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From YouTube: Civic Engagement Day 2017 - Disability Commission
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Commissioner Kristen McCosh and her team at the Disabilities Commission host a Civic Engagement Day at Boston City Hall to better connect disabled persons with municipal resources by formally introducing residents to their representatives.
A
A
A
Good
afternoon
everybody
welcome
to
Boston
City
Hall
and
thank
you
for
coming
to
our
event.
Today,
a
civic
engagement
event
for
people
with
disabilities.
I
would
like
to
introduce
myself.
My
name
is
Kristen
Micajah
I'm,
the
disability
commissioner
for
the
city
of
Boston,
we're
going
to
do
just
a
brief
speaking
program,
so
you
can
meet
some
city
officials,
both
both
elected
and
appointed.
Just
so
you
can
put
a
face
to
some
of
the
names
that
you
see
through
email,
communication
and
outreach
for
the
city
in
general.
A
I
can
say
on
behalf
of
my
staff
in
my
colleagues
in
City
Hall
that
we
are
all
here
to
work
for
you.
We're
really
glad
that
you
came
out
today
and
we
hope
that
you'll
continue
to
come
out
in
the
future,
because
we've
made
so
many
accessibility
improvements
in
City,
Hall
I,
don't
know
if
anyone
if
everybody
got
to
see
the
city
council,
chamber
renovation,
but
just
the
city
council
president
was
very
supportive
of
it.
A
The
City
of
Boston
property
management
department
worked
really
hard
and
we
just
got
it
finished
and
it's
open
for
business
now.
So
if
people
want
to
come
and
testify
to
hearing
I'm
looking
at
Olivia,
we
know
that
they'll
be
able
to
come
with
no
barriers
to
access.
So
with
that
I'm
gonna,
kick
it
off
we'll
have
a
speaking
program.
I'd
asked
like
to
ask
everybody
to
please
stand
at
the
podium
while
they
speak,
because
we
have
a
cart
service
that
needs
to
have
a
visual
on
people
speaking
and
afterwards.
B
Thank
You,
commissioner
and
good
afternoon,
everyone
welcome
to
your
building
and
we're
so
thrilled
for
you
to
be
here
today
and
to
come
any
day
of
the
year.
As
mentioned,
we're
really
proud
of
all
of
the
improvements
that
all
the
city
departments
have
been
working
together
to
achieve.
So
my
role,
I
think
is,
on
behalf
of
mayor
Walsh
and
all
13
of
the
city
councillors,
to
say
that
we're
really
excited
to
host
this
event
once
again.
B
What
year
is
this
that
we're
doing
third
annual
civic
engagement
Day-
and
we
want
this
again
to
be
one
day
of
365-
that
the
whole
community
feels
empowered
to
come
voice?
Your
opinion
participate
in
the
community
process
in
the
legislative
process,
because
we're
really
here
to
serve
you
our
job,
each
and
every
day,
is
to
help
think
about
what
policies
will
make
neighborhoods
safer,
cleaner
to
make
opportunity
more
accessible
for
all
families,
and
that
can
only
happen
if
we're
partnering
to
understand
what
the
solutions
are
that
you
all
would
propose.
B
So,
just
from
the
city
council
side,
we
have
a
weekly
meeting
every
Wednesday,
except
for
those
weeks
where
there's
a
holiday
in
there.
So
it
ends
up
being
about
36
37
weeks
of
the
year
Wednesdays
at
noon
we
meet
in
the
city
council
chamber.
The
meetings
are
also
live
streamed
online
with
closed
captioning
and
the
transcripts
are
posted
afterwards
on
the
city
website.
B
But
sometimes
we
need
advice
on
what
the
best
the
best
steps
that
we
can
take
would
be.
So
please
reach
out
you
each
what
each
person
has
one
district
councillor
and
four
at-large
councilors
that
represent
you
directly
and
you'll
have
the
chance
to
vote
on
who
those
representatives
are
in
a
little
over
two
weeks
at
this
point
right,
November,
seventh,
so
the
most
basic
way
to
participate,
make
sure
you
vote
on
November
7th,
but
then
come
back
after
the
election.
