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From YouTube: MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention Kickoff
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Massachusetts General Hospital announces its new Center for Gun Violence Prevention. Mayor Walsh, District Attorney Rachel Rollins, and gun control activists come together to commend MGH's focus on gun safety and saving lives.
A
A
I
have
learned
so
much
since
from
from
Tina,
since
we
met
more
than
a
year
ago,
our
Gun
Violence,
Prevention,
Coalition
and
others
from
the
CCI
and
others
joined
in
the
Mother's
Day
march
for
peace
for
the
last
couple
of
years
and
had
a
great
energetic
team
this
year
in
the
the
chilly
rain,
which
even
made
it
more
meaningful
thing
and
we're
so
happy
to
be
even
the
smallest
part
of
that
and
making
sure
the
vital
work
that
you
do
so.
Please
join.
B
Thank
you
both
dr.
Sachs
and
dr.
modeski,
for
your
mission
and
co-founded,
the
Center
for
gun,
violence,
prevention
and
I
must
say.
Thank
you,
Savan
for
making
the
investment
I
know
you
guys
know
this
community
person
that
made
needs
to
let
you
know
that
I
also
know
this.
According
to
dr.
dr.
Deborah
probe
estate
research,
she
says
families
of
homicide,
victims
and
uniquely
and
deeply
impacted
psychologically,
physically,
emotionally,
spiritually
and
financially
healing
is
essential
to
healthy
and
stable
community.
B
She
says,
and
I
quote
experience
teaches
us
that
urban
violence
is
only
preventable
if
we
address
the
underlining
conditions
that
support
it:
racial
and
ethnic
disparity,
poverty
and
marginalization,
and
these
conditions
that
had
tethered
to
the
streets
where
conflicts
are
played
out,
but
I
went
through
our
day-to-day
lives
and
while
addressing
these
issues
is
without
financial
cost,
not
addressing
them
is
even
more
costly
in
our
prisons.
Emergency
rooms
are
physical
rehabilitation,
increasing
public
safety
costs
and
again
I
want
to
thank
you,
dr.
B
Salvin,
for
making
the
huge
investment
in
your
hospital
for
us
at
the
peace
Institute,
making
sure
that
families
are
treated
with
dignity
and
compassion,
regardless
of
the
circumstances
surrounding
their
loved
ones.
Murder
is
at
the
center
of
this
intervention,
and
we
are
pleased
to
say
that
we
are
partnering
with
our
hospitals
that
are
a
part
of
this
work,
and
it
is
a
great
investment
you
see
when
Lewis
was
killed
in
1993.
B
B
B
In
addition
to
the
doctors
that
will
be
doing
the
research
that
will
advance
the
health
and
safety
of
children
and
adults
through
injury
and
gun
violence
prevention,
we
are
hoping
that
the
center
will
also
hire
as
part
of
their
teams
of
individuals
that
have
their
pools
and
the
reality
of
what
is
needed.
That
will
help
you
to
fulfill
the
education
and
community
engagement
as
part
of
your
sentence
goal
right
from
the
right
direction.
So
the
opening
of
the
mg
gh
sensitive,
gun
violence
prevention
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
B
Practical
financial
and
spiritual
needs
in
the
aftermath
of
homicide.
Research
tells
us
that
homicide
survivorship
is
under-recognized
compared
with
the
survivorship
of
other
forms
of
violence.
We
are
here
to
partner
with
you
to
Train
health
professionals,
about
the
specific
and
unique
impacts
of
homicide,
so
that
survivors
of
murder
victims
can
receive
a
care
that
is
designed
for
them
for
their
well-being
through
our
continued
partnership
with
MGH.
Our
hope
is
to
be
a
part
of
bringing
forth
true
sustainable
sustainability
in
communities
and
urban
settings.
B
B
And
the
struggle
and
fight
continues
for
us
for
this
type
of
sustainability.
We
are
encouraged.
We
are
hopeful
and
we
are
here
yeah
we're.
