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From YouTube: Get Konnected 10th Anniversary Panel Discussion
Description
In order to make Boston a city that is equitable for all, our community needs to continue to have discussions like this one. Mayor Walsh joined Bob Rivers of Eastern Bank, Bennie Wiley of the Partnership, Betty Francisco of Reimagine Play and Shirley Leung of the Boston Globe, at the Get Konnected 10th Anniversary Panel Discussion held at the Boston Foundation, to talk about all aspects of race and inequality within housing, economics and education.
A
A
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Karen
Holmes
ward
I
see
everybody's
having
a
good
time.
Some
people
are
still
trying
to
stand
up
and
keep
chatting,
but
if
you
would
like
to
find
a
seat,
we
have
seats
over
here
for
you
and
if
not
we're
gonna
ask
you
to
keep
the
conversation
to
a
whisper
so
that
we
can
begin
our
program.
My
name
is
Karen
Holmes
ward,
I'm,
the
director
of
public
affairs
at
wcvb-tv,
channel
five
and
host
of
Channel
five
City
Line
program
and
proud
honoree
of
the
2016
inaugural
g.k
100.
A
A
The
wonderful
thing
about
this
event
is
that
it
brings
together
people
of
all
cultural
backgrounds
across
industries
and
sectors
to
network
and
make
career
and
business
connections.
And
secondly,
we
are
celebrating
the
second
edition
of
the
GK
100,
greater
Boston's,
most
influential
people
of
color,
as
well
as
the
winners
of
GK
10,
which
represent
10
game-changing
equity
ideas
that
are
contributing
to
making
Boston
more
inclusive
and
equitable.
A
Now
get
connected
made
history
in
2016
with
the
inaugural
GK
100
and
tonight
it
is
again
making
history,
because,
while
there
have
been
many
lists
created
here
in
Boston,
some
focusing
on
a
single
culture
or
Boston's
business
and
civic
leadership,
these
lists
often
have
little
or
no
diversity
on
them.
What
a
surprise!
Well,
the
GK
100
is
a
game-changer
because
it
represents
a
comprehensive
list
of
individuals
from
culturally
diverse
backgrounds
who
have
distinguished
themselves
in
their
respective
fields.
Thanks
to
the
GK
100,
there
are
no
more
hidden
figures
in
Boston.
A
And
those
of
us
who
know
Colette
are
not
surprised
that
the
GK
100
list
is
very
expansive
and
totally
inclusive
and
diverse.
It's
a
kaleidoscope
of
both
immigrant
and
native-born
Americans
since
getconnected
inaugural
--gk
100.
Let
me
tell
you
some
of
the
positive
things
that
have
happened.
No
longer
can
Boston's
old
guard
power.
Elites
say
they
know,
don't
know
where
to
look.
No
more
hidden
figures.
A
That's
right.
Let's
come
a
round
of
applause
for
that
right
collect
now
we
have
some
dignitaries
that
are
here
with
us
tonight,
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
who
they
are
Boston
City
Council,
our
Jana
Presley
state
representative,
Evandro,
Carvalho
I,
believe
I
saw
the
mayor,
Dan
Rivera,
he's
here,
and
let
me
just
say
how
delighted
I
am
to
be
here
and
to
join
in
this
marvelous
celebration
now,
just
in
case
you're
wondering
if
all
the
honorees
are
going
to
speak.
A
A
A
Now,
thank
you
very
much
for
standing
everyone.
Let
me
see
a
show
of
hands
of
all
the
people
in
the
room
who
are
for
the
first
time
at
a
get
connected
event,
just
for
the
gist
of
the
first
time.
First
time:
attendees,
okay!
Well,
let
me
share
with
you
what
you've
been
missing
and
and
you'll
see
why
this
will
not
be
your
last
time.
Can
we
ask
our
audio
people
to
roll
the
tape
I.
C
D
E
G
We
recruit
young
professional
to
Boston
and
we
really
want
to
keep
them
here
and
I
agree.
There's
something
about
you
know.
It
says,
takes
a
village
to
raise
a
child.
Well,
it
takes
to
build
village
to
build
a
new
first
organization
and
Colette
as
though
it's
so
well
by
helping
MC
to
maintain
our
population
of
the
first
employees
here
in
Boston.
A
All
right,
wonderful
and,
of
course,
our
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
is
here
tonight
he's
sitting
right
there
beyond
the
post,
we'll
hear
from
him
in
just
a
few
moments.
Now
you
know
why
get
connected
made
the
Boston
Magazine
list
last
year,
events
not
to
miss
in
Boston.
Another
important
get
connected
partner
is
the
Boston
foundation
and
the
host
of
tonight's
event.
Tbf
is
one
of
the
oldest
and
largest
community
foundations
in
the
United
States
serving
the
Greater
Boston
area.
A
It's
made
up
of
some
1,000
separate
charitable
funds
established
by
thousands
of
donors
over
more
than
100
years.
I'm,
not
surprised
that
the
TBF
has
partnered
with
get
connected
under
Paul
Grogan's
leadership.
The
Boston
foundation
has
become
Boston's
premier,
civic
leader,
think-tank,
convener
and
advocacy
organization,
commissioning
research
into
the
most
critical
issues
of
our
time
and
helping
to
shape
public
policy
designed
to
advance
opportunity
for
everyone
in
Greater
Boston,
and
it's
my
pleasure
to
invite
Paul
Grogan
to
the
podium
to
officially
welcome
you
on
behalf
of
the
foundation.
I
Karin,
thank
you
for
that
wonderful
and
very
generous
introduction,
but
I
think
we
ought
to
give
a
big
round
of
applause
to
Karin,
Holmes
ward,
who
was
out
here
with
us
at
so
many
events.
She
has
been
such
a
presence
for
us
over
over
the
years,
so
Karen
thanks
for
being
here
for
this
very
special
evening,
and
you
know,
I
see
so
many
people
who
are
regulars
at
the
foundation,
but
for
those
of
you
who
may
be
here
for
the
first
time
tonight.
We
want
to
give
you
a
particularly
warm
welcome
and
I
hope.
I
I
So
it's
just
a
great
pleasure
for
us
to
play
this
role
and
as
it
was
for
us
to
be
an
early
supporter
of
Get
Connected,
you
know
we
we
like
to
say
we
were
there
at
the
beginning
at
the
Boston
foundation,
for
so
many
important
initiatives
and
organizations,
and
we
were
very,
very
proud
to
have
been
involved
with
this
organization
from
the
start.
As
was
said,
you
were
co-hosting
this
evening
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
very
pleased
to
do
that.
I
She
is
a
force
and
a
consummate
connector
and
we're
all
incredibly
appreciative
for
our
many
contributions
to
the
city
and,
as
the
city
becomes
more
diverse,
it's
vital
that
we
have
initiatives
like
get
connected
to
connect,
mentor
and
grow
leaders
of
color
across
all
aspects
of
Industry
and
community
and
in
effect
we
all
have
to
become
willing
to
cross
the
boundaries
that
have
held
this
city.
Back
so
often,
and
the
good
news
is
those
boundaries
and
barriers
are
coming
down,
but
we
got
to
speed
it
up,
and
this
is
one
way
to
do
that.
I
I
came
to
Boston
for
the
first
time
to
work
for
Mayor
Kevin,
then
Mayor
Kevin
White
in
1975,
and
it
is
stunning
what
an
urban
Renaissance
has
occurred
here
in
a
relatively
short
period
of
time.
But
we
know
that
this
Renaissance
has
not
extended
its
enormous
benefits
to
all,
and
we
face
very
serious
issues
and
problems
in
getting
that
to
happen.
But
again,
gatherings
like
this
are
fundamental
to
making
it
happen.
