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From YouTube: Neighborhood Trauma Team Launch Event
Description
Mayor Walsh joins local public safety and public health officials at the Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury, to launch the formation of Neighborhood Trauma Teams that will provide a collaboration of trauma services to Boston residents. These teams have been designed based on input the Public Health Commission received from community residents.
A
Morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Kavita
Williams
and
I'm,
the
CEO
of
Huia
street
health
annum.
For
those
of
you
who
do
not
know
me,
we
welcome
all
of
you
to
this
important
neighborhood
trauma
teams
needed.
Many
thanks
to
mayor
was
my
good
friend
chief,
a
lawyer,
who's
very
been
a
good
friend
to
us
and
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
including
its
executive
director,
Monica
Valdes
Lupi,
for
being
here
today
and
for
their
commitment
to
improve
normal
response
and
sustained
thermal
recovery
services
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
We
also
I
know
there
are
many
partners
that
invested
in
the
soma
program
and
I'm
so
glad
to
see
my
freshman
Partners
HealthCare
Boston
Public,
Health,
Commission,
Children's
Hospital.
Thanks
to
all
of
you,
we're
grateful
to
you
and
to
Mayor
Walsh
and
the
City
Health
Department
and
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
A
Having
we're
grateful
that
you
have
engaged
health
centers
to
help
to
address
this
major
public
health
issue
and
the
impact
of
trauma
on
the
physical.
We
see
it
on
people
who
have
diabetes
in
hypertension,
mental
and
emotional
health
of
the
residents
of
Boston.
The
impact
of
traumas,
all
of
you
know,
are
far-reaching,
effective
victims,
families
and,
in
many
cases,
the
entire
community
and
those
of
us
who
are
caregivers
as
well.
A
At
Whittier,
we
have
developed
programs
in
partnership
with
community
residents,
Boston
public
schools,
faith-based
organizations,
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
and
other
health
centers
to
address
youth
violence
who
are
rich
program,
youth
development
programs
and
outreach
programs.
We
are
educating
and
empowering
ideas
to
be
leaders
in
their
community.
We
want
argued
to
reach
their
full
potential
and
for
our
communities
to
be
the
healthier,
safer
and
more
productive
communities,
as
we
have
expanded
our
work
in
trauma
thanks
in
city
support.
We
are.
A
We
have
seen
the
tremendous
need
here
in
a
neighborhood
of
Roxbury,
but
we
know
this
need
exists
in
communities
across
the
city.
The
community
members
we
have
been
able
to
sell
to
these
investments
are
suffering
from
trauma
and
all
its
effects
and
many
cases
due
to
community
violence,
but
often
due
to
many
other
experiences
with
trauma
in
their
lives.
A
Soma
is
not
something
that
anyone,
including
the
many
impacted
children
we
see,
should
have
to
face
alone,
was
fortunate
to
have
a
club
all
of
your
support
by
enhancing
health
and
an
ability
to
offer
culturally
competent,
behavioral
health
capacity
right
in
the
communities
where
people
live.
The
city
is
acknowledging
this
public
health
issues
and
the
impact
on
the
well-being
of
both
the
residents
investing
in
trauma
recovery
also
recognizes
that
Sherma
is
not
something
that
can
be
addressed
in
one
hour
one
day
or
one
week.
A
It
requires
ongoing
sustained
commitment
once
we
are
health
enters
engage
community
members
in
trauma
recovery.
We
know
they
are
counting
on
us
to
be
there
when
they
need
us
whether
it
is
tomorrow
or
many
years
from
now.
In
addition,
as
the
city
has
worked
to
improve
the
comprehensive
trauma
response
in
and
across
the
city,
we
have
embraced
the
new
neighborhood
trauma
teams
or
entity
models
and
our
partnership
with
our
colleagues
at
the
Madison
Park
Development
Corporation.
A
This
was
resent
a
new
kind
of
collaboration
for
us
with
a
long-standing
community
partners,
and
we
welcome
the
opportunity
to
leverage
the
strength
each
of
our
organizations
and
provide
the
best
service
as
possible.
A
community
wants
to
know
that
when
a
violent
incident
occurs,
they
can
expect
a
consistent
professional
response
and
we
are
hopeful
that
the
entity
model
will
make
that
a
reality.
