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From YouTube: Boston Human Rights Commission Public Meeting 10.20.22
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Boston Human Rights Commission Public Meeting 10.20.22
A
With
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
current
open
meeting
law,
we
are
conducting
this
meeting
online.
The
public
May
access
the
meeting
through
telephone
and
video
conferencing,
members
of
the
public
will
have
an
opportunity
to
provide
comments
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
This
meeting
is
being
recorded.
A
B
A
A
E
C
F
D
D
D
I
have
also
sponsored
a
training
that
I
have
offered
to
the
equity
and
inclusion
cabinet
that
we
sit
in
in
regards
to
mediation.
This
is
an
eight-part
mediation
course,
and
this
officially
kicked
off
last
week
and
we'll
go
until
early
November,
so
I'm
very
excited
about
that
and
have
had
I
think
15
total
individuals
from
the
cabinet
sign
up
for
it,
so
lots
of
training
and
I'm
looking
into
other
further
learning
opportunities.
D
Moving
on
from
trainings
just
some
administrative
stuff,
I
have
put
all
the
commissioner
profiles
on
our
website.
I
do
have
one
tweet
to
do
because
I
was
trying
to
do
it
too
fast,
but
all
the
commissioner
profiles
are
online
for
our
new
commissioner.
It's
welcome
I'm,
still
very
excited
to
have
you
all
here.
A
D
I
am
also
looking
to
put
up
a
resource
guide
up
on
our
website.
So
right
now,
when
we
have
intakes
coming
in
into
our
office,
we
work
off
a
resource
guide
that
me
and
Amber
kind
of
put
together.
So
if
the
intake
relates
to
hospitals
or
they
want
to
file
a
claim
against
an
attorney
or
it's
housing,
we
have
them
separated.
D
D
C
D
In
regards
to
Staffing,
I
am
very
pleased
to
say
that
I
have
been
through
72
resumes
three
rounds
of
interviews
that
I
could
end,
but
I
finally
made
an
offer
for
education,
Outreach
manager,
and
she
has
accepted
the
position.
So
we
will
have
a
new
staff
member
on
November
14th
I
am
going
to
have
her
join
the
next
meeting.
Just
she
can
introduce
herself
to
you.
All
I
will
tell
you.
She
is
a
current
employee
of
City
Hall.
She
is
the
I,
don't
know
the
mid
Dorchester
and
Cape
Verdean
liaison.
D
Her
name
is
Denise.
Dos
Santos
and
I
am
very,
very
excited
to
have
her
join
the
team
and
I.
Let
her
know
that
she's
going
to
be
working
the
first
day
she
starts
here,
because
I
need
help
and
I
am
ready
to
really
push
our
work
forward.
So
she
will
be
starting
November,
14th
and
I'm
very
excited
about
that.
D
Next
on
my
list,
I
have
in
I
believe
the
last
meeting.
I
talked
I
am
part
of
a
coalition
from
the
office
of
police,
accountability
and
transparency,
where
they
put
out
a
request
for
proposal.
I'm.
Looking
for
a
consultant,
I
was
going
to
create
an
equity
assessment
tools
to
look
into
the
retention,
hiring
and
promotion
of
bypoc
employees
in
the
Boston
Police
Department,
and
this
would
mean
sworn
officers
and
civilian
personnel.
D
A
D
I
have
my
purple
here,
but
I'm,
really
hot
right
now,
so
I
took
my
sweater
off,
but
purple
Spirit
day
aims
to
create
awareness
for
bullying
and
harassment
that
the
lgbtq
plus
Community
faces,
specifically
youth.
So
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that,
in
addition
to
today,
being
domestic
violence,
Awareness
Day,
now
that
I
said
that
I
can
get
to
the
rest
of
my
notes
in
regards
to
the
anti-hate
campaign.
I
am
still
trying
to
develop
it
as
much
as
I
can.
D
The
new
updates
that
I
have
that
I
can
share
with
you
is
I,
am
really
focusing
making
the
focus
of
this
campaign
a
know
your
rights
campaign.
So
it's
really
going
to
be
towards
education,
Outreach
and
the
promotion
of
resources
so
and
I'm
staring
over
there,
because
I
have
my
whiteboard,
but
the
overall
mission
of
this
campaign
is
going
to.
D
Fostering
awareness
and
education
around
hate
crimes
and
incidents
and
the
importance
of
reporting
them,
as
well
as
the
promotion
of
positive
messaging,
that
include
that
encourages
inclu
inclusion
and
respect
for
all
I
am
defining
the
areas
where
we're
going
to
do
this.
