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From YouTube: ADA Celebration 2019
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City Councilor Mike Flynn and Disability Commissioner Kristen McCosh come together to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This year the focus is on climate change, and its effects on persons with disabilities.
A
B
B
So
anyway,
I
would
like
to
kick
off
the
event
before
we
get
to
our
program
with
some
remarks
from
our
city,
councilor
and
city
attorney,
and
is
a
he's
very
active
at
disability
issues
and
veterans
issues.
So
I
thought
he'd
be
a
great
speaker
for
today's
event,
because,
unfortunately,
here
while
she
was
unable
to
attend
his
traveling
and
our
Health
and
Human
Services
cabinet
Barney
Martinez
is
also
traveling.
So.
C
There
also
leaders
that
we
have
here
that
are
doing
so
much
great
work
across
site
city
and
support
of
persons
with
disabilities,
making
sure
that
they're
treated
with
respect
the
treated
with
dignity
and
that's
what
mayor
Walsh
has
been
doing
since
he
started,
even
as
the
state
legislators
making
sure
that
all
persons
with
disabilities
and
Leslie
have
equal
access,
equal
rights
that
everybody
else
has
I.
Also
seen
the
back
of
the
Roman
city.
Councillor
Michael
flower
me
and
representative
David
feel
Michael
represents
the
City
of
Boston
and
our
justice'.
C
So
pedestrian
safety
is
something
we
have
focused
on
on
a
city
council
president
and
the
commission.
We
had
a
healing
the
City
Council
on
access
for
the
disabled.
We
want
to
continue
together
quarterly
or
annually
hearing
on
a
city
council
that
makes
sure
that
one
make
sure
that
the
rights
and
the
issues
of
persons
with
disability
at
birth-
and
we
also
in
act
on
them
as
well.
We
we
focus
a
lot
of
my
focus,
a
lot
on
a
lot
of
ongoing
construction.
We
see
taking
place
in
Elysee,
but
I
also.
D
C
The
developments
cutting
off
access
for
the
elderly,
persons
with
disability
very
challenging
for
persons
with
disabilities
a
lot
honestly,
a
lot
of
children
walking
down
the
street
or,
while
the
elderly,
so
those
issues
that
are
top
priorities
for
me
and
I
just
want
to
say
how
proud
I
am
of
Kristin.
How
cloud
I
can't
love
you
for
never
giving
up
on
people.
The
advocating
for
persons
with
disabilities
in
Boston
is
a
much
better
City
because
of
God
advocacy,
their
tireless
work
document
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
everybody.
B
C
B
We
didn't
feed
and
group
to
honor
in
it's
been
really
relevant
to
every
year.
In
2011,
we
wanted
the
a
potential
access
board
for
their
work
with
us
on
installing
an
access
tab
at
City
Hall
plaza
in
2013,
beyond
its
falling
for
this
employer
work
by
Austin
in
2015.
We
are
the
MBTA
and
work
on
accessibility,
improvements
to
Government
Center
station,
and
then
this
year
we
got
another
very
relevant
day.
We're
honoring
the
work
that
the
agencies
that
people
have
done
on
climate
change,
in
fact,
are
persons
with
disabilities.
B
Just
this
week
we
can
see
this.
Past
week
we
had
temperatures
today,
it's
60
degrees.
We
have
wild
fluctuation
of
temperatures.
We
have
major
events
Carrie
before
I
just
got
a
news.
Flash
before
I
came
down
that
a
tornado
touched
down
at
8
o'clock
today.
So
we
know,
climate
change
is
real
everybody,
so
we
wanted
water,
so
agencies
that
have
a
lot
of
industries
and
that's
the
Boston
bone
health
commissioner's
office
of
Office,
of
Public,
Health
preparedness
and.
F
I
also
want
to
thank
you
to
councillors
field
for
joining
us.
They
know
they
stepped
out
so
to
you,
Christine
and
others
who
joined
us
this
afternoon
and
have
really
proven
that
that
change
is
real.
We
adapt
and
have
brought
everything
inside.
So
it's
great
to
see
so
many
people
who
are
able
to
get
here
to
your
celebration
today
and
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
recognizing
the
work
that
we
do
at
the
bus
terminal
in
composition
and
our
amazing
team.
