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From YouTube: Urban College Announcement 2020
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Run by the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development (OWD) TFCC matches students with coaches from success Boston to help them navigate the challenges of higher education. Through this two-fold approach - both financial and interpersonal support - the plan aims to help more Boston students afford, attend, and complete college.
A
C
B
We
go
there.
We
go
first
of
all,
welcome
welcome
to
the
base
and
I
could
I
could
imagine
like
when
the
mayor
walked
in
I
was
getting
nervous
because
I
know
we
have
this
press
conference,
but
I
can
see
him
rolling
his
shoulder.
First
thing:
he
did.
He
got
a
baseball
he's
talking
to
the
young
folks,
but
what
we'll
do
mr.
Mehra's,
we'll
figure
out
a
day
when
no
one
knows
your
schedule
put
some
sweats
on
and
let
you
go
do
what
you're
doing
and
a
lot
of
folks?
B
If
you
didn't
know
what
I
love
is
you
know,
the
mayor
was
also
he's
a
coach,
so
a
lot
of
young
folks
that
he
coach
and
he
mentored
he
used
sports
as
a
way
of
really.
You
know
shifting
and
trajectory
for
a
lot
of
our
young
folks,
but
we're
excited
we're
excited
to
be
here
for
a
few
different
reasons
when
you
think
about
as
the
mayor's
expanding
his
Boston
tuition,
free,
Community
College
plan
and
the
work
also
of
the
urban
college.
It
has
been.
B
You
know
just
extraordinary
for
us
over
the
last
couple
years
and
I
really
mean
this.
This
idea
that
we
can
use
a
facility
like
this
tab,
access
for
our
young
folks
to
come
from
the
neighborhoods
to
get
educated
right
in
Roxbury.
Think
of
it
for
a
second
right
here
in
Roxbury
that
our
young
folks
can
come
in
and
get
educated
and
and
you'll
hear
from
one
of
our
tremendous.
You
know,
students,
but
student
is
only
two
term
for
now,
until
all
of
a
sudden,
she
is
projecting
herself
to
a
career
to
let
you
know,
mr.
B
mayor
what
you're
doing
is
you're.
You
know
this
better
than
anyone.
Talent
is
everywhere,
access
and
opportunities
are
and
what
you're
providing
is
access
and
opportunities
for
a
lot
of
our
young
folks
that
wouldn't
traditionally
you
know,
maybe
look
at
college,
and
this
partnership,
like
I
said,
is
publicly
with
the
urban
college.
It's
been
just
unbelievable.
The
thing
is:
we're
expanding
and
we're
growing
and
we're
moving
forward
and
folks,
I
will
say,
take
advantage
of
opportunities.
Michael
and
I
were
together
four
years
ago
in
an
event
standing
next
to
each
other,
I
said
so
Mike.
B
What
are
you
up
to?
He
told
me
he
says
Robert.
What
are
you
up
to
and
I
told
them
that
I
said?
Why?
Don't
we
do
something
together?
True
story,
five
minutes,
Michael
went
back
told
his
staff
I
went
back
to
my
staff
when
we
here
and
it's
growing,
and
it's
going
to
continue
to
do
even
more
and
mr.
mayor,
like
with
your
leadership
and
under
your
leadership,
you
are
pushing
education
opportunities,
jobs
and
careers
right
folks
and
as
honestly
as
we
celebrate,
Black
History
Month
as
an
african-american
in
this
community.
C
Thank
you
very
much
Robert
and
let
me
just
first
of
all
thank
Robert
in
the
basis,
but
this
building
is
amazing.
This
used
to
be
a
construction
company,
yes
before
that
was
abandoned,
and
it's
just
amazing.
Seeing
the
young
kids
have
a
place
like
this
and
we're
working
we'll
work,
something
out
eventually
with
the
field
out
back
and
that
we
call
it
I
think
lipid
pipe,
but
if
we
call
it
the
Prairie
frenum
from
the
neighborhood,
it's
the
Prairie,
so
I
want
to
just
say.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
today.
C
I
want
to
thank
Robert
I,
want
to
thank
Michael
Taylor
in
the
urban
college
for
for
their
great
work.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
people
here
from
the
School
Department.