A
Health
centers
are
accustomed
to
subtly
and
complex
challenges,
but
Sherman
with
a
complex
causes,
effects
and
solutions
is
one
of
the
toughest
of
all.
We
don't
shy
away
from
challenges.
We
embrace
the
challenge,
because
when
we
see
a
need
in
our
community
we
step
up
and
seek
to
circulate
to
be
successful.
We
need
all
of
your
support
on
behalf
of
my
health
center
colleagues,
you
would
like
to
extend
deep
gratitude
to
you,
mayor
Walsh,
for
the
opportunity
given
to
us
to
be
a
part
of
this
wonderful
team
to
contribute
to
our
patients
in
the
communities.
A
A
B
A
B
Every
filter
all
right,
thank
you,
Frederika
and
thank
you.
Everyone
here
at
Whittier,
Street
completed
a
great
work.
I
also
want
to
thank
a
few
people
that
I
hear
she's.
Felix
Arroyo
was
going
to
come
up
in
a
few
minutes.
Who's
been
working
on
this
issue
with
us
for
the
last
two
and
a
half
to
almost
three
years:
Monica
Valdes
Lupi,
our
executive
director,
we
have
Commissioner,
will
Morales
here
from
Boston
Center
views
and
Families
Commissioner
Billy
Evans
is
here
from
the
Boston
Police
Department
she's,
who
leads
here
from
EMS.
B
We
have
Frank
Doyle
two
roles
today,
but
the
chair
of
our
Public,
Health,
Board,
I,
know
that
is
your
eternity
in
Connelly.
Whiskey
is
coming.
I
was
really
excited.
This
community
tonic,
who
are
going
to
have
come
up
and
say
a
few
words
in
a
few
minutes.
I
know
they
were
grabbing
all
fried
all
the
press,
so
I
snuck
right
by
them,
he's
coming
I
just
want
right
up
there.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
I
want
to
thank
all
the
community
partners
that
are
here
today
for
your
enrollment
being
in
this
morning.
B
Two
things
I
want
to
talk
about
one
list,
one
other
candidate,
America,
we're
all
candidates,
man
I
think
was
after
the
primary
there
was
the
young
man
shot,
necklace
Corner
actually
knows
before
the
primaries.
Young
man
shot
knife
wounds,
corner
and
two
people
that
worked
in
the
campaign
with
me
knew
this.
Young
man
and
I
went
to
the
house
of
the
family
with
the
young.
B
Male
was
shot
and
it
walked
in
and
his
girlfriend
was
in
the
room
crying
in
the
bed
and
his
mom
was
there
in
the
family
and
I
sat
on
the
curb,
because
I
trying
to
comfort
one
of
the
one
of
the
young
people
working
on
the
campaign
me
and
I
sat
there
and
I
watched
takes
effect.
I
saw
a
bunch
of
young
men
that
lived
in
the
neighborhood
that
were
pissed
off
and
angry
and
they
couldn't
they
wanted
to
respond.
You
can
tell
the
response,
wasn't
to
go
over
and
have
a
conversation.
B
The
response
was
to
go
back
and
react
to
violence,
and
then
I
saw
young
people
walking
into
the
house
crying
that
didn't
have
anybody
kind
of
watching
them
and
as
watching
this
trauma,
go
on
I
thought
to
myself.
That
right
here
is
the
perfect
situation
that
if
we
had
counselors
to
be
able
to
go
down
and
talk
to
the
family,
we
could
talk
to
the
family
members.
B
We
could
talk
to
their
friends,
we
could
talk
to
and
also
somewhere
else
in
the
city
there
was
a
person
who
did
a
shooting
that
they
belong
to
the
same
type
of
trauma,
because
it
was
usually
in
retaliation
to
something
happened
earlier.
That
happened
the
other
night
right
not
too
far
from
this
front
door
here
across
the
way
here,
where
young
men
get
shot
and
we're
trying
to
do
with
these
neighborhood
trauma
teams
is
making
it
easier
for
us
to
go
in
and
do
the
work
we
need
to
do
now.
B
We
have
great
partners
in
this
room
and
I
want
to
I
commended
them.
I
want
to
commend
the
sheet
workers
that
are
here.
I
want
to
commend
Commissioner
Evans
in
Tamil
to
commend
en
calling
it.
