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A
A
The
location
of
this
meeting
is
evan
easer
baptist
church
2001,
wiley
avenue
pittsburgh
PA,
1,
5,
2,
1,
9
bill
number,
22,
13
resolution
establishing
the
city
of
Pittsburgh's,
all
in
cities,
Leadership
Forum
bill
number,
22,
14
resolution
recognizing
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis
and
bill
number
22,
15
resolution
establishing
the
all-in
city's
investment
fund.
That
concludes
the
reading
of
the
legislation
for
topic
tonight.
Thank
you
and
have
a
great
day.
B
C
B
For
the
record
I'm
joined
today
by
councilmember,
Daniel,
LaValle
and
other
council
members
will
be
joining
us
shortly.
First
of
all,
we
will
give
you
a
brief
presentation
to
set
up
what
we're
going
to
be
discussing
this
evening.
I
was
born
and
raised
here
in
Pittsburgh
I
spent
all
of
my
professional
life
working
as
a
pastor
professor
politician
here
in
my
hometown.
I
was
married
here
and
raised
my
children
here.
I'm
a
Pittsburgher
through
and
through
I
bleed
black
and
gold.
B
Yet
numerous
reports
have
knocked
me
at
the
fact
that
Pittsburgh
has
a
problem
with
institutional
racism,
the
devastating
effects
upon
its
african-american
residents.
Despite
this
fact,
I
still
love
my
city
and
I
also
believe
with
all
my
heart.
Pittsburgh
is
greater
than
racism
in
order
green
gator,
greater
clarity.
First,
we
need
a
accurate
understanding
of
racism.
B
Racism
is
often
viewed
as
an
action
performed
by
individuals,
but
even
if
we
got
rid
of
all
of
America's,
prejudiced
individuals,
racism
with
still
existent
systems,
they
built
systematic
racism,
writer
denene,
Desmond
Harris
explains
refers
to
how
racial
disparities
operate
in
major
parts
of
u.s.
society,
the
economy,
politics,
education
and
more
racism.
In
other
words,
isn't
just
someone
using
a
racial
slur,
it's
also
poor
schooling
and
predominantly
black
and
brown
neighborhoods.
B
The
racial
wealth
gap,
housing
discrimination,
mass
incarceration,
police
killings
of
unarmed,
black
and
brown
people
higher
infant
mortality
rates
for
people
of
color
and
unequal
access
to
health
care
is
becoming
apparent
that
racism
is
a
health
crisis
in
the
United
States
systemic
racism
is
embedded
in
society
and
it
has
a
determining
effect
on
the
lives
and
health
outcomes
of
people
of
color.
Those
who
experience
racial
discrimination
are
more
likely
to
suffer
from
chronic
diseases
of
premature
death.
B
These
health
related
issues
in
Iraq
with
and
are
reinforced
by
other
products
of
systemic
racism,
such
as
income,
inequality,
educational
disparity,
housing,
discrimination,
mass
incarceration,
violence
and
unequal
access
to
health
care.
Racism
is
a
public
health
crisis
because
it
risks
the
health
and
well-being
of
all
citizens
and
causes
destruction
at
a
social
and
economic
level.
B
Racism
is
also
killing
african-americans
in
Pittsburgh
and
as
an
immediate
public
health
crisis.
America's
most
livable
city
is
also
the
least
livable
city
for
african-americans.
Recently,
the
cities
of
Pittsburgh
gender
equity
Commission
issue
report
title
its
first
inequality
across
gender
and
race.
According
to
its
finding
this
bridges,
black
residents
could
move
to
almost
any
other
US
city
of
comparable
size
and
have
a
better
quality
of
life.
B
The
report
found
that
compared
to
those
in
similar
cities,
black
women
in
Pittsburgh
faced
higher
rates
of
maternal
mortality
and
poverty,
along
with
lower
rates
of
employment
in
college
readiness,
black
men
faced
higher
rates
of
occupational
segregation,
homicides
cancer
and
cardiovascular
disease
in
subsequent
interviews,
juanita.
How
at
University
of
Pittsburgh,
sociologists
who
worked
on
the
report
said
our
report
empirically
validated
that
Pittsburgh's
racism
is
not
only
alive
and
that
more
extreme
than
most
cities.
Firmly
this
year,
the
sea
of
Pittsburgh
pass
legislation
declared
itself.
B
An
all
in
City
Department
hit
will
soon
have
to
submit
reports
detailing
how
their
budgetary
decisions
further
equity
within
city
government
and
an
internal
equity
implementation
team
is
being
established.
Moreover,
City
Council
has
now
created
and
fulfilled
and
and
filled
a
full
time.
Equity
policy
analysis
position
which
helps
to
Shepherd.
This
work
through
city
government
and
also
engages
with
the
public
include
the
all
in
Pittsburgh
coalition.
B
This
work
is
being
fast-tracked
as
the
city
is
now
receiving
training
from
Gere
governmental
and
Federation
equity
to
better
embed
racial
equity
within
city
government
operations
and
decision
making
as
an
all
in
city.
We
city
council
in
the
mayor's
office,
will
continue
the
work
of
racial
justice
of
racial
justice,
equity
and
inclusion.
We
will
continue
to
coordinate
governmental
activities
as
the
city
and
its
authorities
implement
a
five-point
agenda
in
the
Equador
development.
The
path
to
an
all
in
pittsburgh,
one
raise
the
bar
for
new
development
to
make
all
neighborhoods
healthy
communities
of
opportunity.
B
Three
explain:
employment
and
business
opportunities,
three
embed
racial
equity
through
Pittsburgh's
institution
and
businesses,
and
five
build
community
power
voice
and
capacity
for
Pittsburgh
to
be
a
livable
city.
We
must
come
together
and
prioritize
racial
justice
and
racial
reconciliation.
Today
we
begin
the
conversation
about
the
pre
additional
pieces
of
racial
justice
legislation
as
part
of
the
all
n
cities
agenda.
One
declaring
racism
of
public
health
crisis
in
Pittsburgh
to
establish
an
all
NCS
leadership
council
to
coordinate
the
city's
response
to
the
crisis.
B
Three
established
the
ONC
s,
capital
funds,
reduce
racism,
harmful
effect
in
Pittsburgh's
african-american
communities.
In
conclusion,
it
is
clear
that
racism
is
a
public
health
crisis
in
the
United
States
and
an
immediate
and
urgent
crisis
here
in
Pittsburgh,
but
I
believe
our
country
is
greater
than
racism,
I
believe
our
city
greater
than
racism
and
this
City
Council
is
greater
than
racism
find
the
lead
of
Milwaukee
and
Madison
Wisconsin.
We
can
become
one
of
the
first
cities
in
the
country
to
declare
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis.
B
So
with
the
passage
of
the
proposed
legislation,
we
begin
to
publicly
confront
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis,
coordinate
the
city's
responses
to
the
problem
of
racism
and
commit
sufficient
resources
to
eradicate
racism.
As
a
reverend
dr.
Martin,
Luther
King
jr.,
said
the
prescription
for
the
Cure
rests
with
an
accurate
diagnosis,
diagnosis
of
the
disease.
Thank
you
very
much
now
that
frames
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
today.
We
thank
those
who
participated
or
attended
the
post
agenda
meeting
this
afternoon
at
1:30.
B
We
are
grateful
for
the
all
in
coalition,
who
was
at
the
most
agenda
and
minute
members
are
here
even
tonight,
and
so
with
that
I
think
we
are
ready.
Now
what
happens
is
I'm
going
to
call
at
least
two
names
when
I
call
two
names?
The
first
speaker
comes
to
the
podium.
The
second
speaker
will
come
behind
her
when
or
him
and
then
when
they
sat
down
sit
down.
I
will
call
the
next
two
speakers,
so
there
will
be
always
two
or
three
people
in
line
that
is
the
fastest
way
to
do
this.
B
B
Don't
see
either
one
of
you
here
so
that
will
be,
and
these
are
three
minutes
there
will
be
a
three
minutes.
I'm,
not
sure.
If
there
are,
how
will
the
clerk's
office
will
signal
you
in
terms
of
how
your
minutes
are
going
all
right,
so
we
have
work,
fredley,
senior
follow-up
by
Marcia
portal.
So,
after
the
end
of
three
minutes,
if
you're
hearing
you
did
not
sign
up
you'll
be
given
a
minute
to
calm
it,
so
everybody
here
will
have
time
to
comment.
B
F
E
Famous
mark
Brentley
senior,
Foreman
elected
member
for
16
years
and
I
live
on
the
north
side.
Well,
let
me
then
say
for
the
record:
I
am
opposed
to
the
process.
Counselor
the
african-american
community
is
early
and
when
we
come
here
to
not
be
able
to
share
our
comments
and
be
limited
to
three
minutes
ears
and
Sultan.
Secondly,
as
as
an
elected
body
here,
we
can
talk
about
racism,
but
we
are
actually
no
life
council
member
has
inspected
me
enough
to
be
here
on
time
here.
My
concern
no
more
excuses.
E
We
have
other
community
meetings
and
we
had
other
obligations.
It
is
unacceptable,
it
is
unacceptable,
and
so
it
begins
to.
Let
me
know
that
where
are
we
going
with
this?
Is
this
just
another
dog
and
pony
show
I
am
concerned
councilman
with
the
title
this
all
in
City
frightens
the
heck
out
of
it
every
time
it
comes
time
to
address
issues
of
the
african-american
community,
there's
a
big
umbrella
name,
and
so
all
up
under
the
umbrella
is
the
LT
GD
P
Q.
The
people
here.
Save
the
environment
saves
with
no
conditions
of
black
people.
E
Does
what
it
should
be
focused
on
that
funds
should
be
the
african-american
investment
fund,
us
our
kids,
our
children.
We
can
no
longer.
