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From YouTube: First D2A Session - Full Conference 11/9/2022
Description
The Mayor’s Office of Equity & Inclusion Cabinet: Racial Justice’s initiative – Dialogue to Action (D2A) inaugural conversation gathered some of the best leaders and free thinkers in Boston…tackling the issues of race in communities, to exercise healthy dialogue, to turn into rightful action.
A
I'm
Jeff
Rogers
I
am
an
executive
coach
trainer
facilitator
with
a
strong
emphasis
in
diversity.
Equity,
inclusion
and
I
am
your
facilitator
moderator
today
for
the
first
in
a
series
that
we
are
calling
dialogue
to
action
so
welcome
and
thank
you
all
for
coming
now.
You
notice
it's
called
dialogue
to
action,
so
you
can
already
tell
a
little
bit
something
that
we
often
hear
right
when
I
say
we
people
want
to
talk
about.
A
Like
this,
somebody
eventually
says
something
like:
when
do
we
stop
talking
and
start
doing
stuff
right
and
so
I'm
just
going
to
open
us
up
talking
a
a
little
bit
about
the
relationship
between
dialogue
and
action,
which
is
to
say
on
one
hand,
raise
your
hand
without
dropping
your
plate.
Raise
your
hand
if
there's,
if
you
think
that
things
could
be
improved
in
Boston
agreed,
we
all
agree,
and
so
that
means
there's
action
that
we
would
like
to
take.
A
At
the
same
time,
if
I
were
to
ask
each
of
you,
what
do
you
think
some
people
would
say
different
things?
You
have
different
lens
a
different
perspective.
Some
people
are
looking
at
this
way.
Some
people
that
way
every
once
in
a
while
two
people
might
even
be
diametrically
opposed
I
think
we
should
have
more
X
I,
think
we
should
have
less
X,
and
so
what
does
the
dialogue?
Do?
The
dialogue
helps
us
to
align
right
to
get
on
the
same
page,
to
build
a
consensus.
A
It's
the
work
that
we
have
to
do
to
move
forward
as
a
community.
Maybe
folks
have
heard
the
African
proverb
to
go
far
or
to
go
fast,
go
alone
to
go
far,
go
with
a
group,
and
so
this
is
the
beginning
of
the
group.
We're
going
to
grow
the
Coalition
way
bigger
than
this.
But
this
is
the
beginning
of
this
group.
Does
that
make
sense
makes.
D
A
So
I
quickly,
because
I
want
to
leave
as
much
time
for
us
all
to
have
this
dialogue.
Let's
talk
quickly
about
the
most
productive
way
to
have
a
dialogue
like
this
and
then
we're
going
to
intro
our
panel,
then
we're
all
going
to
talk
all
right.
So
these
are
the
dialogue
Norms.
These
are
the
ways
in
which
we
have
these
dialogues.
We
can
be
productive.
Okay,
one
is
use
I
statements
right.
A
So
when
you
talk
and
say,
hey,
I,
think
or
I
feel
none
of
us
speak
for
our
whole
identity
group
right,
I
grew
up,
I've
always
lived
walking
distance
from
this
building.
My
whole
life
right,
I
moved
a
bunch
of
times,
but
always
I
stayed
in
this
neighborhood.
Always
that
being
said,
I
can't
say
people
from
Roxbury
like
X.
That's
not
necessarily
true.
You
want
to
see
what's
the
best
sub
shop
in
Roxbury
who
makes
the
best
steak
and
cheese
you
all
agreed.
No
one
says
ideals.
A
Thank
you
right,
I
could
start
real
Roxbury
and
you
can
start
a
real
fight
over
who
makes
the
best
steak
and
cheese
or
Joe's
Subs
in
in
I
was
gonna
say
that
like
Nubian
squares
as
well,
you
see
how
old
I
am
so
use.
I
statements
I
speak
for
myself,
I'm,
not
going
to
say
which
one
I
prefer,
though,
which
steak
and
cheese
step
up
and
step
back.
That
means
that,
if
you're
the
kind
of
person
who
has
a
lot
of
ideas,
anecdote
stories
comments,
questions
we
need
them.
A
This
is
a
a
dialogue,
not
a
monologue.
That
being
said,
make
sure
you
leave
room
for
other
folks
and,
if
you're,
the
kind
of
person
that
comes
here
right,
but
you
think
to
yourself
I'm,
not
really
a
public
speaker
or
oh
I,
really
don't.
This
is
not
my
place
for
whatever
reason.
I
disagree,
we're
all
part
of
this
community
I
don't
meet
Roxbury
Boston
I
mean
like
people,
the
community
of
people
trying
to
make
this
world
better,
and
so
we
need
listeners
assume
best
intent
right.
So
you
got
to
give
Grace.
A
A
Speakers
beware
of
impact.
Sometimes
you
could
say
something
that
doesn't
mean
a
lot
to
you,
but
it
hits
somebody
hard,
and
so
you
have
to
be
aware
that
that's
the
thing
that
can
happen
so
we
have
to
you
know,
be
a
a
a
conscious
and
conscientious
about
kind
of
how
you
speak
about
people
and
things
we
want
to
embrace
Paradox.
Two
things
can
be
true
at
once.
An
easy
example
would
be.
A
Everyone
knows,
pancakes
are
the
prototypical
breakfast
food.
We
all
know
that,
but
at
the
Rogers
house,
I'm,
very
lazy,
and
so
we
eat
pancakes
for
dinner.