The
threat
intention
has
to
trickle
down
into
the
community,
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
partnering
with
the
center
by
being
here
to
offer
training
and
is
culturally
and
relevantly
appropriate
again
I
say
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
dr.
Sachs,
dr.
mazaki
McCaskill,
for
your
vision
and
thank
you
that
the
slave
it
for
really
again
make
it
the
investment
in
following
the
leadership
of
a
survival.
A
A
I
now
have
the
amazing
privilege
of
introducing
our
Attorney
General,
who
is
currently
serving
in
her
second
term
as
the
people's
lawyer,
Maura
Healey
leads
an
office
dedicated
to
advancing
public
safety
and
protecting
the
rights
of
all
Massachusetts
resident,
and
the
EEG
has
really
been
at
the
forefront
of
this.
This
fight
for
gun
violence
prevention,
I've
had
the
amazing
privilege
of
working
with
people
in
her
office.
John
Miller
who's,
one
of
one
of
my
personal
heroes
who
organized
a
group
of
physicians.
Another
of
you
ever
seen,
one.
A
E
E
E
It's
a
really
really
great
program.
It's
helping
young
people
identify
how
to
ask
for
help
before
they
hurt
themselves
or
someone
else
and
I.
Think
all
of
us
today
can't
underscore
enough
and
affirm
the
need
for
funding
for
behavioral
most
services
I
see
it
all
across
the
state.
The
need
is
great
and
I
think
it's
such
an
important
program
and
I
wanted
mark
to
be
here,
because
he
really
has
been
so
instrumental
in
being
the
driving
force
behind
a
lot
of
the
initiatives
out
of
our
office
and
he's
joined
by
so
many
others.
E
E
It's
a
public
health
health
issue
not
just
for
the
200
lives
that
are
injured
every
day
and
the
more
than
100
that
are
that
are
shot
and
killed
at
the
hand
of
a
but
the
ripple
effects
of
all
those
incidents
on
family
members
and
the
lake,
and
that's
why
this
is
just
so
great
and
I
am
so
proud
to
see.
Mgh
do
this.
I
am
grateful
to
dr.
Slavin
and
his
teams
and
dr.
misako's
to
dr.
E
E
Also
find
it
really
moving
whenever
I'm
in
the
room
with
Tina,
who,
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
once
again
led
the
mother's
march
for
peace
on
Mother's
Day
and
has
been
such
an
advocate
in
such
an
educator
and
illuminator
as
we
think
about
how
to
deal
with
and
break
cycles
of
violence
and
trauma
in
our
communities.
My
colleagues
Commissioner
Burrell,
is
here
as
well
and
I
know
we'll
be
joined
shortly
by
the
mayor.
E
E
And
Ayana
has
always
spoken
brilliantly
about
the
impact
of
violence
in
our
communities
and
what
that
reads.
So
this
is
great
to
see
the
medical
community
come
forward.
This
is
your
lane.
This
is
your
lane,
so
embrace
it
and
and
make
the
most
of
it,
because
we
really
need
you
in
the
driver's
seat.
You
know.
E
Last
week,
I
was
out
in
Denver
we
had
a
meeting
with
other
attorneys
general
around
the
country
and
for
the
first
time
we
had
organized
a
survivor
panel
and
it
was
really
really
empower
for
you
know,
and
to
listen
to
a
woman
who
who
sent
her
son
to
a
birthday
party,
thirteen
years
old.
He
was
in
the
right
place.
E
He
was
doing
everything
he's
supposed
to
be
doing
as
a
13
year
old
and
and
a
shooting
happened
there,
and
so
he's
left
now
in
a
chair,
paralyzed
and
also
unable
to
talk
and
that
mother
not
only
has
to
worry
about
her
son
and
what's
gonna
happen
to
him
for
the
rest
of
his
life
as
she
cares
for
him
every
day.
But
she
now
has
to
worry
about
her
now
15
year
old
son
who's
was
nine
when
that
happened,
who
is
left
with
all
sorts
of
trauma
and
that
hasn't
been
addressed.