We
will
hear
from
from
our
Office
of
Public
Health
preparedness.
F
We
are
really
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
work
alongside
Commissioner
Vikash
and
chief
Martinez
in
the
health
and
human
services
cabinet
and
because
of
the
different
departments
that
submitted
the
cabinet
were
able
to
leverage
each
other's
talents,
skills
and
resources
and
work
together.
This
is
one
of
those
important
issues
where
you'll
see
a
lot
of
intersection
between
the
work
that
we
do
at
the
Public
Health
Commission,
which
is,
and
commissioner
Natasha's
team.
F
It's
also
insurance
of
the
inter
section
amenity,
interdisciplinary
work,
part
of
officers,
new
strategic
plan,
the
Public
Health
Commission,
and
in
particular
there
were
two
things
that
I
wanted
to
raise
up.
The
first
is
that
our
commitment
of
the
Health
Commission
on
advancing
our
efforts
towards
racial
justice
and
health
equity
for
all,
and
also
the
need
for
us
to
be
collaborative
partners
not
only
with
our
sister
agencies
in
HHS
cabinet,
but
with
all
of
you
in
the
room
who
work
with
our
communities
across
the
city.
F
So
just
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
what
we'll
hear
from
States
equal
parameters,
our
director
for
the
Office
of
Public
Health
preparedness
share
some
things
that
I
wanted
to
we've
really
valued
a
collaborative
work
that
we've
done
with
the
commissioner
in
terms
of
skills
based
trainings
for
individuals
around
emergency
preparedness,
which
also
includes
your
first-aid
training,
rats
training.
We
worked
in
partnership
to
support
efforts
for
residents,
neighborhoods
and
communities
across
the
city
to
emphasize
that
strengthen
the
resilience
that
we
know
exists
at
the
neighborhood
and
local
levels.
F
Finally,
we've
done
a
lot
of
work
within
the
last
year,
particularly
engaging
communities
across
multiple
levels
of
government
and
in
the
state
around
climate
change.
We'll
hear
more
about
that
from
Stacy.
We're
excited
to
share
that
we
did
in
partnership
with
some
of
the
other
city
departments
who
are
here
with
us
today
and
some
weren't
able
to
join
us.
We
were
able
to
work
collaboratively
on
a
grant
application.
F
A
A
E
E
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
in
honor
to
be
recognized
for
our
work,
as
mica
said.
My
name
is
these
over
I'm
the
director
for
the
Office
of
Public
Health
preparedness
at
the
Boston
Public
coverage
I'm
joined
here
by
many
of
my
staff,
whose
hard
work
and
the
reason
why
I'm,
here
speaking
to
all
today
over
there
they're
all
wearing
their
jackets.
E
They
are
so
at
the
city's
Public
Health
Department.
Our
priorities
are
always
focused
on
people
in
health.
We
strive
to
ensure
racially
just
and
equitable
of
planning
before
emergencies.
Our
work
focuses
on
uplifting
and
strengthening
resilience
within
our
communities
in
ensuring
that
we
are
preserving,
promoting
and
protecting
the
health
and
well-being
of
all
the
fossils
records.
E
We
do
this
a
couple
degrees,
so
first
we
focus
on
inclusive
planning.
We
do
a
lot
of
planning
both
for
public
health
responses
and
work
that
we
would
be
leading
in
the
county,
but
we
also
make
sure
that
we
are
participating
in
planning
efforts
that
are
have
to
be
in
the
process
city
without
their
other
partners.
So
again
to
be
sure
that
we're
focusing
on
people
in
these
initiatives,
we
also
support
response
to
emergencies.
So
we
run
what's
called
the
Medical
Intelligence
Center,
it's
the
Coordination
Center
to
coordinate
Public
Health.
E
Your
agencies
in
the
city
bought
so
again
we're
looking
directed,
cease
to
make
sure
that
we
are
continuing
to
provide
critical.
We
need
to
have
health
care
services
there
emergencies
the
final
way
that
were
looking
at
our
planning
efforts
are
covered.
