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From YouTube: Moms Demands Action: Wear Orange Summer Jam 2019
Description
Wear Orange is a nationwide gun violence prevention event that takes place in different cities during the first week of June. In Boston, the Wear Orange event is designed to help make connections from high profile incidents like mass shootings, and the more persistent, ongoing problem of daily gun violence in our communities. This years event leverages youth leadership in Dorchester, and coincides with the annual Lena Park basketball tournament.
A
A
Hello,
I'm
Cameron
Baxter
I'm
from
Dorchester
on
I-10
UHS,
I'm,
a
proud
member
of
the
Weiner
Park
Youth
Council.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
out
today,
a
big
thank
you
to
all
of
magazine,
volunteers,
sponsors
and
partners
who
made
today
possible.
We
are
so
honored
to
be
a
part
of
this
event
and
work
towards
reducing
gun
violence
in
our
community.
In
everywhere,
hello.
B
I'm
Isaiah
Monroy
what
a
great
turnout
I
see.
Quite
a
lot
of
you
are
wearing
orange
I'm
pleased
to
introduce
Katherine
Martinez,
the
executive
director
of
the
Lena
Park
community
center
and
Angela
Christiana,
the
Massachusetts
moms
to
man's
actions,
chapter
leader
for
Massachusetts.
These
two
are
Co
house
co-hosts.
For
the
event.
Today,
these
hard-working
leaders
are
great
role:
models
for
all
of
us
every
day,
they're
working
together
harder
to
create
a
more
peaceful
community
and
country.
So
well,
they
please
come
to
the
stage
I.
C
C
Not
only
is
this
my
responsibility,
but
I
also
my
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
more
of
us
continue
to
emerge
as
leaders
on
the
issues
that
affect
our
community.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
today.
I
also
want
to
give
a
special
thank
you
to
mom's
the
man
action.
You
guys
have
been
such
an
amazing
partner.
You
guys
have
been
so
understanding
and
so
Willy
intentionally
wanting
to
understand
the
issues
that
affect
our
community.
That
is
what's
about.
We
need
more
alliance,
we
need
more
voices,
we
need
to
understand.
C
We
might
be
fighting
for
the
same
thing
in
different
areas,
but
we're
doing
it
hands
in
hands.
So
this
is
what
today
is
all
about.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
here
this
morning
and
I'm
gonna
be
around.
So
if
anybody
wants
to
say
hello
and
wants
to,
let
me
know
how
Lena
Park
can
better
serve
this
community.
Please
feel
free
to
do
so.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
being
here.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
everyone
for
coming
out
today,
I'm
Angela
Christiana.
I
am
the
massachusetts
chapter
leader
for
moms
demand,
action
for
gun
sense
in
America,
and
our
name
really
says
it
all.
We
are
asking
for
common
sense.
Around
gun,
violence
prevention.
We
are
not
trying
to
take
away
all
firearms
or
remove
the
Second
Amendment.
We
just
believe
that
rights
go
along
with
responsibilities,
and
that
is
what
today
is
all
about
this
weekend.
All
across
the
country,
communities
are
turning
orange.
D
You
may
wonder
why
orange
while
orange
is
the
color
that
hunters
wear
in
the
woods
to
say,
don't
shoot
me.
So
it's
an
obvious
color.
We
are
honoring
the
lives
of
all
Americans
affected
by
gun,
violence
and
elevating
the
voice
of
every
American
who
demands
an
end
to
gun
violence.
Orange
is
also
the
color
that
hydia
Pendleton's
friends
wore
in
her
honor
when
she
was
shot
and
killed
in
Chicago
at
the
age
of
15.
Just
one
week
after
performing
at
President
Obama's.
Second
inaugural
parade,
it's
a
color
that
demands
to
be
seen
after
ideas,
death.