We
have
a
ton
from
the
School
Department
and
from
different
places,
the
nonprofit
world,
the
sector
private
sector,
one
day
the
press
are
being
here
today.
This
is
a
good
story
on
this.
An
important
story
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
covering
this
today.
I
want
to
take
Trent
win
from
workforce
development
trend
is,
is
amazing
she's
over
here.
C
Train
train
came
to
me
into
Joyce
Linehan
chief
of
policy,
probably
about
four
or
five
years
ago,
and
we
were
talking
about
there's
a
lot
of
conversation
about
the
city
of
Boston
right
now,
and
the
development
going
on
in
Boston
and
whether
it's
a
good
thing
or
a
bad
thing,
and
there's
a
lot
of
kind
of
pulling
and
pulling
over
over
developing
and
not
developing
in
this.
Now,
let
me
tell
you
what
comes
out
of
development.
Well
comes
out
of
development.
It's
free
Community
College!
C
If
we
didn't
have
the
the
opportunities
going
on
right
now
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
a
lot
of
people
have
a
lot
of
opinions
about
what
what
you
know
what's
going
on
to
development,
we
got
to
get
them
all
out
of
it,
but
when
you
see
a
crane
in
Boston
under
that
crane
is
free.
Community
College
under
that
crane
is
affordable.
Housing
under
that
crane
is
job
training
under
that
crane
is
opportunity
for
people
and
I'd.
C
Much
rather
be
in
a
position
where
we
get
I'm
getting
criticized
and
getting
criticized
for
development
did
not
have
any
of
that
stuff
happening,
because
if
that
stuff
isn't
happening
in
Boston
we're
not
here
today
to
talk
about
expanding
our
program.
Quite
honestly,
our
free
Community
College
for
urban
college
of
Boston
is
joining
the
tuition
free,
Community,
College
Program.
It
creates
opportunity
for
students
who
deserve
it.
This
College
is
a
perfect
next
partner
to
grow
this
program.
This
College
is
serving
immigrants.
This
College
is
serving
people
that
work
full-time.
C
This
college
is
serving
families
young
people
at
the
base.
They're
gonna
have
opportunities
to
be
able
to
go
to
this
College
people
with
people
with
families
right
here
in
this
neighborhood
of
a
chance
to
go
to
this
College
I.
Don't
you
had
a
chance
to
go
to
urban
college,
but
if
you
get
chance,
go
to
it
because
I
understand
what
it's
like
to
be
a
young
person
from
a
working-class
family,
my
family
I
grew
up
literally
five
minutes
from
right.
C
Where
we
act
today
here,
looking
at
colleges
was
something
that
my
parents
wanted
me
to
go
to.
They
didn't
know
how
to
access
it,
immigrant
parents,
but
they
knew
they
wanted
me
to
go
there.
The
kids
are
kotor
every
college
in
people
to
go
to
every
in
college.
I
come
out
of
those
same
families
and
sometimes
a
situation
or
even
even
more
difficult,
more
complicated.
C
It's
important
I
personally
struggle
to
get
my
foothold
in
college
I
didn't
get
into
any
college.
I
want
to
go
to
so.
What's
a
Quincy
junior
college
for
you,
I
realized
when
I
went
there,
I
could
do
the
work
to
transcend
into
Suffolk
and
then,
for
me,
I
mean
a
real
bad
decision.
I
dropped
out
of
school,
eventually
I
got
back
to
school,
but
it
was
a
college
like
urban
college.
C
That
was
something
that
gave
me
focus
and
the
ability
to
understand
that
I
can
actually
learn,
and
in
this
setting
was
different
for
me
for
years.
The
national
conversation
is
about
how
to
make
college
affordable.
We
hear
it
today
still
in
Boston
that
conversation
is
going
on
and
students
are
still
waiting
to
see.
How
can
they
afford
to
go
to
college
in
Boston?
We
took
action,
we
talked
to
graduates
and
we
looked
saw
the
barriers
that
each
of
these
graduates
face
trends
office
worked
on
that
we
identified
the
sources
that
we
could
use
most
important.