Yet
we
have
a
calling
at
a
basketball
tournament
the
other
day
or
what
you
managed
to
talk
about
peace,
but
what
we
really
have
to
do
is
focus
on
working
with
our
partners
to
make
sure
it's
easier
to
coordinated,
immediate
responses
and
long-term
recovery
services
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
We're
going
to
build
upon
the
continuum
of
care
we
designed
to
enable
charming
teens
by
working
directly
with
communities
they
serve,
so
people
in
the
neighborhoods
know
exactly
what
those
neighborhood
needs
are
and
what
those
changes
might
be
from
able
to
enable
it
in
the
community.
Community
input
has
guided
us
every
single
step
of
the
way.
I
want
to
thank
the
community
for
that.
We've
invited
residents
and
two
listening
sessions.
All
over
the
city,
we've
heard
from
more
than
350
people
in
Roxbury,
Dorchester,
Mattapan,
Jamaica,
Plain,
East
Boston,
including
youth
and
parents.
B
So
this
is
not
an
idea
that
was
come
up
by
by
myself
moniker
collection
in
a
it's.
Actually,
it
actually
comes
from
the
community
and
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
that
people
said
in
the
past
is
that
we
don't
listen
to
the
community.
Well,
in
this
plan,
we
found
listening
to
the
community
because
this
plan
has
been
designed
by
the
community,
along
with
our
providers.
B
We've
heard
what
what's
needed
in
the
aftermath
of
a
traumatic
event
and
the
input
that
directly
shaped
shaped.
This
program
is
part
of
that,
each
day,
a
trauma
team.
We
call
led
by
a
local
community
leader,
a
health
center
in
the
community
department,
so
I
want
to
thank
the
health
centers,
who
are
vital
in
our
community
in
so
many
different
ways,
our
community
partners,
which
are
different.
They
change
in
different
tables.
Thank
you
as
well
community
partners
for
stepping
up.
B
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
meeting
the
specific
needs
of
each
neighborhood
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
help
to
make
these
continuum
of
care
as
more
seamless
in
some
neighborhoods.
We
have
cultural
issues
we
have.
We
have
folks
from
a
different
background,
say
Irish
that
will
stick
together
on
won't
talk
to
each
other.
B
We
have
to
treat
that
differently
than
we
might
be
treating
something
on
Melina
Cass
Boulevard,
which
we
might
be
treating
something
a
little
different,
that
we're
treating
and
Boogle
IVA
Mattapan,
and
the
community
understands
that
and
the
health
centers
understand
that
and
the
people
that
sat
at
the
table
does
understand
that
we've
come
a
long
way
in
trauma
treatment
in
Boston.
Since
2012
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
has
trained
over
120
clinical
staff
all
across
our
city
in
2013,
the
public
health
provided
trauma,
awareness
training
to
more
than
2,500
frontline
staff
working
community-based
organizations.
B
This
new
program
is
going
to
build
on
that
momentum
and
leverage.
The
strong
networks
of
partners.
Partnerships
that
have
been
built
healing
is
crucial
to
breaking
the
cycle
of
violence.
That's
probably
the
most
important
thing
I'll
state
today.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
heal
it's
important
for
us
that
we
work
hand-in-hand
with
each
other
in
efforts
to
expand
the
opportunity
prevent
violence.
We
need
to
invest
in
early
education.
We
need
to
invest
in
job
training.
We
need
to
invest
in
housing.
We
need
to
continue
to
work
with
the
district
attorney.
B
We
need
to
continue
to
work
with
the
Sheriff's
Department.
We
need
to
continue
to
work
all
together
as
one
team
we
might
have
disagreements
along
the
way,
but
the
end
of
the
day
it's
about
reducing
the
numbers,
making
our
neighborhood,
safer
and
I
know
one
thing
that
this
work
that
we're
doing
will
pay
off
what's
happening
in
the
City
of
Austin.
B
Now
violent
crime
is
down,
so
are
the
number
of
arrests
that
we
have
in
the
city
over
the
last
three
years,
we've
down
nearly
forty
percent
in
arrests,
we're
on
the
right
track,
but,
as
the
Commissioner
has
said
not
said
more
than
one
time,
one
violent
event
is
one
too
many.
