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A
And
we
welcome
you
again
to
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
community
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
ship
opportunities.
B
Since
we
cannot
do
so
safely
in
the
current
pandemic.
We
are
now
using
this
media
and
platform
to
come
to
you
in
the
ways
in
which
we
can
to
talk
about
what
we're
doing
and
discuss
policy
and
legislation
concerning
black
pittsburgh.
These
meetings
will
be
available
via
facebook
youtube
and
the
city's
cable
channel.
You
can
contact
or
ask
questions
via
the
black
pittsburgh
mayor's
facebook,
page
or
email
us
at
blackpgh
matters.
That's
blackpgh
matters
at
gmail.com.
B
A
While
pittsburgh
has
been
and
has
recently
been
declared
one
of
the
most
livable
cities,
we
know
that
black
pittsburghers
face
a
different
reality
to
amend
the
underlying
justices
issues.
The
mayor,
councilman
burgess
and
I
have
partnered
to
deliver
18
policy
pursuits
to
empower
and
uplift
black
pittsburgh,
ranging
from
opportunities
for
youth,
affordable
housing,
economic
development,
public
safety
and
much
more.
B
Certainly,
you
know
last
night,
the
verdict,
the
guilty
verdict
of
officer
chaffin
in
the
murder
of
george
floyd
has
brought
a
new
level
of
consciousness
to
our
country,
and
I
think
there
are
two
things
I
think
there
cannot
they're
connected,
at
least
in
my
mind
and
first
of
all,
my
prayers
are
not
just
with
you
know:
george's
family
george
floyd's
family,
but
also
with
the
officer's
family.
B
Real
justice
will
be
the
days
when
neither
an
officer
or
a
black
young
man,
you
know,
lose,
lose
their
lives
in
their
career
and
both
can
return
to
their
families.
But
one
of
the
things
I
think,
as
we
begin
to
look
forward
into
the
future,
is
not
only
must
we
reimagine
police
and
reimagine
public
safety,
but
we
must
invest
in
black
people
in
black
communities
and,
as
I
say
earlier
today
on
council
to
me,
those
two
things
must
be
done
simultaneously:
it's
not
at
either
or
but
it's
at
both
hand.
A
Yeah,
absolutely,
I
think
you
know
I,
as
probably
the
world,
saddens
and
watched
and
waited
to
listen.
What
the
verdict
was
going
to
be.
I
sort
of
had
two
sort
of
immediate
feelings.
One
was
relief
relief
that
12
jurors
actually,
finally,
did
the
right
thing
right.
A
A
For
so
long,
this
country
has
abused
black
bodies
and
when
we've
called
for
justice,
there
has
been
none,
and
so
finally,
there
was
some
and
it's,
but
it's
sad
that
people
were
celebrating
finally
having
something
done
correct
and
just
for
black
people,
and
the
other
reason
I
was
quickly
saddened
was
because
I
was
on
a
a
text,
a
group
text
and
one
of
old
college
roommates
who
lives
in
columbus.
A
As
we're
all
saying,
did
you
see
the
verdict?
His
response
was
no,
but
a
young
black
girl
was
just
shot
in
the
chest
in
columbus
by
a
white
police
officer
and
so
minutes-
and
I
don't
know
the
details
of
that
story.
I
know
she
was
supposed
to
be
holding
a
knife
of
some
sorts,
but
again
another,
I
would
argue,
probably
unnecessarily
shooting
involving
police
and
black
bodies.
A
But
with
all
that
being
said,
I
do
have
hope,
because
we
do
have
city
and
the
mayor
who
has
been
working
with
us
for
many
many
years,
even
prior
to
this
sort
of
upheaval
and
I'll.
Let
him
talk
about
it,
but
we've
actually
been
doing
and
making
a
lot
of
good
progress
here
in
our
city,
both
on
public
safety,
but
to
your
point
as
well
as
actually
investing
in
our
neighborhoods.
So
it
doesn't
come
down
to
public
safety,
but
rather
we're
investing
in
people
on
the
front
end.
B
This
evening,
we'll
talk
more
about
the
legislation
and
programs
that
we've
worked
as
partners
to
institute
in
black
pittsburgh
and
open
a
dialogue
on
what
we've
done
so
far.
What's
in
progress
and
what's
on
the
horizon,
we
are
honored
to
be
joined
by
mayor,
william
peduto
assistant,
chief
of
staff,
lindsey
powell
and
chief
equity
officer
and
deputy
chief
of
staff
majestic
lane.
Welcome
to
this
evening's
town
hall
meeting.
C
Thank
you,
councilman,
and
thanks
for
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
share
in
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
and
really
the
dialogue
that
has
been
created.
C
You
know
they
say
that
in
chinese
the
word
opportunity
is
associated
to
the
word
crisis
and
I
think
that
what
we're
seeing
in
this
country
right
now
is
that
reality
that
the
crisis
that
has
come
not
only
through
the
pandemic
but,
more
importantly
through
the
black
lives
matter,
movement
and
the
identification
in
the
reality
of
systemic
racism,
has
given
us
this
opportunity
to
find
partners
that
we've
never
had
before
to
create
policies
that
reverse
decades
of
different
types
of
policies
that
limited
opportunity
and
allow
us
to
create
programs
that
give
people
more
opportunity
than
they've
had
in
the
past.
C
Together
with
the
work
of
city
council-
and
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
say
this-
we
have
a
majority
of
city
council
members
who
not
only
understand
but
understand
the
importance
and
difference
between
equity
and
equality
and
equity,
meaning
where
there
is
more
need.
There
should
be
more
resources
being
able
to
have
that
type
of
a
council
allows
us
to
be
able
to
do
great
things.
C
Now.
Imagine
an
administration
in
washington
that
is
willing
to
invest
in
cities,
unlike
anything
we've
seen
since
lbj,
and
to
be
able
to
create
the
partnerships
locally
with
our
foundations,
our
corporations
and
our
non-profits
to
begin
rowing
together
in
a
way
where
the
sum
becomes
much
greater
than
the
parts.
A
Thank
you
for
that.
One
thing
I
would
like
you
to
do,
however,
because
you
stuck
you
sort
of
you
started
talking
about
where
we
are
today,
and
I
definitely
want
to
talk
about
a
number
of
initiatives
that
you
have
going
up
going
on
now.
However,
I
think
context
matters-
and
this
is
not
new
work.
C
Yeah
so
before
I
ever
put
my
hand
up
and
took
that
oath
of
office,
we
invited
every
pittsburgher
to
be
a
part
of
the
transition
team
and
over
1
000
people.
The
city
of
pittsburgh
took
part.
There
were
a
series
of
public
meetings
that
were
broken
down
into
committees
after
the
first
meeting
where
people
said.