We
can
no
longer
do
this
and
I
get
so
angry
and
upset,
because
I've
been
here
prepared
to
statement
afraid
to
read
it
because
in
the
middle
I'm
gonna
be
scolded
for
going
over
three
minutes:
father
of
five
six
grandkids
watched
and
varied
more
kids,
but
when
we
come
to
tell
you
about
our
pain
and
I
want
her,
we
got
to
squeeze
it
into
three
minutes.
E
I
am
so
disappointed
in
that,
but
I
will
try
to
share
just
a
couple.
Minh
I
made
some
suggestions.
Mr.
president,
members
of
counseling
I've
made
some
suggestions
that
I
hope
that
you
would
accept
for
the
last
eight
or
nine
months
for
the
unfortunate
reason,
I
had
the
opportunity
watching
a
lot
of
your
media.
Sometimes
the
racism
extends
beyond
the
obvious
thing.
Sometimes
it's
about.
We
don't
even
feel
like
we're
part
you
know,
I
took
you,
know,
forced
and
fired
by
the
city.
Hey,
do
you
know
what?
E
You
three
minutes
is
up
there
and
then
you
get
a
cornea
to
try
to
go
back
and
go
through
things.
So
some
of
the
suggestions
that
I'm
encouraging
council
council
members
would
do
when
I
made
the
comment
early
on
about
her
coming
here.
I
called
the
city
clerk
to
get
the
details
about
it
as
she
said
that
there,
so
you
couldn't
send
notices
on
what
the
community
should
know
about.
This
is
all
important.
She
said
you
only
see
those
a
lot
a
couple
days
and
hit
a
family
only
send
it
to
the
post
with
it.
E
If
it
is
an
African
American
issue
send
to
all
African
American
social
service
agencies
even
include
the
Pittsburgh
quarry,
the
only
African
American
newspaper
news.
Secondly,
I
had
asked
before
about
the
opportunity
for
us
to
look
at
issues.
You
know
look
at
issues
with
it
and
beyond
the
big
stuff,
I
mean
what
we're
doing
here
is
great,
but
good.
Take
a
while
there's
some
small
low-hanging
fruit
that
we
can
begin
to.
You.
B
F
D
D
Obviously,
I'm
60
years
old
and
I've
seen
Pittsburgh
I've
seen
how
Pittsburgh
come
down
I
see
the
racism
I
see
it
might
I
have
a
daughter
who
graduated
from
Perry
high
school.
She
is
in
the
military
she's
a
nurse
practitioner
learnt
going
back
to
school
to
be
a
nurse
practitioner.
She
tells
her
mom
I
will
never
ever
come
back
to
Pittsburgh
and
this
is
her
home,
and
so
the
only
I
found
out
about
this
meeting
at
my
mother's
house.
D
She
went
through
her
mouth
she's
too
sick,
so
I
have
to
take
care
of
her
and
I
was
going
through
her
mouth
and
I
found
this
letter
and
I
said
well.
How
come
I
didn't
get
a
letter
like
this
and
that's
why
I
said
by
the
grace
of
God
I
found
out
about
this
meeting
through
that
letter
and
my
mother's
house
communication
I
bet
half
of
the
Northside
people
where
I
live
that
did
not
get
a
letter.
Do
not
know.
What's
going
on
at
this
point
in
time.
Look
at
this.
D
There
should
be
more
people
in
here.
I'd
know:
East
Liberty,
the
Hill
District,
the
Manchester,
the
North
Side
south
side.
There
should
be
more
people
communication
and
it
takes
us
two
to
reach
out
and
bring
people.
I
brought
my
husband
and
my
brother
and
over
the
years
I've
seen
our
communities,
our
black
communities,
the
people
leave
and
never
come
back,
say
they're
never
going
to
come
back.
Our
housing
is
horrible,
I
ride
up
and
down
the
street
and
all
I
see
is
dilapidated
housing.
D
B
Thank
you
very
much.
We
have
Kimberly
Howard's,
followed
by
Joseph
Farnham
Kimberly.
Are
you
here
Kimberly?
Are
you
here
to
see
no
Kimberly
Joseph
pardon
followed
by
Sharon
Monday?
If
you
would
come
for
either
one
of
you
here,
we
have
Joseph
Parnell
partum,
followed
by
Sharon
Mundy,
either
one
here.
If
not,
we
have
Reverend
dr.
Sharon
Higginbotham,
followed
by
Frank
Coleman
Reverend.
Are
you
here,
Frank
Coleman?
Are
you
here?
H
I
I
Remember
that,
because
I've
been
working
as
a
minute,
I've
been
working
as
an
administrator
for
the
art
world
for
so
long
I
forget
that
I'm,
an
artist
myself
I'm
originally
from
Homewood
and
I,
chaired
a
black
art
stuff
and
that's
what
I
want
to
talk
about
because
racism,
that's
all
economics,
if
you
don't
have
the
cash
so
so
far,
and
the
Black
Arts,
Festival
and
I'm
talking
about
for
Rhonda
and
then
I
talked
about
harambe
I'm,
not
talking
about
any
particular
person.
I
I'm
talking
about
the
Harambee
society,
then
that
started
back
down
in
the
50
I
mean
the
sixties.
Women,
the
black
bars
festival,
started
up.
You
see,
so
what
we
have
to
do
racism
in
this
city
from
these
people,
economic
development
for
my
community
and
we're
in
the
middle
justification
that
you
know,
needs
black
people
to
feel
as
though
that
the
community
is
important.
You
know
that
I
talking
about
where
our
community
is.
Our
community
is
not
important
at
all
to
us
and
white
people
trying
to
move
up
there.
I
Big
time
you
know
we
need,
and
they
have
us
contending
on
government
money
to
be
able
to
survive
because
I
kept
anonymous
structure
doesn't
work.
So
we
know
all
of
that
so
Harambee
itself
to
correct
all
of
that
is
creating
the
economic
base
for
to
arts
and
culture
to
hurt
the
people
who
are
under
control
right
now
have
a
Haram
be
assigned
as
the
Ujima
organization
and
Eugenia
me
is
a
third
possible
father
and
I
hope
everybody
show
up.
You
know
where
black
people
work
together
collectively
and
take
responsibility
for
the
matter
of
black
lives.
I
B
I
B
Right
we
have
river
Michelle
Ellison.
Are
you
here
followed
by
Killeen
right
here?
I'll
get
you
up
your
Frank,
your
yeah
I'll
get,
you
is,
is
Michelle
Ellison
here
there
you
go
Michelle
Ellison
colita!
Are
you
here?
Alright?
If
you
come
and
stand
behind
her
you're
next
and
then
mr.
mr.
mr.
Cole,
but
if
you
won't
be
after
him?
Okay
in
that
order,
you
can
start
off
with
your
name
and
your
ever
and
remember.
Three
minutes
goes
by
very
quickly
start
through
the
name
and
neighborhood.
B
D
K
K
D
D
K
D
A
major
machine
that
was
in
operation
here
that
we're
dealing
with
we're
also
dealing
with
the
police
department
and
profiling
that
has
been
taking
place.
I
met
with
the
governor's
office
a
while
back
as
part
of
BiPAP,
and
it
came
out
in
the
meeting
by
the
police
academy,
the
state
police
academy
that
they
would
hopefully
curriculum
from
full
municipalities
of
the.
B
L
Yes
good
evening,
thank
you
all
fellow
members
of
this
birth,
City
Council
I
have
something
I'd
like
to
defer
to
the
first
of
all
gone
through
formalities.
My
name
is
Patrick
Raheem
I
live
13:26
chef,
Phyllis
Street
from
the
community
of
Northside
and
the
neighborhood
of
Manchester.
That
being
said,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
suggesting
and
proposing
the
above
title
series
of
legislation,
specifically
Bill's
2019
2020
to
13
2014
and
2015
respectively,
at
this
particular
juncture
in
the
history
of
Pittsburgh,
especially
as
it
relates
to
race
relations
in
the
status
of
black
people.
L
Here
within
our
city,
racism
is
indeed
a
public
health
crisis,
but
we
must
be
clear
in
our
fundamental
analysis
of
social
ills,
so
as
touka
scribe
the
correct
for
most
appropriate
solutions.
The
prices
is
not
racism
in
general,
but
the
racism
which
is
empowered
through
the
phenomenon
known
as
white
supremacy.
If
we
misdiagnosed
the
basis
of
our
crisis,
we
will
invariably
come
up
with
inappropriate
solutions.
So
many
of
you
know
I
represent
the
people's
campaign
for
reparations
in
black
self-determination
and
I
also
represent
an
independent
black
political
party,
directed
Independence
Party.
L
One
of
the
things
that
we've
here
that
we're
very
clear
about
when
we
deal
with
educating
ourselves
and
educating
our
community
is
a
difference
between
racism
and
white
supremacy.
So
we
say
we
believe
in
abolition
and
the
dismantling
of
white
supremacy,
which
are
the
structures
de
systems
in
institutions
which
legitimize
can
power
and
prepare
to
ideas,
ideals
and
practices
of
white
racial
superiority.
L
Racism,
on
the
other
hand,
is
a
attitude,
belief
and
behavioral
predisposition,
based
on
notions
of
racial
superiority
and
or
inferiority
the
racism
of
whites,
is
only
significant
because
of
white
supremacy,
so
I
think
it's
being
moved
forward.
We
need
to
be
very
clear
that
we're
not
just
here
to
fight
a
battle
against
racism,
as
some
amorphous
type
of
dysfunction,
we're
here
to
dismantle
white
supremacy
in
all
this
shapes
forms
and
fashion
system
structures
and
institutions.
L
That
is
the
only
way
that
this
particular
type
of
legislation
will
be
able
to
have
any
type
of
medical
significance
to
the
black
community.