One
person
struggling
with
the
effects
retirement
is
one
too
many.
There
is
still
work
to
be
done
and
we're
just
getting
started
together.
We
can
break
the
cycle
of
violence.
We
can
help
families
heal.
We
can
make
sure
that
all
Bostonians
are
thriving.
B
This
has
been
the
exciting
partnership
between
the
city,
community
organizations
and
the
neighborhood
health
centers.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
again
for
your
hard
work.
I
want
to
thank
you,
for
you
have
done
it
as
I.
Look
around
the
show.
Many
of
you
are
in
different
rooms
for
different
different
issues
around
the
city
of
Boston,
but
this
is
one
area
that
we
can
make
a
tremendous
impact
on
violence
in
our
city
to
reduce
the
number
of
violence,
reduced
numbers
of
violence
in
our
city.
B
C
Good
afternoon
everybody
first,
let
me
just
give
us
a
special
shout
out
to
the
health
center,
we're
in
the
Winter
Street
help.
Son
I
think
the
Whittier
Street
on
more
than
one
occasion,
in
fact
most
occasions
is,
is,
is
really
leading
the
way
on
what
community
health
looks
like
you
know,
I
was
lucky
enough
to
have
gotten
to
know
Federico
over
time
and
I
knew
what
it
was
when
she
showed
up
and
I
know
what
it
is
today
and
has
been
nothing.
But
growth
is
nothing
but
just
everyday.
C
What
attracted
me
to
candidate
Walsh
then
state
represented
wealth
and
what
makes
it
real
easy
for
me
to
say
that
I
work
for
mayor
Walsh
is
that
he's
a
man
with
a
huge
heart,
big
heart?
In
fact,
some
people
around
will
say
his
heart
gets
him
into
trouble.
He'll
do
whatever
it
takes
to
help
people
and
when
he
meets
families,
and
it
deals
with
mothers
who
are
burying
their
children
going
through
the
most
unnatural
of
life
experiences,
which
is
you
burying
your
child
as
opposed
to
your
child,
bearing
you,
it
impacts
him.
C
It
impacts
him
in
the
way
you
wanted
to
impact,
believe
it,
and
so
what
did
he
do?
He
said
he
told
me
it's
al
Monica
and
I
want
to
shout
out
a
couple
leaders
in
the
city.
He
told
damn
over.
At
the
other
city
safety
initiative,
he
told
Billy
Evans
at
a
police
department.
Oh
well,
Morales
I
beat
you
up
with
the
street
workers
and
he
said
we
have
got
to
figure
out
a
way
to
do
better
around
dealing
with
folks
when
the
unthinkable
happens
in
their
life.
C
First,
what
our
street
workers
with
our
police,
what
our
community
partners
work
real
hard
to
make
sure
the
unthinkable
doesn't
happen,
but
inevitably
a
will
and
when
it
does
they're
a
part
of
our
community
they're
our
family
too.
We
have
got
to
go
back
to
them
and
let
them
know
that
what
happened
was
unacceptable
and
we're
not
going
to
make
equal
to
do
this
alone.
And
so
that
was
the
genesis
of
this.
What
did
the
Health
Commission?
Do
they
led
that
effort
working
with
all
these
different
departments
of
the
city?
C
But
we
knew,
as
the
mayor
said,
the
best
ideas
are
not
ideas
that
have
come
up
in
some
eighth
floor
office
building
at
City
Hall.
But
in
fact,
our
ideas,
when
you
listen
to
the
community
of
going
through
all
those
traumatic
events
and
have
that
experience.
That's
what
the
community
process
look
like.
Hundreds
of
Bostonians
hundreds
of
Bostonians
at
input
on
what
this
would
look
like,
and
what
does
it
look
like?
It
looks
like
our
our
vital
component
of
our
health
care
delivery
here
in
Boston.
C
What
makes
Boston
really
the
best
place
to
be
for
health
care,
because
you
have
our
major
hospitals
right
in
our
research
ossicles,
then,
on
top
of
that,
you
have
something
that
most
cities
cannot
claim
to
averages
these
23
amazing
health
centers
that
do
community
help
right
in
the
neighborhoods,
and
we
said
we
need
the
health
centers
to
play
a
role
in
the
community
health
department,
but
we
need
a
CBO
community-based
organization
to
be
the
one
on
the
ground
gets
there
when
something
goes
wrong.