I
It
is
no
fun
for
any
of
us
to
be
in
conversations
with
friends
from
around
the
country
or
to
read
again
about
Boston
being
near
the
top
for
all
the
lists
that
we
don't
want
to
be
on
and
that's
got.
That's
got
to
change
and
two
ways.
It's
going
to
change
is
with
talent
and
ideas,
and
and
Governor
Patrick
was
talking
about
that
in
the
video.
I
The
second
edition
of
the
GK
100
list
is
being
unveiled
tonight
and
honors,
a
hundred
leaders
from
across
all
sectors
of
our
city
for
their
achievements
and
contribution
to
their
fields
and
our
city
and
I.
Congratulate
you
I'm
particularly
pleased
that
so
many
of
the
Foundation's
former
current
board
members
staff
and
partners
are
featured
on
this
list
and
were
featured
on
the
inaugural
list.
So
it's
a
Boston
foundation
we're
going
to
take
total
credit
for
the
whole
thing.
I
No,
no
we're
not,
but
just
close
by
saying
I,
don't
think
anybody
could
be
pessimistic
despite
our
challenges
could
be
pessimistic
about
the
future
of
the
city
looking
out
at
what
Governor
Patrick
described,
but
now
we
are
so
much
larger.
So
more
numerous!
So
again,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
we're
in
for
a
great
evening.
A
Thank
you
so
much
Paul,
you
know
I'm
nervous
now.
I
was
at
a
good
connected
event
and
and
met
a
gentleman
by
the
name
of
sushi
Lully
from
leader
Bank,
and
he
holds
all
of
the
mortgages
on
all
my
properties
and
he
came
and
sat
in
the
front
row
as
I
sent
in
all
the
checks.
I
promised
I
said
everything
in
okay
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
Paul
and
thank
you
for
hosting
us
here
at
the
Boston
foundation.
Now
to
the
woman
who
almost
needs
no
introduction.
A
She's
been
called
an
innovator,
a
visionary
pioneer
role,
model
mentor,
a
social
impact
and
value-based
leader.
Perhaps
the
January
issue
of
Boston
magazine
best
sums
her
up
in
its
headline,
calling
her
Boston's
great
connector
who
needs
LinkedIn
when
you
have
Colette
Phillips
now.
Those
of
us
who
are
her
friends
or
work
in
the
media
know
that
firsthand
Colette
always
finds
ways
to
lift
us
all
up
and
then
remind
us
that,
rather
than
looking
at
the
glass
as
half-empty,
we
can
come
together
and
fill
it
up.
J
Before
I
begin,
I
would
like
us
to
take
a
moment
to
remember
and
honor
two
members
of
the
inaugural
GK
100,
who
were
no
longer
here
with
us,
that
is
Silvia
Ferrel
Jones,
who
was
the
president
of
the
Y
m,
YW,
sorry
Boston,
and
who
passed
away
last
fall
after
a
long
battle
with
cancer,
and
the
second
person
is
a
business
pioneer
here
in
Boston
Ken,
gue
Scott,
who
died
in
a
fire
last
summer.
So
just
if
we
could
take
a
moment
just
to
remember
them,.
J
J
Would
like
to
give
a
big
thank
you
to
the
Boston
foundation
and
to
Paul
and
to
Steven,
who
was
my
partner
in
crime
and
to
the
Greater
Boston
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Jim
Rooney
and
Justin
kang,
my
other
partner
in
crime
and
Susheela
Leigh.
If
you're
gonna
get
a
wonderful
award
and
I
called
up,
my
friend,
Susheela
and
I
said:
Susheela
I
need
a
sponsor
for
the
awards
and
he
says
I'm
all-in
just
tell
me
how
much.
J
J
It's
interesting
that
two
institutions,
the
Boston
foundation,
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
a
bank
who
is
larger
and
a
small
minority
woman
owned
business
collaborated
to
create
tonight.
This
is
what
collaboration
looks
like,
and
this
is
the
example
that
the
pacesetters
and
the
Boston
the
business
equity
initiative
is
all
about.
It
is
bringing
people
together,
businesses
of
color
with
institutions
and
others
for
the
purpose
of
really
showing
how
we
can
begin
to
chip
away
at
the
barriers.
So
I
hope
that
collaboration
was
not
lost
on
you.
J
J
J
Let
me
just
say
that
this
list
started
way
before
2016.
It
started
over
dinner
with
a
very
dear
friend
of
mine,
who
is
here.
Her
name
is
Joyce
Plotkin.
This
was
about
maybe
seven.
Eight
years
ago
we
were
talking
about
how
Boston
was
changing,
but
yet
we
kept
seeing
the
same
people
on
the
same
list
and
I
told
her.
J
One
would
ask:
do
we
need
to
have
a
GK
100
list
of
diverse
people?
Well,
the
reality
is
if
the
people
in
this
room
were
on
this
list
or
on
the
many
lists
that
are
out
there,
I
would
have
to
create
this,
so
I
think
it's
important
to
document
to
validate
and
to
celebrate
Boston's
diversity.
We
spend
too
much
time.
J
J
J
J
Even
though
I
was
a
trustee,
there,
I
didn't
pitch
them,
Diane
Austin
came
to
a
get
connected
and
she
went
back
and
became
my
ally
and
advocate,
and
today
she's
here,
along
with
Jeff
Davis.
So
thank
you.
Jeff
and
Thank
You
Diane,
the
Boston
foundation,
as
Paul
pointed
out
Mary
Jo
Meisner,
who
was
at
the
Boston
foundation
at
the
time,
came
to
a
get
connected
and
said.
J
This
is
exactly
the
kind
of
initiative
we
love
to
be
involved
with
and
she
came
back
and
was
our
ally
and
advocate,
and
the
last
was
EMC
now
Dell
and
our
ally
and
advocate
was
a
woman
by
the
name
of
Jackie
Glen,
whom
you
saw
in
the
video,
and
she
has
continued
to
be
our
ally
in
advocate,
and
so
it
continues.
As
we
celebrate
our
10th
anniversary,
we
wanted
to
honor
10.
J
Equity
building
ideas
that
could
change
Boston
and
make
it
we
want
to
become
the
most
inclusive
and
equitable
city
in
America,
and
we
have
the
smarts
the
innovation,
the
technology.
The
brainpower
sitting
right
here
in
this
room
to
make
that
happen
so
get
connected.
I
hope
continues
to
have
an
impact
on
our
city
in
bringing
cross-cultural
social
and
business
relationships
and
to
grow,
but
we
have
to
work
together
in
partnership.
We
must
do
it
if
we
are
going
to
be
the
kind
of
city
that
we
know
we
can
become.
J
We
want
to
be
that
city
on
a
hill,
and
we
have
the
power
to
do
that.
It's
sitting
right
in
this
room,
so
we
can
make
that
happen.
So
thank
you
all!
Congratulations
to
all
the
honorees
and
I
just
want
to
again
say:
I
am
delighted
to
honor
you
to
leverage
you
and
to
thank
you
for
your
contribution
to
our
city.
A
Thank
You
Collette
for
everything
that
you
do
now
before
we
ask
the
emeritus
a
words.
A
few
words
I'm
going
to
ask
my
colleague,
Byron
Barnett,
to
come
up
front.
You
know
if
you
watch
Channel,
seven
WHDH
come
on
Byron
or
channel
four
or
hopefully
Channel
five.
You
know
the
news
stories
are
about
a
minute
and
20
seconds,
long
right,
Byron,.
K
Yes,
well
I,
guess
I'm
speaking
for
all
the
honorees,
so
I
had
an
honor.
So
first
thing
I'd
like
to
say,
is
thank
you
and,
on
behalf
of
all
the
other
honorees.
