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A
And
we
welcome
you
to
another
black
pittsburgh
matters.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
is
a
series
of
virtual
town
hall
meetings,
affirming
a
city-wide
agenda
that
black
pittsburgh
does
indeed
matter.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
means
that
black
lives
matter.
We
must
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
black
people.
It
means
the
black
communities
matter.
We
must
focus
on
rebuilding
black
communities
and
it
means
that
black
wealth
matters.
We
must
focus
on
increasing
black
employment
and
entrepreneurial.
B
Community
has
been
disproportionately
affected
by
concurrent
crisis:
first,
the
kovic
19
pandemic
and
its
resulting
economic
crisis
and
second
race
relations
and
racial
trauma,
which
is
a
public
health
crisis.
Normally
in
times
of
crisis
and
great
change,
we'd
be
coming
to
you
as
the
black
elected
officials
of
pittsburgh,
having
meetings
across
the
city
with
our
constituents,
partners
and
our
lives,
since
we
cannot
do
so
safely
in
the
current
pandemic.
B
We're
now
using
this
media
and
platform
to
come
to
you
the
ways
we
can
to
talk
about
what
we're
doing,
discuss
policy
and
legislation
concerning
black
pittsburgh.
These
meetings
will
be
available
via
facebook
youtube
and
the
cds
cable
channel.
You
can
contact
or
ask
questions
via
the
black
pittsburgh
matters.
Facebook,
page
or
email
us
at
blackpghmatters
gmail.com,
and
you
can
comment
through
our
live
feed
right
now.
Today's
town
hall
meeting
is
violence
healing
and
mental
health
in
the
black
community
in
black
pittsburgh.
A
Confronts
it
often
with
racial,
systematic
injustices
disproportionately
affecting
african-americans,
the
black
community
has
survived
a
lot
of
trauma
and
challenges.
It
is
important
to
have
conversations
with
which
promote
healthy
trauma-informed
approaches
to
healing
in
advance
black
pittsburgh.
One
approach
the
city
has
taken
to
reduce
trauma
in
the
black
community
is
the
group
violence
intervention
program
where
community
members
themselves
serve
as
conflict
mediators.
B
As
we
look
forward
to
working
together
to
create
a
city
for
all
where
black
pittsburgh
matters
is
crucial,
that
our
approach
takes
mental
health
into
account
where
we
acknowledge
the
trauma
and
challenges
black
people
face
in
working
together
and
move
forward
to
a
future
where
we
not
only
achieve
justice
and
quality,
we're
able
to
heal
from
the
effects
of
prolonged
inequality
and
injustices-
and
you
know
daniel,
as
you
know,
that's
sort
of
been
my
story.
My
aunt
was
shot
and
killed.
B
My
mother
had
a
nervous
breakdown
and
for
30
years
never
recovered
from
her
mental
illness.
My
mother-in-law
was
shot
and
killed.
My
grandfather
was
shot
and
killed.
My
cousins
and
my
wife's
cousins
were
caught
was
shot
and
killed.
B
It
caused
me
to
go
into
ministry
caused
me
to
do
jail,
ministry
and
actually,
in
many
ways,
helped
me
to
run
for
council,
because
I
think
that
you
know
the
violence
in
the
community
is
was
just
so
so
ubiquitous
so
everywhere.
I
just
I
had
to
do
something
at
least
in
a
small
way
and
try
to
stop
the
violence
and
stop
this
trauma,
and
so
it's
been
horrendous
and
I'm
sure
you've
had
similar
experiences.
A
I
came
through
high
school
in
the
90s
when
we
had
a
lot
of
gang
activity,
and
so,
while
I
experienced
level
divineness,
I
was
stuck
up
walking
home
from
school.
One
day
my
family
hasn't
been
touched,
but
I've
lost
friends
and
family
to
it.
The
the
other
sort
of
interesting
thing
about
trauma
and
violence.
A
It
was
one
it
was
actually
on
the
npr
program
that
I
heard
it
where
they
sort
of
study
the
brains
of
men,
and
this
was
actually
in
philadelphia
at
the
time
where
they
studied
sort
of
the
brains
of
men
who
sort
of
lived
on
the
corners
was
active
in
violence
was
active
in
gangs
activity
and
then
they
compared
their
patterns
to
what
an
iraq
soldier
how
they
experienced
it
and
what
they
discovered
was
sort
of
the
mental
health
and
the
trauma
of
those
on
the
corner
was
almost
identical
and
at
times,
if
not
worse
than
the
people
in
iraq,
because
in
iraq
they
knew
there
was
one
enemy.
A
They
knew
they
had
a
specific
job
to
do,
whereas
they
studied
the
men
and
women
involved
in
the
streets.
Well,
they
were
always
looking
around
the
corner
and
they
were
always
worried
about
what
was
going
to
happen
next
and
even
the
way
someone
moved
or
walked
could
potentially
affect
them
in
different
ways
and
then
what
they
also
discovered
was
that
trauma
got
brought
home
right
and
so
and
then
the
violence
no
one
knew
held.
A
It
knew
no
one
understood
how
to
deal
with
it
and
so
the
kid
that
experienced
the
loss
of
a
of
a
mother
or
a
father,
the
trauma
that
affected
them,
and
so
often
within
our
community.
We
also
don't
seek
out
mental
health,
it's
just
devastating
for
a
very
long
time.
So
it's
something
I've
come
to
sort
of
better
understand.
One
of
the
reasons
we
we
did
the
victims
assistance
coordinator
a
couple
years
ago,
when
we
added
that
position
to
the
budget
was
to
again
sort
of
looking
at
the
trauma
of
the
victims.
B
Yeah
I
am
and
I'll
bring
our
guest
tournament.
I
I
had
a
young
guy
grew
up
in
the
neighborhood.
You
know
I
grew
up,
he's
younger.
He
was
younger
than
me
and
we
grew
up
playing
basketball
and
just
you
know,
being
kids
together,
and
I
was
at
that
time.
You
know
running
an
after
after-school
program
in
lincoln
and
I
saw
him
in
nice.
You
know
I
like
cars,
so
he
had
a
new
vet
and
we
were
talking.
I
said
man
are
you
being
good?
He
said,
I'm
not
gonna
lie
to
you.
B
I
do
what
I
do.
I
knew
what
to
admit
right
and
you
know
we
hug
we've
known
each
other,
all
our
lives
and
then
you
know
I
hadn't
heard
from
him
for,
like
I,
hadn't
seen
him
in
like
two
or
three
weeks
found
out
that
he
had
been
shot
seven
eight
times
and
they
had.
You
know,
stuffed
him
in
the
trunk
of
his
vet
and
they
didn't
find
him.
B
You
know
didn't
find
the
car
for
like
a
week
and
it
just
those
kind
of
events
you
they
don't
leave
you
right,
they're
part
of
your
present
they're,
not
just
part
of
your
past
they're
part
of
your
present
and
if
you're,
a
black
person
and
you
raised
in
their
city
those
experiences
they're
always
with
you
and
so
today,
we're
honored
to
be
joined
by
geraldine
massey
from
the
center
for
victims,
vanessa,
meyer,
snyder,
director
of
education
and
conflict
resolution
services
at
the
center
for
victims,
cornell
jones,
gvi
coordinator,
an
all-around
great
guy,
antoine
bailey
and
von
rivers
from
reach
outreach
and,
of
course,
jay
gilmer.