That's
what's
happening
here.
C
It's
a
tremendous
experiment,
I
can't
think
of
another
city.
That
does
it
this
way
and
we
believe
we'll
be
successful
because
of
the
Welcome
you
played
in
putting
it
together
and
we
think
once
again,
Boston
is
going
to
lead
the
way
on
how
to
behave
when
there's
a
traumatic
event
right.
That's
what
makes
it
so
exciting
for
me.
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
just
me
personally
and
it
hit
me
while
I
was
sitting
in
to
take
me
every
now,
and
then
you
know
when
I
was
in
eighth
grade.
C
C
But
when
Johnson
was
murdered,
I
didn't
really
not
to
do
it.
I
remember
lying
to
my
dad
about
when
the
funerals,
because
I
don't
want
to
see
him
in
the
casket
and
so
at
the
last
second,
my
dad
found
out
what
it
was
and
we
drove
there,
but
I
got
my
way:
I
got
there
too
late,
so
I
didn't
see
him
I
also
forced
him
to
not.
Let
me
go
to
the
burial
ground,
so
I
have
never
been
to
this
day
to
where
they
put
Josh
on
the
ground.
C
It's
easier
for
me
to
pretend
he
moved
away
as
a
38
year
old
man
I
still
pretend
he
moved
away,
but
it
led
to
things
in
my
life
it
led
to
me
messing
up
in
school.
I
ended
up
going
from
being
a
great
student
to
be
not
welcome
in
the
school,
but
I
was
and
lets
me
move
into
another
school.
Getting
into
many
fights.
I
didn't
really
relate
that
it
was
related
to
Joshua's
passing,
but
it
was.
C
C
You
know
my
life
had
gotten
better
and
it's
changed,
and
clearly
you
can
see
that
from
where
I'm
at,
but
I
think
I
might
be
an
exception
to
that
story.
I
think
there
are
many
out
there
dealing
with
trauma
in
their
lives,
who
haven't
known
and
don't
know
that
there
is
help.
So
the
one
thing
I'm
going
to
say
here
very
loud
one
of
the
things
that
is
important
for
mayor
Walsh
and
everyone
who
works
for
mayor
Walsh
to
have
to
say
out
loud
wherever
we
go
is
you're
not
alone.
C
C
Sadly
it
may
happen,
but
when
it
does,
you
can
count
on
us
and
that's
what
really
in
the
end,
mayor
Walsh
in
the
Health,
Commission
and
others
are
trying
to
do
with
this
program
and
I
hope
that
we're
actual
izing
our
values
and
I
hope
that
all
of
you
out
there
see
that
and
when
you
see
something
not
working
as
well
as
you
should.
Let
us
know
when
you
see
something
working
really.
Well,
let
us
know
we
want
to
make
this
program
a
huge
success
with
that
nominee
bring
up
our
district
attorney.
C
D
As
I
actually
told
the
officer
that
drove
us
here
this
morning
that
story
a
matter
of
fact
and
all
the
boys
that
I
coached
we're
from
West
Roxbury
and
all
the
boys.
Obviously
the
Phyllis
coach
were
almost
exclusively
from
JP,
but
maybe
some
from
Roxbury
to
himself,
and
you
know,
as
he
said,
all
his
boys
were
Latinos.
All
mine
were
Irish
or
Italians
right,
but
it
was
what
a
wonderful
opportunity
right
here
in
this
field
here
to
play
against
each
other
and
to
compete
and
to
to
leave
that
field
as
friends.
D
C
D
Right
and
I
said
this
before:
after
the
after
the
election
premiere
I
print,
were
you
doing
a
great
job
now
after
the
election
for
mayor,
you
know
we
got
about
what
90
feet
of
snow,
that
winter
and
I
was
having
cup
of
tea.
With
my
wife,
we
were
quote
so
close
for
the
day
and
Maddie
was
up
there
talking
about
the
90,000
plows
that
were
out
there.
What
they
were
going
to
do
with
the
snow
and
I
said
to
my
wife
Trisha.
Aren't
you
glad
he's
on
there?
D
C
D
D
After
being
elected
mayor,
Marty
Walsh
made
clear
his
commitment
to
addressing
the
needs
of
our
communities
impacted
by
trauma
and
violence.
