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A
Even
everyone,
my
name
is
Santiago
gares
I
am
the
Chief
Information
officer
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
very
grateful
for
BHA
and
for
our
residents,
who
are
welcoming
us
to
your
space.
So
thank
you.
We
have
mayor
Michelle
wo.
We
have
BHA
administrator
keny
Bach,
we
have
faruko
from
Senator
Markle
office
and
we
have
a
great
resident
leader
ignis,
so
just
to
get
the
elephant
out
of
the
room.
A
This
is
one
of
our
Wicked
free
Wi-Fi
hotspots
that
we're
taking
around
town
to
test
where
we
would
expand
Wicked
free,
Wi-Fi
I.
Our
Network
team
has
been
trying
to
help
us
expand
Wicked
free
Wi-Fi,
around
places
where
people
are
commuting
or
going
around.
So
we
wanted
to
just
share
with
them
so
really
quickly,
we're
really
blessed
to
be
in
Boston.
A
In
a
city
where
there's
been
so
much
investment
in
the
past
to
have
a
number
of
different
providers
go
across
the
city,
and
yet
we
know
that
internet
service,
that
is
free,
that
is
Affordable
that
is
reliable
and
that
it
has
good
quality,
is
essential
for
a
lot
of
modern
life
and
in
the
past
two
years,
we've
reduced.
The
number
of
households
that
didn't
have
internet
from
32,000
to
14,000
to
14,000
households.
So
we
know
that
internet
is
essential
for
young
people
to
connect
with
jobs
and.
A
Opportunities,
so
we
know
that,
even
though
we've
made
all
of
these
Investments
there's
still
gaps,
and
particularly
people
in
our
affordable
housing
units
still
experience
issues
getting
connected.
So
we
turn
it
over
to
the
mayor
who's
going
to
share
some
exciting
announcements,
how
we're
getting
resources
to
help
address
these.
B
Issues,
thank
you
Santi.
Thank
you
so
much
to
our
incredible
CIO
Santi
for
for
all
of
your
leadership
buenos
good
morning
to
all.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
that
you
do
for
our
community
and
it's
it's
really
an
honor
to
be
here
with
so
many
leaders
who
are
trying
to
do
the
work
of
building,
sometimes
the
invisible
connections
that
can
be
most
important
of
all
in
today's
world
and
and
to
try
to
take
down
some
of
the
barriers
that
our
community
members
are
are
having
to
fight
through
just
to
get
exactly
what
you
deserve.
B
There
are
people
working
at
this
from
every
level,
so
I
want
to
thank
our
administrator
and
Partners
at
the
local
federal
state
level.
I
want
to
shout
out
someone
who's
in
the
back
of
the
room.
Who's
been
a
mentor
of
mine
in
this
space.
B
Jeff
y
who's,
a
former
Secretary
of
telecommunications
under
governor
Patrick
and
and
still
very
involved,
has
has
really
worked
with
our
team
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
updated
and
so
many
of
our
team
members
here,
if
you
work
for
the
city
of
Boston,
can
you
raise
your
hand?
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that.
B
You
do
for
the
city
earlier
this
week,
Santi
and
I
were
on
a
call
virtually
with
on
the
zoom,
with
Mayors
from
across
the
country
and
leaders
who
were
thinking
about
how
cities
are
tackling
the
digital
divide,
and
we
presented
a
little
bit
of
what
Boston
was
doing.
We
had
been
asked
to
share
some
of
our
best
practices
as
a
model
for
other
cities,
and
then
we
heard
a
little
bit
about
the
challenges
that
those
cities
were
going
through
and
their
Mayors
were
working
on
as
well,
and
for
me
it
was.
B
But
there
were
many
many
other
cities
that
were
on
the
call,
who
are
smaller
cities
or
more
isolated
or
didn't
have
as
many
resources
mayors
in
Ohio
and
Arizona,
who
were
talking
about
their
their
challenge
being
even
more
basic
of
just
having
the
infrastructure
to
begin
with,
the
kinds
of
conversations
that
we're
having
in
Boston
about
affordability
and
quality,
and
choice,
really
making
sure
that
everyone
has
the
the
highest
standard
that
they
could
get
and
deserve.
Many
of
the
other
cities
are
still
working
on.
How
do
we
even
get
internet
access
at
all?