Probably
more
so
pancakes
are
breakfast
food
in
a
dinner
food.
At
the
same
time,
we
want
to
use
inquiry,
not
advocacy.
That
means
that
if
someone
expresses
an
opinion,
you
really
disagree
with
right.
You
don't
immediately
leap
down
their
throat,
try
to
change
their
mind.
How
could
you
be
so
dense?
Instead,
you
want
to
really
understand
hey
what
makes
you
say
that,
but
it
would
tell
me
more.
A
The
highest
form
of
communication
would
be
at
the
end
of
it.
You
understand
the
person
you're
talking
to
not
that
you've
beaten
them
into
submission,
with
your
Superior
intellect
right
and
the
last
one.
This
is
actually
a
question
more
than
a
norm.
It
could
say
no
but
I'm
hoping
we
say
yes
to
be
candid
in
the
way
that
I
mean
it
would
be
to
be
compassionate
and
direct.
At
the
same
time,
will
we
actually
say
the
truth
right,
but
we
also
Center
that
people
are
humans.
A
Do
we
give
each
other
permission
to
be
candid
today,
where
we're
really
going
to
talk
for
real?
If
you
agree
say:
yes,
yes,
all
right,
the
eyes
have
it.
So
that
being
said,
we
get
to
move
forward
with
this
dialogue
today
to
talk
about
Race
Matters
in
our
city,
but
first
we
got
to
do
intros
we're
going
to
start
on
this
far
side.
Madam,
who
are
you.
E
D
Hi
I'm
La
Mirchi,
Frazier
I'm,
a
visual
activist
and
independent
historian,
and
currently
the
executive
director
of
creative
and
strategic
Partnerships
for
an
art
organization.
That's
been
in
Boston
for
30
years,
dealing
with
social
issue
and
healing
called
spoke.
It
was
formerly
known
as
medicine
wheel
and
my
work
as
I
see
it
rest
in
restorative
justice,
in
the
repair
of
a
narrative,
that's
been
making
and
building
itself
for
about
500
years
of
black
and
Indigenous
people
and
others,
and
as
I
think
about
that
in
this
city
of
Boston.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much,
and
so
what
we're
going
to
do
is
I
we're
going
to
open
up
the
floor
for
questions
and
either
Lori
or
Susan's
going
to
come
along
with
a
mic,
and
let
you
ask
your
question,
but
first
I
have
a
question
for
the
panel
pretty
broad,
but
when
you
hear
Race
Matters
and
you
hear
Boston,
what
do
you,
what
do
you
think
of
what?
Why
would
we
even
need
this
this
dialogue?
Why.
D
Well,
I
think
of
the
word
matter
to
be
in
to
be
significant
to
be
important
to
be
out
out
front
as
separated
from
other
kind
of
things.
Why
is
it
necessary
for
us
to
have
a
black
lives
matter
campaign?
Why
is
it
necessary
and
significant
that
we
raise
that
bar
of
attention
so
to
matter
is
to
make
known.
C
D
In
Boston,
we
have
a
lot
of
things
to
make
known
that
have
been
hidden
in
a
narrative.
That's
not
taking
us
very
far
because
we
don't
understand
our
past.
To
be
able
to
go
forward,
as
Lucy
was
saying
is
a
is
what
really
matters
in
terms
of
raising
the
bar
of
humanity
in
Boston,
and
it's
been
declared
a
creative
City.
D
A
Right
so
you
talk
about
matters
is
to
make
known,
and
when
you
talk
about
the
raise
the
bar
for
the
humanity,
you're
saying
that
there's
a
there's,
a
am
I
right
about
this
you're
saying
that
there's
been
some
people
are
treated
One
Way.
Some
people
are
treated
in
another
way,
there's
a
different
bar
for
how
you
treat
it,
based
on
your
identity,
based
on
a
person's
identity,
yes
right
and
so
to
raise
the
Barbie
that
everyone
would
be
treated
that
way
and
that's
what
like
black
lives
matter
is
to
me.
A
D
C
D
How
do
we
all
think
about
ourselves
in
terms
of
property,
what
we
are
deemed
and
labeled
as
and
then
how
we
can
get
some
of
those
stigmas
and
other
dismantling
labels
of
human
value
a
way
so
that
we
can
finally
connect
so
I?
Think
it's
a
sense
of
not
only
being
included
or
invited
to
the
table
but
being
planners
at
the
table
and
I.
Think
that
that's
a
part
of
where
we
need
to
begin
to
be
in
the
23rd
of
the
2040.
The
2050
plans
of
Boston
Longview.
E
But
it
must
in
order
for
us
to
get
there.
It
must
deal
like
I
said
in
the
in
the
beginning,
with
the
I,
with
the
racial
construct
that
we
have
here
in
the
city
and,
of
course,
every
city.
The
country
other
countries
are
grappling
with
it.
So
we're
not
an
anomaly,
but
I
can
only
speak
to
what
I
really
know
and
what
I
really
know
is
Boston
growing
up
as
the
daughter
of
black
immigrants
in
Mattapan
with
white
neighbors
and
understanding
how
we
saw
and
approach
the
the
city
as
as
poor
folk
right.
E
My
the
family
next
to
me
was
a
poor
family,
poor
white,
family
and
so
I
think
about
how
we
came
up
so
similarly
in
this
city,
but
all
of
the
forces
that
I've
tried
and
that
have
successfully
tried
and
put
it,
pinning
us
against
each
other
and
I
think
that,
in
order
for
us
to
realize
that
we
have
a
lot
more
in
common
than
we
do
that
separates
us.
