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City of Boston Human Rights Commission Public Meeting 12-15-2021
A
C
A
A
And,
first,
let
me
let
me
say
thank
you
to
susie
and
to
leonard
lee
and
to
reyes
all
people
who
took
time
this
summer
to
interview
candidates
while
ivandra
was
on
leave
so
in
terms
of
roy
and
amber
you
guys
stepped
in
and
filled
in,
and
I
appreciate
susie
took
a
lot
of
this
on.
I
know
in
terms
of
going
over
resumes
and
dealing
with.
A
You
know
the
personnel
department
and
these
people
are
here
because
she
persevered
to
go
through
the
bureaucracy
to
get
them
on
board
and
the
two
commissioners
actually
stepped
in
to
interview
people,
and
I
really
appreciate
all
your
help.
So
let
me
let
me
let
me
say
that
before
we
go
ahead
and
invondra
you
want
to
introduce
these
two
and
and
or
they
can
introduce
themselves.
I
know
people
met
quincy
at
the
last
meeting
or
even
at
the
august
meeting
that
quincy
roberts,
but
why
don't
you
introduce
the
other
two.
D
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair
for
members
of
the
public
and
those
viewing
I'm
the
van
der
kavalo.
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
boston
rights
commission.
I'm
excited
to
be
back,
as,
as
madam
chair
said,
I
was
on
leave
for
a
few
months
over
the
summer.
However,
I
will
make
one
minor
correction.
Madam
chair.
D
Thank
you
all
particularly
madam
chair,
linda
lee
ray,
has
been
instrumental
in
this,
and
also
certainly
susan,
not
only
through
all
of
you
in
the
kudos
that
we
that
you've
given
to
susan,
but
you
know
I
can
tell
you
certainly
coming
back
and
hearing
from
other
team
members.
Other
departments
folks
are
certainly
very
impressed
with
the
work
this
wasn't
continues
to
do.
D
I
see
also
natasha
white
from
the
office
of
equity.
Here,
chief
of
staff
she's
also
was
very
helpful
in
getting
us.
You
know
with
the
hires
over
the
summer,
but
needless
to
say,
you
know.
Certainly,
we
are
very
excited
because,
as
I
said
in
my
report
to
you
all
that
I
wrote
you
know,
the
capacity
has
been
an
issue
for
us
particularly
haven't
had
two
individuals
working
for
the
commission
for
the
past
at
least
almost
two
years
now
we're.
D
Finally,
at
five
five
full-time
employees,
which
you
met,
quincy
robbish,
who
was
the
education
outreach
manager
he
came
on,
I
believe
in
august,
amber
garcia
gonzalez
is
investigator.
She
came
on
in
september
and,
finally,
roy
water
is
the
director
of
a
research
analysis.
He
came
on
board
last
month
and
both
individuals
are
very
dynamic
individuals
who
came
actually
from
other
parts
of
the
city
both
worked
at
the
boston,
public,
health,
commission,
very
dynamic
individuals
and
I'll.
D
E
Absolutely
thank
you
so
much
for
that
introduction
of
andrew
hi
everyone.
My
name
is
amber
garcia
gonzalez
and
I
am
the
new
investigator
for
the
boston
human
rights
commission.
I
previously
worked
at
the
boston
public
health
commission
as
a
paralegal
working
on
employment
matters
labor
and
employment,
and
I'm
really
excited
to
join
the
team.
I'm
excited
for
this
first
public
hearing
and
looking
forward
to
the
work
that
we're
going
to
do
together.
So
thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight.
D
F
Welcome
roy
yeah,
thank
you
evandra,
so
you
know
just
like
I
come
from
the
boston
public
health
commission,
where
I
did
the
research
on
health
inequity,
such
as
the
copy,
19,
racial
differences
and
according
mortality.
So
I
look
forward
to
working
with
everybody
at
the
human
rights
commission
as
a
director
of
research
and
analysis.
Thank
you.
F
A
F
F
D
Also
want
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
chief
cinema
barrows
milner
who's,
the
chief
of
equity
inclusion,
cabinet
she's,
also
with
us
today
and
again
her
and
her
team,
natasha
and
others
certainly
been
instrumental
in
helping
us
through
the
summer
and
continue
to
be
supportive
of
the
commission.
The
commission's
work
so
well.
I
saw
that
she's
here
as
well.
I
wanted
to
give
her
a
quick,
a
quick
update.
You
know
quick
shout
out.
If
you
will,
may
I
go
into
some
of
the
next
other
things
miss.
A
D
Sure,
thank
you.
Obviously,
as
you
know,
over
the
summer,
actually,
in
the
spring
may
2021,
we
finally
were
able
to
you
know,
get
an
intake
form
as
well
as
an
anonymous
incident
report
form
on
on
our
website
and
from
there
you
know
we,
I
would
say,
certainly
that
we
had
an
increase
of
traffic
in
terms
of
increased.
You
know
so-called
complaints,
if
you
will
from
individuals,
you
know
in
the
city
of
boston,
complaining
about
various.
You
know,
incidents
that
happened
with
them.
There
were
total
of
16.
D
They
were
collected,
including
two
anonymous,
which
came
through
the
again
the
anonymous
incident
report,
which
obviously
we
don't
know
what
individuals
are.
But
this,
if
you
don't
remember
correctly,
anonymous
incident
report
primarily
came
at
least
the
genesis
of
it
was
through
early
in
the
spring,
where
we
did
some
work
around
the
anti-aabi
community
or
asian
american
pacific
islanders,
community
in
the
city
of
boston,
with
the
uptick
of
violence
against
them.
In
particular,
we
we
met
with
the
community
leaders
and
created
this.
D
This
incident
anonymous
report,
which
is
on
our
website,
so
we
had
16
inquiries,
as
I
said,
five
of
which
were
employment
based.
As
you
know,
our
our
ordinance
is
broken
down
into
several
sort
of
sectors.
