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From YouTube: NAACP Next Gen Young Professional Leadership Event
Description
The goal of the NAACP is to make sure we live in a society in which all individuals have equal rights without racial discrimination. Mayor Walsh and US House Candidate Ayanna Pressley talk with young leaders on how their administrations have and will combat racial tension, and achieve equality of rights in the city of Boston.
A
A
We
have
been
very
fortunate
to
have
some
special
guests
last
night.
At
the
reception
we
had
the
mayor's
staff.
We
had
Sheriff
Stephen
Tompkins,
who
talked
to
us
about
the
criminal
justice
work
he's
doing
so.
I
want
to
introduce
again
for
those
of
you
who
weren't
at
the
reception,
the
young
woman
to
my
right,
Laurie
Nelson
is
a
child
born
and
raised
in
n-double-a-cp.
She
was
her
mother
was
an
N
double
ACP
air
here
in
Boston
in
1960s,
a
very
prominent
some
rights
activists.
A
Her
mother
was
involved
with
the
State
Conference
of
the
n-double
a-c-p
and
on
the
national
level.
If
you
ask
any
of
the
old
guard,
n-double-a-cp
peers,
they
know
miss
Nelson,
Charlotte
Nelson
and
she
raised
Laurie
in
the
n-double
a-c-p
Laurie
when
I
first
joined
the
n-double-a-cp
in
Boston,
kept
badgering
me
to
get
involved.
She
kept
saying:
Michael
you
got
here
involves
you
need
to
step
up,
stop
biessing,
that's
what
she
would
say
and
you
need
to
step
up
and
do
stuff,
and
she
literally
badgered
me
for
like
a
year
before,
I
really
got
deeply
involved.
A
She
is,
she
became
I'm
telling
the
truth
she
became.
My
third
first
third
vice
president,
when
I
was
four.
Second
vice
president,
when
I
was
president
in
double-a-c-p
and
then
she
became
the
first
vice
president
under
Tanisha
Sullivan
that
you
meant
last
night.
It
is
a
testament
to
the
work
of
the
n-double
a-c-p
in
our
relationships
that
now
she
has
moved
on
and
she's
the
chief
resilience
officer
for
the
city
of
Boston.
B
C
B
Okay,
so
good
morning,
everyone,
how
are
you
all
the
young
lady
who
just
did
the
presentation
where
she
shoot
hi?
Oh,
that
was
wonderful.
Thank
you.
So
very
much.
Thank
you
very
quickly
because
I
know
your
time
is
short
and
since
I've
been
called
one
to
badger,
I
do
not
want
the
look
from
Michael
Curry
I'm,
just
joking,
but
I
have
this
wonderful
privilege,
the
young
man
to
my
left,
who
was
also
the
CEO
of
this
city.
C
Thank
You
Ari,
no
don't
get
up.
If
I
do
a
good
job,
you
can
stand
up
after.
Let
me
just
let
me
just
first
of
all
correct
Michael,
Curry,
Michael,
Curry
I.
Think
if
I
heard
it
correctly
said,
Laurie's
gonna
do
sir
boss.
If
you
don't
know
Laurie
Nelson
I
am
NOT
her
boss.
She
is
my
boss
and
I
appreciate
it.
I
want
to
start
with
Michael
thank
Michael,
Kerry
I've
known
Michael
for
a
long
time.
I
knew
him
before
his
role
as
a
president
of
the
n-double
a-c-p
hair
boston
in
his
job.
C
His
daytime
job
he's
done
amazing
stuff
in
this
city.
He's
done
amazing
stuff
in
health
care.
He's
done.
Amazing
stuff
in
as
the
president
he's
done,
an
amazing
job
and
on
the
national
level
at
the
n-double-a-cp
and
I
want
to
thank
Michael.
His
incredible
work
and
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
chapter
as
well.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
today.
I
have
a
speech
prepared.
C
I
have
no
idea
if
I'm
gonna
go
on
the
speech
because
it
says
walking
in
we're
talking
about
what's
going
on
in
Washington
today,
with
the
Supreme,
Court,
nomination
and
and
I
think
all
of
us
are
just
kind
of
everyday
we're
scratching
our
head
on
everything
that
happens.