E
I
heard
from
a
woman
survivor
who
lost
her
sister
to
suicide
by
gun
and
also
her
father,
and
she
herself
now
deals
with
suicidal
thoughts
and
needs
help,
but
she's.
A
strong
and
brave
survivor
speaking
up
I
met
with
many
folks
who
were
survivors
of
Aurora
and
Columbine.
I
know
that
this
Wednesday
is
the
third
anniversary
of
pulse
nightclub,
so
many
shootings,
so
many
senseless
deaths.
E
But
today
is
a
positive,
because
today,
if
he
truly
represents
a
step
forward,
recognizing
gun
violence
as
the
public
health
crisis
that
it
is
and
recognizing
the
unique
role
that
Massachusetts
has
to
play
national,
we
will
continue
to
pass
strong
gun
laws.
We
will
continue
to
support
and
grow,
hopefully,
funding
for
behavioral
health
services.
My
office
will
continue
to
defend
any
number
of
challenges.
Two
of
those
laws
brought
by
the
gun
lobby
in
the
NRA
and
by
the
way
we
have
not
lost
a
case
yet
over
the
last.
E
We're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
work
but
I
think
collectively
as
a
community.
This
is
how
we
best
achieved
and
for
an
institution
like
MGH
to
this
pioneered
and
led
the
way
so
much
nationally
globally.
To
take
this
issue
on
to
create
a
center
to
bring
us
all
together,
I
know
we'll
have
a
meaningful
impact
on
the
lives
and
the
trajectory
of
lives
across
the
city
and
across
the
state
and
I
do
think
it's
a
model
of
what
we
need
to
see
happen
nationally
and,
as
Massachusetts
has
led
on
so
many
fronts.
E
This
is
a
perfect
place
for
us
to
lead,
so
I
want
to
thank
dr.
Slavin
and
the
team
here
for
all
the
great
work
that
you're
going
to
do.
I
want
to
thank
my
partners
in
this
effort
and,
more
than
anything,
I
want
to
thank
the
survivors.
It
is
your
voices,
especially
the
voices
of
the
young
people
that
are
going
to
continue
to
power
and
energize
and
move
this
moving
forward,
demanding
with
insistency
action,
especially
on
the
part
of
elected
officials.
E
C
C
C
An
honor
to
Paul
your
great
Attorney
General,
my
friend,
we
have
known
each
other
for
quite
some
time
now
and
have
been
involved
in
this
fight
together,
but
Massachusetts
continues
to
be
a
shining
light,
a
beacon
of
hope
for
smart,
sensible
regulations
and
policy
around
gun
safety,
and
it's
thanks
to
all
the
great
work.
That's
coming
from
your
attorney
general's
office
and
people
like
John
Rosenthal
to
stop
in
gun
violence
and
all
of
these
people
up
on
the
stage
here
and
all
of
you,
people
here,
bringing
the
best
general
community
or
law
enforcement.
C
It
is
going
to
take
a
village
and
I
am
filled
with
so
much
hope
that
families
Mokey's
having
to
endure
the
pain
that
our
families
will
ignore
forever.
Thanks
to
the
good
work,
that's
being
done
today
by
all
these
great
folks
and
saying
even
promise
is
so
proud
to
partner
with
the
state
of
Massachusetts,
to
bring
our
life-saving
programs
to
the
state
to
help
you
guys
do
this
good
work.
So
literally
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart,
my
little
Daniel
is
proud
of
each
and
every
one
of
you
in
this
tent
today.
C
F
I
get
a
lot
of
emails,
some
of
them
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning,
most
of
them
in
the
last
week
came
from
them,
but
but
in
reality
this
is
a
remarkable
show
of
solidarity
from
everyone.
I've
been
a
surgeon
for
the
better
part
of
twenty
five
years
and
there's
some
people
in
this
room
who
like
to
train
with
via
James
from
Boston
City
Hospital.
We
spent
a
lot
of
nights
together
in
the
emergency
room
and
others
who
I've
met
along
the
way.
