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A
And
we
welcome
you
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.
It
means
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
Affected
by
two
concurrent
crisis,
one
the
covet
19
pandemic
and
its
resulting
economic
crisis
into
the
race
relations
and
racial
justice
issue,
which
is
which
are
both
public
health
crises
normally
in
times
of
crisis
and
great
change,
we'll
be
coming
to
you
as
the
black
elected
officials
of
pittsburgh,
having
meetings
across
the
city
with
our
constituents,
partners
and
allies.
B
Since
we
cannot
do
so
safely
in
the
current
pandemic,
we're
now
using
this
media
and
platform
to
come
to
you
in
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
city's
cable
channel.
You
can
contact
or
ask
questions
via
the
black
pittsburgh
matters,
facebook,
page
or
email
us
at.
B
A
B
We
are
honored
to
be
joined
tonight
by
state
representative,
jake,
weekley,
state,
county
councilman,
olivia
bennett
and
county
councilman
dewitt
walton.
Welcome
to
this
evening's
town
hall
meeting
we're
going
to
use
this
platform
to
highlight
some
of
our
initiatives
and
legislations
we've
been
working
toward
to
support
black
pittsburgh
to
make
sure
our
constituents
can
be
connected
to
the
programs
that
we're
working
on
and
keep
everything
everyone
abreast
of
our
current
agenda.
B
So
let's
sort
of
open
the
floor
and
discuss
if
you
don't
mind
some
of
our
legislation
and
initiatives
since
our
last
pboc
meeting-
and
I
think
maybe
one
of
the
things
to
start
to
talk
about
is
lavell-
and
I
are
still
talking
about
this
education
achievement
gap
and
calling
an
educational
emergency
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
in
terms
of
what
we've
talked
about.
We've
already
talked
about
three
things.
B
One
we've
said
that,
because
of
the
pandemic,
the
schools
have
been
closed
and
we
know
that
the
kids
are
further
behind
in
terms
of
the
academic
achievement
gap.
Two
we
talked
about
how
we
can
all
work
together
to
improve
the
educational
outcome
of
kids
and
then
three.
We
sort
of
talk
about
how
we
can
reopen
the
schools
that
we
know
that
you
know.
Online
learning
is
not
for
everyone,
and
certainly
many
of
our
children
have
not
even
linked
in
have
not
even
signed
in,
and
how
can
we
safely
open
the
schools?
B
And
so
I
don't
know
if
you
would
say
something
about
that
daniel
first
and
then,
let's
sort
of
open
up
the
panel
to
talk
about
you
know
achievement
guide
and
what
we
can
do
collectively
to
improve
educational
quality
for
our
kids.
A
As
you
all
know,
I
have
two
young
children
who
are
in
the
pittsburgh
public
school
systems
that
was
done
intentionally,
because
I
do
believe
that
we
have
some
very
good
schools
and
we
have
some
some
administrators
and
some
principals
and
some
teachers
who
do
phenomenal
work
and,
if
not,
for
that
reason
I
wouldn't
have
let
entered
my
children
into
the
system.
A
With
that
being
said,
I've
been
having
conversations
for
at
least
the
last
year,
with
my
own
principal
of
my
school,
with
other
administrators
with
teachers,
about
the
concerns
that
we
were
facing
since
kovis
shut
down.
We
all
knew
that
there
were
already
there
was
already
an
achievement
gap
within
the
system
right.
We
already
knew
that,
but
then
covet
like
it
has
done
to
every
other
thing,
has
sort
of
exasperated
the
problem
and
shown
some
of
the
issues
so
a
while
back.
I
started
having
conversations
around.
How
are
we
going
to
catch
children
up
right?
A
So
if
you
take
my
own
children
as
an
example
when
kobe
shut
down,
my
son
was
in
first
grade,
so
he
lost
some
of
his
first
grade.
Learning
now
during
covet,
he's
lost
some
of
his
second
grade
learning.