Make
sure
you
know
your
elected
officials
and
hold
us
accountable.
B
A
Thank
You
councillor,
Wu
and
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
council
president,
because
she's
always
been
very
supportive
of
all
our
issues.
One
thing
that
she
particularly
spearheaded
was
work
on
language,
a
language
ordinance
in
City
Hall,
so
that
we
can
serve
people
who
speak
languages
other
than
English,
including
American,
Sign
Language.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Council
president
Wu
next
I'd
like
to
introduce
a
city
clerk,
Maureen
Feeny,
to
say
a
few
words
about
how
you
can
get
involved
in
boards
and
commissions.
C
Thank
you
so
much,
commissioner,
it's
wonderful
to
be
here
joining
you
again
this
year.
This
is
such
a
fabulous
opportunity
for
all
of
us
who
work
in
the
building
and
want
to
think
that
we
are
aware
and
sensitive
to
the
needs
of
our
residents,
but
thanks
to
the
extraordinary
work
of
Kristen
and
her
team,
I
think
we
have
greater
opportunity
for
dialogue,
which
is
so
important.
C
So
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
City
Clerk's
office.
There
are
three
legs.
Everyone's
probably
heard
this
story
ten
times,
but
there
are
three
legs
of
government
it's
sort
of
a
tripod.
The
first
is
the
executive
branch,
which
is
the
mayor's
office.
The
second
is
the
legislative
branch,
which
is
our
wonderful
legislators,
led
by
our
amazing
president,
who
seems
to
be
able
to
do
it
all,
and
then
there
is
the
administrative
arm
of
government,
and
that
is
the
City
Clerk's
office.
So
what
do
we
do?
C
Well,
there
are
some
people
who
tell
you
all
we
do
is
marry
people,
but
that
is
not
all
we
do.
That
is
a
portion
of
our
job,
that
is
state-required,
but
the
real
function
of
the
city
of
the
city
clerk's
office
is
to
be
there
as
a
sort
of
connector
to
government
in
the
City
Clerk's
office.
We
issue
everything
from
domestic
partnerships:
physicians
certificates,
business
certificates-
if
you
have
a
business
that
you
would
like
to
open,
our
our
business
certificates
are
very
reasonable.
C
There
are
$65
they're
good
for
four
years
and
you
can
open
a
business
in
Boston.
If
you
have
a
Boston
address
depending
upon
the
type
of
your
business,
you
could
actually
have
your
home
as
your
business,
especially
there's
some
sort
of
online
or
some
other
type
of
business
that
doesn't
require
a
lot
of
activity
at
a
residential
site.
C
They
then
post
the
meetings
before
you
know,
there's
the
something
called
the
open
meeting
law,
which
is
very
very
important
so
that
there
is
a
minimum
of
48
hours
that
a
meeting
has
to
be
noticed
if
it's,
if
it
falls
in
less
than
48
hours.
The
meeting
is
required
by
the
secretary
of
state
to
be
canceled,
so
it
is
a
very
time-sensitive
job.
C
It's
something
that
we
work
very
hard
to
meet
all
those
deadlines.
So,
as
as
the
council
president
mentioned
on
Wednesdays,
we
have
the
council
meetings
and
while
we're
there,
the
stenographer
takes
all
the
minutes.
It
is
live
streamed
and
people
can
watch
it.
They
can
read
it
and
after
the
meeting
we
then
put
together
the
minutes
of
all
the
council
meetings,
so
that
part
is
sort
of
exciting
because
we're
interacting
with
other
divisions
of
the
city.
C
But
there
are
a
couple
of
things
that
I'd
really
like
to
bring
to
your
attention
today,
and
one
of
them
is
claims.
You
also
would
file
a
claim
with
the
City
Clerk's
office,
so
say
you're
walking
or
something
and
you
you
trip
the
curb,
is
separated
or
there's
a
crack
in
the
sidewalk
or
the
sidewalks
uneven.
You
would
come
to
the
clerk's
office,
which
is
room
601.
On
the
sixth
floor,
as
I
say
to
people
you
can
either
walk
into
the
wall
walk
into
my
office.