You
know
last
night
I'm
watching
CNN
and
I'm
watching
you
know
the
verdict
come
down
in
the
put
in
the
shooting
I'm
watching
Cavanaugh
being
approved,
I'm
watching
Democrats
in
certain
states
voting
with
the
Republicans
all
the
time.
C
I,
don't
know
why
the
Democrats,
if
they're
gonna,
vote
Republican
all
the
time
I'm
watching
all
the
uncertainty
going
on,
not
country
I'm,
watching
watching
all
the
stuff
in
and
young
people
are
trying
to
figure
it
out
and
I'm
trying
to
figure
it
out.
I'd
like
to
send
me
on
person,
but
I'm,
trying
to
figure
it
out.
I
grew
up
on
a
house
that
my
parents
from
Ireland
they're
immigrants,
never
talked
bad
about
anybody.
My
father
was
a
laborer.
He
got
dirty
every
day
went
to
work
every
day.
My
mother
was
a
homemaker.
C
She
was
able
to
stop
working
while
we're
in
school.
Back
then,
we
didn't
make
a
lot
of
money,
but
that's
what
you
did
and
when
I
went
to
one
we
went
to
hell
when
I
went
to
high
school
and
my
brother
was
in
in
in
seventh
or
eighth
grade.
Sixth
seventh
grade,
my
mother
went
back
to
work
and
she
went
back
to
a
place
in
Boston.
I
won't
name
it,
but
she
went
in
there
and
it
was.
C
It
was
kind
of
like
a
special
Club,
an
elite
and
they
had
the
you
could
like
a
hotel,
and
she
talked
about
the
way
that
people
treated
her
when
she
wanted
to
clean
the
rooms.
I,
don't
say
that
the
months
I'm
not
a
politician
up
his
talking
about
you,
know
I'm.
So
bad
about
me,
I'm
just
saying
the
reality.
So
I
grew
up
in
that
house
and
I
grew
up
in
a
neighborhood
in
Dorchester,
which
is
a
diverse
neighborhood.
C
When
I
was
a
kid
growing
up,
most
of
the
people
around
my
street
or
Irish,
and
polish
and
Italian,
but
two
streets
away
were
Cape
Verdean,
african-american
Latino
and
it
was
on
neighborhood.
You
know
the
reason
why
I
say
that,
because,
as
as
time
went
on
the
neighborhood
changed
and
my
mother's
still,
there
and
I
don't
live
too
far
away
and
and
it
wasn't
a
segregated
area,
but
it
was
an
area
that
that
really
everyone
kind
of
came
together.
I
ran
for
office,
I
got
sober
when
I
was
20
years
old.
C
I'm
not
gonna,
go
into
that
story,
but
alcoholism
is
part
of
my
story.
I
put
myself
in
bad
situation
of
an
arrest,
I've
been
shot
at
all
the
stuff
that
not
all
the
stuff
call
brings,
but
I
put
myself
every
time.
I
got
in
trouble,
I
was
drunk
and
that's
that
was
alcoholism
and
I
got
sober
and
I
ran
for
office,
and
the
very
first
issue
that
confronted
me
when
I
ran
for
office
I
was
three
months
in
office.
C
C
But
this
was
a
real
one
facing
me:
is
a
life
and
death
situation
and
I,
listen
to
everybody
and
I
end
up
voting
against
the
death
penalty
and
in
the
legislature
the
vote
was
80
to
80
was
a
tie
and
that's
how
I
caused
the
bill
to
die
would
have
been
law
in
Massachusetts,
but
it
died
and
then
from
that
point
on
don't
want.
Further
down
few
years
later,
marriage
equality
came
up
on
the
ballot
and
I
decided
for
me
personally.
C
C
Can
you
stand
up
and
support
the
marriage
equality,
because
you
can
convince
people
into
making
sure
to
do
the
right
thing
to
preserve
benefits
for
people
and
in
2004,
I
voted
that
way
and
I
was
able
to
preserve
marriage
equality
in
Massachusetts
for
for
gay
gay
couples,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward,
life
in
Boston
in
life
in
in
I
didn't
deal
with
the
Boston
stuff.
As
far
as
racism,
I
did
as
a
state
representative
and
what
I
used
to
say
was.
C
My
district
was
67%
people
of
color
and
you
know
all
broken
up,
and
it
was
truly
what
I
said,
but
it
wasn't
until
I
started
run
for
mayor,
then
I
was
confronted
with
a
question.