Education
and
Outreach
such
as
Faith
centers,
senior,
centers,
high
schools
and
I'm.
D
I
will
also
I
am
also
very
happy
to
say
that
I
have
been
working
with
U.S
attorney
Rachel
Rollins
office
and
we
will
be
collaborating
on
the
education
part
of
it.
So,
when
I,
when
we
go
out
to,
for
example,
do
the
senior
center,
we
will
be
working
with
her
and
her
office
on
the
education
piece
of
hate
crimes,
but
also
incorporating
topics
that
tailor
to
that
audience.
So,
for
example,
when
we
go
into
the
senior
centers
it's
doing
what
I
shared
about
teaching,
what
a
hate
crime
is.
C
D
And
how
they're
very
vulnerable
to
those
so
we'll
be
working
on
the
education
piece
of
that
together
with
her
office,
and
then
that's
obviously
going
to
be
different
when
we
get
into
the
faith
centers
that
education
Outreach
on
that
is
going
to
look
different,
but
I
am
very
pleased
to
announce
that
we
will
be
working
together
and
partnering
on
the
education
part
of
it
together,
I'm
going
to
stop
there.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I
feel
like
I've
been
talking
forever.
F
D
To
be
totally
transparent,
I
don't
have
a
time
frame.
This
is
something
I'm
trying
to
figure
out,
because
I
want
to
be
very
realistic
about
it,
because
if
you
ask
me,
I'd
say
like
this
month
next
week,
because
that's
my
like
goal
but
I
have
a
briefing
put
together
for
myself.
I
want
to
finalize
it
next
week
and
then,
when
Denise
starts,
it's
like
okay
senior
centers,
let's
start
reaching
out
to
age,
strong
to
start
meeting
with
them
on
what
senior
centers
where
and
how
often
will
we
need
like?
D
B
D
And
I'm
going
work
with
the
director
of
communications,
like
I,
said
Ayanna
for
the
cabinet
she's
amazing,
at
what
she
does
does
with
just
press
release
and
making
sure
it's
literally
a
kickoff,
so
everyone
knows
about
it,
everyone's
invited
to
it.
So
that
is
something
that
we're
going
to
work
and
then
I
think
that
will
also
working
with
her
is
going
to
help
me
further
develop
the
timeline.
So
I
can
actually
tell
you
what
the
timeline
is.
D
D
E
Let
me
unmute
first
no
well
I
mean
congratulations
for
some
of
the
hiring
looking
forward
to
to
working
with
more
folks
having
more
capacity
to
do
work.
One
question
I
had
or
suggestion
or
thought
was
in
regards
to
the
the
presentations
that
you
were
just
talking
about
with
the
U.S
District
Attorney's
office
around
wondering
and
I
think
there's
also
a
broader
idea,
not
just
for
this,
but
wondering
if
you
know
with
this
commission
as
we're
doing
work
moving
forward.
We
could
also
think
about
non-police
interventions
to
some
of
this.
E
You
know
this
work
as
well
and
I
know.
There's
conversations
happening
at
City
Hall
around
this
as
well,
and
so
kind
of
just
expanding
the
conversation
to
think
about
that,
because
there
there's
also
that
to
think
about
when
community
members
want
to
report
some
type
of
harm
that
they're
facing
you
know
that
that
might
intersect
other
fears
of
feeling
that
they
only
have
you
know
one
or
two
agencies
they
can
reach
out
to
and
I
think
the
commission
obviously
is
one
of
those
and
there's
others
as
well.
A
A
D
D
It's
going
to
be
yeah,
the
training
is
obviously
for
those
that
sign
up
for
it
to
actually
learn,
but
the
bigger
the
better
like
as
many
individuals
there
and
you
all
have
your
own
expertise
and
resources
and
that's
the
other
part
of
it,
not
just
education
Outreach.
But
what
resources
are
out
there
and
I
think
that's
really
important
to
uplift
uplift
and
really
promote
so
yeah
I.
Didn't
ask
that
because
I'm
not
going
to
ask,
but
please.
D
If
there
are
no
other
questions
on
that
front,
I
do
just
have
one
more
item
on
my
report.
This
is
still
very,
very
new.
It
is
in
its
infancy,
but
mayor
was
Administration
and
the
I.T
Department
here
is
looking
into
creating
a
I.T
ethics
commission
and
what
this
means
is
really
really
centered
around
focusing
around
the
procurement
and
use
of
technology
for
City
Services
and
how
it
respects
both
human
and
digital
rights
of
our
residents,
especially
those
with
marginalized
communities.