F
F
Over
the
years,
I've
cared
for
many
Gumba
gotten
many
victims
of
gun,
violence
and
I've
told
many
mothers
about
the
deaths
of
their
children.
I
can
assure
you
Thea
John,
that's
the
worst
part
of
our
job
as
surgeons.
We
much
of
what
we
know
about
treating
gunshot
wounds
today,
increasingly
seen
in
towns
across
the
United.
States
has
been
learned,
unfortunately,
from
battlefield
surgeons
who
care
for
similar
wounds
in
Korea
Vietnam
and
the
Middle
East.
We
have
been
trained
to
care
for
the
worst
traumatic
injuries
of
the
some
of
the
worst
circumstances
to
save
lives.
F
We
are
doing
this
well.
However,
many
of
my
fellow
health
care
providers
believe
that
we
are
not
only
in
the
business
of
preventing
death
after
injury.
We
also
share
special
obligations,
better
understand
the
causes
of
social
determinates
of
these
injuries
and
to
prevent
them
from
occurring
in
the
first
place.
For
this
reason,
physicians
and
surgeons
have
been
champions
of
injury
prevention
for
decades,
we've
not
been
alone.
For
example,
although
initially
unpopular
Surgeon,
General
Luther
Terry,
who
was
a
pediatrician
reported
on
the
day
of
tobacco
to
smokers,
unborn
children,
pet
bystanders.
F
One
of
Mobil
modifications
that
have
resulted
in
significant
reduction
in
preventable
deaths
and
injuries
from
the
motor
vehicle
accidents
that
we
used
to
see
almost
every
day
in
our
emergency
room
at
Boston,
City
Hospital
that
sort
of
have
gone
away
in
kids,
but
it
was
part
our
approach
to
gun
violence
prevention
should
be
no
difference.
As
you
heard
in
2014,
the
gun
related
fatalities
for
American
teenagers,
matched
the
deaths
resulting
from
what
April
crashes
crashes
are
going
down
and
gun
violence
is
going
up.
F
F
Doctors,
among
others,
can
no
longer
afford
to
stand
on.
The
sidelines
have
allowed
the
restriction
of
our
ability
to
do
research
on
firearm
injuries,
while
nearly
three
times
as
many
American
citizens
are
killed
each
year
and
setteth
epoch
than
they
are
by
the
AIDS
virus.
We
can
no
longer
delay
well.
The
cost
to
care
for
these
victims
exceeds
the
budget
of
the
US.
Department
of
Education
seems
impressive.
F
Our
hospital-based
Center
will
join
those
who
have
worked
in
this
space
for
many
years
to
better
understand
the
social
determinants
of
gun
violence.
We
will
strive
to
provide
educational
opportunities
for
our
patients
and
for
our
colleagues
that
will
not
only
lessen
the
tolls
on
victims,
families
and
friends
of
the
victims,
our
own
health
care
providers
and
tax
the
health
care
system,
but
will
also
provide
cost
savings
that
can
be
applied
to
other
pressing
health
care
needs
as
health
care
providers.
We
are
charged
with
me
more
than
caring
for
the
sick
and
injured.
F
F
So
the
next
part
is
easier:
I
get
to
introduce
a
friend
I,
like
introducing
friends
I
like
introducing
the
speaker
to
Leo
over
the
past
15
years.
Many
of
my
colleagues
have
walked
up
to
the
state
us
to
advocate,
on
behalf
of
our
patients,
our
message:
centered
around
equitable
and
reliable
health
care
access,
smoking,
cessation,
opioid
mitigation,
early
childhood
mental
health
prevention
and
education,
gun
violence
and
injury
prevention.