He
read.
He
reiterated
that
commitment
during
last
year's
State
of
the
City
address
piquing
the
interest
of
many
of
us
here
in
the
city,
including
myself,
when
he
announced
his
intention
to
take
that
commitment
even
further
by
working
with
residents,
police
and
public
health
officials
to
address
the
need
for
more
and
better
coordinated
trauma
services
in
the
wake
of
violence
today
is
the
fulfillment
of
that
promise.
D
Every
act
of
violence
is
like
a
stone
tossed
in
a
pond.
You
know
just
digress
from
my
prepared
remarks
to
talk
briefly
about
the
incident
across
the
street
last
week.
Lots
of
young
people
will
present
or
nearby
will
not
happen.
Residents
were
living
in
those
units
when
that
happened.
It's
very
obvious.
It
should
be
to
all
of
us
how
that
whole
community
was
terribly
traumatized
by
that
singular
event.
D
The
ripples
from
a
single
violent
act,
ngo5
beyond
the
victim
and
the
perpetrator
radiating
outward
to
their
families,
their
neighborhoods
in
their
communities,
deeply
affecting
even
total
strangers.
Those
ripples
of
trauma
can
infiltrate
every
aspect
of
life,
including
health,
education
relationships
and
the
social
fabric
that
connects
us
as
friends
and
neighbors
and,
tragically,
the
impact
is
felt
most
acutely
by
young
people,
the
kids
and
teens
who,
by
all
rights,
should
be
the
most
insulated
from
it.
D
It's
my
deepest
hope
that
we
will
now
see
ripples
of
a
different
kind
from
the
work
of
the
program
that
the
mayor
is
announcing
today,
a
neighborhood
trauma
teams
by
strengthening
by
strengthening
the
immediate
response
to
acts
of
violence
as
well
as
longer
term
follow-up.
We
can
help
stop
the
cycle
of
violence
in
our
neighborhoods
and
the
physical
and
emotional
time
that
result
from
it
trauma
response
requires
a
collaborative
approach
in
this
project.
Delivers
it
beginning
with
the
hundreds
of
community
members
who
offered
input
about
the
needs
faced
in
the
neighborhoods
mayor,
Walsh
and
secretary?
D
I'm
sorry,
she
Felix
a
royal
in
the
Boston
Health
Commission
have
built
a
strong
coalition
of
partners
across
the
health
scape
to
ensure
the
success
of
David
with
trauma
teams,
Boston
Children's,
Hospital,
Partners,
HealthCare
justice,
resource
Institute's,
smart
team
are
all
valued
partners
in
our
efforts
to
address
violence
and
trauma
across
the
city
and
the
involvement
of
neighborhood
based
based
health,
centers
and
nonprofits,
we'll
be
critical
to
reaching
community
members
in
their
own
neighborhoods
and
homes.
Everyone
in
Boston
deserves
to
feel
safe
in
their
homes
and
in
their
neighborhoods.
D
Children
deserve
the
opportunity
to
grow
up
with
a
sense
of
security
and
the
ability
to
learn
and
grow
without
fear
in
those
areas
most
impacted
by
violence.
However,
residents
are
too
often
denied
the
opportunity
to
thrive
because
of
the
weight
of
the
trauma
that
they
carry
with
them.
The
needs
of
victims
of
violence
and
those
impacted
by
violent
crime,
both
directly
and
indirectly,
must
be
addressed
in
order
to
break
the
cycle
of
violence
and
adequately
address
the
needs
of
the
communities
most
impacted
by
it.
Survivors
voices
need
to
be
heard.
D
No
one
agency
can
reach
the
goals
that
this
initiative
has
set
out
to
achieve,
but
together
this
coalition
of
city
agencies,
local
health,
centers
and
community
partners
has
the
ability
to
make
a
positive
and
lasting
impact
in
our
neighborhoods.
The
impact
of
the
work
beginning
here
today
won't
just
be
found
in
crime
statistics.
It
will
be
measured
in
the
improved
health
of
neighborhood
residents
in
greater
community
engagement
and
in
the
future
success
of
children
growing
up
in
every
corner
of
our
city.