So
what's
the
plan
to
catch
him
up
before
he
actually
goes
into
third
grade,
and
so
I
started
talking
about
the
fact
that
I
thought
pps
need
to
be
looking
at
going
to
school
year
round
really
beginning
this
summer,
because
I
believe
those
children
are
going
to
need
that
level
of
instruction.
A
And
so
we
were
having
these
conversations,
reverend
burgess
and
I
were
having
sort
of
weekly
conversations
around
education
and
then
something
else
happened.
I
was
talking
to
my
school
board
member
who
asked
had.
I
read
the
report
from
the
pennsylvania
human
relations
commission
on
the
pittsburgh
public
schools
that
was
released
last
october,
and
I
told
them
no.
I
had
not,
and
then
I
read
it
and
then
I
shared
it
with
reverend
burgess
and
he
read
it
and
both
of
us
had
the
exact
same
conclusion,
which
is
we
are
absolutely
in
a
state
of
emergency.
A
When
you
look
at
some
of
the
numbers
that
are
within
that
report,
that
are
decades
old,
mind
you
and
now
covet
has
just
exasperated
the
problem,
and
so
what
we
felt
was
imperative
was
that
we
began
having
sort
of
a
public
conversation
about
how
we
come
out
of
this
and
how
we
collectively
put
our
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
join
our
efforts
to
address
this
issue,
because
clearly
it's
going
to
take
the
entire
community,
get
getting
behind
it
and
having
a
conversation
about
about
how
we
reimagine
our
school
system
and
how
we
educate
our
children
and
get
them
up
to
where
they
be.
A
So,
that's
why
we
then
introduce
the
resolution
so
that
we
could
begin
having
a
public
conversation
about
how
we
come
together
to
address
the
concerns.
With
that
being
said,
I
will
open
it
up
to
whomever
wants
to
begin.
Do
you
all
agree
with
us
that
we
are
in
a
state
of
educational
emergency?
If
so,
why,
or
why
not?
Or
what
are
your
thoughts
on
the
matter.
C
So
I'll
begin.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
and
both
you,
daniel
and
rev,
for
your
leadership
and
your
commitment
and
service
to
the
city
and
to
the
folk
in
the
city.
We
all
know
from
a
systemic
perspective,
we've
been
in
in
a
state
of
an
emergency
as
it
relates
to
education
and
health
and
social
conditions
for
years.
This
is
nothing
new.
I
think
the
covid
environment
has
exacerbated
many
of
our
ills
and
social
conditions.
I
mean
to
the
to
the
education
point.
C
I
want
to
take
some
time
to
give
credit
to
dominica
howes
and
wanda
henderson,
dr
sizemore
and
others
in
the
advocate
community,
because
for
30
years
almost
30
years,
they've
been
fighting
this
educational
fight
and
that
report
that
you
referenced
is
really
a
combination
of
their
year-to-year
effort
to
try
to
get
some
of
the
conditions
addressed
that
started
30
years
ago.
You
know
what
I'm
saying
from
the
time
that
they
first
started
this
fight
and
I
think
what
we,
what
we're
seeing
is
systemically.
C
We
have
to
take
a
step
back
and
again.
I
I
like
to
say
to
people:
this
is
not
an
attack
on
any
one
set
of
group.
That's
not
an
attack
on
teachers,
not
an
attack
on
the
administration.
C
It's
not
attack
on
us
as
policymakers,
because
we've
all
kind
of
failed
our
families
in
this
conversation-
and
I
think
now
is
the
moment
in
time
for
us
to
really
take
a
step
back
and
really
try
to
dig
in
and
see
what
we
have
to
do
to
do
it
is
is,
is
partly
the
way
that
we
disperse
our
resources,
but
it's
not
just
about
resources.
C
It's
partly
the
way
that
we
kind
of
have
our
educational
system
struck,
set
up
as
deliver
the
service
we
still
set
up
in
a
day
and
age
that
has
long
since
passed.
So
we
have
to
look
at
the
way
that
we
deliver
the
service
and
I
think,
in
this
environment.
We
have
to
also
talk
about
how
we
really
treat
children
as
individuals
and
not
as
widgets
like
they
all
learn
at
the
same
pace.
