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From YouTube: Boston Human Rights Commission Public Meeting 8.18.22
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Boston Human Rights Commission Public Meeting 8.18.22
B
Sure
good
evening,
everyone,
so
I
will
start
my
report
by
saying
the
education
outreach
rule
is
officially
live
on
the
city
website.
To
date.
I
think
it
went
live
this
past
friday
we
have
received
40
applications,
40
resumes
for
this
position,
but
I,
if
you
do
not
have
the
link
to
it,
please
reach
out
to
me,
so
I
can
send
it
to
you,
because
so
you
can
promote
it
to
all
of
your
networks.
B
The
pilot
has
ended
this
month,
so
we
have
renewed
it
for
a
year
with
the
option
to
basically
do
like
an
annual
review
to
review
any
of
like
the
requirements
or
tweet
anything
that
needs
to
be
done
on
an
annual
basis,
but
that
has
been
renewed
until
august
2023,
with
the
same
notion
that
any
incident
that
does
not
amount
to
that
of
a
crime
or
the
individual
does
not
want
to
pursue
the
matter
through
bpd
or
the
courts.
They
will
refer
the
incident
to
us
and
we
will
conduct
the
investigation.
B
Also,
as
always,
I
have
a
habit
of
just
rambling,
my
report,
so
please
like
plug
in,
if
you
guys
have
questions
anywhere.
Third,
we
officially
have
a
dashboard
up
on
our
website.
This
dashboard
shows
the
race
and
gender.
Thank
you
so
much
chairwoman.
So
the
dashboard
on
our
website
does
look
like
this.
It
shows
the
factors
that
play
a
role
in
the
complaints
that
we
have
received,
along
with
for
transparency
disposition.
What
cases
have
been
successfully
referred
out?
How
many
are
in
progress?
B
C
B
B
A
A
B
For
those
that
so
you
can
see
asian
is
in
this
color
female
the
factors
that
played
a
role
in
the
incident
age,
color,
disability-
these
are
the
protected
classes
that
are
under
our
ordinance
discrimination
type,
so
credit
transactions.
We
have
the
majority
of
them
public,
accommodations
again,
like
I
stated
this
is
the
disposition,
so
44
have
been
successfully
referred
out.
Three
are
in
currently
in
progress
map
of
the
incidents
that
we
have
so
far,
and
these
are
the
total
number
of
incidents
that
are
not
on
the
map.
B
B
So
we
update
the
spreadsheet
every
time
we
get
a
new
intake
and
that-
and
we
did
that,
so
that
we
can
monitor
what
actually
gets
shown
on
the
dashboard,
because
we
obviously
don't
want
all
the
information
that
we
receive
on
the
dashboard.
So
we
created
a
separate
kind
of
spreadsheet
with
just
these
areas,
so
amber
goes
in
every
time.
She
gets
a
new
form
and
it
automatically
updates
the
dashboard.
D
B
One
so
we
attended,
I
attended
v1.
I
believe
it
was
two
weeks
ago.
There's
one
upcoming
one
on
tuesday
and
at
these
we
have
promoted
our
intake
form
anonymous
incident
report
form
on
the
one
on
tuesday.
We
will
also
be
promoting
the
education
outreach
rule,
but
there,
I
believe,
there's
a
series
of
four
or
five
of
them
and
we
will
be
attending
all
of
them
and
it's
basically
kind
of
like
a
job
fair.
We
have
a
table.
B
C
B
B
Okay,
on
september
14th,
I
will
be
hosting
a
town
hall
in
collaboration
with
the
mayor's
office
of
lgbtq
plus
advancement
in
addition
to
councillor
kendra
laura's
office
right
after
this
call,
I
will
share
because
it
was
just
finalized,
like
literally
30
minutes
ago,
the
flyer
for
it.
The
purpose
of
this
is
to
provide
an
open
and
safe
space
for
all
that
I
identify
as
lgbtq
plus
to
speak
to
their
experiences
with
hate
incidents
in
boston
we
are
allow.
There
is
on
the
flyer.
B
You
will
see
that
individuals
can
sign
up
to
like
testify
to
their
experiences,
so
everyone
can
sign
up.
We
have
limited
slots,
so
we're
going
to
allow
individuals
to
come
and
speak,
and
we're
also
going
to
have
a
brief
debrief
session
in
the
middle
of
the
testimonials
just
to
give
a
kind
of
like
breathing
techniques,
because
this
is
a
very
stressful
and
you
don't
want
to
retar
traumatize
individuals
when
they're
speaking
about
their
experiences.