If
not
we're
going
to
be
here
for
another
10
years,
as
sister
Barbara
sighs,
we
will
see
it
walking
in
circles
in
terms
of
solutions.
We
strongly
recommend
and
advocate
for
reparations
to
be
distributed
to
blacks
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
as
a
prelude
to
the
actual
distribution.
L
We
are
demanding
a
formal
apology
from
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
than
a
full
disclosure
of
any
and
all
institutions
which
have
done
it
fitted
from
and/or
participated
in
the
transatlantic
slave
trade
in
the
Jim
Crow
era.
We
support
the
creation
of
an
investment
fund
based
upon
those
findings
and
discoveries
as
to
basis
for
the
initial
contributions.
We
also
support
the
creation
of
our
cities,
Leadership
Forum,
that
is
inclusive
or
the
various
segments
within
Pittsburgh's
black
community,
especially
the
youth,
low-income
and
working
class
people,
noxious
professionals
and
academics.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
M
M
Both
that
I
believe
I
was
discriminated
with.
One
was
a
job
that
I'm
I
filed
with
the
EEOC
and
they
did
some
sort
of
alleged
investigation.
They
never
contacted
me
or
anything
like
that.
So
after
ten
months,
I
the
only
contact
was
a
email
stating
something
but
I
could
file
a
charge.
I
questioned
her
many
times
about
the
investigation.
She
never
contacted
me
asked
me
any
questions,
but
it
went
in
a
direction.
I
didn't
expect.
M
M
They
didn't
know
me,
but
yet
they
had
unfortunate
attitude
toward
me
and
once
again,
I
filed
a
complaint
which
I'm
waiting
that
for
them
to
get
back
to
me,
and
let
me
know
the
situation
but
I
used
the
debate,
my
friends
about
racism
in
Pittsburgh,
because
they
constantly
would
talk
about
things,
but
I
remain
neutral.
Would
until
recently,
when
I
see
how
it
affected
me,
because
both
times
it
involved
Caucasian
that
situations
that
I
didn't
understand.
M
N
So
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
you
guys
created
this,
for
my
name
is
Sherman
Hopson
up
on
the
Hill
District
I've
been
anticipated
for
five
years.
I'm
rich
is
born
and
raised
in
Harlem,
and
so,
as
far
as
the
racism
goes,
I
was
raised
with
people
who
were
like
really
into
the
community.
So
the
only
thing
about
this
situation
with
us
is
that
we
don't
have
a
commune.
You
don't
have
a
community,
because
the
community
consists
of
the
elders,
the
youth
and
then
the
babies
right.
N
So
at
this
point
in
time
that
all
we
have
is
the
elders
and
the
babies
have
to
leave
this
hurt
you
over
the
youth
because
they've
taken
a
youthful
way.
Most
of
the
youth
is
already
incarcerated
or
on
character,
petty
stuff,
so
they're
not
involved.
Most
of
them
are
not
involved
in
the
meetings
that
are
involved
in
the
situation,
so
we
don't
have
no
one
to
bring
the
babies
through
the
gap
so
most
of
the
situations
that
are
creative,
creating
for
the
next
generation.
N
But
how
can
the
next
generation
know
what
to
do
with
it
if
they
can't
reach
the
elders,
beginning
the
wisdoms
and
so
on,
what
to
do
with
it?
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
you
have
to
structure
the
community
to
be
in
a
real
community,
because
most
of
our
communities
aren't
community.
There's
situations
right.
N
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
need
that
we
need
to
used
to
be
involved
when
we
need
to
use
to
bring
the
energy
in
order
for
us
to
be
able
to
effectuate
to
have
the
youth
be
able
to
know
what
to
do,
but
the
situation
when
they
get
it,
whether
it's
redevelopment,
whether
is
we
program
and
whether
it's
retraining,
whatever
it
may
be
right.
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
loans
we
won't
have
a
community.
It's
gonna
be
hard
to
even
effectuate
any
plan.
That's
how
I
feel
about
it.
Thank.
B
D
G
D
In
Pittsburgh
on
my
life
currently
was
lining
the
region
square
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
discrimination
that
goes
on
in
corporate
corporations.
I
was
discriminated,
my
working
and
one
of
the
major
corporations,
and
it
was
Rachel
and
I
did
try
to
so.
I
did
file
a
complaint
and
the
EEOC
did
hear
my
complaint,
but
nothing
was
never
done
about
it
and
it
was
a
guy
that
worked
in
the
EEOC
did
to
tell
me.
I
did
have
a
complaint.
D
D
O
D
D
There's
really
no
protection
for
us
here,
even
though
there's
there's
things
in
place
that
is
supposed
to
protect
us.
There's
no
protection,
there's
no
protection
when
it
comes
down
to
these
corporations
and
how
they
treat
us
in
how
they
under
pay
us
and
there's
harassment
that
goes
on
in
these
corporations.
I
was
arrested,
I
had
a
white
man
put
his
foot
on
my
butt.
I
did
approach
HR
about
it.
It
was
like
well
a
situation
where
was
just
pushed
to
the
side.
D
Oh
he
didn't
mean
it,
but
let
that
have
been
a
person
of
color
to
put
their
foot
on
a
white
woman's
plate.
It,
wouldn't
even
that
laughs
and
I
still
go
through
discrimination
and
I
said
I'm
working
in
a
major
company.
I
am
very
much
underpaid
and
every
time
I
go
to
them
to
approach
them
about
this
situation.
They
come.
B
You
very
much
why
it
was
a
Harper
follow
back
all
right
Thomas.
Why
are
you
here
if
you're
not
here,
that
we
have
her
Atomics
full
of
life
rather
young
Cora
Thomas?
Are
you
here?
If
you're
not
here,
we
have
Rhonda
young,
followed
by
Sabrina
Clark
either.
One
of
you
here
know:
if
not,
we
have
Khalil
Brown,
followed
by
our
beef
Bengston
Leo
Brown.
Are
you
here
that
cheaper
brother,
all
right,
Khalil
Brown,
followed
by
RB
Bankston.
P
My
name
is
Khalil
Brown
I
originally
grew
up
a
Garfield
I
live
down
in
between
an
Allen
Park
in
East
Liberty.
Now,
when
I
first
heard
about
this,
this
was
through
someone
I
had
met
when
I
started
at
UPMC.
This
was
around
the
time
that
the
consent
decree
was
going
to
expire,
and
if
everyone
knows,
when
everything
everything
that
surrounds
that
UPMC
was
in
the
words
of
the
CEO
Jeffrey
Rama
wanted
to
be
the
Amazon
of
health
care
and
I
think
we
all
know
just
how
well
that
would
work
out
if
that
came
to
fruition.
P
As
far
as
the
races
and
things
go,
this
is
if
I've
only
been
there
for
almost
a
year,
I've
heard
from
several
of
my
co-workers
that
there
is
an
issue
with
racism,
not
just
in
my
department
but
in
other
departments
as
well.
I
think
I
think
acknowledging.
It
is
a
good
first
step
because,
after
all,
we
all
have
to
start
somewhere
and
all
the
way
to
really
solve
a
problem
is
by
acknowledging
it
that
it
exists
in
the
first
place.
So
I'll
give
you
credit
for
that.
P
If
we
all
expect
this
work
than
everybody
here,
that's
just
an
exit
account,
so
not
just
at
this
state
level,
but
even
in
the
communities
we
all
have
to
pitch
in
and
we
all
have
to
do
something
in
order
correct
it.
It's
kicking
the
can
down.
The
road
is
how
we
got
to
November,
8,
2016
and
I'm,
pretty
sure
we
all
know
what's
been
going
on
ever
since
then.
P
So,
if
we're
going.
So,
if
this
is
going
to
work,
we
all
have
to
pitch
in
and
we
all
need
to
be
paying
attention
to
what's
going
on,
whether
that's,
whether
it's
continuing
to
speak
out
or
whether
it's
continuing
to
have
more
frequent
meetings,
especially
if
they're
any
obviously
have
to
be
longer
than
three
minutes,
because
I'm
pretty
sure,
there's
a
lot
but
pretty
sure
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
here
could
probably
go
on
for
at
least
five,
maybe
even
ten
but
like
I
said
this
is
a
good
first
step.
P
We
should
continue
to
do
more
and
I
think
paying
attention.
You
continue
to
pay
attention.
You
can
see
it'll,
listen
to
what
people
have
to
say,
because
everybody
here,
everybody
here
has
got
a
story
to
tell,
and
everybody
has
their
own
experiences
and
I.
Think
and
I
can
honestly
say
with
with
a
little
bit
of
conviction.
I
have
my
own
experiences
as
well,
but
we
all
need
to
pitch
in
every
single
person
every
single
person
minutes
here
right
now.
Q
There's
a
lot
of
discussion
about.
Why
there's
no
discussion
about
what
we're
going
to
do
to
correct
it.
So
as
City
Council,
you
guys
need
to
facilitate
us
moving
forward
and
there's
evidence
of
racism
throughout
the
city.
So
if
you
go
up
and
Squirrel
Hill
right
now,
streets
are
clean
everything
you
go
on.
Webster
Avenue
blessing
one
over
the
hill.
It's
like
there's
another
trash
dump,
that's
never
been
clean.
Q
We
have
issues
that
need
to
be
addressed
internally,
but
they
don't
need
to
be
compounded
by
the
inaction
of
the
city
in
regards
to
just
keeping
the
place.
Looking
like
it's
part
of
the
city
and
not
an
isolate
a
part
of
the
city,
I've
experienced
racism
on
three
different
continents,
Asia
and
Africa
and
America.
The
one
thing
I
will
tell
you
is
that
racism
exists
all
over
the
world.
It's
cultural
racism
is
systemic
racism
and
institutional
racism.