Thank
you
very
much
I'm,
especially
honored,
to
be
here
in
such
great
company.
With
my
fellow
honorees
and
on
behalf
of
my
honorees,
my
heartfelt
thanks
was
out
to
Colette
Phillips
for
her
dogged
efforts
in
creating
Get
Connected,
very
special
networking
platform.
That's
I
believe
had
a
major
impact
on
the
city
of
Boston
and
Beyond.
By
creating
get
connected.
K
Colette
has
helped
move
Boston
forward
by
creating
a
new
lens
through
which
our
city
can
be
viewed.
Now,
I'm,
not
a
native
of
Boston,
but
I've,
been
here
long
enough
to
know
what
I'm
talking
about
you
know,
I've
long
since
fallen
in
love
with
Boston
I.
Think
it's
one
of
the
greatest
cities
in
the
country
and
I
am
very
proud
to
live
in
the
hub
of
the
universe.
K
We
all
know
what
that
means,
but,
as
we
all
know,
Boston
has
changed
over
the
years
when
I
came
to
Boston
in
1983
all
my
black
and
brown
friends
in
my
hometown
of
Minneapolis
and
my
white
friends
as
well.
They
all
told
me
Byron,
watch
out,
be
careful.
We
hear
Boston
is
not
a
very
friendly
place
to
people
of
color.
K
This
of
course
again
1983
when
the
city
was
still
feeling
the
hangover
of
the
busing
crisis
and
emotions
regarding
race
were
still
very
raw,
the
movers
and
shakers.
This
is
another
change
of
the
city
who
something
else
that
was
going
on,
and
the
movers
and
shakers
of
the
city
consisted
of
a
clubby
little
group,
known
as
a
cook
of
a
group
of
guys
known
as
the
vault,
now
I
figure.
If
you,
if
you
hear
a
few
murmurs
they're,
the
murmurs
I
noticed
I
coming
from
people
who
are
of
a
certain
age.
K
I
guess
I
realize
I
mentioned
this
to
somebody
tonight
earlier.
A
couple
of
people,
I
was
talking
to
I,
said
the.
What
what
is
that
I
said
just
ask
him:
one
who's
over
50
and
they'll
tell
you,
but
times
have
changed
and
the
city
has
grown.
Much
of
that
growth
has
been
because
of
the
sweeping
demographic
changes
that
are
taking
place
across
the
country
and
even
here
in
Boston
Boston,
as
you
know,
is
now
a
minority
majority,
minority
city
and
I.
K
Think
we're
fortunate
to
have
a
mayor
who
recognizes
this
a
little
shout
out
to
the
Honorable
mayor,
Marty,
Walsh
and
I'd
like
to
give
one
more
little
shout-out
to
someone.
I
can't
say
it
to
everyone,
but
I
would
like
to
mention
Boston
Globe
business
columnist,
Shirley
Leung.
Now,
what
did
Shirley
go?
Oh
there,
she
is
sitting
right
there,
I.
K
K
Celebrating
diversity
is
something
that
I've
always
tried
to
do
in
my
Sunday
morning,
show
of
an
update
to
shine
a
light
on
people
and
ideas
that
broaden
the
city
scope
beyond
the
traditional
seats
of
power.
One
of
those
people
is
collect.
Philips,
and
one
of
those
ideas
that
came
from
her
is
get
connected.
K
A
A
And
if
you
have
time,
grab
a
drink
and
talk
to
flash
about
what
happened
after
his
term
at
the
vault?
It's
very
interesting
story:
right:
okay,
yeah.
Okay,
now
following
comments
from
our
mayor,
you're
gonna
be
treated
to
our
fireside
chat.
That's
moderated
by
the
Boston
Globe
associate
editor
and
business
columnist,
Shirley
Lyon,
but
first
mayor
Walsh
really
needs
no
introduction,
but
I'm
going
to
give
him
an
introduction.
A
He
was
one
of
the
Get
Connected
2014
diversity,
game-changers
white
men,
who
can
jump
on
a
Reese
he's
a
lifelong
champion
of
working
people
in
a
proud
product
of
the
City
of
Boston.
He
was
sworn
into
a
second
term
on
January
1st
2018.
He
has
a
very
bold
vision
for
Boston,
that
of
a
thriving,
healthy
and
innovative
Boston,
a
city
with
equality
and
opportunity
for
all
he's
led
Boston
to
the
forefront
of
the
global
innovation
economy
by
attracting
industry-leading
private
sector,
employers,
upgrading
the
city's
digital
infrastructure
and
using
technology
to
transform
government
services.
A
Everything
from
a
parking
meter
payment
app,
which
I
use
to
a
new
city
website.
He
led
the
charge
for
gender
and
pay
equity
for
women
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
is
now
working
with
the
chamber
and
the
business
community
to
address
issues
of
wealth
and
income
gap
and
disparity
among
communities
of
color.
So
it's
no
surprise
that
the
mayor
jumped
at
this
opportunity
to
participate
in
this
fireside
chat
on
solutions
to
make
Boston
a
more
inclusive
and
equitable
City.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
party,
well.
L
D
D
D
You've
helped
me
tremendously
tremendously
in
the
city
in
our
policies,
but
what
you've
put
here
tonight
together
and
what
you
do
every
time.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you,
because
you
truly
Paul
talked
a
little
bit
about
when
he
was
in
city
government
and
we
talked
about
1983
in
city
government
and
the
challenges
our
city
has
faced
over
the
years.
But
this
truly
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
continue
to
change
change
in
a
positive
way.
So
thank
you,
Colette
for
all
that
you
do
for
us.
D
I
agree
with
you
buying
when
you
talk
about
Shirley
and
her
columns.
Most
of
the
columns
she
writes
are
great,
except
once
she
criticized
me
every
now
and
then
but
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
No,
but
Shirley
certainly
is
a
cheerleader
for
the
city
of
Boston
in
so
many
different
ways
with
so
many
different
issues.
So
I
want
to
thank
Shirley
as
well
and
to
my
fellow
panelists
thank
you
for
being
here
tonight
as
well.
This
is
gonna,
be
a
great
conversation.
D
D
Is
that
an
incredible
job,
as
we
all
know,
in
this
room,
in
strengthening
diversity,
outreach
in
the
city
and
bringing
people
together
and,
as
I
said,
there's
often
times
that
there'll
be
issues
that
will
come
up
and
different
people
will
call
me
about
different
ideas
and
Colet
always
has
a
strong
opinion
on
how
to
move
the
agenda
forward.
Whether
that's
an
issue-
that's
that's,
read
about
negatively
in
the
newspaper
or
something
that's
positively
being
done
talking
to
with
her
Network,
and
how
do
we
move
advance
the
agendas
forward?
She
is
there.
D
So
I
want
to
thank
you
we're
all
here,
because
we
want
to
meet
people
and
talk
about
pressing
issues
which
we're
going
to
talk
about
in
a
little
way,
but
it's
also
about
a
more
equitable
future
for
our
city
to
build
that
future.
We
must
be
having
honest
and
sometimes
difficult
conversations
about
the
past
and
that's
something
that
we're
not
shying
away
from.
That's
why
we
decided
to
begin
to
have
conversations
on
citywide
conversations
on
race
and
understanding,
understanding
the
terminology
of
white
privilege,
understanding
the
terminology
of
systemic
racism.
D
Understand
the
terminology
that
so
many
people
don't
fully
understand,
and
the
dialogues
on
race
is
one
of
those
ways
to
continue
to
educate
people
on
how
we
move
our
city
forward.
We
must
also
be
ready
to
follow
up
with
intentional
action.
This
isn't
just
conversations
that
we
have
to
have.
We
have
to
have
intentional
action
and
I.