These
are
the
areas
that
we
want
to
see
city
government
to
get
more
involved
in.
C
There
were
issues
about
critical
communities,
meaning
those
struggling
with
addiction
or
homelessness
or
those
that
are
transferring
from
being
formally
incarcerated
and
coming
back
into
society.
We
had
a
lot
of
interest
in
education,
and
so
from
that
we
created
an
administration
that
had
a
new
bureau
within
the
mayor's
office.
It
was
called
the
bureau
of
neighborhood
empowerment,
valerie
mcdonald
roberts
was
brought
on
board
to
work
on
housing
initiatives,
small
business
entrepreneurship
initiatives,
and
then
we
had
dr
curtis
porter,
who
came
in
to
work
on
workforce
development
and
education
and
between
both
of
them.
C
They
put
together
a
staff
of
basically
mid-level
managers
that
were
responsible
directly
for
those
types
of
initiatives
during
those
first
four
years
that
grew
critical
communities
grew
into
our
immigrant
community,
where
we
had
nobody
in
city
government
who
had
been
working
in
that
before,
which
grew
with
the
partnership
of
our
foundations
into
welcoming
pittsburgh.
C
That
was
looking
at
the
concept
of
an
office
of
equity.
In
our
first
year,
we
created
an
office
of
effectiveness
and
efficiency.
The
department
of
innovation
and
performance
was
to
look
at
the
budget
and
to
make
sure
that
everything
we
did
was
as
efficient
and
as
effective
as
possible
reward.
C
C
We
felt
that
as
the
role
of
deputy
chief
of
staff,
it
brought
immediate
credibility
to
the
idea-
and
I
think
I'd
like
to
ask
majestic
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
this,
because
not
only
did
he
create
it
in
pittsburgh,
but
he
helped
to
create
it
throughout
this
united
states
and
to
put
together
a
group
of
chief
equity
officers
at
the
very
beginning
that
helped
to
create
what
equity.
In
city
government
looks
like.
D
Yeah
I
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
councilman
for
for
having
us
on.
You
know
I
think
the
mayor
laid
it
out.
You
know,
I
think,
when
the
bureau
of
neighborhood
empowerment
really
was
important
and
special,
that
we
knew
that
we
had
neighborhood
level
issues
and
that
we
had
a
disconnect
between
some
of
the
communities
and
the
city
hall,
and
it
was
really
about
how
do
we
make
sure
that
there's
a
bond
between
a
connection
and
a
relationship
between
what's
happening
in
the
community?
D
D
As
I
often
like
to
say,
as
we
move
through
that
first,
you
know
that
first
four
years,
we
realized
that
we
just
didn't
have
a
place
problem,
but
we
had
a
race
problem
and
that
we
needed
to
actually
engage
not
just
in
place
as
a
proxy
for
black
people
or
place
as
a
proxy
for
the
immigrant
population
or
placed
as
a
proxy,
but
actually
acknowledge
that
these
are
the
issues
and
conditions
of
our
time
and
at
the
time
that
we
started
to
really
develop
the
office
of
equity,
it
was
still
a
new
and
unique
idea
across
the
country.
D
Obviously,
with
the
racial
reckoning,
you
know,
post
george,
lloyd
and
as
well
as
a
whole
host
of
other
things.
You
see
much
more
many
more
offices,
but
at
that
time
we
were
the
fifth
off
fifth
place
in
this
country
to
create
an
office
and
actually
the
largest
staff
of
any
office
of
equity
in
the
country,
and
I
think
that's
really
important
to
say
that,
because
we
know
that
equity
doesn't
happen
in
silos,
it
happens
when
people
are
connected.
D
We
also
know
that
race
is
the
largest
indicator
of
lack
of
equity
across
the
board,
so
that
we
know
and
that
specifically,
that
black
people
suffer
from
equity
issues
at
a
higher
clip,
generally
speaking
than
everyone
everyone
across
the
country.
So
what
we
were
able
to
do
was
really
take
this
idea
of
equity
and
rooted
in
the
idea
that,
as
long
as
there's
a
disparity
based
upon
in
a
difference
in
the
quality
of
life
based
upon
race,
that
equity
has
not
been
reached.
So
we
wanted
to
bring
all
the
things
we
worked
on
together.
D
To
then
say
how
do
we
bring
this
together
and
actually
work
with
everybody's
issues,
acknowledging
that
black
people's
issues,
as
we've
seen
so
many
times
in
this
city,
and
that
same
so
many
of
us
know,
are
palpable
and
affecting
the
quality
of
life,
not
just
for
black
people
but
for
the
entire
city?
I
think
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
it
that
black
people
not
doing
well
just
doesn't
impact
black
people,
it
impacts
who
wants
to
come
to
the
city?
D
It
impacts
investment,
it
impacts,
so
many
other
things
that
the
issue
of
equity
as
it
pertains
to
black
people
is
the
issue
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
so
what
we've
been
able
to
do
is
work
together
with
a
with
a
whole
host
of
partners
and
as
well
as
all
of
council.
But
specifically,
you
know
councilman
level
and
councilman
burgess
on
really
focusing
on
what
matters.
What
things
do
we
need
to
make
matter?
B
Lindsay,
let
me
bring
you
in
and
asked
you
to.
They've
talked
about
it,
sort
of
on
the
high
level.
There
are
at
least
18,
maybe
20
different,
specific
policies
that
councilman
lavelle
and
I
have
partnered
with
the
mayor
to
get
done
from
reimagining
police,
to
avenues
of
hope
to
to
own
pgh
to
the
kettlebell
program.
B
And
I
guess
of
all
the
things
and
you're
you've
kind
of
quietly
been
sort
of
the
author
of
many
of
these
programs
and
architect,
where
what
are
some
of
the
things
that
you're
most
interested
in
and
proudness
of
that
the
city
is
doing
lindsey.
E
Thank
you
so
much
councilman.
I
I
want
to
say
that
we
have
a
fantastic
team
at
the
city
of
pittsburgh
within
the
policy
shop
with
folks
that
range
from
you
know
different
portfolios,
different
areas
of
interest
that
have
been
really
at
the
helm
with
the
mayor's
and
the
helm
of
bringing
the
mayor's
vision
to
light,
there's
so
much
to
be
excited
about.
E
I
think
that,
as
chiefly
and
as
majestic
was
saying,
really
centering
the
idea
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
through
not
just
our
programs
and
our
practices,
but
our
policies
are
all
you
know,
working
towards
making
this
city
as
livable
as
possible
for
black
people
is
so
critical
and
we've
gotten
to
really.
You
know,
live
that
message
through
a
lot
of
our
programs
and
policies
that
the
mayor
has
shepherded
in
particular,
something
that
I'm
really
passionate
about
is
entrepreneurship.