D
D
A
A
They
are
advancing,
Gathering
data,
including
our
own
data,
that
is
going
to
be
the
data
that
we,
the
commission
produces,
is
going
to
be
analyzed,
and
we
are
also
reaching
out
to
other
local
human
rights
commissions
to
seek
information
about
how
they
did
their
if
they
did
an
anti-hate
campaign.
What
were
the
steps
they
tooks?
What
were
the
obstacles
and
what
would
be
their
recommendations
for
us?
A
That
report
will
be
ready
or
the
preliminary
report
will
be
ready
in
December
and
we'll
do
a
presentation
at
that
time,
and
then
it
will
continue
along
for
the
next
semester,
with
potentially
different
goals
coming
from
whatever
it
is
that
we
find
this
semester
and
then
I
would
like
to
I
would
like
to
talk
about
two
reports
that
have
become
available
somehow
recently
and
they
caught
my
attention.
So
I
wish
to
take
this
opportunity
to
express
and
register
some
concerns.
A
A
A
A
A
A
According
to
the
report,
wire
Broadband
is
available
everywhere
in
Boston
City
programs
that
address
gaps
due
to
lack
of
affordability,
devices
or
skills
are
working,
but
gaps
remain
also.
Building
a
city-owned
network
would
cost
about
800
to
900
million
dollars,
and
internet
providers
affirmed
that
they
offer
identical
Services
quality
and
pricing
everywhere
they
serve
in
Boston.
A
A
A
A
B
C
A
Year
and
a
half
ago-
and
they
did
not,
they
refused
and
the
report,
this
report,
created
by
by
this
company,
took
the
statements
by
the
internet
providers
as
at
face
value.
They
said
everything
is
done,
the
same
way.
The
prices
are
the
same
and
the
quality
is
the
same,
and
the
services
are
the
same.
So
the
assessment
did
not
uncover
irregularities
in
that,
but.
B
A
We
did
find
out
that
our
report
claimed
that
this
report
would
attribute
that
to
lack
of
skills,
inappropriate
uses
of
devices
such
as
modem
up
inappropriate
modems,
for
instance,
or
the
distance
of
a
device
to
the
modem,
for
instance,
so
yeah.
This
report
has
found
no
problem
whatsoever
with
internet
providers.
B
A
F
A
Because
that
would
think
that
would
mean
that
the
city
will
continue
watching
what
is
going
on
in
the
city.
I
intend,
if
we
have
time
to
go
over
this
report
with
Talia
riveros,
who
is
the
intern?
Who
is
the
expert
on
this
so
but
she's
working
in
this
other
projects?
So
at
some
point,
maybe
for
the
next
semester
or
maybe
during
the
vacation,
she
might
be
able
to
go
deep
into
the
the
the
study,
the
assessment
and
see
something
else.
There
are
interesting
Maps
they.
They.
A
A
A
The
gaps
exist
and
they
are
noticeable
and
they
are
worrisome
and
they
affect
all
kinds
from
medical
devices
that
people
have
at
home
to
the
ability
to
do
homework,
to
the
ability
to
apply
for
a
job
to
the
capacity
to
you
know,
access
all
kinds
of
services,
including
health
Bank.
You
know
all
kinds
of
things
so
right
now,
digital
inequity
in
a
city
is
a
is
a
very
dangerous
situation.
A
C
Ahead,
hi
everyone
Trey
Andre
Valentine,
my
pronouns
are
Hindi
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Massachusetts
transgender
political
Coalition,
in
my
nine
to
five
I'm,
originally
from
Trinidad
and
Tobago
moved
to
this
country
for
when
I,
when
I
started,
college
I
actually
just
recently
got
my
my
green
card,
so
I'm
very
excited
about
that.
Just
like
a
20-year
process
for
me,
I
have
done
a
lot
of
work
in
the
anti-violence
movement,
specifically
within
lgbtq
communities.
C
D
A
It's
5
40,
yes,
the
conversation
should
start
because
we
have
very
time
left.
This
conversation
should
continue,
and
last
month
there
were
a
few
points
that
were
brought
up,
collaborating
with
City
Hall
anti-hate
campaign,
locating
and
addressing
a
structural
and
systemic
racism
using
intersectional
approaches
to
issues
such
as
immigration
and
structural,
racism,
police
reform
and
I
know
you
write
training
for
residents,
so
those
are
those
were
some
of
the
the
suggestions
that
we
were
talking
about.
E
E
You
know
recent
arrivals,
you
know
coming
to
cities
across
the
country,
including
Boston
and
and
us
trying
to
be
a
space,
that's
welcoming
and
supporting
them
and
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
different
directions
that
get
taken
and
how
to
support
them,
especially,
as
you
know,
under
our
mandate
with
with
the
commission,
the
one
thing
I
had
found
interesting.