D
Think
tonight
is
a
step
in
that
way
to
have
a
dialogue
but,
and
also
understanding
of
how
do
we
do
that
at
City,
Hall
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
a
first
for
Boston
is
that
percent
of
the
people
that
have
been
hired
have
been
people
color
in
the
City
of
Austin.
That's
not
to
get
applause,
because
that
doesn't
deserve
an
applause.
That
is
what
we
should
be
doing,
and
we
have
to
continue
to
do
more.
D
Mom
our
command
staff
Commissioner
Evans
is
here
with
us
with,
has
been
the
most
diverse
command
staff
ever
in
the
history
of
our
city.
That
doesn't
deserve
applause
either.
That
should
happen
in
a
city
like
Boston
Massachusetts,
we
created
an
office
of
resiliency
and
we
are
partnering
with
the
Hynes
foundation
right
now
to
move
that
conversation
forward,
we
started
with
the
Rockefeller
Foundation,
with
100
resilient
cities
and
the
high
end
foundation
stepped
up
and
said.
We
want
to
be
a
partner
in
that
and
again,
I
want
to
thank
the
Heian
foundation
for
that.
D
It
shows
that
what
we
did
a
report
there's
a
new
survey
that
was
released
this
morning
about
the
opportunity
on
race
relations
in
Boston.
It
shows
that
Bostonians
are
concerned
about
racial
barriers
that
still
exist,
but
they're
optimistic
about
the
progress
and
that
progress
isn't
the
progress
that
I've
made
or
we've
made
in
City
Hall.
It's
the
progress
that
collectively
people
in
this
room
have
made
over
generations
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
D
Institute
study
showed
that
between
2014
and
2016
inequality
in
our
city
narrowed
by
17
percent,
we
felt
from
number
one
inequality
city
in
America
to
number
seven,
that's
a
big
improvement,
but
that
doesn't
mean
our
work
is
done,
because
we
still
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
work
and
move
forward.
A
big
part
of
this
breakdown
is
systemic
racism.
D
Racial
equity
has
been
the
central
goal
of
what
we've
been
talking
about
at
City
Hall
in
every
department,
in
every
single
initiative
that
we
create
that
work
spans
from
building
more
affordable
housing
to
creating
more
job
opportunities
for
low-income
residents,
to
expanding
high-quality
pre-kindergarten
for
all
of
our
children.
Breaking
down
barriers
of
inequality
must
be
a
group
effort.
D
We
need
everyone
to
be
involved
in
that
commerce,
I'm
inspired
by
the
dedicated
work,
that's
happening
in
the
city
every
single
day
across
all
different
industries
and
I
want
to
thank
you
in
this
room
for
pushing
that
and
for
pushing
me
and
pushing
us
and
pushing
other
elected
officials
that
are
here
tonight
and
I'm
here
tonight.
I'm
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
our
panelists
I
am
done
talking
now,
because
Colette
is
giving
me
the
eye.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
tonight.
M
H
M
To
the
10th
anniversary
of
Get
Connected,
we're
here
to
celebrate
Boston's
hundred
influential
people
of
color
and
also
10
game-changing
equity
ideas.
We
are
again
live
on
Twitter
tonight
and
we
have
this
great
panel
tonight.
We
just
heard
from
mayor
Marty
Walsh
he's
on
our
panel.
We
have
Benny
Wylie.
She
is
the
president
of
the
Wylie
group
and
she's,
also
the
former
president
of
the
partnership,
which
has
worked
very
hard
to
advance
minorities.
In
this
town.
We
have
Betty
Francisco,
who
is
the
general
counsel
of
compass
working
capital?
M
It's
a
group
that
gives
financial
coaching
to
low-income
families
and
she's,
also
the
co-founder
of
latina
circle
and,
last
but
not
least,
is
Bob
rivers,
the
chairman
and
CEO
of
Eastern
Bank.
So
we've
had
a
long
introduction
and
I've
heard
from
a
lot
of
speakers
tonight,
so
I
won't
get
I,
won't
kind
of
recreate
what
we
talked
about
that
basically
we're
gonna
have
a
rope.
M
I
fully
expect
to
have
a
robust
conversation
with
our
panel
tonight,
but
I
really
hope
that
at
the
end
of
the
evening
this
will
inspire
action
here
and
out
there
to
really
to
make
Boston
a
more
welcoming
place
to
live
and
work
so
I'm
gonna
do,
as
we
talked
about
earlier.
We're
gonna
divide
this
into
three
parts
of
this
conversation
and
the
first
part
I'm
just
very
curious.
If
you
guys
could
talk
about
I.
M
M
E
M
So
again
we
wanted
to
move
beyond
just
talk
and
go
straight
to
action.
So
really
the
heart
of
our
conversation
tonight
is
about
initiatives,
and
so
I
was
hoping.
Each
of
you
could
talk
about
one
issue:
Nishat
'iv,
that
you're
really
excited
about
that
will
close
inequities
in
our
community
Betty.
Why
don't
you
start
us
off
sure.
N
Latina
circle,
it's
called
amplify
Latin
X
and
my
co-founder
and
a
little
man
is
over
there
and
she
is
one
of
the
idea.
This
is
what
the
idea
changers
the
the
idea
behind
amplify
Lennox
was
back
after
the
elections
was
to
really
bring
the
Latino
community
together
to
focus
on
building
power
and
impact.
As
many
of
you
know,
the
Boston
Latino
population
is
now
at
20%,
and
yet
our
leadership
representation
falls
well
below
that
number,
and
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
the
Boston
Globe
spotlight
featured
impacts.
N
A
lot
of
those
inequities
impact,
both
African
Americans
as
well
as
Latinos,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
do
was
figure
out.
How
do
we
create
the
sense
of
urgency
for
young
people,
in
particular,
for
Latinos
to
start
to
come
out
and
and
and
want
to
do
more
for
their
communities
so
amplified?
N
Latin
x
has
had
an
amazing
response,
especially
among
young
people.
Many
of
them
who
were
not
that
interested
in
civic
engagement
now
want
to
go
out
and
vote.
They
want
to
explore
running
for
office
or
supporting
candidates,
and
they
just
want
to
get
gentlemen
more
involved
in
their
communities
by
volunteering,
and
that's
the
spark
that
we
wanted
and
then
our
goal
is
to
really
begin
to
look
at.
How
do
we
build
this
community,
especially
the
leaders
and
put
them
into
positions
where
they
could
have
real
change
made?
And
so
we
now
have
over
90
partners.
N
How
do
we
get
more
women
to
invest
and,
as
a
result,
now,
the
angel
Capital
Association
has
recognized
pipeline
angels
for
really
starting
to
change
the
game
for
women,
because
we
can't
expect
that
the
landscape,
all
of
a
sudden
in
terms
of
getting
capital
is
gonna,
is
gonna
change
for
women,
and
so,
if
we
can
teach
more
women
to
invest
and
support
women-owned
businesses,
we
can
really
drive
change.
That
way.
O
Can
jump
in
I
was
listening
to
Betty
and
I
was
thinking
there's
so
many
good
initiatives
in
Boston
I
mean
they're.
You
know,
that's
so
hard
to
even
say
you
know
it's
their
old
ones
or
new
ones,
but
you
know
they're
also
how
we
work
together
and
build
upon
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
part,
hopefully
of
this
conversation.
O
You
know
I
continue
to
be
excited
about
the
partnership
and
the
role
that
it
plays
in
closing
inequities
in
the
city
and
for
those
of
you
who
are
not
for
me
with
the
partnership.
It
was
really
born
out
of
the
racial
tension
that
Byron
talked
about
earlier,
that
from
enforced
busing
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
when
the
racial
tensions
were
very
visible
and
and
and
difficult.
