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From YouTube: Reparations Task Force - 2/7/23
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins Chief of Equity and Inclusion Mariangely Solis Cervera to announce members of the newly formed Reparations Task Force, created to study the lasting impact of slavery in Boston. The Task Force members will represent different backgrounds and expertise, and together will work to propose recommendations to the Mayor for reparative solutions for the descendants of enslaved people.
A
B
Good
afternoon,
all
right
good
afternoon,
it's
a
jubilee.
We
got
that
energy
all
right,
welcome
guests
and
partners,
The
Honorable
man,
Michelle
Wu
and
members
of
the
equity
and
inclusion
cabinet
who
are
doing
the
work
to
advance
racial
Justice
and
social,
economic
and
Health
Equity
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
Boston's
African-American
Community
created
some
of
the
first
black
institutions
in
America
and
the
Museum's
African
Meeting
House
stands
as
the
oldest
public
space
in
extant
church
building
in
the
nation
built
in
1806
by
the
freak
black
community
that
once
resided
on
Beacon
Hill,
which
was
considered
at
the
time
and
can
be
considered
today.
A
revolutionary
Act
to
the
left
of
you
is
the
Smith
School.
B
I
welcome
you
all
to
come
back
and
visit
us
at
the
Museum
to
learn
more
about
this
in
the
history
and
the
achievements
of
the
free
black
community
or
attend
one
of
our
programs,
which
you
can
find
on
our
website
at
ma.org.
B
C
Thank
you
so
much
Malika
and
to
all
of
our
hosts
here
in
this
very
special
Sacred
Space
in
the
city
and
to
the
hosts,
who
are
ancestors
looking
down
and
in
the
space
right
now,
making
sure
that
we
do
write
and
continue
to
fight
in
our
city.
We
are
here
to
take
a
step
forward.
C
I
want
to
recognize
that
there
are
some
many
many
colleagues
from
government
surrounding
and
and
with
us
some
elected
colleagues
who
are
in
the
room
state
representative,
Brandi,
Fluker
Oakley.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
partnership,
City
councilor
Kenzie
Bach.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Partnership
at
the
city
level
see
if
I
missed
anyone
and
thank
you
to
the
many
many
hands
who
have
over
decades
and
generations
laid
a
foundation
so
that
this
city
could
walk
the
the
walk
that
we
are
about
to
embark
on
starting
today.
C
C
C
Yesterday
we
learned
that
parishioners
at
the
first
church
in
Roxbury
after
research
that
they
have
undertaken,
learned
that
parishioners
enslaved
at
least
58
people
as
early
as
1631
just
a
year
after
Boston,
was
first
founded
as
a
town,
even
after
Massachusetts.
Outlawed
slavery
benefit
from
the
labor
of
enslaved
people
that
Legacy
formed
deep
painful
and
Lasting
systems
of
exclusion
and
inequity
that
persist
to
this
day.
C
We're
grateful
to
all
those
who
refuse
to
give
up
the
fight
for
justice
who
have
understood
and
continue
to
push
that
there
is
no
statute
of
limitations
on
addressing
wrongs
that
we
have
the
ability
to
make
right
today
we're
announcing
a
reparations
task
force
to
bring
together
experts
and
those
with
lived
experience
and
deep
Community
connections
to
help
us
begin.
The
process
we're
doing
so
with
full
transparency
and
in
committed
partnership
with
Boston's
black
community.
C
C
George
chip,
Greenwich
Junior,
has
long
been
a
pillar
of
Boston's,
black
community
and
traces,
his
roots
and
his
family's
roots
in
our
city,
back
to
the
1800s.
His
work
supporting
young
people
at
greatest
Minds.
Alongside
his
background
in
education,
Urban,
Economic,
Development
and
understanding
the
impacts
of
gentrification
will
be
invaluable
to
this
task
force
Dr
Carrie
Greenwich,
who
is
honored
her
book
tour
today
brings
a
deep
understanding
of
our
past
as
historian
in
Residence.
C
Okay,
I
will
make
sure
that
we
read
her
bio
too,
when
she's
on
her
way.