D
Her
friends
asked
us
to
stand
up
and
speak
out
and
wear
orange
to
raise
awareness
about
gun
violence,
and
that
has
grown
into
this
national
movement
known
as
wear
orange,
and
you
are
all
a
part
of
that
today,
from
community
beautification
projects
to
black
parties
to
wear
orange
walks
to
youth
basketball,
tournaments
and
poetry.
Slams.
This
weekend
we
join
thousands
of
Americans
participating
in
hundreds
there
over
700
wear
orange
events.
This
weekend
so
nationwide
we
stand
unified
to
call
for
an
end
to
gun
violence.
D
Citizens
have
stood
with
mayors
and
local
governments
and
state
governments
to
proclaim
to
proclaim
national
gun
violence,
Awareness
Day
and
cities
and
towns
have
lit
up
orange.
If
anybody
was
in
Boston
last
night,
you
may
have
seen
the
sake.
A
bridge
lit
up
Orange
City
Hall,
plaza,
lit
up
orange
and
places
all
over.
The
state
of
Massachusetts
have
been
lit
up
orange
and
displaying
orange
ribbons
to
honor
this
movement.
D
Here
in
Dorchester.
We
are
so
so
proud
to
be
partnering
with
Lena
Park
Community
Development
Center
for
the
Boston,
where
orange
summer
jam
as
we
come
together
with
the
shared
belief
that
we
can
create
a
future
free
from
gun
violence.
If
we
do
it
together,
every
year
nearly
40,000
Americans
are
shot
and
killed.
This
is
a
complex
problem
that
goes
beyond
the
headlines.
This
is
homicides,
suicides,
urban
issues,
rural
issues,
domestic
violence,
in
unintentional,
shootings
due
to
unsecured
guns.
D
These
are
all
complicated
factors,
but
we
are
here
today
to
say
that
we
are
up
to
this
challenge
one.
Today
we
join
together
to
demonstrate
that
we,
the
more
that
more
can
be
done
and
more
should
be
done
to
reduce
gun
violence
in
our
communities.
This
is
an
epidemic
that
needs
to
be
tackled
from
all
sides,
and
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us
from
our
unique
perspectives
and
walks
of
life
to
make
positive
change.
D
So
today
we
invite
you
to
visit
all
of
our
partner
organizations
around
here
today
to
learn
all
about
the
incredible
work.
That's
being
done,
please
sign
up
at
our
moms
demand
action
table
to
join
us
in
the
fight
to
end
gun,
violence
and
I
also
would
like
to
say
thank
you
so
much
to
all
the
volunteers
of
moms
demand
action,
all
the
staff
at
Lena
Park,
all
the
officials
who
are
joining
us
today
and
all
of
you
for
coming
out.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
Thank
you.
B
E
E
Thank
you
for
your
work,
you're,
an
incredible
organization
that
go
around
the
country
that
go
to
the
halls
of
Congress
that
go
to
the
halls
of
the
State
House
here
in
Massachusetts
and
all
across
the
country
trying
to
change
the
laws
and
and
bring
bring
out
violence
to
zero.
So
thank
you
for
that
students
that
demand
action.
Thank
you
very
much
as
well.
We
need
you!
We
need
you,
because
you
are
the
leaders
here.
E
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that
Ms
to
demand
action,
a
lot
of
Mayors
I'm
part
of
a
coalition
with
the
mayor's
conference.
That
makes
sure
that
we
go
out
there
and
talk
to
cross
America
I
want
to
thank
the
Attorney
General
who's
gonna
come
up
here
in
a
few
minutes.
Her
office
has
done
some
amazing
work
in
her
time
here
at
Street.
E
Journal
for
six
years,
making
sure
going
around
the
country
she's
the
leader
amongst
attorney
generals
and
she's,
one
of
the
lead
to
law
enforcement
people
in
the
country
and
to
have
her
here
with
us
in
Boston
that
lives
in
Boston
and
understands
the
firsthand
is
amazing.
So
thank
you
very
much
general
Haley
for
what
you
do.
E
My
partner
in
the
city,
aundrea
Campbell,
the
president
of
council,
who
we
work.