So
we
all
know
that
disasters
when
they
happen
the
recovery
phases
assets
between
months
or
even
years
for
both
infrastructure,
but,
more
importantly,
for
Apple
to
recover
from
disaster.
So
we
focus
on
both
planning
for
disaster
recovery
and
also
leading
the
recovery
efforts
once
disaster.
E
Krishna
macaques
mention
that
today
the
theme
is
climate
change
in
emergency
Paris,
and
so
what
we
focus
on
hasn't.
Basically,
that
means
that
we
will
get
all
the
impacts
in
different
types
of
emergencies,
regardless
of
what
the
emergency
is.
We
do.
Climate
change
is
one
of
the
biggest
public
health
threats
that
we're
facing
today.
It's
up
what
we
think
about
the
impacts
of
hurricanes
and
flooding
and
blizzards,
and
all
these
on
their
weather
events
that
we've
seen
across
the
country.
E
These
events
have
real
impact
on
people's
lives,
because
a
lot
of
the
policy
and
plan
that
were
created
either
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
residents
or
they
didn't
take
into
account
the
changing
extreme
nature
of
weather
events
to
define
dosage.
So
wonder
if
mayor
Walsh
leadership,
many
of
us
in
agencies,
collaborate
to
ensure
that
commute
the
city
create
inclusive
for
references
in
our
public
health
planning.
Some
of
our
many
partners
include
the
mayor's
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities.
E
The
eight
strong
Commission
the
Boston
office
of
emergency
management
city
of
Boston,
Environment
Department
and
the
Boston
healthcare
preparedness
approach,
so
the
healthcare
coalition
is
a
partnership
with
many
of
Boston's
public
health
and
health
departments.
So
we're
talking
about
all
the
hospital
long-term
care
facilities,
emergency
medical
services,
public
health,
home
health
agencies,
dialysis
clinics,
all
of
the
partners
that
we
would
take
care
of
the
health
needs
of
our
residents.
We
work
together
to
mean
that.
E
So
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
past
work
that
we've
done.
One
of
the
major
initiatives
that
we
worked
on
was
developing
a
curriculum
for
training
staff
who
worked
in
the
city's
emergency
shelters
that
opened
up
the
time
during
emergencies.
So
we
worked
with
the
disabilities
Commission
with
the
office
of
emergency
management
and
the
boss,
incentives
for
you
than
banners
to
ensure
that
the
training
materials
were
reflective,
but
the
different
access
and
functional
needs
that
people
have
in
also
to
ensure
that
the
guidance
complying
with
the
EPA
requirements.
E
We've
organized
English,
emergency
preparedness
workshops
for
people
with
disabilities
in
both
buildings
Expo,
which
has
helped
the
Boston
area
to
number,
and
we
have
and
will
continue
to
host
workshops
for
again
very
needy,
saves
the
healthy
program,
which
is
the
model
that
we
use
to
talk
about
emergency
preparedness,
the
table
and
events.
We
provide
workshops
for
specific
groups
such
as
nursing
homes,
that
help
us
planning
organizations
and
we
train
residents
to
deliver
his
workshop.
E
Such
as
this
weekend's
fever
to
the
Z
and
the
first
step
in
that
process
was
to
update
our
existing
outreach
materials
and
to
create
new
materials,
including
those
for
preference
with
disabilities
in
care,
courts
we're
working
with
our
office
for
its
amendment
and
the
City
of
Boston
environment
department
to
continue
planning
where
the
impacts
of
these
extreme
temperatures
and
to
ensure
that
in
providing
appropriate
services
whenever
these
Texas
there
are
near
future,
as
Michael
mentioned,
we're
looking
to
advance
our
common
precarious
work.
This.
E
Go
beyond
education
of
awareness
and
three
manuals,
so
the
first
thing
is,
if
you're
looking
to
expand
working
on
our
providing
skills
based
trainings
for
individuals
around
the
residency
preparedness
in
building
capacity
for
skills
such
as
CPR.
First
aid
arrives
in
psychological
first
aid
in
ER.
The
second
area
is
going
to
provide
support
residents,
neighborhood
speak
against
a
public
uplift
and
strengthening
assistance
that
we
already
know
exists
within
our
communities.