It
requires
the
hard
work
of
realizing
how
much
we've
all
bought
into
this
construct.
E
That
continues
to
divide
us
and
to
realize
the
economic
and
the
social
underpinnings
of
that
construct.
That
has
created
all
these
great
divisions,
which
is
why
I
went
to
an
elementary
school
that
was
under
resource.
But
if
you
go
two
miles
down
in
another
neighborhood,
you
get
thriving
rich
communities
and
so
I
think
Honesty
is
required
in
these
conversations
about
where
we
are
as
a
city.
E
Even
if
that
Honesty
comes
across
as
being
very
ignorant
or
being
you
know,
we
got
there's
a
lot
of
things.
I,
don't
know,
there's
a
lot
of
learning
that
I
have
to
do,
but
we
do
have
to
create
spaces
where
people
feel
comfortable
to
come
with
their
ignorance
and
to
come
with
their
like.
This
is
all
I
don't
know
and
to
feel
like
they
can
have
those
open
conversations.
E
A
No,
it
seems
like
like
there's
a
little
bit,
there's
an
acknowledgment
in
there
that
have
these
conversations.
Is
it's
psychically,
expensive
right,
because
what?
If
somebody
I'm
already
very
frustrated
by
events
in
the
world,
and
then
somebody
says
something
that
I
deem
to
be
a
Cavalier
or
insensitive,
or
they
express
something
that
makes
me
my.
A
You
know
basically
my
eyes,
flash
red
as
I
say
like
you're,
just
like
the
people
that
hurt
that
person
in
the
news
or
you,
you
think
that
they
were
right
or
something
like
that,
and
you
start
to
almost
project
all
the
frustration
about
something
like
George
Floyd
onto
like
the
person
in
front
of
you,
and
so
it
can
be
very
challenging
to
to
interact
with
with
across
these
kind
of
identity
differences.
At
a
time
like
that.
That
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
F
I
think
in
Boston
I
think
context
matters,
and
so
race
is
a
word
and
matters
is
a
word
and
the
question
is
what
meaning
do
we
put
in
the
word?
So
my
two
sisters
here
have
eloquently
articulated
a
whole
lot
going
back
to
May
25th
2020,
going
back.
You
know,
500
years,
and
all
of
that
matters.
The
question
is:
what's
the
meaning
in
that
right.
F
F
I'm,
a
Divine
Optimist,
probably
somewhat
even
more
utopian
Utopia,
because
I
think
that
as
human
beings,
we
can
figure
out
a
way
not
to
just
coexist
and
not
to
tolerate
I,
don't
like
those
two
terms
but
to
love
each
other
in
a
way
where
we
can
actually
speak
to
each
other
in
peace
and
in
Grace,
so
that
we
can
uplift
each
other
without
competing
with
one
another.
So
how
do
we
do
that?
We
got
to
go
back
to
history
and
acknowledge
who
the
folks
were
here,
who
built
this
place?
F
Who
the
folks
here
who
slave
labor,
even
here
in
in
you,
know
in
Boston
right,
because
we
try
to
do
this.
The
home
of
the
Abolitionist
come
on
right,
I
mean
so
we
talk
about
all
that
good
stuff,
but
we
don't
talk
about
who
was
on
Beacon
Hill
and
who's
under
Beacon
Hill
right
into
the
slave
graveyards
over
there
right.
So
we
have
to
reclaim
all
of
that
history
and
bring
it
into
meaning
so
that
Race
Matters
forward
and
we
don't
dispossess
anybody.
We
don't
ostracize
anybody.
A
F
A
A
So
my
question
is
to
the
panel:
is
it
possible
to
you
know
we
talk
about
400
years
of
History?
We
talk
about
the
various
ethnic
enclaves
and
divisions.
Is
it?
Is
it
Pie
in
the
Sky
Kumbaya
unrealistic
to
say
that
we
could
have
a
society
where
people
are
celebrated
for
their
differences?
Let's
make
it
smaller
than
Society.
We
can
have
a
Boston
Massachusetts,
where
people
are
celebrated
for
their
identity
and
differences
rather
than
divided,
is
that
is
that
possible.
F
Yeah,
it's
possible.
It's
absolutely
possible.
I
mean
the
work
that
the
murchie
is
doing
to
move
your
400
years
to
500
years,
because
they
were
indigenous
folks
who
already
existed
and
many
of
our
street
names
and
city
names
are
named
after
them,
so
their
legacy
already
exists,
even
if
their
embodiment
is
not.
So
how
do
we
unlearn
the
colonialist
supremacist
ideological
premises
that
we
have
learned
and
relearn
the
things
that
were
here
right,
so
the
the
the
indigenous
practices
of
keeping
the
land?
So
many
of
our
institutions
and
corporations
do
the
land.
F
You
know
the
land
dedication
or
this
this
land
was,
you
know,
nurtured,
and
you
know
whatever.
That
thing
is:
let's
get
beyond
that?
Let's
talk
about
the
People
by
name
right:
let's
call
the
names
of
the
ancestors
who
actually
cared
for
the
property.
Let's,
let's
embody
them,
rather
than
doing
a
superficial
and
stereotypical.
You
know
thing
just
check
that
off
the
box.
So
a
lot
of
the
work
that
the
merch
has
been
doing.