D
The
creation
of
these
trauma
teams
is
a
strong
response
from
Mayor
Walsh
and
the
Boston
Health
Commission
to
the
community
and
their
request
for
trauma
services.
It's
part
of
a
larger
strategy,
a
comprehensive,
evidence-based
approach
to
safer
neighborhoods,
an
approach
that
prioritizes
the
well-being
of
well-being
of
residents
both
before
and
after
an
incident
by
recognizing
their
immediate
needs
in
enduring
in
ensuring
a
sustained
response.
D
This
means
violence,
prevention,
up,
front
and
afterward,
with
efforts
to
intervene
and
a
focus
on
heal
throughout
the
time
and
investment
both
in
terms
of
dollars
in
listening,
are
truly
impressive
and
I
applaud
mayor
Walsh.
For
what
he's
doing
here,
I
would
like
to
commend
each
of
our
community
partners
and
healthcare
partners
who
have
invested
so
much
of
their
time
and
resources
and
offered
their
expertise
to
ensure
the
success
of
this
initiative.
D
Together,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
stop
the
cycle
of
senseless
violence
that
feeds
trauma
and
despair
for
too
many
in
our
communities
and
leaves
only
two
more
acts
of
violence.
We
can
create
what
the
late
Robert
Kennedy
called
ripples
of
Hope
crossing
each
other
from
countless
different
centers,
creating
currents
strong
enough
to
break
down
walls.
The
neighborhood
trauma
team
program
is
a
powerful
means
to
that
end
and
I'm
very
grateful
to
Mayor
Walsh
for
launching
it
today.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Monica
Valdes,
Lupi
and
I'm,
the
executive
director
at
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
These
are
really
tough
act
to
follow
and
I
can't
say
that
I've
been
part
of
this
elite
club.
But
I
was
running
for
mayor
three
three
years
ago,
but
maybe
it's
better
because
it's
too
late
for
us,
maybe
maybe
we
should
just
throw
out
half
a
memory
but
in
all
seriousness
and
access.
E
I
was
talking
with
a
friend,
and
it
was
a
reminder
of
why
we
do
our
work
at
the
Commission
and
why
we
do
this
work
at
the
health
department
and
in
the
mayor
and
the
economy
have
talked
about
the
recent
events,
but
this
friend
in
the
ride
over
reminded
me
that
her
son's
passing
is
nearing
20
years.
This
fall
and
when
she
was
talking
about
the
pain
she
experienced,
she
said
it
was
like
losing
a
limb.
E
E
We
know
from
research
that
there's
a
pathway
from
traumatic
experience
to
psychological
stress
and
from
repeated
psychological
stress,
to
long-term
physical
and
mental
health
outcomes.
The
research
also
suggests
and
is
validated
by
what
we
know
that
even
witnessing
violence
and
Chief
Arroyo
talks
about
this
can
put
an
individual,
a
child,
a
team
or
an
adult
on
that
pathway,
and
this
means
that
violence
doesn't
just
affect
that.
E
The
communities
that
are
constantly
exposed
to
violence
in
the
city
are
those
same
neighborhoods
that
are
disproportionately
impacted
by
racism,
poverty,
social
distress
and
many
of
the
health
disparities
that
we
see
in
our
clients.
Families
in
our
communities
are
acutely
aware
of
these
burdens
and
data
from
a
survey
that
we
did
in
2013,
with
over
2000
Boston
parents
and
caregivers.
E
The
health
of
Boston's
children
report
finds
that
approximately
26%
of
our
parents
and
caregivers
felt
that
their
child
was
unsafe
in
the
neighborhood
one
in
four
across
the
city,
and
when
we
look
at
this
percentage,
when
we
asked
our
parents
and
caregivers
in
Roxbury
and
Dorchester,
the
numbers
increased
to
32
to
37
percent
in
public
health.
We
believe
that
prevention
is
always
the
best
option.
It's
the
key
to
breaking
this
cycle
of
violence
and
the
neighborhood
trauma.
Teams
are
all
about
prevention
and
healing
our
teams
will
be
there
for
the
community
when
an
incident
occurs.
E
As
the
mayor
said,
when
I
joined
the
Commission
last
year,
he
spoke
with
me
in
those
first
couple
weeks
and
shared
that
he
was
very
interested
in
building
on
this
first
phase
of
our
trauma
activities
at
the
health
department
by
tying
with
it
a
community-based
response
strategy
that
would
be
coupled
with
the
behavioral
health
services
and
other
recovery
services
that
were
offered
by
our
health
centers.