O
There
were
two
organizations
that
were
created
to
try
to
address
that
one
by
the
mayor
at
the
time
Kevin
white,
whose
approach
was
to
bring
together
the
power
centers
of
the
city,
the
political,
the
business,
the
church
and
the
media,
and
then
another
group
that
was
started
by
business
and
civic
leaders.
That
said,
we
need
to
look
at
the
underlying
factors
that
contribute
to
racial
tension.
They
coexisted
for
a
number
of
years.
O
Racial
tensions
became
less
visible
and
the
funding
community
said
figure
out
how
to
work
together,
who's
going
to
survive,
and
that's
actually
where
the
name
the
partnership
are
came
into
being.
But
what
the
partnership
has
been
doing.
All
these
years
of
partnerships,
just
celebrated
30
years
is
really
trying
to
address
the
issue
of
building
a
critical
mass
of
people
of
color
who
are
staying
in
a
city
who
become
committed
to
the
city
we
were
experiencing
brain
drain.
O
Someone
talked
about
maybe
was
firing
also
that
people
would
come
and
and
get
a
degree
or
get
an
experience
or
get
a
a
skill
that
they
needed
in
order
to
advance
in
their
career,
but
they
never
really
thought
about
putting
down
roots
and
staying
in
Boston,
so
we
were
experiencing
there's
a
brain
drain,
so
the
first
thing
the
partnership
did
was
say.
Okay,
we
got
to
first
try
to
reverse
that.
Retain
this
talent
develop
this
talent
into
being
leaders
keeping
them
here.
O
So
we
start
addressing
the
demographics
and
giving
them
the
tools
and
the
strategies
and
the
relationships
that
they
need
in
order
to
continue
to
be
able
to
thrive
both
within
their
professions
and
then
being
able
to
influence
the
Civic
and
political
fabric
of
a
city
and
I
think
demographics.
There
were
so
many
things,
I
thought
of
them
would
say
what
are
some
of
the
factors
that
contribute
to
the
persistence
of
racial
tension
here
in
the
city
and
I.
Think
that
we're
not
really
present
that
you
know
demographically
present.
O
So
the
partnerships
been
around
30
years
about
4,000
people
going
through
the
programs.
300
companies
still
are
involved
with
it
there.
We
can
name
so
many
success
stories,
some
who
are
our
G
K
100
participants
of
people
who
were
here
largely
because
of
the
partnership,
but
they've
succeeded
in
their
own
and
I.
Think
it's
it's
a
strategy,
that's
so
successful
that
a
lot
of
other
cities
continue
to
come
to
the
partnership,
to
try
to
learn
how
they
can
replicate
it
there.
So
it's
a
solution
that
we
ought
to
continue
to
build
upon
and.
L
I
would
just
follow
on
that.
Benny
I
share
your
optimism,
because
I
think
the
action
is
starting
to
finally
match
the
words
that
we've
said
over
many
years
and
decades.
So
not
just
the
initiatives
that
are
being
honored
tonight,
and
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
learn
about
those
but
others.
My
colleague
Glen
Lloyd
in
the
business
equity
initiative,
a
capacity
building
program,
that's
unique
and
innovative
in
its
own
right.
That's
really
driving
really
some
impact
and
some
change.
L
The
growth
front
that
Paul
Grogan
and
his
team
Orlando
Watkins,
have
put
together
to
provide
more
creative
and
patient
capital
to
minority
business
enterprises.
So
between
those
two
initiatives
addressing
the
capacity
gaps
for
businesses
of
color
and
the
capital
gaps
are
essential,
but
I
will
tell
you
the
one
that
I'm
most
excited
about
that
I
think
will
have
of
all
the
things
that
I've
heard
about
is
Jim
Rooney's
initiative
at
the
chamber
in
the
pace
that
our
initiative
and
what
he
and
his
Hien
have
done.
L
There
are
other
people
who
have
tried
capital
and
let's
face
it,
you
can
have
all
the
capacity
building
and
capital
in
the
world,
but
if
you
don't
have
revenue
coming
in
to
build
the
business,
it's
really
hard
to
move
forward
and
there
are
a
number
of
pace.
Setters
in
the
room.
Tell
Tufts
health
plan
is
here.
Certainly
the
chambers
are
part
of
it.
Eastern
was
a
part
of
it.
Many
others
and
I
will
tell
you.
You
know,
as
we
went
into
talking
about
this
at
chamber.
Meetings.
L
I'm
proud
to
be
on
Jim's
board
at
the
chamber
was
talking
about.
Let's
not
recreate
the
wheel.
Take
another
model,
that's
been
very
successful,
so
it
might
strike
you
as
as
unusual
that
we
actually
followed
a
model
that
the
mayor
put
together.
Around
pay,
equity
and
you'd
say
what
does
pay
equity
have
to
do
with
supplier
diversity?
Well,
as
you
know,
the
hundred
percent
compact
for
pay
equity
again
takes.
L
It
brings
together
the
largest
companies
and
organizations
throughout
Greater
Boston
to
commit
to
submit
their
data
on
on
their
on
their
compensation
among
men
and
women
and
brings
together
human
resources,
managers
and
others
on
a
quarterly
basis
to
share
best
practices
on
how
we
can
improve
and
move
forward.
So,
rather
than
recreate
the
wheel
simply
what
the
chamber
did
and
no
surprise,
because
Jim
was
the
private
sector
leader
for
100
percent
compact.
L
We
basically
replicated
the
model
that
the
Boston
woman's
Workforce
Commission,
put
together
and
again
credit
to
so
many
people
to
what
is
now
pay,
setters
and
again,
very
optimistic
about
what
that
will
finally
bring
it
started
now
with
ten
organizations
in
companies,
but
will
grow
and
I
think
that's
kind
of
tremendous
impact
over
time.
You.
D
Know
I
think
this
is
one
area
where
government
has
a
big
big
place
to
play.
We
launched
in
January
program
called
Boston
hires,
where
we're
going
to
Train
20,000,
low-income
underemployed
people
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
be
working
in
the
workforce
by
the
year
2022
and
that
they'll
all
there'll
be
effects
of
that
and
big
effects
of
that
so
I
think
that's
one
area,
I
think
the
second
area
is
universal,
pre-kindergarten,
high-quality
that
that
is
a
must.
We
cannot
let
another
generation
of
young
people
not
get
to
start.
They
deserve
in
education.
D
When
you
look
and
see
the
challenges
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Boston,
whether
it's
poverty
inequality,
the
the
penal
system,
the
the
common
theme
as
many
of
these
young
people
didn't
get
the
start
that
is
needed
in
the
beginning
and
they
quit
school.
So
I
think
that,
as
we
think
about
the
20,000
employees
that
we're
going
to
be
pushing
for
the
older
piece,
we
have
to
give
those
young
people
a
strong,
solid
foundation
or
20
years
from
now,
there's
gonna
be
people
sitting
up
here
at
this
podium
talking
about
inequality.
D
Talking
about
racism,
talking
about
poverty.
Talking
about
the
judicial
system,
we
have
to
change
that
conversation
and
I.
Think
that
everything
was
mentioned
here
tonight
is
important
and
it's
a
piece
of
a
puzzle
and
it
we
have
to
make
sure
as
we
work
we
work
collectively
together
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
entire
puzzle
off.
M
Of
this
universal
pre-k,
I
mean
in
Boston
you're,
pretty
far
ahead
of
other
counts
on
offering
pre-k
right.
So,
but
how
do
you?
How
do
you
scale
that
I
mean
I
I,
have
kids
five
and
seven
and
seven
years
ago,
I
think
it
cost
about
$25,000
to
put
an
infant
in
daycare
full-time
day
care.
Today,
it's
thirty
five,
forty
thousand
dollars
a
year
I
just
I
was
45.