C
They
all
learn
in
the
same
rate,
and
so
I
think,
as
as
as
as
we
come
together,
we
need
to
really
take
this
moment
of
time
to
really
look
at
the
various
pieces
and
how
do
we
fit
them
together
and
make
it
more
impactful.
So
you
know
I'm
that
I'm
very
much
committed
to
that,
and
I'm
glad
that
you
all
have
started
this
process
in
this
conversation
and
I'm
hoping
that
all
of
our
stakeholder
groups
will
be
willing
to
come
together
and
address
it.
D
None
of
this
conversation
should
be
viewed
as
an
attack
on
anyone
on
any
individual
or
any
any
individual
group,
as
opposed
to
a
recognition
that
an
emergency
does
exist
and
that
we
have
to
have
real
candid
conversations
and
frank
conversations
about
how
we
address
the
inequities.
D
The
challenges
that
we're
confronted
with
and
come
up
with
meaningful
sustainable
solutions
to
improve
educational
environment,
then
the
educational
environment
and
outcomes
because
it
all
has
to
be
outcome
based
it
all
had
and
nothing
nothing
matters
other
than
creating
an
environment
in
which
children
can
learn
and
thrive.
If
we
don't,
if
we
don't
do
that,
our
society
suffers,
we
may
we
may
have
to
debate
vigorously
the
protocols
and
the
methodologies,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
only
thing
that
matters
is
that
children
win
that
children
win.
We
have
to
give.
E
The
reason
why
I
hesitated
to
comment
is
because
I
no
longer
have
kids
in
pps,
and
so
I
try
not
to
like
you
know,
overextend
into
areas
that
I
am
not
directly
impacted
and
so,
but
I'd
being
that
I
did
have
kids
in
pps.
You
know
I
did
have
my
son
graduated
in
2020,
so
the
remainder
of
his
school
year
was
in
covet,
and
so
there
were
challenges
with
access
and
was
getting
information
and
things
like
that.
But
again
my
kid
has
now
exited
the
system.
E
So
I
can't
say
I
can't
speak
firsthand
on
what
you
know.
Experiences
are
presently
with
pbs,
but
always
supporting
and
encouraging
of
new
innovation.
E
You
know,
I
think
that
we've
been
forced
to
think
about
new
innovation
in
the
in
the
time
of
covet
and
then
some
of
the
hurdles
like
I
talked
to
my
daughter
today
and
she
has
my
grandson
home
schooling,
and
you
know
he
has
two
younger
sisters.
So
it's
just
not
a
conducive
learning
environment
and
one
child,
one
sister's
upstairs
screaming
her
head
off
the
other
ones.
You
know
so
how's
any
and
then
she's
like
well,
he
can't
focus
well.
E
I
wonder
why,
so
I
think
you
know
we
do
need
to
start
having
the
conversation
about
if
we're
not
going
back
to
school,
what
maybe
trying
to
make
many
huddles
or
bubbles
and
getting
kids
into
different
silos
to
be
able
to
still
get
into
a
place
where
it's
environment,
a
conducive
environment,
to
learn,
but
also
being
mindful
that
we
are
still
in
a
pandemic.
So
don't
envy
any
person
who
is
in
this
predicament?
I
don't
envy
our
our
pittsburgh
public
school
school
board.
C
And
again,
if
I
can,
I
wanted
to
let
councilwoman
bennett
brings
up
a
great
point.
I
want
us.
I
want
to
kind
of
separate
the
two
conversation.
The
the
pandemic
global
pandemic
showed
one
set
of
challenges
to
our
system,
but
let's
be
clear,
our
educational
system
had
a
crisis
well
before
the
pandemic
started.
So
the
long,
the
systemic
challenges
to
our
educational
process
requires
certain
types
of
reforms
to
it.