F
You
know
for
years
for
years
it
is
the
Hope
because
the
work
is
being
done
and
there's
enough
of
us,
like
the
councilwoman
here
has
been
bringing
that
to
the
Forefront
and
the
works
that
she's
doing
so.
The
work
is
being
done.
We
just
need
to
invite
other
folks
to
see
it
in
real
life
and
not
hate
on
it
as
it's
being
done,
because
we
may
not
get
it
all
right.
F
D
One
of
the
words
I
like
to
think
about
if
we
can
have
some
agreement
on
as
we
create
a
new
vocabulary
to
re-imagine
what
Boston
could
really
look
like
is
the
word
resilience
and
I
know.
We
have
a
chief
here
of
resilience
in
in
our
midst
who
it's
really
called
all
of
this
together
to
have
this
discussion,
if
we
think
of
resilience
as
being
able
to
shed
whatever's
coming
at
us
because
of
the
strength.
D
That's
here,
that's
one
or
is
it
a
resilience
that
you're
so
numb
to
the
often
reoccurrence
of
micro
and
many
aggressions
and
of
violence
and
of
trauma
because
of
race,
identifiably
visible
things
that
separate
us?
Is
that
the
resilience
that
we
want
to
talk
about,
or
is
the
resilience
that
we
want
to
build
a
muscle
to
be
able
to
elevate
ourselves
in
a
way
that
helps
us
to
not
only
resist
but
to
almost
annihilate
the
stuff?
D
That's
coming
at
us,
so
I'm,
just
thinking
that
we
need
some
new
vocabulary
and
some
new
re
defining
by
21st
century
people
to
go
forward
like
not
necessarily
having
a
contract,
but
to
know
that
we've
been.
If
we
hear
loaded
words
like
race
discrimination,
Prejudice,
we
can
oppression,
we
those
trigger
us
into
certain
kind
of
spaces
to
occupy,
and
is
it
not
possible
to
then
create
some
new
kind
of
vocabulary
that
gives
us
lift
rather
than
further
embed,
further
get
into
the
rhetoric
further.
D
D
You
know
our
leaders
that
are
you
know
in
these,
in
in
schools
and
under
teachers
that
may
not
have
had
some
of
the
experiences
that
they
need
to
have
them
to
take
them
to
the
next
step.
What
is
that?
Our
responsibility
to
help
teachers
learn
the
tough
stuff
to
be
able
to
expose
and
talk
about
the
tough
stuff
that
we
might
not
be
able
to
talk
about?
Otherwise,
we
need
to
be
re-educated.
So
what,
in?
What
I
want
to
ask
our
audience
here?
A
So
either
word
words
that
maybe
trigger
you
or
words
that
instead
they
fill
you
they
I,
don't
know
this.
What
would
a
positive
trigger
be
I,
don't
make
you
happy,
fill
your
cup
empowerment,
empowerment,
fill
your
cup
I
like
them
all
yeah,
either
one
what
you
could
you
know
you
can
just
shout
them
out?
Yes,
please
think
of
any.
G
Space
in
which
I
belong,
I
feel
like
there
is
I'm
sorry
I
feel
like
there's
a
space
in
which
I
belong,
which
I'm
empowered,
which
my
creativity
is
acknowledged,
I
feel
recognized,
I
feel
my
grandmother.
My
great-grandmother
I
feel
my
ancestors.
There
is
something
about
the
way
that
women
have
historically
right
been
that
space
in
which
that
lap
to
sit
on
to
help
people
grow
nurturers
creators,
inventors.
So
for
me
that
black
girl
magic
gives
me
little
tingles
all
around
you.
G
It's
most
endearing
capacity
is
where
I
feel
that
magic
and
I
know
raising
a
black
son
in
the
city
of
Boston
has
been
my
most
trying
cross
to
bear.
It
is
the
most
difficult
thing
that
I
can
do,
because
when
he
leaves
my
house
I
know
have
no
more
control
over
anything
that
he
is
going
to
encounter.
So
for
me
to
to
speak
on
a
positive
term
is
easier
because
the
negativity
can
go
on
and
on.
F
That
I
don't
think
we've
seen
before,
because
our
ancestors
didn't
have
access
to
the
things
that
we
have
access
today,
one
because
they
did
what
they
needed
to
do
in
order
to
get
us
here.
So
there's
a
sense
of
privilege
that
we
have
in
this
season,
even
if
don't
feel
that
way
and
that
sense
of
privilege
creates
this
tension
with
resilience,
because
if
we
have
to
go
another,
however
many
years
and
you
can
fill
in
the
blank
waiting
for
change,
that
resilience
is
going
to
run
out
right
now.
I'm
grateful
for
our
younger
generation.
F
If
you
look
at
the
demographic
of
Voters
last
night,
who
showed
up
and
showed
out
in
addition
to
afro
diaspora
women
who
have
been
our
Champions
I,
think
world
class
Champions
not
just
in
this
nation
but
world-class
Champions.
But
in
this
nation
it
was
the
younger
generation
who
showed
up
and
voted
and
voted
into
existence,
a
desire
to
be
a
more
Equitable,
inclusive
belonging
nation,
and
you
can
articulate
that.
E
E
Oh,
this
is
a
word
that
makes
me
you
know
that
fills
my
cup
or
is
it
a
word
that
you
know
like
I
want
nothing
to
do
with
it
and
I
think
as
someone
who
is
the
daughter
of
Haitian
immigrants,
as
someone
who
is
Haitian,
as
someone
who
has
I
cannot
express
to
you
the
depth
of
Pride
that
I
have
in
that
identity,
I
wish,
we
didn't
have
to
be
so
resilient.