E
Our
hope
is
that
we
can
build
community
capacity
to
support
the
response
to
and
recovery
and,
finally,
we
hope
tough
support
pathways
for
communities
to
engage
in
city
and
state
policy
and
planning
around
the
climate
change.
There's
a
lot
of
work
that
we
all
know
is
happening
at
the
policy
level
around
climate
change,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
support
our
residency
communities.
In
fact,
the
police
they're,
worse
is
harder
and
their
needs
met
again,
it's
an
honor
to
be
recognized
and
staff
for
all
of
their
hard
work.
B
Thank
you
very
much
distinctly
Monica
if
you're
20
I
just
also
want
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
my
staff.
We
work
closely
together
on
these
issues.
Jessica,
my
chief
of
staff
has
a
lot
of
work
with
the
possible
Health
Commission
and
all
the
policy
things
like
extreme
extreme
temperature,
each
persons
with
disabilities.
B
He
had
a
little
suit
event:
I've
worked
on
emergency
shelter,
success,
architectural
access,
team,
Sarah
and
Patricia
and
or
two
other
know
things
like
the
aqua
friend
sorts
of
effects
that
comes
out
of
a
sidewalk
to
to
block
rising
floods
and
privatize.
So
together
we
do
a
lot
of
work
yeah
that
one
wanted
to
do
some
Berkeley
Alexander,
who
was
leading
an
initiative
called
candidates
to
West
Chester
Vista,
brings
awareness
about
climate
change,
effects
to
disabilities,
so
Marcus
parts.
D
They
Tosh
for
allowing
me
to
speak
here
and
thanks
to
all
of
you
today
for
being
wonderful
event
and
I
love.
The
topic
I
believe
climate
change
is
the
most
important
issue
to
think
about
in
terms
of
people
with
disabilities
and
with
climate
change,
I
also
mean
weather
extremes
and
the
variability
that
we
explored
and
experienced
this
weekend.
D
So
we
are
walking
from
Canada
to
Key
West,
to
highlight
the
issues
with
disabilities
in
extreme
weather,
and
also
look
at
issues
of
accessibility
and
we're
doing
this
to
get
people
to
tell
their
stories
about
how
weather
extremes
are
affecting
them.
Now,
because
this
is
an
area
that
has
been
relatively
ignored
to
avoid
disabilities,
nothing
in
Boston
there's
a
lot
of
great
things
going
on
and
you're
in
Boston.
D
You
feel
privileged,
but
when
there
is
a
disaster
or
something
you
could
be
in
another
city,
and
so
you
need
to
be
aware,
we
need
to
keep
speaking
about
this
and
one
of
the
things
that
whenever
you
talk
about
as
a
goal,
long
walk
it's
to
start
the
day
for
tomorrow.
Our
idea
is
that
we
all
know
there's
birthday,
it's
actually
the
50th
anniversary
or
birthday.
That's
true,
but
there
is
going
to
be
here.
Regrets
and
web
problems
with
climate
change.
The
earth
will
be
may
not
be
livable,
but
it
would
be
here.
D
We
think
about
20
30
years
from
now.
It's
likely
we
will
be
disabled
so
the
day
for
tomorrow.
These
people
met
and
we're
having
it
on
September
22nd
the
day
prior
to
you
that
we
got
together
on
this
day
and
prepared
and
interestingly,
as
I
learned
about
what's
going
on,
Boston
22nd
is
also
the
start
of
the
week,
but
also
the
official
began
since
the
24th
to
the
30th.
Boston
also
has
a
wonderful
group
called
citizens
responding
to
extreme
weather
and
we
have
burning
Walker
who's.
D
The
program
manager
in
the
battery
room
and
crew
also
has
great
program
on
this,
but
I
think
we
need
to
bring
attention
to
this
issue,
and
that
is
our
mission.
So
if
you
haven't
got
one
of
our
own
pockets,
please
get
you
know
I'm
happy
to
share
anyone
and
please
consider
following
us
in
Canada
to
Key,
West
and
helping
with
this
mission,
because
I
went
into
this
as
a
rehab
professional,
because
rehab
professionals
have
not
gotten
yet
and
I
do
think
it's
part
of
rehab.