F
F
F
F
His
thoughtful
leadership
is
essential
is
an
essential
force
to
produce
some
of
the
most
forward-thinking
health
care
and
injury
prevention
laws
of
the
United
States,
many
of
which
have
been
modeled
by
other
states,
I'm,
so
pleased
that
he
has
taken
the
time
to
join
us
today
to
share
his
thoughts
about
this
important
issue
of
gun,
violence
prevention
and
what
we
can
do
together
to
realize
a
safer
country
for
all
of
our
citizens.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
please
welcome
my
good
friend,
Robert
DeLeo
speaker.
G
Thank
you
so
much
Peter
for
that
extremely
kind.
Inter
introduction
and
Peter
is
no
stranger
to
my
office.
You
never
know.
What's
this,
someone
will
come
in
and
say:
Peter
Messiah
comes
wants
to
see
you
very
very
interesting
relationship,
but
I
think
thank
for
that.
For
that
really
warm
introduction
and,
most
importantly,
for
the
unbelievable.
G
G
You
know
with
the
record
like
she
has
in
court
I
wish
you
could
trade
for
a
little
bit
of
that
to
the
Red
Sox
right
about
now.
It's
a
dad
about
the
Bruins,
because
they're
they're
obviously
doing
very
well,
and
it's
so
wonderful,
also
to
have
by
different
attorney
Rachel
Rollins
here.
I
know
this
isn't
a
very
important
issue
for
her
as
well.
G
G
G
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
personally
also
think
John
Rosenthal
John
is
not
only
a
leader
here
in
Massachusetts,
but
I'd
have
to
say
he's
an
elite
leader
throughout
the
country.
On
this
issue,
John
and
I,
as
we
were
involved,
shall
we
say
getting
involved
with
the
it
I
got
violence
here
in
in
Massachusetts.
We
were
in
constant
contact
in
terms
of
the
ups
and
downs
that
one
goes
through
during
trying
to
get
some
legislation
passed,
but
especially
been
at
this
one,
and
he
was
always
there.
Thank
you
very
much,
John
you're,
a
true
inspiration.
G
G
G
G
We
need
to
think
about
expanding
our
prevention
efforts,
including
the
addressing
behavioral
health
and
socio-economic
inequity,
particularly
in
our
urban
communities.
As
many
of
you
know,
the
disproportionate
told
that
gun
violence
takes
in
urban
neighborhoods
in
particularly
on
young
people
of
color
is
alarming.
In
2017,
teenage
homicides
in
Boston
doubled
from
the
previous
year.
That's
why!
Last
year,
the
House
passed
a
ten
million
dollar
gun
violence
prevention
programs,
the
youths
and
areas
with
high
rates
of
gun,
violence
and
violent
crime
in
last
fall
led
by
representative.
G
D
G
I
just
want
to
say
to
all
of
you
here
today
and
to
all
the
folks
up
there
in
the
dais
as
well.
I
look
forward,
I,
look
forward
to
your
partnership
of
the
shared
goal.
Although
I
have
listed
many
of
the
forward
momentum
that
we
have
made
here
in
Massachusetts
and
I
consider
Massachusetts
to
be
the
strongest
state
in
the
country
when
it
comes
to
anti-gay,
gun,
violence
and
I.
Think
that
our
record
shows.
G
No
mistake
about
it
make
no
mistake
about
it.
We
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
this
is
going
to
be
work
for
this
session,
not
the
next
session,
but
for
a
long
long
time,
if
we're
truly
going
to
make
sure
that
we
not
only
remain
the
top
state
in
the
country,
but
we
take
the
board
what
we've
done
in
this
state
and
we
see
if
replicated
in
other
states
and
in
our
country
as
a
whole.
That's
what
I
know!
G
That's
what
I
know
that
we
have
truly
had
one
and
it
really
this
terrible
epidemic
of
gun
violence
here
in
our
country
as
well.
So
again,
I,
look
I,
look
forward
to
your
partnership
on
this
on
this
year.
That
goal
and
congratulations
to
the
folks
of
Mass,
General,
Hospital's
and
I,
look
forward
to
hearing
the
results,
your
work
as
well.
They
all
thank
you
all.
H
So
our
next
speaker
is
going
to
be
a
doctor.