B
How
do
we
lay
the
infrastructure?
And
so
this
has
been
many
many
decades
in
the
making
here
in
Massachusetts
and
in
Boston
I
feel
so
lucky
to
kind
of
take
the
the
Baton
and
and
keep
going
on
it
with
the
people
in
this
room.
But
our
partners
and
our
our
leaders
at
every
level
have
been
working
for
a
long
time
even
before
coid
and
before
the
internet
became
such
an
obvious
and
and
necessary
piece
of
infrastructure
for
for
all
sorts
of
needs.
B
We've
been
working
here
on
closing
gaps
and
service
for
a
long
time.
I
want
to
thank
Senator
Mary's
office
and
the
senator
in
particular.
In
February
of
last
year,
we
joined
the
senator
in
announcing
$12
million
in
funding
for
free
wireless
broadband
service
devices
that
would
help
seniors
living
in
public
housing,
get
online
or
or
to
provide
Chromebooks
for
BPS
students
and
since
last
May
the
city
of
Boston
has
enrolled
nearly
20,000
households
in
the
affordable
connectivity.
B
By
how
far
we
still
have
to
go,
how
many
residents
we
still
have
to
reach
and
connect
and
support
so
that
every
single
one
of
our
families
has
the
access,
quality,
affordability
and
choice
that
they
deserve.
That's
why
today,
I'm
really
excited
to
join
this
team
in
announcing
more
than
$5
million
in
grant
funding
from
the
Massachusetts
Broadband
Institute
and
the
Federal
communic
ation
commission
to
double
down
on
our
digital
Equity
efforts
Citywide
for
Boston
Housing
Authority
residents.
This
5
million
will
ensure
access
to
Affordable,
reliable
internet
and
invests
in
onsite
digital
literacy
programming.
B
So
residents
don't
just
have
the
ability
to
connect
to
the
internet
but
can
actually
use
it
and
make
the
most
of
it.
The
grants
will
also
help
us
establish
internet
wiring
standards
for
affordable
housing
and
expand
the
city's
free
public
Wi-Fi
network,
so
that
we're
not
building
buildings
and
then
realizing
later
that
we
needed
different
spaces
and
configurations
for
the
wires
to
to
go
where
they
need
to
go
and
to
be
easily
reachable
for
maintenance.
B
They
will
help
us
enhance
access
to
vital
medical
services
and
consultations
through
more
robust
tah
health
so
that
everyone
can
access
Boston's,
worldclass
Healthcare,
even
if
you
might
not
find
it
as
easy
to
to
physically
go
there.
They'll
help
us
survey
and
assess
existing
needs
across
every
every
neighborhood
for
our
city-wide
digital
Equity
plan,
so
that
we
are
really
incorporating
all
of
the
pieces
together
across
every
neighborhood
and
it'll
help
us
fund
ongoing
community
outreach
to
ensure
that
every
eligible
resident
is
enrolled
in
the
affordable
connectivity
program
every
resident.
For
me,
this
is
very
personal.
B
My
kids
are
what
I
think
about
first
thing
in
the
morning
and
when
I
go
to
bed
they're
in
first
grade
and
third
grade
now
in
in
Boston
Public
Schools.
But
during
the
pandemic,
my
older
son
was
starting
kindergarten
and
for
someone
that
little
to
even
sit
still
in
front
of
when
kindergarten
became
on
a
computer
was
a
big
big
challenge
for
all
of
us
and
and
families
everywhere.
B
But
what
stuck
out
for
me
was
that,
even
as
we
got
the
laptops
to
every
single
child,
when
we
would
get
him
to
sit
still
and
sign
on,
only
half
of
the
class
would
be
on
the
internet
at
any
given
moment
on
on
the
zoom
kindergarten
and
even
the
kids
and
families
who
were
there.
Sometimes
you
couldn't
hear
what
they
were
saying
or
you
could
tell.
B
They
couldn't
quite
hear
the
teacher,
because
the
connection
wasn't
strong
and
fast
enough
to
really
be
able
to
use
that
service,
and
so
we're
not
satisfied
with
just
having
the
wires
there.
We're
not
even
dissatisfied
with
households
being
connected
in
it
has
to
be
high
quality.