I
was
at
a
town
hall.
We
had
these
things
called
Mondays.
What
mati
you
know,
I
was
running
from
me
as
a
candidate,
and
it
was
I
would
bring
people
in,
and
we
would
have
conversations
and
would
set
up
like
this,
and
some
even
ask
questions
not
give
answers,
and
so
a
woman
stands
up
and
mentioned,
make
a
play.
C
My
district
60
of
them
some
people,
color
I,
represent
I,
started
the
program
that
building
trades
called
building
pathways
where
people
called
again
the
Billy
trate
I
did
all
that
and
she
pushed
back
on
me
again
and
she
continued
to
push
back
on
me.
So
we
finished
the
night
went
on
to
other
questions
and
I
left
there
and
I
was
pissed.
I
wasn't
mad
at
her.
C
I
was
mad
because
I
didn't
understand,
I
didn't
have
an
answer
and
I
went
back
and
we
sat
down
at
our
policy
table
and
I
said
we
got
to
deal
with
the
issue
of
racism
and
race.
We
have
to
talk
about.
How
do
we
confront
it
and
what
was
said
at
the
table?
Do
you
have
to
say
things
that
aren't
gonna
be
popular?
C
It
was
in
front
of
you,
but
I
didn't
see
it.
Alright
syrup
I
didn't
truly
see
it,
so
we
got
to
work,
I
got
elected
and
what
we're
able
to
do
is
I
said
that
we're
gonna
race
dialogues
in
the
city
at
the
same
time,
Michael
got
elected
and
Michael
is
a
new
president
of
the
n-double
a-c-p
Boston
I'm,
a
new
mayor
and
I
know
Michael
and
Mauro
our
old
world
and
I'm
thinking.
This
is
gonna,
be
great,
because
I
know
Michael
from
the
old
world.
Then
we
will.
The
old
world
was
easy.
C
We
advocated
for
the
same
thing.
It
didn't
wasn't
so
easy.
Michael
pushed
me
I
pushed
Michael,
but
what
it
was
was
a
learning
for
me.
So
we
created
the
office
of
resiliency.
What
does
that
office
mean
that
office
means
having
race?
Dialogues
in
the
City
of
Boston
is
what
it
means.
It
means
going
on
having
difficult
conversations.
It
means
going
out
and
talking
to
people
about
white
people
about
what
it
what
it
means
to
be
and
what
the
what
the
emotions
are
and
what
the
experience
are.
C
Black
people
and
having
those
dialogues
across
the
city
worries
our
second
director
there.
The
first
was
dr.
Tiye
montón,
who
set
the
office
op,
and
then
Laurie
is
the
second
person.
Now
it's
taking
these
conversations
out
to
the
neighborhood
and
having
dialogues
and
Laurie
could
talk
about
that
more
later.
C
We
did
that
and
what
we
did
was
there's
no
work,
it's
not
a
cloud,
it's
not
a
cloud,
but
the
important
pieces
were
we
put
Lisa
homes
in
charge
of
our
academy,
training,
our
police
officers
and
she
changed
the
way
we
trained
our
police
officers
in
Boston.
She
talked
about
racism.
She
talked
about
understanding.
She
talked
about
conflict
resolution.
She
talked
about.
How
do
you
deal
with
homelessness
hon,
either
with
addiction,
honey?
There
were
those
people
and
Lisa's
gonna
speak
for
herself,
she's,
amazing,
she
retired
sense,
but
Lisa
laid
the
foundation
down
the
police
department.
C
How
do
we
change
that?
It
was.
How
do
we,
how
we
have
a
different
engagement
in
our
community
cos
Boston,
as
everyone
knows,
the
racist
City?
How
do
we
change
that
engagement,
so
we
thought
about
at
the
police
department
first
and
then
we
started
to
look
at
different
parts.
As
you
know,
the
first
chapter
of
the
n-double
a-c-p
started
Park
Street
in
1911.
C
We
also
look
at
the
sparrow
Dee's
along
pay,
making
sure
that
you
don't
show
you
how
50%
people
color,
but
how
many
people
actually
making
$100,000
or
$75,000
you
hired
everyone
in
Public
Works.