E
I
think
that,
for
a
long
time
when
it
comes
to
workforce
development
and
getting
black
people
to
jobs
that
afford
them
family,
sustaining
wages,
workforce
development-
I
think
often
looks
at
these
issues
through
a
deficit
model
where
or
deficit-based
thinking
where.
Well,
you
know
this
particular
population
doesn't
have
this
or
you
know
we
need
to
train
them
this
way
entrepreneurship,
particularly
in
the
black
community.
E
I
think
really
kind
of
resembles
that
kind
of
rules
in
the
concrete
thinking
where
black
people
have
been
traditionally
locked
out
of
a
lot
of
the
vehicles
and
and
spaces
that
you
know,
may
have
allowed
me
a
white
resident
to
get
to
that
middle
class
status
or
get
those
families
sustaining
wages.
Like
unions,
like
you,
know,
kind
of
some
of
the
traditional
white-collar
jobs
with
entrepreneurship,
you
have
it.
E
We
have
in
pittsburgh
such
a
rich
fabric
of
people
either
creating
businesses
trying
to
create
new
businesses
from
you
know
clothes
for
dogs
from
food
to
hair.
To
you
know
you
name
it
it's
just
such
a
rich
fabric,
entrepreneurship
and
again
moving
away
from
that
deficit-based
thinking
to
asset-based
thinking.
How
do
we
support
those
entrepreneurs?
E
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we're
mitigating
those
gaps
so
that,
if
they
wanted
to
move
to
a
storefront
that
they're
able
to
do
that?
Catapult
has
been
wildly
successful
here,
with
the
partnership
of
circles
pgh
and
the
ura
were
able
to
allow
those
entrepreneurs
to
have
that.
E
You
know
prime
storefront,
that
they
may
not
have
been
able
to
get
on
their
own,
but
that
prime
storefront
on
center
avenue
and
penn
avenue,
and
hopefully
on
every
major
business
corridor
in
the
city
as
we're
working
on
with
avenues
of
hope
that
that
entrepreneur
is
able
to
be
front
and
center
on
some
of
our
busiest
streets
and
able
to
get
some
of
the
you
know
soft
skills
that
they
need
to
be
a
better
business
owner
as
well
as
some
of
the
capital.
E
We
know
that
access
to
capital,
you
know,
is
one
of
the
biggest
detriments
for
an
entrepreneur
trying
to
get
you
know
either
grow
their
business
or
you
know,
get
their
name
out
there
and
through
our
partnerships
with
the
ura,
providing
micro
loans
to
these
entrepreneurs,
that
you
know
that
are
very
you
know,
safe
and
less
risky
that
then
they
would
be
in
the
kind
of
private
market
market
or
at
banks
has
been
a
way
that
we've
been
able
to
support.
You
know
particularly
black
women
in
these
spaces.
E
Aside
from
entrepreneurship,
there's
so
much
happening
as
well
in
in
the
home
ownership
space
councilman,
you
talked
about
own
pgh,
which
the
ura
is
exploring,
how
to
get
a
housing
bond
to
get
more
affordable
housing
from
the
housing
opportunity
fund,
which
is
our
10
million,
as
hopefully,
everyone
knows
our
10
million
everyone.
Listening
knows
our
10
million
dollar.
You
know
a
year
fund
that
we've
been
able
to
keep
people
in
their
homes,
help
people
become
first-time
homeowners
and
help
people.
E
You
know
if
homeowners
stay
in
their
homes
by
either
doing
some
of
the
really
costly
repairs
that
you
know
they
may
not
have
been
able
to
do
out
of
pocket
to
the
land
bank.
The
land
bank
has
been
something
personally
that
you
know.
I
work
on
probably
every
day
and
it's
one
of
those
things
where,
if
we're
able
to
get
first-time
homeowners,
particularly
black
people,
you
know
these
opportunities,
it's
transformative,
councilmen,
both
of
you.
I
know
that
you've
talked
excessively
about.
E
You
know
that
either
that
home
or
that
deed-
or
you
know
basically
money
in
their
pocket
that
they're
able
to
take
on
to
their
next
generation
either
leverage
or
what
have
you
it's
such
a
critical
asset
and
the
land
bank
will
make
sure
that
these
houses
are
affordable,
that
the
community
is
able
to
reclaim
them
and
that
it
again
holds
high
the
idea
of
ensuring
racial
equity
in
this
work,
and
so
I
could
talk
as
you
can
see
at
length
about
these
programs,
but
I
think
what's
most
important
and
ties
them
all
together.
E
Is
that
we're
really
ensuring
that
we're
talking
about
black
people
councilman?
I
know
we've
talked
about
this
a
lot,
but
you
know
rather
than
saying
you
know,
yeah.
You
know
we're
talking
about
neighborhoods
we're
talking
about.
You
know
disconnected
communities,
it's
important
to
say
that
these
programs,
that
these
policies,
that
these
practices
want
to
help
to
provide
black
people
with
the
opportunities
that
we
know
have
been
haven't
been
afforded
to
them
in
the
past.
A
The
the
viewing
public
should
be
aware
lindsay
that
you
sit
on
the
board
of
the
land
bank,
which
is
in
part,
why
you're
so
eloquent.
When
you
speak
about
it,
you
also
sit
on
the
board
or
the
urban
relevant
of
the
urban
redevelopment
authority,
which
is
again
in
part.
Why
you're
so
eloquent
when
you
talk
about
supporting
entrepreneurship
and
black
businesses,
because
you're
on
that
board
directing
them
to
do
so.
A
So
I
think
that
should
be
made
clear,
but
it
also
just
needs
stated
that
you're
also
on
those
boards,
because
the
mayor
appointed
you
to
them,
and
so
that
leads
me
to
a
question
that
I
have
for
the
mayor.
Can
you
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
one
of
the
key
ways
of
creating
policies
is
allowing
black
people
to
be
at
the
table
when
we're
making
decisions.
C
C
C
C
If
you
look
at
the
ura,
60
of
the
membership
are
minority,
and
it's
been
that
day
since
day,
one
by
design,
both
of
you,
I
have
entrusted
with
the
key
authorities
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
economic
development
and
housing
daniel
in
your
work
and
heading
the
affordable
housing
task
force
led
directly
to
your
legislation
to
begin
housing.
Trust
fund
for
the
first
time
in
the
city's
history.
C
C
When
we
talk
about
equity,
we're
not
just
talking
about
mwbe
contracts
or
all
the
other
ways
that
we
created
measurements
in
the
past
to
see
if
the
city
was
acting
equitably,
we're
talking
street
lights,
we're
talking
we're
going
into
a
contract
to
replace
40,
000,
streetlights
and
before
equity
would
mean
that
15
of
the
contract
work
has
to
be
go
to
minority
firms
and
20
to
women
or
whatever
the
numbers
would
be
equity.