A
So
maybe
cornell,
we
can
start
with
you
if
you
could
just
give
those
who
are
watching
an
education
on
what
gvi
is
how
it
functions,
how
it
operates.
We
mentioned
it
at
the
top
of
the
show
and
we're
very
thankful.
I
was
going
to
say,
proud,
we're
both
proud,
but
we're
also
thankful
for
the
work
you
are
actually
doing,
because,
although
at
times
it's
hard
to
measure,
we
know
you
are
absolutely
saving
lives.
And
so
you
could
just
share
some
information
about
the
program
with
us
and
explain
how
it
works.
C
True
true
group,
violence
intervention
is
a
program
that
I've
been
blessed
to
be
the
coordinator
for
the
last
four
years.
Actually,
as
of
this
month,
the
last
four
years,
the
the
program
is
a
program
that,
where
we
bring
together
outreach,
we
bring
together
law
enforcement
and
we
bring
social
services
together
to
be
able
to
counteract
street
violence
and
counteract
you
know,
situations
that
are
pretty
much
brewing
in
the
community.
C
C
You
know
to
be
able
to
counteract
you
know,
situations
of
street
violence,
and
even
you
know,
working
with
the
community
at
large,
and
you
know
we're
doing
things
that
are
that
that
are,
you
know,
part
of
the
initiative,
such
as
custom
notifications,
which
we're
going
to
people's
houses-
and
you
know
with
the
village,
with
people
from
the
community
to
be
able
to
help
talk
to
that
person
to
let
them
know
that
you
know
we
care
about
you.
We
love
you.
C
We
want
you
to
be
able
to
stay
alive
and
stay
out
of
prison
and
we're
giving
them
the
proper
resources
and
connections
to
be
able
to
make
those
things
happen
so
that
they're
successful
the
goal
of
you
know
gvi
is
to
keep
them
alive
and
out
of
prison.
You
know
what
I
mean.
We
have
people
who
are
part
of
the
team
who
who
have
been
in
the
streets.
C
We
have
people
in
the
that
are
part
of
the
team
that
that
know
the
community
that
that
are
people
of
influence
of
the
of
the
community
that
are
working
with
us
that
are
strategizing
with
us
on
a
regular
basis
with
with
myself
being
the
coordinator
and
then
with
my.
I
then
talk
to
and
work
with
the
law
enforcement
part
to
see
when
we
need
to
include
them.
We
found
out
that
including
the
law
enforcement
part
of
group
violence
intervention
is
the
last
resort.
We
don't
want
people
to
get
arrested.
C
We
want
people
to
to
be
able
to
be
successful,
which
is
why,
even
when
we're
going
and
doing
custom
notifications
at
people's
houses,
when
we're
going
with
that
law
enforcement
person
and
other
people
from
the
village
that
law
enforcement
person
is
going
to
that
door
with
us
saying:
hey
you're,
not
we're
not
here,
because
you're
in
trouble
we're
here
because
we
care
about
you,
we
want
you
to
live
and
we
want
you
to
stay
out
of
prison,
so
we've
been
bringing
the
village
together,
everyone
from
coaches
pastors
clergy-
I
mean
you,
know
the
mothers
from
the
community,
mothers,
who've
lost
loved
ones.
C
People
like
that
and
letting
people
see
that
this
isn't
just
a
law
enforcement
issue.
This
isn't
just
an
outreach
issue.
This
is
a
village
at
large
issue,
and
this
is
something
that
is
extremely
important
for
all
of
us,
working
together
to
be
able
to
counteract
street
violence,
and
I
really
believe
that
we've
been
you
know.
Thank
god.
We've
been
effective
because
of
good
leadership
such
as
yourselves,
but
we
also
have
good
leadership.
Good
community
organizations
such
as
reach,
southwestern
peacemakers,
mad
dads
pittsburgh
outreach.
C
We
got
people
in
strong
partnerships
and,
with
you
know,
center
for
victims,
neighborhood
resilience
and
we
have
a
village
that
is
saying
that
we're
not
going
to
let
we're
tired
of
people
dying
and
we're
going
to
bring
the
resources
together
to
be
able
to
help
people
to
live
because
we're
tired
of
going
to
funerals
and
we
want
to
go
to
more
graduations.
And
we
want
to
go
to
funerals
this
year.
B
So
we
go
around
to
all
of
our
guests
and
all
of
you
could
sort
of
talk
about
your
work
and
how
you
got
involved
in
this
field.
So
all
of
you
could
sort
of
take
a
few
minutes.
Those
who
other
than
cornell
can
kind
of
talk
about
what
your
work
is
and
and
how
you
got.
What
made
you
get
into
this
field.
D
D
My
husband
died
from
colon
cancer
that
same
year,
and
so
I
I
went
back
to
work
and
I
started
working
for
the
center
for
victims
in
1998
and
it
was
my
work
at
the
center
as
an
advocate
that
really
inspired
me
that
there
needed
to
be
more
done
and-
and
so
I
worked
in
the
court
system-
juvenile
court
mostly-
and
you
know,
working
with
the
young
people
in
and
and
just
seeing.
D
You
know
that
there
was
a
lot
of
trauma
and-
and
there
was
a
lot
of
you
know,
one
of
our
executive
directors
says,
hurt
people
hurt
people,
and-
and
I
was
seeing
that
I
was
seeing
these
young
kids
come
in
and
they
were
hurting.
D
And
so
I
I
went
back
to
school
and
I
got
my
master's
degree
in
professional
counseling
and
then
I
went
on
to
juvenile
court
probation
to
work
as
a
drug
and
alcohol
counselor
with
assist
program,
and
I
left
I
worked
there
two
years
and
I
went
back
to
the
center
as
a
therapist
and
then
I
went
to
the
community
again
because
again
the
community
is
where
my
heart
is.
It's,
like
I
wanna,
be
part
of
the
community
help
them.
D
I
can't
always
do
that
as
just
a
therapist
and
so
currently
I
am
the
family
and
community
support
therapist
at
the
center
for
victims
and
and
it's
it's
been
a
journey,
but
but
it's
been
a
journey
inspired
and
and
motivated
by
all
the
trauma
and
and
the
deaths
that
our
community
sees
on
a
regular
basis.
D
The
trauma
that
our
our
community
suffers
is
and
would
be
unbearable
to
to
most
people.
So
that's
how
I
got
started
vanessa.
E
I'll
go
next
thanks
for
having
us.
My
name
is
vanessa
mayer
snyder,
I'm
with
the
center
for
victims.
I
work
with
geraldine
and
work
closely
with
cornell
and
jay
and
at
the
center
for
victims
I
mean
we.
E
Educating
them
about
what
trauma
is
because
oftentimes.
We
just
think
that
we
just
go
through
things
and
we're
that's
just
we
have
to
just
keep
moving
because
as
people
of
color
we're
always
dealing
with
different
things
and
we're
always
moving
forward.
So
it's
important
to
say
that
it
should
not
be
a
part
of
our
lives.
This
is
it's
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
ourselves.
E
It's
important
for
us
to
know
that
there
is
help
out
there
to
talk
about
it,
to
learn
how
to
heal,
and
that
healing
is
a
journey.
It's
not
something
that's
going
to
happen
overnight
and
that
there
are
different
ways
that
people
deal
with
trauma
in
terms
of
working
through
it.
I
know
daryl
being
mentioned
her
work
with
the
center.
You
know.
F
All
right
well.