C
The
the
situation
that
is
we
are
currently
in
with
the
global
pandemic,
which
is
not
the
fault
of
anyone
other
than
poor
leadership
from
from
the
top
on
down,
as
relates
to
making
sure
we
were
managing
this
process
better,
making
sure
all
of
our
essential
workers,
including
our
teachers
and
our
our
staff
and
our
schools,
are
vaccinated
and
had
the
equipment
necessary
to
really
deliver
what
we
needed
them
to
deliver.
That's
a
failure
of
the
system,
not
of
the
people
inside
of
the
system,
that's
a
failure
of
leadership.
C
So
I
wanted
to
be
clear
to
say
that,
but
but
the
the
challenges
that
I
think
you
and
councilman,
lavelle
and
councilman
burgess
is
trying
to
get
at
are
systemic
challenges
that
happen
well
before
this
pandemic
hit.
So
you
know,
I
think
that
that's
really
how
we
want
to
approach
this.
We
want
to
understand.
B
And,
as
you
know,
jake,
if
we
don't
address
this,
the
single
biggest
sort
of
indicator
of
a
child's
future
is
a
zip
code.
It's
area
right
and
kids
that
are
growing
up
and
challenging
the
communities
if
they
don't
have
good
education.
We
kind
of
know
where
their
future
is
going
to
be
right.
They're
going
to
you
know,
unfortunately,
they're
going
to
go
into
the
prison
system
or
the
criminal
justice
system.
They're
going
to
you
know
be
underemployed.
B
Perhaps
you
know
have
problems
with
alcohol
and
and
drugs,
and
you
know
children
out
of
wedlock
without
being
in
committed
relationships.
This
is
a
variety
of
risk
factors
that
multiplies
when
the
kids
are
not,
you
know
able
to
succeed
academically.
I
teach
a
part
of
my
you
know.
As
you
know,
I
teach
college,
but
we
have
a
parallel
program,
so
I
actually,
where
high
school
students
take
college
classes,
so
I
actually
have
high
school
students
every
semester
half
for
many
years.
B
I
don't
talk
about
it,
but
I
actually
have
high
school
students
and
they
tend
to
be
the
more
gifted
students
I
get
actually,
but
I
still
still
high
school
students
and
I
have,
of
course
family
members,
but
a
lot
of
these
kids,
my
nephews,
their
grand
nephews.
They
struggle
academically
right.
They
are
struggling
before
coping
right.
They
have
difficulty
reading,
they
have
difficulty
doing
doing
math.
We
are
we're
not
doing
a
good
job
of
teaching
kids,
how
to
read,
write,
speak
and
do
mathematics
on
a
grade
appropriate
level.
B
We're
not
doing
a
good
job
of
that,
not
we're
not
doing
a
good
job
for
all
kids
and
we're
particularly
not
doing
a
good
job
with
african-american,
kids
and
but
it's
always
been
bad,
but
I
would
believe
kovic
has
made
it
just
worse.
If
you
were
to
test
these
kids
right
now,
you
would
probably
see
the
lowest
achievement
rates,
probably
in
120
years.
Some
great
number
like
that.
I
mean
it's
it's
just
because
they
haven't
had
instruction
for
so
long,
they've
lost
somewhere
between
a
year
and
a
half
and
two
years
of
academic
learning.
B
So
if
they
were
already
behind
and
they
lose
two
more
years
then
they're
way
behind.
So
that's
why
we
have
to
now
start
to
address
this
and
and
I
I'll
I'll,
get
off
my
soapbox
a
minute.
I
have
tried
to
say
it
means
everybody
has
to
help
every
parent,
every
grandparent,
every
church,
every
pastor,
every
city,
every
government,
everybody
has
to
help
and
make
these
kids
a
priority.
C
Well,
I
think,
but
that's
why
I
think
what
councilman
lavelle
started
off
with
is
important
for
us
rev.
I
think
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
we
all
can
accept.
There
have
probably
been
some
slippage
in
academic
learning
from
all
children,
but
especially
those
children
that
are
we're
already
struggling,
but
I
think
that's
why,
if
we,
we
have
to
have
a
plan
for
how
we
catch
these.