C
That
was
a
conscious
decision
over
a
hundred
years
of
consciously
deciding
where
street
lights
should
go.
So
when
we
go
back,
we
don't
just
do
what
we
did
in
the
past.
We
correct
the
problem
through
the
lens
of
equity.
Before
we
even
begin
that's
what
every
department
is
charged
with.
That's
what
we're
working
with
a
national
organization
to
test
us
to
make
sure
we're
really
living
up
to
it,
and
that's
how
you
be
you
begin
to
be
able
to
not
only
create
a
culture
change
within
city
government,
but
an
opportunity
changed
throughout
the
city.
B
And
you
know,
mr
mayor,
you
and
I
have
started
talking
about
this
since
I
first
came
on
council
right
when
we
started
talking
about
cdbg
money
and
some
planning
back
when
I
first
came,
I
was
like
one
of
my
first
initiative.
B
I
I've
been
around
long
enough
now
to
see
a
lot
of
the
ideas
that
we
thought
you
know
we
could
never
do,
because
we
couldn't
get
the
political
good
will
of
the
other
council
people
to
do
now,
we're
in
a
season
now,
where
we're
getting
both
the
goodwill,
the
other
members
of
council,
but
also
the
corporate
sector-
and
you
know
the
foundation
community,
all
saying
yes,
it's
time
to
rebuild
black
communities
and
rebuild
them
for
black
people
and
to
be
diverse,
and
you
know
middle
class
mixed
mixed
income
middle
class
neighborhoods.
B
I
want
to
talk.
I
want
to
ask
you
a
little
bit
about
something:
that's
really
timely
that
something
that
we
worked
on
together,
that
was
preliminarily
approved
today
on
council,
and
that
is
about
using
the
kovic
relief
funds
from
the
federal
government
in
an
equitable
way.
B
As,
as
you
know,
council
passed
preliminarily
legislation.
It
calls
for
us
to
create
a
task
force
of
council
leadership
and
the
mayor
and
his
administration
to
work
on
recommending
the
council,
the
overseeing
of
the
money
and
using,
as
we
all
know,
a
lot
of
the
money
has
to
go
to
the
fund
balance
into
the
five-year
plan,
but
we
think
there
may
be
somewhere
between
15
or
so
of
the
overall
money.
Maybe
somewhere.
B
I
use
the
number
rough
number
50,
50
million
dollars
that
we'll
have
some
discretion
with,
and
it
may
be
more,
maybe
less,
but
that's
a
good
number
to
kind
of
think
about
and
that
we
can
do
that
in
a
an
equitable
manner.
That
is,
we
have
a.
We
have
a
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity,
the
greatest
investment
in
pittsburgh
by
the
federal
government
of
all
time,
and
we
may
be
able
to
do
two
or
three
things.
B
A
significantly
transformationally
effect
likely
that's
a
lot
of
comment
and
not
much
of
a
question.
But
I
want
you
to
once
you
talk
then,
and
we
we
developed
that
together,
you
lavelle
and
and
myself
as
partners.
We
actually
signed
a
room
and
create
this
process.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we
may
be
able
to
see
by
investing
those
dollars.
What's
your
thinking,
mr
mayor,
so.
C
First,
I
just
want
to
throw
a
little
bit
of
caution
that
we
still
don't
know
what
the
exact
number
will
be
as
the
treasury
starts
to
figure
out.
This
is
why
it's
so
important
to
register
and
to
respond
to
the
census.
These
types
of
decisions
have
a
direct
effect
on
that.
So
we'll
see
what
that
final
number
is
we're
in
the
ballpark
of
about
350
million
somewhere,
more
than
likely
a
little
less
than
that,
but
around
that
area
we
have
a
two-year
process.
C
We
have
a
first
year,
half
of
the
money
coming
in,
obviously
with
that
it's
going
to
be
partly
pushed
towards
financial
stability
in
assuring
the
city's
continued
financial
strength
and
then
another
equal
payment
coming
back
in
the
year
after
so
we
should
be
looking
at
plans
that
will
be
able
to
be
funded
over
three
years,
not
just
one
and
done,
but
over
the
next
three
years.
How
can
we
really
put
it
into
some
of
these
ideas?
We've
been
talking
about
that
will
help
to
grow.
C
The
one
criteria
that
I
will
look
at
equity
is
already
decided
that
that
is
done.
That
will
be
the
lens
that
these
decisions
will
be
made
through,
but
the
idea
is:
how
can
we
utilize
any
of
these
funds
to
be
able
to
get
additional
funding?
I've
never
given
up
on
trying
to
find
a
way
to
bring
upmc
allegheny
health
network
highmark,
carnegie,
mellon
university
of
pittsburgh,
our
corporate
community,
our
foundation
community,
all
together.
C
This
will
be
the
way
to
do
it.
So
what
are
those
critical
areas?
I
look
forward
to
the
discussion
with
you,
councilman
labelle
councilwoman
smith,
and
the
greater
community
in
determining
what
they
are.
But,
as
you
said,
we
can't
sprinkle
a
little
bit
over
50
different
areas
and
expect
anything
to
be
significantly
different.
C
We
have
to
really
concentrate
on
a
handful.
I
would
say
number
one
is
housing.
I
would
say
the
first
thing
that
we
really
need
to
focus
focus
on
is
creating
ways
to
have
more
availability,
a
greater
supply
of
affordable
rental
and
home
ownership
opportunities
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
number
one.
We
have
far
few
too
few
areas
where
people
with
a
voucher
can
rent
which
automatically
pushes
the
rent
cost
up,
because
you
have
a
big
demand
and
no
supply.
C
If
we
can
have
more
opportunity
for
people
to
be
able
to
do
it,
we
tried,
as
you
know,
city
council,
approved
a
measure
that
took
away
disparity
and
income,
meaning
that
if
you
had
a
voucher,
if
you
had
a
jar
full
of
quarters
or
if
you
had
a
credit
card
or
a
check,
you
could
pay
your
rent
and
as
a
right
of
having
that
business
in
our
city.
You
had
to
accept
it
and
they
took
us
to
court
over
that.
C
C
Secondly,
we
need
to
look
in
areas
that
have
been
left
behind
in
the
expansion
of
the
new
economy,
so
we
see
pockets
in
the
city
that
are
booming
and
the
market's
going
to
take
care
of
them.
C
How
do
we
get
people
to
be
able
to
start
their
own
businesses
to
rebuild
their
own
communities
and
reduce
blight?
So
we
have
to
have
a
program
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
fund
to
be
able
to
do
that
so
that
we
level
the
playing
field
and
that
there's
economic
opportunity
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods
and
then
third.