Bps
alumna
and
student
at
UMass,
Boston
who's
been
a
youth
organizer
and
advocate
for
years,
calling
for
accountability
and
organizing
for
justice
across
our
city
and
state.
C
As
program
manager
at
Embrace,
Boston
she's
brought
communities
across
the
Commonwealth
into
this
conversation
and
her
work
on
this
task
force
will
Center
our
residents
in
continuing
the
efforts
in
our
Outreach
to
advance
healing
and
restore
Trust
and
representing
so
much
but
we've,
especially
respecting
the
wishes
of
the
city
council
and
so
many
in
our
community
to
ensure
that
young
people
in
our
community,
representing
Boston's
black
community,
were
firmly
centered
and
leading
this
work
as
well.
I'm
so
excited
to
welcome
and
thank
the
Nelson
fan,
fan
and
Damani
Williams
foreign.
C
You
can
do
that
right
here,
right
now
and
Damani
has
a
keen
interest
in
history
and
how
it
informed
our
circumstances
and
actions
today,
I
just
want
to
recognize
that
both
of
these
incredible
young
leaders
were
recommended
and
highlighted
by
multiple
of
their
peers
and
Educators,
as
representatives
of
our
school
community
and
of
this
generation
that
we
wanted
to
make
sure
are
leading
this
conversation.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us.
C
We
will
invite
up
our
chair,
Joe
feaster,
to
say
a
few
words
on
behalf
of
the
committee
and
thank
you
so
much
again.
It
is
an
honor
to
be
with
you
all.
E
E
F
E
You
very
much
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
mayor.
I
want
to
thank
you.
The
members
of
the
city
council
who
brought
forth
were
courageous
enough
in
order
to
bring
forth
this
particular
issue.
Now,
let
me
just
say
at
the
outside
preparationist
I've
always
said
and
I'll
say
it
later
on
as
well.
We
were
promised
40
acres
in
a
mule
I'm,
a
city.
Kid
I
can't
do
anything
with
the
mule
so
give
me
41
Acres,
but
nonetheless,
I
go
on
a
more
serious
note.
E
E
You
know
who
for
putting
this
together
and
I,
certainly
am
honored
to
chair
such
an
August
body
of
persons
who
are
serving
with
me
on
the
committee
on
the
task
force.
I
asked
for
all
of
the
task
force
members
to
please
stand
and
be
recognized.
I
want
the
media
to
know
who
you
are.
Please
stand.
Please.
E
E
As
I
say,
I
can
feel
in
this
room
the
reverberation
of
the
hands
of
my
ancestors
on
all
of
us.
This
is
definitely
a
task
that
is
long
and
coming,
and
the
reality
is
that
there
are
some
and
it
was
a
recent
article
written
about
reparations
which
was
saying
that
this
wasn't
an
appropriate
approach
for
for
a
one
to
undertake
and
I,
simply
because
there
are
better
historians
in
this
room.
But
you
know
I
I'm,
on
the
Elder
end
of
the
team
that
we've
talked
about
so
I've
been
around
for
a
while
I've
been
involved.
E
I've
been
a
past
president
of
the
Boston
branch
of
ACP,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
and
Cherry
Urban
League
of
Eastern
Massachusetts
and
been
involved
in
the
community
for
more
than
57
years.
That
I've
been
here
in
Boston
and
that's
not
to
say
I'm,
57
years
old
folks.
But
the
point
is
that
we
have
a
history
that
my
ancestors
didn't
come
here
voluntarily.
E
They
came
here
not
as
indented
disturbance
as
folks
from
Europe
European
countries
came
here
and
were
able
to
start
a
living,
build
their
Farms
to
deal
with
in
the
Commerce.
My
current,
my
ancestors
were
brought
here
as
slaves,
and
they
were
unpaved.
They
were
not
given.
They
were
not
given
the
types
of
resources
and
when
they
sought
to
into
exact
what
they
so
rightfully
deserve,
they
were
beaten,
tortured
or
killed,
and
then,
at
some
point
in
time,
as
the
history
of
these
United
States,
one
tried
to
make
some
form
of
reparations.