We
are
very
cognizant
in
his
office
very
cognizant
to
make
sure
that
we
have
leadership
people
color
throughout
the
organization,
and
not
only
that
we
take
this
step
further.
If
you
go
online
and
you
look
at
our
it's
online,
we
break
it
down
by
by
african-american
by
Latino
by
Cape
Verdean
by
Haitian.
It's
not
simply
a
number
it's.
C
How
do
you
do
that?
We
start
to
look
at
areas
that
were
important
for
us
economic
development.
We
create
an
Office
of
Economic
Development,
as
in
the
campaign
for
mayor
people,
saying
black
people
don't
have
the
opportunity.
Latino
people
know
the
opportunity
to
to
have
benefits
in
Boston
and
we
put
a
person
of
color
in
charge
of
that
office.
C
We
created
it
and
we're
working
now,
five
years
in
really
diving
into
making
sure
those
opportunities,
our
education,
we
created,
the
chief
of
education
role
in
the
city
of
Boston,
Ron
Dorsey
leads
that
I
know
Ron's
coming
today,
but
Ron
Dorsey
leads
that
effort
for
me.
In
the
city
we
have
also
Superintendent
of
Schools.
Our
civic
engagement
is
led
by
Jerome
Smith,
a
person
of
color
who's
out
who's
been
working
and
has
it
has
the
experience
through
different
areas:
Health
and
Human
Services
workforce
development,
our
office
of
resilience
he's
so
many
office
of
housing
elections.
C
I
could
go
on
and
on,
but
it's
not
these,
not
just
appointments
being
made
fast
forward.
Five
years
later,
the
I
we
named
the
first
chief
of
the
police
department
african-american
chief
five
years
ago.
The
Commissioner
is
the
number
one
spot.
The
chief
is
the
number
two
spot
when
Commissioner
Evans
left
last
year.
This
year
we
had
to
replace
Commissioner
Evans
with
somebody
to
take
his
job.
The
person
that
took
his
job
was
the
chief
chief
cross
he's
african-american.
He
didn't
get
appointed
commissioner
because
he's
african-american.
C
He
got
appointed
commissioner
because
he
started
as
a
cadet.
He
worked
his
way
through
the
ranks
of
the
police
department.
He
went
on
to
become
the
Knight
Commander.
He
went
on
to
become
the
chief
of
the
department
and
he
now
he's
the
commissioner
and
I
would
argue
to
you
not
argue
I
will
say
to
you
in
the
next
couple
years.
He
will
be
the
leading
Commission
in
the
United
States
of
America
because
he
understands
it
and
it's
about
how
do
we
make
those
changes
in
our
city
in
2010
I
know.
C
Today,
in
Boston
we
have
eight
years
later
we
have
six
women
of
color
on
the
cup
six
women
of
color
on
the
council,
but
we
had
zero
in
one
of
one
of
the
seats
in
our
city.
The
first
time
in
the
history
of
our
city
is
being
held
by
person
of
color
and
I
would
I,
probably
say
more
importantly,
a
woman
of
color,
Ayanna,
Presley
and
she's
here
today.
The
conversation
and
the
change
is
happening
is
is,
is
is
happening.
C
Discrimination,
sexism,
all
of
the
different
things
that
we
whatever
word,
that
we
can
think
about
and
I
try
to
make
sense
of
what's
happening
in
this
time
in
our
world
in
our
country.
And
it's
really
difficult.
But
all
I
can
think
about.
Is
that
we're
building
a
bridge
we're
building
a
bridge
and
we
have
to
continue
to
build
that
bridge
and
that
bridge
is
is
to
a
better
place.
C
There's
a
real
opportunity
now
and
I
say
that,
because
I'm
looking
out
at
the
change,
I'm
looking
out
at
the
change,
I've
been
doing
this
work
for
a
while
I'm
gonna
continue
to
do
it
for
as
long
as
the
people
of
Boston,
let
me
and
when
I'm
done
with
this
I'm,
probably
gonna
try
and
do
something
else
to
change
the
world.
The
people
up
here
have
been
doing
this
work
for
a
while.
A
lot
of
the
speakers
that
came
see
Tompkins
been
doing
this
work
for
a
while.
C
Other
people
will
be
doing
this
work
for
a
while.
They
were
young
leaders
in
this
room.
You
don't
have
to
run
for
office
to
be
a
leader.