C
Hopefully
you
choose
to
walk
into
the
my
office,
and
so
it's
it's
it's
a
process
that
we
take
any
claims
that
someone
may
have
now.
There
is
a
fifteen
dollar
filing
fee
for
claims,
and
if
you
are
successful
that
fifteen
dollars
will
be
returned
to
you
this
morning
we
had
someone
who
came
in
a
city.
Vehicle
had
hit
his
car,
and
now
he
no
longer
has
a
Mira
to
drive
the
car.
C
Also,
if
you
are
interested
in
becoming
active
in
various
paths
throughout
the
whole
city,
there
are
84
boards
and
commissions
that
have
been
established
by
statute
and
thanks
to
the
great
work
of
our
staff,
all
84
boards
are
now
up
on
our
website.
You
can
look
at
all
these
boards.
You
can
see
who
serves
on
those
boards,
and
you
can
see
the
enabling
legislation
that
will
tell
you
more
about
the
work
that
is
done.
St.
the
12
architectural,
oh,
this
back
bay,
I
mean
there's.
C
C
Any
meeting
that
is
held
has
to
have
a
public
notice
placed
on
our
public
notice
system,
which
has
been
reformed
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
We
now
have
an
electronic
board,
I,
don't
know
if
you've
all
seen
them
seen
it
on
the
first
floor,
but
it
lists
every
meeting
that
is
held
in
the
city
of
Boston.
That
is
someone
who
is
required.
Who
is
a
an
organized
group
that
has
filed
as
a
board
or
Commission?
C
So,
if
you're
interested
in
a
topic,
you
can
go
to
that
site
and
actually
see
we
have
these
meetings
are
posted.
You
can
also
see
the
makeup
of
the
meeting
I
mean
of
the
board.
So
in
the
statute,
some
boards
of
Commission's
require
architects
or
attorneys,
or
they
want
community
positions.
They
want
people
from
the
community
to
be
involved
on
the
board,
so
I
know
I,
don't
want
to
go
over
and
I
can
tell
I
already
a.m.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
Clerk
Feeny
and
just
to
reiterate
what
the
clerk
said.
There
are
so
many
commissions
and
boards,
and
we
don't
want
a
pigeonhole
people
with
disabilities
just
on
to
the
disability
Commission.
So,
if
anyone's
interested
in
applying
for
one
of
these
boards,
it
would
be
a
great
idea
to
bring
a
disability
perspective
to
other
areas
of
the
city
where
they
may
not
have
one
so,
and
also
people
should
know
that
every
meeting
is
required
to
be
accessible.
A
We're
working
to
get
the
meeting,
accommodation
notice
on
all
the
posted
meetings,
and
that
means
that
if
you
need
an
accommodation
to
attend
a
meeting,
whether
it's
ASL
or
large
print
materials
or
whatever
you
may
need,
you
can
contact
the
department
hosting
the
meeting
and
they
can
work
with
you
to
get
the
accommodations.
So
next
up,
I'd
like
to
introduce
Dionne
Irish
our
elections,
commissioner,
who
partners
with
us
in
this
event
every
year.
D
Thank
You,
commissioner,
of
course,
I
get
to
follow
our
wonderful
clerk
right,
Thank,
You,
great
job.
It's
so
good
to
hear
about
all
the
services
you
provide,
and
sometimes
you
know,
I,
don't
think
we
take
enough
time
to
think
about
how
important
those
services
are.
Accessibility
is
critical,
but
also
transparency.
D
D
It's
you
know,
I'm
a
person
that
I'm
attracted
to
work.
That
has
to
be
meaningful
and
that's
why
I've
been
in
city
government
for
as
long
as
I
have
and
I
just
I'm
thrilled
every
time,
I
get
an
opportunity
to
work
with
her
because
of
the
passion
that
she
brings
to
the
work
and
the
amount
of
progress
that
has
been
made
in
the
city
under
her
leadership
in
terms
of
accessibility
and
I
know
that
she
will
tell
you
that
she's
not
responsible
solely
for
all
these
things.
D
D
First,
with
elections,
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
take
a
moment
to
think
about
why
elections
are
important,
and
why
does
the
department
is
important,
our
forefathers,
the
founding
fathers
of
this
country?