B
F
Is
antoine
bailly
and
I'm
part
of
the
reese
program
and
how
I
got
involved
in
this
hair
kind
of
work
is,
I
was
always
a
mentor
in
my
neighborhood,
but
I
was
always
involved
into
bad
things,
so
my
name
was
always
getting
tossed
around
of
doing
negative
things.
Instead
of
positive
things,
and
I
actually
came
home
from
prison
20
years
ago
2001
and
I
said
I'm
never
going
back
so
one
thing
I
wanted
to
do
was
change
my
life
around.
F
I
never
had
a
job
before
I
always
was
on
the
streets
doing
street
stuff.
Like
you
said
your
man
have
corvette.
So
I
was
one
of
them
guys
in
the
hill
district,
and
I
said
I
need
to
turn
my
life
around
start
having
children.
So
I'm
like
I
need
to
be
there
for
my
kids
or
whatever,
and
so
I
got
involved
with
a
program.
It
was
outreach
program
called
one
busy
one
life
and
that
helped
me
shape
my
life
up
and
change
my
life
around
now.
F
So
I've
been
doing
outreach
ever
since
that
time
up
to
now
and
right
now
we're
in
we
got
the
reach
program
and
we're
in
six
different
neighborhoods
with
13
different
members.
That's
a
part
of
the
reach
program,
we're
doing
a
phenomenal
job
with
the
good
work
that
y'all
helped
us
do:
cornell
jones,
jay,
gilmore
and
every
other
project.
That's
involved
in
this
here.
G
Effort
good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
vaughn
rivers.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
y'all.
My
story,
like
many
of
ours,
was
born
and
raised
in
the
east
end
of
pittsburgh
and
went
on
to
play
collegiate
football,
and
during
that
time
I
had
a
best
friend
that
was
murdered
continued
to
graduate
the
year
I
graduated
my
brother,
closest
brother
out
of
three,
was
murdered.
G
G
I
was
thrown
out
the
back
of
a
truck
and
died
on
the
scene,
and
just
this
past
year,
there's
been
a
couple
other
close
friends,
but
my
very
close
best
friend
of
20
years
was
shot
in
front
of
me
and
died
on
my
lap
on
the
way
to
the
hospital
after
throwing
a
peach
party
in
homework.
G
So
trauma
has
been
very
very
close
to
me
and
it's
provoked
me
to
get
into
this
work
in
a
very
passionate
and
strong
way.
I
guess
you
know
dealing
with
that
much
trauma.
G
You
have
two
ways
to
go
with
it
and
you're
either
going
to
retaliate
and,
like
miss
geraldine,
said
her,
people
are
definitely
gonna
hurt
people,
as
we
all
know,
or
are
you
gonna,
find
a
way
to
dig
a
little
bit
deeper
and
turn
your
pain
and
passion
into
purpose,
and
that's
just
what
I've
been
trying
to
do
alongside
some
other
great
people
in
this
city
that
I
come
from
like
swan
and
like
many
of
you
guys,
the
young
guy,
like
me,
has
been
following
coming
up
and
just
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
to
really
make
an
impression
in
our
little
bit
of
times
on
this
earth,
because
we
all
don't
have
much
time
and
it's
all
about
what
you
leave
and
your
impact,
not
what
you
take
from
it.
G
And
so
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here.
That's
what's
found
me
at
this
work,
I'm
very
committed
and
passionate
to
it.
The
work
I
do
now
is
at
the
grayson
center
on
the
hill
district
director
of
a
youth
program
here
and
then
on
the
executive
team
with
tuan
and
the
reach
program,
and
that's
something
extremely
committed
to
and
just
getting
out
here
and
trying
to
change
and
save
lives
in
a
very
unique
way,
a
way
that
maybe
some
systems,
that's
always
been
in
place
in
front
of
us.
G
I
don't
necessarily
maybe
agree
with
or
see
conducive,
but
we
really
do
and
that's
in
a
dynamic,
impactful
way
and
just
meeting
people
where
they
at
because,
like
swan
said,
we
all
got
a
story
and
ain't.
None
of
us,
perfect
we've
been
out
there
and
I
think
that
often
times
you
hear
these
cliches.
But
it's
so
true
and
this
this
point
that
closest
people,
often
to
the
problem,
are
often
solution.
So
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
y'all
brothers.
B
I
just
want
to
from
a
personal
note
from
my
heart.
I
appreciate
your
work
right.
You
know,
I
appreciate
you
just
want
to
say
that
from
from
my
heart,
I
god
bless
me
and
that
I
all
my
cousins,
my
brother-in-law,
my
father-in-law
they're,
all
you
know
in
life,
and
I
only
escaped
it
because
they
told
me
I
wanted
to
go
out
and
make
some
money.
They
said
no
ricky,
you
know
I
want
you
to
go
to
school
yeah.
B
It
wasn't
that
I
didn't
want
to
do
it.
They
told
me,
I
couldn't
do
it
and
I
just
got
by
the
grace
of
god.
I
kind
of
escaped
it,
but
it
was.
You
know
I
grew
up
in
it.
You
know
it's
it's
it
I'm
talking
too
much.
It
never
leaves
you.
You
know
what
I'm
talking
about
you,
you
leave
it,
but
it
don't
quite
leave
you.
You
know
people
don't
understand
what
that
means.
You
know
part
of
you
is
always
there
jay.
How
did
you
go
from
corporate
attorney
to
this
kind
of
work?.
H
Well,
it
was
thanks
to
you:
we've
had
a
lot
of
years
of
doing
we're,
doing
work
and
trying
to
change
the
systems
so
that
we
can
work
to
prevent
the
violence
that
goes
on
in
the
community,
and
my
job
today
is
as
stop
the
violence
coordinator
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
in
that
capacity
my
role
is
to
try
to
engage
more
and
more
community
members,
so
that
the
culture
starts
to
change,
that
we
are
that
we
embrace
the
solutions
to
these
problems
and
don't
allow
ourselves
just
to
stay
stuck
in
them.
H
So
we're
doing
a
lot
of
things
through
the
city
with
partners
like
reach
through
programs
like
gvi
other
partners
like
the
center
for
victims,
the
grayson
center
lots
and
lots
of
other
partners
all
around
all
around
town
they're,
trying
to
help
us
all
to
work
together
in
a
unified
way,
so
that
we
can
really
make
an
impact
on
this
problem,
and
it's
it's
gonna
take
all
of
us.
I
mean
this
problem
did
not
arise
overnight
and
it's
not
gonna
be
solved
overnight.
It's
gonna
take
a
lot
of
partners
because
there's
room
for
everybody.
H
That's
watching
this
show
and
anyone
that
you
know
to
be
involved
in
the
solution
and
it
begins
with
just
understanding
what
the
problem
is
and
seeing
what
the
what
the
repercussions
are
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
do
just
take
for
granted.
Oh,
we
people
just
shoot
each
other.
Well,
no!
No!
No!
That's!
We
do
not
need
to
accept
that.
That
is
not
that
I
mean
you
are
heroic
to
survive
this.
It's
not
just
some
of
you
should
all
survive.
H
You
are
heroic,
geraldine
and
antoine
and
vaughn
and
anyway,
and
the
others
who
and
ricky
as
well
who've
experienced
these
traumas.
You
are
heroes
because
that's
not
what
we're
supposed
to
be
going
through
on
a
routine
basis.
So,
but
so
that's
my
role
and
I'm
just
happy
to
be
here
with
you,
the
distinguished
guests
you
have
here,
so
we
can
learn
more
about
what
it
means
to
heal
and
we
don't.