We
were
off.
E
My
ancestors
were
offered
40
acres
and
a
mule
well
that
debt
was
never
paid.
So
for
those
who
say
and
I'm
I,
you
know
I'm
willing
to
debate.
That's
what
we
lawyers
do
those
who
may
speak
counter
to
this
and
I'll
just
simply
say
in
a
way
for
those
in
Commerce,
understand
I
like
it.
What
we're
doing
today
and
a
discussion
which
I
and
my
task
force
members
will
be
discussing
over
the
next
couple
of
months.
E
I
liken
it
to
a
mortgage
loan
and
I
likened
to
do
a
mortgage
loan,
because
if,
for
instance,
the
original
debtor
passes
away,
I've
never
seen
a
lender
say
that
the
debt
is
no
longer
oh,
they
say
that
the
estate
is
responsible
for
paying
that
debt
and
that's
what
we're
talking
about
here
with
this
committee.
Thank
you
very
much.
G
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
everyone
good
afternoon,
everyone
great
to
see
everyone.
My
name
is
I,
have
the
privilege
of
serving
as
the
chief
of
Economic
Opportunity
and
inclusion
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
again
as
they
earlier
want
to
recognize
all
the
city.
Colleagues,
if
you
just
want
to
raise
your
hand
all
the
folks
coming
from
the
city.
G
G
There's
a
young
woman
named
Francis
Lawson
who's,
my
grandmother,
Frances
Coleman
Lawson,
who
moved
to
Boston
more
than
50
years
ago
and
from
Oberlin
Ohio
served
for
30
plus
years
in
the
U.S
customs
house,
certainly
placed
Roots
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
prior
to
her
coming
here,
she's,
the
descendant
of
Ron
Coleman
of
Oberlin
Ohio,
who
was
born
during
the
period
of
slavery
in
the
1840s
and
Robert,
had
moved
to
Oberlin
Ohio
from
Sevierville
Tennessee
from
his
descendant
Nancy
Dockery
Coleman,
who
was
born
into
the
slave
trade
herself
in
Sevierville,
but
made
a
life
for
their
family,
and
she
was
here
via
Isaac
Dockery
and
Charlotte
Lottie
Thomas
Isaac
was
born
a
Freeman
and
North
Carolina
met
Charlie
Thomas
and
they
moved
their
family,
but
Isaac
was
a
famous
Burke
Mason
business
owner
and
in
severe
real
Tennessee.
G
If
you
go
there
today,
most
of
the
buildings
that
have
been
around
since
the
mid-1800s
were
built
with
the
bricks
that
Isaac
Dockery
made,
but
before
Isaac
and
Charlotte
moved
their
family.
Charlotte
lived
on
a
plantation
owned
by
Henry
Thomas,
where
Mary
Thomas,
who
had
the
name
of
her
slave
owner,
had
Charlotte
and
I.
Take
the
few
minutes
to
go
through
this
long
lineage,
not
to
point
out
that
the
great
great
great
great
great
grandson
of
Mary
Thomas
now
sits
over
the
economy
of
the
city
of
Boston.
G
The
importance
of
this
task
force
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
today
is
not
the
victory
today.
We're
merely
announcing
that
a
group
of
committed
bostonians
are
coming
together
to
put
together
a
study
and
a
report
of
the
role
that
Boston
Massachusetts
played
in
a
nationwide
institution,
an
institution
whose
Legacy
still
impacts
black
Americans,
not
just
across
this
country
but
across
the
world.
G
G
The
spirit
of
Massachusetts
truly
was
the
spirit
of
America,
a
state
in
which
Lobby
for
which
built
the
boats,
which
hired
the
crewmen
that
allowed
this
institution
to
continue,
as
attorney
Easter
said
in
1863
and
in
1865,
when
African-Americans
were
so
obliterated,
they
promised
us
48
years
in
the
middle,
and
we
ain't
seen
either
one.
But
the
work
of
this
task
force
is
again
to
study
the
role
that
we
played
and
to
through
Community
Education
and
engagement,
to
determine
how
this
city
moves
forward
as
part
of
a
larger
National
conversation.