C
We
were
talking
about
building
partnerships.
This
program
of
free,
Community
College,
is
more
than
free,
Community
College,
it's
about
having
options.
It's
about
giving
people
support
when
they
get
to
college
the
staff
reach
out
to
students
to
see
what
they
need
to
get
to
the
next
level
into
the
graduation
stage.
But
a
lot
of
conversations
about
about
community
colleges
not
graduation
rates,
not
high
enough
and
we've
seen
success
in
the
70
plus
percent,
I,
think
trend.
C
You
got
to
talk
about
that.
A
few
minutes
all
right.
The
great
the
success
rate
of
this
program
has
been
amazing,
the
students
that
we
talked
about
just
on
statistics,
all
it's
about
creating
opportunity.
It's
about
letting
our
young
people
benefit
from
from
the
expansion
and
the
blooming.
That's
going
on
in
our
city
to
be
able
to
benefit
as
all
these
other
folks
do.
We
want
to
continue
to
invest
resources
into
our
young
people.
This
program
is
funded
by
link
at
the
linkage
program
from
development
in
Boston.
C
That
means
we
are
taking
our
city
success
and
all
the
buildings
going
up
and
investing
in
our
people
in
the
city
of
Boston,
close
to
500
students
have
already
gotten
into
this
program
when
you
think
about
that
five
hundred
people
that
are
in
college
that
might
not
have
gone
to
college
at
urban
college,
you
are
six
partner.
We
started
with
two
partners
will
expand
to
six
schools
now
in
this
Boston
Greater
Boston
area,
which
means
we
can
offer
more
choices
from
for
our
students,
more
programs
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
young
people.
C
C
Presidential
candidates
are
talking
about
affordability,
those
are
top-down
plans
from
the
federal
level
and
we
need
them
when
we
need
that
conversation
to
happen
on
a
national
level.
But
we
can't
wait
for
that
to
happen,
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
real
access
for
people
and
students
in
our
districts
here
in
Boston.
From
the
ground
up
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
keep
it
growing,
I
want
to
just
end
by
thanking
everyone
for
being
in
today.
C
C
One
of
the
co-sponsors
that
piece
of
legislation
is
the
representative
Liz
Miranda,
whose
district
or
in
today
and
we're
working
with
the
legislature
to
try
and
get
this
bill
out
of
committee
so
that
we
can
get
this
bill
moving
forward
because
the
kids
of
the
Commonwealth,
the
young
people,
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
deserve
the
same
opportunity.
That's
so
far.
Five
five
hundred
people
have
this
is
an
important
piece
of
legislation,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
This
is
an
exciting
day.
When
trend
came
with
this
idea.
C
A
couple
you
years
ago,
we
were
hoping
that
the
two
colleges
that
we
chose,
which
is
Bunker,
Hill
and
Roxbury,
Community
College,
would
be
successful
and
and
then
from
that
point
peoples
knocked
on
our
door
to
be
part
of
this
program.
So
thank
you,
Michael
Taylor.
Thank
you
to
the
Board
of
Trustees.
Thank
you
to
the
faculty
from
urban
colleges
here.
Thank
you
to
the
students
from
our
urban
colleges
here
and
I.
Don't
know
if
I'm
bringing
my
call
for
you
bringing
my
dog
and
I
bring
a
Michael
Taylor
at
the
president,
River
ecology.
B
D
Is
a
wonderful
wonderful
day
for
the
urban
college,
we're
delighted
to
be
here
on
behalf
of
the
urban
college
community,
we're
excited
and
grateful
to
celebrate
today
and
to
really
acknowledge
the
mayor's
inclusion
of
our
program,
but
also
for
his
commitment
to
the
urban
college.
Its
students
in
its
families
he's
been
consistently
involved
in
our
College
and
I'll.
Talk
about
that
in
a
moment.
D
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
trend
for
engaging
us
in
this
effort
and
for
her
leadership
throughout
the
entire
effort
of
the
mayor's
tuition,
free
Community
College
program,
as
well
as
your
leadership
in
creating
a
staff
culture
that
is
totally
committed
to
the
individuals
and
families.