Q
The
problem
that
we
have
here
is
that
in
1865
we
have
the
13th
14th
or
15th
amendments,
but
then
afterwards
no
one
wanted
to
enforce
them.
We
had
to
jump
over
walls
and
several
iterations
of
the
Civil
Rights
Act.
The
problem,
as
the
gentleman
before
me
alluded
to,
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
talk
and
there's
no
act.
So
what
I
would
like
to
see
is
that
council
employ
a
diversity.
What
I
call
the
diversity?
Whatever
I
can
remember.
I
read
the
report
97
pages.
Q
We
can't
wait
till
September,
20
24
of
them
to
tell
us
what
we
should
do.
We
need
to
have
root
cause
analysis
on
what
the
corrections
are.
They
need
to
be
measurable.
They
need
to
be
clear,
so
everybody
can
understand
them
moving
forward.
We
need
meetings,
not
quarterly.
You
need
meetings
every
30
days,
even
if
you
don't
do
anything
but
just
have
an
agenda
say
with
the
statuses,
so
the
people
can
see
that
there
is
progress
and
that
it
isn't
forgotten.
Q
S
To
start
off
by
saying
that
I'm,
an
advocate
for
children,
youth
families,
hospital
workers,
state
workers,
the
elderly,
because
the
the
counsel
that
we
have
today
is
a
lot
lacking
with
first
I
wanted
to
say
that
I
must
take
this
there,
then,
when
on
a
TV,
you
see
with
the
movie
star.
Well,
you
have
where
they
let
her
go,
because
she
wears
too
too
much
black.
She
looks
too
black,
but
did
you
know
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
that
the
newspapers
women
here
to
sign
a
contract
that
they
wouldn't
you
sitting
stuff?
S
Do
you
know
that
when
you
talk
about
the
youth,
I
can
remember
my
least
living
up
a
Perry
Hill
Topsy,
soon
Arnie
boy,
then
they
stopped
the
white
boys.
They
got
the
dope,
they
drop
it
on
the
ground
and
they
take
it
with
with
them,
and
you
go
to
do
without
cortisol.
Black
kids
didn't
hear
okay
when
O'connor
lived,
and
it
may
still
be
now
in
Squirrel
Hill.
If
them
children
did
anything,
there
was
a
person
that
they
would
go
to
if
they
could
pay
restitution,
they
did
not
go
to
court
now.
S
I
was
missing:
the
candy
cane
Mangino
was
hollering
one
time
yeah
you
criminals
up
to
you
on
the
hill,
and
you
know
what
I
was
thinking:
they're
catching
the
criminals
on
the
hill,
but
you've
got
criminal.
You
have
creative
pillars
that
will
never
be
held
accountable
because
they
never
go
to
court.
If
they
got
the
money
to
pay.
We
don't
have
the
money
like
that.
S
S
S
B
T
Hello,
my
name
is
Chad
Henderson
I
work
for
an
organization
called
neighborhood
allies.
We
work
in
the
city
and
also
in
Wilkinsburg
and
Millville.
First
I
want
to
say
the
the
legislation
that
was
passed
I
think
is
a
huge
first
was
a
great
step
to
invent
equity
within
city
government
I
think
it
sends
a
strong
signal
to
the
business
sector
tool
Anthropy,
you
UPMC
that
the
city
is
is
real,
that
they're
they're
committed
to
inventing
racial
equity
within
city
government
operations.
We
have
a
long
way
to
go.
T
I
know
that,
but
I
think
is
a
huge
first
step
and
also
this
work.
We're
we're
on
a
huge
journey.
Just
want
to
take
a
lot
of
resources
is
want
to
take
a
lot
of
partnerships.
A
lot
of
collaboration
and
particularly
for
the
organizations,
are
on
the
front
line
going
community
organizing
working
eight
hours
at
eight
days
a
week.
T
We
need
residents
to
be
a
part
of
it
and
it
takes
a
lot
of
effort.
A
lot
of
resources
and
neighborhood
allies
is
ready
to
work
with
City
Council
our
residents
to
really
advance
racial
equity
within
the
city,
and
also
this
is
a
regional
effort.
There's
a
lot
of
poverty
in
Penn,
Hills,
Wilkinsburg
McKeesport
things
like
that
and
again,
the
city
is
a
great
first
door.
It's
a
building
block
where
we
could
talk
about
like
criminal
justice
reform
transportation
issues.
B
F
The
song
cometh
my
legibility,
here's
my
complaint,
I,
don't
stand
before
you
speaking,
something
that
I
live
through
or
something
that
happened
previously.
I
come
through
you
this
easily
telling
me
that,
for
whatever
reason,
mental
health
is
really
and
until
we
address
that,
it's
not
born.
That's
a
big
part
of
our
problem
because
for
one
reason
or
another
we're
all
one
incident
or
151
away
from
going
over
the
edge
and
I.
F
Suffers
from
mental
illness
and
down,
she
was
in
the
hospital
and
she
missed
her
court
date
and
they
weren't
notified
I
had
Allegheny
County,
Sheriff's
Department,
come
to
my
house
and
asked
me
what
she
did
and
I
said
no
she's
not,
and
so
I
took
him
to
her
house.
Let
him
in
look
around
and
they
went
in
her
house
and
they
looked
around.
She
wasn't
here.
They
arrested
me
and.
F
F
F
S
F
D
B
D
My
name
is
BJ
Sampson
I
reside
at
55,
16
rippy
place
for
Sparky
a-15
206
I
am
a
homeowner
and
then
support
of
my
neighbors
in
the
5500
block.
We
are
requesting
we're
still
requesting
that
our
street
be
paid.
We've
been
there
10
years
and
still
without
doors,
no
results.
Congratulations,
Ricky,
Burgess
on
your
election,
we're
still
waiting
for
a
response.
I
am
a
I.
Am
a
committee
woman
for
the
11th
ward.
Fourth
District
I
was
requested
to
make
that
statement,
so
I
can
go
back
to
my
neighborhood
tonight.
D
The
major
purpose
of
my
comments
tonight
reflect
the
legislation
drawn
from
the
gender
and
race
Commission
report.
I
am
going
on
record
I
would
like
a
copy
of
the
Commission
report.
Not
the
legislation.
I
want
a
copy
of
the
report.
I
made
that
known
to
the
mayor
and
it's
my
understanding.
A
copy
is
being
sent
to
my
home
from
where
I
stand.
African-American
citizens
in
Pittsburgh
continue
to
be
given
a
band-aid
approach
to
our
radical
situation.
When
the
mayor
ran
for
office,
I
gave
witnesses.
D
At
wit,
I
gave
witness
at
Westinghouse
High
School
about
the
lack
of
african-americans
on
construction
sites.
I
said
at
that
time,
mr.
mayor
that
when
I
left
my
home
going
to
work,
I
passed
no
less
than
five
construction
sites,
but
no
one
with
the
characteristics
that
looked
like
me,
my
brother,
my
father,
keep
that
thought.
On
Monday
of
this
week,
I
listened
to
our
recent
housing
report,
study
that
was
given
and
presented
to
the
Pittsburgh
Human
Relations
Commission,
which
indicated
a
one-bedroom
apartment
across
from
Target
in
East
Liberty
renting
for
1,700
a
month
as
well.
D
I
am
a
member
as
well.
I
am
a
member
of
a
female
Greek
organization
that
was
invited
to
Central
Catholic
all-girls
section
to
speak
to
their
black
student
body.
When,
speaking
to
the
principal
I
decided
to
ask
the
elephant
question
in
the
room,
are
there
any
black
staff?
Her
response
was
we
had
one?
D
D
D
U
D
U
D
B
O
Okay
again,
my
name
is
London
Burt
and
I'm
a
24
year
old
woman
of
color.
The
effects
of
racism
can't
currently
and
do
affect
a
person
mental
state
in
many
damaging
ways,
I've
experienced
it
myself
and
I'm
currently
experiencing
it
to
be
quite
honest,
a
person's
mental
state
and
many
damaging
ways.
If
someone
is
constantly
dealing
with
blatant
racism
and
conscious
race,
biases,
no
matter
where,
whether
that,
where
they
go
to
work
at
home,
if
you're
going
to
the
grocery
store,
no
matter
where
you're
at
you're
experiencing
racial
biases
and
racism,
unfortunately,.
O
This
can
really
dismantle
an
individual's
mental
capacity
and
today's
society
there's
such
a
profound
public
concern
towards
mental
health,
for
all
races
and
genders.
With
that
being
said,
is
mental
health,
a
concern
for
our
legislators
here
in
Pittsburgh?
Will
we
address
that
and
handle
the
elephant
in
the
room
of
our
city?
O
In
addition
to
that
number
freestyle,
in
addition
to
that,
personally,
with
the
woman
I
was
here
earlier,
I
have
recently
been
fired
from
a
corporate
job
as
a
Friday
November,
the
29th,
but
the
ratio
was
racial
for
profiling.
Behind
it,
I
had
indicated
and
I
documented
everything
I
have
contacted.
The
EEOC
I
have
also
contacted
a
lawyer.
I
am
a
24
year
old
woman
of
color,
again
I
just
want
to
be
successful.
I
want
to
make
my
mom
proud.
I
just
want
to
work.
O
B
V
D
D
Have
my
list
of
allergies
was
I
was
told
by
the
doctor
that
I
don't
know
when
I'm
allergic
to
and
a
little
shot
of,
prednisone
won't
hurt.
The
next
thing
I
knew
I
was
having
convulsions.
I
asked
them
to
make
it
stop.
He
says
we'll
give
you
a
shot
of
epi.
Are
you
allergic
to
that?
It
was
like
I've,
never
had
it
I'm.
The
next
thing.
The
question
was:
do
we
have
permission
to
intubate
you?
The
next
thing
I
knew
it
was
the
next
day
and
I
was.