G
A
H
G
Just
say
today
we
are
honoring
the
Legacy,
our
heroic
people,
who
were
beaten
up
but
not
beaten
down
a
people
who
were
raped
and
still
have
their
virtue,
a
group
of
people
who
restricted
of
their
freedom
but
clothed
with
dignity
who
were
wiped
out,
but
would
not
be
destroyed,
and
so
no
pressure.
But
this
task
force
has
a
serious
and
important
role
and
task
ahead
of
itself,
because
again
what
we
do
today,
that's
it.
G
What
this
task
force
comes
up
with.
There
is
no
revisiting
reparations.
This
is
one
of
the
most
important
tasks
that
any
commissioner
Task
Force
at
the
city
of
Boston
has
put
together,
will
carry
forward,
and
we
appreciate
those
of
you
who
are
taking
the
time
giving
your
energy
to
help
carry
this
conversation
forward,
especially
our
young
people.
G
But
we
know
that
everybody
in
this
room
and
who's
not
in
this
room,
is
going
to
play
a
serious
role
in
helping
to
advance
and
move
the
city
forward.
Preparations
are
not
liberation
Liberation,
but
on
the
road
to
Liberation
our
conversation
about
reconciliation
around
repair.
That
is
what
gets
us
to
our
true
Liberation
I
say
today
in
history.
Has
not
yet
had
its
final
hour
and
we've
proven
over
and
over
again
our
Readiness
to
meet
a
new
challenge,
always
Standing
Tall,
never
shrinking
in
our
feet
firmly
planted
on
the
ground.
G
We
are
not
descended
from
a
fearful
people
and
we
know
that
you
will
find
this
and
we
again
appreciate
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
if
Kerry
is
here,
I'm
going
to
invite
her
up
or
I'm,
going
to
stall
a
little
more
but
she's
five
away.
So
I'm
going
to
take
my
direction
from
Lori
as
to
who
I'm
going
to
keep
going.
G
G
Our
press
conference
today
I've
been
reminded
of
there's
a
quote
from
you
know:
Dr
King
was
mentioned
earlier
last
week
at
our
Black
History
Month
celebration.
G
I
quoted
his
letter
from
a
Birmingham
Jail,
where
he
said
that
if
the
inexpressible
cruises
of
slavery
could
not
stop
us,
then
the
opposition
we
now
face
will
surely
fail,
but
in
1967
you
know
because
a
lot
of
times
when
we
talk
about
Martin
Kanger
really
about
black
history
in
general,
it's
a
very
Christmasy
version
and
I'm
grateful
that
we're
talking
about
this
task
force
in
a
period
where
or
Black
History
Month
theme
of
resistance,
because
again
every
moment
that
black
people
spend
living
and
pushing
and
fighting
is
resistance.
G
When
I
think
of
what
Dr
King
said
in
1967
before
a
group
of
atlanteans
who
were
depressed
and
downtrodden
in
that
moment
where,
at
that
time
he
was
still
considered
one
of
the
most
hated
individuals
in
the
United
States
of
America,
though
we
celebrate
him
today,
it's
important
to
remember
that
70
of
this
country
hated
him,
but
in
the
midst
of
all
that
he
looked
at
the
crowd
of
Witnesses
in
front
of
him
and
said
that
we
shall
overcome
deep
in
my
heart.
I
do
believe
that
we
shall
overcome.
G
G
G
G
We
shall
overcome
because
James
Russell
mobile
is
right,
the
truth
Forever
on
the
scaffold
wrong
forever
on
the
throne,
yet
that
scaffold
sways
the
future
behind
the
demand
known
standard
God
within
the
Shadows
keeping
watch
above
his
own.
He
said
we
shall
overcome,
because
the
Bible
is
right.
You
shall
reap
what
you're.
So
it's
not
right.
Pastor.
We
shall
overcome
deep
in
my
heart.
G
By
saying
we're,
quoting
a
Negro
spiritual
that
said:
walk
together,
children,
don't
you
get
weary,
there's
a
great
camp
meeting
and
the
promised
land
and
I
leave
that
message,
not
just
with
our
task
force
members,
but
with
all
of
the
residents
of
Boston,
as
this
is
a
conversation
that
we
push
forward
together.
