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A
A
I
can't
get
away
that
easy,
so
there
will
not
be
evaluations
tonight,
but
I
will
send
out
in
the
next
couple
days
an
online
evaluation
like
an
exit
evaluation,
so
it'll
be
a
little
bit
comprehensive,
won't
be
too
long,
but
if
you
guys
could
all
just
if
the
participants
could
just
fill
those
out
and
send
it
back
to
me,
that
would
be
wonderful,
so
keep
your
eyes
on
your
mailbox.
You'll
be
getting
a
little
eep
parcel.
I,
don't
know
whatever.
A
So
I
would
like
to
welcome
everybody,
so
welcome
participants.
Welcome
partners,
welcome
friends,
welcome
families
welcome
little
ones,
so
this
is
I
have
to
say.
So.
This
is
the
end
of
the
class
that
we've
all
been
together
for
the
past
ten
weeks
and
I
have
to
say
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
I
am
a
little
bit
bummed,
because
this
class
has
been
phenomenal
to
work
with
this.
A
It
always
blew
me
away
that
this,
the
the
participants
in
this
class.
You
know
they
get
one-on-one
time
with
thority,
executive
directors
with
city
government
or
city
department,
directors
and
assistant
directors
and
staff
that
are
really
you
know,
calling
the
shots
for
the
city
and
this
class
had
no
problem
with
asking
the
really
tough
questions
which
I
felt.
A
That
was
really
really
awesome
because
it
wasn't
like
it
came
from
a
good
place
because
it
wasn't
that
they
were
asking
questions
for
themselves,
but
they
were
asking
questions
for
the
good
of
the
whole
city
and
for
their
neighbors
and
for
people
who
may
not
be
able
to
ask
those
questions.
So
it's
very
impressive
to
see
a
group
of
community
leaders
really
come
together
and
and
do
that
on
behalf
of
the
whole
city,
and
that
to
me
is
what
makes
civic
engagement.
A
Civic
engagement
is
using
your
voice
and
where
you
are
and
your
opportunities
to
help,
not
just
yourself,
but
so
you
know
bring
up
the
whole
your
neighbors,
your
friends,
your
family
people,
you've
not
even
met
or
know
to
make
it
a
better
place
and
the
other
question
that
people
asked
all
the
time
was:
how
can
we
get
this
information
out?
So
I?
A
Don't
know
if
many
of
you
are
aware,
but
they
the
the
class,
has
to
do
a
project
in
every
Civic,
Leadership
Academy,
and
so
this
class
chose
to
pursue
a
small
inter
intimate
gathering
of
a
few
people
psych.
It
was
like
three
hundred
people
showed
up
last
night
for
the
hello
neighbor
dinner.
I
was
a
huge
success
and
you
know,
even
if
the
people,
not
everyone,
was
able
to
make
it,
but
everyone
contributed
in
some
way
to
the
idea.
A
You
know
hashing
out
how
this
idea
was
going
to
work,
that
you
know
this
class
knew
that
they
wanted
to
get
the
information
that
they
were
learning
out.
So
you
know
from
the
very
beginning
that
the
first
small
group
it
grew
into
this
wonderful,
wonderful
project.
They
did
the
art
project,
which
is
on
display
outside
I.
So
thank
you
sandy
for
coordinating
a
lot
of
that.
That
was
awesome.
A
We
they
also
put
the
pamphlet
together,
which
is
amazing
that
pamphlet
is
really
gaining
traction
in
the
city.
I
have
a
lot
of
people
in
the
mayor's
office
and
in
different
city
departments.
Contacting
me
to
get
some
more
information,
so
Thank
You,
Pat,
Thank,
You
Barry.
Thank
you,
everyone
that
was
on
that
committee
and
that
CLA
did
that
on
their
own.
So
everything
that's
in
the
pamphlet
and
there's
some
available
just
outside
on
the
table.
A
Everything
in
that
was
written
by
you
all,
and
so
that's
what
you
learned
and
that's
what
you
are
gonna
share
with
the
city
and
I
want
to
thank
ty
and
Roy
you'll
hear
from
them
later
this
tonight.