We
not
only
met
with
our
community
members,
but
we
also
met
with
our
providers
in
the
health
centers
and
we
gathered
their
feedback.
E
No
one
agency,
the
health
department
can't
do
this
alone,
and
the
funding
and
support
for
these
new
neighborhood
teams
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction
towards
building
a
trauma-informed
City
that
can
work
together
across
our
different
silos
and
with
our
community
partners
to
break
the
cycle
of
violence.
I
want
to
acknowledge
one
of
our
colleagues
at
the
Commission
who
wasn't
able
to
join
us
today,
Courtney
gray,
many
of
you
have
worked
with
Courtney
I
knew
Courtney
before
humans,
again
working
with
the
Commission
when
I
was
there
in
2001
and
he's
working
with
dr.
E
John
rich
and
our
men's
health
clinic
and
Courtney
has
really
helped
pave
the
way
for
our
trauma
work
that
we
have
at
the
Commission
and
he's
been
with
us
along
the
way,
as
we've
been
reengineering
and
redesigning
the
work
and
Courtney
I
wanted
to
share.
With
all
of
you
who
hadn't
heard
his
assumes
a
new
leadership
role
if
the
Commish
working
on
disaster,
behavioral
health,
with
our
preparedness
unit
and
I,
want
to
thank
Courtney,
because
he
has
been
leading
much
of
this
work
with
us
and
with
the
mayor.
I
want
to
invite.
E
And
actually,
as
we're
all
assembling
I'm,
not
going
to
this
represent
most
of
our
trauma
teams
and
staffs
and
I
wanted
to
point
out.
I
know
that
Reverend
Scott
has
got
his
gear
on
so
Brendan
said.
If
you
want
to
stay
up
front,
so
we
could.
We
can
show
everyone
that
this
was
something
that,
when
the
mayor
asked
us
to
think
about
the
work
differently
and
make
sure
that
we
were
recognizable.
E
That
they're
going
to
accept
that
they're
not
only
going
to
expect
but
they're
going
to
get
from
the
health
department
and
across
our
teams,
and
so
again,
I
want
to
thank
mayor,
Walsh,
chief
Arroyo,
the
economy,
all
of
our
partners
who
have
joined
us
here
today
and
thank
all
of
our
teams
for
going
on
this
next
phase
of
the
journey
with
us
and
really
excited
about
these
opportunities
to
work
with
each
of
the
health
centers
in
the
community-based
partners.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
again
to
all
of
you
and
thank
you,
may
watch
for
your
vision
of
a
healthy
and
safer
community.
As
Monica
has
mentioned,
we
are
up
to
the
task.
We
work
with
many
of
these
community-based
organizations
and
Hospital
partners,
and
so
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
fulfill
your
vision
for
Boston.
Many
of
us
are
most
in
residence
too,
so
this
is
personal
to
all
of
us
as
well.
A
So
as
caregivers
as
residents
as
parents,
we
are
also
raised
in
lithium
Norcia
a
little
thing
we
may
not
have
run
for
office,
but
Catholic
Memorial
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
the
Lord
Boothby
M
in
Frank,
Doyle
goofy
young.
So
thanks
to
all
of
you
for
being
here
and
for
me,
we
have
a
wonderful
partnership
with
the
Boston
Police
Department
they've
been
very
supportive
of
one
of
our
youth
programs.
We
believe,
as
Monica
said,
that
this
is
a
model.
Boston
is
a
city
of
leaders.
Boston
is
a
city
of
visionaries.
A
We
will
be
leading
the
way
and
we'll
be
measuring
our
impact
and
we'll
be
able
to
share
a
story.
So,
thanks
to
all
of
our
community
residents
for
all
of
your
input,
all
of
our
community
partners
for
all
of
your
valued
input,
and
thanks
to
all
of
you
for
visiting
my
house,
our
home,
our
staff
of
wonderful
and
love
hosting
people
I
have
to
tell
them
this
is
and
so
invited
guests
only
because
all
of
them
would
be
here.
So
they
want
to
share
their
stories
with
you
have
a
great
day.