D
D
I've
experienced
racism
here
at
the
hands
of
Pittsburgh
police
and
our
favorite
Jeffrey
Manning
I
have
experienced
racism
at
shadows,
the
microaggression,
much
thing.
What
really
hurts
is
that
we
live
in
a
city
of
many
many
other
races.
Besides
people
that
are
white
between
25
and
35,
and
you
go
and
you
look
at
a
road
crew,
you
don't
see
anybody,
that's
not
a
white
male
between
25
and
35.
You
see
the
form
and
come
out
the
65
year
old
with
the
beard
art
he
comes
out.
He
point
see
people
you
slip
drop.
D
Hired
a
black
anesthesiologist
when
was
the
last
time
they
accepted
one
into
their
residency
program.
He
says
it
happened,
plenty
of
foreigners
which
I
teaching
ago,
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
anybody
from
anywhere.
But
why
are
people
coming
to
the
United
States
and
again
we
are
not
America
North
America,
South,
America
and
Central
America
people
come
to
the
United,
States
and
they're
accepted
above
up,
and
then
they
want
to
show
us
that
they
detest
us
as
much
as
the
ones
that
have
put
us
in
that
position.
B
D
S
S
D
S
J
J
There
have
been
many
things
happening
if
anybody
had
told
me
that
I
was
going
to
be
so
involved
in
housing
in
politics.
I
would
have
left,
but
I
treasure
the
fight
that
I've
had
for
the
past
20
years.
I
treasure
the
year
I
spent
as
caregiver
for
Pittsburgh's
best
mayor
ever
sorry,
Corey,
O'connell,
I'm,
very
biased,
I
treasure
the
chance
that
I
have
as
a.
D
J
On
construction
sites,
I
treasure
this,
because
I
feel
like
I'm,
making
a
difference
but
I
see
the
opposition
many
times
the
opposition
looks
like
me,
and
it's
really
disheartening
now
I
know,
there's
been
a
lot
that
has
been
happening
before
some
of
you
came
on
to
the
council,
but
as
I
see
it
there's
three
ways
you
can
go:
you
can
keep
things
as
they
are.
You
can
make
them
better
or
you
can
make
them
worse.
J
B
K
K
They
don't
live
in
the
Hill
District,
but
I
do
I
lived
here
since
1968
in
1993,
I
bought
a
property
at
2160,
Wiley
Avenue,
which
is
just
two
blocks
down
the
street
I'm
here
to
talk
about
addiction
and
what
has
surrounded
me
since
I've
been
on
Wiley
Avenue
but
intensely
in
the
last
few
months
the
police
started
running
the
addicts
who
were
hanging
out
around
the
Black
Beauty
up
up
to
Perry
Street
across
from
where
I
live,
the
Thames
bar
and
so
I
started.
Asking
around
the
attics
told
me.
K
K
This
is
a
drug
overdose
in
the
corner
of
Illinois
and
Wiley,
where
the
elk
for
the
beauty
shop.
This
I
was
on
my
way
to
take
my
grandchildren
to
see
The
Lion,
King
and
I
took
this
picture
out
of
my
car
window,
an
attic
laying
on
the
street
unconscious
what
I
do
have
to
say
as
much
as
I
loathe
and
despise
the
fact
that
the
Pittsburgh
Police
extreme
fanatics
up
on
my
streets
and
Perry
Avenue
to
die
because
I've
watched
it
over
and
over
again
I
want
to
tell
you
that
I
admire
the
first
responders.
K
This
is
a
building
two
blocks
up
the
two
doors
up
the
street
for
me,
I
kept
calling
the
city
and
complaining
and
complaining.
I
finally
said
this:
buildings
will
fall
in
the
street
and
in
August
I
wrote
a
letter
to
building
inspection
and
I
said.
Please
do
something
suppose
they'll
fall
on
the
street
and
it
fell
on
the
street.
Thank.
B
B
Y
Good
evening
my
name
is
Samantha
black
I
am
the
community
arts
program
right
for
the
Hill
District
the
resource
navigator
for
forward
cities,
the
CEO
of
silo
PGH,
an
advocate
for
black
arts,
black
artists
and
cultural
workers.
It
is
with
great
sincerity,
an
equal
disappointment
that
I
am
here
to
address
the
upcoming
lesseps
legislation
proposed
by
members
of
our
local
government,
though
myself
and
my
peers
agree
with
the
overarching
sentiment
that
racism
is
a
public
health
crisis.
Y
The
process
by
which
I
find
myself
here
before
you
sharing
brief
and
summarized
commentary
that
does
not
authentically
hinder
your
plans.
Concerns
me
this
process.
Neglectful
of
equity
has
stampeded
through
our
peripheral
and
offered
little
to
no
room
for
opposition
with
direct
which
directly
contradicts
the
nature
of
our
democratic
society.
However,
being
aware
of
your
plan
to
continue
with
which
we
directly
oppose
but
have
no
power
to
refuse,
I
would
like
to
offer
you
and
we'll
be
taking
the
lead,
several
considerations
for
this
legislation.
Y
This
legislation
must
include
reference
to
art
and
culture
in
locations
where
racism
lands
and
impacts
Pittsburghers.
The
hill
district
has
made
tremendous
contributions
to
the
arts
legacy
of
Pittsburg,
and
yet
issues
impacted
by
racism
has
taken
the
lives
of
artists
prematurely
and
has
caused
artists
to
leave
and
has
presented
prevented
our
culture
from
being
shared
in
our
schools.
Among
other
incidents,
we've
not
had
time
to
catalog.
Y
The
solutions
agreed
upon
by
the
communities
affected
needs
to
be
funded
by
the
identified
systems
or
people
which
or
who
have
contributed
to
the
causes
of
inequity
within
our
region.
The
solutions
need
to
be
organized
by
the
communities
and
people
effected,
meaning
grassroots
organizations
and
organizers,
regardless
of
capacity,
and
if
capacity
is
needed,
the
organization's
receive
supports
to
build
themselves.
The
arts
and
culture
pieces
are
given
as
important
a
pedestal.
As
the
other
identified
focuses
within
these
initiatives,
glass
Lea
solutions
must
be
tied
to
represent
rep
reparations
to
Pittsburgh's
black
residents.
Y
I
ask
these
in
the
hopes
that
you
recognize
the
importance
and
catalytic
nature
of
culture
upon
the
socioeconomic
status
of
black
people.
I
am
also
hopeful
in
your
collective
recognition
of
our
repetitious
mistakes
within
the
roads
within
the
region
and
aim
to
break
a
cycle
perpetuated
by
our
inequitable
systems.
Thank
you.
F
F
S
S
S
D
D
D
I'm
gonna
be
proud,
and
all
of
us,
as
black
women
should
be
proud.
This
disparity
study,
you
all
continue
to
talk
about
we're
going
to
change
we're
going
to
change
Pittsburgh
I'm,
looking
for
57
years
and
I
ain't.
Seen
too
much
of
a
change,
I
seen
East
Liberty
talk
taken
off
of
the
african-americans
I
seen
the
Hill
District
you
continue
to
take
take
take,
take
take
just
because
we're
black
that
doesn't
mean
to
take.
We
pay
taxes.
We
are
treated
very
bad
in
this
city,
so
I'm
not
trying
to
be
smart.
D
Just
like
you
are
sitting
on
the
board
with
you
just
as
black
deficit.
As
we
are
remember,
we
are
all
inclusive
and
this
discrimination
is
going
on
in
this
city.
So
I,
don't
know
what
to
say,
y'all
keep
talking
and
talking
and
talking
we're
gonna
change.
Well,
what
I've
seen
after
doing
a
lot
of
people
coming
to
this
city,
a
lot
I
sign,
eat
with
people.
You
know
what
they
tell
me.
Do
you
like
Pittsburgh
I,
said
I
used
to
I,
don't
know
more,
it's
too
discriminatory
here.
D
A
lot
of
people
are
losing
their
jobs,
so
come
Pittsburgh.
Public
Schools
off
of
the
children
I'd
go
to
prisons,
all
the
black
people
in
prisons,
most
of
people
I
know
so
I'm
asking
you
all
keep
bringing
up
laws
and
you
keep
saying:
okay,
we're
gonna
put
this
in
place,
there's
a
place
put
in
place,
so
we
are
black,
we
pay
taxes
and
we
want
to
be
treated
the
same.
That's
all
I
have
to
say
thank.
B
D
D
So
I
was
in
Atlanta
for
five
years
and
my
mother
is
Justin
when
it
come
down
to
visit
me
and
she
had
said
to
me,
you
were
driving
to
my
home
and
what
you're
driving
by
all
these
construction
factors
he
seen
all
these
black
men
working-
and
she
said
my
god
she's
a
book
lobbies,
black
name,
they're,
an
instruction
or
heavy
operating
machinery-
didn't
want
all
types
of
work
and
can't
find
out.
One
can't
find
maybe
somebody
waving
the
flag
and
takes
four.
You
know
so
black
men
are
intelligent
and
they
just
additional
training
here.
D
D
My
comment
is
that
I
just
found
out
about
this
too
because,
like
I
said
I
just
came
back
relocated
back
Pittsburgh,
because
I
had
property
here,
so
came
back
and
my
mother
I'm
putting
out
this
meeting
today
and
I,
read
the
the
flyer
that
a
mountain
is
okay,
so
we've
already,
it's
already
been
established
that
racing
places
an
existing
Pittsburgh.
That's
already
I
give
them
a
survey
out,
reverse
your
picks
for
a
bit.
We
already
know
that,
okay,
so
now,
let's
move
on
we
are.
D
We
are
all
victims
of
racism,
okay
and
the
perpetrators
of
racism.
What's
being
done
because
we
can,
we
can
do
it
when
we
still
need
to
stick
together
and
work
together.