It
has
to
be
usable,
it
has
to
be
directly
related
to
improving
people's
lives
and
Boston,
because
when
it
doesn't
work,
these
discrepancies
often
cut
across
existing
disparities
in
our
city.
B
We
are
grateful
to
our
partners
at
the
state
and
federal
level
in
government
and
in
community
I
want
to
thank
little
brothers,
friends
of
the
elderly
link,
Health
Harvard,
Street,
Neighborhood,
Health,
Center
and
Boston
Center
for
Independent
Living,
and
so
many
others
whose
contributions
to
this
work
are
are
impossible
to
to
count.
They've
been
steadfast
Partners
throughout.
B
On
that
note,
I
want
to
close
that
by
highlighting
that
next
week,
in
addition
to
lighting
up
City
Hall
and
the
zum
bridge
in
honor
of
national
digital
inclusion
week,
our
next
round
of
applications
for
the
city's
digital
Equity
Fund
will
open
on
Monday
October,
2nd
so
to
our
nonprofit
Partners
in
the
room.
Many
of
you
already
know
this,
because
you're
working
very
closely
with
us,
I
would
would
add.
B
B
Thanks
we
were
debating
you
know:
I
I,
try
to
make
sure
that
we
are
presenting
remarks
in
multiple
languages,
for
news
coverage
and
for
residents
in
the
room.
So
I
have
a
set
of
remarks
in
in
espanol
but
I'm.
Seeing
that
many
of
the
it
sound
I
was
told
ahead
of
time
that
many
of
the
residents
in
the
room
are
Haitian
Creo
speakers
and
so
the
the
translation
wouldn't
necessarily
be
for
folks
in
this
room
and
I
I.
B
Don't
yet
speak
Creole,
although
I
would
very
much
like
to
learn
so
maybe
I'll
pause
on
these
remarks
and
I
can
work.
I'll
I'll
speak
separately
with
the
the
news
stations
afterwards
to
make
sure
our
Spanish
speaking
residents
get
that
and-
and
we
can
move
on
with
the
program,
to
keep
it
relevant
to
folks
who
are
in
this
room.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
am
I
passing
on
to
Kenzie,
oh,
oh,
to
Michael,
okay,
thank
you.
B
So
much
I'm
I'm
really
grateful
to
make
sure
that
Michael
is
is
speaking
here.
Just
we've
already
been
at
multiple
events
together
reaching
out
to
community.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
work.
Michael.
C
Baldino,
thank
you
mayor,
so
Michael
baldino
I'm,
the
director
of
the
Massachusetts
Broadband
Institute.
We,
the
central
Broadband
office
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
I,
want
to
thank
the
mayor,
Santi
Peter
and
the
entire
team
of
the
city
of
Boston
for
hosting
us
today,
as
well
as
the
BHA
for
their
wonderful
hospitality
and
having
us
here
so
I'm
honored
to
be
here
on
behalf
of
the
Healey
Driscoll
Administration,
as
well
as
the
chair
of
our
board
of
directors,
Economic
Development,
secretary
Von.
C
How
and
I
want
to
start
off
by
saying
the
administration
and
MBI
are
fully
committed
to
working
with
each
of
you
and
with
Partners
Statewide
to
close
the
digital
divide
and
we're
so
impressed
with
the
work
that
the
city
of
Boston
has
been
doing
for
years
to
address
the
digital
divide
across
the
city
and
we're
going
to
be
supporting
the
city
through
two
programs
that
we
launched
last
year,
our
digital
Equity
Partnerships
program
and
our
Municipal
digital
Equity
planning
program.
C
So
the
$5
million
is
coming
$455
million
from
the
Partnerships
program
and
we're
also
providing
$450,000
in
support
through
our
digital
Equity
planning
program.
And
this
funding
will
allow
the
city
to
expand
the
reach
of
its
services
and
to
support
more
vulnerable
bostonians,
who
are
impacted
by
the
digital
divide
and
supporting
things
like
expansion
of
wicked
Wi-Fi
money
in
digital
Equity
Funds.
You
can
keep
empowering
Community
Based
organizations
to
to
continue
to
do
the
great
work
that
they're
doing
and
reach
more
people.
C
I'd
also
like
to
S
thank
Senator
Mary's
office
and
the
entire
delegation
for
their
leadership
and
support
for
federal
broadband
and
digital
Equity
funding
through
arpa
and
through
the
bipartison
infrastructure
law,
which
has
been
branded
internet
for
all
at
the
national
level,
and
that's
something
the
city
has
been
embracing
and
something
that
we
at
the
Statewide
level
have
fully
embraced
as
well.