I
don't
think
we
know
what
healing
even
looks
like.
H
A
So
so,
on
that
note,
miss
massey,
since
he
mentioned
people,
don't
necessarily
know
when
they
need
to
heal
or
how
as
a
therapist,
can
you
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
when?
How
should
someone
know
that
they're
experiencing
trauma
or
how
would
or
how
could
we
potentially
know
that
a
friend
or
a
loved
one
is
experiencing
trauma
from
an
event,
and
then
how
do
we
get
them?
Help.
D
Good
question:
good
question:
it's
it's
very!
It's
a
fine
line
in
that,
because
we're
of
color
because
we're
black
we
tend
to
endure
more
trauma
than
than
a
normal
non-black
person
would,
but
when,
when
your
symptoms
start
to
invade
your
life,
when
you
can't
sleep
when
you
start
drinking
way
too
much
or
not,
sleeping
or
sleeping
too
much
when
you're
irritable,
because
somebody,
you
know
just
blew
air
your
way,
just
every
little
thing
gets
on
your
nerves.
D
These
are
trauma
symptoms
and
when
those
things
get
to
bubble
out
when
they
start
bubbling
out
of
you,
then
it's
time
for
you
to
go
and
seek
somebody
to
help
you
process
them.
So
so
it's
not
like
healing,
but
it's
understanding
like
you,
you
don't.
I
don't
know
if
you
really
heal
from
trauma,
but
you
learn
to
understand,
trauma
and
its
symptoms
and
and
how
you
can
manage
them
in
your
life
so
that
they
don't
become
intrusive
in
the
way
you
live
your
life
so
that
they
don't
affect
your
love
life.
D
Your
your
relationship
with
your
mother,
your
your
relationships
on
the
jobs,
those
are
those
are
the
things
that
will
happen.
If
you
don't
process
your
trauma,
if
you
don't
process
them
talk
about
all
the
things
and
that
you're
feeling,
like
you,
know
the
anxiety
that
comes
with
being
just
near
somebody
that
gets
shot
like
that
in
itself
can
send
you
into
a
tailspin
just
being
in
a
house
we're
just
arguing
on
on
a
regular
basis.
D
You
know
we
we
normalize
a
lot
of
that
and
it's
not
normal
to
have.
You
know
mom
and
dad
hollering,
calling
each
other
out
of
their
names
and
and
and
and
we
normalize
that,
like.
Oh
that's
what
black
people
do.
No,
we
shouldn't
do
that
because
we
should
value
each
other.
We
should
love
each
other,
it
more
than
that
when
I'm
in
the
grocery
store-
and
I
hear
a
mom
screaming-
shut
that
up
you
little-
I
I
just
I
me
because
I
can't
keep
my
mouth
shut.
D
I
I
I
walk
over
and
say:
oh
baby,
what's
going
on,
is
mommy
getting
on
your
nerves
and
mommy,
don't
like
that
somebody's
interceding,
but
I'm
not
being
mean
and
I'm
not
being
judgmental,
but
I
want
her
to
know
that
it's
not
the
way
we
talk
to
our
babies.
We've
got
to
love
them
like
we
gotta
start
showing
them
kindness
because
they
get
enough
trauma
just
cause.
D
They're
black
just
cause
their
color
of
their
skin
they're,
going
to
get
some
trauma,
so
we
don't
need
to
give
it
to
them
as
as
parents
or
or
community
members,
so
so
healing
knowing
when
to
go,
get
help
is
when
it
becomes
too
much.
When
now
I
I
I'm
utilized
in
sessions
sometimes
to
hold
the
water,
the
water
balloon,
everybody
has
a
water
balloon
fight.
When
you
hold
that
water
balloon
under
that
faucet.
If
you
hold
it
there
too
long,
what
happens
it
busts?
D
B
Vanessa,
you
talked
a
lot
about
you
know
even
having
an
experience
today.
Really
you
know
that
probably
even
surprised
you
why?
Why
do
you
think
what
what
is
it?
That
is
this?
What
do
you
think
is,
in
your
opinion,
what's
fueling
all
of
this
in
the
black
community?
What
what
is
the
you
know,
terms
of
violence
and
trauma?
What
do
you
think
is
its
basic
cause.
E
I
think
the
root
cause
is
a
lot
of
what
we
are
dealing
with
as
people
of
color
and
the
fact
that
we're
experiencing
things
with
within
our
our
communities
and
as
individuals
as
people
of
color,
and
so
some
of
those
things
that
I
mean
I
know,
daryl
dean
talked
about
losses,
we've
referred
to
homicides
and
things
like
that
trauma
is
different
for
every
person
it
could
be.
E
You
know,
watching
your
parents
argue
it
could
also
be
being
robbed
or
someone
breaking
into
your
house.
All
of
these
things
are
can
be
traumatic
for
a
person.
So
it's
about
it's
about
what
is
happening
and
what
they're
experiencing
and
how
they're
able
to
cope
with
those
things,
because
everyone's
coping
skills
are
different.
So
in
terms
of
what's
happening
in
our
community,
I
think
a
lot
of
the
police
presence
a
lot
of
poverty.
I
mean
we
could
go
down
the
list.
E
How
to
recognize
it
within
others
how
to
go
about
getting
help,
how
to
try
to
really
deal
with
those
things
in
order
to
be
able
to
make
a
difference
in
the
community,
and
it
means
that
people
that
have
that
that
are
those
gatekeepers
and
those
credible
relationships
have
to
be
the
ones
to
also
say
hey,
you
know,
here's
a
place,
you
can
go
and
people
that'll,
listen
and
people
that'll
talk
to
you,
because
it's
other
people
in
the
community
and
our
relationships
with
them
which
make
them
feel
comfortable
about
going
to
seek
help
we've.
E
E
In
my
day,
unfortunately,
because
it
shouldn't
be
normalized,
it
shouldn't
be
something
we're
used
to,
but
you
know
I
just
I
tried
to
reach
out
to
people
that
were
there
find
out
what's
happening
and
and
try
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
make
things
better,
and
so
I
think,
in
terms
of
what
we
can
do
in
the
community
is
about
educating
making
sure
people
understand,
and
I
also
understand
that
trauma
is
not
only
from
violent
crimes
it
can
be.
It
is
a
personal
thing
that
happens
for
each
individual.
E
You
know,
fears
being
triggered,
I
mean,
there's
lots
of
things
that
can
cause
someone
to
feel
that
trauma
and
be
brought
back
into
the
moment
and
so
giving
people
simple
techniques
like
grounding
like
really
paying
attention
to
their
five
senses,
paying
attention
to
what's
around
them,
to
bring
them
back
and
be
able
to
allow
them
to
understand
what
some
of
those
triggers
are
make
people
feel
more
empowered
to
be
able
to
handle
when
something
happens
and
have
a
better
understanding
about
why
it
might
be
happening.
H
You
know
so
what
do
you
think
you'll
do?
What
do
you
think
you'll
do,
but
I
have
to
recover
from
this
trauma.
Should
we
have
an
excuse
from
this
tv
show?
I
mean.
I
would
think
that
that,
because
that
might
have
been,
that
might
have
been
the
wise
thing
to
do.
What
do
you
think?
What
should
you
be
doing
to
recover.
E
I
already
have
a
plan
in
place,
so
I
know
that
when
this
is
over,
then
I
will
have
a
chance
to
honestly.
I'm
gonna
take
a
hot
bath.
I'm
gonna
have
a
nice
glass
of
wine.