But
this
plan
is
intended
to
serve
Robert.
We've
been
friends
for
many
years
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
hosting
us
this
morning.
At
this
beautiful
new
base
headquarters,
the
only
thing
I
have
with
is
every
time
I
come
over
here.
D
He
takes
me
over
to
the
area
where
the
kids
are
playing
baseball
and
the
mayor
was
over
this
this
morning
as
well,
watching
the
kids
play
and
he
was
a
coach
at
baseball.
I
was
a
terrible
baseball
and
every
time
I
get
in
here,
I
get
intimidated
by
the
fact
that
it
brings
back
those
bad
memories
of
my
experience
with
baseball,
but
thank
you
again
seriously
for
for
hosting
us
this
morning.
D
D
The
depth
of
the
collaboration
would
come
to
so
quickly
and
so
dramatically.
During
that
four
year
period,
the
urban
as
college
classes
began
here
in
the
fall
of
2016.
Less
than
four
years
later,
44
students
have
already
completed
at
least
one
semester
of
urban
college
classes.
Here
at
the
base
one
base
student
graduated
with
an
associate
degree
from
our
college
last
last
June
and
eight
others.
Eight
other
students
from
the
base
are
on
track
to
graduate
this
spring.
D
Now
today,
we
are
here
together,
as
the
mayor
makes
this
important
announcement.
That'll
Durance
deepen
our
collaboration
with
the
base.
Effective
partnerships
are
alike
like
ours,
evolve,
and
expand
and
address
the
opportunities
and
challenges
not
yet
imagined.
At
the
beginning,
I'm
grateful
for
our
partnership
and
I
look
forward
to
strengthening
it
in
the
years
ahead.
Mr.
mayor,
your
investment
in
the
urban
college
journey
this
last
few
years
has
been
nothing
short
of
extraordinary
because
of
your
frequent
interaction
with
in
empathy
for
our
students,
your
shared
our
dream
that
urban
someday
would
have
a
new
home.
D
There
was
worthy
of
our
students
and
our
campus
would
be
of
the
same
quality.
Excuse
me
the
same
quality
of
those
of
our
neighboring
colleges
and
universities.
Because
of
your
entire
and
commitment
to
that
dream,
we
opened
the
doors
to
a
beautiful
student,
centered
dynamic
campus
at
the
China
trade
center
in
Chinatown
the
fall
of
2017.
D
D
We
are
a
static,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
a
minute
ago,
to
join
the
five
other
academic
institutions
as
a
part
of
the
tuition
free,
Community
College
plan
with
Riven
colleges,
27
years
of
experience,
and
successfully
supporting
low-income
and
minority
individuals
as
they
pursue
their
educational
and
career
goals.
We
believe
we
can
greatly
assist
you
in
achieving
your
aspirations
for
this
powerful
initiative.
D
This
is
an
important
statistic:
I
want
to
warn
as
excite,
which
I
think
is
remarkable
about
what
this
base
program
is,
what
I
meant
to
this
program
and
also
to
the
young
people
in
it.
So
I'm
gonna,
like
quite
quote
you
one
statistic:
it
supports
your
decision
to
create
a
partnership
with
her
in
college
and
why
we
thought
it
was
important
to
announce
your
plans,
expansion
here
at
the
base
of
the
17
students
who
enrolled
in
urban
colleges
full
time
program
at
the
base.
D
Clearly,
that's
a
small
cohort
I'll
give
you
that,
but
those
results
are
extraordinary
and
we're
quite
happy
with
that
result.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
those
results
in
the
months
and
years
ahead
as
part
of
the
tuition
free,
Community
College
plan.
We
look
forward
to
deepening
our
collaboration
with
the
Boston
public
high
schools
to
provide
pathways
where
their
graduates,
both
here
at
the
base
in
our
main
campus
in
Chinatown.
We
also
applaud
the
inclusion
of
high
second
GED
graduates
in
the
plan.
We're
excited
to
develop
a
pathway
to
college
initiative
that
specifically
supports
them.