Thank
you
all.
H
H
H
F
C
H
Today,
marks
a
moment
in
time
where
the
city
of
Boston
can
serve
to
be
a
national
model,
where
we
turn
our
resilience
into
resolution,
our
pain
into
power
and
our
past
and
to
a
pathway
to
heal
the
future.
We
all
know
this
conversation
of
acknowledgment
and
Reconciliation
is
long
overdue,
and
we
can't
afford
to.
C
H
H
And,
as
you
know,
we
as
the
people
have
been
trying
to
to
get
many
mirrors
for
decades
to
be
able
to
do
this
for
pushing
through
it
in
the
face
of
adversity
and
radical
controversy.
I
want
to
thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
our
city
councilors
for
their
undying
love
and
passion.
To
make
this
a
reality.
Julia
Mejia
I
adore
you
Tanya
Anderson
I
admire
you.
H
Ricardo
Arroyo
I
appreciate
you
Kenzie
Bach
Brian
I
mean
all
of
the
councils
for
voting
unanimously
on
it,
and
that
doesn't
happen.
Often
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
community
organizers,
a
Grassroots
organizations.
I
want
to
shout
out
that
activists
who
have
been
doing
this
work
for
a
long
time,
our
friends
and
partners
in
the
fight
for
social
justice.
You
are
not
forgotten.
H
H
This
is
not
the
end,
but
rather
a
continuation
of
a
protracted
struggle,
as
one
of
my
professors,
Vandermeer
used
to
say,
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
community
as
they
are
the
ones
who
need
to
be
centered
in
this
struggle,
because
the
people
closest
to
the
power
the
people
closest
to
the
page
should
be
the
closest
to
the
power
and
I
appreciate
Michelle
Wu
for
creating
this
task
force.
As
it's
never
been
done
before
in
the
city
of
Boston,
I
hope
you're
inspired
as
much
as
I
am
and
ready
to
get
to
work.
G
I'm
not
giving
another
speech,
don't
worry
so
Kerry
actually
mentioned
by
name
the
counselors
that
helped
to
sponsor
this
and
and,
as
attorney
feaster
again
said,
had
the
courage
to
push
this
through
and
make
sure
that
we
are
here
today
and
so
I
want
to
invite
the
district
7
city
council
attorney
Anderson
who's,
one
of
the
co-sponsors
of
yeah.
Yes,
yes,
the
counselor.
G
J
J
Peace
love
everyone
whenever
I
get
called
on
to
these
things,
I
act
like
I'm,
surprised.
First,
of
course
the
first
thing
is
who
me
and
the
whole
time
I
have
anxiety,
because
I'm
actually
an
introvert.
So
that's
why
I'm
breathing
hard
so
before
I
get
to
the
mic.
My
heart
is
actually
beating
and
I
know
I'm
going
to
be
called
so
I
have
to
laugh
about
it.
Hopefully
this
helps
me
with
what
I
have
to
say:
I
just
first
I'm
not
going
to
call
on
to
names
because
I
don't
have.
J
J
J
J
J
J
We
are
fortunate,
of
course,
to
have
a
mayor,
a
woman
of
color
who
every
day
has
to
struggle
between
Ashley
Anderson
who's,
fighting
the
47
and
all
of
everybody
else,
fighting
for
their
policies
and
everybody
all
the
Liberals
and
all
the
progressives
and
all
the
contrived
issues
in
Boston
and
yet
trying
to
make
progress.
Then
we
get
through
reparations
still.
B
J
J
J
So
we
don't
actually
do
everything.
That's
really
transformational,
so
that
the
bread
can
be
enough.
So
everybody
can
have
a
loaf
of
Their
Own,
so
they're,
depraved
and
disenfranchised
Community
were
left
for
one
loaf
to
fight
each
other.
While
we
go
in
front
of
our
brethrens
of
the
white
affluent
or
any
affluent
communities
and.