M
If
you're
in
downtown
I
was
shocked,
I
didn't
think
I
thought
25,000
was
was
too
much
I
think
that's
how
much
my
parents
paid
for
college
tuition,
and
so
now
it's
actually
almost
as
expensive.
To
put
your
kid
in
daycare,
it
is
to
put
them
through
college.
So
how?
How
do
you
fix
that
equation?
How
do
you,
how
do
you
get
more
kids
in
early
ed?
We.
D
Can
scale
it,
you
know
one
of
the
first
things
we
did
was
we
put
together
an
advisory
committee
to
look
at
universal
pre-kindergarten
in
Boston
and
that's
what
we
looked
at
and
what
we
realized.
We
will
look
at
universal,
high-quality
pre-kindergarten,
which
means
that
we
work
with
our
private
nonprofit
partners.
We
work
with
the
city
of
Boston
school
department.
We
work
with
our
charter
schools,
our
private
schools
and
all
of
the
different
areas,
so
we
did
a
chart
and
we
realized
in
the
city
of
Boston
we're
about
with
nearly
universal
pre-kindergarten
in
Boston.
D
Right
now,
with
the
nonprofit,
you
send
your
children.
What
we,
what
we
wanted
to
do
is
look
at
high
quality.
That
makes
the
big
difference
when
it
comes
to
high
quality
and
right
now
we
have
a
bill
in
front
of
the
legislature
that
would
that
would
shift
the
Convention
Center
funds.
Money
that's
raised
in
the
City
of
Boston
was
there
for
the
expansion.
The
expansion
is
not
happening
right
now.
If
we
received
that
16
million
dollars
we'd
be
able
to
put
in
place
a
program
next
year.
D
We
don't
have
to
naturally
look
at
the
whole
state
and
do
it
across
the
board,
because
not
every
city
in
town
wants
it,
but
Staunton
Boston
in
sat
in
the
handful
of
cities.
Let's
get
it
right
and
let's
scale
it
up
as
we
move
forward
that
that's
a
game-changer.
Well,
we
talk,
we
talk
about
game
changes
all
day
long
and
that's
how
we
can
scale
this
probe
this
program
out.
D
Not
only
that,
but
you
have
people
investing
then
in
in
our
local
public
schools,
where
they're
not
moving
out
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
not
leaving
they're
staying
here
in
the
city,
so
I
mean
it's
something:
I'm
gonna
continue
to
push.
We
have
a
thousand
children
in
September,
going
into
universal
pre-kindergarten
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we're
watching
those
outcomes.
All
national
study
shows
that
Boston,
even
though
we're
not
to
scale
yet
has
the
best
pre-k
kindergarten
program
in
the
country.
New,
York
modeled
their
program
after
us.
D
M
L
M
L
The
economic
benefits
are
clear
and
in
ways
that
some
we
can
quantify
and
others
that
we
can't,
but
we
just
know
in
terms
of
the
quality
of
life
or
just
reduction
in
spending
in
addressing
so
many
other
societal
effects
that
come
out
when
you
don't
make
these
investments
to
me
again,
that's
pretty
clear,
not
a
popular
statement.
I
imagine
among
some
in
the
private
sector,
but
one
I
absolutely
believe,
can.
D
I
jump
in
for
a
minute
just
for
a
second
yeah
you
know
in
bob
is
absolutely
right,
we're
putting
together
our
budget
tomorrow
tomorrow.
The
School
Committee
is
gonna
vote
on
the
city
of
Boston
school
budget.
It's
gonna
be
one
point:
three
billion
dollars
we're
making
a
fifty
billion
dollar
investment
in
our
educational
system,
the
fifty
million
dollars
this
year
alone.
D
You
know
I
sure
I'd
like
to
go
out
and
buy
a
new
fleet
of
trucks
for
Public,
Works
or
I
like
to
put
on
build
all
new
buildings
for
our
city
buildings
in
the
city
of
Boston.
But
you
have
to
prioritize
what's
important
and
what's
important
here
is
the
future
of
Boston.
The
future
of
Massachusetts.
The
future
of
America
is
is
the
young
people.
They
showed
it
on
Saturday
at
the
March,
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
look.
M
You
know
why
systemic
racism
has
persisted,
and-
and
this
also
you
know,
aligns
with
your
work
at
the
partnership.
So
what
would
it
take
to
get
more
people
of
color
in
positions
of
power
and
influence
in
this
town?
I
mean
that
this
is
a
very
unusual
room
to
see
such
diversity.
If
you
go
to
other
business
events
in
town,
you
know
it's
a
sea
of
as
I
like
to
say
you
see,
white
people
everywhere,
and
so
so
how?
How
do
we
change
that
diamond
I
mean
you've
been
at
it
for
at
the
partner.
M
O
What
I
didn't
say
in
my
opening
remarks
is
that,
and
it's
kind
of
relates
to
what
the
mayor
said:
is
systemic
racism
exists
throughout
America
and
it
exists
throughout
America
I
mean
this
does
get
to.
Boston
exists
throughout
America,
because
race
has
been
such
a
part
of
our
history.
It's
such
a
complicated
part
of
our
history
and
it's
very
layered
and
it's
very
emotionally
charged.
O
What
is
demographics
demographics,
similar
simplifies
it
is
that
there's
no
visible
presence
and
when
I
say
positions
of
power
and
influence,
I
mean
elected
offices,
I
mean
corporate
leadership,
I
mean
civic
leadership,
but
also
mean
walking
in
certain
communities
and
seeing
brown
people
you
just
you
know
there.
You
can
go
to
a
lot
of
communities
in
Boston
you
just
don't
you
don't
see.
People
I
also
mean
people
getting
out
and
voting
and
having
precinct
captains.
So
you
know
we're
we're
really
asserting
our
political
and
economic
influence
and
power.
O
So
I
think
one
of
the
things
when
we
talk
about
kind
of
what
do
we
do
collaboratively
there,
things
that
we
can
continue
to
do
at
the
level
of
trying
to
you
know
bring
people
into
the
companies
and
helping
them
to
have
the
skills
that
they
need,
helping
the
companies
to
better
understand
what
it
takes
to
advance
everyone
and
people
of
color
in
creating
environments
in
which
we
do
develop
leaders.
But
it's
also
some
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do.
I
think
on
a
more
grassroots
level.
M
Another
one
of
the
things
I
see
from
my
vantage
point
is
I
feel
that
the
people
in
power
stay
in
power
here
and
and
so
it's
very
hard
to
create
turnover
to
disrupt,
and
so
people
have
to
wait
their
turn.
Women
and
people
have
to
wait
their
turn
to
you
know
whether
it's
running
for
office
or
you
know
becoming.
O
It
is
changing,
I
think
that
exists
everywhere.
I
mean
there's
not
a
presumption
of
competence.
When
it
comes
to
people
of
color,
you've
got
to
be
tested.
You
know
twice
as
often
as
other
people
there's
not
a
you,
don't
get
the
stretch.
Assignments
I
mean
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
aren't
unique
to
Boston
and
so
trying
to
think
about
what
we
do
about
it.
Here
we
have
people
that
are
beginning
to
do
that.
Now
that
are
saying
I.
You
know
I'm,
not
good.
N
I
mean
one
of
the
things
that
we've
seen
with
amplify
is
that
young
people
want
to
participate,
but
we've
told
them.
No,
we've
said:
wait
your
turn
you're
a
pipeline.
You
don't
know
how
to
do
it.
Work
for
somebody
else
first
and
get
experience.
They
have
the
experience
to
do
it
now,
but
we're
holding
them
back
and
what
we're
seeing
with
elect
is,
in
particular,
they're,
incredible
young
Latino
electives
that
at
twenty-three
twenty-four
twenty-five
going
into
office
and
and
proposing
radical
policy
changes,
and
so
we
need
that
change
in
mindset.