Yeah
I
wish
our
story
wasn't
marked
at
every
corner
by
the
need
to
be
resilient.
E
I'm
tired
of
it
yeah
and
I,
understand
that
every
and
so
you
know,
Jeff,
you
asked
a
question
earlier
about.
Can
we
be
a
city
that
really
celebrates
the
fullness
of
who
we
are
all
of
us
and
I
am
someone
as
I
said:
I
love
celebrating
my
Haitian
Heritage,
it's
like
you
know.
We
grew
up
in
like
a
poor
working
class
household
and
like
what
we
had
was
our
identity
and
what
Haiti
gave
the
world
right.
E
That's
what
lives
in
me
and
that
what
lives
in
the
story
of
my
black
identity
and
I
think
about
how
I
celebrate
and
I
love
that
to
like
you'll,
never
take
that
from
me,
but
that
doesn't
take
away
from
you
being
happy
and
proud
and
like
having
an
immense
amount
of
pride
in
your
Irish
identity,
of
what
it
meant
for
your
ancestors
to
come
and
struggle
and
make
it
here
right.
That's
right!
E
But
then,
if
you
tie
it
back
to
that
conversation
about
resilience
the
and
when
it
comes
to
allocation
of
resources
right
because
that's
how
I
I
have
to
think
you
have
to
look
at
that,
resiliency
scorecard
that
we
all
have
and
who
has
had
to
tap
into
it
more
than
they
should
have.
And
why
and
what
are
the
structures
that
have
failed
people
right,
whether
we're
talking
about
black
people,
whether
we're
talking
about
folks
who
are
lgbtq,
whether
we're
talking
about
Haitian
people?
E
E
D
E
H
C
D
In
the
city,
there's
been
a
department
created
for
women's
advancement
when
we
look
at
that
and
examine
what
kind
of
policy
making
can
be
offered
as
a
way
to
legitimately
have
access
to
better
positioning
of
women.
What
is
it
for
black
girls
to
say,
wow
I
didn't
know,
I
could
become
a
policy
maker,
I
didn't
know,
I
could
become
a
holographer
and
move
things
around
I
didn't
know
that
I
could
have
a
rocket
all
to
myself
if
I
liked
what
are
possibilities
that
we
Avail
our
children
too,
to
think
about
they're,
soaring
genius.
D
We
give
not
enough
attention,
I
do
believe
in
this,
and
we
we
stay
in
conversations
about
civil
rights
and
human
rights
and
yes,
but
in
the
practical
application
of
that
magic
that
we
want
to
elevate
from
children
who
have
not
had
the
access
before.
What
are
we
going
to
develop
as
a
a
system-wide
approach
to
this
racism
has
is
structural,
yes,
and
so
in
order
to
make
some
mark
on
debunking
it.
C
I
D
Their
genius
is
honored
with,
and
teachers
who
are
in
front
of
them,
honor
them
rather
than
take
them
down
and
say
you
can't
have
this
and
you
could
sit
over
there
in
the
corner
and
you
if
their
own
feeling
of
being
comfortable
in
their
skin
is
one
of
the
things
that
teachers
get
to
to
help
them
realize
their
worth
and
their
value.
They
wouldn't
be
as
much
violence
in
the
streets.
D
There
wouldn't
be
this
place
of
Despair
and
frustration
for
our
children,
and
those
are
the
things
that
I
that
I'm
thinking
I,
don't
know
how
you
feel
about
it.
But
what
I'm
thinking
here
is
that,
in
our
in
our
thrust
to
make
things
different,
the
re-education
is
absolutely
necessary
to
stir
that
pot
and
recognize
their
genius.
F
You
know
what
you
just
hit
on
is
something
that
has
been
regurgitated
for
Generation
to
generation
or
generation.
I
mean
we
think
about
the
classic
text
to
read
education
of
the
Negro
when
you
think
about
all
the
different
phenomenal
things
that
folks
have
done
over
the
years
and
the
the
issues
have
been
consistent,
that
we
have
not
had
a
big
enough
vision
for
wholeness
and
healing
for
the
population
like
for
the
city.
Right
we've
been
thinking
too
small.
We've
been
thinking
for
this
segment
and
this
sector.
You
know
the
last
10
years.
F
F
So
we
got
to
reframe
that
in
a
different
kind
of
lens,
to
say
that
there's
enough
wealth
on
this
planet,
for
everybody
to
be
wealthy
and
not
have
to
rob
from
somebody
else.
There's
enough
a
living
resources
for
everybody
to
eat
on
this
planet
without
having
to
steal
somebody's
bread,
there's
enough
oxygen.
G
How
does
power
affect
every
decision
that
is
made
at
the
city
level
at
the
state
level,
at
the
national
level?
And
so
and
so
for
me,
we
look
at
you,
know:
wealth
extracted
communities,
economics
is
power.
Right,
knowledge
is
power,
education
is
power,
and
if
we
take
the
emergency,
you
spoke
to.
No
excuse
me,
the
Murder.
You
spoke
to
something
about
education
right.
Where
do
our
Educators
fall
in
the
structure
of
economics
and
Power
right?
G
So,
if
we're
entrusting
our
most
precious
future
forward,
inventors
and
and
and
leaders
into
these
people,
hand-
wouldn't
we
want
to
put
them
on
a
Stratus
where
economically,
they
thrive,
they're
motivated,
they
are
not
worried
about
other
social
things
that
have
to
you
know,
put
them
on
the
edge
of
whether
they're
going
to
buy
crayons
or
not.
