
here.
I
know
where
I
came
from.
They
will
always
be
here
for
you
and
I'm
a
part
of
the
major
City
Chiefs
in
the
United
States,
and
a
part
of
the
International
Association
of
Chiefs
of
Police
I,
often
meet
at
conferences
with
Chiefs
and
commissioners
and
guess
what,
since
everything
began
in
Boston,
we
make
sure
we
share
it
with
it
with
everyone,
even
some
Super
Bowl
trophies
from
time
to
time.
D
A
Mission
from
Kansas
City
Missouri,
we
are
going
to
acknowledge
her
and
there's
gonna,
be
a
short
video
that
just
shares
a
little
bit
about
this
particular
award
that
she
is
going
to
receive
the
Lilly
s2v
award.
So
please
be
seated
immediately
following
I'm,
going
to
share
Congressman
Joe
Kennedy's
bio
with
you
and
he's
going
to
give
us
remarks
as
well
and
then
we'll
take
a
break
and
then
we'll
do
our
afternoon
workshops
so
be
patient.
This
is
a
very
important
award
and
you'll
see
when
you
see
this
video
they're
ghosts.
C
The
2019
Lily,
a
SS
Community
Justice
award,
is
given
to
a
woman
who
embodies
the
aims
of
community
justice,
strategist
Lily,
a
SS
who
died
this
past
January
2019
s.
Tez
was
a
civic
leader
in
Richmond
Virginia,
who
passionately
dedicated
her
life
to
those
impacted
by
economic
and
racial
injustice.
She
consistently
pushed
leaders
to
address
root
problems
and
seek
solutions.
C
Monique
Willis,
founded
mama
on
a
mission
in
2014
following
the
death
of
her
son
Alonzo
at
age,
20,
M
om
aims
to
help
families
like
hers,
navigate
the
personal
fallout
after
the
murder
of
a
family
member,
encouraged
them
to
become
more
engaged
citizens
and
connect
them
with
a
supportive
understanding.
Community
Willis
is
dedicated
to
helping
the
families
grapple
with
the
frustration
and
confusion
they
face
in
the
days
months
and
years
following
the
crime.
C
Willis
is
also
working
to
address
communication
between
police
and
communities,
as
incidents
of
police
brutality
continued
to
make
headlines
and
polarized
the
nation
to
foster
community
engagement.
Mo
M
has
created
community
programs,
including
acquiring
billboards
and
creating
rewards
for
information
to
help
families
of
victims
get
justice
through
mo
m
and
her
work
supporting
other
families
suffering
from
this
trauma.
Monique
makes
sure
that
Alonso's
memory
is
kept
alive
for
the
legacy
of
his
children.
The
2019
Lily,
a
SS
community
justice
award
goes
to
Monique
Willis
founder
of
mama
honor
mission,
Kansas
City
Missouri.
A
A
So
I
hope
you
saved
room
for
dessert
because
we
have
our
Congressman
here,
Joe,
Kennedy
and
so
Joe
Kennedy.
The
third
is
currently
is
Joseph
Joe.
Currently,
the
third
is
currently
congressman
for
the
fourth
District
of
Massachusetts
and
is
running
for
the
US
Senate
over
the
past
several
years
in
Washington,
Joe
has
fought
for
people
that
our
system
has
locked
out.
Did
you
hear
me?
Joe
has
fought
for
people
that
our
system
has
locked
out.
Those
are
the
people
we
serve
right.
Those
are
us.
A
We
are
the
people
that
systems
have
locked
out,
let
down
or
left
behind
he's
running,
to
take
on
our
badly
broken
system
that
every
day
in
Justices
and
oppressions
that
have
left
our
country
divided
and
disillusioned
right
at
the
at
a
moment.
In
time.
When
so
many
people
have
been
excluded
from
our
government,
our
democratic
institutions
and
our
politics.
For
so
long
Joe
is
looking
to
take
a
new
approach.
A
Joe
has
been
a
passionate
voice
not
only
for
gun
control,
but
for
policies
that
break
the
cycle
of
poverty,
violence
disenfranchisement.
He
understands
that
many
of
these
everyday
and
justices
happen
in
our
neighborhoods
most
of
the
time,
never
getting
the
attention
of
news,
crews
or
people
outside
our
community.
How
many
of
us
bear
witness
to
that?
A
A
With
homicide
rates
at
nearly
ten
times,
the
national
average
in
our
urban
centers
and
his
and
this
epidemic
disproportionately
impacting
communities
of
color
congressman
Kennedy
is
looking
to
change
the
system
and
fight
the
inequalities
at
the
root
of
the
problem,
from
housing
to
healthcare,
to
criminal
justice
and
education.
Just
this
week
he
come
from
coal.
A
Coal
sponsored
the
break
the
cycle
of
violence
act
that
would
provide
federal
resources
to
community
for
evidence-based
gun,
violence,
intervention
prevention
programs
designed
to
interrupt
the
cycle
of
violence
that
deserves
a
round
of
applause.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
We
are
honored
to
have
him
here
today
without
further
ado.
I
would
like
to
welcome
you.
Thank
you.
A
E
Monalisa,
thank
you
for
the
incredibly
gracious
introduction
for
the
opportunity
to
join
you
in
this
organization.
This
incredible
room
this
afternoon
for
your
Mona
Lisa,
your
leadership
of
mothers
for
justice
and
equality
that
is
carried
so
fearlessly
in
your
nephews
memory
to
the
Commissioner
who
I
can
still
hear
laughing
outside
and
the
mayor,
both
dear
friends
and
extraordinary
public
servants.
E
I,
do
want
to
thank
them
both
for
showing
this
nation
how
law,
enforcement
and
local
government
can
work
side
by
side
to
keep
community
safe,
inclusive
and
just
I'm,
proud
to
consider
myself
a
partner
in
Washington
to
all
of
the
moms,
the
partners
and
the
allies
that
are
here
today.
Your
passion,
your
expertise,
your
strength
well
guide
us
as
we
work
to
eliminate
violence
in
our
communities.
E
What
brings
us?
What
brings
all
of
you
into
this
room
today?
He's
not
fair,
and
it
is
not
right,
but
you're
here
anyway,
fighting
for
something
greater
than
yourselves
for
the
lives
and
the
futures
of
folks.
You
will
never
meet
our
nation
stands
in
your
debt.
I
know
you
all
have
had
many
speakers
today
and
many
more
poignant
than
I,
and
so
I
will
keep
this
brief.
E
E
E
You
do
not
accept
excuses.
You
will
not
rest
until
the
job
is
done.
You
will
fight
for
your
children,
whether
they
share
your
blood
or
not.
You
will
protect.
You
will
protect
your
own
with
every
fiber
of
your
being
and
you
will
love
you
will
love
harder
than
anyone
can
imagine.
You
will
love
your
families,
your
friends
and
your
fellow
mothers.
You
will
love
even
when
we
don't
deserve
it,
for
nothing
has
ever
matched
a
mother's
devotion
to
a
child.