They
left
a
country
and
system
where
power
was
held
by
a
few
and
bloodline,
determined
who
would
rule
and
they
decided
to
form
a
union
where
power
was
spread
among
all
of
us
and
we
elected
our
leadership
through
a
democratic
form
of
government,
obviously,
and
in
the
beginning,
all
did
not
mean
all.
D
But
we
understand
that
we
also
have
our
role
to
play
to
make
sure
that
is
possible
for
everyone
to
participate
and
that's
the
reason
why
it's
very
important
for
the
election
department
to
work
closely
with
our
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities
and
and
we've
done
so
happy
that
in
the
last
two
years,
we've
had
a
lot
of
things
that
we've
worked
along
with
each
other.
Towards
this
event
is
one
we
also
have
held.
The
accessibility.
D
Ambassador
training
and
I'll
speak
a
little
bit
about
what
that
was
all
about
on
Election
Day,
when
you
show
up
to
the
precinct
to
your
polling
place,
which
I
hope
that
you
do.
We
we
have
about
15
to
18
hundred
volunteers
who
are
providing
you
with
that
service
at
the
opponent
place
and
we
trained
them
prior
to
each
election.
D
But
what
we
also
wanted
to
make
sure
is
that
they
were
sensitive
on
how
to
best
serve
someone
who
had
a
disability
and
they
understood
the
the
technology
and
the
things
that
we
had
in
place
to
serve
people
with
disabilities.
And
for
that
reason
we
are.
We
also
we
explored
the
idea
of
having
volunteers
who
not
only
took
the
basic
training
to
be
an
election
officer,
but
folks
who
wanted
an
enhanced
training
that
they
could
be
ambassadors
at
all
of
our
polling
places.
D
Obviously,
the
absentee
process
is
always
available
for
anyone
who
cannot
get
to
the
polling
place
because
of
a
medical
or
religious
reason
or
if
they
happen
to
not
be
in
the
city
on
Election
Day.
That
process
is
there,
but
we
certainly
love
to
see
a
lot
of
folks
go
out
to
the
polls,
and
so
we
make
sure
that
all
of
our
polling
places
are
accessible
and
now
all
of
our
our
poll
workers
are
receiving
enhanced
training.
So
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
all
on
November
7th,
on
Election
Day.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
again
we
encourage
everybody
to
come
out
and
vote.
I
want
to
call
up
now,
chief
Jerome
Smith
from
the
he's,
the
chief
of
civic
engagement
and
he
runs
the
office
of
neighborhood
services.
The
neighborhood
services
coordinators
are
your
link
on
the
ground,
the
eyes
and
ears
on
the
ground
to
Mayor
Walsh.
So
Jerome
has
a
critical
role
in
in
this
area,
and
we
do
want
to
just
ask
on
the
speakers
if
we
could
move
it
forward
a
little
bit,
because
we
have
our
sign
language
interpreter
on
a
limited
time.
Schedule.
E
That
was
the
pre-hook
Gaffin
everybody
again.
My
name
is
Jerome
Smith
and
I'm.
Mayor
Walsh
is
chief
of
civic
engagement.
I
wanted
to
welcome
you
all
today
to
City
Hall
and
congratulate
the
commissioner
and
her
team
for
a
great
event.
I
had
the
privilege
of
speaking
at
it
last
year
and
a
lot
of
the
department
in
my
cabinet
actually
have
tables
outside
so
I
encourage
you
to
interact
with
the
staff
and
find
out
some
more
of
the
programs
that
we
actually
have
in
my
cabinet
that
we
are
giving
out
to
the
residents
of
the
city.
E
We
had
passed
a
language
access
bill
and
a
very
important
part
of
it
is
about
not
just
an
interpreting
language,
but
also
the
needs
both
hearing
and
sight
impaired,
ASL,
and
so
we
have
a
director
who
is
actually
working
through
and
she's
actually
successfully
met
with
every
department
in
the
city.