So
when
we
talk
about
these
things,
we
need
to
consider
not
only
just
race
but
Power.
You
talked
about
those
people
who
were
oppressed
right
and
then
coming
into
a
position
of
more.
C
F
F
What's
also
essential,
is
this
Boston
oldest
public
school
system
in
the
nation
Boston
owed
its
public
transportation
system
in
the
nation,
Boston
Otis,
Police
Department
in
the
nation,
and
we
can
go
on
and
on
Earth
excuse
me.
So
when
you
talk
about
power,
there's
an
implicit
inherent
power
in
those
systems
that
were
developed
and
were
kind
of
you
know
borrowed
from
other
places.
So
who
controls
those
things?
F
It's
what
you're
getting
at
right,
because
if
you
look
at
a
at
an
uber,
wealthy
person,
home
school
driver
personal
chef,
not
playing
in
those
systems,
the
the
ultra
Uber
right,
so
so,
there's
a
disconnect
between
the
power
and
the
wealth
associated
with
power,
whether
you're
talking
about
currency,
Access,
Network,
all
those
things
right
and
the
decisions
that
most
of
us
are
making
so
you're.
Absolutely
right.
We
got
to
have
a
systematic
Equalization
of
that,
so
we
have
access
to
that
wealth
and
that
power.
A
C
A
You
know
biologically
genetically
it's
the
same
people
as
India
right,
but
a
country
division
was
made
less
than
a
century
ago
and
in
Pakistan
it's
important
or
the
power
majority.
The
in-group
would
be
Muslims
and
to
be
Hindu
would
be
the
out
group,
one
country,
and
so
every
society
has
some
version
of
that,
and
so
the
challenges
on
one
hand
we
want
to
frame
it
by
how
we're
similar.
A
That
would
be
one
way
to
move
forward
and
get
past
this,
but
at
the
same
time
there
are
people
who
there
are
people
or
peoples
or
groups
who
benefit
from
the
current
power
structure.
In
other
words,
they
might
look
at
it
like
a
zero-sum
game.
In
order
for
you
to
get
something,
I
must
lose
something
and
I'm
not
willing
to
do
that.
A
We
just
had
City
the
city
redistricting,
which
some
of
that
surfaced,
which
is
to
say
some
people,
said
if
we
redistrict
that
might
not
be
good
for
either
they're
thinking
me,
the
city,
council
or
they're
thinking
a
group
of
my
constituents,
some
version
of
that
where
it
causes
tension
and
so
and
that
gets
to
talk
about
the
power
right,
which
is
to
say
that
I'm
I'm.
All
for
you
know
like
the
things
we
talked
about
today,
I
think
many
people
could
attend
this
meeting
and
agree
up
until
you
get
to
so.
A
C
A
I
I
Someone
who's
unheard
sooner
or
later
is
going
to
make
noise
in
the
worst
way
to
be
hurt.
You
know
so
it's
my
question
is:
how
do
we
actually
do
that?
You
know
in
a
country
that
is
rooted
in
capitalism,
we
speak
on
power.
We
speak
on
economic
advancement,
but
how
do
we
instill
that,
of
course,
in
the
youth,
because
that's
where
it
starts
to
obtain
that
and
to
know
their
Worth
to
get
that
and
that
they
can
retrieve
that.
A
Your
best
option
is
to
do
anti-social,
Behavior
like
to
hurt
somebody
and
or
it's
so
tough
and
so
stressful,
that
you're
at
the
end
of
your
room
and
someone
says
one
thing
to
you
and
you've
been
living
under
you
basically
feeling
like
you're
living
under
a
guillotine
for
a
long
time.
So
it's
not
conducive
to
Brotherhood
it's
conducive
to
conflict.
I
Capitalism,
of
course,
and
my
real
question
is
how
do
we
go
in
the
opposite
direction
from
that
as
a
city
as
a
community
as
a
youth?
Even
these
people
here,
I'm
sure,
there's
plenty
people
here
who
are
at
their
wits
and
with
a
lot
of
things
you
know.
So
it's
like.
We
know
what's
wrong
but
like
what
can
we
do?
That's
right,
but.
F
It
I
mean
there's,
there's
a
couple
of
of
presuppositions
in
your
question:
I
think
it's
a
brilliant
question.
I
think
the
presuppositions
are
one.
Capitalism
is
not
a
con.
It's
not
a
constant
capitalism
is
always
in
flux,
It's,
actually,
an
experiment.
Capitalism
is
a
theory
that
is
disproven
until
it's
proven,
and
so
over
you
know
within
capitalism
you
have
the
highs
of
people
getting
wealthy,
and
then
you
have
the
lows
of
like
enrons
right.
You
you
have
it
now.
People
got
Wealthy
on
Enron
too,
so
don't
don't.
F
Let
me
create
a
false
binary,
but
but
but
capitalism
creates
an
opportunity
for
entrepreneurialism
at
its
highest
Heights,
but
only
with
the
confines
of
supply
and
demand
right.
If
there's
a
demand
and
you
can
supply
it,
then
you're
gonna
get
wealthy,
so
everybody's
trying
to
look
for
Marketplace
everybody's
trying
to
look
for
consumers
right,
which
is
a
challenge
when
you
conflate
that
with
the
experiment
of
democracy,
which
is
not
a
constant
democracy,
is
always
in
flux.