If
you
will
one
employment,
and
so
there
were
five
of
those,
there
were
five,
nine
were
public
accommodation,
one
was
housing
related
and
and
the
the
final
one
is
related
to
education,
which
was
one
as
well.
You
can
see
again
all
of
this.
D
Hopefully
you
had
a
chance
to
look
at
the
report.
All
of
this
is
detailed
into
in
the
report.
Most
of
the
cases
incidents
involve
race-based
discrimination.
If
you
will
some
also
age
as
well
as
sex,
we
certainly
are
seeing
a
lot
of
traffic
if
you
will
in
terms
of
sex.
Excuse
me,
gender
identity
or
expression
of
also
three
religion:
three
national
origin,
one
disability
and
one
source
of
income,
which
I
think
the
source
income
is,
is
tied
to
the
housing
one.
D
As
I
noted
in
the
report,
the
you
know,
individuals
are
able
to
check
more
than
one
box
if
you
will,
in
terms
of
the
the
basis
of
which
they
believe
they
were
discriminated
against,
so
that
that's
all
I'm
happy
to
sort
of
have
a
further
discussion.
I
just
had
a
discussion
actually
with
amber
investigated
about
some
of
these
cases
and
she's
been
not
to
be
honest.
She's
been
very
helpful
on
those
as
well.
A
E
Sure,
absolutely
so,
when
a
constituent
files,
an
intake
form,
there
are
various
options
of
how
to
contact
our
commission.
They
can
walk
in
call
me
on
my
cell
phone
or
complete
an
intake
online.
We
have
the
anonymous
intake
form
and
we
also
have
the
intake
form.
Once
we
receive
the
information,
I
send
out
an
introductory
email
as
I
like
to
call
it
just
introducing
myself,
I'm
thanking
the
constituent
for
filing
a
complaint
with
our
office
and
asking
to
schedule
a
time
to
meet
once
they
respond.
E
E
E
For
example,
I
can
call
up
an
agency
and
gather
a
little
bit
more
information
if
I
need
to,
but
more
or
less
I
connect
with
them,
see
how
I
can
better
system
refer
them
out,
and
then
I
follow
up
as
well
to
make
sure
that
that
my
information
was
relevant,
helpful
that
it's
actually
what
they
were
looking
for.
So
that's
my
method
so
far.
A
E
A
And
speaking,
there
were
two.
If
I
remember
correctly,
you
said
there
were
two
filed
under
the
harassment
on
on
the
web
that
we
put
up
originally
under
the
asian
american
when
that
was
going
on
last
spring,
we
said,
put
it
give
an
opportunity
on
the
web
for
anyone
who's
being
harassed
in
terms
of
something
that
didn't
rise
to
a
police,
criminal
complaint
or
people
didn't
want
to
go
to
the
plane,
and
I
think
we've
only
gotten
two
so
far.
Is
that
right?
Am
I
right
susan.
A
If
people
are
looking
where
they
can
go
to
to
file
a
complaint
or
an
incident
of
harassment
that
we
put
up
our
information.
So
they
know
where
to
go,
because
that's
not
yet
on
the
city
website
has
a
lot
of
other
things
where
you
can
go,
but
we
should
put
our
information
up
on
the
on
the
entry
page,
the
landing
page
for
the
city,
okay,
evander.
I
think
we
should
skip
the
next
issue
for
now
in
terms
of
the
funding
and
and
move
to
the
lgbtq
plus
initiative.
D
So
in
this
space
I
think,
to
be
honest,
you
know,
particularly
after
queen
she
came
on
over
the
summer.
I
think
we've
done.
You
know
tremendous
amount
of
work,
as
you
remember,
while
I
was
still
here,
we
began.
This
would
have
been
summertime,
particularly
july,
even
june,
and
perhaps
even
may
we
begin
to
gather
you
know,
city
departments,
as
well
as
some
outside
partners,
to
talk
about
how
city
can
better
offer
services
to
the
lgbtq
plus
community.
D
This
was
particularly
in
due
to
the
fact
that
a
woman,
a
transgender
woman
was
killed
in
the
city
of
boston
in
dorchest,
in
particular
in
may
missed
the
alto
from
there.
You
know
it,
particularly
when
quincy
came
on
board.
We
were
able
to
create
this
initiative
that
we're
calling
beyond
pride
initiative,
which
again
led
by
quincy
and
susan.
D
We
were
able
to
you
know
to
do
many
things
to
engage
the
community,
lgbtq
plus
community,
particularly
doing
three
focus
groups
distributed
development.
Excuse
me,
development
and
distributing
a
sort
of
lgbtq
plus,
frequently
asked
question
sheets,
which
I
shared
with
you
all,
actually
via
email
as
well.
They
also
did
a
couple
site
visits
to
the
family
justice
center,
which
is
you
know,
part
of
the
boston
police
department,
as
well
as
roxbury
youth
works,
which
has
a
program
there.
I
believe
that
deals
with
transgender
youth.
D
We
also
involved
bpd
thoroughly,
particularly
with
deputy
superintendent
richard
day
hill,
who
was
there
lgbtq,
plus
liaison,
and
you
know
he
was
instrumental
in
getting
this
off
the
ground
and
I'm
very
proud
of
the
work
that,
as
I
mentioned,
particularly
susan
and
and
quincy,
has
led
in
this
effort
so
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
Happy
to
you
know,
take
questions
and
comments
in
this
space,
but
tremendous
work
kudos
to
them
for
continuing
this.
This
this
work.
H
Yes,
so
thank
you
for
all
the
hot
work
on
this.
I
did
watch
the
the
the
presentation
that
you
shared,
and
I
just
had
a
a
couple
of
questions
regarding
that.
Are
we
going
to
be
sort
of
presenting
that
presentation
in
other
spaces
going
forward,
and
if
so,
will
it
be
sort
of
fleshed
out
more
and
more
professionally
presented
as
something
that
you
can
take
on
the
road
and
for
any
audience.