We
work
very
closely
together
because
it
is
about
getting
to
zero
homicides.
It's
about
getting
every
single
gun
off
the
street.
It's
about
working
with
our
police,
our
community
partners,
all
the
folks
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
have
another.
We
don't
get
those
phone
calls
that
somebody
died.
We
get
too
many
of
those
calls
and
I
want
to.
E
Thank
the
president,
the
council
for
being
here
with
us
today,
who's
here
right
here
and
next
to
her
is
another
champion
at
the
Statehouse.
Some
of
you,
I,
served
with
at
the
house
representatives
to
represents
Mattapan
High,
Park
and
a
whole
bunch
of
other
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
is
constantly
talking
we're
talking
about.
How
do
we
continue
to
stay
ahead
and
move
forward
and
reduce
the
violence
and
reduce
get
the
guns
off
our
streets
in
that
state?
Representative
Russell,
Holmes,
Thank,
You,
Russell.
E
Gun
violence
is
an
epidemic.
We
all
know
that
forty
over
40,000
people
in
America
every
single
day
get
killed
on
the
streets
of
America
in
Boston.
Last
year
we
had
50
homicides
for
the
for
the
whole
year.
We
had
a
mass
shooting
when
we
see
a
mass
shooting
on
TV,
there's
always
a
lot
of
conversation
about
what
do
we
do
and
how
do
we
change
and
how
do
we
change
the
laws?
E
And
then,
after
three
or
four
or
five
days,
we
go
back
to
go
back
to
life
and
kind
of
move
on
to
the
next
issue.
In
our
streets
in
urban
America
across
America
we
have
mass
shootings
every
single
day,
tens
of
thousands
of
young
people
lose
their
life.
Tens
of
thousands
of
adults
lose
their
life
to
senseless
gun
violence
in
many
different
forms
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We'll
worked
hard
over
the
last
five
years
to
reduce
gun
violence
and
we
have
but
one
incident
of
gun
violence
is
one
too
many.
E
We
need
to
continue
to
make
sure
we
move
forward
and
I.
Think
I,
young
people
I
know
I
young
people
here
at
Lena.
Park
I
want
to
thank
you
because
the
answer
to
gun
violence
is
gonna,
be
a
lot
of
laws,
but
the
incident
gun
violence
gonna
be
about
education,
about
person-to-person
young
people.
Talking
to
somebody
else.
E
When
we
don't
have
cameras
here,
we
don't
have
the
press
here
and
we
don't
have
a
gathering,
that's
where
the
work
really
takes
place.
That's
where
the
work
is
really
important
for
all
of
us
to
the
young
people
here.
I
want
to
tell
all
of
you
I
think
I
can
speak
for
the
city,
councilor
and
the
state
representative
and
they
train
in
general.
All
of
us.
We
love
you,
we
love
you.
We
don't
want
a
sweet
way.
I,
don't
want
that
phone.
E
E
I'll
say
what
will
cause
the
victim
the
victims
on
the
way
the
hospital
or
the
victim's
deceased?
We
get.
Those
calls
I
know
automatically
that
there's
a
family
behind
that
victim.
That's
gonna,
get
a
phone
call,
probably
in
the
next
20
minutes
after
the
commission
hangs
up
with
me
and
it's
gonna
change
their
life
forever
and
eventually,
when
we
catch
who
the
shooter
is.
E
When
that
family
gets
a
phone
call
to
find
out
that
their
loved
one
was
arrested
because
they
took
somebody's
life,
we
lose
two
families
that
way
we
can
do
better
as
a
country
as
a
state
as
a
city,
we
can
do
better.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
Lena
Park
for
putting
this
together
today
and
for
the
great
work
you've
done
and
for
the
mission
for
this
year
to
get
to
zero
zero
victims,
so
guns
for
shootings
to
moms
demand
action.
We
want
to
thank
you.
E
We
want
to
thank
I'd
like
to
ask
the
mums
to
demand
action.