N
That's
why
they're
being
voted
in
so
I
think
I
do
agree.
There's
there's
a
sense
of
you
know,
invisibility
to
some
extent
but
I'm,
tired
of
saying
we're
invisible.
But
it's
because
clearly
we're
not
look
at
us
here
in
this
room.
It's
just
people
are
not
looking
and
when
we
look
at
you
know
who
other
Latinos,
because
we
we
span
multiple
races,
there's
white
Latinos,
black
Latinos,
you
you
don't
always
know
who
identifies.
There
are
many
more
than
you
think,
and
many
are
successful.
N
D
I
think
when
you
think
about
politics
too,
though
in
Boston,
it
always
goes
back
to
I
mean.
Obviously
the
mayor's
office
has
always
been
a
white
man.
You
know,
but
when
you,
when
you
look
around
Boston,
you
know,
Ralph
Martin
was
african-american
anyone
the
District
Attorney's
race
in
he
won
West
Roxbury
and
he
won
pots
the
door.
Anyone
neighborhoods
and
you
look
what
happened
there:
the
Sheriff's
Department
with
Andrea
Cabral
and
now
Steve,
Tompkins
and-
and
you
look
at
the
you
look
at
the
the
legislature
in
the
globe
report.
D
D
So
you
start
looking
there,
you
look
at
the
City
Council,
there's
there's
a
you
know:
filter
Royals
here
the
first
Latino
elected
to
the
Boston
City
Council,
okay,
you'll,
see
I'm,
feeling
a
change
and
I
think
the
change
is
the
change,
isn't
with
necessarily
a
personal
color
running
the
changes
with
who
supporting
people
and
I.
Think
that
that's
gonna
be
the
difference.
D
It's
not
gonna
be
white
people
supporting
white
people,
Artie
know
supporting
Latino
people,
it's
not
you're,
seeing
that
change
I'm,
seeing
right
now
in
the
district
attorneys
race,
where
people
are
all
over
the
road
with
everybody,
and
everyone
has
different
constituencies.
So
I
think
that
all
of
that
work
from
the
70s
and
80s
and
90s
and
early
2000s
is
paying
off
and
you're
starting
to
see
people
running
for
office
and
they're
getting
support
not
because
of
the
color
of
their
skin,
but
because
of
who
they
are
and
what
they
represent,
whether
they're
a
young
person.
D
That's
that's
upsetting
the
applecart
or
whether
it's
it's
me.
Yes,
I'm
feeling
that
difference
I
feel
it
in
the
council
this
year,
six
women
of
color
on
the
council's
making
any
difference.
We
see
it
with
the
different
delegations
and
I
think
that
I
think
that
in
some
cases
Boston
is
getting
ahead
of
now.
Governor
Patrick
obviously
was
like
the
governor
of
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
He
stayed
true,
you'd,
say
two
terms
and
that's
been
the
history
in
that
race
there
there
will
be
a
person
of
color
in
the
mayor's
race.
D
There
is
no
quit
in
the
mayor's
office.
There
is
no
question
in
my
mind
that
that's
happening.
It
might
happen.
The
next
man,
but
it's
it's
gonna
happen
because
there's
so
many
talented
young
people
that
and
people
are
young
people,
they're
talented
people
in
elective
office
that
are
building
up
a
base
to
be
able
to
be
super
competitive
for
this
seat
in
father
seats.
M
I
want
to
go
back
to
the
initiatives
that
we
talked
about
earlier
tonight
and
I.
You
know,
write
a
lot
about
diversity
and
so,
as
a
result,
I
actually
have
everybody
coming
out
of
the
woodwork
and
talking
to
me
about
their
initiative
and
I
actually
struck
by
what
everybody
is
doing,
but
they're
small,
their
or
their
pilot.
M
How
do
we
scale
them?
I
mean
I.
Think
the
pacesetters
is
is
an
attempt
to
scale
right
to
scale
to
get
drive
revenue
for
all
these
minority-owned
businesses,
but
I
guess.
My
question
is:
do
we
need
to
create
another
organization?
We
love
doing
that,
creating
organizations
to
kind
of
drive
diversity
or
to
kind
of
take
you
know,
take
diversity
to
the
next
level,
or
do
we
have
leaders
in
place
and
and
but
but
how
do
we
collaborate
more
I,
just.
L
D
Don't
think
I
mean
not
that
your
organization's
not
needed,
you
definitely
always
need
two
organizations,
but
I
think
collaboration
is
key,
I
mean
the
the
you
know.
What
Bob
talked
about
earlier
was
when
the
pay
equity
for
women
we
started
out
with
with
I
think
we
set
out
with
20
companies
we're
up
to
a
hundred
companies,
giving
information
now
on
pay
equity.
That's
making
a
difference,
I
mean
I'm,
not
saying
the
result
was
john
hancock,
but
john
hancock
brought
on
the
first
woman
ever
to
run
that
company.
So
we
sought
to
set
that
trend.
I.
D
Think
Jimmy
Rooney
did
it
when
he
was
at
the
convention
center
authority
when
he
put
out
bids
and
enforcing
participation
for
people
of
color
in
those
bids,
and
that
was
key
because,
as
you
start
to
think,
the
commitments
in
a
hotel
that
just
went
out
has
involvement
in
it
and
the
different
projects
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Boston
everybody's.
Coming
to
me
with
a
proposal,
oh
by
the
way,
we'll
read,
we
have
building
pathways
part
of
it
or
we
have
this
organization,
part
of
it.
D
M
This
is
my
call
to
action
to
this
group.
I
would
love
to
see
something
like
what
the
city
did
with
pay
equity.
You
know
where
it's
it's
a
there's,
a
recognizable
group
that
people
can
work
together,
because
I
feel
like
everybody's
doing
some
great
initiatives.
I
mean
there
will
be
highlight,
highlighted
in
the
GK
10
and
a
lot
of
these
initiatives
never
heard
of,
and
but
but
maybe
there's
a
way
that
I
don't
know
you
guys.
This
is
your
well
to
think
about
how.
M
N
D
Answer
that
first,
okay,
we
all
mention
his
name
I,
think
I.
We
had
our
second
race
dialogue
at
the
Cutler,
majestic
theatre
and
one
of
the
people
in
the
audience
got
up.
I
think
I've,
no
issues
from
which
he
criticized
us
for
having
the
actually
that
it
was
that
northeast
and
criticized
us
for
having
the
conversation
northeast
in,
and
we
should
have
had
that
conversation
in
Roxbury
and
that's
not
where
the
conversation
on
race
needs
to
happen.
The
conversation
on
race
needs
to
happen
in
the
white
neighborhoods,
so
people
understand
what
it.
D
D
So
what
I
did
was
I
brought
a
bunch
of
people
together
and
people
of
color
in
my
office
in
the
Eagle
room,
to
talk
about
what
I
said
in
the
terminology
I
used,
and
we
got
into
a
conversation
about
white
privilege
and
we
got
into
a
conversation
about
being
white
in
Boston
and
being
a
person
of
color
in
Boston,
and
it
went
to
a
conversation.
This
was
will
Morales
about
learning
how
to
drive
and
he
talked
about
when
he
teaches
his
son
how
to
drive.
D
You
know
you
teach
them
how
to
stop
the
car,
how
to
put
it
in
Drive
and
how
to
put
it
in
park.
Parallel
park
reverse
go
forward,
and
then
they
said
when
you
get
pulled
over
I
taught
my
son
to
take
wallet.