D
Great
question
annie
and,
as
you
saw,
I
think
in
the
next
steps
that
I
articulated
in
under
that
initiative
and
then
certainly
the
idea
is
to
use
this
as
a
model
to
present
it
to
other
organizations
to
take
on
the
road
if
you
go,
but
certainly
as
you
indicated,
I
have
some
work
to
do
to
perhaps
you
know
tighten
things
up
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
chairwoman
mckenna
mentioned
was
was
to
collect,
continue
to
collect
data
right.
So
it's
not
simply.
You
know
not
that.
D
Obviously
I
think
350
plus
is
tremendous
work,
but
the
more
data
on
this
we
have
the
better.
But
certainly
you
know
this
is
a
great
great
great
question
and
a
way
for
us
to
to
sort
of
use
this
as
a
model.
But
you
know
it
certainly
is
in
this
I
wouldn't
say
initial
stages,
but
it's
still
growing
and
still
developing
itself.
H
And
then
the
other
question
I
had
at
the
end
of
the
presentation
there
in
in
your
report,
there's
a
recommendation
for
for
the
new
administration
to
create
an
lgbtq
plus
affairs
office.
Does
that
recommendation
have
to
come
from
the
human
rights
commission
and
if
so,
do
we
have
to
vote
on
putting
forth
that
recommendation?.
D
I
immunity
myself.
Apologies
did
where
I
have
the
next
steps
here.
Commissioner
annie,
you
know
those.
These
are
certainly
our
suggestions
and
are
our
you
know
action
steps
if
you
will
but
we're
you
know
exactly
what
we're
doing
now
is
we
anticipated
which
is
discuss?
You
know
what
the
next
steps
are
with
each
initiative,
certainly
defunding,
so
we
can
decide
together
and
certainly
there
should
be
a
full
vote.
I
will
say
particularly
with
this
issue,
though
in
terms
of
the
lgbtq
plus
office.
D
A
You
might
want
to
step
in
here
and
help
folks
with
the
statistics,
because
the
statistics
that
are
mentioned
are
not
are
not
valid.
Statistics:
they're
they're,
you
know
they're
not
statistically
they're,
not
random,
but
maybe
you
could
help
folks
with
a
way
to
explain-
and
I
see
commissioner
lee
has
his
hand
raised
as
well.
So
why
don't
I
defer
to
you
for
now.
C
Oh
yeah,
I
do
I
do
have
a
question
I
know
first,
I
just
want
to
make
a
comment.
I
think
that's
great
the
work
that's
been
done
and
stuff
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
just.
I
don't
see
it
anywhere,
but
because
we
were
talking
about
the
black
men
issues
and-
and
we
started
out
with
some
stuff-
and
I
just
don't
want
that-
to
get
lost.
C
No
as
we
move
forward
and
we
have
roy
on
board
and
what
could
do
some
tremendous
work
of
getting
some
data
in
and
around
the
marginalization
of
black
men,
not
only
in
boston
but
in
the
state
actually
in
the
country
that
can
help
us
further.
The
efforts
that
we
began
before
I
just
I
want
to
kind
of
keep
that
in
the
forefront
of
some
of
them.
C
As
you
know,
we
can't
do
everything,
but
I
want
to
keep
that
in
the
forefront,
because
we
had
a
tremendous
beginning
that
I
think
we
we
and
we
made
a
commitment
that
we
were
going
to
go
over
with
that
and
we're
having
a
fullest
over
the
folks
compliment
of
folks
on
the
team.
Now
I
think
we
can
really
take
advantage
of
that
and
do
some
tremendous
work.
A
They've
appointed
someone
to
head
that
and
see
if
the
timing
in
terms
of
scheduling-
and
especially
since
you
know
the
aappi
started
because
of
last
spring.
But
you
know,
maybe
the
scheduling
in
terms
of
the
black
male
makes
more
sense
to
move
up.
I
don't
know,
but
I
think
it's
something
we
should
look
at
leonard
in
terms
of
what's
going
on
and
in
terms
of
the
commission
starting
up.
C
Well,
I
I
have
some
suspect
on
the
new
commission
of
black
men,
because
it's
so
new
and
it's
so
political.
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity,
as
we
had
that
beginning
to
continue
at
that
high
level,
because
they're
going
to
be
trying
to
catch
up
to
us
and
there's
I'm
just
suspect
because
of
the
past
history
of
commissions
and
things
like
that,
coming
together
under
the
city
hall
roof,
and
so
I
being
the
human
rights
commission.
C
I
just
think
with
all
the
room
and
the
injustices
around
men
of
color
and
and
that
the
lack
of
attention
and
support.
I
think
it
becomes
really
important
and
we
had
a
tremendous
beginning
that
I
I
don't
want
to
lose-
that
type
of
momentum
that
was
developed
through
the
hard
work
of
susan
and
evandro
as
we
go
forward.
G
C
D
Madam
chair,
if
I
will,
I
haven't
been
with.
Obviously
we
just
had
a
conversation
about
this
yesterday,
but
I
did
I
do
think
it
makes
sense.
You
know
to
to
switch
the
schedule.
If
you
will,
I
actually
began
having
conversations
in
turn,
particularly
quincy
roberts
about
you
know.
How
do
we
start
working
on
in
the
black
males
marginalization
of
black
men's
in
plug
in
sort
of
the
model
in
that
space?
A
A
We
also
want
to
see
the
presentation
both
in
terms
of
the
statistics
and
in
terms
of
the
you
know,
professionalism
and
every
group
is
going
to
need.
You
know
like
if
you
go
to
bps,
it's
a
very
different
group
of
presentation
in
terms
of
educated,
certainly
if
you're
even
thinking
about
students,
that's
a
totally
different
presentation.
A
A
presentation
to
the
police
is
different
than
you
do.
A
presentation
to
you
know
a
city
department.
So
one
of
the
reasons
I
wanted
to
wait-
and
we
talked
about
it.