Massach
Metts
has
already
been
awarded.
C
And
so
we
can
maximize
the
impact
and
reach
of
those
funds,
so
we've
been
on
the
Statewide
listening
tour
and
we're
continuing
that
listening
tour
tomorrow
on
Saturday
morning,
we're
going
to
be
at
the
in
East
Boston
at
the
East
Boston
branch
of
the
Boston,
Public
Library,
and
so
I
encourage
residents
and
Community
leaders.
If
you
haven't
already
registered,
please
attend
that
session,
so
we
can
hear
from
you
and
provide
feedback.
We
want
your
voices
to
be
heard
and
so
Statewide
we
we've
been
going
We've
going
on
the
tour.
C
So
we
can
hear
about
your
lived
experience
and
so
those
you
know,
perspectives
can
be
built
into
our
plans
and
in
for
our
digital
Equity
Partnerships
program,
we
announced
back
in
April
$14
million
for
our
for
organizations
to
address
these
challenges
and
that's
in
addition
to
the
funds
that
we
supporting
for
communities
at
the
local
level
to
support
their
own
digital
Equity
plans,
and
so
I
apologize
here
for
sorry
about
that.
So
in
I
also
want
to
mention.
C
So
among
the
organizations
we're
supporting,
in
addition
to
the
city
of
Boston,
we're
supporting
organizations
like
vinfen,
that's
helping
meet
the
needs
of
communities
and
individuals
with
disabilities.
Tech
goes
home.
We
we
have,
we
have
a
represent
from
Tech
goes
home
here
today,
Marvin
veneet
Tech
goes
home,
has
been
a
great
partner
of
ours.
C
They've
been
helping
local
families
in
Greater
Boston
for
years
and
we're
helping
them
expand
their
reach
to
other
other
parts
of
the
state,
including
Western
Massachusetts,
and,
as
I
said,
you
know,
we
want
to
continue
to
hear
directly
from
Community
residents,
because
what
we're?
C
What
we're
hearing
firsthand
is
the
challenges
that
people
face
on
a
day-to-day
basis
and
includes
access
to
Affordable
and
reliable
broadband
service,
access
to
Internet,
connected
devices
and
access
to
digital
skills,
training,
and
so
actually
I
have
other
members
of
the
MBI
team
that
are
here
today
and
so
after
this
session,
we're
going
to
remain
here
and
so
we'd
like
to
we'd
like
to
do
kind
of
an
informal
listening
session
of
focus
group
with
residents
here
today.
So
we
can
hear
directly
from
you.
C
So
we
hope
some
of
you
will
stick
around
and
we're
going
to
do
it
right
here
after
this
event
is
over
and
in
closing
I
just
want
to
say
on
behalf
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
Once
again,
we
want
to
congratulate
mayor
woo,
her
team
and
the
many
leaders
from
Greater
Boston
and
our
partners
who
are
here
today
and
together.
We
will
close
the
digital
divide.
D
Hello:
everyone,
my
name,
is
Kenzie
Bach
I'm,
the
administrator
of
the
Boston
Housing
Authority,
so
I
just
want
to
again
welcome
everyone
today
to
Hanan
one
of
our
elderly
and
disabled
properties.
Here
at
the
BHA
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
Hassan
Community
for
having
us.
D
We
have
Amos
our
task
force
president
here
and
you'll,
be
hearing
in
in
a
moment
from
ignes
one
of
our
former
task
force,
presidents
about
firsthand
experience
of
some
of
the
types
of
classes
that
we're
talking
about,
but
Hassan
is
one
of
the
places
where
we
were
able
to
do
the
first
phase
of
this
work
in
partnership
with
the
city
state
and
the
federal
money.
D
So
this
is
a
place
where
we've
got
Wicked
W
Wicked
free
Wi-Fi,
wired
into
the
community
room,
we've
added
desktops
that
are
available
for
folks
and
critically.
Since
2021
we've
been
doing
classes
on
how
to
use
those
devices
because,
as
the
mayor
said,
you
know,
we
don't
just
want
to
provide
things
in
theory.