C
These
children
up
right
and
that
plan
is
gonna,
require
resources,
financial
resources,
as
well
as
other
resources
to
to
really
dig
in
and
catch
the
kids
where
they
are
like.
I.
I
reject
this
notion
that
there
are
bad
children
who
can't
learn
it's
bad
systems
and
how
we
expose
them
right.
So
we
try
to
fit
children
who
might
be
square
into
circular
systems
of
learning
and-
and
I
think
we
have
to-
we
have
to
change
that
dynamic
and-
and
I'm
gonna
keep
practicing
this
point.
C
If
you
want
to
catch
these
kids
up,
you
have
to
have
acceleration
to
it,
but
you
have
to
have
acceleration.
That's
done
in
a
way
that
meets
the
kid
where
they
are
and
then
takes
them
from
where
they
are
to
where
we
want
them
to
be,
and
that's
that's
not
going
to
be
from
a
to
z
overnight.
That's
going
to
require
our
constant
attention
and
and
time
on
task,
and
so
this
is
where
I
think
we
all
have
a
responsibility.
C
And
I
think
that's
where
we
have
to
have
this
flexibility
and
this
this
willingness
to
change
up
from
where
we
used
to
be
and
how
things
used
to
be
done
to
now
figuring
out
how
we
have
to
be
more
creative
to
catch.
These
kids
up.
D
Jake,
I
agree
we
have
to
take
a
holistic
approach
to
resolving
this
issue
and
we
have
to
use
our
legislative
abilities,
our
policy-making
abilities
and
our
moral
authority
to
do
all
of
these
things.
For
example,
allegheny
county
council
in
its
last
budget
just
approved
the
children's
fund.
We
haven't
put
a
dollar
value
on
it,
but
we
did
a
ton
of
work
and
it's
about
early
childhood
development
preschool
and
after
school
programs.
D
All
of
those
have
to
be
combined
with
work
by
our
educational
institution,
ppfs
and
and
and
again
those
candid
kind
of
conversations
about
me.
As
you
said,
meeting
the
children
where
they
are
and
building
an
infrastructure
that
addresses
learning
and
individualized
learning,
so
each
child,
each
child
has
a
legitimate
opportunity
to
be
successful
because
you're
right
so
many
of
those
young
men
and
women
are
in
different
spaces
and
and
and
have
different
levels
of
learning
and
and
and
issues,
and
we
have
to
attack
that
collectively
and
individually.
A
A
comment
then
a
question:
thank
you
for
that
dewitt,
because
I
had
honestly
totally
forgotten
about
the
children's
fund
and
when
reverend
burgess
and
I
were
putting
together
sort
of
the
list
of
everyone
that
we
wanted
to
put
in
a
room,
I
don't
think
we
had
listed
the
county,
and
so
I
think
we
definitely
need
to
add
the
county
to
our
list.
So
thank
you
for
that
reminder.
A
One
of
the
issues
that
have
come
up
at
least
has
been
brought
to
me.
Representative
wheatley
is
funding
funding
for
children.
What
levels
of
funding
is
appropriate
and
I
don't
fully
understand
how
the
state
this
determines
the
funding
for
schools.
So
if
you
could
just
educate
us
a
little
on
how
this
state
determines
the
fund,
how
much
funding
should
go
to
schools
or
what
that
criteria
is
yeah.
C
I'm
still
trying
to
learn
it
myself,
daniel
we've
had
for
years
a
very
convoluted
system
of
how
we
funded
schools-
quite
frank.
Frankly,
we've
we,
we
have
underfunded.
Schools
in
many
respects,
based
off
of
the
rationale
that
we
wanted
to
spread
around
everyone
getting
a
little
bit
of
something.
We
have
a
clause.
We
have
a
a
a
a
funding
clause
that
is
called
the
whole
harmless,
so
every
district
gets
what
they
got
the
year
before,
irrespective
of
kids,
irrespective
of
growth
or
losses.