Unlike
most
white
people,
we
do,
but
we
have
perpetrators
of
racism
who
aren't
here,
okay,
and
so
we
can.
We
can
clean
it
up,
make
us
in
and
get
all
kind
of
training
programs
within
ourselves
and
skills
or
what
you
definitely
do
need
to
do.
But
we,
what
are
we
doing
what's
happening
with
the
other
perpetrators
of
racism?
D
How
are
they
addressing
this
issue?
Okay,
because
we
we,
our
kids,
are
still
we
get
them
cleaned
up,
like
I,
still
go
out
here
and
get
shot
for
no
reason
at
all.
They
can
go
into
hospitals
and
get
everything
it
in
just
about
the
children
in
hospitals
in
every
aspect
of
life
is
what
they're
pointing
out
every
aspect
of
life.
So
what
you're
hearing
is
just
the
the
symptoms?
We're.
D
What
you're
hearing
from
us?
Okay,
so
we
need
to
know
and
I,
would
like
to
know
what
is
before
its
race.
It
is
concerned
in
this
city
what
has
been
done,
but
what?
What
is
their
legislation
being
passed
for
people
who
are
committing
racial
crimes
in
the
city?
Okay?
This
is
what
needs
to
be
addressed,
because
we
didn't
do
much
as
what
we
want
to
do
within
ourself,
but
we
can
still
go
outside
that
door
and
get
shot
for
no
reason.
Okay,
so
that's
that's
gonna!
That's
where
I
met
and
I.
D
T
B
Alexandria
Cutler,
followed
by
Larry
Ward's
on
zan
Alexandria.
Are
you
here,
Alexandria?
Are
you
here?
No,
we
have
Larry
Ward,
followed
by
Orlando.
Evans
Larry.
Are
you
here
or
Elena?
Are
you
here
later
Evans?
No,
we
have
Damien
Grayson,
followed
by
Maria
Cersei
Damien
Grayson,
followed
by
Maria
Cersei.
AA
Hi
everyone,
Danny
and
Grayson
I've
been
in
Pittsburgh
for
about
six
years
now.
I
love
it
here.
I
wish
I
had
some
planned.
I
just
came
from
knocking
do
it
for
home
care
workers
that
one
day
Union
about
a
year
ago
and
they
got
a
raise
well
the
company's
not
selling
them
about
their
eggs.
You
know
so
I
gotta
go
out
there
and
form
them
that
a
you've
got
to
get
a
raise
turned
up
in
January,
because,
like
companies,
big
companies
really
don't
care
about
workers.
They.
AB
AA
Really
think
home
care
workers
are
workers.
You
know
like
we
all
got
their
old
loan.
Some
people
need
to
begin
to
take
over
you
didn't,
take
and
care
parents
will
be
taking
care
of.
It's
crazy
like
how
the
city
that's
being
treated
in
the
big
companies
like
UPMC.
A
lot
of
people
talk
like
they
work
for
these
companies
didn't
really
want
to
set
a
name.
You
know
how
you
can
see
you
retaliate
on
workers,
and
you
know
they
don't
pay
taxes.
Everybody
in
this
room,
pay
taxes,
probably
pay.
AA
AA
I
mean
we
could
just
make
it
better
kind
of
like
easier
for
workers
to
organize
every
good
like
oh
yeah,
I
mean,
but
still
they
could
like
make
it
easier
for
workers
to
organize
will
not
be
retaliated
and
fired
because
they're
black
and
you
know
she's
24.
She
should
be
able
to
be
by
her
mama
house.
You
know
black
privilege,
use
our
privilege,
use
your
preference,
your
privilege.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
D
D
D
On
a
daily
basis,
inside
her
Northside
school
within
the
Pittsburgh
Public
School
System
as
a
state
and
local
advocate
I,
decided
to
visit
her
classroom
and
it
was
an
atrocity,
a
white
male
teacher
with
all
black
children,
no
teaching
in
a
math
class
for
90
minutes
her
school,
like
most
public
schools
that
are
housed
with
the
majority
of
black
children
or
ill-managed
or
oppressive
or
punitive,
and
are
failing
tremendously.
Our
babies
are
sleep,
deprived
they're,
fed
sugar.
In
the
morning,
they're
felt
fat
mystery
meat
at
lunch
time,
they're
miss
educated
during
the
entire
school
day.
D
My
12
year
old
neighbor
is
among
the
growing
number
of
black
teenagers
in
Allegheny
County
that
are
either
committing
suicide
or
are
suicidal,
as
recorded
by
the
Department
of
Human
Services.
If
by
12
year,
old
neighbor
continues
on
this
trajectory,
which
is
highly
probable
in
the
city
of
historic.
She
will
be
part,
be
part
of
the
inequities
that
play
black
families
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
she
is
most
certain
to
have
poor
health
under
employment,
housing
disparities
and
a
premature
life
expectancy
just
from
being
black
and
uncatchable
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
I.
D
Urge
anybody
that's
here
today,
if
you
don't
want
to
go
inside
the
school
walls,
stand
outside
Martin,
Luther,
King's
school
on
the
north
side
and
watch
how
many
black
middle
schoolers
get
off
the
school
buses
with
notebook
bags.
They
don't
have
notebook
back,
so
they
learning
nothing
and
ain't.
Bringing
a
homework
home.
Therefore,
there's
no
connection
with
the
home,
okay,
but
then
go
to
Squirrel
Hill
and
stand
outside
of
Colfax
or
spirit
and
watch
white
children
come
from
the
top
performing
schools
in
Pittsburgh
and
theater
book
bags
are
overflowing.
That's
a
visual!
B
AC
Good
evening
my
name
is
Jerry
Dickinson
I'm,
a
law
professor
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
and
I'm,
also
a
candidate
for
the
US
House
of
Representatives
in
the
18th
congressional
district.
Here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
a
few
things
to
say,
I
am
a
hometown
boy.
I
came
out
of
the
foster
care
system
back
in
the
1980s.
I
grew
up
in
a
foster
home
with
ten
other
children.
AC
We
struggled
came
from
backgrounds
of
addiction
and
homelessness
and
joblessness,
criminal
justice
issues,
incarceration
and
other
such
issues,
and
we
all
have
dealt
with
the
issue
of
racism
as
well,
and
so
I
stand
here
before
you
as
a
constitutional
law.
Professor
now
today
in
a
lawyer
and
as
a
candidate
for
the
US
House
of
Representatives.
First,
thank
you
for
taking
this
important
step
towards
addressing
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis,
but
addressing
it
and
as
a
resolution
at
the
local
level
is
not
enough.
We
have
to
do
more.
AC
That
has
to
be
done
by
collaboration
with
the
federal
government
and
members
of
Congress
and
so
I
submit
to
you
here
today
that,
as
the
next
congressman
from
the
18th
congressional
district,
who
happens,
who
will
be
happened
to
be
the
first
African
American
ever
to
be
elected
to
Congress
on
the
western
side
of
the
state
of
Pennsylvania.
I
am
going
to
work
alongside
you
and
you
and
you,
and
you,
a
federal
and
local
collaboration
to
get
this
problem.
AC
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Annette
I,
don't
see
her
better.
You
hear
I've
met,
magatha,
Winston
I,
do
not
see
you
now.
We
have
exhausted
all
of
our
register
speakers,
but
that
does
not
in
our
evening,
if
you're
here
today
and
you
want
to
speak,
you'll
be
given
one
minute.
Please
line
up
and
we
will
go
in
order,
but
you
will
have
one
minute.
It
will
go
very
quickly,
all
right.
B
AD
My
name
is
Robert
vague,
Robert,
Lee,
Bay
I'm
from
Homewood
I
am
a
entrepreneur.
I
had
my
own
business,
vague
landscape,
vague
global
enterprise
and
main
thing
that
I
know
from
experience.
I
was
in
the
labor
union,
local,
typical
gig
for
15
years.
I
got
education,
high
school,
knowledgeable,
know
about
politics,
help
build
the
Doodle
getting
off
his
Tom
Wolf's
job
right,
I
mean
Friedrich
to
get
in
office,
and
you
know
me
also
I
know
your
father
and
your
money.
Okay,
I
know
your
family,
so
it's
not
like.
We
don't
know
each
other.
AD
We
know
we
were
capable
of
doing,
but
I
asked
you
that
have
worked
with
me.
I
am
on
the
grassroot
level.
I
met
all
these
meetings,
mostly
fun.
There
was
a
time
where
I
would
spend
day
and
night
breaking
speeches
and
learning
how
to
to
do
campaigns
that
bring
the
public
and
the
community
aware
of
the
issues
that
we
need
to
address
applause,
racism,
economics,
whatever
it
takes,
you
need
to
start
working
with
some
people
on
the
grass
root
level.
Richard.
D
Hello,
my
name
is
Gail
Carter
I
live
in
the
Hill
District
I
was
born
and
raised
in
the
hill.
I
was
a
deputy
sheriff
for
30
years
in
Allegheny
County,
and
you
know
we
all
know,
there's
racism
and
having
a
referendum
or
whatever
you
know,
look
in
the
paper
and
you
see
the
city
of
police
getting
sworn
in
all
white.
You
go
anywhere,
you
go
in
this
in
this
city
and
the
majority
of
people
are
white.
So,
like
she
was
saying
you
know,
heaviness
referendum
doesn't
mean
anything.
D
AE
B
AB
B
W
Name
is
Margaret
Brown
I'm
from
Pittsburgh
I
grew
up
in
Homewood
and
I
live
on
the
hill
I
experienced
racism,
all
my
life,
but
I
was
prepared
for
it
when
I
left
home,
because
my
parents
told
me
that
it
was
coming
and
anytime.
Anybody
told
me
that
I
couldn't
be
successful.
I
made
sure
to
show
them
that
they
were
wrong.