The
fearless
leaders
of
this
group,
for
you
know
it's
a
I
know
it
can
sometimes
be
a
little
bit
like
herding
cats
when
you're
when
you've
got
a
lot
of
passion
in
one
room
and
everyone
wants
to
contribute
and
they
did
a
wonderful
job.
They
were
graceful,
they
were
inclusive
and
it
was
just
it
was
just
a
dream.
A
A
Just
so
and
again,
I
just
want
to
recognize
also
everyone
who
wasn't
able
to
attend
the
event.
This
is
a
huge
commitment
to
give
up
two
and
a
half
hours
of
your
lives
for
11
weeks
and
I
know
that
this
is
just
the
beginning,
though,
for
you
all
I
can
tell
by
your
energy
I
can
tell
by
where
your
hearts
are
that
this
is.
A
You
know
we
got
the
passport
to
Pittsburgh
out
last
night,
but
this
is
just
the
beginning
of
where
you
guys
are
going
to
take
that,
and
you
know
really
sore
giving
it
out
to
your
neighbors,
taking
it
to
your
local
libraries,
making
sure
it's
available
and
to
end
that.
Oh
sorry,
I
know
I'm
drowning
on
I.
Just
don't
want
it
to
end.
A
Civic
engagement
is
at
the
heart
of
this
class
and
it
is
really
the
key
to
a
successful,
inclusive
and
productive
City,
and
each
of
you
are
truly
a
model
of
that.
You
guys
come
from
25
neighbourhoods,
nine
council
dish,
all
nine
council
districts.
Four
of
you
have
served
our
country
as
veteran
or
as
in
the
armed
forces,
and
our
have
veteran
status.
Seven
are
Americans
that
have
come
from
other
countries.
You
make
news
letters
for
your
neighbors.
You
are
you,
as
a
group
are
involved
in
hundreds
of
activities,
events,
organizations
nonprofits.
A
I'm
sorry,
I'm
sorry,
my
bad
yeah
or
if
you
moved
here
from
another
country,
another
state,
another
city
or
if
you're
a
gum
Vander
like
Nancy,
who
left
for
a
while
and
came
back
to
Pittsburgh
leaders
like
you
are
in
part
or
an
important
part
of
this
city's
growth,
and
you
guys
truly
are
the
future
of
Pittsburgh
and
I
cannot
wait
to
see
what
you
all
do
next.
So
with
that,
I
would
like
to
pass
this
off
to
one
of
my
personal
heroes.
Chief
Valerie,
McDonald,
Roberts
Valerie
is
a
model
of
civic
and
political
engagement.
A
She
has
served
as
an
elected
official
in
a
few
capacities,
including
on
school
board,
where
she
served
as
president
and
as
the
first
black
woman
to
be
elected
to
the
Pittsburgh
City
Council.
She
now
serves,
as
the
chief
urban
affairs
officer
to
Mayor
William,
Pitino
and
I
would
like
to
invite
her
to
come.
Speak
to
you
all
tonight.
B
He's
too
gracious.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
It
is
always
a
pleasure
to
be
before
the
CLA
graduating
class
or
the
introductory
class,
a
very
first
one
back
in
2014
when
we
reinvigorated
the
CLA
class
I.
Remember
speaking,
and
we
were
in
mayor
Peduto
x'
conference
room,
we
were
squeezed
all
in
there,
but
it
just
was
very
impressive
to
see
people
that
really
really
want
to
be
civically
engaged
and
want
to
know
what
the
heck's
going
on,
how
in
the
world
this
the
city
flows.
What
what
is
the
house
and
authority
to
parking
authority?
B
What
is
this
planning
department
and
what
do
they
do
so?
What
I
do
in
the
mayor's
office
and
what
he
called
me
from
the
county
I
was
minding.
My
own
business
in
the
county.