C
But
on
top
a
couple
years
ago
we
came
up
with
this
fair
funding
solution
for
education,
but
we
only
push
new
dollars
through
that,
so
that
that's
less
than
eight
percent
of
our
our
state
spend
goes
through
this
new,
fair
funding
formula.
Now
I'm
gonna
tell
you:
pittsburgh
is
a
different.
You
have
to
pittsburgh
is
an
anomaly
as
it
relates
to
our
school
funding.
Pittsburgh
has
a
large
local
component.
C
It
has
a
very
healthy
local
support
system,
pittsburgh
funds
per
student
on
higher
than
levels
of
mount
lebanon
and
some
of
our
more
suburban,
wealthier
district,
we're,
I
think,
we're
either
24
25
per
25
000
per
student.
That
a
statewide
average
is
somewhere
like
around
85
94
9
400
per
student,
we're
we're
in
the
higher
end
of
people's
funding.
C
Now
I
always
say
you
have
to
take
that
and
understand
that
when
you
have
more
challenge
students
who
come
from
different
family
structures
and
needs
you
that
that
you
can't
get
caught
up
in
the
per
people
spending,
because
that
will
skew
you
from
understanding
what
the
actual
needs
of
students
might
be.
So
one
child
need
might
be
that
full
amount.
Another
child
might
not
need
that
amount
amount
of
support,
but
because
you
do
a
system-wide,
that's
the
average
of
how
it
averages
out.
C
So
you
know
pittsburgh
from
a
funding
perspective,
in
my
opinion,
probably
gets
a
healthy
dose
of
what
it
needs
doesn't
mean
that
it
gets
it
the
way
it
needs
it,
probably
not,
because
even
within
the
district
there
are
disparities
from
school
to
school.
There's
a
disparity
of
how
schools
are
funded
even
inside
of
these
systems.
So
that's
a
broader
conversation.
That's
a
much
more!
We
could
have
a
show
just
on
that,
how
we
do
our
school
funding,
how
the
resources
are
allocated.
How
is
it
impactful
or
or
do
they
do?
C
Are
they
already
giving
us
the
returns
that
we
need
the
long
story
short,
though
I
will
say,
resources
are
necessary
to
still
come
into
this
district
to
help
our
student,
because,
if
you're
going
to
do
a
catch-up
there's,
so
that's
those
some
of
those
kids
that
need
caught
up
and
need
that
specialized
attention
and
that
the
more
support
you
need
to
put
more
funding
to
help
them.
You
know
what
I'm
saying,
and
so
there
has
to
be
a
way
to
figure
it
out.
Yes,
jake.
D
You
said
something
that
is,
that
is
critically
important
and
because,
when
you
look
at
at
school
districts
and
you
look
at
the
how
their
municipalities
and
and
and
areas
operate,
and
even
and
then
when
you
layer
in
things
like
charter
schools,
the
students
with
with
fewer
challenges
are
leaving
the
system
until
for
other
educational
opportunities
and
as
a
result,
it
is
very
easy
to
have
a
higher
proportion
or
a
higher
percentage
of
children
with
special
needs.
D
Learning,
disabilities
and
and
those
kinds
of
issues
are
concentrated
in
their
district
and,
as
a
result,
there's
a
greater
need
for
resources
to
try
to
level
the
playing
field
out
and
that
very,
and
that
very
frequently
is
not
there.
So
you
make
some
really
good
points,
and
these
are
the
kinds
of
conversations
that
we
need
to
have
and
information
that
needs
to
be
shared
and
those
are.
These
are
tough
conversations,
but
they
have
to
be
had
and
and
and
solutions
generated.
C
And-
and
I
didn't
ask
you-
I
mean
primarily
a
lot
of
your
school
district
funding
comes
from
your
local
property
tax,
your
local
property
tax.
So
if
you
have
a
district
like
wilkinsburg
with
a
high
property
tax,
but
their
their
return
on
what
they
can
invest
in
their
education
is
almost
nil
to
none,
because
it's
maxed
out
pittsburgh
is,
is
the
so
property
taxes
being
the
fundamental
predominant
way
of
school
funding
and
by
the
way,
since
the
I
think,
early
70s
middle
70s,
the
state's
share
of
funding
for
education
has
decreased.