You
don't
have
to
get
in
on
CNN
or
B
et
well,
maybe
even
foxnews,
because
if
you're
on
fox
news,
you
made
it
because
they
hate
us
all
to
be
a
leader.
But
what
you
need
to
do
is
you
individually
need
to
be
a
leader
of
change
whatever?
That
means.
C
That
definition
is
broad
that
definition
of
broad
as
a
state
rep
I,
was
one
of
160
in
one
or
two
hundred
I
felt
that
I
had
made
a
difference
in
people's
lives,
even
though
I
was
only
one
of
a
hundred
hundred
and
sixty
in
the
legislature,
but
I
felt,
like
I,
actually
made
a
difference.
A
small
piece
every
day
when
I
ran
in
the
building
trades
and
I
looked
around
the
room.
My
second
meeting
with
the
building
trades,
all
the
leaders
of
the
trades
in
Boston.
They
look
like
me.
C
Some
of
them
are
older
than
me
and
I
said
guys
and
they're
all
guys.
They
said
this
isn't
gonna
work.
This
isn't
gonna
work.
We
need
to
do
more
and
we
forced
through
President
Obama,
who
did
a
stimulus
package
to
Boston.
We
forced
the
project,
a
job
training
program
and
we
guarantee
people
going
to
the
trades
people
of
color
that
was
in
2011
since
that
time,
over
300
people
of
color
have
got
into
the
building
trades
through
building
pathways.
C
When
I
became
the
mayor,
I
saw
violence
happening
in
our
city,
young
kids,
shooting
each
other
and
I
see
young
kids
and
not
young,
some
of
them.
35
year
old
men
they're,
not
that
young,
but
I
realized.
We
have
to
do
something
to
help
people
and
we
went
out
we
target.
We
call
the
program
called
Operation
exit
where
we
took
young
people
from
the
streets
that
were
active
in
the
streets
and
we
identified
them.
We
put
them
into
the
building
trades
and
about
a
hundred
right
now,
working
in
the
building
trades.
C
That's
400
people
since
2011,
that's
not
enough,
but
it's
a
Stein.
If
all
of
us
in
this
room
go
on
and
do
something
special
one
thing
that
special
thing
might
just
be
HUD
somebody
that
special
thing
might
be
just
talking
to
legislature.
That
special
thing
might
be
right,
not
that
that
special
thing
might
be
tweeting,
something,
oh,
that
special
thing
might
be
standing
up
for
somebody
who's
getting
picked
on.
C
That
special
thing
could
be
anything
that
special
thing
is
showing
up
here
in
Boston
today
and
talking
about
your
towns
in
Mississippi
and
talking
about
your
towns
in
other
parts
of
the
country.
That's
what
that's!
What
our
role
is?
Not
one
person
is
not
one
person
when
President
Obama
got
elected.
There
was
a
lot
of
hope.
C
I
was
in
Denver
for
the
Democratic
National
Convention
and
when
he
got
when
he
gave
his
speech,
I
had
tears
in
my
eyes,
because
I
thought
back
to
my
mother
when
she
was
in
this
country
when
John
F
Kennedy
won
the
nomination.
She
was
a
16
year
old
girl
for
17
year
old
girl
from
Ireland,
who
was
so
excited
that
the
first
Irish
Catholic
person
ever
could
become
president.
C
C
C
We
need
to
continue
because
we're
building
a
bridge
we're
building
a
bridge,
regardless
of
what
happens
in
Washington
DC,
as
pissed
off
as
I
get
as
pissed
off
as
you
get
as
pissed
off
as
we
get
on
the
stuff
that
comes
out
of
Washington,
whether
it's
a
Muslim
bin
or
whether
it's
an
immigration
bin
or
whether
it's
Kevin
on
the
other
guy
and
the
other
guy.
Whoever
goes
on
the
court.
We
need
to
continue
to
move
forward
because
people
came
before
us
that
laid
down
the
foundation
for
all
of
us.
C
They
laid
down
the
foundation
for
all
of
us
to
move
forward
and
we
can't
they
had
the
real
fight.
They
had
the
real
struggle
and
it's
our
obligation
and
our
job.
What,
regardless
of
the
color
of
our
skin,
to
continue
to
move
forward
to
push
our
community
in
our
society
for
an
equal
society,
not
a
more
equal
society
in
a
equal
society?