A
little
bit
yesterday
wanted
to
wait
with
the
money
is-
and
I
think
now
we're
talking
about
the
black
males
as
well
as
lgbtq,
is
to
use
that
money.
A
If
we
need
extra
money
to
to
to
have
the
presentation
in
it
to
suit
the
different
audiences
and
with
the
appropriate
statistics
and
the
appropriate
presentation
materials
and
for
any
group
that
we're
going
to
present
it
to,
and
until
that
happens,
I
think
we
want
to
put
it
on
hold
until
we
have
done
that
and
with
whatever
support
we
need
to
have
to
go
forward.
Roy
can
help
with
the
statistics
and
whatever
help
we
need
to
support
the
effort
to
to
create
presentations
that
are
appropriate
for
different
different
groups.
B
Sorry
I
wanted
to
thank
quincy
and
susie.
I
have
already
talked
to
susie.
I
I
attended
the
presentation
and
I
think
that
indeed
this
might
be
the
beginning
of
a
blueprint
for
a
future
for
this
project
and
for
future
projects
of
the
commission.
I
agree
with
everything
that
everybody
has
says
and
want
to
underline
that
this
is
a
work
that
is
just
starting.
B
A
That
I
think
are
basic.
That
would
be
helpful,
so
quincy
and
susie
and
ivandro
might
have
an
opportunity
to
to
talk
to
them
as
well.
That
would
strengthen
the
basic
presentation
and
then
think
about
how
to
move
forward
that
sort
of
sum
it
up
for
the
people
who
have
seen
this
presentation.
I
think
a
number
of
us
have.
D
Madam
share,
thank
you.
I
guess
I'm
thinking
next
steps,
perhaps
either
through
email
or
maybe
a
meeting
with
with
certainly
reyes
and
andy
and
others
that
may
be
interested
in
giving
some
feedback.
So
we
have
some
concrete
sort
of
things
and
have
a
plan
out
of
it.
If
you
will
how
to
how
to
improve
it,
what
we
can
do
to
make
it
into
something.
You
know
that
much
better.
A
A
Our
goal
for
the
lgbtq
plus
was-
and
I
think
we
ought
to
keep
that
in
mind-
is
what
is
it
the
city
does
or
doesn't
do
that
the
lgbtq
plus
community
would
like
to
see
changed
or
added,
and
I'd
like
to
think
about
some
concrete
things
that
come
out
of
that
with
black
males,
too,
are
things
that
the
city
could
or
should
be
doing
or
shouldn't
be
doing,
and
what
are
they?
What
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
the
city
could
be
doing
to
make
lives
of
black
men?
A
Maybe
boys
in
the
city
better,
because
we
know
the
status
is
not
very
good.
So
I'd
like
it
in
some
ways
to
to
come
out
with
some
recommendations
that
the
city
could
follow,
or
at
least
that
we
can
make
to
the
city.
What
are
those
things
in
what
areas
so,
okay,
so
I
think
we've
covered
evadra
the
first
couple
of
things.
D
As
far
as
the
the
the
next
two,
obviously
digital
being
the
central
one,
as
well
as
the
boston
police
department,
reform
initiative,
those,
as
you
know,
we
have
interns,
including
talia
who's,
been
working
on
on
on
the
digital
divide.
She's
gonna
give
a
presentation-
and
you
know
as
we're
discussing
here,
to
figure
out,
particularly
after
the
presentation.
What
do
we
do?
Next?
I
know
you
and
I
have
had
conversations.
Madam
chair,
I
know
you,
as
I
indicated
here.
D
B
G
D
D
D
They've
had
a
lot
of
you
know,
incidents
of
discrimination
and
they
have
been
going
forward
to
you
know
either
penalize
the
company
it
required
training
and
other
things
the
next
step,
at
least
for
us
and
for
us
we
were
looking
to
see
how
we
can
identify,
perhaps
one
or
two
or
three
so-called
major
players
or
major
culprits
in
this
space,
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
partner
with
fair
housing,
to
do
further
work?
And
if
you
will,
you
know,
for
lack
of
a
better
explanation,
make
an
example
of
some.
D
I've
already
discussed
with
will
a
couple
organizations
and
companies
that
perhaps
we
might
be
looking
into
so
we're
still
in
gathering
form
if
you
will,
but
once
hopefully,
as
we
turn
the
year
and
go
into
the
spring,
we
should
have
you
know
some
some
data
as
we
call
it.
Some
evidence
that
we
can
start
digging
through
to
see
okay.
These
are
companies
that
we
can.
We
can
get
more
information
about
that
we
can
go
after.
D
So
that's
what
we
are
with
the
housing
discrimination,
but
I
will
say
that
a
lot
of
work,
certainly
from
the
conversation
I
had
will
has
been
happening.
You
know,
particularly,
as
you
know,
fair
housing
focuses
primarily
in
housing
discrimination
but
happy
to
to
to
answer
any
questions
as
well.
In
this
space.
A
A
C
C
People
have
been
working
on
it
for
a
long
time
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
lessons
learned
that
we
should
really
embrace
and
look
at
because
there's
a
reason
why
it's
still
happening
at
the
level
that
it's
happening
and
it's
pretty
disgusting.
As
I'm
listening,
I'm
saying
to
myself.
Why
am
I
hearing
this
again?
C
You
know
you
know
59
years
old
and
I'm
hearing
it
again.
I
mean
it's
just
a
real
tragedy.
So
as
we
go
forward,
please,
I
just
want
us
to
be
conscious
of
the
fact
that
it's
really
important
to
understand
the
history,
but
also
trying
to
figure
out.
How
can
we
really
make
an
impact
so
that
your
children,
my
children,
grandchildren,
don't
have
to
deal
with
this
madness?
Oh
my
god,.
A
A
A
So
I'm
I'm
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
seeing
maybe
updated
the
next
meeting
in
vandro
and
certainly
some
some
discussion
in
in
in
february.