If
you
here
see
the
stand
up
or
raise
your
hand,
so
we
give
you
a
round
of
applause.
These,
ladies,
have
been
coming
in
and
gentlemen
I've
been
have
been
fighting
this
fight
for
a
long
time
and
they
deserve
for
us
to
stand
behind
them
and
with
them
to
continue
on.
So
we
get
to
zero
fatalities
and
zero
shootings.
Thank
you
all
and
God
bless
you.
A
Thank
You
mayor
your
support
means
a
lot
in
your
active
advocacy
for
preventing
gun
violence
is
making
a
huge
difference
we
will
align.
We
would
now
like
to
invite
attorney
general
Maura
Healey
to
speak.
The
Attorney
General
is
both
a
strong
supporter
of
our
efforts
to
prevent
gun
violence
and
a
great
basketball
player.
Let's
hear
from
our
Hale.
F
Thank
you
Oh
good
morning,
everybody
Thank,
You,
Isaiah
and
I'm,
not
gonna
challenge
any
of
any
of
you
down
there,
though
I
will
go
down
a
little
bit.
It's
a
great
day,
it's
a
great
day
to
be
out
and
a
great
day
to
be
together
in
partnership,
I
love
looking
out
and
seeing
the
sea
of
orange,
and
indeed
there's
orange.
All
across
this
country,
I
just
returned
I
was
in
Denver
Colorado.
Earlier
this
week
meeting
with
my
colleagues,
a
group
of
attorneys
generals
from
around
the
country
and
gun
violence
was
on
the
agenda.
F
We
actually
had
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
a
number
of
survivors,
a
young
woman
who
was
shot
outside
her
school
at
age,
16
in
a
random
drive-by
shooting
that
left
her
paralyzed,
the
sergeant
of
the
police
force
out
there,
whose
own
nephew
was
shot
and
killed
in
the
Aurora
movie
theater.
Shooting
years
ago,
I
was
so
moved.
Listening
to
a
woman,
diandra
Yeats
diandra
is
a
mother
of
four
and
her
son.
Dre
was
a
great
student,
a
great
athlete
7th
grader,
just
looking
to
go
to
a
birthday
party
at
a
friend's
house.
F
He
was
in
the
right
place
at
the
right
time
doing
everything
that
he
was
supposed
to
do
as
a
13
year
old
boy,
but
unfortunately
some
people
came
to
the
house.
There
was
an
argument
and
then
a
number
of
shots
were
fired
and
Dre
was
nearly
killed,
but
instead
was
left
paralyzed
without
an
ability
to
walk
and
without
an
ability
to
talk.
F
Dre's
got
a
little
brother
who's
now
15,
who
was
nine
years
old
at
the
time,
and
you
think
about
the
trauma
that
that
little
boy
has
experienced
and
continued
to
experience,
he's
still
waiting
for
behavioral
health
services,
as
he
works
with
his
mother
to
take
care
of
Dre
who's.
Now
back
living
at
home
and
I
was
so
struck
by
diandra
strength
and
how
she
turned
that
incident
into
something
that
is
a
force
for
good
all
across
this
country.
F
As
so
many
survivors
have
bravely
done
and
she
is
committed
to
be
andreas
voice
and
every
year
she
holds
a
basketball
tournament.
Bringing
people
together
to
find
common
purpose
and
I
am
inspired
by
the
survivors
who
are
here
today
who
are
represented.
Your
voices
keep
lifting
up
your
voices
and
telling
your
stories
I
can't
tell
you
the
impact
that
had
on
the
other
AG's
from
other
states,
as
they
were
listening
to
young
people.
Older
people
talk
about
how
gun
violence
had
directly
impacted
their
lives.
F
F
Angela
Kristen
Bauer
to
all
the
folks
who
are
working
to
organize
here
in
Boston
across
the
state.
Thank
you
for
everything
that
you
do.