Martin
Carell,
the
Commissioner
of
the
Department
of
Public
Health
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
in
2015
Monica,
was
engaged
in
some
very
important
work
as
the
chief
medical
officer
of
the
Boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless
sub
program.
She
was
on
the
staff
here
at
Mass.
I
Slavin
for
that
introduction-
and
it
is
an
honor
to
be
here
with
my
fellow
guest
speakers
and
most
importantly-
I-
am
honored
and
humbled
and
inspired
by
the
family
members,
both
on
the
stage
and
in
the
audience
who
are
sharing
their
stories
and
they
are
the
ones
pushing
us
to
action.
So
thank
you
to
the
family
members.
I
In
Massachusetts,
we
take
great
pride
in
being
one
of
the
healthiest
states
in
the
nation
and
there's
lots
of
metrics
to
prove
it.
We
have
one
of
the
lowest
rates
of
chronic
illness
in
the
country.
We
have
low
rates
of
obesity,
lowest
rates
of
tobacco,
smoking
and
almost
universal
access
to
health
care,
and
we
take
great
pride
in
this
and
when
it
comes
to
gun
violence,
in
fact,
we
have
one
of
the
lowest
firearm
death
rates
in
the
country,
but
we
know
collectively,
as
you've
heard
from
other
speakers.
I
I
Differently,
working
with
community
organizations
to
address
disparities
in
neighborhoods
with
the
highest
rates
of
gun,
violence
and
we're
assisting
them
in
developing
programs
that
include
housing,
academic
support,
family
support,
employment,
mental
and
behavioral
health
needs
and
others
all
factors
that
can
make
a
difference
in
whether
a
young
person
is
exposed
to
gun
violence,
I'm
free.
We
want
to
thank
Mass,
General
Hospital
for
taking
this
critical
step
in
developing
the
Mass
General
Center
for
gun
violence
prevention.
I
C
H
Rachel
was
elected
on
a
platform
of
substantial
reform
to
the
criminal
justice
system,
which
is
Shirley's
she
pledged
it
has
vigorously
pursued.
Since
she
took
office
a
mission
that's
tirelessly
focused
on
reducing
incarceration,
correcting
racial
and
ethnic
disparities,
adopting
alternatives
to
traditional
prosecution,
focusing
the
offices,
limited
resources
on
serious
and
violent
crimes
and
improving
relationship
between
law
enforcement
and
the
communities
they
serve.
J
This
is
a
public
health
epidemic.
It's
a
crisis.
These
numbers
tell
the
same
story
that
law
enforcement
knows
guns,
steal
more
lives
than
any
other
weapon
combined
and
that
doesn't.
That
number
doesn't
even
begin
to
quantify
the
harm
that
gun
violence
inflicts
on
communities
and
we
have
families
that
are
left
to
live
not
only
with
the
tragic
tragic
loss
of
their
loved
ones.
If
you
survive
you're
lucky
to
survive
a
gunshot
wound,
the
physical
impacts
of
those
wounds
are
extensive.
J
The
post-traumatic
stress
disorder
is
real
and
we
have
communities
that
suffer
as
a
whole
as
a
result
of
violence.
Children
and
certain
communities
are
forced
to
grow
up
with
the
fear
that
the
next
step
that
they
take
outside
of
their
front
door
might
be
their
last
and
I
want
you
to
hear
me
say
that
there's
no
hierarchy
of
hurt
anyone
who
suffered
a
loss
as
a
result
of
gun
violence
is
suffering
a
tragic
loss.
J
What
I
want
is
our
Victim
Witness
advocates,
focusing
on
helping
you
through
the
legal
system
and
our
survivor
services
to
help
you
with
everything
else.
It
shouldn't
be
that
if
you
suffer
a
loss
from
a
gunshot
wound
and
can
afford
psychiatric
help
or
mental
health
assistance,
you
get
it.
But
if
you
are
impoverished
you
don't
it
shouldn't
be
that
if
a
gun
violence
impacts
you
in
your
home
and
you
can
afford
to
move
out
of
that
home
and
not
have
to
walk
over
the
threshold
of
where
you
picked
up.