In
order
to
do
this
you,
this
is
something
you
really
do.
Need
statistics
and
analysis
about
if
you're
going
to
do
a
pattern
right.
This
is
not.
This
will
not
just
be
the
suffix
cases.
A
This
would
sort
of
involve
everybody
if
we
really
want
to
make
it
work-
and
I
do
as
leonard
says
this
is
you
know
this
is
been
part
of
boston's
history
in
in
several
parts
of
the
city,
that
we
know
many
parts
of
the
city.
So
I
I
I
think
whatever
it
takes,
we
ought
to.
We
ought
to
do
it
well
and,
and
the
first
one
has
to
work
right.
A
A
F
B
Are
both
doctoral
students
at
umass,
boston
in
the
program
of
human
rights?
Talia
has
been
with
us
for
a
year.
This
is
our
second
semester
working
on
broadband
equity
in
boston,
lilo
has
been
with
us
for
one
year,
working
on
austin
police
department
and
the
police
task
force,
boston
task
force,
so
lilo's
main
task.
This
semester
was
to
establish
a
scorecard
of
what
reforms
have
been
taking
place
and
which
either
have
not
been
taking
place,
or
we
cannot
find
information.
B
Accurate
information
about
it.
Talia
has
been
on
the
second
semester
of
research,
establishing
contacts
with
a
number
of
very
important
national
experts
on
broadband
in
urban
cities
in
large
cities,
and
she
has
also
been
investigating
some
of
the
issues
that
appear
to
be
taking
place
in
boston,
but
not
only
in
boston.
B
I
Can
everyone
see
see
my
screen
perfect?
Okay,
so,
as
as
the
commissioner
commissioner
mentioned,
I'm
a
second
year
phd
student
at
the
school
of
global
inclusion
and
social
development,
my
first
semester
with
the
commission,
I
am
studying
policing
practices
within
the
context
of
human
rights
and
also
the
boston
police
task
force
on
reform
and
the
top
five
recommendations
that
came
out
of
the
boston
police
task
force,
which
was
put
together
by
mayor
walsh
in
2020
as
part
of
the
obama
foundation.
I
My
brother's
keepers
alliance
pledge-
and
these
were
the
five
recommendations
that
came
out
of
the
task
force
on
your
scorecard.
You
have
specifics
about
each
recommendation
and
setup
recommendations
under
them
and
the
status
of
their
of
their
implementation,
but
I
wanted
to
run
through
them
really
briefly.
I
The
first
data
point
that
I'd
like
I'd
like
to
bring
to
your
attention
is:
research
has
shown
that
a
diverse
police
force
representing
the
population
it
serves
has
a
lot
of
benefits.
It
can
mitigate
the
risk
of
officer-involved
killings,
it
can
reduce
group
threat
and
it
just
build
better
community
relationships,
and
so
here's
a
demographic
with
the
boston,
racial
demographics
of
the
city
of
boston
and
then
the
boston,
police
department,
demographics
and
what
you'll
notice
is
white
police
officers
are
over-represented.
I
Another
aspect
of
diversity-
that's
often
overlooked,
is
females
in
the
force.
13
of
the
boston
police
department
is
female,
87
is
male
and
as
a
point
of
reference
about,
52
percent
of
the
city
of
boston
identifies
as
female,
and
although
the
research
is
still
in
its
infancy,
there
was
an
interesting
research
study
done
where
it
looked
at.
Police
teams
and
a
police
team
that
had
one
male
and
one
female.
I
Another
aspect
of
diversity
I
wanted
to
talk
about,
so
we
have
racial
and
ethnic
and
then
gender,
and
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
language.
The
boston
police
force
did
recommend
that
the
dashboards
and
the
data
available
from
the
boston
police
department
be
translated
to
languages
spoken
in
the
city
of
boston
and
about
37.7
percent
of
bostonians
speak
a
language
other
than
english
at
home,
and
language
barriers
can
hinder
community
relationships
and
especially
as
we're
also
talking
about
accessibility.
So
thinking
beyond,
you
know
spanish,
arabic,
but
also
sign
language
in
terms
of
accessibility.
I
I
These
are
legal
challenges
to
the
pbds
practices,
around
diversity,
inclusion,
accountability
and
transparency.
I
don't
want
to
dive
deep
into
each
one.
I
just
want
to
bring
two
trends
to
your
to
your
attention.
The
first
trend
is
access
to
records
seems
to
be
a
real
problem
with
the
boston
police
department
and
one
of
the
main
reasons
that
people
bring
legal
challenges
or
entities
bring
legal
challenges.
I
The
other
is
around
discipline
and
termination
of
minority
officers
or
on
female
female
officers,
and
you
can
dive
deeper
into
each
of
these,
but
I
won't.
I
won't
do
that
today,
just
for
a
sake
of
time,
and
so,
as
we
think
of
advancing
this
work
and
the
information
we
still
need
to
make
meaning
and
to
really
be
able
to
make
strong,
strong
conclusions
here.
I
The
cadet
program
I
know,
was
of
interest
to
some
of
the
commissioners.
It's
it's
supposed
to
diversify
the
police
force
and
it's
supposed
to
introduce
young
folks
to
careers
in
public
safety.
The
date
there's
not
much
data
on
this.
So
if
we
could
access
the
gender
and
racial
and
ethnic
demographics,
as
well
as
the
number
of
cadets
that
enter
the
police
academy
and
retain
retain
in
the
police
academy,
and
then
the
number
of
police
officers
are
required
to
wear
body
cameras.
I
So
as
we
go
back
to
the
recommendations
from
the
commission,
the
commission
recommended
that
they
update
the
policies
around
body-worn
cameras
and
the
boston
police
department
did
do
that,
but
it
would
be
helpful
to
know
in
practice
what
does
this
look
like,
and
so
I
think
one
number
that
can
reveal
that
is
the
number
of
police
officers
that
are
required
to
wear
body
cameras
and
then
finally,
data
on
pbd
spoken
languages.