D
As
you
know,
mr.
mayor
of
the
dater
for
the
high
second
GED
graduates,
enrolling
and
graduating
from
college
is
far
from
encouraging,
but
with
urban
switch
experience
into
providing
individualized
support
to
students,
we
are
convinced
we
can
offer
high
set
and
GED
graduates
to
right
tools,
so
they
can
build
a
bridge
to
a
more
promising
future.
We
can
it
start
that
after
here,
as
well
as
an
Emmy
on
campus
very
soon
you're
profoundly
grateful
to
you
for
including
us
in
this
effort
and
I
hope.
D
We
can't
wait
to
begin
before.
I
turn
the
podium
over
to
the
Train
I
just
want
to
say
quickly
to
acknowledge
a
few
folks
who
have
got
a
Saturday
for
the
mayor's
up
with
the
Workforce
Development
I've
already
mentioned,
are
their
leader
trim
as
well
as
her
staff
Katie
gall
Linda,
cerberus
and
Katie
listener
they've
been
great
to
work
with
in
this
effort.
The
untiring
base,
Laurie
peanut,
Chris,
pagan,
Linden,
new
S&K,
City
Cassidy
Cole
Whitt,
invites
staff.
We're
here
today
are
determined
duo,
clear
in
Terezin,
kaitlyn
Kalinin.
It
says
it
takes
a
village.
D
Well,
as
you
can
see,
that
village
was
fully
engaged
and
that
village
will
be
fully
engaged
if
you've
got
successful.
With
this
effort,
as
I
said
before,
we
can't
wait
to
begin.
I
have
a
pleasure
right
now
to
introduce
the
student
Stephanie
fayez.
She
is
a
student
in
our
program
has
been
since
last
September
she's,
a
recent
graduate
of
Greater
Austin
Community
High
School,
and
she
lives
in
Roz
until
she's,
the
first
of
my
family
to
attend
college,
and
she
can't
wait
to
come
up
and
speak
to
us.
A
Most
of
us
in
this
program
can't
afford
the
price
of
college
tuition.
Hey.
Most
of
us
are
the
first
generation
in
our
families
to
attend
college.
The
partnership
with
the
mayor
creates
a
lot
of
opportunities
for
other
people,
just
like
us.
First
of
all,
getting
a
degree
will
open
up
doors
if
the
Greek
creates
future
career
opportunities,
it
may
help
us
find
our
dream
job.
Nothing
is
guaranteed
in
life,
but
having
a
degree
is
the
cabin
insurance,
because
we
can
have
a
degree.
A
You
have
options
and
if
the
degree
is
yours
for
life,
second,
some
of
our
parents
did
not
attend
college
and
they
work
so
hard
so
that
we
can
attend
school
and
have
a
better
life.
They
are
providing
us
with
food
clothes
and
a
place
to
live
so
that
we
can
continue.
Our
education
want
something
to
make
them
proud
of
us.
Finally,
attend
in
urban
college
here
at
the
base
in
our
communities
seen
the
staff
of
the
base
in
our
structure
from
urban
make
college
accessible
to
other.
A
E
Thanks
Stephanie
Robert
Louis,
mayor
Walsh
and
Michael
Taylor
for
really
envisioning
what
development
means
for
the
city
of
Boston.
When
you
see
all
those
beautiful
marble,
tiles,
that's
going
around
the
city,
our
kids
are
going
to
go
to
school
for
free
and
so
that
redistribution
of
wealth
is
what
the
mayor
stands
for,
and
the
equity
agenda
that
we
prioritize
every
single
day
is
a
true
anchor
of
the
city
which
makes
the
city
a
beautiful
one.
I
want
to
thank
Rob
consol,
though,
with
the
Boston
Public
Schools.
E
E
So
in
closing,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming.
If
you
have
questions
on
eligibility,
the
stats,
the
data,
please
feel
free
to
contact
me
I,
want
to
thank
our
staff,
Alex
gray,
who
is
back
there,
who's
doing
all
the
great
work,
okay
to
call
Cleo
from
the
urban
college
as
well.
So
any
questions
we're
here
and
able
to
help
you,
okay,
well
we're
ending
the
program
right
on
time,
which
is
very
rare
for
city
government
but
enjoying
it,
and
thank
you
for
coming.