C
So
I
am
honored
to
be
here
today.
I
am
wanted
to
be
with
you
here
today
and
I'll
say
this
last
thing:
I
am
NOT
perfect.
We
are
not
perfect
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
a
long
way
to
go.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
we
do
that
work
together
and
we
do
that
work,
sometimes
by
Michael
Carey
calling
me
out.
C
We
do
that
work
sometimes,
but
Laurie
Nelson
come
to
my
office
saying
what's
going
on,
but
we
have
to
acknowledge
if
we
can
acknowledge
the
fact
that
we're
not
perfect
and
if
we
can
acknowledge
the
fact
that
we
have
shortfalls
and
if
we
can
acknowledge
that
fact,
we
can
acknowledge
the
fact
that
we
can
continue
to
do
great
work
together
and
move
our
country
forward
to
an
equal
country.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
So
do
me
a
favor
another
round
of
applause
for
the
mayor
of
Boston
I'd,
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
this
just
quickly
before
he
left,
so
the
work
of
the
end
of
is
a
training,
so
part
of
a
training
is
you're
supposed
to
walk
away
with
from
this
meeting
this
weekend,
learning
something
about
the
work.
What
I
will
tell
you
mayor
before
you
leave
raise
your
hands.
If
there's
a
person,
you
can
name,
you
agree
with
a
hundred
percent.
A
90
percent
eighty
percent-
fifty
percent
right.
So
what
I
look
at
in
his
work
is
the
mayor
of
Boston,
and
this
is
true
from
the
day
he
was
elected
in
office.
One
thing
that
we're
lucky
for
in
Boston
is
that
he's
a
good
person
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
person,
and
you
can
hear
it
in
his
remarks
in
his
speech.
A
He's
a
genuinely
nice
guy
when
I
was
a
government
relations
leader
here
in
Boston
and
I
would
go
to
meetings
and
be
all
white
men,
Boston
Chamber
of
Commerce
named
the
event,
and
it
would
be
three
black
people
in
the
room
out
of
400
people.
He
would
always
make
his
way
over
to
me
and
you
know,
you're
a
black
person
you're
younger,
because
I
was
younger,
then
and
they're
thinking.
Well,
he's
not
important.
I!
Don't
need
to
know
him.
A
A
When
Obama
would
launch
an
initiative,
whether
was
protecting
immigrant
rights
or
whether
it
was
the
blue
body
camera
program
that
he
launched
one
of
the
first
mayors,
he
called
and
would
bring
down
a
DC
as
mayor
Walsh,
because
he
knew
mayor
Walsh
would
adopt
whatever
the
policy
was
and
rolled
it
out
here
in
a
national
level.
Our
youth
program
and
I've
mentioned
to
all
of
you.
We
hide
30
kids
every
summer
to
work
for
the
n-double-a-cp
paid.
A
They
got
paid
for
six
to
eight
weeks
to
do
what
you
do
you're
doing
his
volunteers.
They
would
do
voter
registration,
they'd,
walk
the
streets,
talk
about
violence,
he
paid
for
it
right.
So
when
you
go
to
your
mayor's,
go
with
a
task
say
that
you
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution.
Last
but
not
least,
on
that
comment,
we
don't
always
agree.
A
In
fact,
there's
sometimes
he
called
me
one
time
and
yelled
at
me
on
the
phone
I
was
like
is
the
mayor
yelling
at
me
on
my
cell
phone
and
there
was
tension
oftentimes,
but
that's
this
work.
I
use
that
example
years
knowing
you
would
agree
with
a
hundred
percent.
You
should
be
challenging
your
elected
officials
and
in
fact
they
should
be
challenging
you
because
I
get
those
calls
saying
what
does
the
n-double-a-cp
doing
about
this
issue?
Michael
and
then
I'd
have
to
respond.
Have
that
kind
of
relationship
with
your
elected
officials?
A
You
won't
always
agree
but
have
a
relationship
outside
of
the
work
where
you
say
you
know
what
I
know
I
got
on
to
you
on
the
issue
of
minimum
wage
or
I
got
at
you
on
the
issue
of
no
diversity
in
your
Police
Department.
But
let's
go
grab
coffee.