F
F
J
J
G
Hello
again,
I
want
to
acknowledge
representative
Saudi
Domenico
is
here
received
representative
Montano,
husir
rassan
Hall
Bishop
Dickerson
Etc
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
celebrating
with
and
representative
Worrell
who's
here,
I'm
going
to
invite
councilor
Ricardo
Arroyo
to
come.
Share
a
few
remarks
on
this
as
well.
G
D
Good
afternoon,
on
this
momentous
day,
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
folks
who
were
instrumental
in
the
formulation
and
the
completion
of
this
project
of
getting
this
to
the
mayor's
desk,
and
so
I
know
that
I
personally
leaned
on
Yvette
modestine
Dr
jimadara
Kamara
Tanisha
Sullivan
from
the
NAACP
councilor
Mejia
counselor
Anderson
councilworrell
in
advancing
incredibly
important
work.
D
D
I
think
a
lot
about
what
and
how
folks
internalize
the
the
sins
of
of
this
country,
whether
it's
how
Chief
talks
about
the
sort
of
trying
to
distance
past
it.
You
know
that's
a
long
time
ago,
the
sort
of
idea
that
this
is
a
mortgage
and
Lead
that
you
should
pay
that
estate
and
what
I
think
about
a
lot,
because
I
think
it's
fascinating
that
in
the
year
2023
we
still
have
op-ed
pieces
and
newspapers
speaking
about
how
we
don't
deserve,
or
we
should
think
about
reparations
as
a
different
way
of
doing
this.
D
D
It's
a
lot
of
folks
and
Phyllis
Wheatley
for
folks
who
don't
know
one
of
Boston's,
proudest
I,
think
residents
for
Boston
for
me
specifically
1773.
This
formerly
enslaved
woman
was
one
of
the
very
first
women
I
believe
the
first
woman
of
color
of
black
woman,
specifically
to
write
a
book
of
poetry
that
was
published.
That
book
was
not
published
here
in
Boston.
In
fact,
it
was
published
in
England,
and
the
reason
that
book
wasn't
published
here
in
Boston
was
because
the
racial
attitudes
at
the
time.
D
But
beyond
that,
let's
think
about
the
name
that
you
know
you
know:
Phyllis
Wheatley,
Phyllis,
Wheatley
came
here.
The
age
of
seven
or
eight
kidnapped
from
her
Homeland
age
of
seven
or
eight.
Her
name
Phyllis
originates
from
the
slave
ship
that
transported
her
here.
It's
the
name
of
the
ship
that
brought
her
here,
the
name
of
her
captors.
We
leave
the
family
that
enslaved
her.
You
are
talking
about
an
individual
whose
name
was
taken
from
her
who
was
stolen
from
her
who
was
known
today
under
a
name
that
she
did
not
choose.
D
D
I
can
tell
you
that,
and
so,
when
we
talk
about
the
historical
Harms,
the
wheatleys,
the
people
who
purchased
individuals
who
enslaved
them,
who
generated
wealth
and
income
off
of
that,
it's
only
right
that
our
government
plays
a
role
in
reversing
the
harm
that
our
government
enabled
that
our
government
profited
from
City
in
Boston
profited
from
taxes
off
that
trade.
They
profited
from
taxes
off
of
the
goods
that
were
created
and
produced.
They
profited
in
numerous
ways,
just
like
the
state
of
Massachusetts
did
just
like
this
country
has
over
Generations.
D
D
I'm
honored
that
you
have.
This
is
a
weight
that
is
heavy.
That
I
personally
could
not
Envision
the
weight
of
trying
to
explain
or
explicitly
lay
out
the
route
and
the
route
to
actually
creating
that
wholeness
and
I
am
grateful
to
you
all
and
I'm
honored
by
you
and
your
courage
in
the
ways
in
which
you
are
putting
yourself
into
this
place
into
this
space.
As
Chief
edu
said,
we
have
a
shot
at
this.
We
have
a
shot
of
doing
this
right
and
that
is
that
lays
on
the
rest
on
your
shoulders.
D
The
rest
is
on
the
city
shoulders,
and
you
have
my
commitment
I'm
certain.