C
So
we
better
plan
right
now
on
training
and
workforce
development,
that
is
putting
people
into
these
positions
that
already
call
pittsburgh
home,
and
we
should
be
able
to
create
guaranteed
employment
through
a
training
program
that,
at
the
end
of
your
training,
you
not
only
have
a
job.
You
have
a
career
and
I
think
if
we
can
focus
in
on
those
types
of
issues,
we
can
utilize
this
fund
to
do
things
that
we
have
never
been
able
to
do.
A
Sorry,
I
was
thinking
about
what
you
were
saying.
I
recently
had
a
conversation
with
rich
declaudio
at
the
energy
innovation
center
sort
of
talking
about
something
very
similar
to
the
to
the
fact
of
needing
to
train
approximately
a
thousand
to
four
thousand
workers
a
year
to
begin
filling
a
lot
of
the
positions.
A
But
one
of
the
things
we
also
started
talking
about
was
the
diversity
within
those
positions
because
part
of
the
what
I've
discovered
and
majestic
spoke
on
this
you
may
want
to
tease
out
a
little
more
yourself.
Mr
mayor,
is
that
a
lot
of
the
companies
that
are
coming
and
some
that
have
not
come
to
our
region
is
because
of
the
lack
of
diversity
and
because
they
can't
get
the
diverse
talent
that
they
want
working
at
this,
which
ultimately
really
hurts
our
economy
as
a
scale.
A
And
so
I
guess
I'm
just
sort
of
reiterating
what
majestic
said
or
he
may
want
to
talk
about
a
little
more,
which
is
equity,
is
not
just
about
doing
right
by
black
folk,
it's
by
doing
right
by
our
entire
region,
because
if
we
don't,
then
we
won't
really
continue
to
grow.
From
from
a
residential
pool,
that
will
will
continue
to
still
struggle,
so
I'm
just
curious
of
your
thoughts
on
that.
C
I'm
gonna
throw
it
both
over
to
lindsay
and
majestic,
because
both
of
them
advised
me
on
one
of
the
critical
components
that
we
do
have
a
direct
ability
to
change.
C
That's
the
quality
of
life,
you're,
a
young
college,
educated
black
engineer
and
you
get
a
job
offer
of
pittsburgh,
but
you
also
have
a
job
offer
from
washington
dc,
cleveland
and
atlanta,
and
your
last
choice
is
pittsburgh.
C
You
know
I
can
understand
the
the
atlanta
or
other
southern
cities,
but
there
is
no
reason
that
we
shouldn't
have
such
a
high
quality
of
life
that
allows
there
to
be
not
only
an
investment
in
just
culture
but
amplification
of
history,
preservation
of
history,
pride
and,
as
I
think
majestic
said
to
me
several
years
ago,
there's
only
so
many
times
you
can
go
to
savoy.
C
There
needs
to
be
options
and
it's
better
than
it
was
in
the
80s,
it's
better
than
it
was
in
the
90s
thanks
to
people
like
justin
strong.
But
we
need
to
find
the
other
justin's
wrongs.
We
need
to
find
the
entrepreneurs
that
build
out
that
lifestyle.
C
D
So,
just
to
add
on
briefly
to
what
the
mayor
is
saying
and
what
you
say
councilman.
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
issue
and
I
want
to
start
by
saying
this
about
20.
25
years
ago
it
was
identified
that
pittsburgh
was
losing
young
people
and
there
was
a
lot
of
conversation
about
how
pittsburgh
was
losing
young
people,
and
it
was
an
author
by
the
name
of
a
professor
by
the
name
of
richard
florida.
D
He
was
a
good
friend
of
the
mayor
and
really
come
and
came
out
and
talked
about
how
cities
across
the
country
who
weren't
doing
things
to
keep
and
maintain
young
people
we're
going
to
lose
in
the
new
economy
and
our
region
came
around
together
to
think
about
that.
To
think
about
the
future
of
what
it
meant
to
build
places
where
young
people
wouldn't
have
to
go
to
silicon
valley,
young
people
wouldn't
have
to
go
to
austin,
they
wouldn't
have
to
go
to
chicago,
but
they
could
stay
in
pittsburgh.
We
created
pump.
D
We
created
the
sprout
fund,
we
created
so
many
structures
and
institutions
that
were
dedicated
to
keeping
and
developing
intellectual
capital,
and
we
have
been
successful
and
have
we've
been
so
successful
that
now,
we've
had
neighborhoods
explode
and
bloom
because
of
business
development,
people
meeting
and
playing
kickball
and
starting
families,
and
all
these
great
things
and
companies
across
the
world
now
see
that
and
they
invest
in
us,
they
invest
in
our
city.
The
crux
of
the
next
level
of
quality
of
life
of
pittsburgh
will
be:
how
are
we
investing
in
black
people?
D
How
are
we
investing
in
young
people?
How
are
we
investing
in
brown
people
from
this
same
bipod
communities
in
the
same
way
that
we
thought
about
that
20
to
25
years
ago,
because
that
was
the
investment
that
made
us
different
than
buffalo?
No
disrespect
to
you
know
folks
in
buffalo
that
was
the
investment
that
made
us
different
from
cleveland.
They
made
it
from
other
rust
belt
cities.
We
have
to
make
that
level
of
investment
and
it's
a
two-pronged
investment.
D
One
is
the
investment
in
the
attraction
and
that's
the
attraction
for
other
people
to
say
hey.
I
could
go
to
atlanta
and
buy
a
home,
I
could
go
to
dc
and
buy
a
home
or
I
could
go
to
pittsburgh
and
buy
a
home
at
30
lower
and
still
have
a
higher
quality
of
life
and
know
that
I'm
important,
which
is
why
it's
important
to
say
black
lives
matter,
it's
important
to
say
black
people
matter
and
it's
important
to
say
black
neighborhoods
matter,
because
people
know
when
that's
happening
in
a
city.
D
So
that's
one
part
of
attraction
right
and
I
think,
there's
been
more
conversation
about
attraction,
but
it
needs
to
continue
to
have
that
conversation
and
that
quality
of
life
and
building
out
neighborhoods
in
the
city
where
people
of
all
ethnicities,
but
specifically
black
people,
are
investing
the
second
part
of
it
is
we
have
to
develop
our
local
talent.
We
have
to
develop
the
people
who
don't
leave.
We
have
to
develop
the
folks
who
don't
go
to
hbcus.
D
We
have
to
develop.
We
have
to
develop
people
here
and
give
them
pathways
and
on
ramps
to
the
opportunities
in
the
city
to
make
sure
that,
even
if
they
never
leave
the
city,
they
can
live
a
quality
of
life,
which
was
so
important
for
pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh
was
a
place
you
could
come,
go
to
the
factory,
go
somewhere
and
take
care
of
your
family,
and
so
many
people
were
able
to
benefit,
and
this
city
was
able
to
benefit
because
of
that
equity
that
was
around
for
black
and
white
people.