Thank
you,
Katherine
Martinez
and
folks
at
Lena,
Park,
for
bringing
together
community
on
a
day
like
this
I'm
struck
by
the
number
of
organizations
from
stop
handgun
violence
to
moms
demand
action.
F
So
many
folks
who
are
out
here
represented
as
I,
look
across
and
that's
wonderful,
that's
what
we
got
to
do
is
come
together.
I
want
you
to
know
that
as
your
Attorney
General
I'm
gonna
continue
to
do
my
job
here
in
Massachusetts.
We
should
be
ashamed.
That
is
a
country
gun.
Violence
is
the
leading
cause
of
death
for
young
black
men.
If
you
are
a
young
black
man
in
this
country,
you
are
15
times
more
likely
to
die
because
of
a
gun
than
a
white
man
in
the
city
of
Boston.
F
You
are
19
more
times
more
likely.
That's
not
right.
This
is
no
way
to
live
and
other
countries
don't
experience.
Violence
like
we
experienced,
but
we
know
how
this
came
to
be
I,
see
it
every
day
when
I
enforce
the
assault
weapons
ban
when
I
enforce
laws
that
give
police
chiefs
the
right
to
determine
whether
some
get
someone
gets
a
license
to
carry
when
I
enforce
all
these
laws
we
get
sued
with
it
by
the
NRA,
but
we
have
won
every
single
challenge
in
court
and
we
will
continue.
F
And
you
know,
Massachusetts
has
among
the
lowest
rates
of
gun
deaths
in
the
country
right,
that's
because
we
have
strong
laws
and
we
enforce
them,
and
so
the
other
day,
when
I
was
meeting
with
my
colleagues,
we
talked
about
some
of
the
laws
that
we
have
here,
that
we
can
bring
to
other
states,
because
so
many
of
the
guns
that
turn
up
in
crimes
here
in
Massachusetts
come
from
other
states
with
really
lacks
gun
laws.
Ninety
percent
of
Americans
agree
and
things
like
universal
background
checks.
F
F
We're
also
going
to
talk
up
what
we
need
to
do
when
it
comes
to
trauma-informed
Violence
trauma
begats
trauma.
We
know
that
and
we
know
that
our
inability
to
deal
with
violence
is
hurting
our
ability
to
head
off
future
acts
of
violence.
That's
something
that
we've
got
to
invest
way
more
attention
to
here
and
all
across
this
country.
F
You
know
this
is
a
matter
of
justice
and
equality,
and
the
mayor
is
absolutely
right
and
among
mayors,
mayor
Walsh
has
been
a
leader
nationally
in
addressing
this
issue,
not
just
by
showing
up
to
families
and
visiting
neighborhoods,
but
on
leading
on
really
comprehensive
reforms
and
looking
at
ways
we
can
act
so
that
other
cities
and
places
can
follow.
But
I
think
for
all
of
us.
We
view
this
as
a
civil
rights
issue
and
as
a
matter
of
equality
and
justice
and
as
I
look
out
at
all
these
beautiful
young
faces.
F
I
just
want
you
to
know,
keep
telling
the
stories
keep
holding
people
accountable,
make
sure
everyone
you
know
and
love
is
registered
to
vote
here
and
all
across
this
country,
and
this
is
how
we're
going
to
move
forward
and
end
the
scourge
of
gun
violence
in
this
country.
Thank
you
for
everything,
you're
doing
we're
going
to
wear
orange
every
day.
B
G
You
so
much
thank
you,
AG
mayor
council,
president.
Obviously
she'll
speak
in
just
a
moment,
but
I'm
so
thankful
to
see
everyone
here
today
because
of
something
very
simple.
When
you
drove
down
American
Legion
Highway-
and
you
came
here
many
of
you
who
had
not
been
here
before
never
imagined.
This
is
how
beautiful
a
neighborhood
is.