Let's
just
sit
around
and
talk
about
our
kids,
our
families
and
then
have
a
relationship.
So
then
there's
some
balance
in
the
relationship.
So
it's
not
always
fighting,
because
you
fight
with
your
mama's
and
your
daddy's
right.
D
It
is
my
fundamental
belief
that
the
people
closest
to
the
pain
should
be
the
closest
to
the
power
driving
and
informing
the
policy
making
for
every
issue
that
I
have
championed
every
social
issue
that
I
have
organized
around
every
solve
that
I've
attempted
to
offer
for
the
wounds
in
our
community.
I
know
that
the
best
way
to
understand
a
problem
is
to
be
in
community
with
those
impacted
by
it.
But
not
only
does
that
strengthen
your
resolve
about
the
need
to
address
it.
D
Now
I'm
going
to
give
you
six
or
seven
points
here.
I
know
you
all
are
eating,
but
I'll
see
some
of
you
have
pads
of
paper
and
your
phones,
so
I'm
gonna
give
you
six
or
seven
points
here.
If
you
can't
take
it
down,
get
your
sister
brother
to
and
you
can
get
it
from
them
later,
because
I
was
asked
to
bring
you
a
message
around
transformative
leadership
and
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
we
are
not
in
the
midst
of
a
blue
wave
or
a
black
wave
because
of
magic.
D
D
Unapologetically
now
I
feel
like
this
generation
is
getting
a
lot
of
messaging
about
engineering.
A
brand
I
would
caution
you
from
engineering
a
brand
and
if
you
simply
learn
to
stand
authentically
and
unapologetically
in
your
truth,
that
will
become
your
brand.
So
you
needn't
contrive
something
these
are
uncertain
times,
and
so
what
people
are
looking
for
are
leaders
with
certainty
about
who
they
are,
what
they
believe
in
what
they
will
fight
and
work
for
so
number
one
know
who
you
are
and
embrace
it
number
two
don't
engineer
a
brand,
simply
stand
in
your
truth.
D
Authentically
and
unapologetically
number
three
choose
to
be
an
empathetic
leader,
I
see
the
decisions
and
policies
that
are
being
made
and
rolled
out
in
Washington
every
day
that
we
are
feeling
the
residual
impact
of
the
reverberations
of
is
not
about
a
lack
of
resourcing.
A
lack
of
prioritization.
D
D
Number
four
recognize
that
power
is
not
something
to
be
monopolized.
It
is
something
to
be
shared,
so
be
intentional
about
coalition
and
movement
building
choose
to
be
a
visionary
leader,
I
think
politicians
are
people
who
manage
where
we
are
and
visionary
leaders
take
you
someplace,
so
choose
to
be
a
visionary
leader.
D
Choose
to
be
a
leader
who
demonstrates
a
strength
of
conviction
now
I'm,
not
one
to
calculate
my
values
for
the
purposes
of
political,
pandering,
there's
nothing
wrong
with
tactical
advancement,
but
I'm,
not
building
an
electorate
or
my
constituency
by
being
a
malleable
shape-shifter
I
am
building
a
constituency
and
a
movement
that
is
an
extension
of
something
much
deeper
than
a
platform.
It
is
an
extension
and
a
vigilant
committee
meant
to
manifest
the
strength
of
my
conviction.
D
So
number
one
know
who
you
are
number
two
stand
in
your
truth:
number
three
choose
to
be
an
empathetic
leader.
Number
four
recognize
that
the
building
of
power
of
what
you
must
be
intentional
in
your
movement
and
coalition
building
that
power
is
not
meant
to
be
monopolized.
It
is
meant
to
be
shared.
Number
five
choose
to
be
a
visionary
leader,
not
a
leader
who
just
manages
where
we
are,
but
as
a
vision
to
take
you
someplace
number
six
demonstrate
choose
to
be
a
leader
that
demonstrates
the
strength
of
your
conviction.
D
D
D
D
The
audacious
and
daffy
thing
is
not
that
I
ran
it
would
have
been
if
I
did
it
so
choose
to
be.
Disruptive
I
ran
because
I
wanted
to
disrupt
the
systemic
inequalities
and
disparities
in
the
Massachusetts.
Seventh
disparities
and
inequalities
that
existed
long
before
Donald
Trump
descended
an
escalator
at
Trump.
