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From YouTube: YOU Boston 2019 Summer Youth Recognition
Description
Following Summer's end, Mayor Walsh and members of the Boston community gathered at the City Year Inc, Headquarters in the South End to recognize the YOU Boston youth who participated in this years summer program. High risk and proven risk youth ages 14-24 have this opportunity to be a part of a critical summer employment program where they work on community projects.
A
A
B
All
right,
let's
take
our
seats,
wrap
up
conversations,
phones
away,
I
might
not
even
be
talking
to
just
the
teens
right
now,
but
all
right
everybody.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
This
is
why
you
Boston's
end-of-summer
celebration
event.
We
are
really
here
to
celebrate
all
the
young
people
that
participated
in
our
jobs
program.
We
started
right
around
the
fourth
of
July
and
will
be
done
tomorrow,
so
everyone
we're
not
done
yet
we're
almost
there
so
hold
it
tight
for
today.
I
want
to
thank
City
Year
for
hosting
us.
This
is
a
beautiful
space.
B
This
is
my
8th
summer
here,
so
I've
been
to
plenty
different
venues
doing
this
event,
and
this
is
one
of
the
most
beautiful
venues
that
we've
had
and
I
appreciate
them
hosting
us.
City
Year
not
only
opens
doors
to
our
young
people,
but
they
also
have
given
us
many
summer
time
supervisors
over
the
years,
so
their
alumni
Xand
their
graduates
work
with
young
people
as
our
supervisors.
B
So
I
appreciate
the
relationship
with
City
here
today
in
the
room,
I
mean
I'm
blown
away
by
the
amount
of
support
we've
received
from
city
officials,
valued
partners,
both
employment
work
sites
and
also
resources
for
our
teenagers.
It
really
just
shows
the
amazing
work
that,
while
you
Boston
has
been
doing
for
the
last
well
for
my
eight
years,
but
for
many
years
before
I've
been
here
so
I
appreciate
everyone
coming
to
support
our
teenagers
and
I
appreciate
the
young
people
themselves
as
well.
Thank
you
to
trend
win
for
also
coming
today
and
showing
her
support.
B
C
Good
morning,
how's
everybody
doing
good
I
need
a
little
more
energy
guys.
There
we
go
so
my
name
is
Carlos
Barbosa
I'm,
a
case
manager.
Why
are
you
Boston?
This
is
my
fourth
summer
here.
This
events,
always
one
of
my
proudest
moments
that
why
are
you
just
seeing
you
know
people
together
showing
love?
You
know
showing
excellence,
appreciating
all
the
hard
work
that
you
that
you
guys
have
done.
So
you
know.
C
For
me
this
is
a
sad
moment
as
well,
because
the
summer
is
ending
and
then
we
have
to
go
back
to
you
know
adjusting
our
programming
for
the
fall,
and
hopefully
we
get
to
work
with
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
you
guys,
either
in
IPS
or
just
private
sector
search
or
just
you
know
in
it
with
case
management
services,
so
I'm,
usually
the
low-key
guy
at
the
office,
not
really
the
speaker.
Anything
like
that,
so
I'm
a
little
nervous,
but
just
bear
with
me
a
little
bit.
C
So
this
summer
we
had
partners
host
our
youth
for
over
nine
hundred
nine
thousand
hours.
Our
team
sites
included
the
DCR
in
Framingham
MIP,
the
marine
industrial
park
in
Southie
Boston,
schoolyard
initiative
all
throughout
Boston
neighborhoods
such
as
Rosendale
Hyde,
Park,
East,
Boston,
Charlestown
and
South
Boston.
C
They
assisted
in
organic
farm
in
Kenton,
the
mass
horticultural
society
in
Wellesley
in
Charlestown,
Navy,
Yard
and
I
had
the
pleasure
of
going
around
to
each
not
all
the
sites,
but
most
of
the
sites
and
kinda
just
work
alongside
and
just
see
the
excellent
work
that
you
guys
have
been
doing,
especially
your
Framingham,
the
Canton
farm.
It's
a
lot
of
hard
work,
it's
hot!
You
know
I
used
to
be
a
supervisor
as
well,
just
being
out
there
five
hours
a
day,
just
picking
weeds
and
all
that.
C
C
So
our
first
speaker,
mayor
Marty
Walsh,
has
been
a
staunch
support
of
weiu
Boston
for
years.
His
involvement
within
our
program
can
be
seen
within
our
many
initiatives
which
not
only
lead
to
jobs
but
careers
for
countless
young
adults
within
our
most
underserved
communities
staff
out,
while
you
Boston,
feel
the
support
of
our
mayor
and
the
work
that
we
do,
he
believes
in
our
teens,
because
you
grew
up
in
the
same
neighborhoods
and
understands
that
we
all
need
a
helping
hand.
C
We
look
forward
to
working
with
him
tightly
in
an
upcoming
year
and
two
years
ago,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
the
mayor.
It
was
a
brief
encounter.
He
was
coming
up
the
elevator
and
then
I
he
was
walking
out.
He
just
took
my
hand,
and
it
was
a
problem
for
me
just
him
kind
of
congratulating
me
for
the
work
that
I've
been
doing
so
today.
It's
a
definitely
an
honor
to
to
welcome
our
mayor,
Marty
Walsh.
D
Thank
you
I
wonder
why
thank
thank
Carlos
for
that
introduction.