G
Too
often
you
hear
in
the
news
about
Dorchester
Matapan
and
it's
not
the
image
of
what
you
see
today
too
often
you
hear
in
the
news
that
we
are
the
problem
and
when
you
come
here,
you
see
what
a
beautiful
Road,
what
a
beautiful
community
folks
plan
the
park
and
you
look
at
all
the
great
work
that
Lena
Park
has
done
two
Broke
Charter
Thank
You
Katherine.
Thank
you.
G
Your
entire
team,
let's
give
them
a
hand,
because
Lena
Park
is
an
absolute
anchor
in
this
community
as
we
take
out
Mimi
back
and
make
sure
that
we
have
a
strong
voice.
I
also
want
to
just
give
a
shout
out
to
be
three
I
know:
CSO
officer
dickerson
is
here
he's
here
somewhere
I
want
to
thank
him.
I
can
tell
you
far
too
often.
G
Some
think
that
we
can
just
say
is
not
real.
It
is
absolutely
real,
but
it's
absolutely
something
that
we
can
change
and
I
can
say
to
you.
We
have
done
an
awful
lot.
The
Attorney
General
mention
about
what
has
happened
with
magazines
and
we've
also
as
a
Commonwealth
looked
in
bump
stops.
We've
also
just
made
the
decisions
around.
What
we're
gonna
do
to
make
sure
that
folks,
who
may
have
some
concerns
around
their
mental
health?
G
What
we
can
do
about
that
as
well
to
make
sure
that
when
we
hear
those
Republican
talking
points,
we
can
already
say
here
in
the
Commonwealth
we've
even
addressed
your
talking
points.
Why
don't
we
deal
with
some
real
issues
like
what
the
Attorney
General
said
around
making
sure
that
we
can
get
folks
off
of
the
fly
lists
and
things
of
those
natures,
because
that
stuff
is
real?
G
I
can
also
say
we
have
responded
and
we
should
be
thankful
as
a
community
and
as
a
state
that
we
have
not
had
some
of
the
incidents
that
have
happened
around
this
Commonwealth
I'm
around
this
country
and
I
can
tell
you
when
the
incident
happened
down
last
year
in
parkland,
there
was
another
response.
Obviously
we
had
what
happened
with
bump
stops.
G
We
had
parkland
happened
as
well,
and
the
governor's
immediate
response
was:
let
us
make
sure
that
we
go
and
we
harden
our
schools,
which
is
not
a
bad
idea
to
make
it
more
difficult
for
folks
to
get
in
schools,
but
I
can
tell
you
the
black
and
Latino
caucus.
We
stood
and
said,
wait
a
minute.
Yes,
we're
thankful
that
we're
thinking
about
harder
in
our
schools,
but
let's
deal
with
what
the
real
challenge
is
here
in
the
Commonwealth,
and
that
is
the
gun,
violence
that
is
happening
on
our
streets.
G
G
We
also
have
some
shannon
grant
money
that
Marty
and
the
rest
of
the
many
mayor's
around
the
Commonwealth
use
to
do
what
we
call
preventive,
but
we
needed
to
really
strike
at
the
truly
proven
risk
children,
the
folks
who
many
folks
do
not
want
to
go
out
and
engage
and
talk
to,
and
so
we
were
thankful
that,
as
a
part
of
the
conversation
that
we've
moved
more
than
just
trying
to
just
figure
out
preventive
and
those
who
are
at
risk.
But
we
have
a
grant
now.
G
We've
just
recently
released
someone
a
neighborhood
about
eight
point:
four
million
dollars
to
folks,
like
college
bound
college
Brown
was
in
the
back.
They
were
certainly
one
of
the
winners
for
the
grant.
Madison
Park
and
others
broke
up
to
really
look
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
become
as
a
Commonwealth
team
players
with
those
who
are
already
proven
risk
we
have
to
go
and
we
have
to
go
to
where
people
are,
and
unfortunately
some
of
those
folks
are
folks
who
have
already
picked
up.
G
A
gun
have
already
committed
violence
against
another
person,
and
so
I'll
tell
you.
We
know
it
still
is
not
enough.
I
know
I
met
with
the
folks.