Right,
there's
no
floor
in
democracy.
F
We
have
seen
countries
in
our
own
lifetimes
that
have
become
quote
unquote,
Democratic
and
who
have
lost
that
right.
So
when
you
have
these
two
experiments
that
are
kind
of
doing
this
everybody's
kind
of
doing
this
and
the
challenge
is
we're
not
teaching
each
other,
how
to
thrive
in
either
experiment,
let
alone
the
conflation
of
two.
F
So
if
we
taught
our
young
people
back
to
Power
financial
literacy,
if
we
taught
our
young
people
about,
you
know
LLCs
and
and
tax
codes-
and
you
know
if
we
taught
our
young
people
about
entrepreneurialism
right,
I
mean
if
we
taught
all
of
our
young
people
coding
I
mean
you
know,
there's
so
many
different
things
that
they
could
do.
That
would
create
alternative
Pathways
so
that
we
could
break
the
herd.
F
So
I
think
you're
right,
because
these
things
come
into
the
notion
of
power
back
to
the
dynamic,
because
those
who
know
they
know-
and
they
refuse
to
share
that
with
everybody
because
of
this
sense
of
I
need
to
be
in
the
one
percent.
The
fact
that
we
can
categorize
a
one
percent
who
controls
right,
that
that
shows
you
this,
that
the
challenge
that
we're
in
and
under
and
that
happens
in
Boston
too
there's
the
old
boys
network
in
Boston.
F
There's
a
secret
society,
clubs
and
all
of
the
different
private
meetings
in
the
meeting
houses
where
we
can't
get
into
because
there's
a
separate
door
or
from
the
facade
that
you
see
right.
So
we
understand
that
so
until
we
can
create
scenarios
so
that
we
have
access
to
the
information
to
the
currency,
to
the
network,
to
the
power
we're
still
in
flux.
So
that's
where
we
should
coalesce
all
of
our
wonderful
ideas
and
agendas
in
order
to
penetrate
those
places
and
spaces.
On
behalf
of
everyone.
H
I
I
would
have
to
say
that
when
can
you
remind
me
of
your
name
again
Kina
when
Kina
was
speaking
about
power,
I
didn't
hear
it
in
the
same
way
that
I've
heard
power
in
my
everyday
Walk
of
Life
I
didn't
hear
this
power
in
in
regards
to
democracy.
I
didn't
hear
it
as
power
in
regards
to
capitalism.
I
heard
it
as
power
from
the
inside
and
I
think.
H
That
was
because
of
what
Dr
Price
had
said
pertaining
to
suffering
and
what
came
to
mind
was
the
scripture
that
says
the
suffering
of
this
present
time
shall
not
be
compared
with
the
glory
that
shall
be
revealed
and
when
I
heard
Glory
I
went
first
off
to
you
know
one
of
my
heroes,
John
Legend
and
common
in
that
song.
That
was
birthed
out
of
that
film,
based
on
the
story
of
Dr,
King
and
Selma,
and
one
day
when
the
glory
comes
it'll
be
ours.
H
When
I
think
of
Glory,
when
I
think
of
Honor
and
when
I
think
of
there's
another
word
that
was
on
my
heart
I,
can't
it's
not
coming
to
mind
right
now,
but
when
I
think
of
these
terms
they
are
all
and
even
suffering,
they're
all
terms
that
and
words
that
are
and
can
be
applied
to
our
personal
walk,
and
it
goes
back
to
when
La
merch.
First,
you
know
phrased
the
question.
You
know
what
are
the
new
words?
What
are
the
new
terms?
H
And
that's
the
one
thing
that
we
can
hold
on
to,
but
it
is
digging
a
little
bit
deeper
into
The,
Human,
Experience
and
into
dignity,
and
even
going
back
to
our
community
suffering.
It's
not
necessarily
just
because
we're
not
getting
funding
channel
to
Mattapan
or
to
Roxbury
or
to
Dorchester.
It
really
is
you
know
how
do
we
assume
the
posture
of
dignity
and
saying
this?
H
Is
my
community
and
I
think
that's
what
we've
lost
and
then
we've
lost
the
spaces
for
that
to
also
be
activated
within
each
other,
which
is
why
this
moment
is
so
important
to
all
of
us
and
it's
fulfilling
Even
in
our
own
personal
fights,
because
tomorrow
we're
going
to
go
out
and
fight
against
this
thing
again,
but
actually
we
could
be
living
in
glory
and
we
don't
have
to
wait
to
live
in
it.
So
how
do
we?
How
do
we
redefine
these
terms?
These
are
the
things
that
are
coming
to
me
and
I'm.
J
Hi
friend,
first
off
just
thank
you
all.
This
is
good,
I,
think
part
of
what
is
missing
for
me
in
some
of
these
conversations
and
that
I'm
getting
a
foretaste
of
here
is
the
prophetic
imagination
of
what
our
city
can
be
and
I
I
know
we
need
and,
and
we
live
in
it
all-
of
the
incremental
and
strategic
and
small-scale
Maneuvers
and
and
the
incredibly
tedious
and
hard
work
of
like
like
the
redistricting
maps
and
and
what
we
need
to
reapportion
and
reappropriate
where.
J
C
J
A
Well,
we
got
four
minutes
left,
so
here's
what
I'm
gonna
do
we're
gonna
I'm
gonna
harness
the
power
of
that
comment
and
what
I
want
is
I
want
folks
to
use
their
prophetic
imagination
right
now,
and
here
we're
gonna
do
something
that
I
use
a
lot.