I
was
I
was
okay
in
the
county
right
and
he
called
me
over
and
said
you
know:
I
want
you
to
work
for
me
in
the
city
and
I
want
you
to
basically
head
up
the
Bureau
of
Neighborhood
Empowerment.
What
is
that
and
and
I
said
why?
B
So
three
different
unions-
and
that
gave
me
the
experience
of
what
it's
like
to
actually
manage.
You
know
it's
one
thing
to
pontificate
at
the
table:
it's
another
thing
to
implement,
so
what
you
all
have
experienced
is
a
little
bit
of
both.
You
all
have
been
exposed
to
the
policy
aspect
of
how
this
city
manages
the
entire
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
you've.
Also
gotten
the
experience
of
implementation,
that's
executive
action.
You
have
gotten
both.
B
This
CLA
class
is
actually
effectuating
what
it's
like
to
take
be
any
Bureau
of
Neighborhood
Empowerment,
B&E
out
of
the
fifth
floor
and
into
the
neighborhood
on
to
the
streets
in
your
communities
in
your
places
of
worship
in
your
schools
in
your
homes.
This
is
what
the
mayor's
vision
is
all
about
is
to
not
just
empower
from
the
fifth
floor
from
the
mayor's
office
or
from
City
Council.
B
But
for
you
all
to
be
a
participant
of
your
own
empowerment,
and
the
first
thing
about
empowerment
is
knowledge
is
to
know
how
things
work
to
be
able
to
know
who
to
contact
how
to
contact.
What
are
the
issues?
Molly
said,
you
ask
the
hard
questions.
I
love
hard
questions
because
it
keeps
us
on
our
toes
as
well,
so
you
all
have
been
have
an
experience
and
it
took
me
years.
It
took
me
a
few
decades
to
get
and
y'all
got
that
so
I
want
you
all
to
be
the
B&E
yeah.
Okay,
Valerie's.
B
B
B
B
The
point
I
know
you
all
want
to
get
your
certificates
and
and
and
also
thank
you.
Parents,
grandparents,
aunts,
uncles,
whomever
who
brought
the
children,
because
children
need
to
feel
that
they
actually
belong
to.
Most
children
are
never
exposed
to
downtown
that,
let
alone
the
city
county
building.
They.
You
may
think
that
they're,
young
and
they're
not
gonna,
remember
no.
They
know
I
took
my
children
in
the
voting
booth
when
they
were
babies,
I
had
them
in
my
arms
every
election.
That's
nothing
y'all,
better
vote
twice
a
year!
B
Okay,
if
you're,
if
you're
a
party
registered,
that's
twice
a
year,
if
you're
an
independent,
registered
it's
once
a
year
but
get
in
there
and
vote
each
and
every
election,
so
important
right
now,
so
very
important,
so
vote
in
each
and
every
election,
but
I
took
my
children
in
as
babies.
So
congratulations
on
the
children
being
here
to
be
exposed
and
to
understand
to
know
that
these
beautiful
walls
is
the
sort
chamber
is
not
foreign,
it
becomes
comfortable.
B
They
need
to
be
comfortable
coming
to
City
Council
comfortable
speaking
at
that
microphone
comfortable
walking
around
and
that's
what
you're
building
up.
So
congratulations
on
that.
Congratulations
for
all
of
your
commitment!
What
is
it
two
and
a
half
hours?
What
is
that,
almost
thirty
hours
at
a
long
time?
That's
almost
a
full
week!
That's
a
fool!
That's
a
full
week's
pay
right
there!
B
B
Just
like
Gandhi
said
be
the
change
you
want
to
see
be
the
change
you
want
to
see
and
grow
the
community
and
and
be
the
community
that
you
want
to
grow.
You
have
to
show
how
it
grows.
This
is
how
it
looks
so
you
be
that
role
model
as
you
move
forward.
Congratulations,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
me
to
speak
to
you.
A
B
A
B
A
A
C
B
A
C
A
A
A
A
A
All
right
now
it
is
my
distinct
pleasure
to
welcome
our
two
class
representatives
up
to
speak
to
the
class
for
the
families
and
friends
and
who
are
here
tonight.