That
I
saw
as
an
example
in
in
one
of
the
reports
that
I
believe
some
of
the
interns
had
worked
on
on
what
other
commissions
across
the
country
are
doing.
E
One
of
those
which
you
know
I
I
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
fully
investigate
at
this
point,
but
it
it
definitely
piqued.
My
curiosity
was
there.
Are
you
know
there
are
examples
like
New
York,
where
the
Human
Rights
Commission
does
certifications
for
you
new
visas
for
for
individuals?
And
so
you
know,
I
know
from
just
having
interactions
with
attorneys
that
work
on
your
Visa
related
issues
that
sometimes
there's
some
complications
that
come
up
with
getting
that
certified
by
different.
E
You
know
police
departments
across
the
the
state,
and
so
you
know
I'd
be
curious
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
of
how
that's
going
in
New
York
and
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
to
do
any
of
that
in
this
space,
considering
the
fact
that
there
are
issues
that
sometimes
attorneys
run
into
when
they're
trying
to
approach
different
police
departments
or
different,
you
know
agencies
to
certify
to
provide
a
certification
so
that
someone
could
receive
their
their
you
visa.
And
so
you
know,
and
just
you
know,
being
very
broad
about
it.
E
You
know
recent
arrivals
and
immigrants
more
more
broadly,
who
are
facing.
You
know
a
number
of
issues
when
it
comes
to
you
know,
receiving
support.
You
know
housing
and
other
issues
as
well
and
so
definitely
open
to
putting
more
thought
into
that
and
doing
some
more.
You
know
research
and
speaking
with
whoever
may
be
necessary,
but
that's
one
idea
that
came
to
mind
in
terms
of
supporting
you
know:
immigrants
across
a
broader
Spectrum.
A
So
it's
something
that
you
can,
that
you
have
already
the
expertise
to
study
and
to
then
discuss
with
us
and
possibly
might
lead
to
a
recommendation
for
policy,
something
that
this
commission
should
be
doing.
So
it's
totally
under
our
responsibility
to
find
spaces
where
we
can
step
in
or
the
city
could
step
in
in
a
different
way
and
and
then
to
provide
advice
to
policy
makers
and
to
provide
policies.
So
I
would
be
interested
in
what
you
find.
If
you
could
give
us
a
report
next
month.
A
D
D
I
can
have
her
join
the
next
Commission
meeting,
if
you're
interested
just
to
see
like
what
work
she
has
we're
getting
into
and
how
we
can
potentially
work
together
in
a
partnership,
so
just
offering
that
if
you
want
to
continue
the
conversation
and
explore
it
further-
and
this
is
for
any
topic
that
comes
up
if
there's
another
topic
that
comes
up,
that
I
can
reach
out
to
another.
You
know.
A
D
B
Oh
sorry
and
I
think
I
think
the
anti-hate
campaign
is
going
to
be
huge
and
that
Susie
you
have
to
reach.
You
have
to
let
us
know
when,
when
you
need
us
and
so
that
we
can
show
up
and
help
and
if
there
are
trainings
that
you
find
that
you
think
would
be
beneficial
for
us
to
attend
so
that
we're
better
prepared
at
meetings
happy
to
do
that.
A
F
Yeah
I,
don't
think
I
have
anything
to
add
to
what
I
mentioned
last
week.
I
think
Susie
mentioned.
There's
a
know.
Your
rights
component
of
The
anti-hate
Campaign,
which
I'm
really
interested
in
and
just
thinking
about
how
we
can
leverage
that
as
a
way
to
educate
folks,
make
folks
feel
better
about
reporting
issues
that
come
up
and
yeah
just
feel
more
equipped.
More
empowered,
I
think
the
the
threat
around
police
reform
I
mean
it
depends
on
if
the
commission
kind
of
takes
that
on
as
a
priority.
F
But
I
I
definitely
know
that
there
are
issues
that
come
up
all
the
time.
I
mean
that
was
the
at
the
core
of
you
know
why
racial
Equity
has
become
such
a
focus
all
across
the
country,
and
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
improve
that
I
I
saw
you
know
examples
of
what
other
commissions
have
done
in
terms
of
connecting
to
civilian
review
boards.
I
I,
don't
know
too
much
about
what
the
infrastructure
like
is
here
in
Boston,
but
I
would
love
to
dig
into
that
issue.
A
Yes,
Elijah,
we
have
we
conducted
last
year,
a
study
internally.
The
commission
did
on
Boston
Police
Department.