C
We
used
to
fund
at
50
clip,
I
think,
we're
down
now
to
the
35
36
percent,
so
every
reduction
in
the
state
share
means
the
pressure
is
on
local
local
shares
to
come
up.
That
means
your
local
property
taxes
have
come
up,
so
it
is
a
very
unfair
way
of
doing
our
school
funding.
In
my
in
my
belief-
and
I
think
that's
why
you
have
disparate
treatment
of
how
some
district
has
an
over
abundance
of
resources.
Others
have
less
so
the
knees
aren't
necessarily
being
met
where
they
needs
to.
C
B
I
want
to
just
share
before
we
leave
the
educational
thing
I
I
do
want
to
share
something
that
I'm
sorry
that
jake
brought
up
and
that
has
been
impactful
for
me.
I've
I
have
four
children,
all
my
children
are
grown
now
and
all
through
college,
but
all
of
them
had
differing
educational
capacity.
B
Some
of
them
had
struggles
and
had
had
various
difficulties
I
used
to
be
in
the
business
of
out
of
time
school
support.
I
read
an
agency
that
provided
those
resources,
and
so
I
went
on
a
retreat
with
a
sponsored
by
the
school
board.
B
So
if
they
can
walk
by
talk
by
four
they
can
they
have
the
capacity
intellectually
to
do
anything
academically.
That
means
they
could
be
engineers,
nuclear
scientists.
The
difference
is,
as
you
were,
saying,
kids
learn
differently
and
have
readiness
stages.
The
question
isn't:
can
the
kids
do
it?
They
absolutely
can
the
question
is:
can
we
educate
them
in
a
way
that
we're
meeting
them
where
they're
at
and
taking
them
where
they
need
to
go?
And
so
the
problem
is,
you
know
we
don't
use
the
word
achievement
gap
as
much.
We
use
opportunity
gap.
B
The
problem
is
not
the
kids,
it's
not
their
education,
it's
not
the
race.
It's
that
we
have
not
yet
devised
a
system
to
take
advantage
of
their
genius
and
give
them
the
instruction
they
need
at
the
appropriate
time
in
the
appropriate
way,
and
I
absolutely
commit
you
know
doing
that.
You
know
for
my
kids.
I
have
been
committed
to
doing
in
my
kids,
but
I'm
I'm
committed
to
doing
that
for
for
all
kids
and
thank
you
for
letting
me
kind
of
share
that
story.
I
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
county.
B
I
know
the
county
has
been
really
really
busy
liv.
I
know
one
of
your
work
has
been
on
the
county's
paid,
sick,
leave,
work
and,
and
and
and
fighting
for
that,
can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
we've
already
kind
of
handled
that
in
the
city?
But
what
are
you
doing
in
the
county?
On
the
on
the
on
the
paid
sleep
pay,
sick
leave
front.
E
Well,
we
just
literally
maybe
like
an
hour
and
a
half
ago,
dewitt's
laughing
because
sorry
councilman
walton's
laughing,
because
he
was
there
with
me
at
the
human
and
human
health
and
human
services
committee
meeting.
We
met
again
today
to
try
to
what
we
didn't
try.
We
did
go
through
some
more
amendments
to
there
were.
E
There
were
a
good
number
of
amendments
presented
to
this
this
bill,
so
we
are
working
through
those,
and
so
we
have
not
exhausted
all
the
amendments
so
that
we
weren't
able
to
actually
complete
our
work
today
to
get
that
back
up
to
full
council
for
a
full
vote.
So
I
expect
that
there'll
be
another
meeting
scheduled
within
a
week
or
two
for
us
to
continue
that
work
to
be
able
to
bring
that
up
to
full
council,
hopefully
by
the
end
of
february.
E
But
don't
please
don't
hold
me
to
that
date.
Our
work
is
not
is
not
exactly
predictable
all
the
time
so,
but
we
are
working
and
trying
as
hard
as
we
can
to
get
that
they
get
that
pass
because
we
know
there
are
a
lot
of
working
folks
that
are
depending
on
it.