E
I'm
gonna
sit
down
and
vent
and
talk
to
my
husband
about
it,
but
you
know
reach
out
to
people
that
I
know
and
support
me
and
make
sure
that
my
team
member,
who
was
with
me,
she's
the
one
I'm
most
concerned
about
because
she
was
out
in
the
community
her
first
day,
and
this
happened
so
me,
I'm
just
you
know
I'll.
Do
what
I
when
I
need
to
do,
to
take
care
of
myself
to
make
sure
I'm
okay
moving
forward,
who
knows
geraldine,
might
get
a
call
tonight
right.
H
E
A
That,
mr
meyers,
if
you
don't
mind
because
I'm
curious
in
your
opening
statement,
you
also
spoke
about
gaps
in
services,
and
so
I'm
curious.
What
gaps
are
there?
What
can
we
as
government,
be
investing
in
more
what
what
else
can
we
be
doing
to
assist.
E
Oh
I
mean
I
would
start
with
is
right
now.
What
we're
doing
today
is
amazing,
isn't
it
is
important,
because
we
got
to
get
information
out
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
everybody
is
familiar
with
what's
happening.
The
other
thing
is
to
support
those
of
us
who
are
out
there
doing
the
work,
our
outreach
workers,
you
know
dvi
all
of
stop
the
violence
center
victims,
all
of
us
that
are
out
there
doing
to
be
able
to
support
us
as
we're
doing
this
for
residents
and
communities
and
families
that
we
care
about.
E
I
mean
none
of
us
are
out
there
just
doing
it
just
for
money,
we're
doing
it
because
we
care
about
our
community,
because
there's
lots
of
other
things
that
we
could
do.
But
if
you
don't
have
that
passion
you're
not
going
to
be
out
there
doing
it,
the
other
thing
is
just
looking
at
budgets
and
what
kind
of
money
might
need
to
be
spent
in
certain
areas
around
mediations
around
education
around
what
community
members
need
from
their
standpoint
to
feel
safe?
I
mean
a
lot
of
times.
E
We
say
more
police,
more
police,
more
police,
but
that's
not
always
what's
going
to
work.
That's
not
always
because
oftentimes
the
police
will
trigger
just
being
in
a
uniform
is
enough
to
trigger
someone.
Who's
had
a
bad
experience,
so
just
really
understanding
that
this
needs
to
be
one
of
those
line.
E
Items
needs
to
be
something
that
we
take
seriously
and
as
a
village
work
together
to
find
out
what
community
members
need
and
families
need,
because
I
can
talk
for
days
about
things
that
I
think
we
can
do,
but
I
prefer
to
hear
from
the
families
and
the
communities
in
terms
of
things
they
need
gaps
in
services
and
I'll
be
very
quickly
gaps
in
services.
E
I
had
a
woman
who
you
know
had
a
target
on
her
back
by
a
drug
lord,
just
because
she
was
a
member
of
a
family,
and
this
is
someone
who's
not
in
the
streets
not
doing
that,
but
was
scared
to
death
and
because
she
wasn't
a
witness
to
things
that
happened
and
didn't
have
any
more
information
than
the
police
already
did.
There
was
no
one
to
help.
Fortunately,
she
and
I
brainstormed,
and
we
worked
on
some
things
and
we
were
able
to
get
her
out
of
state
to
be
safe,
her
and
her
family.
E
But
those
are
things
we
have
to
look
at.
What
are
some
of
those
things
that
happen?
You
know
for
someone
who's
been.
You
know
when
their
house
has
been
shut,
shot
up
if
we
need
to
have
funding
to
put
them
somewhere
safe.
If
we
need
to
do
things
like
that,
because
we
have
domestic
violence
shelters,
but
we
don't
have
anything
for
someone
who's.
Maybe
their
house
got
shut
up
and
they're
afraid
to
go
back.
E
And
I
think
government
officials-
these
are
things
that
are
important
for
you
all
to
know
so
that
as
you're
looking
at
your
budgets
and
what's
needed,
these
are
some
of
those
things
that
you
can
have
for
line
items
and
I
could
go
on
a
list,
but
I'm
not
going
to
do
that.
So
I
think
that's
enough.
B
Now
and
antoine
and
vaughn,
you
know
you
guys
are
practitioners,
I
in
my
life,
you
know,
I've
been
a
pastor
all
these
years.
B
Over
the
years,
I've
had
members
of
the
church,
kids
that
grew
up
in
the
church
but
decide
to
you,
know,
travel
a
different
way
or
I've
had
family
members
and
they'll
have
their
children,
they'll
bring
them
to
me,
and
it
got
to
a
point
where
you
know
you
try
to
talk
to
the
young
young
brothers
and
for
me
I
just
couldn't
talk
to
them.
They
were
gone
and
I
guess
how
do
you?
How
do
you
do
your
interventions?
B
What
do
you
say
what
help
us
you
know,
give
us
some
case,
studies,
how
you
know
examples:
how
do
you?
How
do
you
get
past?
You
know
when
they
get
that
wild
thing
in
them?
How
do
you,
how
do
you
get
to
them
and
if
you
can
try
to
kind
of
be
specific,
cornell
and
and
the
brothers
can
kind
of
help
us
see
it?
B
C
Think
vaughn
and
tuan
should
start
off
with
that.
One.
F
To
me,
I'm
gonna
start
in
a
different
direction.
The
for
me
it
is
to
get
my
community
informed
with
good
news,
so
the
good
news
that
I
might
get
from
people
like
y'all
on
this
here
tv
show
I
can
take
to
my
community
and
inform
no
more
good
stuff,
that's
happening.
F
So
my
job
is
to
kind
of
feed
the
community
make
sure
community
is
fed,
try
to
get
the
guys
off
the
street
corners
and
into
employment
and
stop
shooting
at
each
other.
So,
like
I'm
like
well
known
in
my
community
in
the
hill
district,
so
the
guys
that
can't
be
reached,
they
actually
send
me
in
to
reach
them
and
talk
to
them,
comfort
them
and
try
to
check
their
temperature
to
make
sure
that
they're
not
going
to
do
anything
wrong
and
if
there's
too
far
gone
I
try
to.
F
H
H
That
enables
you
to
have
the
right
conversation,
because
he
will
listen
to
you
when
he
might
not
listen
to
mom's,
pastor
or
the
guy
from
downtown,
but
he
will
listen
to
you
because
you
know
him.
So
the
key
is
the
relationship
that
exists
between
you
and
those
guys
who
you
know,
see
you
and
see
someone
that
that
they
might
want
to
emulate
and
they
say:
oh
what?
What
can
I
do
to
do?
What
you've
done,
and
so
that's
how
you
can
have
that
impact.
F
For
sure
it's
about
it's
about
relationships,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
got
going
on
around
the
table
is
a
few
guys
from
every
neighborhood.
So
if
they
don't
know
me
directly,
they
know
one
of
the
guys
from
our
team
and
they're
going
to
get
to
that
person.
The
same
way
I
will
get
to
that
person
and
I'll.
Let
ron
finish
the
rest.
D
I
just
want
to
interject
one
minute
because
you
said
something
that
was
so
important
like
trauma
affects
the
way
the
brain
works.
So
if
they're
in
trauma
they're,
not
thinking,
and
if
you
have
a
relationship
and
you
can
make
them
think,
then
that
is
the
key.
That's
how
you
get
in,
but
because
they're,
not
thinking
they're,
seeing
red
they're
like
just
thinking
about
their
pain
and
all
caught
up
in
their
feelings,
that,
as
the
young
people
say,
cut
up
in
their
feelings.