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
know
how
language
proficiency
is
determined.
Is
it
simply
self-reported
is
it?
Is
it
tested?
I
How
is
that
determined?
Most
recent
data
on
language
spoken
by
police
officers,
I
think
including
sign
language,
would
be
helpful
and
if
we
could
get
this
year
to
year,
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
as
well.
So
these,
if
we
are
able
to
get
this
data-
and
maybe
roy,
has
more
more
things
to
add,
but
for
able
to
get
this
data,
I
think
we'd
have
we'd,
be
able
to
make
really
strong
conclusions
and
really
advance
the
work.
The
work
of
the
commission-
and
that
is
that
is
what
I
have
I'm
open.
J
J
A
lot
of
people
on
the
exams
come
within
one
or
two
points
of
each
other
and
depending
if
it's
a
rating
versus
a
promotion,
sometimes
there's
a
thing
there
used
to
be
a
thing.
I
don't
know
if
it
still
exists,
called
commissioner
points
and
that's
where
somebody
some
potential
bias
may
show
up
a
little
clearer
and
it
would
be
interesting
to
see
if
they
still
do.
J
C
Yes,
I
just
want
to
say
a
good
job.
You
know
trying
to
get
data
from
the
boston
police
department.
You
have
a
better
chance
of
hitting
the
lotto,
so
I
have
to
commend
you
on
what
you've
been
able
to
take.
I've
been
working
with
mama
leos,
it's
a
massachusetts,
black
policemen,
association,
who's
taken
the
boston
police
to
court,
and
I
would
recommend
reaching
out
to
them
because
they
have
some
data
that
they
had
to
have
forced.
They
had
had
the
boston
police
department
that
was
forced
to
give
it
to
him.
C
So
that
could
probably
right-
or
you
know,
give
you
a
little
more
than
what
you've
been
dealing
with,
because
I
know
firsthand
what
you've
been
able
to
do
again.
I
commend
you
because
I
know
it's
very,
very
frustrating
to
deal
with
folks
or
public
servants,
but
they
act
like
that's
a
whole
other
story,
but
no
great
job.
H
I
A
A
F
Yes,
this
is
more
like
a
question
for
later
right
for
for
future
consideration.
You
said
that
we
are
able
to
get
a
payroll
data.
Is
that
right?
So
you
know
the.
I
think,
one
of
the
concerns
that
the
black
police
officers
and
that
visit
the
school
academy
are
not
encouraged
to
go
in.
So
I
mean
I
was
wondering
you
know:
is
it
possible
that
you
know
black
and
minority
and
the
female
women
officers
that
pay
less
right?
F
I
Yep,
so
the
earnings
report
have
zip
code,
the
salaries
they
wouldn't
have.
They
don't
have
race.
So
I
don't
you
know
we
may
have
difficulty
there
and
the
city
does
have
data
for
the
boston
police
department
as
a
whole
right,
but
you
can't
defensively
differentiate
between
like
administrative
staff
and
you
know
a
lieutenant
or
superintendent,
so
the
payroll
data
is
great
roy.
I
think
there'd
be
limitations
when
it
comes.
If
you
wanted
to
analyze
salaries
per
ethnicity
or
per
race,
I
don't
think
you'd
be
able
to
do
that
through
the
payroll
data.
A
A
A
A
A
Boston
is
not
one
of
them
so
and
it
and
it's
interesting,
because
the
data
has
shown
that
that
when
you
get
to
a
critical
mass
of
women
on
the
police
force,
you
know
the
data
has
shown
you
use
less
force
less
excessive
force.
They
have
fewer
complaints,
they're
perceived
by
the
community
as
being
more
honest
and
compassionate
better
outcomes
for
victims,
especially
in
sexual
assault
places,
and
make
fewer
discretionary
arrests,
especially
of
non-white
residents,
no
matter
what
their
race
is
so
agenda
does
make
a
difference,
and
race
does
make
a
difference.
C
F
D
Chief
barry
has
also
noted
that
the
diversity
office
may
be
able
to
help
so,
and
I
literally
sit
next
to
donnie.
So
donnie
was
the
chief
of
diversity
for
the
city,
so
I'll
be
able
to
connect
with
them,
as
well
as
the
ppd
as
a
diversity
office.
I
think
you
know
whether
you
know
even
the
letter
might
be
able
to
be
helpful
to
see
the
person
as
well.
So
they
are
aware
that
you
know
we're
helping
in
this
space.
L
L
As
mentioned,
my
name
is
talia,
I'm
a
phd
student
at
the
school
for
global
inclusion,
social
development
at
the
university
of
massachusetts,
boston-
and
this
is
the
second
term
I've
been
given
the
opportunity
to
be
part
of
the
commission's
work
and
for
which
I'm
deeply
thankful.
My
appreciation
for
all
the
valuable
guidance
teachings
and
support
from
volunteer
women
and
commissioner
reyes
as
well
the
second
half
of
the
year.
L
In
order
to
provide
these
three
analysis,
I
applied
a
mixed
methods.
Approach,
on
the
one
hand,
the
project
conducted
a
qualitative
and
spatial
analysis.
Excuse
me
a
quantitative
and
spatial
analysis
of
the
data
source
from
the
i3
connectivity
explorer,
which
is
a
browton
visualization
tool
that
pulls
data
from
the
federal
communications,
commission,
the
u.s
census
and
other
public
agencies.
L
On
the
other
hand,
the
project
applied
a
qualitative
analysis,
a
qualitative
methodology
through
which
it
analyzed
over
40
publications
encompassing
scientific
and
ngo
reports.
This
included,
for
example,
the
impact
reports
of
tech
goes
home,
which
document
this
organization's
work
in
boston.
I
also
conducted
expert
interviews
to
the
benton
institute
for
program
and
society.
The
national
national
excuse
me,
digital
inclusion
alliance
and
the
pure
charitable
trusts.