We
want
to
provide
things
in
practice.
We
saw
in
the
pandemic
how
isolated
many
people
across
public
housing
became.
It
was
obviously
true
across
the
city
and
for
us
at
BHA.
We
care
a
lot
about
providing
our
residents
with.
D
You
know
safe,
decent,
affordable
housing,
but
we
also
know
that
that
housing
is
community
right
and
we
want
people
to
feel
that
sense
of
community
connection
and
our
communities
within
our
our
housing.
Developments
are
important,
but
it's
just
as
important
for
people
to
be
able
to
connect
to
the
wider
Community,
and
that
really
happens
these
days,
often
online
onl.
And
so
we
don't
want
to
talk
about
moving
services
online
and
making
them
available
to
everyone
and
then
they're
not
available
in
practice.
D
Because,
the
Internet
is
uncertain
or
you
don't
have
the
device
or
you
just
don't
know
how
to
use
it,
and
so
it
it
means
a
lot
to
the
BHA
that
the
city
under
mayor,
Woo's
leadership
and
the
state
through
the
leadership
of
MBI,
is
putting
public
housing
residents
first,
instead
of
last
that
it's
really
our
folks
who
are
going
to
get
the
first
access
to
these
classes,
these
tools,
tools
and
we're
really
looking
forward
to
the
opportunity
to
get
you
know,
Wi-Fi
into
even
more
of
our
buildings.
D
We've
got
it
in
the
community
rooms
like
this
of
17
of
them
right
now,
but
we've
got
a
plan
to
get
it
across
all
of
the
bha's
sites
and
and
then,
as
as
was
mentioned,
you
know
we're
also
working
on
how
we
wire
our
affordable
buildings
for
the
future,
because
the
way
I
think
about
it
is
that
when
internet
first
started
out,
we
talked
about
it
like
an
amenity
like
a
nice
to
have,
and
as
we
saw
in
the
pandemic,
it's
become
a
critical,
a
musthave
and
also
the
quality
of
it
has
to
be
high
enough
for
people
to
take
their
classes
for
people
to
do
their
te.
D
Tella
Health
appointments,
and
you
know
to
really
and
to
go
to
jobs
and
do
all
of
like
the
aspects
of
life
that
we've
now
moved
online.
So
we're
just
so
we're
so
grateful
for
this,
and
we're
really
excited
at
the
BHA
level
to
really
be
working
in
Partnership.
Our
our
own
announcement
today
is
that
Sahara
Lawrence
who's
over
here
is
actually
going
to
become
our
first
senior
adviser
for
digital
Equity
at
the
BHA.
D
And
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
for
us
that
really
symbolizes
how
important
the
partnership
between
everybody
standing
up
here
is.
We
need
somebody
who
can
work
non-stop
with
the
with
the
mayor's
office,
with
the
Department
of
innovation
technology
led
by
Chief
gares
with
MBI,
to
really
just
make
sure
that,
as
we
continue
to
get
these
competitive
opportunities
for
federal
money,
that
it's
coming
first
and
foremost
to
the
you
know
our
BHA
sites,
so
we're
just
thrilled
today
about
this
announcement.
D
I,
it's
very
meaningful
for
me,
because
I
was
on
the
city
council
when
we
were
approving
some
of
this
money,
and
now
we
get
to
really
make
sure
that
it
goes
where
we
were
talking
about
it
going,
which
is
to
developments
like
this
and
to
the
people
who
live
in
them.
So
just
really
grateful
I
also
want
to
thank
Vincent
who's,
our
Haitian
Creole
translator
here.
So
we,
you
know,
that's
yeah
yeah.
We
can
give
him
a
round
of
applause.
D
So,
for
for
those
watching
at
home,
he's
doing
simultaneous
translation
with
headphones
for
our
many
Creo
speaking
residents
here,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
and
and
I
think
for
us
at
the
BHA
right.
Those
are
dual
important
forms
of
access,
language
access
and
digital
equity,
and
when
it's,
when
we
combine
them
that
we
really
have
the
kind
of
global
access
in
an
immigrant
City
like
Boston,
that
we
need
so
we're
thrilled
about
today's
announcements
and
we're
really
looking
forward
to
continuing
to
work
in
Partnership
at
all
levels.