Thanks
Jonathan
I
want
to
thank
all
staff
awhile
you
for
the
great
work
you
do.
You
guys
do
amazing
work.
I
want
to
thank
I
wanna,
give
a
shout
out
to
train
as
well-trained
win
who
who
loves,
helping
people
and
that's
your
job
yeah,
that's
not
a
job,
but
that's
what
she
does
in
her
job
and
she'll
do
anything
she
can
to
make
sure
young
people
have
opportunities
to
success.
She
believes
in
second
chances
like
I.
D
Do
she
believes
in
third
chances
like
I
do
she's
in
the
fourth
fifth?
Sixth,
seventh,
whatever
many
times
it
takes
to
help.
Somebody
I
want
to
thank
her
for
her
great
work.
I
want
to
thank
my
team,
our
Tina's
chief
of
Felton
Human
Services,
as
well
for
his
great
work
in
what
I
think
Dean
will
her
and
from
from
from
the
TA
Rawlings
office
for
being
here,
Indiana
used
to
work
for
the
city,
and
then
he
left
me
and
went
over
there
and
you
know
I'm
not
taking
him
back
so
he's
stuck
over
there
now.
D
So
it's
all
right,
how's
everyone
doing
today.
You
look
wicked
serious,
like
really
that
serious.
Every
word
is
that,
like
that,
that's
a
serious
like
did
you
work
this
summer?
Did
anyone
have
anyone
have
fun
work
on
the
summer
radiated
fun?
Anyone
have
fun
cashing
a
check
this
summer
when
you
made
some
money.
Alright,
that's
what
matters!
Anyone
learning
the
new
experiences
you
had
no
idea
about
before
you
this
summer.
A
new
experience,
great
couple
notes
from
one
new
experience:
that's
all
one
person
got
new
experiences.
D
D
It's
amazing
program,
because
the
young
people
that
come
into
this
program,
a
dedicated
committed
and
a
lot
of
young
people
come
into
this
program,
sometimes
as
a
young
person
as
an
older
person,
you
have
challenges
at
home.
You
have
challenges
in
the
street.
We
have
challenging
your
own
family
and
sometimes
we
need.
When
you
leave
those
places,
you
come
to
work
and
you're
kind
of
doing
your
thing
and
you
work
with
people
that
love
you
and
care
about
you.
That's.
D
Why
I
love
this
program,
because
you
get
an
opportunity
to
see
things
that
you
might
not
have
otherwise
seen.
Boston
kids,
sometimes
we're
very
kind
of
parochial.
We
staying
our
neighborhoods,
we
stay
in
our
corners,
we
don't
we
don't
like
venture
out
to
another
neighborhood
that
often,
except
maybe
to
go
to
school.
We
stay.
We
were
comfortable
and
some
of
the
kids
that
when
you
worked
another
place,
the
parts
of
the
state.
You
came
across
kids,
that
you
know
they
experienced
life.
D
They
go
on
trips,
all
this
stuff
and
we
generally
stay
in
the
same
area.
I
grew
up
in
in
Dorchester,
I
grew
up
in
taps
tree
and
my
life
was.
My
white
life
was
like
three
blocks
to
the
left.
It
was
the
little
house
three
blocks.
It
was
across
the
street
to
the
Ryan
playground
factor.
It
was
a
triangle
that
was
my
life
little
house
buying
a
playground
in
my
house.
What
I
was
Ryan
played
on
my
house
and
we
didn't
really
measure
out
beyond
those
borders
cuz.
D
We
just
did
first
of
all
be
fighting
with
other
people
when
we
left
back
in
the
day,
but
it
was
one
of
those
play.
We
felt
comfortable
and
and
I
think
that
sometimes
we
don't
get
opportunities
that
we
really
deserve
to
get
to
see
what
the
world
is
all
about
in
all
of
you
that
are
part
of
this
proud
of
this
summer.
That
did,
while
you
work
the
summer
you
have
opportunities
to
when
you
go
back
to
school,
to
really
think
about
what
the
next
step
is
for.
You,
I
was
talking
to
some
graduates.
D
Yesterday,
I
was
talking
around
with
some
kids
that
that
interned
in
City
Hall,
that
are
college,
kids
and
what
I
said
to
them.
Life
is
a
bunch
of
snapshots,
it
makes
a
story
and
the
snapshot
is
when
you
a
little
snapshot
of
your
life.
Is
there
and
everyone,
like
everyone,
likes
out
that
period
of
when
you,
as
far
back
as
you
can
remember
to
about
ten
years
old,
it
was
fun
cuz.
You
play
the
figures
and
you
hung
out.
You
did
nothing.
D
It
was
kind
of
nice
and
easy
back
then,
and
then
you,
then
you
get
a
preteen
and
you're
kind
of
in
that
awkward
stage.
You
don't
know
what
you
do:
you're,
not
a
teenager
yet
and
you're,
not
a
kid
and
you're
in
that
area
that
you
want.
You
want
respect,
then
you
get
to
high
school
in
that
area
of
high
school.
D
Is
another
snapshot
in
your
life
and
there's
an
opportunity
in
that
snapshot
to
do
whatever
you
do
and
then,
when
you
go
to
college,
you
have
a
snapshot
of
your
life
in
college,
and
when
you
go
to
college,
you
have
an
opportunity
to
do
something
in
your
life
and
then
whatever
you
do
in
life.
After
that
it
it's
another
snapshot,
but
what
it
is.