L
All
together,
this
methodology
yielded
a
robust
base
of
information
that
underpins
the
findings
for
each
of
the
three
research
tasks
of
the
project
to
be
respectful
of
time.
Of
course,
I
will
briefly
mention
some
highlights
of
the
findings,
as
more
information
can
be
found
in
the
project's
final
report.
L
So
first
regarding
the
analysis
of
the
inequities
in
access
to
internet
services
across
neighborhoods
in
boston,
as
of
2000
2019
2000
over
2700
households,
which
equates
to
one
percent
of
boston's,
total
number
of
households
have
no
problem
service
at
the
standard
speed
rate,
which
is
25
megabytes
per
second
download
speed.
In
addition,
over
62
000
household,
which
equates
to
20
20.7
percent
of
boston's,
total
number
of
households
were
underserved,
which
meant
that
even
when
these
households
had
internet
access
at
the
standard
speed,
their
market
options
were
limited
to
only
two
internet
service
providers.
L
You
can
see
now
in
the
map
the
location
of
the
census
tracts
with
the
highest
reported
number
of
households
with
no
internet
access.
These
are
located.
Excuse
me.
These
are
located
in
in
north
west
dorchester,
high
park,
west
mattapan
roxbury
and
the
western
side
of
of
west
roxbury,
particularly
roxbury
census,
tracts
experiencing
the
highest
rate
of
no
internet
access
related
to
low
income
levels.
L
Currently,
a
service
providers
provide
proven
access
in
the
city
of
boston,
but
just
four
of
them
provide
speeds
above
100
megabytes
per
second,
given
that
proven
speed
is
determined
by
the
type
of
infrastructure
in
boston.
High
speed
rates
are
mainly
available
through
verizon,
due
to
its
fiber
infrastructure.
L
So,
according
to
this
data,
visualization
explorer
comcast's
fiber
infrastructure
covers
only
five
block
groups
in
the
city
of
boston,
located,
as
you
can
see
in
the
map
in
back
bay,
jamaica,
plain
and
beacon.
Hill
comcast
does
not
have
fiber
in
roxbury,
neither
in
roxbury
matapan
nor
nor
dorchester,
which
are
the
neighborhoods
where
the
most
non-white
low-income
population
live
and
now.
L
Moving
on
to
the
second
analysis,
concerning
the
analysis
of
methods
for
determining
the
speeds
for
uploading
and
downloading
in
various
neighborhoods
of
the
city
of
boston,
it
is
crucial
to
test
a
representative
number
of
homes
and
internet
service
providers
when
measuring
a
particular
neighborhood's
average
speed
rates,
ensuring
that
samples
are
representative
as
essential
for
getting
valid
results.
Boston
has
23
neighborhoods
over
269
000
households,
eight
internet
service
providers
and
four
internet
service
providers
serving
speeds
above
100
megabytes
per
second.
L
So
a
representative
sample
of
a
neighborhood's
household
seek
to
reflect
precisely
the
characteristics
of
such
a
neighborhood,
both
in
terms
of
the
number
and
attributes
of
households
and
internet
service
providers.
Serving
that
specific
neighborhood
measurements
should
include
data
from
various
sources,
including
customers.
L
Importantly
so
collecting
data
solely
from
providers
or
from
the
federal
communications
commission
is
problematic
because
proven
companies
stack
on
additional
fees
to
bills,
ultimately
jacking
up
the
monthly
price
beyond
what's
advertised
on
their
website.
So,
for
example,
boston's
digital
equity
study
proposes
to
draw
information
exclusively
from
providers
websites.
L
So,
while
the
proposal
will
provide
some
clarity
in
specific
areas
of
concern,
it
will
not
help
identify
nor
understand
the
systemic
issues
that
restrain
the
city
from
achieving
digital
equity
and
realizing,
of
course,
related
human
rights.
Only
by
clearly
understanding
the
underlying
disadvantages.
Keeping
residents
from
accessing
reliable
broadband
will
policies
be
better
equipped
to
address
the
city's
digital
divide
for
all
in
equitable
and
sustainable
ways.
L
So
now
I'll
move
on
to
first
research
task
pertaining
to
the
analysis
of
information
from
internal
service
providers,
and
the
collected
data
pointed
to
the
significance
of
the
multiple
dimensions
behind
the
achievement
of
digital
equity
in
nature,
each
of
which
internet
service
providers
do
play
a
critical
role.
These
dimensions
stretch
beyond
availability,
which
refers
to
infrastructure
deployment,
to
involve
also
questions
of
affordability,
adoption,
robot
and
speed
and
neutrality.
L
So,
while
there's
an
abundance
of
raw
data
and
reports
at
hand
regarding
internet
service
providers,
involvement
in
these
dimensions,
there
are
very
specific
matters
that
are
not
fully
developed
by
the
information
that
is
currently
available
to
the
public.
So
having
this,
information
from
providers
will
contribute
to
better
understanding
the
problem
and
therefore
design
more
appropriate
solutions.
L
What's
the
average
price
they
build
per
speed?
Tier
per
neighborhood,
in
which
formal
policies
and
processes
they
have
in
place
to
offer
special
accommodations
in
terms
of
adoption,
it
would
be
valuable
to
know
which
formal
policies
and
processes
they
do
have
in
place
to
make
services
inclusive
and
respectful
of
customers
culture.
L
The
analysis,
these
three
analysis
also
drew
lessons
drew
excuse
me
drew
on
lessons
learned
from
places
across
the
u.s
that
are
further
along
the
line
in
advancing
digital
equity.
The
cities
of
seattle
in
washington,
columbus
philadelphia,
detroit
and
san
antonio
and
the
state
of
california
share
five
common
strategies.
L
L
They've
looked
at
current
state
and
city
regulations
to
see
which
of
those
are
in
everything,
digital
equity.
They
also
ensure
that
the
city
has
multiple
providers
in
every
area.
Prices
increase.