I'll
put
it
on
the
dashboard,
put
your
two
hands
on
the
wheel
and
look
straight
ahead
and
when
you
get
approached
by
the
police
officer,
yes
or
no,
sir,
and
to
me
that
was
like
being
hit
in
the
head
with
the
two-by-four,
because
I
thought
to
myself.
D
You
think
III
know
what
that
might
feel
like,
because
I'm
in
rooms
all
day
and
I
talk
to
people
but
I,
don't
think
I,
don't
think
I
fully
understand
and
I,
don't
think
the
average
person
fully
understands
and
I
think
what's
happening
in
conversations
around
America
are
probably
some
very
bad
conversations
about.
Oh
my
god,
you
know
those
people
get
all
the
things
that
they
ask
for,
and
we
get
this.
That's
not
moving
us
forward
and
I.
D
Explain
to
them
what's
going
on,
because
that's
where
true
racial
justice
and
equity
will
come
into
play
when
we
have
more
and
that's
why
I
think
it's
so
important
for
us
with
with
young
people
that
that
we
get
them
in
school
earlier
and
we
we
teach
them
almost
a
different
way,
because
that
generation
can
grow
up
much
different
than
anyone
in
this
room.
If
we,
if
we
do
have
these
conversations
now,.
L
It's
how
you
react
to
the
facts
and
I
think
that
there's
you
know,
there's
a
there's
one
group
that
acknowledges
the
facts,
but
you
know,
for
whatever
reason,
isn't
engaged
in
doing
anything
about
them
is
I,
wouldn't
say
it's
necessarily:
they
don't
care,
they
might
have
other
things
to
do.
I,
don't
think
they're
opposed
in
any
way.
It's
just
a
group.
That's
just
never
going
to
sort
of
come
along
or
they're
gonna
be
the
last
that
come
along
I.
Think,
on
the
other,
the
end
of
the
scale.
L
There's
a
there's,
a
group
and
certainly
the
the
mayor's
a
shining
example
of
this,
a
group
that
gets
the
data,
but
it's
beyond
the
intellectual
they
they
feel
it
in
the
core
of
their
being
and
they're
led
to
wanting
to
do
something
about
it
and
they
know
what
to
do
about
it.
They've
been
in
it
long
enough
and
the
work,
and
they
know
others
who
are
doing
the
work.
M
P
M
M
You
know,
you
know
for
lots
of
kids
and
many
towns.
All
these
initiatives
have
scaled.
We've
collaborated.
Let's
look
into
the
future.
You
know
ten
years
from
now,
2028
so
paint
a
picture
of
what
Boston
wouldn't
look
like
I
mean.
Maybe
it's
a
word
or
a
phrase:
I
don't
know
if
you
can
get
three
phrases
again,
but
they
are
wrong.
But
what
would
it
look
like,
though
you
kind
of
said
in
your
answer
any?
But
what
would
it
look?
How
would
Boston
be
a
different
place
to
live
and
work
Betty?
N
I
can't
do
three,
but
but
I
think
we'd
have
thriving
neighborhoods
we'd,
have
innovation
centers
in
neighborhoods
that
right
now
you
know
like
Dudley
or
Matapan
Square
we
would
have
the
wealth
would
spread.
We
would
have
I'm
from
New
York
City
and
when
I
came
first
came
here,
I
said
where
all
the
worlds
are
brown
people
the
it
just
it
wasn't
integrated.
So
we
need
to
integrate
our
neighborhoods
more
and
we
need
to
create
economic
opportunities
for
all,
and
that
starts
with
education.
N
Investing
more
in
education,
I
love
the
idea
of
universal
pre-k,
but
along
the
whole
continuum,
investing
more
in
our
schools
in
our
teachers
having
more
teachers
that
reflect
our
kids
and
then
I
think
helping
families
build
wealth.
I
mean
the
one
way
to
really
start
to
get
into
this
income.
Inequality
and
wealth.
Inequality
is
to
help
build
assets
and
and
not
enough
families
have
enough
those
opportunities.
So
Boston
would
look
like
a
place
where
everybody
is
prosperous,
that
they're
thriving
they
have
opportunities
to
do
better
for
their
families.
It's.
O
Hard
to
add
anything
to
that
cuz,
she
painted
a
beautiful
picture,
but
but
in
addition,
see
more
businesses
of
color
and
so
that
you
know
the
communities
are
truly
truly
diverse
in
all
of
its
aspects,
so
your
neighborhoods
would
be
diverse,
but
your
vendors
would
be
to
your
services,
your
leaders
and
it
would
be
vibrant
and
exciting
and
energizing
and
highly
productive,
because
people
would
feel
good
about
who
they
are
and
what
the
opportunities
are
for
them.
I
think.
D
Welcoming
is
a
word
I
would
love
to
hear
I
still
hear
too
many
people
saying
Boston's,
not
a
welcoming
city,
so
I
think
welcoming
is
a
word
and
and
I
think
everything
that's
been
said
and
I'd
say
pathways
to
success
whatever.
That
pathway
is
whether
it's
job,
training
programs
or
in
education.
What
I'm
saying
not
created
then
but
real
pathways,
that
if
people
want
to
figure
out
what
they
want
to
do,
they
can
find
that
pathway
to
success
opportunities.
D
A
P
P
I
also
want
a
dank,
I
collette
a
force
of
nature,
Thank
You
Collette
for
not
just
the
night,
but
but
all
of
the
work
you've
done
for
the
past
ten
years.
Lifelong
Bostonian
and
I
guess
my
summary
of
tonight
and
the
previous
GK
100.
Is
we
needed
this
and
thank
you
for
providing
it
to
us.
:
I
have
one
duty.
P
And
you
heard
about
the
the
winners
of
the
GK
100,
the
second
edition
I'm,
going
to
quickly
call
your
attention
to
the
ten
most
game-changing
equity
ideas
that
are
being
recognized
here
tonight.
Collette
is
very
creative.
It
was
mentioned
earlier
that
the
mayor
and
I
and
I
think
Bob.
You
are
a
white
man
who
can
jump
to
don't
don't
get
any
visuals
in
your
head,
because
there
wasn't
all
that
much
jumping
going
on
I
can
I
can
tell
you
so
I'm
pleased
to
make
my
second
GK
100
G
K
list.
P
First
is
a
white
guy
who
can
jump
in
second
in
one
of
the
10
most
game-changing
equity
ideas,
and
for
that
the
pace
that
is
I
have
Justin
King
Shiina
call
you
to
thank
for
joining
all
the
work
that
goes
into
that,
but
the
other
most
game-changing
equity
ideas
amplify
amplify.
Lateen
X,
please
give
it
up
BC
in
Cincy
pal
Art
Center,
the
Boston
Chinatown
neighborhood
center.
P
P
And,
of
course,
the
pacesetters,
so
thank
you
once
again,
Colette
thank
you
to
all
of
our
guests
here
and
panelists
and
Shirley
for
doing
a
great
job
moderating
this
panel
I
would
like
to
amplify
one
answer:
Shirley
asked
what
white
guys
talk
about
and
I'll
tell
you
a
conversation.
Shortly
after
mayor
Walsh
got
elected
and
I
was
appointed
to
the
CEO
of
the
Greater
Boston
Chamber
of
Commerce
looking's
Institute
come
out
with
the
ranking
of
Boston
being
the
most
unequal
city
in
America
we
had
breakfast
up
in
McKenna's
and
Dorchester.
P
We
looked
across
the
table
as
two
white
guys
and
said:
I,
don't
want
to
be
the
mayor
of
the
most
unequal
city
in
Boston
and
I,
said
I,
don't
want
to
be
the
president
of
the
chamber
of
the
most
unequal
city
in
Boston,
so
it
was
a
great
motivator
and
a
great
conversation
amongst
true
white
guys.
Thank
you
all
and
have
a
great
time.