D
We
have
to
think
about
that
in
the
same
way,
and
so
many
things
we're
doing
we're
partnering
for
work
so
many
ways
we're
actually
partnering
with
few
diffuse
core
and
I'll.
Let
chief
powell
talk
about
that
a
little
bit.
One
of
the
really
good,
interesting
ideas
we're
working
on
around
that,
but
we're
really
trying
to
say
how
do
we
keep
and
maintain
people,
but
also
develop
people
who
are
here
and
let
people
know
they're
important
equity
is
not
just
a
moral
imperative.
D
Equity
is
an
economic
imperative
cities
that
are
not
equitable,
we've
seen
it
in
the
pandemic
they
have
suffered.
When
you
look
at
the
two
cities
in
america
that
people
really
look
at
people
left,
they
were
new
york
and
san
francisco
because
of
the
cost
of
living
and
the
lack
of
opportunity
for
people.
So
we
have
so.
This
is
a.
D
This
is
a
decision
that
we
have
to
make
to
make
this
the
quality
of
life
to
make
anyone
feel
like
they
want
to
be
here,
and
we
have
to
provide
the
on
ramps
in
the
pathways
to
be
able
to
do
that,
whether
that's
our
work
with
the
construction,
whether
we're
partnering
for
work
and
and
around
the
builder's
guild,
whether
that
our
work
with
bank
works
right,
which
is
also
another
programmer
partner
for
work,
because
we
have
a
sh.
We
have
the
fifth
largest
bank
in
america
located
here
in
our
city.
D
So
how
do
we
create
these
pathways
and
own
ways
for
people
to
be
able
to
get
opportunities
to
work
in
all
the
banks
who
are
located
here,
one
if
they're
centered
here
or
if
they
have
a
satellite
office?
Our
financial
empowerment
centers,
which
is
also
around
equity?
That
70
of
the
folks
who
are
using
our
financial
empowerment?
Centers
are
black
and
50
of
them
are
women,
so
we
are
acknowledging
that
these
things
about
providing
the
quality
of
life
and
these
on-ramps
that
people
need
are
essential
to
functioning
in
a
21st
century
city.
D
So
it's
really
it's
for
us,
it's
it
has
to
happen.
It
actually
is
the
issue
of
our
time,
and
it's
going
to
be
the
issue
that
determines
what
kind
of
city
we
are,
but
it
not.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
done
by
separation.
It
has
to
be
done
by
creating
opportunities
for
everyone,
but
focusing
on
those
who
have
been
harmed
the
most
in
creating
specialized
opportunities
to
do
that.
So
I'll
pass
a
little
bit
of
chief
kyle.
E
Yeah
I
mean,
I
would
just
add
briefly.
I
think
you
know
you
share
the
same
philosophy
and
that
the
retention
of
black
people
is
critical,
because
there's
talent
here
again
going
back
to
that
idea.
How
do
you
move
away
from
the
death
of
deficit-based
thinking?
You
know,
there's
talent
here
in
pittsburgh.
There's
black
talent
here
in
pittsburgh
and
for
a
myriad
of
reasons,
folks
feel
like
they've,
been
shut
out
from
opportunities
either
because
there's
been
no
slow,
on-ramp
there's
been.
No.
E
You
know
soft
introduction
to
what's
possible
for
a
lot
of
people.
Success,
as
chief
lane
you
know
talked
about
was
seen
as
moving
to
atlanta
moving
to
dc
moving
to
new
york
to
combat
some
of
this.
We've
worked
really
closely
with
the
fuse
fellow
organization
and
particularly
with
our
cte
programs.
How
can
we
ensure
that
young
people
who
are
coming
out
of
school
a
high
school
with
a
physical
skill
with
the
certificates
to
do
that
are
able
to
utilize
those
certificates
and
find
work
right
in
our
backyard?
E
And
how
do
we
make
sure
that
any
barriers
that
a
young
person
may
have,
whether
that's
you
know
not
knowing
about
opportunities
here,
whether
that's
ensuring
that
they
have
the
soft
skills?
You
know
to
get
into
those
positions
and
even
getting
solid
commitments
from
organizations
and
companies
within
the
region
to
say
that
we
are
going
to
hire
local
talent?
And
not
just
you
know,
oh
we'll,
do
it,
but
we're
taking
you
know
our
new
class
will
take
15-20
percent
explicitly
of
young
people
who
have
been
through
these
programs.
E
That's
a
type
of
commitment
that
we're
looking
for
to
ensure
that
young
people,
and
particularly
black
young
people,
see
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
be
successful
here.
I
think
that
also
even
goes
even
further.
You
know
with
our
learn
and
earn
program.
That's
even
before
you
graduate
that
young
people
are
able
to
learn
or
learn
a
skill
have
a
summer
internship
and
get
paid
for
it.
E
As
someone
who's
taken
a
lot
of
internships
herself
for
someone
who
isn't
able
to
take
an
unpaid
internship,
because
you
know
there
are
resources
for
them
at
home
or
someone
can
pay
for
it.
Oftentimes,
a
lot
of
companies
or
a
lot
of
organizations
will
expect
you
to
take
these
unpaid
positions
because
you're
getting
paid
with
experience,
but
experience
doesn't
pay
the
bills
and
so
with
learner,
making
sure
that
the
young
people
who
engage
in
this
program
have
a
paycheck
every
week
make
sure
that
you
can
get
some
of
those
more.
E
E
You
know
a
job
that
may
not
be
in
their
field
or
of
their
interests,
because
they're
going
to
get
a
check
out
of
it,
and
so
again
you
know
the
attraction
of
black
talent
is
critical,
but
I
think
the
retention
and
recognition
of
the
talent
we
have
here
will
also
be
one
of
the
key
steps
in
making
sure
that,
as
we
move
forward,
that
our
black
community
in
pittsburgh
is
supported
and
sees
opportunity
here,.
A
At
this
point,
I
would
like
micah
to
come
on
camera
she's,
been
monitoring
questions
that
have
been
put
in
the
chat
that,
as
people
are
watching.
So
I'd
like
to
give
her
an
opportunity
to
ask
one
or
two
questions
before
we
have
to
let
the
mayor
go.
F
C
C
The
health
code
is
enforced
by
the
county
and
not
by
the
city.
City
is
responsible
for
the
criminal
code
and
the
building
code.
The
county
is
responsible
for
the
health
code,
but
what
we
realize
is
that,
just
like
so
many
other
things,
the
areas
where
there
are
low
income
neighborhoods
have
the
greatest
disparity
on
health
health
outcomes
across
the
board.