J
J
So
what
I
want
to
tell
you
is
I'm
grateful
to
dr.
Peters,
lab
and
dr.
Peter
asiagos,
say
dr.
Sachs
and
to
Mass
General
Hospital
as
a
whole
for
their
leadership
on
this
issue.
With
today's
launch
of
the
Center
for
gun
violence
prevention,
I
want
you
to
know,
you
have
a
partner
for
anyone
in
the
media.
You
know,
I
am
allowed
an
active
partner,
so
I'm
going
to
be
loud
and
active
with
you.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
Thank
you.
H
The
City
of
Boston,
one
of
the
great
joys
of
my
job,
is
the
professional
that
I've
developed
with
the
mayor,
as
well
as
the
a
personal
friendship.
I
first
met
the
mayor
about
a
week
after
he
took
office
when
he
called
me
and
asked
this
was
about
nine,
the
Marathon
bombing,
whether
he
could
come
by
the
hospital.
Few
days
later,
they
meet
with
the
our
clinicians,
who
played
a
role
in
treating
the
victims
of
that
bombing
there
at
Mass,
General
and
sure
enough.
H
A
few
days
later,
he
did
found
spent
about
an
hour
with
a
group
of
doctors,
nurses
and
other
staff
and
asked
them
questions
the
experience
and,
most
importantly,
just
thank
them
profusely
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
Boston
for
what
they
did
and
also
required
as
to
whether
there
are
things
that
the
city
could
do
even
better.
If
we
faced
a
similar
situation
in
the
future
that
experience,
that
meant
a
lot
to
me,
events
even
more
to
those
doctors
and
nurses.
H
The
healthcare
needs
of
the
city
and
serving
as
important
social
safety
net,
so
be
it
on
the
issue
of
healthcare
disparities
veterans,
health
substance
use
disorders
are
today
gun
violence
parties
has
been
incredible,
an
advocate
who
steps
that
can
be
taken
to
the
health
of
the
people
of
this
city,
and
it
is
a
great
joy
for
me
to
welcome
there.
My
friend,
Marty.
K
They've
done
and
I
want
to
thank
dr.
Slavin
and
everyone
of
National
Hospital,
who
is
constantly
trying
to
find
the
solution
for
so
many
different
issues
that
that
affect
our
city
that
affect
the
people
in
our
city
that
affect
people
in
our
country.
I
want
to
thank
you.
I,
want
to
thank
the
Harvard.
Medical
School
feel
generous
support
as
well
Tina,
sherry,
the
work
that
Tina's
done
and
other
survivors
in
this
moment.
K
K
The
team
that's
here
we
have
with
us
today,
Monica
about
those
who
play
from
the
Public
Health
Department
in
the
city
of
Boston
Marty
Martinez
from
from
chief
helping
the
services
great
one
that
she
who
bought
some
police
departments
with
us,
Sheba
Revere,
is
with
us
Commissioner
Burrell
from
the
state
attorney
general
Healey.
All
of
these
folks
that
that
that
that
I
hear
we
work
together,
this
isn't
about
who
gets
credit
for
what
this
is
about.
K
K
Hospitals
and
health
centers
are
ground
zero.
You
face
it
every
single
day,
you've
seen
the
effects
of
that
health
of
a
family
and
communities
and
you're.
Also
a
big
part
of
the
solution,
so
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out.
I
know,
I
see
at
least
one
doctor
I
want
to
thank
the
doctors
and
the
nurses
and
the
medical
staff
that
do
incredible
work
here
in
our
city
and
all
across
America
as
well.
This
new
center
bills
on
MGH
s
focus
on
prevention.
K
You
believe
it
looking
for
the
replies
with
cause
of
the
health
issue,
improving
outcomes,
outreach
through
education,
that's
how
you
approach
subsidies
disorder,
that's
how
you
approach
mental
health
and
that's
certainly
how
you
approach,
gun,
violence,
you're,
stronger
partner
in
our
city
and
all
of
these
different
regards
focus.