B
So
this
will
happen
on
september
14th
at
6
00
pm
via
zoom,
and
I
will
again
share
the
flyer
with
you,
so
you
can
help
promote
it
and
attend
it.
If
you
can,
but
that
will
be
happening
on
september
14th,
and
we
have
confirmed
that
u.s
attorney
rachel
rollins
will
be
there.
She
will
be
one
of
our
guest
speakers,
especially
speaking
to
her
hotline
for
hate
crimes.
B
B
I
will
promoting
our
forms
and
then
I
and
we're
also
going
to
have
the
boston
police
there
to
speak
to
their
transgender
policy
that
they
have.
The
officers
are
to
abide
by
and
other
resources
that
they
have
their
policies
and
procedures
for
certain
incidents
like
riots
protests.
How
are
they
supposed
to
respond
and
what
is
in,
within
their
limitations,.
B
Next,
I
know
I've
mentioned
it
in
the
past,
but
I
am
still
in
the
process
of
developing
an
anti-hate
campaign.
So
there
are
two
parts
to
this
anti-hate
campaign.
The
first
will
be
of
a
coalition
coalition.
Again
thinking
about
every
state
holder,
you
can
think
of
from
academia
to
advocacy
groups
to
public
health,
to
law
enforcement,
to
legal
to
speak
to
the
current.
B
B
In
doing
this,
when
I
say
education
outreach,
I
mean
literally
going
into
everywhere
from
dcyf
centers
to
faith
centers
we're
trying
to
identify
the
top,
for
example,
like
five
religion
denominators
in
boston
and
seeing
okay,
which
mosque
should
we
go
to
which
synagogue
should
we
go
to
and
with
with
the
onboarding
of
the
education
outreach
manager?
Who
will
join
our
team
by
the
end
of
september,
then
we're
going
to
really
start
kicking
this
off
with
the.
C
D
Thank
you
very
much,
susie
very
excited
to
have
the
the
town
hall
and
the
anti-hate
campaign
kicking
off.
I
think
I
think
those
are
very
important
things
to
do,
especially
in
in
my
network
here
in
jp
there's.
There
was
a
lot
a
lot
of
concern
over
hate
of
neo-nazis
and
so
for
us
to
be
proactive.
I
think
is
very
important.
Absolutely.
B
A
C
Well,
I
think
the
work's
been
great,
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
forums
myself
and
also
some
new
hires
and
new
commissioners.
I
think
the
fall
is
going
to
be
really
shaping
up
shaping
up
for
us
to
really
start
really
getting
into
the
weeds
so
to
speak
and
get
into
some
details
and
getting
some
more
of
the
good
work
done.
D
B
A
Events
the
drag
queen
story
hour.
Following
that
conversation
I
communicated
and
shared
my
findings
with
director
helmy
and
with
chief
solis
cervera,
and
we
tried
to
set
up
an
emergency
public
hearing
regarding
hate
incidents
in
general
in
boston.
However,
we
could
not
because
it
was
august
and
there
was
no
quorum,
something.
C
A
Has
been
an
obstacle
for
us
in
the
in
the
past
few
months,
but
will
end
in
september
with
the
addition
of
three
more
commissions.
In
any
case,
we
did
try
and
we
met
several
times,
but
it
was
not
possible
to
prepare
a
hearing,
and
my
second
point
is
to
inform
the
talia
viveros
guerra
and
lilo
altali,
both
doctoral
students
at.
A
C
D
A
A
preliminary
discussion
on
objectives
for
the
new
year,
2020
to
2023,
with
the
understanding,
of
course,
that
there
are
four
other
commissioners
that
will
be
present
in
the
september
meeting,
and
so
this
will
be
our
a
very
limited
discussion.
But
if
any
of
you
has
any
idea
or
concern
or
want
to
start
talking
about
goals
for
the
commission
for
next
year,
please
go
ahead.
C
I
guess
one
of
my
overall
thoughts
and
I
think
it's
important
that
we
also
continue
this
conversation
when
there's
more
people
at
the
table,
so
to
speak.
But
I
am
interested-
and
I
think
that
we're
getting
to
the
point
where
we
can
handle
more
of
the
complaints
coming
in
and
documentation
because
one
of
my
concerns,
if
we
look
at
our
national
trends
and
some
of
the
reporting
that's
even
happening
in
our
region,
it
seems
like
the
numbers
are
going
up
significantly
higher
than
our
internal
car.
C
The
point
the
complaints
coming
into
us
are
coming
in.