We
have
the
mayor's
commitment
to
making
sure
that
what
comes
from
this
commission
is
just
as
good
as
fair
and
is,
and
is
true,
and
so
thank
you
to
you
all.
I
I
thank
the
city
for
understanding
the
responsibility
to
this
I.
Thank
our
individual
residents
who
understand
their
responsibility
to
this,
to
True
Justice
and
its
truest
form,
which
is
reparations.
Thank
you.
D
E
See
I'm
going
to
teach
you
how
to
do
a
photo
op?
Yes,
you
can
come
right
if
you're
mad
at
me
or
why
don't
you
come
right
here?
Okay,
all
right!
This
is
the
moment
where,
if
there
are
particular
funded
media,
if
you
have
any
questions,
we're
prepared
to
take
any
questions
from
you,
foreign.
C
For
their
labor,
how
much
and
where
will
that
be?
Coming
from
the
answer
is
yes,
we
are
still
working
out
the
details
of
a
stipend
that
would
be
as
provided
by
the
city
council
in
their
ordinance.
It
was
very
clear
from
the
council
that
this
was
not
going
to
be
a
situation
where
we
would
perpetuate
our
black
bostonians,
taking
on
the
work
of
restoring
harm
and
doing
that
labor
for
everyone,
without
compensation
that
will
come
from
the
city
Treasury
and
our
general
funds.
F
And
I
was
also
curious,
like
a
research
group,
a
mother
in
the
condition
like
what
research
partners.
E
Well,
it's
difficult
for
us
to
respond
to
that
right
now,
simply
because
we're
transforming
performing,
but
we
will
be
having
Consultants.
We
will
go
through
an
request
for
a
proposal
process
and
we'll
be
trying
to
align
us
off
with
folks
who
could
bring
some
some
some
ballasts
of
support,
some
education,
many
of
which
we
have
on
this
on
serving
on
the
task
force
now.
E
The
excellent
question
the
question
is
in
terms
of
how
what
will
we
be
doing?
How
long
will
the
task
force
be
in
existence
and
what
will
be
inclusive
in
its
report
and
the
process
that
we
will
use
to
gather
our
information?
The
the
length
of
time
I'll,
simply
say
on
the
part
of
the
task
force
is
until
the
job
is
done.
E
The
process
for
how
we
will
deliberate
and
gather
information
will
not
only
be
drawing
from
the
expertise
of
the
group
that
has
been
assembled
here
and
appointed
by
the
mayor
to
serve
on
the
task
force,
but
our
Outreach,
as
with
the
previous
questioner,
asked
drawing
on
the
experience
of
others
outside
of
the
task
force.
We
have
certain
types
of
expertise
and,
lastly,
as
you
heard
where
Carrie
said,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
grounded
in
the
community,
so
the
community
there
will
be
a
process
of
Outreach
information.
E
There'll
be
listening
sessions
to
form
a
form
that
that
will
take
has
not
been
decided
yet
because
we
have
yet
to
meet
as
a
task
force.
But
we
will
be
totally
inclusive,
we'll
be
totally
transparent
in
the
work
that
we
do
and
we'll
be
drawing
the
drawer
on
the
expertise
of
many
persons
who,
in
fact,
are
not
even
serving
on
the
task
force.
E
Again,
I
don't
want
to
to
be
staying
here
and
and
to
say
to
you
that
I
have
all
of
the
answers
and
the
ways
in
which
we
will
accomplish
that.
I
certainly
have
my
own
opinion
and
all
of
that,
but
I
can
say
to
you
that
that
all
of
which
you've
just
stated
will
be
considered
as
a
process,
because
what
we
want
is
a
thorough,
transparent,
in-depth
analysis
of
the
issue,
as
as
you've
heard
from
this
Podium
here
from
the
mayor
to
the
city
councilors
to
myself,
Carrie
from
Chief
edible.
E
I
analogized
to
the
fact
that,
yes,
there
was
a
circumstances
that
those
and
I
know
that
I'm
glad
councilor
Arroyo
was
referring
to
the
reporter
that
I
decided
to
leave
a
name,
but
he
wrote
the
article
for
a
paper.