D
G
Say
that
thank
you
no
you're
totally
right
geraldine
and
that
that's
definitely
the
philosophy
we
go
with
again
just
it's
not
only
that
we
are
are
a
good
solution,
because
we
kind
of
live
this
life
or
can
relate
to
these
young
men
and
women
nowadays
that
are
doing
this
that
are
stretching
this
trauma
and
then
retaliating
or
bringing
it
out
into
our
communities.
G
Just
like
you
said
it's
the
trauma
and
understanding
and
that's
one
factor.
Major
factor
in
the
second
factor
is
that
we
know
that
the
male
brain
doesn't
fully
develop
to
almost
20
years
old.
Another
huge
factor
is
going
to
make
you
impulsive
and
you're
really
going
to
just
do
some
crazy
things
from
people
that
have
now
lived
and
have
far
more
experience
and
would
just
think
that-
and
sometimes
it
just
takes
a
courageous
and
crazy
compassion
to
say
I've
been
there
before.
Let
me
not
be
judgmental
like
twans
said.
G
Let
me
come
break
some
bread
with
you,
young
brother,
young
sister.
Let
me
talk
to
you.
Let
me
show
you
that
there's
a
different
route
that
I
care
I
can
understand.
I
can
relate
that.
There
was
nobody
there
to
talk
to
you
to
ever
tell
you
they
love
you,
and
sometimes
some
of
our
brothers
are
so
far
gone.
They
don't
want
to
hear
none
of
that
soft
stuff.
They
don't
care
about
compassion.
G
Their
heart
is
already
turned
cool
and,
like
toronto,
say
that's
often
time
when
99
of
the
people
around
us
is
not
going
to
want
to
deal
with
them
and
they're
the
ones
that
they
think
are
savages
and
are
tearing
the
rest
of
us
up.
As
we
know,
it's
a
very
few
percentile
of
these
things
that
happen
in
our
inner
city
and
our
black
communities
of
violence,
a
few
individuals
and
it
makes
it
look
like
the
numbers
go
through
the
roof,
I'm
just
glad
that
the
numbers
have
been
going
down
in
our
city.
G
It's
reflective
that
we
are
doing
something
right
continue
to
be
compassionate,
like
you
said,
reverend
burgess.
I
think
that
you
know
the
the
solution
like
swan
said
is
just
to
meet
them
where
they
at
not
be
judgmental
one
thing
I
live
by
not
to
feel
another
cliche,
but
sometimes
to
just
dig
deeper
on
these
short
terms,
as
I
can.
Never
teach
them
if
I
can't
reach
them.
That's
right!
Let
me
reach
you
wherever
you
at.
C
True
and-
and
you
know
what
I
mean,
they
all
said
it
in
the
best
way.
Really,
you
know
as
tuan
said,
and
I
believe
this
is
the
same
with
ministry.
Ninety-Nine
percent
of
this
is
relationships.
Relationship
building.
You
know
there's
there's
times
when
when
you
know
I
might
know
somebody
from
being
the
pastor
down
in
the
penitentiary.
I
might
know
the
uncle
twan
might
know
you
know,
twy
might
know
the
cousin.
C
Well,
I
know
people
who
lived
the
life
of
a
crime
and
they
did
40
some
years
in
the
penitentiary
and
they're
not
willing
to
come
and
talk
to
that
person
who
wants
to
live
that
life
to
tell
them
that
that
wasn't
the
life
that
you
want,
and
this
is
why
so
just
realizing
that
you
know
it
it's
going
to
take
a
village
to
do
it.
Some
sometimes
people
like
you,
know,
cool
now,
you're
too
old
and
yeah.
C
Sometimes
I
am,
but
I
know
somebody
who's
not
so
just
being
able
to
build
those
resources
and
those
connections
to
be
able
to
help
that
person,
because
a
lot
of
times
that
young
person,
who's
who's,
acting
out
and
or
that
person
who's
acting
out
is
dealing
with
trauma
issues.
They're
angry
they're
they're,
not
they're,
they're,
numbing
things
from
situations
from
drug
and
uncle
and
stuff
like
that,
they're
going
through
so
much
pain.
C
So
this
is
just
part
of
the
acting
out
process,
but
let
them
know
that
they're
loved
and
we're
not
going
to
give
up
on
them
when
we're
willing
to
walk
with
them
and
give
them
get
them
the
resources
that
help
out
that's
the
key
and
the
last
thing
I'm
going
to
say
is
also
realizing.
You
know,
I'm
not
afraid
to
tell
someone
that
I
go
to
therapy
and
then
I
go
to
therapy
and
some
people
like
when
I
look
at
you
as
someone
who's
strong.
C
I
was
like
cornell's
strong,
but
I'm
strong
because
number
one,
my
faith
but
number
two
is
because
I
got
a
good
therapist.
You
know
what
I'm
saying
so,
if
you're
trying
to
get
some
help
and
help
you
through
the
healing
process,
I'm
willing
to
walk
you
through
that
process,
so
we
could
go
both
hill
together.
So
it's
a
team,
it's
a
team
where
it
makes
the
dream,
work,
type
situation
and
it's
about
working
together
as
a
village.
A
Towards
towards
that
notion
of
a
village
jay
early
on,
you
mentioned
that
there's
a
way
for
anyone
who
wants
to
support
or
get
involved,
there's
a
place
for
them
in
in
in
this
sort
of
puzzle.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that?
Oh.
H
H
H
It's
based
on
not
feeling
valued,
not
feeling
welcome,
not
I'm
having
the
resources
and
access
to
the
to
the
resources
that
you
really
need.
So
the
beginning
is
really
just
getting
to
know
the
right
people
meet
the
right.
People
hear
the
stories
that
antoine
and
vaughn,
the
other
outreach
workers
and
cornell
can
tell
you
about.
H
What's
going
on
in
your
actual
community
know
that
there's
only
a
very
small
percent
of
people,
that's
involved
and,
and
the
things
you've
heard
today,
people
need
we
need
to
share
these
stories
and
the
stories
of
redemption
and
the
stories
who
come
to
have
come
through
this
life
and
have
moved
on
to
the
other
side
of
it.
Because
there's
plenty
of
those
stories,
we
can't
be
afraid
to
hear
those
stories.
We
need
to
ask
these
people
to
come
to
your
churches
or
civic
groups
or
community
meetings,
to
share
what
they're
doing
so.
H
You
will
know
that
when
you
find
a
person
at
whatever
school
it
may
be,
that
seems
to
be
caught
in
his
feeling
that
you
know
what
to
do
about
it.
You
don't
ignore
it,
you
don't
downplay
it.
So
it's
the
first,
the
beginning
of
that
process
is
just
to
start
to
understand
and
if
you
need
to
connect
with
someone
call
call
any
of
us
and
we
will
certainly
connect
you
and
find
a
way
for
you.
That's
that's
number
one
after
that.
H
Mad
dads,
who
maybe
are
men
in
the
community
who
want
to
be
present
where
men
typically
are
not
present
and
being
good
examples,
so
just
to
be
part
of
the
solution
being
visible,
and
so
that
people
can
have
someone
to
look
up
to
and
look
at
it
and
say.
Yes,
I
can
do
that
too.
There
is
a
different
way,
anything
from
from
praying
we
have
we
want
to.