So
I'd
like
to
see
if
we
can
start
generally
moving
the
needle-
and
I
think
that's
already
happening,
but
just
as
we
do
more
outreach
and
we
figure
more
ways
to
open
the
dialogue
with
different
communities.
I
I
I
must
my
assumption
being
that
the
amount
of
complaints
will
go
up,
but
just
looking
at
just
a
simple
search
online.
D
D
I
think
they
didn't
start
really
zoning
in
on
boston
until
the
july
4th
and
now
I
feel
like
those
numbers-
they're
gonna
keep
coming
after
us,
so
those
numbers
will
go
up
the
you
know.
I
try
to
look
on
the
bright
side,
I'm
hoping
that
perhaps
in
other
areas,
since
we
do
have
you
know
the
mass
commission
on
discrimination,
we
do
have
things
around
housing
issues
that
perhaps
those
numbers
are
not
getting
reported
to
us
but
are
going
to
the
other
agencies.
D
C
D
A
A
B
B
Because,
honestly,
I
did
not
think
about
doing
outreach
in
a
faith
center
until
someone
brought
it
up
to
me
and
it
was
a
community
member
who
just
said
she
spends
the
majority
of
her
time
either
at
her
church
or
at
school
at
home,
and
that's
it
and
she
was
like
there's
so
many
people
on
my
church
and
there's
groups
on
my
church
and
events
at
my
church
like
you
can
get
the
word.
But
if
I
didn't
meet
with
that
community
member,
I
would
not
have
thought
of
faith
centers
at
all
to
do
outreach
on
that.
A
C
Just
one
thing
I
also
just
pops
to
mind
we're
talking
about
this
is
looking
at
when
there's
complaints
and
maybe
flagging
when
there
is
either
institutional
or
governmental,
either
push
back
or
interference
or
where
either
city,
government
or
city
employees
either
played
a
role
in
facilitating
or
perpetuating
whatever.
The
problem
is
because
I
do
think
we
have
and
I'm
going
to
always
bring
this
up
since
we
are
independent.
We
do
have
a
lot
of
abilities
that
other
boards
and
other
departments
within
the
city
do
not.
C
So
I
do
like
the
idea
of
just
highlighting
or
looking
at.
If
someone
comes
to
us
and
say
well,
I
tried
complaining
at
the
library
about
this
issue
and
it
didn't
go
anywhere.
So
I'm
coming
to
you,
I
think
we
should
flag
that
someone
brought
to
our
attention
a
a
systematic
or
a
structural
issue,
and
I
think
that's
always
something
as
a
commission
that
we
should
always
be
looking
for
is,
if
there's
evidence
or
indications
of
structural
racism
or
discrimination
or
bias
within
government
and
how
people
from
the
outside
interact
with
government.
I.
C
In
a
very,
very
broad
sense,
I
do
think
the
average
person
in
boston
when
they
go
into
any
city
or
government
agency
looks
at
everything
as
a
monolithic
when
those
of
us
who
work
a
little
bit
around
city
government
really
look
at
things
more
as
independent
little
parts
of
government.
That
necessarily,
I
think
that
that
can
be
a
challenge
for
a
lot
of
people
when
they're
trying
to
make
a
complaint
or
access
our
resources.
D
B
Yeah
I'm
trying
to
like,
I
can't
think
of
a
better
word,
but
like
attack
it
from
every
front
that
I
can
so
whether
it's
religion,
whether
it's
language.
So
when
we
do
our
outreach,
making
sure
it's
translated
in
every
single
language
you
can
think
of,
but
trying
to
attack
it
from
every
avenue.
So
we
hit
as
many
people
as
we
can.
A
C
A
D
In
all-encompassing,
because
it's
you
know,
hate
against
immigrants
against
lgbtq
against
people
of
color,
so
hate
is
kind
of
all
encompassing.
I
you
know
I
I
don't
you
know
when
we
first
came
up
with
our
priorities
three
years
ago
you
know
immigration.
Immigrants
was
a
big
issue.
I
don't
want
us
to
lose
sight
of
that.
I
don't
want
that
to
fall
through
the
cracks.
D
A
A
A
So
that
should
tell
you,
but
it
is
working,
and
so
I
am
very
optimistic
that
the
commission
is
ready
to
start
tackling
this
issue
modestly
at
the
beginning.
But
I
think,
with
the
help
of
the
new
hire
the
new
commissioners
and
the
research
done
by
the
ongoing
researchers,
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
to
show
by
the
end
of.