That's
well
known
where
he
talked
about
in
terms
of
why
we
ought
not
to
be
pursuing
in
terms
of
reparations,
and
why
is
not
an
appropriate
piece?
Well,
I
want
folks
to
look
at
this
that
the
mission
that
we
have.
E
A
What
is
the
task
before
you,
when
you
Endeavor
to
do
or
whether
it's
online
or
some
type
of
way
to
circulate
that
information,
because,
as
as
sure
as
I'm
standing
here,
people
are
going
to
shake
their
opinion
of
what
you
all
are
supposed
to
do
and
what
they
think
you
all
are
supposed
to
do
and
what
it's
all
about?
What
I
think
is
before
we
connected
specificity
of
your
tasks.
It'll
help
us
in
terms
of
the
conversations
that
will
happen.
How
will
you
converse
with
one
another
and
you
will
follow
I'm.
C
I'll
I'm
just
I'm
only
stepping
in
because
my
charge
is
to
help
implement
the
ordinance
that
the
city
council
has
passed,
which
lays
out
the
phases
of
this
and
a
very
specific
charge,
and
so
we're
talking
today
about
a
task
force.
That's
going
to
look
at
the
city
of
Boston's
municipal
government
role
in
the
slave
trade.
C
C
Really
documenting-
and
this
will
be
where
some
of
the
research
Partners
at
this
task
force
will
select,
will
have
compensation
to
do
that.
Historical
research
understand
the
city's
role
dating
all
the
way
back.
The
kind
of
research
that
we
just
learned
about
with
the
for
the
first
Universe
Universal
Universal
Unitarian
Church
in
Roxbury,
that
applying
that
same
kind
of
framework
to
the
city
of
Boston.
In
the
many
ways
in
which,
as
an
institution,
the
city
has
benefited.
C
The
second
phase
will
be
to
document
the
city's
efforts
to
date
again
over
many
years
and
kind
of
what
both
sides
of
that
ledger.
If
you
will
and
then
third
with
Community
process
and
engagement.
Kind
of
threaded
throughout
of
this
third
is
to
issue
the
recommendations
and
the
report.
We
are
looking
at
two
big
Milestones
ahead,
where
Boston
will
be
elevated
into
the
national
Spotlight
for
our
role
in
our
connection
to
what
this
country
symbolizes
and
what
the
founding
of
America
means
right.
C
400Th
anniversary
as
a
city,
and
then
2026
is
a
major
anniversary
for
this
country's
birth,
and
so
we're
looking
to
that
2026
date
as
well.
July
4th
2026
as
a
point
by
which
we
want
this
city
to
have
stood
up
and
not
only
fed
but
done,
steps
along
with
this
task
force
is
guided,
and
so
our
hope
again
in
Partnership
from
the
council.
Some
of
the
timelines
laid
out
have
been
anticipating.
C
If
we
can
aim
for
by
the
by
let's
say
summer
of
2024
having
a
set
of
recommendations
that
gives
us
two
years
to
identify.
Next
steps
find
the
funding
get
started
and
we
should
be
off
and
running
by
2030
then.
But
all
this
will
be
molded
and
shaped
by
by
the
incredible
leaders
here.
E
Someone
was
reading
my
mind.
Do
we.
K
E
You
go
yeah.
Thank
you
for
the
question
question
is
how
I
I
would
just
just
frame
it
this
way.
How
will
we
include
citizens
who
are
in
this
process
in
essence,
and.
E
How
that
process
will
be
done
will
definitely
work
with
Lori
Nelson
and
her
team
work
with
have
a
discussion
amongst
us
here
on
the
task
force
on
how
we
can
do
that.
But,
as
you've
heard
from
the
mayor,
you've
heard
from
me,
you've
heard
from
Carrie
you've
heard
from
others.
We
plan
to
be
inclusive
now,
how
do
we?
How
do
we
accomplish
that?
That's
process
and
we'll
be
looking
for
Lori,
Nelson
and
her
team
to
help
guide
us
in
that?
Thank
you
very
much
for
coming
today.