That
study
is
on
our
website,
and
so,
if
you
could
take
a
look
at
that,
and
then
probably
we
could
discuss
how
that
that
report
connects
to
Susie's
representation
of
the
Commission
in
that
committee.
That
is
going
to
be
hiring.
A
A
consultant
that
wants
to
prepare
an
instrument
to
assess
exactly
what
our
reports
is,
so
I
think
I
think
we
could
we
could.
We
could
keep
it
if
you
can
keep
an
eye,
then,
on
this
report
and
establish
that
connection
with
Susan
on
what
is
going
on,
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
then
also
get
reports
every
month
from
you
on
how
things
are.
A
E
Can
I
just
quickly
piggyback
on
that?
That's
one!
One
brief
point
is
another
thing
that
just
happened
recently
that
might
connect
to
just
policing
or
criminalization
of
communities.
Is
an
ordinance
just
went
into
effect
around
surveillance
technologies
that
different
agencies,
including
the
Boston,
Police
Department
uses,
and
they
find
they
just
released
their
first
as
part
of
that
Ordinance.
E
One
of
the
things
that
was
required
was
releasing
a
public
report
of
what
are
the
different
technologies
that
are
being
used,
and
so
that
just
went
live
recently
and
folks
can
take
a
look
at
that
week
and
take
a
look
at
it
and
see
if
there's
any
opportunities
you
know
in
the
coming
year
to
do
some
like
further
work
in
that
space
and
seeing
how
it's
affecting
different
communities
as
well.
So
don't
have
much
more
information
than
that.
But
but
there
is
some
information
you
know
publicly
around
it.
Yes,.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
bringing
that
up.
I
believe
that
is
the
committee.
That's
going
to
be
done
by
the
committee
that
might
be
Chair
by
Susie
on
ethical,
digital
Matters
by
the
city
and
so
I
think
we
definitely
definitely
should
be
taking
that
up
too
and
if
she
becomes
the
chair
of
that
committee
more
so
you
know
excellent.
C
C
A
A
D
D
D
A
A
A
Okay,
so
we
move
into
the
next
and
last
item
and
is
a
simple
discussion
of
in-person
committee
meeting.
So
as
we
are
apparently
moving
on
into
a
quasi-normal
State
of
Affairs,
we
have
to
start
thinking.
We
have
never.
The
commission
has
has
never
met
in
person
because
the
commission
started
doing
the
covet
pandemic.
A
A
Also,
we
need,
as
Susie
said
before,
we
need
to
consult
with
the
attorneys
regarding
what
constitutes
an
open
meeting.
Do
we
have
to
Simply
Be
in
an
office
and
announce
where
they
office,
where
the
meeting
is
gonna
take
place,
or
do
we
still
have
to
record
the
meetings
and
have
online
access?
We
don't
know
that
yet
so
Susie's
gonna
find
out,
but
I
would
like
to
hear
from
you
what
you
think
about
meeting
in
person.
B
E
Yeah
I
think
I'm.
You
know
open
to
the
like
either
way.
I
think
I
think
in
a
lot
of
spaces
right
now,
I'll
say
in
our
professional
space
are,
are
exploring
what
that
looks
like
whether
it's
hybrid,
whether
it's
fully
in
person,
you
know
and
so
I'm
just
curious
to
see
what
potentially
other
commissions
are
doing.
F
A
Yeah
I
I
too
I'm
inclined
to
either
a
hybrid
method,
or
you
know,
system
or
or
an
in-person
system.
I
think
that
for
us,
the
trip
to
City
Hall
and
going
into
City
Hall
and
going
upstairs
and
sitting
in
in
in
a
room
seeing
the
faces
of
public
will
change
potentially
how
we
interact
with
certain
topics.
A
E
Can
I
ask
a
question
actually
with
that?
This
is
a
little
bit,
maybe
out
of
the
norm,
but
have
any
do
we
know
of
any
of
the
commissions
have
ever
done?
In-Person
meetings
prior
to
the
pandemic,
Maybe,
not
in
City
Hall,
like
have
they
ever
been
hosted
in
different
communities
in
different
spaces,
is
that
you
know
a
possibility
at
all.
D
C
C
A
A
Any
second,
my
second
all
in
favor
aye,
all
right
all
right.
Anybody
oppose
anybody.
Abstain,
no
meeting
is
adjourned
at
603..
Thank
you.
So
very
much
all
of
you
and
the
public
for
staying
with
us
I
look
forward
to
continue
this
conversation
next
month
and
Susie
and
I
will
be
in
touch
sending
whatever
we
promise.
What
we're
going
to
send.