The
class
represents
Arabs.
Sorry,
the
class
elects
two
representatives
to
sort
of
take
lead
in
the
class
project,
and
this
year
we
had
two
wonderful
examples
of
civic
engagement
and
leadership
with
the
fall
2017
class.
So
I
would
like
to
first
invite
up
Tyrone
palchik.
D
D
D
It's
a
reawakening
of
cultures
and
diversity
in
this
town
and
it's
doing
big
part
to
the
mayor's
agenda
and
his
focus
on
inclusion,
which
is
just
amazing.
We
had
an
exclusive
look
at
all
the
workings
and
new
programs
and
new
departments
and
met
with
all
the
new
people
that
are
in
charge
in
making
the
city
more
diverse,
more
inclusive,
more
technically,
savvy,
more
clean,
more
green
and
more
beautiful,
and
we
from
the
top
down
it's
been
excellent
to
meet
with
directors
and
assistant
directors.
D
That's
really
something
special
for
sure,
so
we're
all
all
a
part
of
a
special
alumni
group
of
community
leaders,
innovators,
organizers
and
neighbors.
Hopefully,
what
we
learn
we
can
take
to
the
community
and
do
our
best
to
do
better
in
our
community.
Our
network
is
going
to
be
very
essential
to
echo
what
Valerie
said
for
the
midterm
elections,
it's
vital
that
we
take
what
Pittsburgh's
seeking
and
take
it
to
the
whole
nation
and
try
to
include
everyone
and
do
a
better
job
at
getting
the
leaders
in
there
that
we
need
that
care
about
everyone.
D
The
America
I
know
is
alive
and
well
in
this
group
with
diversity,
community
charity
and
unity,
team
unified,
that's
us
and
strength.
We
can
keep
this
country
and
city
on
the
right
track,
progressing
in
the
right
direction
in
which
every
person,
no
matter
where
they
come
from
or
what
their
culture
is,
is
included.
We
can
help
each
and
every
person
become
what
they
want
to
be
and
give
opportunities
to
everyone
in
the
city.
D
That's
what
America
stands
for
I
know,
that's
what
it
stands
for
for
me
and
for
the
first
time
and
I've
only
lived
in
Pittsburgh
for
seven
years
for
the
first
time,
I
feel
like
Pittsburgh's,
going
down
the
same
road
that
I
go
down.
I
didn't
ask
for
this
leadership
role
and
I
know
a
few
of
you
out
there.
Thinking
I
couldn't
wait
to
get
up
here
and
speak,
but
that's
not
true,
but
I
didn't
shy
away
from
it.
My
father
taught
me
that
you
don't
need
credit
as
a
leader.
D
My
mother
taught
me
that
if
you
do
get
credit
to
be
humble
and
they
both
shared
with
me-
that
you
pass
that
credit
to
the
people
in
the
trenches
that
did
all
the
work
and
so
the
Pat's
on
the
back
and
the
handshakes
can
all
happen
behind
me,
because
the
success
of
the
projects
and
the
class
is
accolade
enough
for
me.
So
without
a
few
great
team
players
and
participants
and
visions,
the
class
project
never
would
exceed
and
I'll
be
honest.
Personally,
it
was
working
with
everybody.
D
From
the
amazing
group
of
ladies
that
were
that
that
wrote
edited,
contributed
design,
polished
and
completed
our
beautiful
passport
to
Pittsburgh
I.
Can't.
Thank
you
all
enough
for
doing
that.
Please
everybody
there's
plenty
of
copies
out
front.
Take
them
to
your
communities,
they're
for
you
CLA.
We
did
for
you
they're
yours,
to
take
the
city's
gonna
budget
in
a
million
more
I
guarantee
it
right.
We'll
talk
to
mr.
Hill
about
that
later
to
the
translators.
D
We
can
expect
the
passport
to
be
translated
in
Spanish
and
Chinese
thanks
to
a
few
people
in
the
class
and
other
languages
down
the
line.