D
The
BHA
is
sort
of
a
quasi
city,
state
and
federal
agency,
and
to
the
federal
point
we
are
very
lucky
in
Massachusetts
that
we
have
probably
the
premier
champion
of
digital
equity
in
the
country
as
our
Senator
Senator
Mary,
and
that
is
just
hugely
important
for
us
and
it's
the
way
that
we
get
to
do
things
like
this
and
so.
E
D
Thrilled
that
we've
got
Farooq
from
the
Senator's
office
here
to
say
a
few.
E
Words
good
morning,
everyone
mayor,
woo
administrator
Bach,
director
baldino
Mr,
garus,
Mr,
Thomas,
distinguished
guests,
members
of
the
community.
My
name
is
Faruk
zabin
Regional
director
for
US
senator
Ed
Mary,
it's
an
honor
to
work
for
the
senator
and
to
be
here
on
his
behalf
with
all
of
you
for
this
great
occasion
I'
like
to
thank
our
partners
at
the
FCC,
the
Massachusetts
Broadband
Institute
in
the
city
of
Boston,
for
their
commitment
to
digital
equity.
E
Senat
Mary
has
been
an
advocate
for
straga
bband
for
the
Commonwealth
but
Across
the
Nation
throughout
his
career.
Today's
announcement
is
the
latest
example
of
how
the
American
Rescue
PL
capital
projects
fund,
continues
to
deliver
critical
investment
for
families
across
our
Commonwealth
and
across
our
country,
just
as
we
did
last
year
in
Boston,
as
mayor
woo
mentioned,
with
an
investment
of
over
12
million
to
bring
digital
equity
and
inclusion
to
nearly
2
23,000
Boston
public
housing
residents,
Library
users
and
school
age.
E
Families
Senator
Mary
will
continue
to
push
for
big,
bold
investments
in
high-speed,
reliable
internet
access
so
that
our
nation
can
close
the
digital
divide.
We
sit
at
a
critical
moment
on
our
decades.
Long
mission
to
bring
highspeed
Broadband
to
every
household
in
the
United
States
Senator
Mary,
is
deeply
proud
that
Congress
made
this
once
in
a
generation
investment.
But
funding
is
only
one
piece
of
the
puzzle
to
close
the
digital
divide.
We
also
need
smart,
Equitable
and
accessible
planning
to
distribute
These
funds
and
Boston
has
the
leadership
to
do
just
that.
E
Today's
announcement
provides
the
opportunity
for
all
bostonians
to
have
access
to
highquality
broadband
connection,
especially
communities
of
color
and
our
undeserved
communities
who
disproportionately
lack
access
to
broadband
internet.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
change
the
trajectory
of
the
lives
of
individuals
and
families
across
Boston.
Our
office
is
proud
to
stand
with
you
today,
mayor
woo,
as
we
become
a
more
equitable
Boston,
a
more
Equitable
Commonwealth
and
a
more
Equitable
Nation.
Thank
you.
So.
F
D
And
I
mentioned
it
before,
but
we're
really
delighted
to
have
ignes
Thomas,
one
of
our
past
task
force.
Presidents
and
importantly,
graduate
of
some
of
the
classes
that
we've
had
here
at
Hassan
here
to
say
a
few.
D
F
F
But
by
not
wanting
to
learn
something
small
as
it
may
be
about,
the
computer
is
the
great
disservice
that
anyone
is
doing
to
himself,
especially
we
seniors
that
tend
to
lack
behind
in
this
digital
age.
Technology,
age,
I,
attended
a
class
year
offered
by
I,
tend
to
say
Big,
Brothers,
It's
called
I,
think
little
brothers,
but
I
call
them
big
brothers,
because
generally
smaller
Brothers
don't
help.
Bigger
Brothers
is
vice
versa
and
they
are
the
one
helping
us.
So
though
they
they
are
called
little
brothers
I
call
them
the
Big.
F
Brothers
sometime,
my
eyes
is
not
too
good.
I
have
to
look
at
it.
Every
person
from
a
babe
upward
should
learn
something
about
the
computer.
When
I
say
babes
I
don't
mean
3
months
old
and
yes,
even
at
that
age,
they
are
beginning
to
learn,
there's
something
about
children
and
computer.
They
are
like
a
ring
in
the
fingers
of
a
married
woman
ear
this
year,
I
enrolled
in
a
the
computer
class
here
at
Hassan
I
think
it
was
run
by
I
call
him
Big
Brothers.