The
grand
moms
demand
action,
so
thank
you,
I'll,
be
on
the
Cape
this
year,
I'm
coming
I'm
coming
as
committed,
but
it
is
something
that's
gonna
take
as
Marty
said.
As
the
Attorney
General
said,
it's
gonna
take
all
of
us.
We
all
are
trying
to
get
to
that
goal
of
zero
fatalities
this
year.
G
Let
me
give
you
another
experience
and
literally
when
I
landed
in
Chicago
and
got
there
I
actually
drove,
but
when
I
got
to
Chicago
within
two
days,
I
was
ready
to
go
home.
The
experience
and
the
violence
that
was
happening
even
when
I
was
13
or
14
years
old,
where
I
couldn't
even
wear
a
certain
color
and
a
certain
hat
and
those
things.
G
Even
though
I
was
13
or
14,
they
have
moved
to
Boston
as
well,
where
people
with
certain
castes
and
things
of
that
nature,
but
we
as
a
city
have
been
pushing
back
against
that
for
many
years
and
we
need
to
be
thankful
and
we
need
to
be
understanding
that
there
are
folks
in
our
in
our
Rose
Marty
you're
gonna,
hear
from
the
city
council
president.
We
have
a
person
who
also
important
as
a
state
reprimanded.
She
unfortunately
lost
a
member
of
her
family
just
in
the
last
couple
year
to
gun
violence.
G
We
know
it,
we
understand
it.
Our
families
understand
it
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
things
that
make
sense
that
make
practical
sense
in
the
Commonwealth
to
make
sure
that
we
get
to
the
core
of
this
problem.
So
thank
you.
Moms
Thank
You
grand
moms,
Thank,
You,
Lena,
Park
I,
just
want
to
just
say
we
are
here
for
you
in
every
way
we
can
and
enjoy
the
neighborhood
all
of
those
who
are
visiting
from
all
around
the
Commonwealth
to
this
neighborhood,
because
this
is
truly
a
wonderful
neighborhood
to
visit.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
H
B
D
I
Program
so
I
got
to
be
short
and
sweet,
I
think
counselor,
sabe
Georgia
nice
si
B
George,
who
serves
on
the
council
with
me,
is
in
router
on
her
way.
So
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
her
I
also
want
to
thank
the
electives
behind
me.
You
know
we
work
in
partnership.
This
is
not
easy
work.
When
addressing
incidents
of
gun
violence,
it's
hard
work,
it's
complex
work,
it's
comprehensive
work
that
needs
to
happen
so
I
want
to
thank
the
folks
behind
me.
I
I
also
want
to
thank
all
of
the
organizations
that
are
here
not
just
the
folks
who
sponsored
this
event,
not
just
the
leaders
of
course,
of
Lena
Park,
and
this
is
my
district
in
district
4
mom's
against
action.
But
every
single
table
has
an
organization
that
is
doing
incredible
work
every
day,
sometimes
with
limited
human
capital,
limited
sources
and
they're
doing
it
everyday.
I
People
who
have
chosen
to
say
the
pain
and
the
suffering
and
the
trauma
I
have
felt
and
will
continue
to
feel
for
the
rest
of
their
lives
have
turned
that
into
something
not
just
action
but
advocacy
they're
pulling
other
folks
in
that's
not
easy
so
to
the
survivors
who
have
exercised
the
courage
to
turn
your
pain
and
suffering
into
action
into
advocacy
if
to
show
for
others.
Thank
you
and
I
want
to
also
acknowledge
the
young
people.
Rep
Holmes
talked
about
changing
the
narrative
of
district
for
his
district.
We
share
dish.
I
We
shared
this
neighborhood,
but
our
biggest
neighborhoods,
a
Dorchester
in
Mattapan.
We
live
in
Mattapan,
so
we
experience
some
of
the
incidents
of
violence
that
we
talk
about
or
that
you
see
on
the
news,
but
we
don't
stay
in
that
place
because
for
us
this
is
what
Dorchester
Matapan
are
all
about
people
coming
together,
but,
most
importantly,
our
young
people
showing
up
young
people.