The
largest
amount
of
asthma
occurs
in
our
lowest
income
neighborhoods.
C
C
So
we
have
to
be
proactive
in
order
to
be
able
to
address
all
of
those
issues
and
not
simply
wait
for
the
federal
government,
the
county
government
or
the
state
to
do
something
about
it.
When
it
comes
to
reducing
the
amount
of
lead,
we
began
our
lead
pipe
removal
program
by
starting
in
our
lowest
income
neighborhoods
and
then
focusing
in
on
households
that
concentrated
where
children
were
living,
because
the
negative
effects
were
greater
for
children.
C
We
started
to
work
now
to
look
at
how
we're
going
to
be
able
to
remediate
and
lessen
the
amount
of
lead
paint
in
a
house,
even
though
it
doesn't
directly
affect
the
building
code.
It's
still
a
health
issue
that
affects
our
residents
and
we
need
to
step
up
and
do
more
in
order
to
be
able
to
remediate
that
situation
and
especially
keep
our
children.
Safe.
C
We've
been
looking
and
measuring
where
carbon
is
the
greatest
and
as
you
can
imagine,
it's
along
bus
routes
and
along
construction
areas,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
in
our
low-income
neighborhoods.
We've
worked
with
people's
natural
gas
to
monitor
all
the
methane
leaks
in
the
city
and
then
prioritize
in
those
neighborhoods,
where
there's
lakes
of
methane
to
be
able
to
replace
those
lines
first.
C
So
I
I
think
it
goes
back
into
the
the
equation
of
equity
being
built
at
the
beginning,
and
not
a
reaction
to
the
end
in
being
able
to
assure
that
all
of
our
operations
that
include
public
health,
environmental,
health
and
any
other
factor
which
would
have
a
bearing
on
an
individual
is
being
utilized
the
best
it
can
within
the
city.
When
we
started
in
2014,
we
did
not
offer
health
and
wellness
as
a
component
of
our
parks
and
recreation
department.
C
Today,
we're
providing
programs
not
only
for
kids
but
for
seniors
in
order
to
be
able
to
help
with
mental
health,
physical
health,
emotional,
health
and
understanding
that
a
tool
like
that
can
do
so
much
more
than
just
provide
recreational
opportunities.
And
we've
made
it
part
of
what
city
government's
role
is
for
the
21st
century.
D
Just
if
I
could
just
quickly
add
on
another
thing
that
I
think
the
the
mayor
has
led
on
around
health
is
last
year
there
was
a
report
done
by
our
gender
equity
commission,
as
well
as
the
university
of
pittsburgh.
That
talked
about
the
just
the
unacceptable
health
outcomes,
specifically
for
black
women
that
that
occur
in
our
region.
And
there
was
a
lot
of
conversation,
and
you
know
one
thing
that
I'm
really
proud
of
is
that
we
took
a
report
that
was
negative.
D
That
talked
about
what's
happening,
and
then
we
faced
it
and
really
thought
about
it.
And
one
of
the
main
things
we
understood
was
that
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
that
health
becomes
a
proxy
of
is
the
fact
that
black
it
takes
black
women
22
months
to
earn
what
a
white
man
earns
in
12
months
in
our
region.
D
D
The
only
guaranteed
income
program
in
america
that
will
focus
on
black
women,
specifically
making
under
50
of
the
area
median
income,
which
is
essentially
you
know
at
around
the
poverty
level,
and
really
saying
how
can
we
provide
resources
to
stabilize
families
and
seeing
what
happens
and
what
changes
with
health
outcomes
when
people
have
access
to
more
resources,
acknowledging
that
it's
often
not
just
about
you
know,
income
but
about
race.
D
But
let's
say
for
people
who
are
most
impacted
and
the
the
information
early
coming
out
of
stockton
and
coming
out
so
many
other
places
around
guaranteed
income
is
that
these
things
increase
health
outcomes.
These
things
increase
family
outcomes,
so
we're
looking
at
hpgh,
which
is
our
guaranteed
income
program,
is
really
being
something
central
to
locating
the
health
of
black
women
and
centering
that
in
the
work
that
we're
doing
going
forward
and
figuring
out
how
we
make
sure
we
get
resources
to
the
black
community.
In
that
way,.
C
There
was
still
debate
in
this
town,
whether
disparity
in
systemic
racism
was
real,
and
that
report
made
it
abundantly
clear
with
data
that
it's
real
it's
measured,
and
this
is
how
it's
affecting
people's
lives.
One
of
the
key
areas
of
it-
and
I
spoke
about
this
earlier-
was
the
difference
between
white
women
and
black
women
when
it
comes
to
childbirth
when
it
comes
to
prenatal
care
in
post,
pregnancy
and
the
health
rates
being
completely
different.
C
Because
of
that.
Well,
I
shouldn't
say
because
of
that
report,
but
due
in
part
to
that
report,
rk
mellon
foundation
has
now
teamed
up
with
mcgee
women's
hospital
research
in
order
to
study
directly
the
the
programs
that
need
to
be
implemented
to
help
black
women
in
pittsburgh
to
be
able
to
have
a
much
more
equal
opportunity
to
have
a
safe
pregnancy
and
looking
at
all
the
contributing
factors
in
providing
the
research
and
then
the
follow-up
investment
into
being
able
to
lessen
that
disparity.
C
When
I
talk
about
that
partnership,
that
happens
because
we're
able
to
communicate
with
upmc
with
rk
mellon
foundation
with
the
university
of
pittsburgh
in
providing
the
information
and
then
pulling
those
resources
together.
That
goes
so
far
beyond
the
city's
budget
to
be
able
to
actually
get
results
done,
and
that
is
a
critical
part
in
recognizing
what
we
need
to
do
in
these
next
several
years,
when
we
see
those
federal
funds
coming
in
to
make
them
so
much
more.
F
C
I'm
gonna
throw
this
one
to
lindsay
because
there's
several,
but
I
think
that
what
we
would
like
to
do
is
work
with
both
council
members
as
part
of
the
black
pittsburgh
matters
movement
to
create
almost
like
we've
done
with
environment
or
other
areas
a
place
on
the
city's
website.
That
is
specific
towards
programs
to
help
black
pittsburgh
and
to
be
able
to
do
everything
from
child
care
to
how
to
get
a
new
roof
and
to
be
able
to
make
it
as
simple
as
just
clicking
on
and
finding
what.
C
E
Absolutely
so
any
time
you
know
if
you're
curious
about
a
program
that
we
run
the
best
place
to
go
is
our
website.
The
city's
website
is
incredibly
comprehensive
from
more
information
about
how
to
get
to
our
financial
empowerment
centers
to
information
about
what
summer
programs
are
available
for
young
people
at
our
rec
centers.