Thank.
AF
Morgan
I'm
74
years
old,
I've
been
relocated
from
the
lower
heel.
I'm
a
little
okay
for
Center
Avenue
I've,
been
relocated
from
hearing
that
I
dealt
with
how
it
means
to
be
rude.
I
see:
what's
happened
in
the
future.
Now
we
have
a
lot
of
different
nationalities
come
through
the
cities
now
living
and
moving
in
I
think
we
need
to
get
out
for
children's
with
kids
to
deal
with
all
nationality,
not
just
black,
because
the
community
is
changing,
it's
going
to
change
it.
We
can't
stop
it
biggest
financial
backbone
enough
and
I
struck
it.
AF
As
you
mean.
One
reason
is
that
there's
no
big
black
businesses
and
all
that
lean
community,
the
existing
East
Liberty
Lawrenceville
bridge
the
square
Homewood.
Nowhere
there's
no
money
cuz,
the
banks
is
not
allowing
money
and
we
have
to
encourage
our
youngsters
to
get
involved.
Who
would
is
going
to
happen
in
the
future
and
to
be
able
to
accept
all
nationality?
AF
AG
Yes,
my
name
is
Franz
Montgomery
and
I
did
not
find
out
about
this
job
until
five
o'clock
on
the
news
I
down
here
to
assist
a
friend,
she
has
a
structure
that
the
individuals
put
a
cane
cane
markings
on
her
garage
door
and
on
the
side
of
her
structure,
the
individual
next
door
to
her.
They
did
the
same
thing
to
his
vehicle.
AG
Now.
This
was
all
because
they
constructed
or
demolished
a
structure
adjacent
errors
without
a
proper
city
of
Pittsburgh
rules.
Permit
now
we
have
not
pay
coffee.
We
have
the
original
now
I
know
this
I
met
his
father
years
ago,
homeless,
brown,
just
brown
on
the
back.
That's
everything
I've
tried
to
assist
any
and
everybody
that
I
meet,
but
it's
it
has
to
change.
AH
AI
AI
AI
Okay,
it
also
means
that
that
there
is
a
debt
that
is
owed
so
that
when
we
look
at
this
city,
we
know
that
certain
areas
in
this
city
have
been
divested
for
long
periods
of
time,
okay
and
that
those
situation,
that's
one
situation
that,
if
it's
Birds
needs
to
be,
does
that
those
communities
need
to
be
repaired
and
environment.
The
King
said
this:
she
said
it
was
easy
to
integrate
a
a
restaurant,
but
is
varied,
but
but
this
is
gonna
cost
you
this.
This
is
gonna
cost
something.
D
D
D
Keith,
Wayne
and
I
have
a
few
questions
in
a
statement.
Did
you
take
it
up
with
the
Constitution?
You
don't
have
to
say
yes
she's
another
head
or
not
enough.
Did
you
take
her
out
for
the
Constitution
you
didn't
so
you
shouldn't
be
an
author.
Then
you
took
oath
to
support
article
1,
section
2
Clause
3,
which
states
Indian
that
tax?
What
steps
are
you
taking
to
a
ho
ho
Oh?
Obviously
you
didn't
take
it
so
you're
not
taking
any
sense.
The
term
Black
is
a
social
political
construct
and
has
no
standing
in
law.
D
We
are
Aboriginal
Americans.
We
are
here
to
show
you
that
we're
in
your
community
and
you
need
oh
yeah
there
you
go
Annie
and
I
tax.
Do
you
plan
to
uphold
Oh?
Obviously
not
because
we
got
people
here
saying
that
you're,
not
the
policy
enforcement?
Where
you
go
there
you
go.
You
need
to
understand
that
we
are
copper,
color
people
that
are
Indian,
not
tax.
We
have
our
own
government-to-government
relationship,
so
recognize
that
we
don't
have
to
deal
with
your
policy.
Thank.
V
Co
greetings:
I
am
a
Kahana
how
Makena
the
grand
inca
of
the
Iroquois
Confederacy
of
ever
urging
the
American
people.
Thank
you.
I'm.
Reading
from
your
Home
Rule
Charter,
one
of
the
biggest
travesties
before
I
read
the
Home
Rule
Charter
is
that
we
have
an
identity
crisis
over
anything.
We
have
an
identity
crisis
on
our
hands
that
needs
to
be
dealt
with
immediately.
We
have
the
right
to
self-government.
This
is
from
your
Home
Rule
Charter.
All
residents
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
possess
the
fundamental
and.
D
AH
AH
AJ
How
you
doing
my
name
is
William
Parker
from
the
north
side
of
Pittsburgh
run
a
technology
company
called
Vince
pin
first
out,
I
would
like
to
say
everybody
in
here.
We
need
to
drag
our
family
and
our
relatives
sort
of
voting
polls
I,
don't
care
every
election.
This
is
why
this
keeps
happening.
I
mean
this
is
why
this
keep
happening.
Second
of
all,
I
want
to
get
to
the
students
in
the
solution
is
obviously
whoever
organized.
AJ
This
has
no
real
type
of
respect,
I'm,
seeing
that
he
was
in
that
district
to
Burgess,
but
obviously
the
people
don't
respect
you
enough,
so
I'm
thinking
that
you
need
to
hand
it
over
to
you.
You
need
to
hand
it
over
to
someone
who
the
people
have
a
clean
slate
with
who
they'll
respect
moving
forward
with
the
racism
issues,
because
some
people,
like
yourself
there
they've
already
been
accustomed
to
these
little
boy
days,
and
they
don't
know
how
to
apply
the
pressure
to
how
it
needs
to
be.
AJ
We
need
more
african-american
men
at
events
like
this.
You
know
everybody
it's
great,
what
they're
doing
for
the
kids,
but
we
need
the
men
involved.
We
need
the
menís
start
taking
it,
we
can't
be
out
here,
listen,
we
can't
be
out
here
marching
on
the
highways
and
all
that
we
need
to
take
it
to
these
peoples,
businesses.
We
need
to
take
it
to
their
homes.
We
need.
M
AB
J
B
B
AJ
M
I
B
AB
Z
Sure
he
would
serve
the
people.
I
would
like
to
share
a
voicemail
from
the
Office
of
counseling
Lavelle,
but
they
left
with
us
when
we
were
protesting
against
Laura
Washington,
the
CEO
of
Arco,
who
has
been
putting
her
people
in
slum
conditions
to
live
with
rats
and
mold
who
live
with
roaches.
So
here's
the
voicemail.
Z
Believe
in
bringing
the
struggle
to
the
doors
of
the
oppressors
thing,
and
so
we
brought
it
to
the
doors
to
their
pressures.
What
happened?
Councilman
LaBelle
called
it
a
public
safety
crisis.
Why
is
it
a
public
safety
crisis?
There's
mold
in
the
houses
of
people?
Why
is
it
a
public
safety
crisis
when
babies
have
to
live
in
houses
with
roaches
on
their
stoves?
Now,
there's
a
public
safety
crisis
so
Abell?
What's
the
public
safety
crisis
that
protests
the
outside
of
these
people's
houses
or
the
public
safety
crisis
being
inside
these.
R
R
Z
Z
B
Z
AK
AK
I
own
well
not
all
modes
own,
my
home
and
about
four
more
years,
but
I
lived
one
sickle,
Street
I
think
that's
the
13th
Ward
up
there
I
have
two
years
of
records
writing
down.
Trying
to
get
our
streets
paved
up.
There
I
have
a
city
tree
on
my
property
that
has
grown
into
my
fence
line
the
3-1-1
I,
don't
know
how
many
of
you
all
call
the
three
one
one
but
I
have
got
no
help
from
three
one.
AK
AK
AL
AL
Of
the
Hill
District
I've
been
for
all
of
my
life
and
I'd
like
to
know.
Why
is
it
that
all
of
a
sudden
for
one
to
afford
a
portable
housing,
your
income
has
to
be
three
times
your
rent?
That
is
my
only
question
why
all
of
a
sudden
do
I
have
to
have
an
income
three
times
my
rent
I
can't
understand
it
for
public
housing.
Thank.
R
Hello:
everyone,
my
name
is
Rochelle
Macmillan
I'm,
the
newly
moved
in
resident
of
the
hill
I'm,
very
glad
to
be
here
and
I've
been
fighting
with
y'all
on
the
hill.
All
my
life
I
come
to
talk
about
our
cover.
I've
just
got
this
here
of
temporary
amendment.
That
I
had
no
conversation
with
had
no
dealings
with
I
could
not
be
in
the
same
room
with
Donna
Allen
I've
refused
to
go
back
to
our
code.
I
wouldn't
live
in
their
properties
for
free
rent,
let
alone
any
rent.
R
So
I
don't
know
what
kind
of
conversations
they
have
them.
Mr.
Laval,
but
I'm
not
signing
this
and
I
have
to
take
it
back.
In
order
for
my
new
landlord
to
get
paid,
they
say
in
order
for
them
to
get
paid.
I
have
to
sign
this
well.
I'm,
sorry,
I,
ain't,
stupid,
I'm,
the
president
of
the
tenant,
Council
and
I'm.
Until
all
my
residents
do
not
sign
this.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
D
My
name
is
Carmen
Brown
I'm
from
East
Liberty
area
and
I
just
wanted
to
elaborate
a
little
bit
on
you
Burgess,
a
zero
have
zero
respect
for
you
just
to
make
sure,
and
let's
make
sure
that
you
know
you
only
got
forty
point:
two
percent,
sixty
percent-
don't
want
you
in
our
community,
okay
and
let's
talk
about
the
housing
issues.
Let's
talk
about
the
young
ladies,
that
you
put
out
or
that
you
allow
to
be
put
out
on
Larmour,
okay,
Keith
keys,
put
these
women
out,
they
didn't
know.