It's
it's
a
life.
So
if
my
life
is,
my
snapshot
was
one
as
a
kid.
When
I
was
in
high
school
I,
wasn't
a
good
student
I
didn't
like
it?
D
I
didn't
like
school
at
all
this
time
of
year,
I
dread
it
this
time.
He,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
sometimes
I,
feel
really
bad
for
you
guys
something
on
me
and
I.
Remember:
let's
September,
but
I
don't
want
to
go
to
school.
That
was
a
snapshot
want
to
cop,
but
I
love,
working,
I,
love,
work
and
I
were
always
had
a
job.
I
always
worked.
D
There
were
attacks,
I
loved
I,
loved
paychecks,
a
little
getting
paid,
I
like
buying
sneakers
and
stuff
I
didn't
need,
and
then
I
went
to
college
and
I'd
quit
school
I
dropped
out
of
college,
and
that
was
a
snapshot.
I
went
to
college
for
a
semester
and
a
half
and
I
thought
to
myself.
Well:
I
wanted
to
work
construction,
so
I
left,
I
left
one
to
wear
construction
and
that's
another
snapshot.
D
How
am
I
gonna
justify
this
to
the
people
that
said,
I'll
never
go
back
to
school,
because
I
don't
want
to
look
as
a
failure
and
then
then
I
had
that
my
drinking
snapshot,
which
was
fun
at
the
beginning,
turned
really
bad
and
very
sad
at
the
end,
and
they
have
a
snapshot
of
going
into
detox
because
I'm,
an
alcoholic
and
then
I
have
a
snapshot
after
that
of
running
for
office.
The
state
representative,
in
winning
and
going
back
to
college
and
I
have
a
snapshot
of
getting
a
college
degree
at
Boston.
D
D
So
if
you
look
at
my
story,
my
story
looks
great
in
the
beginning
in
the
middle
of
stories
kind
of
blurry,
because
it's
like
what
happened
and
then
the
story
in
the
second
half
of
my
story
is
great
right
now,
I
have
challenges.
We
all
have
challenges
last
week
was
a
very
sad
week
for
me
as
a
man
but
I
have
to
you,
have
to
overcome
these
things
and
move
forward,
and
you
think
about
the
mistakes.
D
I
made
I
look
at
the
mistakes
that
I
made
weather
was
getting
arrested,
whether
it
was
being
a
blackout
whether
it
was
putting
myself
in
situations.
I
shouldn't
have
put
myself
into
would
I
be
here
today,
as
the
mayor
talking
to
you
guys,
ladies,
if
I
didn't
have
that
opportunity,
your
life
is
your
life
is
full
of
snapshots,
but
will
you
have
an
opportunity
to
really
do
something
special,
your
life?
You
have
an
opportunity
to
take
your
life
into
a
direction
that
you
wanted
to
go.
D
D
59M,
you
did
community
service
projects
to
help
our
city.
What
you
did
is
you
helped
whatever
community
service
project,
you
did
give
me
a
cert.
What
who
did
work
for
me
a
service
write
it.
Somebody
in
this
room
worked
to
me
service
projects.
What
do
you
do
in
the
city?
Anyone
do
it
with
cradles
to
crayons.
What
do
you
do
this
summer.
D
You
bagged
that
backpacks
and
stuff.
Was
it
backpacks
pause?
No,
what
were
they
for
yeah?
So
you
helped
a
family,
you
don't
even
know
you
helped
the
little
kid
that's
probably
homeless
right
now
that
is
wearing
clothes.
That
might
be
second,
third,
fourth
hand-me-down,
and
you
help
them
to
be
able
to
put
on
a
new
shirt
or
new
new
new
pair
of
jeans
or
new
pairs.
Whatever
the
flock
socks,
whatever
it
is,
you
did
you
help
that
family
not
even
eyes,
and
you
help
the
homeless
family.
What's
another
service
project.
D
Would
you
do
this
summer?
What
do
you
work
training?
Would
you
at
the
farm,
would
you
frame
him
bill
picnic
tables
were
they
for
in
Framingham
or
national
mine?
So
you
help
people,
families
that
are
gonna
go
out
that
can't
go
to
fancy
restaurants.
I
might
wanna,
have
a
picnic
in
a
parking
and
parts
to
enjoy
to
that
deaf
families
face
all
the
things
you
did.
You
did
something
that
helps
other
people
this
year.
Think
about
that.
For
me,
that's
well.
It
wasn't
work.
It
was
work
obviously,
but
it
was
work
for
someone
else.
D
A
D
Do
would
you
do
this
summer
and
the
farm
who
didn't
work
on
the
phone?
If
you
didn't
work
on
the
farm,
raise
your
hand
right
third
row
right
there?
What
would
you
do
landscape?
Would
you
landscape?
Was
it
fun?
Are
they
clean
am
I
getting?
It
am
I
getting
in
trouble
opening
day,
saying
landscape,
it's
horrible?
Alright!
So
you
did.
You
did
work
that
helped
other
people
all
that
stuff
is
really
important.
Eighty
one
percent
retention
rate,
meaning
eighty
one
percent
now
teen
percent
of
the
young
people
that
saw
this
program
left.
D
Do
you
think
they
had
a
good
summer?
They
hung
on
the
couch
they
played
Xbox
or
whatever
they
did.
They
hung
in
the
corner.
They
didn't
earn
any
money.