It's
all
there
in
addition,
ura's
website,
and
I
can
leave
it
all
in
the
chat
to
make
sure
that
you
have
it.
The
ura's
website
is
incredibly
comprehensive
as
well.
E
That's
where
all
of
our,
I
would
say,
housing
programs
with,
as
well
as
some
of
our
programs
around
entrepreneurship,
so
that
micro
loan
program
that
I
talked
about
in
the
beginning.
You
can
find
an
application
there.
If
you're
looking
for
rent
relief,
you
can
find
that
there
as
well,
if
you're,
a
homeowner
looking
to
get
some
money
to
help,
maybe
put
a
roof
on
your
your
place,
that
you
aren't
able
to
do
out
of
pocket.
That
application
is
there
as
well
so
between
the
city,
the
ura's
website
as
well.
E
311,
that's
our
gateway
to
the
city.
If
you
call
3-1-1
you'll
get
actual
person
on
the
phone
that'll
talk
you
through,
you
know
whatever
you're
looking
for
so
those
three
places
would
be
absolutely
the
best
ones
and
I'll
make
sure
that
you
have
them
so
that
folks,
at
home,
watching
are
able
to
access
them.
F
I'm
posting
some
of
them
in
the
chat
now,
and
I
think
our
last
question
of
the
evening
was
how
are
you
working
to
ensure
that
black
youth
are
afforded
the
opportunities
and
support
to
live
in
a
more
equitable
spur.
C
I
I
tell
this
story
often
so
people
probably
have
heard
it
a
number
of
times,
but
it
is
the
best
advice
I've
been
given
as
mayor
of
pittsburgh,
we
started
the
summer
of
earn
and
learn
back
in
2014
and
prior
to
that
we
would
hire
about
130
kids
and
we
would
put
them
to
work
at
basically
painting
fences
and
cutting
grass
with
public
works,
and
I
remember
reverend
burgess
you
brought
it
up
when
we
were
on
council
together.
C
You
know
we
should
be
investing
these
community
development
block
grant
right
back
to
the
kids.
You
know
we
should
be
investing
in
people
not
in
pavement,
and
so
I
took
that
to
heart,
and
so
we
had
600
kids
that
first
year
and
I'm
honored
to
say
that
last
summer
we
had
over
2000
during
covid
and
this
summer
our
goal
is
every
kid
that
wants
a
job
will
have
a
job
again.
You
only
do
that
through
partnerships
but
anyways.
C
There
was
a
group
out
of
beltsover
that
had
been
working
not
only
with
the
neighborhood
and
with
some
of
the
contractors
in
the
neighborhood,
but
also
with
duquesne
university
and
some
other
programs.
During
the
summer
and
at
the
end
of
their
their
summer,
they
performed
a
play,
and
that
play
was
something
that
was
very
touching
and
afterwards
I
spoke
to
one
young
woman.
She
was
14
named
jordan
and
jordan
gave
me
the
best
advice,
I've
gotten
as
mayor-
I
I
said
to
jordan.
C
So
what
was
the
best
part
about
your
summer,
and
I
thought
I
knew
exactly
what
she
would
say
it
was
going
to
be.
I
got
paid
right.
She
said
I
got
to
go
outside.
She
said
in
the
summer.
My
mom
doesn't
let
me
outside,
because
it's
too
dangerous
and
this
summer
I
got
to
go
outside
and
then
unsolicited.
She
said
to
me:
you
can't
make
decisions
for
me
I'll
make
my
own
decisions,
but
you
can
give
me
opportunity-
and
it
was
that's
exactly
what
a
mayor's
job
is.
C
This
city
has
been
divided
between
people
that
have
been
given
every
opportunity
and
those
that
have
had
to
struggle
in
order
to
be
able
to
find
opportunity,
and
I
think,
if
there's
anything
I
can
do
to
the
youth
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
especially
within
our
black
neighborhoods,
is
to
guarantee
that
the
opportunity
that
anyone
gets
is
the
same
opportunity
that
they
get.
You
know
what
will
happen
a
lot
less
crime,
because
there
will
be
a
lot
less
poverty
and
it
will
change
the
course
of
not
only
city
neighborhoods,
but
the
city
as
well.
C
A
A
That
is,
we
have
spent
over
an
hour
with
you,
mr
mayor,
and
I
know
you
have
a
very
tight
schedule,
so
we
want
to
thank
you,
but
I
do
want
to
say
one
thing
to
you,
while
you're
here
often
especially
from
younger
folk,
I
get
asked
about
sort
of
the
legislative
process
and
what
I'm
able
to
get
done,
or
will
I
promise
to
get
this
done
or
why
I
promise
to
get
that
done
and
they'll
often
ask
me,
as
the
city
like
I'm
asked,
they'll
say
to
me:
I
need
the
city
to
do
a
and
what
I
often
tell
them
is
none
of
this
gets
done
in
a
by
in
and
of
itself.
A
There
is
no
piece
of
legislation
that
I
can
put
on
the
table.
The
legislation
that
me
and
reverend
burgess
have
to
put
on
the
table
has
to
have
an
administration,
that's
willing
to
actually
see
it
through.
That's
willing
to
implement
it.
The
economic
development
that
we're
working
to
achieve
the
lower
hill
district,
like
all
of
that,
requires
a
partnership,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
being
a
good
partner
to
black
pittsburgh
for
helping
us
build
out
our
communities,
because
you
can't
do
it
alone
and
we
can't
do
it
alone.
A
C
In
the
words
of
lao
zhu,
a
chinese
philosopher
who
walked
the
earth
the
days
before
jesus,
he
said
when
the
work
of
the
best
leader
is
done.
The
people
say
we
did
it
ourselves
and
thank
you
for
putting
together
the
consensus
around
critical
neighborhoods
in
being
able
to
create
priorities
that
allow
us
to
be
able
to
implement
it's
only
through
that
grassroots
bottom-up
approach
that
people
actually
feel
that
their
government
is
working
for
them.
A
Thank
you,
and
with
that
said,
that
is
all
the
time
we
have
for
today's
show.
I
do
need
to
thank
our
guests
mayor,
william
peduto,
his
assistant
chief
of
staff,
lindsey
powell
and
chief
equity
officer
and
deputy
chief
of
staff,
majestic
lane.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
A
In
order
to
have
a
significant
investment
in
the
black
community
is
imperative
that
we
make
our
community
safe
and
peaceful,
and
we
are
clearly
committed
to
rebuilding
our
black
communities
in
pittsburgh
for
black
people
by
black
people,
with
our
partners
of
allies,
of
which
we
consider
the
mayor.
One.
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
strengthen
it
for
all
of
its
residents.