D
Rent,
okay
and
I
know
one
to
just
she
didn't.
You
said
he
owed
rent.
You
told
some
people
that
she
owed
rent.
She
did
not
owe
rent
she
got
put
out
because
she
was
being
an
advocate.
She
was
trying
to
fight
for
her
community.
She
was
trying
to
be
a
tenant
Council
and
keep
each
kid.
Keith
Keys
put
her
out.
Okay,
we
went
to
court,
we
tried
to
fight,
we
tried
to
plead
and
say,
look
Keith,
let
her
stay
in
there
because
she
has
a
child
that
has
cancer
and
y'all
still
put
her
out.
D
She
came
to
you
I
remember.
She
came
to
you
remember
when
we
came
up
all
Seng
and
we
crashed
it
up
here
when
you
tried
to
use
paulsen
as
a
political
stunt
yeah.
That
was
us
the
bid
that
we
stopped.
You,
okay,
you
go.
You
thought
you
can
slip
your
smart
dog,
you
want,
but
we
ain't
done
with
you
Ricky.
We
ain't
done
with
you,
tricky
Ricky,
okay,
the
next
speaker,
please.
K
D
Ochio
we
need
help
up
there.
They
do
illegal
things,
they're,
towing
cars
on
city
streets.
They
don't
want
our
family
and
friends
coming
to
visit.
They
have
a
rule
which
says,
if
you're
going
away
from
your
home
for
six
weeks,
that
you're
not
allowed
to
go
no
more.
You
have
to
stay
home
after
that.
You
had
no.
We.
AM
Well,
I'm
not
here
to
speak
to
these
bald-headed
demons
I'm
here
to
speak
to
the
rest
of
you
in
its
burg
in
the
city
of
slumlords.
Slumlords
are
the
public
safety
crisis
in
Pittsburgh
now
I.
Remember
you
Ricky
bogus
I!
Remember
you!
When
you
went
to
Lincoln
lemming
ttan
I
saw
you
standing
next
to
you
buddy
the
mayor.
He
was
willing
in
all
lives
matter.
Should
what
do
you
all
think
of
that?
AM
That's
a
joke!
I
I
can't
believe
it,
but
yes,
I
can!
Now.
Let
me
tell
you
something
about
slum
loads
in
Pittsburgh
okö,
one
of
the
biggest
slum
Lords
in
Allegheny
County
they've
been
putting
people
to
live
in
undignified
conditions.
You
got
holes
in
the
floor.
Rats,
mice
and
mold
I
want
to
hear
about
what
you're
doing
about
this
situation.
Rickey
Burgess,
because
I
think
that
you're
creating
it.
You
are
the
architect
of
misery
in
Pittsburgh.
What
qualification
do
you
have
to
talk
to
people
about
solving
the
problem
of
race?
AM
B
G
Hi,
my
name
is
Elissa
Lukacs
I'm
from
Youngstown
Ohio,
but
I
currently
live
in
Garfield
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
white
supremacy
from
the
side
of
a
white
person,
so
I
look
out
in
this
community
and
I
feel
so
inspired
by
all
of
you,
someone
trying
to
put
on
their
jacket
and
someone
gives
them
a
hand
and
puts
it
on
from
behind
them.
That
is
a
community,
and
the
problem
with
white
supremacy
is
that
we
don't
have
communities
as
white
people.
G
We
have
some
but
they're,
not
as
strong
in
their
siloed,
bring
together
you
as
a
city
council,
can
advertise
to
both
sides
of
the
communities
make
after-school
programs
where
kids
of
all
colors
genders
come
together.
White
supremacy
comes
from
a
mindset
where
you
think
that
you're,
the
only
one
you
think
that
you're
the
only
person
doing
this
do.
We
see
gun
violence
from
young
black
people
in
their
communities
and
their
schools.
The
gun
violence
is
not
the
same
as
it
is
coming
from
white
people.
It's
not
the
same.
G
It's
white
on
white,
a
lot
of
the
times
bring
these
communities
together.
These
individuals
have
a
strong
community.
They
are
strong
with
themselves
with
their
families
with
their
elders.
I,
don't
know
who
my
elders
are:
I,
don't
have
a
sense
of
community.
There
is
no
orientation
for
me
except
the
Catholic
Church,
and
what
good
is
that
doing?
Bring
more
after-school
programs
and
communities
for.
AB
AN
My
name
is
Marvin
Boswell
Lincoln.
Let
me
cuz
and
the
Bible
says
that
the
borrower
servant
to
the
lender
and
as
far
as
the
gentrification
goes,
if
you
don't
own
that
you
don't
control
them,
you
might
as
well
be
realistic
about
the
fact
that
this
situation
is
changed.
It's
changed
for
to
have
from
the
have-nots.
You
don't
owe
nothing.
You
can't
get
mad.
There's
black
lives
matter.
AN
First
of
all,
you
got
asked
for
black
lives
company
and
if
it
doesn't
count
within
yourself,
it
doesn't
matter
you
so
get
yourselves
together,
realize
that
there's
a
community
but
there's
a
community
within
your
heart
you've
got
to
work
together
amongst
yourself,
they're,
not
gonna,
fix
anything
for
you.
You
can't
express
your
oppressor
to
be
your
savior
and
if
you
expect
your
oppressor
to
be
very
Savior,
you
kick
yourself.
So
that's.
U
Hello,
my
name
is
Reverend
Paula
Scott
from
from
2:00
to
4:00
Midtown
square
I
have
a
problem
with
the
landslide.
That's
not
it.
We
have
big
holes
going
up
Lawson.
If
you
come
up
Lawson
Street,
it
has
beside
their
church.
There's
two
deep
holes.
I
mean
big
holes.
U
Almost
like
bigger
this
area
here
and
I've
seen
little
kids
up
there
praying
I've
called
the
city
and
called
the
city
I've
had
to
get
these
little
kids
I
told
him
get
out
of
there
cause
if
they
fall
down
and
I'm
holes
you
no
one's
gonna
find
them.
We
also
have
a
up
in
Midtown
squares
with
a
backside.
The
rubber
trees
and
stuff
that's
coming
down.
There's
homes
across
here
I
have
been
coming
for
years
down
here
for
years,
you're
born
you
know,
I
have
been
coming
down
here
for
years.
U
I
am
a
homeowner,
so
I
don't
feel
like
it
that
we
should
be
mistreated.
Our
streets
don't
get
clean.
We
all
pay
taxes
appear,
we're
all
older
people
up
there,
there's
no
really
young
people.
There's
all
older
people
up
here.
I
have
to
call
I
do
admit
that
when
I
do
call,
they
do
send
someone
out
there,
but
this
is
uncalled.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
How's
everybody
to
seat
me.
My
name
is
Gabrielle
Graham
from
Homewood
NFS,
seven,
two
five,
one
checking
Street
one:
five,
two
Olli
and
legislation
introduced
by
a
council
member,
janice,
burgess
and
Lavelle
entitled
Pittsburgh
Acts.
The
combat
racism
in
Pittsburgh
is
a
great
start.
However,
I
feel
like
more
clearly
defined
legislation
that
defines
racism
with
intention
of
protecting
black
residents
in
Pittsburgh
legislation
entitled
black
lives
matter
would
be
more
appropriate.
Comparing
to
protect
black
residents
in
Pittsburgh,
such
as
the
PA
act
amending
Title
18,
which
is
House
bill.
C
One
five,
eight
former
two
261
referred
to
as
blue
lives
matter,
created
to
protect
police
officers
specifically
for
brutality,
while
I
Stannis
solidarity
with
our
other
marginalized
sisters
and
brothers.
Charity
starts
at
home.
Our
black
community
must
create
legislation
that
directly
protects
the
interests
of
black
residents
in
Pittsburgh,
like
people
always
do.
The
work
for
others,
for
others
to
gain
benefit
only
to
be
dismissed
and
left
behind.
Please
no
more
civil
rights
chess
moves
that
include
every
marginalized
group
and
dilute
the
original
purpose
of
protecting
exclusively
black
people.
C
We
have
an
opportunity
to
make
some
real
change.
That
I
would
hate
to
see
wasted
due
to
a
repeat
of
history.
I
also
have
a
solution
on
Saturday
December
7th
we're
having
a
restored
a
black
Business
Expo
at
Hosanna
House,
where
we're
all
going
to
come
together
and
do
reconciliation
restoration
and
build
strong
foundations
in
Big
Boi.
Thank
you
very
much,
Gabriel
that.
AB
X
My
name
is:
miracle
Jones
I'm,
a
JDM,
a
study
from
the
University
of
Pittsburgh,
we're
talking
about
racism.
You
have
an
officer
standing
behind
me
in
a
church
that
is
disrespectful
that
it
is
unacceptable,
we're
talking
about
racism
and
a
place
that
we
have
Leon
Ford,
but
we
just
had
Antoine
Rose.
These
are
your
community
members
and,
as
you
can't
sit
and
have
a
conversation
with
your
own
community
members
about
state
violence,
that
is
something
unique,
so
you
can
consider
and
interrogate,
and
you
owe
everyone
in
here
an
apology,
unacceptable.
X
B
You
very
much
with
that.
We
have
concluded
this
public
hearing.
Let
me
give
some
thank
yous.
I
want
to
thank
Teresa
Kel
Smith,
the
Cori
O'connor
Daniel
avail
and
I
want
to
thank
the
cable
group,
or
they
think
the
clerk's
office
and
I
want
to
the
pastor
of
the
Ebenezer
Baptist
Church
and
his
people,
dr.
Vincent
Campbell.
Last
but
not
least,
the
sergeant
of
arms
and
I
would
just
make
one
clarification.
He
is
a
sign,
the
council,
so
whenever
we
have
an
official
council
meeting,
he
must
be
present.