Do
you
think
they
regret?
Maybe
some
of
them
might
regret.
We
should
have
stayed
it's
an
opportunity,
so
you
all
had
an
opportunity
took
revenge.
The
opportunity
when
I
congratulate
you
for
that.
This
stuff
is
important.
What
you're
doing
here?
How
many
of
you
are
in
high
school,
for
example,
what
any
seniors
ready
anciens?
Well,
you
go
to
college
next
yeah.
D
What
do
you
want
to
go?
Be
you?
Where
else
give
me
now,
the
college
only
as
a
college
hand
I've
seen
you
who's
the
senior
man.
It's
our
hand
up
there.
What
you
want
to
go
to
college
construction
after
high
school
over
here
give
me
an
somebody
somewhere,
you
want
to
go
to
college
bc,
go
Eagles,
anyone
else,
how
many
any
college
students
here.
D
What
do
school
you
looking
forward
to
going
back
in
September,
it's
fun
right,
different
than
high
school,
any
other
college
students
here
where
you
going
Bunker
Hill,
it's
fun,
isn't
it
different
than
high
school
different
learning,
different
experiences?
You
have
opportunities
with
those
opportunities,
it's
completely
different,
but
you
have
to
keep
your
mind
focused
on
your
key
to
keep
move
forward.
What
you
did
this
summer,
you're
part
of
the
81%
of
state.
The
19%
drops
just
like
high
school
there's,
a
percentage
that
drops
every
year
10%
to
15%
they
drop
when
they
drop.
D
D
You
need
to
be
able
to
work
with
people
and
understand
how
it
works
when
you
go
to
call
it
same
thing,
there's
opportunities
here
so
I
just
want
to
I,
didn't
really
come
in
to
preach
to
us
or
if
I
did
I
just
want
to
say
I'm
very
proud
of
this
program.
I
want
to
thank
the
staff.
I
want
to
thank
the
young
people.
How
many
of
you
have
a
dream?
Do
you
want
to
do
when
you
graduate
high
school
college?
Who
wants
to
do
something?
D
E
D
Well,
skew
right
there
and
lady
yeah.
What
would
you
do?
Pre-Med,
that's
a
good
one,
who
else?
Who
else
give
me
an
idea?
Oh
yeah,
behind
it
yeah
all
right
then
give
me
an
idea.
Come
on
construction
when
I
was
in
high
school
I
had
an
idea.
I
wanted
to
be
in
politics
like
no
one
has
an
idea
what
they
want
to
do.
What
do
I
do
and
act
I
like
it,
who
else
who
else.
D
All
of
the
professions
that
were
given
to
me
just
just
said
can
happen.
They
can
happen.
I
have
a
friend
of
mine
who
worked
for
the
City
of
Boston
neighborhood
services.
He
quit
his
job
one
day
and
he
says
I
want
to
go
to
Hollywood
I
want
to
become
an
actor
I
thought
he
was
out
of
his
mind.
His
name
is
Kevin
Chapman
and
he's
on
TV
shows
today.
I
have
friends
of
mine,
that
said,
they're
gonna
be
doctors
and
they
went
to
pre-med
and
they
became
doctors.
D
I
have
friends
of
mine
that
wanted
to
wear
construction
that
are
now
running
construction
companies.
All
of
those
things
are
obtainable.
I
have
football.
You
said
you
want
to
be
a
football
player.
You
got
to
work
hard.
You
work,
how
you
never
know.
I
just
read
a
book
about
Julian
Edelman
right
Julian
was:
it
was
a
quarterback
in
college.
D
D
It's
easy
to
quit
quit
is
quit
quit
I
quit
I'm
out.
That's
easy
to
do,
but
you
want
to
follow
your
dreams.
It's
hard
to
put
your
work
in
to
follow
your
dreams,
everybody
in
this
room
who
has
a
job
or
was
working,
how
to
love
their
job.
They
had
they
had
to
follow
their
dreams.
I
want
to
see
you
all
of
you
in
this
room,
be
successful.
I
want
to
see
you
run.
Companies
I
want
to
see
you
in
public
office
I
want
to
see
you
write
for
the
newspapers.
D
I
want
to
see
you
taking
care
of
people.
I
want
to
see
you
all
building
buildings.
I
want
to
see
you
doing
things,
that's
what
you
have
to
do.
That's
what
this
is
all
about.
Why
am
I
here
today,
I'm
here
today,
because
I
was
asked
to
come
because
I've
come
to
this
every
single
year
and
every
year
I
do
a
little
bit
of
different
speech,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
the
message
is
the
same.
D
Whatever
your
dream
is,
and
everyone
in
this
room
has
a
dream,
even
though
even
you
said
I,
don't
you
want
to
yet.
You
may
not
know
this
second,
but
you
know,
and
you
had
kind
of
what
you'd
like
to
do
down
the
road
you
might
want
to
drive
a
nice
car.
You
might
want
to
live
a
nice
house.
You
might
want,
have
a
pool
in
your
backyard.
You
might
want
to.
You
know
chill
out
you
might
want
to
ever,
but
you
have
to
work
to
get
the
F
that
you
have
to
follow.
D
What's
gonna
get
me
to
that
goal,
you
follow
your
dreams,
follow
your
dreams.
Last
message,
I'm
gonna
say
he
talked
about
being
an
alcoholic.
I
didn't
wake
up
one
day
and
I
was
an
alcoholic.