Focusing
on
prevention
is
one
of
the
most
important
things
we
must
do.
We
must
be
proactive
and
not
reactive.
That's
the
mission
that
guys
are
at
work
in
our
city,
we're
looking
for
ways
to
prevent
violence
in
the
first
place
and
stop
the
cycles
of
violence.
K
We've
made
some
progress.
Violent
crime
in
Boston
has
gone
down
severely
over
the
last
five
years.
It's
because
we
believe
in
lifting
people
up
and
not
longer
locking
people
up
sounds
fine,
but
I
want
to
thank
some
amazing
partners.
People
like
Tina
cherry
the
peace
Institute
visionaries
like
dr.
Peter,
Slavin
change
makers
like
Speaker
Robert,
DeLeo
and
Rachel
Rawlings
I'm,
proud
of
what
we've
accomplished,
but
we
also
have
still
a
long
way
to
go.
K
One
gun
death
is
too
many
and
we
won't
stop
fighting
until
we
get
to
zero
and
that's
what
we
are:
we're
working
to
zero
we're
working
to
create
more
opportunity,
more
positive
opportunities
for
our
young
people,
we're
addressing
the
quality
life
issues
that
make
people
think
about
firing.
A
gun
is
the
best
option,
we're
investing
more
in
trauma
with
dismantling
prison
to
pipeline
programs
with
creating
programs
like
Operation
exit,
we're
putting
a
stronger
focus
on
mental
health,
we're
perfecting
gun
violence
in
a
big
way
and
our
legislative
package.
Two
speakers
spoke
already
I.
K
Remember
when
I
was
a
member
of
the
legislature
and
Shaniqua
the
Leo
put
together
the
toughest
gun
laws
in
the
United
States
of
America,
and
then
what
did
he
follow
up?
He
followed
it
up
with
the
toughest
got
my
package,
the
United
States
of
America,
and
he
certainly
is
on
the
front
line,
making
sure
that
the
legislature
and
the
laws
of
the
Commonwealth
are
helping
people
well.
K
Finally,
a
bill
this
year,
that's
going
to
help
us
require
darkness
patience
about
guns
in
their
home,
just
simply
to
be
able
to
assist
those
folks
that
have
guns
in
their
home,
the
doctors
and
stuff
together
and
when
I
say
together,
I'm,
not
talking
about
legislators
and
elected
officials
together,
the
entire
community
we're
finding
a
better
way
forward.
We
need
to
continue
to
stay
creative
and
a
lot
of
efforts
are
working,
we're
in
a
position
to
set
a
natural
example
at
a
time
when
our
countries
in
crisis.
K
This
leadership
has
never
been
more
important
this
that
this
Center
is
another
big
jump
forward
and
I
know
it
will
have
a
big
impact.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
took
time
to
be
here
this
morning.
I
want
to
especially
thank
the
professionals
that
do
this
work
every
single
day.
Thank
you
for
your
word
and
to
the
survivors
in
this
room
today
want
you
to
know.
We
love
you,
we
stand
with
you
and
we
will
all.
H
I
want
to
I
disclose
the
program
by
thanking
all
of
our
speakers,
for
there
are
wonderful
remarks.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
funding
the
center
announcing.
It
is
the
easy
part.
Now
the
hard
work
begins
in
trying
to
maximize
the
impact
this
Center
can
have
on
the
issue
of
gun
violence
prevention
here
in
this
region,
and
more
broadly
and
I,
know
that
theatres
gonna
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
you
to
try
to
really
make
this
Center
have
a
big
impact.
H
We
know
we
can
do
it
alone
invested
or
far
from
it.
We
need
to
work
with
others
in
the
private
and
public
sector
to
really
move
ahead.
This
said
this
critically
important
issue
and
I
know
survivors
and
people
throughout
this
region
are
expecting
nothing
but
our
best
effort
going
forward.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
da.