F
The
little
brothers
I
could
not
attend
the
first
two
weeks.
One
day
per
week,
I
could
not
attend
the
first
two
weeks,
because
I
had
medical
appointments
and
also,
unfortunately,
I
could
not
attend
the
last
two
weeks
either,
because
I
had
to
go
to
England,
but
here's
the
irony.
You
know
it
was
through
the
classes.
F
I
learned
here
that
I
was
able
to
go
on
the
computer
and
book
my
ticket
to
England,
and
my
wife
with
me
were
there
for
3
months,
so
you
could
see
I
learned
something:
okay,
I
also
learn
of
about
the
zoom
I.
You
know
a
little
about
it
with
some
struggle
to
go
on
my
on
my
phone,
but
I
did
so
much
in
in
zoom,
zoom,
sharing,
CAU
and
paste
and
on
Saturdays,
while
they
writing
Dominica
I
attend
service
here.
Sometimes
I
am
the
one
who
delivers
the
message.
F
Okay,
I
also
learned
about
the
email,
sharing,
email
and
so
forth.
I
don't
want
to
take
too
much
of
your
time.
So
you
see
that
that
the
computer
in
the
hand
of
everybody,
but
since
I'm
a
senior
I'll
say
the
computer
in
the
hand
of
a
senior
is
something
very
important
and
if
we
don't
try
to
get
along
to
pick
up
something
about
computer
we'll
be
far
behind.
In
fact
we
are
already
behind.
So
I
would
advise
the
seniors
that
whenever
a
class
is
offered
here,
especially
in
computer,
make
every
effort
to
attend.
F
You
will
not
be
wasting
your
time;
it
will
be
to
your
benefit
and
I.
Had
it
not
been
for
Grants
offered,
principally
I
would
say,
I,
don't
know
much
about
politics.
I'm
in
in
city
of
Boston,
though
I
talk
politics
a
lot.
It
is
because
the
these
organizations
get
some
of
their
funding
from
the
government.
That's
why
they
are
able
to
offer
such
classes.
So
many
things
with
great
benefit,
so
I
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor
and
the
City
of
Boston
and
hearing
about
what
was
offered
from
Washington
I.
F
B
Okay,
well,
this
is
this
is
something
very,
very
small,
but
a
a
small
gift
that
we
hope
you
all
at
the
task
force,
Mr
ignis
and
president
Amos
and
any
of
other
task
force
members
who
want
to
come
up.
This
is
an
official
Proclamation
from
the
city
of
Boston
to
Mark
digital
inclusion
week
and
just
celebrating
all
of
the
work
that
has
has
happened
and
the
work
that
we
have
left
to
do.
But
you
all
at
Hassan,
really
are
the
inspiration
and
example.
G
This
good
morning,
good
morning
morning,
I,
don't
have
nothing
to
say
just
a
compliment.
Madame
mayor,
I,
see
you
near
me.
Thank
you
and
bless
her.
They
say
because
every
time
I
watch
a
TV
she's,
always
here
for
different
different
thing.
She
always
on
her
feet,
really
I'm
glad
to
see
her
when
she
talking
and
I
glad
also
when
she
talk
talking
Spanish.
G
Thank
you
Madame,
mayor
and
I'm
I'm
here
also
to
say
thank
you
to
Mrs
to
Miss
B
and
that
the
the
the
the
person
responsible
for
the
task
force
also
the
Saha
lence
she's
here
with
us.
Thank
you.
G
And
thank
you
also
to
the
resident
here
as
son
for
as
son
as
son
resident
here.
Thank
you
for
coming.
Thank
you
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
also
to
the
manager
where
she,
the
manager
Sher,
where
she
I
don't
see
her
the
the
manager.
Thank
you
for
his
service.
That's
what
I
have
to
say
today.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Then
I
have
a
trouble
with
my
back.
That's
a
problem
I'm
not
prepared
for
that
anyway.
I
try
my
best.
Sorry
for
my
language.
Thank
you.
G
A
You
so
thank
you
again
for
everyone
for
the
state
and
MB
Michael,
for
enabling
us
doing
this
work
and
for
delegation,
and
you
guys
have
a
great
rest
of
your
day.
This
is
the
end
of
the.