I
woke
up
one
day
and
I
went
to
a
party
and
I
drank
a
beer,
I
drank
two
and
three
and
four
and
five
and
I
spilt
about
six
of
them
and
then
over
time,
I
built
up
I
liked.
D
It
thought
it
was
fun
and
all
the
time
that
that
drinking
fun
thing
turned
into
a
disaster
thing
because
I
was
blacking
out,
which
means
I
didn't
know.
Who's
going
on,
I
was
doing
things,
I
never
would
have
done
when
I
wasn't
drinking,
it's
called
progression
and
that
drink
and
took
me
to
a
detox
that
detox
took
me.
The
walk
to
a
place
I
didn't
want
to
be
I
was
I,
was
in
a
place
with
drug
addicts
and
alcoholics
that
wasn't
that
I
had
a
plan.
D
My
plan
was
shot
was
gone
and
I
realized
in
that
program.
I
didn't
go
there
to
stop
drinking
I
went
there,
so
people
would
say
to
me
all
you're,
a
great
guy.
You
told
you
go.
You
got
helpful.
Your
problem
I
think
gold
yeah,
that's
what
I
want
too
any
call.
They
start
drinking
well,
I
got
there
I,
listen
to
something
somebody
said
so
I'm
like
wait
a
second.
He
said
something
they
can
under
understand
and
when
I
got
out,
I
did
what
I
supposed
to
do.
D
What
they
told
me
to
do,
and
then
I
was
running
for
me:
I
mean
run
if
a
state
rep
year
and
a
half
later
reason
why
I
bring
that
out
to
you
if
you
smoking,
weed
that
weed
that
one
joint
leads
to
a
second
third.
Fourth,
fifth,
one
that
one
pill
leads
to
a
needle
that
needle
in
that
pill
in
that
bottle
leads
to
a
death
incarceration.
It
leads
somewhere.
D
You
have
opportunities
to
change
all
that
if
you
have
friends
that
are
struggling
talk
to
somebody
talk
to
them
and
talk
to
somebody
else.
If
you
are
struggling
and
you're
like
I'm
struggling
I,
don't
know
what
I
want
to
do.
You
might
have
seen
it
in
your
kitchen.
You
might
have
seated
in
your
house.
You
might
have
said
this.
D
I'm,
never
gonna,
do
what
I
experienced
myself,
because
I
said
that
and
you're
doing
the
same
thing:
nip
it
in
the
butt
right
now
talk
to
one
of
the
while
you
folks
at
here
talk
to
one
of
the
peoples
room
grab
me
grab
somebody
in
this
room
grab.
My
friend
Diaries
right
here
was
an
amazing
story.
He's
my
friend
I've
known
him
for
a
long
time.
His
story
is
crazy.
We
have
two
different
stories:
they're
both
kind
of
nuts,
but
today
we
love
each
other
and
we
love
the
people.
D
We
work
with
every
day
so
don't
be
afraid
to
reach
out
to
people,
because
you
see
the
impacts
of
drug
and
addiction
what
it
means
to
people
everyone
drives
by
in
Boston.
You
know
when
Molina
and
masses
you
see
the
people
out
there
do
you
think,
do
you
think
they
woke
up
one
day
and
said
I
want
to
spend
the
rest
of
my
life,
putting
a
needle
in
my
sleeping
on
the
sidewalk.
You
think
they
did
that.
D
Do
you
think
any
one
of
them
said
this
is
my
goal
in
life
to
be
an
addict
or
an
alcoholic.
It
wasn't
my
goal
so
just
make
sure
as
you
move
forward
here,
did
you
think
about
what
your
future
is
think
about
what
you're
doing
if
you're
caught
up
in
stuff?
That's
nonsense
on
the
street
think
about
it.
Talk
to
somebody
satisfy
at
the
time
I
made
some
bad
decisions.
I
made
bad
decisions,
I'm
standing
in
front
of
you
today,
as
the
mayor
of
Boston
I
made
bad
decisions.
D
I
made
really
bad
decisions,
but
I
always
had
somebody
around
me.
They
could
talk
to
and
at
first
they
don't
want
to
talk
to
them.
They
don't
know
anything
about
me,
but
just
reach
out.
Thank
you
for
working
this
summer
hope
you
had
a
good
day.
Hope
everyone
smiles
a
little
more
as
the
day
goes
on.
It's
beautiful
out
all
right
and
I'm
done
talking.
Thank
you.
B
B
For
that,
so
next
I
will
call
up
one
of
our
valued
partners:
Danielle
Drummond,
we
wouldn't
have
the
same
summer,
had
mass
mentoring
and
Danielle
not
been
a
vital
part
of
what
we
did
again
a
minute
while
you
Boston
for
a
bunch
of
summers.
What
we
really
tried
to
do
this
year
was
go
outside
the
work
sites
and
give
young
people
experiences
around
expanding
their
minds
a
little
bit
and
the
workshops
with
Danielle
were
certainly
those
so
Danielle.
G
Good
morning,
everyone
all
right
so
first
I
want
to
bring
you
greetings
from
our
executive
director,
Lilly
Mendez.
Unfortunately,
she
was
unable
to
make
it
this
morning,
but
she
wanted
to
send
her
congratulations
to
the
young
people
as
well
as
a
heartfelt
thank
you
to
all
of
our
partners
in
this
work.