Can
you
please
stand
regardless
of
what
age
you
are
you
guys
in
the
back
stand
up,
because
these
are
the
young
people
who
are
showing
up?
I
They
could
be
anywhere
today
having
fun
wherever,
but
they
choose
to
be
here
by
choice
and
some
of
them
are
survivors.
Some
of
them
are
connected,
and
some
of
them
are
not
they're
here
for
the
cause
they're
here
for
the
movement.
We
need
to
applaud
that.
We
need
to
encourage
them.
We
need
to
thank
them
because
they
often
don't
get
enough
recognition.
So
thank
you
to
the
young
people
who
are
here.
I
also
want
to
take
a
different
approach.
I
You
heard
the
stats
and
I
want
to
just
applaud
our
AG
for
naming
the
disparities
when
it
comes
to
incidents
of
violence,
particularly
for
our
black
men.
In
order
for
us
to
be
effective,
we
have
to
be
able
to
name
those
inequities,
but
also
not
stay
in
that
space,
and
so
for
us
to
address
incidents
of
violence
and
to
really
truly
get
to
zero.
Yes,
we
have
to
take
guns
off
the
street.
Yes,
we
have
to
demand
more.
Yes,
we
need
stronger
gun
laws.
I
Yes,
all
across
the
country,
but
we
also
have
to
address
long-standing,
persistent
and
systemic
inequities,
particularly
in
communities
of
color
and
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
an
underbelly
of
ugly
history,
but
sometimes
we
don't
want
to
talk
about
it's,
not
so
nice,
but
we
have
to
name
those
inequities,
whether
it's
an
education
housing.
This
this
community
has
been
revamped.
This
didn't
always
looked
like
that.
People
were
concentrated
in
poverty
and
the
majority
of
them
were
people
of
color
that
didn't
happen
by
accident.
I
Government
played
a
role
in
that
we
have
to
name
that,
then
we
have
to
say
well
what
are
we
as
a
collective
gonna
do
about
those
inequities
in
housing,
education,
Economic,
Opportunity,
prosperity,
wealth
gaps?
We
change
the
underlying
stuff,
hurt
people,
then
don't
hurt
people
because
hurt
people
won't
be
hurt,
they'll
feel
a
sense
of
hope,
they'll
feel
attached
to
a
job
that
they
created
a
career
of
business.
We
have
to
give
opportunity,
we
have
to
ensure
our
young
people
have
every
opportunity
afforded
them,
regardless
of
their
zip
code
in
their
race.
I
That
is
the
work
that
is
the
hard
complex
work.
That
is
what
I
signed
up
for
and
while
I
love
representing
district,
four
in
particular
largely
Dorchester
Matapan,
these
are
where
the
inequities
live.
They
are
alive
and
well,
you
can
see
them,
but
now
I
say
you
saw
the
issues
in
my
district,
you
saw
the
issues
of
the
entire
city
of
Boston,
so
on
a
hopeful
note
why
I'm
so
happy
to
be
here
is
to
look
at
the
folks
from
every
single
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
Is
here
whether
you're
from
eesti
Charlestown,
West,
ste,
West,
Roxbury
anywhere
in
the
city
of
Boston
folks,
are
here
coming
together
and
saying
we
are
going
to
work
in
partnership.
I
just
asked
you
and
challenge
you
not
just
to
work
in
partnership
on
taking
guns
off
the
street,
but
in
naming
those
inequities
in
closing
those
gaps
for
those
who
are
a
little
less
fortunate.
I
Consider
me
a
partner
in
that
work.
Consider
all
of
us
a
partner
in
that
work.
Thank
you
for
showing
up.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you
to
the
organizers,
the
sound
people,
the
views
of
people.
Thank
you
to
all
of
you
guys
for
being
here
and
showing
up
today
and
enjoy
this
beautiful
day
have
a
blessed
one.