So
that's
going
to
be
fantastic
to
see
that
also
besides
recognizing
your
hard
work,
I
guarantee
as
alumni
you're
gonna,
be
charged
with
other
significant
undertakings
after
this
you'll
be
a
resource.
The
city
cannot
be
without
that's
obvious,
how
bad
they
need
translators
so
for
our
artist
extraordinaire,
she
was
great
and
for
all
the
people
that
came
together
to
help
source
our
materials
and
supplies
through
donations.
D
D
I
don't
want
to
drone
on
either
I
made
this
too
formal,
but
to
the
ones
under
the
did
the
side
product
schematics
and
who
mapped
out
and
ran
with
the
other
ideas
that
we
did
with
the
event
thanks
for
working
with
me.
So
we
could
make
your
ideas
happen
at
the
event
so
that
we
could
do
as
much
of
what
people
wanted
to
do
in
the
class.
D
Thanks
for
working
with
me
to
get
that
done,
the
tour
guides
the
translators,
the
welcomers,
the
general
staff
last
night's
event
was
a
success
for
CLA,
so
I'm
very
proud
of
everyone
here,
I,
look
back
and
I'll
be
honest,
I'm
glad
it's
over.
It's
been
a
lot
of
work,
but
at
the
same
time,
I'm
sad,
like
Molly
I
would
like
it
to
go
on
there's
so
many
other
other
departments.
I
want
to
hear
from
and
I
want
to
spend
more
time
with.
All
of
you.
D
Everyone
in
the
CLA,
your
participation,
your
help
and
to
echo
Molly
the
questions
we
put
the
screws
to
a
couple
departments,
and
that
was
that
was
it
that
was
amazing,
I'm
I
can
remember
even
the
URA,
which
was
a
great
presentation.
We
we
hit
him
pretty
hard
and
the
police
bureau
yeah
that
guy
got
taken
down.
D
Definitely
PWSA
I
think
everybody
leveled
an
attack
against
PWSA.
So
thank
you
for
that,
but
that's
what
makes
the
Civic
Leadership
Academy
a
special
force
to
me.
We
stay
true
to
the
public
viewpoint.
We
ask
questions
that
matter
to
us
seeking
answers
that
we
need
to
know
for
ourselves
and
for
our
neighbors.
It
is
those
hard
questions
asked
unsuspectingly
that
forced
the
truth
to
come
out
and
affect
change
change.
We
want
and
need
to
Roy
Blankenship,
my
friend
and
my
partner
from
day
one
at
the
CLA
right
back
there
in
that
room
back
there.
A
E
E
E
She
gave
me
the
idea
a
long
time
ago,
as
far
as
unifying
things
and
getting
people
together
and
and
being
out
there
in
the
community
to
help
and
I
sort
of
took
off
with
that,
there's
a
little
something
I
kind
of
wrote
together
enough.
E
First
off
I'd
like
to
thank
the
mayor's
office
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
and
reaffirm
you,
president
Bruce
counts
I
mean
Bruce,
coughs,
state
representative,
Jake
Wheatley.
All
of
these
people
would
like
help
refer
me
as
meeting
them
in
the
community
and
doing
passionate
things
once
I
became
a
part
of
civic
leadership.
I
met
Molly,
which
she
was
just
like
one
of
those
welcoming
type
of
people
that,
even
though
I
was
scared,
it
made
me
feel
like
hey.
I
could
be
myself
in
this
room,
and
all
of
you
guys,
you
made
me,
feel
very
welcome.
E
This
course
has
given
me
the
ability
to
enlighten
my
fellow
residents
and
dispel
the
perception
of
what
what's
working.
What's
not
working,
what's
not
possible
in
the
duties
of
the
city
and
government.
They
wouldn't
know
that
they
didn't
have
to
necessarily
complain,
because
when
we
act
as
complainers,
no
actions
actually
getting
done.
Yes,
we
do
have
a
city
that
supposed
to
delegate
the
jobs
to
their
employees,
but
also
as
citizens.