G
So
over
the
summer
we
were
privileged
to
be
able
to
be
partnered
with
y-o-u
Boston,
the
city
of
Boston,
as
well
as
my
brother
keeper
initiative,
and
it
was
through
an
Obama
Foundation
grant
that
really
asked
us
to
think
about
how
we
could
layer
mentoring
on
top
of
the
services
that
y-o-u
Boston
was
already
providing
for
young
people.
So
throughout
this
summer
we
conducted
a
series
of
workshops.
We
talked
with
our
young
people
about
the
role
that
mentoring
could
play
in
their
life.
G
G
We
also
talked
with
them
about
the
importance
of
cultivating
a
really
important
social
network
right
and
social
capital
and
how
that
helps
us
move
throughout
the
world
during
that
time,
as
young
people
do,
they
challenged
me
and
they
forced
me
to
think
deeper
and
to
think
about
they
said
listen,
mis-advice
is
great.
A
mentor
is
great,
but
I
need
a
mentor
and
I
need
advice.
That's
rooted
in
my
reality.
G
I
really
understand
that
the
most
impactful
time
that
I
spent
with
the
young
people
this
summer
was
a
time
when
I
had
community
members
come
in
and
to
share
their
stories.
That
was
really
the
time
that
I
got
to
see
the
young
people
come
alive,
and
that
was
a
time
when
young
people
were
able
to
start
to
see
themselves
in
the
future
right.
The
potential
of
what
could
be
so
I
watched
as
people
from
the
Office
of
Health
and
Human
Services
came
in
volunteered
their
time.
G
In
terms
of
how
stories
that
they
shared
with
them,
touch
them
and
impacted
their
life.
They
were
able
to
see
that
people
who
walked
in
their
same
neighborhoods
went
to
their
same
schools,
navigated,
the
same
challenges
and
struggles
as
they
had
had
been
successful
and
that
impact
cannot
be
overstated.
I'm
so
incredibly
grateful
to
those
people,
those
mentors
in
our
community
who
spent
that
time
with
our
young
people.
It
was
incredibly
powerful
to
be
able
to
see
you
there
and
also
to
see
that
the
young
people
stayed
connected
with
you
afterwards.
G
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
of
the
young
people
took
numbers
down
and
made
sure
that
they
connected
with
these
folks
who
could,
at
another
point
in
their
life,
be
a
mentor
to
them.
I
want
to
just
take
time
also
to
think
the
y-o-u
staff
members,
your
commitment,
your
passion,
your
energy,
your
positive
energy
that
you
brought
into
the
space
every
day.
We
would
not
have
been
able
to
conduct
any
of
those
workshops
without
that
level
of
support.
G
There
are
many
days
when
it
was
hot.
We
had
difficult
times
on
the
worksite
right,
but
we
still
came
in
and
those
supervisors
brought
an
energy
to
that
room.
They
brought
a
positivity
to
the
young
people
and
they
continued
to
motivate
them
in
that
space,
and
that
was
incredibly
inspiring
for
us
to
see
to
my
young
people.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you,
you
are
a
joy
I
enjoyed
you
so
very
much.
It
was
such
a
pleasure
to
be
with
you
during
those
times
that
we
met.
G
I
just
want
to
remind
you
of
what
we
talked
about
in
our
sessions,
which
is
that
you
are
not
going
to
wake
up
every
day
and
feel
motivated
and
ready
to
go
right.
There
gonna
be
days
when
you
wake
up
and
you're
tired.
There
gonna
be
days
when
you
wake
up
and
all
of
the
challenges
of
life
are
gonna,
feel
overburdensome
and
they're
gonna,
be
on
your
mind
and
you're
gonna
feel
like
you.
G
Just
don't
want
to
do
it,
but
in
those
moments,
I
hope
that
you
realize
that
life
still
demands
of
us
that
we
show
up
and
that
we
be
our
best
self
and
it
still
demands
of
you
that
you'd
be
great.
So
in
those
moments,
how
do
we
find
the
motivation
to
keep
ourselves
moving
when
we
don't
want
to
get
up
and
go
to
school
when
we
don't
want
to
get
up
and
go
to
work?
G
Who
can
share
their
stories
with
us
and
help
us
to
remember
and
to
realize
that
we
are
not
the
some
of
our
mistakes
right
and
that
there's
always
an
opportunity
to
do
better.
I
want
to
just
leave
us
to
think
about
the
fact
that
I
want
all
of
us
in
this
room
to
think
about
this
as
a
call
to
action
to
mentor.
Looking
at
the
impact
that
folks
in
the
community
can
have
on
young
people.
Looking
at
the
fact
that
our
young
people
are
excited
about
being
with
adults
in
their
space.
G
We
all
have
stories
that
we
can
share
with
our
young
people,
and
we
all
have
pros
of
wisdom
that
we
can
leave
them
with
our
young
people
are
asking
for
this.
Our
young
people
need
us
and
there's
tons
of
organizations
in
this
room.
There
are
tons
of
community
members
in
this
room
and
I
know
that
for
many
of
us
many
of
us
this
is
not
just
a
job.
I
can
say
that
I've
seen
several
of
our
young
people
all
over
the
city
since
I've
conducted
those
workshops.
G
This
is
not
something
that
you
leave
from
9:00
to
5:00.
These
are
our
young
people
who
are
in
our
city
growing
every
single
day
and
they
need
our
love
and
support
consistently.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
partners
from
making
this
an
incredibly
productive
summer.