D
They
didn't
just
happen
in
the
ether.
It
was
my
conception
that
if
these
conditions
were
created
by
policy
and
we
were
living
in
the
residual
aftermath
of
reaganomics,
of
redlining,
of
unequal
access
to
the
GI
Bill
of
the
war
on
drugs
of
welfare
reform
that
if
these
conditions
were
created
by
man,
then
these
policies
can
and
should
be
disrupted
by
this
woman.
D
And
never
ever
ever,
stop
working
for
hope
see.
They
tried
to
talk
about
how
my
lifting
up
hope.
All
the
time
was
pollyannish
and
and
naive,
but
I
know
something.
The
people
closest
to
the
pain
should
be
the
closest
to
the
power
when
you
live
in
the
shadows
and
in
marginalization.
You
know
just
how
important
hope
is
so
I
don't
care
if
Democrats
are
in
the
majority
or
in
the
minority,
but
I
refuse
to
put
hope
and
vision
and
aspiration
on
a
shelf.
D
I
will
work
every
day
to
see
it
in
human
form
to
see
it
in
policymaking,
to
see
it
in
community,
so
I'm
gonna
end
there
I
hope
we
still
have
some
time
for
some
questions,
but
the
last
thing
that
I
would
offer.
That
was
a
very
politician
thing,
I
said,
and
then
I
said
the
last
thing:
that's
what
we
do.
The
last
thing
that
I
would
offer
about
transformative
leadership
is
that
you
often
don't
know
you
are
in
it
until
you
are
in
front
of
it
right.
D
So
the
polls
I
just
want
y'all
to
understand
what
just
happened
here.
So
the
polls
had
me
down
by
13
points.
I
was
outspent
four
to
one
I
rejected
corporate
PAC
money.
We
raised
a
million
dollars
in
grassroots
donations,
but
I
was
still
outspent.
Four
to
one
I
did
not
have
the
Democratic
establishment
locally
or
nationally,
and
we
built
this
movement.
D
This
is
a
progressive
Commonwealth.
The
progressive
district
but
I
said.
Oh
no.
In
the
last
20
years,
this
district
has
changed.
The
needs
have
changed
and
given
what
is
happening
in
Washington,
the
job
description
has
changed.
What
these
times
require
is
bold
activist
leadership,
someone
that
will
movement
and
coalition
build
someone
that
will
be
a
visionary
someone
that
will
be
bold,
not
shrink,
not
play
small.
This
was
the
seat
held
by
John
F
Kennedy.
D
That
means
we
can
be
unrestrained,
unencumbered,
bold
and
innovative.
The
sea
will
never
be
represented
by
Republican,
so
a
reliable
vote
isn't
good
enough
and
I
can't
pretend
that,
because,
when
a
dark-blue
Commonwealth
in
a
dark-blue
district
that
because
people
are
voting
the
right
way
that
everything
is
a-okay
in
the
Massachusetts
oven
when
we
are
living
in
systemic
inequalities
and
disparities
across
every
outcome,
we
were
down
13
points,
dismissed,
marginalized,
discredited
and
counted
out.
They
kept
lobbying
charges
against
me
of
identity
politics.
D
Now
I
am
black
and
a
woman
I'm
pretty
cute
sue,
but
I'm
black
and
a
woman
that
is
obvious
and
unapologetically
both
of
those.
But
that
is
not
the
totality
of
my
identity.
I
am
a
wife.
I
am
a
mother.
I
was
a
caregiver
to
my
mother,
end
of
life
I'm,
an
activist
leader,
I'm,
a
policy
maker
and
I
am
a
survivor,
and
these
are
all
conflated
parts
of
my
identity,
but
they
attempted
to
marginalize
and
to
discredit
what
my
contribution
would
be,
which,
by
the
way,
is
the
only
thing
they
do.
D
D
But
I
sailed
that
to
say
that
the
analysts
counted
us
out.
The
pundits
counted
us
out.
The
experts
counted
us
out.
The
pollsters
counted
us
out,
but
I
believed
in
the
power
of
us
and
the
power
of
people,
and
so
even
though
the
polls
had
as
13
points
down
what
I
know
is
that
you
cannot
poll
transformation
and
it
is
coming
and
I
thank
all
of
you
for
being
a
part
of
it.
Thank
you.