It's
called
The
Miracle
question
and
here's
what
the
miracle
question
is
Imagine
tonight,
when
you
go
to
sleep
right,
all
the
challenges
that
we've
talked
about
in
here.
A
You
know
the
Race
Matters
in
Boston
they're,
cured
in
Boston,
only
not
in
not
in
the
rest
of
Massachusetts
and
not
in
America,
and
not
the
world
Boston
only
like
magic,
okay,
but
here's
the
thing.
Nobody
tells
you
that
this
miracle
has
occurred.
You
simply
have
to
get
up
and
live
your
life
and
notice.
A
What
would
you
notice
that
would
let
you
know?
Oh
my
God,
this
weird,
you
know
Freaky
Friday
style
Miracle
has
occurred.
I
want
to
hear
from
the
audience
first
and
then
we're
going
to
hear
from
my
panel
last
so,
but
I'm
not
moving
until
an
audience
until
two
audience
members
tell
me
what
how
would
you
know.
C
So
really
quickly:
Helena
jakai
I
am
an
immigrant
from
Ethiopia
I
raised
I
know.
I
would
drop
that
I
raised
two
boys
ages,
13
and
16,
two
black
boys,
who
are
half
Ethiopian,
half
Nigerian.
What
that
would
look
like
from
me
and
my
day-to-day
I
work
in
hospitality
and
tourism.
We
are
the
number
one
destination
marketing
organization
that
is
marketing
the
city
of
Boston,
both
domestically
and
internationally.
A
You
so
you
you'd
people
would
say.
Okay,
so
show
me
the
thriving
black
district,
and
you
go
oh
right
here,
which
one
everywhere
you
say
which
one?
Where
are
we
going?
They're?
Actually
all
there's
tons
of
them
and
it's
integrated,
but
which
all
you
you
need
a
black
restaurant.
Here's
a
list
of
three
thousand
got
it.
This
is
It's
just
to
record.
B
For
the
camera,
oh
okay,
I
was
going
to
say
because
no
one
sounds
any
different
to
me,
but
no
I
I
would
I
think
that
if
I
woke
up
and
found,
we
asked
I
think
the
word
that
I
would
have
contributed
would
be
collaboration,
collaborative
development
to
a
collaborative
effort.
So
if
I
woke
up
tomorrow
and
I
found
that
there
was
a
sense
of
of
a
voluntary
collaboration.
B
A
Very
good
got
it,
so
you
get
so
you
wake
up.
You
go
around
and
wherever
you
go,
you
realize
like
this.
Is
it's
not
segregated,
right
and
places?
I
can't
tell
you
know
what
what
identity
person
owns
it
or
whether
it
looks
rich
or
not,
because
it
could
be
a
fancy,
Back,
Bay,
restaurant
and
it
could
be
owned
by
a
you
know,
any
type
of
identity
or
I
could
go.
A
I
could
go
around
the
tables,
just
all
the
way
that
this
the
way
that
this
audience
right
now
has
people
from
different
ages
and
generations
and
genders
and
races.
You
would
see
that
where
you
go
around,
which
isn't
necessarily
what
you
might
see
right
now,
depending
on
where
you
go,
that
makes
sense
panel,
your
Miracle.
What
would
you
see?
E
Just
to
respond
to
I
didn't
mean
to
I,
didn't
mean
to
take
down
the
term
black
girl,
magic
and
so
in
response
to
no,
no,
no,
no,
no
and
I
know
but
I'm.
Just
saying
like.
Oh
just
you
know
in
response
I
think
what
I
would
see
and
I
was
like
what
is
where
is.
Where
is
their
hashtag?
That
I
find
to
be
fully
empowering
and
not
rooted
in
any
sort
of
reaction
and
I?
D
Neighborhoods.
That
there
is
some
like
when
we
looked
at
that
that
there
was
a
cartoon
drawing
of
what
Equity
would
look
like
and
that
having
some
people
had
to
have
three
steps
in
order
to
be
looking
over
the
fence,
you
know,
and
somebody
could
just
stand
on
their
feet
and
to
look
over
the
fence
if
there
is
that
kind
of
opportunity
to
be
supported
within
your
life,
to
have
the
equity
that
you
need
to
participate
fully
and
be
whole
mentally,
spiritually,
physically
in
society.
F
I'm,
a
simple
person
on
that
morning:
I'ma
wake
up
and
I'm
gonna
be
late
to
work,
but
let
me
tell
you
why
I'm
gonna
be
late
to
work
because
of
three
to
five
people
who
I
spoke
to
on
the
way
to
work.
We
had
such
enriching,
inspiring,
empowering
and
wonderful
conversation
that
I
didn't
want
to
leave
them,
so
so
so,
rather
than
speaking
to
people
and
having
them
look
at
me,
like
I,
don't
know
you
right.
F
We
have
that
intimate
level
of
conversation
that
actually
says
you
know
what
I
see
you
I
feel
seen
by
you
and,
let's
chop
it
up
a
little
bit
more
I'm
present
I'm,
not
in
a
rush
I
haven't
wanted
to
watch
in
20
years,
because
I
don't
ever
want
to
feel
like
my
time,
is
being
dictated
by
a
third
party
right,
so
I'm
present
with
you,
we
just
gonna
enjoy
this
moment
for
what
it
is.
That's
how
I'll
know
that
the
world
is
healed
and
I'm
late
for
work.