I
want
to
thank
our
young
people
for
bringing
that
50%
we
talked
about.
5050
will
bring
the
curriculum,
but
you've
got
to
bring
that
energy
and
you've
got
to
participate.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
Danielle
again
walking
into
this
room,
seeing
all
the
different
agencies
that
are
here
to
support
us.
You
know
college
bond
or
Chester's
here
the
Boston
building
trades
are
here:
Boston
Public,
Schools,
Suffolk,
big
House
of
Corrections
and
plenty
more
that
I
haven't
named,
but
we
had
to
pick
one
to
give
a
special
award
to
for
this
summer.
Celebration
I,
couldn't
think
of
anyone
more
deserving
of
this
he's
sitting
up
front
with
us
now,
but
rasam
Peters
works
for
Brigham
and
Women's
go
ahead.
A
You
first
and
foremost,
first
and
foremost,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
thank
you
for
the
home
for
the
world
and
even
being
thought
of
in
that
way.
So
thank
you.
That
means
a
lot.
I'll
begin.
I'll
begin
to
start
off
our
first
connected
world,
while
you
Boston
it
was
maybe
six
to
seven
years
ago,
when
I
was
a
bcy
up
street
worker
I
worked
in
various
neighborhoods,
such
as
Roxbury
South,
End
in
Dorchester,
I
utilized
and
built
a
relationship
with
many
of
the
staff
by
sending
referrals.
A
I'm
gonna
fast
forward
to
maybe
four
years
ago
when
I
became
a
violence.
Recovery
advocate
I,
Brigham,
Women's,
Hospital,
I
work
with
patients
and
families
are
these
experienced
community
violence
such
as
assault,
stabbing
shootings
and
even
homicides,
I'm
very
humble,
going
to
work
and
leaving
also
very
appreciative
of
the
encounters
that
I
make
at
the
hospital
hospital
I
meet
patients
and
families,
sometimes
on
a
bad
day,
sometimes
on
the
worst
days
of
their
lives.
A
For
me,
it's
an
opportunity
to
add
value
through
difficult
times
over
the
past
four
years,
while
you
Boston,
has
Brigham's
VRP
program
as
a
prize
and
especially
and
I
especially
appreciate
the
response
of
a
referral
and
I.
Send
it
to
you
guys
while
you,
while
you
staff,
will
reach
out
to
clients
within
48
hours
and
will
meet
clients
where
they
add
whether
it's
in
the
office
and
the
school
and
the
community
centers,
even
in
the
hood.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
Pat
and
think
certain
zone
staff
for
that,
while
you
staff
is
visiting
myself
and
patients
even
at
the
hospital
and
showing
them
that
they
will
be
supported
in
any
capacity
one
discharged
Brigham's
medical
staff
has
a
chance
to
interact
with
a
lot
of
them.
While
you
stop
and
lets
them
know
that
their
valued
and
they
think
the
world
of
them,
while
you
Boston,
has
supported,
be
wh.
A
Community
referrals
in
all
aspects,
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
a
lot
of
the
staff
Christian
jmag
Azon,
ruby,
Malik,
Pat,
Shirley,
Mallory,
Carlos
Chauhan.
Anybody
else
that
I've
miss
some
of
the
bcy
have
street
workers
that
have
helped
out
with
this
maria
Dennis
Meeks
Jamal,
and
a
big
shout
out
to
my
man,
Ricky
grant
Devon
I
would
say
my
director
Josh
McNeil,
and
also
the
Louis
D
Brown
Peace
Institute.
A
And
last
but
not
least,
I
want
to
thank
the
young
adults
and
the
families
who
I
put
trust
and
confidence
in
me
to
connect
them.
While
you
are
other
resources
and
opportunities,
also
those
that
asked
for
that
opportunity
and
was
ready
when,
while
you
reached
out
please
my
last
thing,
I'm
will
each
leave
y'all
wait.
Please
watch
out
for
the
distractions
and
remember
that
you're
always
being
watching
people
accountable.
Thank
you.
H
So
good
morning,
good
afternoon,
guys
thank
thank
you
all
really
for
being
here.
I
was
gonna
write,
something
down
I'm
like
let
me
just
let
this
accent
just
go
with
the
flow.
All
right,
hey
I,
really
want
to.
Thank
you
honestly,
I
see
so
from
so
many
familiar
faces
that,
for
me,
it
really
made
me
feel
really
good
about
what
I'm
doing
people
that
inspire
me.
People
that,
thanks
to
them,
I'm
here
doing
what
I'm
doing
so.
H
These
guys,
being
more
than
a
friend,
that's
my
brother
over
there,
and
that's
really
the
reason
everywhere.
I
go
I
said:
hey
and
I
won't
stop,
saying
and
I'm
doing
what
I'm
doing,
because
he
put
me
in
this
position
and
he
believed
in
me.
He
gave
me
an
opportunity
knowing
that
I
need
help.
I
was
at
Utah
base,
I
am
from
Bayamon
Puerto
Rico
I
would
never
forget
you
an
automation
that,
and
it
was
not
easy.
We
have
a
program
like
these
guys.
Every
time
I
talk
to
you,
I,
let
you
know
the
same
thing.
H
H
See
Cedric
Rock
I
see
so
many
staff
that
pass.
Why
are
you
that
honestly
I'm
really
happy
to
see
all
you
guys
here?
It
means
a
lot.