We
must
take
part,
and
this
information,
I
learned
in
this
class
was
needed
to
move
forward.
E
With
my
growth
in
the
community,
I
mean
the
city's
growth
it
needs
for
people
to
learn
what
we
know
here.
I
mean
we
have
to
get
out
and
sort
of
venture
out
into
the
city
and
and
and
get
everybody
outreach
is
the
thing
we
can
no
longer
afford
to
be
stuck
twittering
and,
and
the
disconnect
is
what's
killing
our
society
in
order
to
unify.
We
don't
have
to
disconnect,
but
we
must
form
I
reach
our
hand
out
in
exactly
to
the
next
person,
I
moved
to
Pittsburgh
in
1989,
13
years
old.
E
My
father's
there
dead
and
I
could
say:
I
felt
like
an
immigrant
I,
moved
to
a
city
from
sunshine
and
all
of
that
and
hurricanes
snow
blizzards,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
people.
Ask
me
like.
Why
are
you
trading
sunshine
for
snow?
You
know,
but
machetes
sort
of
grew
on
me.
I
knew
nothing
about
this
city.
Actually,
besides
that,
it
got
a
great
football
team
distillers
and
the
Penguins,
and
it
was
a
city
of
Champions
and
identity,
was
that
it
was
a
city
of
hard-working
people.
You
know.
E
My
through
that
growth
in
the
city,
I
learned
us
I
learned
that
and
I'm
sorry,
through
my
growth
in
the
city,
I
learned
that
as
long
as
you're
willing
to
to
do
for
yourself
and
try,
there's
always
somebody
watching
and
willing
to
reach
out
a
hand
to
help
you
and
I
love
that
about
this
city.
That's
why
I've
told
family
in
Florida
and
I'm
home
I'm,
pretty
much,
never
going
back,
there's,
no
and
and
and
then
I
grew
with
I
would
say,
like
more
impassioned
I
felt
like
I
had
still
in
my
blood.
E
You
know:
I
just
knew
that
this
city
is
what
its
it
is.
As
far
as
a
diverse
place,
there
are
rivers
everywhere,
there's
bridges.
We
have
to
understand
that
these
bridges
are
the
bridges
that
we
can
travel
to
build
whatever
I
dreams
desire,
because
there's
always
somebody
on
the
other
side
of
each
bridge.
That
knows
just
enough
now,
I
am
separately
just
certified.
I
can
truly
I
could
truly
help
my
family,
my
neighbors
and
my
community.
A
lot
of
that
stuff,
I
started
doing,
but
now
I
do
it
with
the
knowledge
and
it
fits.
E
My
knowledge
fits
my
passion
and
any
of
you
in
attendance.
That's
not
or
have
not
done
it
I'd
appreciate.
If
you
did
sign
up
or
please
refer
someone
I
mean
or
teach
someone,
especially
the
youth
I,
think
the
mayor's
should
think
about
engaging
youth
in
this
teach.
Some
kids,
we
all
where
we
all
know
that
our
future
is
in
the
children,
my
children,
that
they
will
be
civic
leaders.
E
E
We
are
unifying
ourselves
and
we
must
remain
unified
as
a
part
of
our
class
project.
We
decide
to
create
a
document
that
would
be
a
resource
to
anyone
who
visits,
moves
or
lives
in
our
city.
It's
called
a
Pittsburgh,
Passport
I
got
mine,
make
sure
you
get
yours,
Hank
I,
don't
want
it
to
be
over
in
closing,
I
want
to
thank
all
my
fellow
civic
leader,
classmates.
E
E
A
A
C
A
I,
remember
I'm.
Sorry,
I
just
want
to
give
it
a
big.
Thank
you
really
fast
bill
bill,
Lamar
from
the
Department
of
innovation
and
performance
in
the
city
channel,
who
was
with
us
for
all
eleven
weeks
filming,
and
this
will
be
available
for
your
viewing
pleasure
I
will
send
out
an
email
when
that's
thing,
but
thank
you
Bill.
So
much.