And
now
each
department
is
creating
a
plan
about
how
they
could
make
sure
that
you
have
access
to
that
department
and
all
the
programs
and
the
paperwork
and
the
things
that
they're
applying
and
she's
gonna
hold
them
accountable
to
make
sure
that
every
department.
E
E
My
cabinet
is
committing
to
making
sure
that
every
voice
is
heard,
no
matter
who
you
are
from
the
elderly
Commission,
that
is
in
my
cabinet,
to
the
City
Hall
to
go
program
which
brings
city
services
to
every
neighborhood,
our
smart
Boston
Council,
which
empowers
Millennials
from
every
walk
of
life,
to
participate
in
local
government.
To
what
the
commissioner
said,
the
mayor's
office
of
Neighborhood
Services,
which
is
a
liaison
from
every
neighborhood
to
the
different
city
departments,
to
300,
which
many
people
use
to
call
and
seek
services,
also
was
within
the
office
of
Neighborhood
Services.
E
So
I
kind
of
have
a
big
bandwidth
about
interaction
with
the
community.
So
I
think
it
is
very
important
that
we
take
these
tools
and
these
steps
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
access
to
things
that
are
going
into
the
city.
So
again,
I
just
wanted
to
be
brief
and
I
just
wanted
again
welcome
everybody
here
to
City
Hall
and
thank
the
Commissioner
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today
and
I'll
be
more
than
happy
to
talk
with
anybody
after
the
program.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
chief
Smith,
so
just
to
be
respectful
of
everybody's
time.
It's
a
little
bit
after
4
o'clock.
Now
we're
gonna
and
we'll
wrap
up
the
speaking
program,
but
I
do
just
want
to
introduce
some
key
people
who
have
given
their
time
to
come
out
today
and
speak
with
you
and
again.
They
may
have
a
few
minutes
to
stay
afterwards.
If
you
have
questions
I'd
like
to
give
a
shout
out
to
Giselle
Stirling,
who
is
our
veterans,
commissioner,.
F
Sure
so
sterling
from
Veterans
Commission
at
Christine,
cut
from
Community
Preservation
Act
I
know
that
she
is
looking
to
recruit
people.
So
if
you
want
to
get
involved
in
community
preservation,
go
and
speak
to
her
and
be
civically
engaged,
really
big
emphasis
here.
If
you
couldn't
tell
and
then
Neil
Dougherty
from
intergovernmental
relations
as
well.
A
All
right
so
again,
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
so
much
for
coming
out.
I
hope
this
is
your
first
step.
If
you've
been
to
City
Hall
many
times,
we
welcome
you
back.
If
this
is
your
first
time
here.
Welcome
and
I
hope
was
a
great
introduction,
I'm
thrilled
to
see
the
diversity
of
people
from
different
neighborhoods
different
backgrounds.
A
Again,
please
I'll
be
here
for
a
while.
So
come
up
and
introduce
yourself
if
I,
don't
know
you
if
I
haven't
met
you
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
for
many
many
years
to
come.
Thank
you.
Sorry,
one
more
thing
I
just
want
to
thank
my
staff,
who
has
worked
really
hard
on
this
event.
I,
don't
want
it
in
the
event
without
thanking
them
behind
me
is
my
chief
of
staff
Jessica
doing
in
thank
you
so
much
Jessica.
A
A
We
have
Winston
Pierre,
who
is
our
new
outreach
and
engagement?
Specialist
you'll
all
be
seeing
a
lot
of
Winston
in
the
coming
weeks
and
months,
and
we
have
our
newest
hire
Jaime
who's
at
the
back
of
the
room:
Jaime
Cohen?
Okay,
that's
all
our
staff.
We're
fully
staffed
now
for
the
first
time
in
three
years,
so
we're
excited
okay.
F
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
a
couple
more
people,
my
apologies,
one
of
the
things
that
we
really
want
to
acknowledge
is
we
have
a
couple
board
members
in
our
in
our
midst
as
well.
You
know
Felicia's
back
in
the
back
corner,
hiding
out
there.
We
go
and
I
know
that
Jerry
is
here
as
well,
and
then
I
also
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
representative
Yardley
Sanchez
from
Health
and
Human
Services
as
well.
Thank
you
so
much.