I
was
surprised
when
Jonathan
told
me
you're
gonna
stay
in
the
firm
like
you're
crazy,
with
this
accent.
You're
gonna
have
me
to
talk.
You
know
guys
at
the
beginning,
I
was
so
afraid
to
stand
from
so
many
people.
Now
it's
not
that
I
don't
care.
You
know
who's
Christian,
that's
what
I
do
I
just
tried
to
get.
You
know
my
job
is
to
get
it
done.
H
H
And
the
best
part
of
everything
was
the
young
people.
That's
the
part
that
I
really
enjoyed
the
most.
You
guys
make
the
difference.
All
I
asked
you
to
do
you
guys
got
it
done.
I
asked
you
to
do
the
curriculum,
I'm.
Sorry,
it's
needed!
Everybody
got
it
done.
I
asked
you
guys
to
come
every
day
to
work.
Get
the
work
done.
You
guys
were
there
I,
never
missed
a
check.
I!
Think
everybody
got
paid
on
time
right
guys.
Why
are
you
so
low?
This
is
a
family
I,
don't
know
you
gotta
understand.
H
This
is
really
a
family.
These
people
to
hear
that
they're
so
important
right
now
in
the
city-
and
they
put
this
on
the
calendar
to
be
here
so
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you.
I
wish
I
can
mention
all
my
partners,
but
from
Lena
Park
warren
jr
be
cyf
Boys
and
Girls
Club
south
bay
house,
everybody
sing
here,
I
wanna
say
thank
you
for
taking
time
being
here
honestly.
Why
are
you
stuff?
H
We
are
here
with
the
mayor
today,
but
yesterday
we
were
ourselves
displaying
in
that
court.
Do
we're
not
gonna
go
to
the
bath
I
have
my
phone
is
being
I'm
not
going
to
age,
but
it's
been
so
long
since
I.
Don't
have
fun
like
that.
I
honestly,
I
feel
really
tired,
but
you
guys
make
that
you
guys
really
have
staff
having
fun
when
we
got
you
working
on
summer.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
that
be
safe.
H
B
Dang
I'm
really
glad
you
didn't
write
anything
down,
cuz
that
crushed
good
job
Christian.
The
last
speaker
before
we
wrap
up
is
probably
the
most
important
one.
It's
always
my
favorite
when,
when
a
young
person
is
able
to
work
up
the
courage
to
come
up
here
and
speak
in
front
of
all
these
people,
Jonathan
of
course,
I
remembered
his
name,
because
it's
the
same
as
mine,
but
I
appreciate
you
doing
this
so
come
on
up
man.
F
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Jonathan
and
Morin
I'm
15
years
old
and
I'm
from
Boston
Massachusetts
I
currently
live
in
Dorchester.
With
my
mom
and
my
two
sisters
and
in
the
fall
I'll
be
a
sophomore
ACC.
Another
Costa
College
in
High
Point
this
summer,
I
had
the
privilege
of
working
my
first
job
out.
While
you
Boston
I,
was
working
at
Framingham
DC,
our
works
at
the
Kuwait
State
Park.
F
Our
job
for
the
summer
was
to
help
build
handicapped,
accessible
picnic
tables
for
the
park
prior
to
working
this
summer,
I
didn't
know
anything
about
building
picnic
tables.
Once
I
found
out
this
world,
be
our
job.
I
was
eager
to
learn.
I
was
on
a
team
with
seven
other
coworkers
and
we
all
had
different
jobs.
My
job
was
to
operate.
The
table
saw
so
I
can
cut
different
pieces
of
the
wood
that
was
needed
from
tabletops
and
leg
pieces
to
cross
beams
and
benches
to
sit.
F
There
then
learning
how
to
build
tables
I've
learned
several
soft
skills
that
would
help
me
in
the
work
place.
High
school
and
college.
For
instance,
I've
learned
how
to
be
punctual,
I've,
developed
great
communication
skills
and
how
to
effectively
be
a
part
of
a
team
I
want
to
give
a
huge
shout
out
to
my
team
for
being
there
since
day,
one
try
and
answer
offer
building
legs,
Nathan
and
Tyrell
for
assembling
tabletops
and
tries
for
constructing
their
Hall
together.
F
I
would
also
like
to
shout
out
Kevin
from
DCR
for
teaching
us
and
allowing
us
to
use
his
tools.
He
even
let
us
personalize
tables
with
our
artistic
expressions
as
a
treat
at
the
end.
Because
of
the
efforts
of
my
team
and
guidance
of
Kevin.
This
was
a
fun
summer
because
it
was
not
born
and
consistently
kept
me
on
my
toes
working
out.
While
you
I've
learned
that
you
should
always
save
your
money,
because
you
can't
tell
the
future
and
saving
money
can
help
you
on
the
road.
Even
if
something
goes
wrong.
F
B
Thank
you
very
much
and
I'd
like
to
thank
city
councilor,
Aneesa,
sabi
Joyce
for
joining
us
as
well.
Thank
you
very
much
before
we
continue
here.
What
I'm
gonna
do
is
give
a
shout
out
and
recognize
my
staff.
So
while
you
Boston,
as
stated
earlier,
our
numbers
keep
going
up
number
of
young
people
that
are
placed
number
of
internships
and
we
doing
it
with
a
little
bit
less
staff.
So
everyone
has
been
really
busting
their
butts
for
the
last
year
and
I
want
everyone.