H
If
you
want
to
be
a
part
of
our
stop
the
violence
prayer
team,
please
let
us
know
that
we
want
you
to
be
praying
about
violence
that
you
may
know
about
healing
people
that
might
have
been
affected
by
violence.
We
want
community
members
to
know
that
violence
in
any
of
its
forms
is
not
something
that
we,
I
think,
is
the
way
to
go
in
as
a
civil
society.
H
Violence
isn't
right:
street
violence
isn't
right,
bullying
is
not
right.
Social
media
violence
is
not
right
and
we
should
not
be
allowing
those
things
to
go
on
in
the
with
among
the
people
that
we
know,
and
we
have
to
say
it.
We
have
to
say
it
out
loud
in
words,
now
also
understanding
what
solutions
there
are
well
before
we
in
the
show.
H
We
must
talk
about
what
people
need
to
do
to
get
the
help
that
they
that
they
deserve,
so
they
can
overcome
these
traumas,
and
so
all
committee
members
need
to
know
that
there
are
solutions
and,
if
even
if
their
child
may
not
be
the
one
that
needs
it.
H
Someone
in
that
in
every
child's
school
needs
these
resources
so
to
find
out
what
those
are,
which
is
a
very
good
thing,
and
if,
if,
if,
if
someone
is
so
inclined
that
there's
plenty
of
groups
that
are
trying
to
fill
the
void,
that
of
of
services,
of
love
of
compassion
of
resources,
that
people
need
so
they're,
always
accepting
donations
and
there's
lots
of
groups
out
there
and
and
these
days,
where
more
and
more
of
us
are
working
together,
so
that
we
can
have
a
unified
front,
a
unified
approach
to
or
to
dealing
with
these,
these
street
violence
issues.
H
And
if
you
want
some
suggestions,
we
can
certainly
provide
you
with
those
as
well.
So
those
are
just
a
few
of
the
ways
that
anybody
can
get
involved.
Starting
with
that
understanding-
and
I
would
just
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
I
can
give
geraldine
and
and
vanessa
a
chance
to
just
talk
about
what,
where
do
you
go
where?
Where
should?
I
call
if
I'm
happy,
if
I
can't
sleep
at
night,
if
I
can't
eat
or
if
I'm
I
need
to
decompress
or
something
what
who
do
I
call?
D
So
the
center
for
victims
has
a
24-hour
helpline.
Now
I
don't
know
the
1-800
number,
but
the.
D
412-392-8582
is
stuck
in
my
head
from
my
advocacy
days
and
that
answers
24
hours
a
day
and
if
everybody
that
answers
that
line
knows
just
what
trauma
is
they
understand
it?
They
talk
to
the
person
they
get
them
to
the
place
they
need
to
be.
It
may
be
resolved
if
it
may
be,
you
know
to
go
to
the
hospital
it
may
be.
You
know
just
to
call
their
therapist
in
the
morning
or
to
get
a
therapy
referral,
because
you
can
call
that
line
anytime
and
they
will
get
you
where
you
need
to
go.
D
If
it's
in
the
center
or
outside
of
the
center.
They
have
a
list
of
resources
to
to
refer
our
clients
or
the
community
at
large
too,
when
they
call
that
number,
and
that
number
again
is
four
one.
Two,
three
nine
two,
eight
five,
eight
two.
If
you.
D
Anybody
that
has
been
affected
by
crime-
and
it
has
been
vanessa
said
it
doesn't
violent
crime.
You
think
a
guns
knife,
but
it
could
be,
it
could
be
a
home
invasion.
It
could
be
a
fight,
it
could
be
just
a
physical
fist
fight.
You
just
would
be
surprised
at
the
trauma
that
comes
out
of
somebody
getting
beat
up
physically,
even
because
we've
normalized
it.
Oh
you
just
got
your
butt
whooped
and
that's
okay,
but
no
it's
not
okay.
You
still.
D
I
mean
I
have
people
who
have
had
a
a
a
physical
fight
and
they
still
are
having
blind
like
flashes
of
light
over
here
and
when
they
hear
loud
noises
they
jump.
So
you
can,
if
you've
been
a
victim
of
any
type
of
assault,
physical,
sexual,
domestic
violence.
You
can
call
that
24-hour
helpline,
if
you've
been
robbed,
if
you've
been
intimidated,
stopped
you
can
call
that
hotline.
D
So
any
crime
that
happens
and
and
the
thing
about
the
center
is
that
it's
a
comprehensive
organization,
it
it
deals
with
crimes
all
crimes
and
but
we're
the
only
one
in
allegheny
county.
So
I
I
just
ask
that
when
people
call
they
consider
that
that
for
all
of
allegheny
county,
it's
just
that
one
agency,
but
we
will
get
to
you,
we
will
call
you
back.
D
We
will
try
to
help
you
fulfill
your
needs
and
get
your
needs
met
when
you
have
been
a
victim
of
a
crime
or
even
a
witness.
D
That's
that's
the
other
thing
witnessing
the
crime
is
just
as
traumatic
at
times,
so
you
could
be
a
witness
of
a
homicide,
a
witness
of
a
shooting,
a
witness
of
you
know
one
of
the
questions
on
the
ace
which
is
the
it
determines
your
stress
level,
and,
and
is
that
have
you
ever
you
know
been
in
the
house
when
there's
been
a
fight
or
are
your
parents
fighting
or
anybody
fighting?
D
So
so
you
know
don't
minimize
if
you
think
you're
having
trouble
sleeping
you're
having
trouble
go
to
center
and
somebody
just
like
me
will
talk
to
you.
I
I
happen
to
have
gotten
my
degree,
but
we
were
all
trained
the
same.
So
it's
somebody
just
like
me
will
will
answer
that
phone
and
and
be
just
as
compassionate
and
understanding
and
helpful
as
I
would
be.
If
I
was
the
one
answering
the
phone.
B
I
just
want
to
leave
another
number.
That
is,
if
you
need
mental
health
services,
that
is,
you
can
call
the
crisis
center,
which
is
also
a
countywide
program
located
actually
in
in
my
council
district,
but
it
services
the
entire
accord
in
the
council
district
in
charge.
It
serves
the
county.
That
number
is
one
eight,
eight
seven,
you
can
one
eight
eight
seven
you
can
and
then
that
phone
number
comes
out
to
be
one:
eight,
eight,
seven,
nine
six,
eight!
B
B
1-888-796-8226,
if
you
think
you're
in
need
of
crisis
intervention,
if
you've
had
mental
health
issues
or
just
cannot
survive
with
the
traumas
of
life
and
need
immediately
help
immediate
help.
They
have
both
a
walk-in
center
on
on
on.
B
Mead
and
braddock,
or
you
can
call
they
have
mobile
therapists.
That
will
come
to
you,
and
so
those
are
two
numbers
that
you
can
call
and
get
help
immediately.
H
Another
little
thing
you
can
do
is
your:
if
you
are
watching
this
and
are
interested
in
doing
something
join
a
board
of
directors,
your
skills
are
needed
by
lots
of
these
groups
that
are
in
the
community,
they're,
always
looking
for
qualified
board
members,
people
that
are
going
to
be
passionate
about
the
issues.
I
just
want
to
learn
about
the
issues
you
can
use
your
skills
as
a
an
accountant
or
as
a
computer
programmer
or.
H
Does
that
juan
does
these
are
these
are
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
but
if
you're
in
braddock,
pa
or
if
you're
in
wilton
rankin
pa
we're
not
there,
you
need
to
be
advocating
with
your
representatives,
your
custody
city
council,
people
to
create
such
programs
there
as
well,
because
they're
not
everywhere
the
county,
is
doing
some,
but
they
don't
have
enough
sufficient
resources
either
and
we
need
to.