Whenever
there
are
fewer
than
three
internet
service
providers,
four,
they
make
sure
that
providers
are
in
good
stores
and
fifth,
the
secret
sauce
to
achieving
digital
equity
is
precisely
people
from
the
community
coming
and
working
together.
So
there
needs
to
be
a
space
for
people
to
align
for
less
and
work
together
to
serve
the
residents.
L
Boston
is
experiencing
a
unique
and
critical
juncture
where
federal
programs
align
with
the
mayor's
willingness
to
work
hand
by
hand
with
the
city,
council
and
the
leadership
of
the
boston
human
rights
commission
to
close
the
city's
digital
gap.
So
this
research
has
identified
some
strategies
across
the
mayor
of
boston's
digital
equity
plan
that
are
relevant
for
realizing
human
rights
related
to
proven
access.
These
strategies
were
identified
because
they
are
straightforward
and
implementable.
In
the
short
term,
the
major
plan,
the
mayor's
plan,
encompasses
five
parts.
L
The
proposed
strategies
stretch
along
the
first,
the
second
and
the
fourth
part,
so
regarding
the
first
part,
which
touches
upon
deliver
technology
for
education
and
economic
opportunity,
the
proposed
strategy
is
precisely
to
create
a
boston's
digital
equity
and
formalize.
This
coalition
and
human
rights
coalition,
and
this
coalition
needs
to
adopt
and
launch
its
principles
and
plan
pertaining
to
the
second
part
of
the
plan,
which
calls
for
promoting
digital
justice
and
city
services.
L
The
struct
the
proposed
strategy
is
about
creating
at
the
technology
ethics
committee,
not
only
for
ensuring
ethics
in
the
digital
use
and
deployment,
but
also
that
these
youth
respects
people's
rights
and
pertaining
to
the
fourth
part,
which
calls
for
leveraging
transit
for
mobility
and
connectivity.
The
proposal
is
to
identify
underserved
areas
near
bus
stops
and
the
mbta
subway
stations
in
which
free
wi-fi
has
to
be
installed
and
analyze.
Whether
low-cost
mesh
networks
could
expand
such
wi-fi
signals
towards
these
communities.
L
I
A
B
B
We
do
need
very
important
data
and
that
data
can
only
come
from
the
providers,
I'm
sure
in
addition
to
talia,
probably
roy
also
has
some
very
good
input
to
share
with
us,
but
without
the
data
that
talia
has
delineated
and
perhaps
more,
it
is
not
possible
to
continue
in
a
productive
way
so
with
with
advanced,
very
much.
I
think
at
this
very
at
this
point.
It
is
this
commission
that
is
leading
this
effort.
A
There
are
other
questions
or
comments
actually
at
the
city
council
hearing
last
monday.
They
really
basically
said
it's
the
human
rights
commission
who's
leading
on
this
issue,
and
we
appreciate
all
you've
done,
which
was
really
nice
to
be
recognized.
That
way.
So
I
think
it's
true,
so
what
I
think
what
we're
asking
is
to
give
you
what
else
is
going
on
when
mayor
janie
asked.
A
Do
it
to
get
some
information
on
how
to
end
the
equity
gap,
the
digital
equity
gap
in
boston,
they
put
out
a
contract
to
a
group
called
ctc
in
reviewing
that.
We
don't
really
believe
that
the
scope
of
the
contract
is
one
which
will
in
fact
show
how
to
alleviate
the
equity
problem.
Nor
will
it
even
show
that
there
is
an
equity
problem
which
we
already
know.
There
is
an
equity
problem.
A
A
J
J
D
A
Oh
somebody
muted
me
anyway,
which
a
lot
of
people
want
to
do
from
one
time
to
time
anyway.
Okay,
we'll
go
ahead
and
and
and
prepare
that
letter
and
send
it
we
are
at
a
time
I
want
to
add
a
couple
of
things.
Is
there
are
two
commissioner
vacancies
that
we
would
love
to
get
some
of
your
ideas,
for
you
could
send
them
directions
to
the
mayor
and
send
them
to
me.
A
I
would
love
to
you
know
we
will
get
those
new
commissioners.
We
have
the
opportunity
to
recommend
people.
So
please
please
forward
names
to
me.
I
would
love
to.
I
will
talk
to
the
mayor
about
them.
Lastly,
we
want
to
set
up
a
regular
schedule
of
meetings
at
the,
so
I
would
like
to
hear
from
you.
We
suggested
the
third
wednesday
I
heard
from
reyes
that
she
cannot
do
wednesdays.
A
A
A
Okay,
all
right
so
just
before
we
open
for
the
public.
The
next
meeting
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
follow
up
with
information
about
quincy's
presentation
and
the
update
on
the
different
presentations
appropriate
but
different
groups,
and
how
that's
moving
along,
whether
or
not
it's
bps
students
or
employees,
or
whether
or
not
it's
the
police
department
and
and
see
whatever
help
quincy
needs
and
in
terms
of
statistics
and
in
terms
of
whatever
professional
professional
development.
A
Different
groups
going
to
find
out
the
schedule
for
the
the
survey
on
black
men
and
a
copy
of
the
letter
to
the
police,
we'll
get
a
report
on
housing
and
where
we
are,
and
hopefully
we'll
get
some
if
you
know
get
some
and
on
this
letter
a
copy
of
the
letter
to
the
verizon
and
comcast,
and
please
remember
to
think
about
commissioners
now
we're
we're
at
that
point.
In
the
meeting
where
members
of
the
public
will
now
have
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions.
A
F
B
A
You
should
be
excellent,
excellent
presentations.
I
know
you
had
to
put
a
lot
of
material
in
a
short
period
of
time.
Very
well
done
we,
and
not
only
that
I
want
to
say
on
behalf
of
the
commission.
We
appreciate
the
excellent
excellent
work
you've
done
for
the
semester
and
how
helpful
you've
been
to
all
of
us.
We
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.