We
need
to
advocate
that
they
get
more
and
more
of
them.
A
Earlier
rev
mentioned
what
are
some
of
the
underlining
issues
and
I
think
one
of
them
is
poverty
and
tuan.
I
want
to
catch
up
with
you
after
this,
because
I
heard
you
mention
trying
to
get
people
towards
employment
and
we're
getting
ready
to
gear
up.
If
you
know
of
young
brothers
or
sisters
who
are
were
ever
interested
in
going
into
the
trades
now
is
the
best
time
ever
they
actually
do
not
have
enough
bodies
and
they're
actually
willing.
A
A
Some
are
willing
to
say,
hey,
look
if
you
co
go
through,
our
training
will
guarantee
you
a
slot,
and
so
I
just
want
to
catch
up
with
you
afterwards,
because
we're
also
getting
ready
to
put
a
first
horse
hiring
center
in
the
hill
house
in
the
near
future
and
also
gearing
up
working
with
the
trades
to
begin
training
people
for
the
development
that's
going
to
take
place
on
the
lower
hill,
so
we
should
just.
E
And
I
just
want
to
throw
out
there,
so
you
know
that
you
know
we're
always
happy
to
assist
in
terms
of
doing
trauma.
Trainings
we
at
the
center
for
victims.
We
have
a
healing
reverse
project,
which
is
an
entire
floor.
That
actually
is
interactive.
Help
people
understand
how
trauma
actually
impacts,
not
only
individuals
but
communities,
and
that
because
a
person
has
been
through
a
traumatic
event
does
not
mean
that
that
is
that.
That
is
their
destiny,
that
there
are
things
that
we
can
do.
E
There
is
self-care
that's
needed,
there's
that
understanding
of
what
trauma
is,
and
then
there
are
plenty
of
people
not
only
on
not
only
those
on
this
group
today,
but
there
are
plenty
of
people
that
want
to
help
and
prepare
people,
and
when
people
are
getting
ready
for
employment,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
those
skills
around
conflict
resolution
and
trauma,
so
they're
not
triggered
for
something
to
happen
that
they
respond
to
and
they
don't
stay
in
their
job.
E
So
I
always
throw
that
out
there,
because
I
think
it's
important
everyone
needs
to
understand
what
trauma
is
and
and
have
better
conflict
resolution
skills
as
well.
A
Thank
you
we're
running
short
on
time,
but
I
do
want
to
turn
it
over
to
micah
smith,
who
has
been
monitoring,
questions
that
have
been
coming
in,
live
in
the
chat
and
ask
so
she
can
get
any
pressing
questions
out.
I
Good
evening,
I
think
the
first
is
how
residents
can
be
supportive
of
outreach
workers
work.
G
We
try
to
be
as
visible
as
possible
in
each
one
of
our
communities
like
tuan,
said
we're
all
over
the
city,
so
we're
willing
to
always
we
meet
weekly
in
all
of
our
communities
and
also
one
is
a
collective
we're
all
always
looking
for
people
of
the
community
in
all
walks
of
life,
to
come
to
our
meetings,
to
see
how
we
build
to
see
what
they
can
bring
that's
torn
sailor
and,
as
we
all
know,
in
order
to
put
down
a
drug,
a
gun,
I'm
hoping
you
got
something
to
replace
it
with.
G
I'm
not
gonna.
Do
that.
So
we
always
looking
for
that.
Like
brother,
daniel
said
to
the
employment
is
needed,
and
so
people
in
the
community
a
way
to
get
involved
is
just
reaching
out.
You
can
always
reach
out
to
either
one
of
us
as
a
major
players
in
outreach
and
also
cornell's
team
and
we'd,
be
more
than
willing
to
have
you
at
one
of
our
meetings.
F
And
another
another
way
is
public
safety
meetings.
Each
someone
has
a
public
safety
meeting.
The
hill
district
has
there
tomorrow
at
3,
30
p.m,
at
the
teeny
harris
center
and
I'm
a
member
of
that
public
safety
meeting,
and
I
love
anyone
to
come
from
the
hill
district.
With
any
questions
that
we
can
help
with.
I
C
So
I'd
say
the
best
thing
is
really
to
contact
us.
You
know
we
could.
C
We
could
talk
about
a
strategic
plan
or
see
who
we
need
to
connect
with
to
make
it
happen,
but
contacting
us,
you
know
cornell.jones,
pittsburgh
pa.gov,
that's
c-o-r-e-l-l.gov,
excuse
me
cornell.jones
at
pittsburgh,
pa.gov
and
we
could
put
together
a
plan
and
to
be
able
to
help
that
person
and
give
them
some
direction
and
probably
give
them
some
mentorship
too,
of
some
of
the
people
that
we're
working
with
that
have
been
probably
in
that
life
before
that
have
made
some
changes
and
it'd
be
nice
to
connect
them
those
people
to
that
new
program
that
councilman
level
was
just
talking
about.
I
Great
and
finally,
how
might
you
support
someone
who
has
been
traumatized
but
may
be
resistant
to
the
stigma
of
health
and
therapy
seeking
it
for
themselves.
D
Well,
the
best
thing
to
do
is
is
just
support
them
and
and
understand
that
there's
no
timeline
on
how
long
it
takes
for
them
to
get
better.
There
is,
you
know
a
lot
of
times
we
put
like.
Well,
it's
been
two
years
now.
You
think
you
should
you
know,
and
you
think
you're
being
helpful,
but
no
just
understand
that.
That's
where
they're
at
and
and
they're
there,
and
because
you
can't
make
somebody
get
help.
D
If
they
don't
want
help,
then
they
don't
seek
help
they
that
doesn't
mean
that
they're
not
going
to
get
better
that.
Doesn't
it
just
means
that
they're
going
to
do
it
in
their
own
process,
and
so
you
could
just
keep
on
supporting
them
wherever
they
are
and
not
judge
them,
not
judge
them
for
where
they
are
as
long
as
they're
not
hurting
other
people,
they're,
okay,
where
they're
at.
A
Thank
you
micah.
Well
with
that
be
being
said.
That
is
all
the
time
we
have
for
today's
show.
I
absolutely
want
to
thank
our
guests,
starting
with
miss
geraldine
massey
from
the
centers
for
victims,
ms
myers
snyder,
director
of
education
and
conflict
resolution
services
at
the
center
for
victims,
as
well
as
cornell
jones
gvi
coordinator,
antoine
bailey
and
vaughn
rivers
from
reach
outreach
and
jay
gilmer
to
stop
the
violence
coordinator.
A
Clearly,
in
order
to
have
significant
investment
in
our
communities,
it's
imperative
that
we
make
them
safe
and
peaceful,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
doing
that
and
and
really
moving
our
for
our
community
forward
and
collectively.
We're
obviously
also
all
committed
to
rebuilding
our
communities
in
pittsburgh
for
black
people
and
black
live-backed
people
with
our
partners
and
outlasts,
which
you
are
obviously.
B
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
watching
and
participating
in
this
town
hall
meeting.
Remember
you
can
watch
this
show
on
facebook,
the
city's
youtube
channel
or
the
city's
cable
channel.
A
new
meeting
occurs
every
wednesday
by
working
together,
united
purpose.
We
can
transform
our
city
strengthening
it
for
all
of
its
residents.