A
D
Yeah,
you
know
liv
and
I
talked
earlier
today
and
it
wasn't
we
talked
to
earlier
today.
Didn't
we
lay
it
up.
We.
E
Did
it
yesterday
yesterday
it
was
you.
D
Know
yesterday,
but
we've
been,
you
know
two
about
two
and
a
half
years
ago
I
introduced
the
independent
police
review
board
legislation.
It
didn't
pass
it,
it
died.
I
reintroduced
it.
In
january,
liv
introduced
a
piece.
Last
year
I
reintroduced
it.
Last
january,
liv
introduced
a
piece
later
and
we've
been
we've
been
struggling
with
it
for
the
last
for
a
while.
I
think
we
are.
I
think
we
are
really
really
really
close.
D
I
talked
yeah,
it
was
yesterday
liv,
it
was
yesterday,
and
so
we
have
a
piece
of
legislation.
I
think
that
we've
been
negotiating
around
and
so
we're
gonna
get
to
live
tomorrow.
D
A
new
piece
of
legislation
liv
has
withdrawn
her
her
her
piece
of
legislation,
I'm
gonna
withdraw
mine
and
if
liv
agrees,
hopefully
liv
hall
klein
and
myself
will
be
co-sponsors
of
a
new
piece
of
legislation
for
the
independent
police
review
board.
So
we've
come
a
long
long
long
long
way.
D
B
Yeah,
it's
great
to
hear
hey
jake,
when
a
few
a
few-
I
guess
it
was
last
summer,
maybe
or
maybe
the
summer
before
last.
I
can't
remember
because
of
kovic
it's
I'm
every
day
is
becoming
the
same.
You
link
councilman
lavell
and
I,
with
members
of
philadelphia,
city,
council
and
state
legislators
talking
about
statewide
initiatives
to
do
to
to
to
talk
about
act,
11
and
arbitrators,
and
to
talk
about
police
reform.
Would
I
have
not
heard
much
from
that
group.
B
I'm
sure
that
I'm
I'm
certain
both
philadelphia
and
the
state
are
still
working
on
those
things.
I
know
that
some
are
part
of
our
group
had
initiate
legislation
to
to
do
some
things
I
think
so
had
a
gain
so
where
what
is
in
terms
of
a
state
level,
what
how
are
things
moving
in
terms
of
police
reform.
C
What
liv
and
dewitt
just
talked
about,
I
think,
is
critical
for
us
to
celebrate
and
recognize
because
we
don't
do
this
enough,
but
I
think
this
is
what
is
going
to
be
required
in
order
for
us
to
collectively
defeat
these
antiquated
systems
and
to
transform,
and
that
is
collaboration
of
like-minded
people.
Even
though
we
we,
we
find
differences
in
what
we
the
way.
C
C
I
commend
you
both
for
what
you
just
did
and
rev
these
covet
days
and
covet
nights
got
us
all
thinking
we're
in
a
continuum
of
the
same
day
you
know,
and
so,
with
the
statewide
initiative,
which
was
led
by
city
councilman,
isaiah
thomas
out
of
philadelphia,
I
don't
think
they've
had
many
additional
meetings
because,
as
we
got
closer
to
the
end
of
the
year,
the
holidays
got
into
it
then
yeah.
E
We
did
have
a
meeting
in
december.
Okay,
we
did
have
a
meeting,
I
want
to
say
we
did
have
a
meeting
in
january
and
what
we're
working
on
is
doing
a
collective
letter.
Actually,
I
think
that
the
collective
yes,
the
collective
letter
went
up
to
madame
leader
mcclintock
mcclinton,
to
ask
that
act.
111
and
it
was
in
conjunction
with,
I
believe,
representative
bullock
is
going
to
be
introducing
some
type
of
legislation
that
addresses
act
11.
E
So
our
letter,
which
had
signatures
from
myself
and
bethany
some
other
members
of
city
council
and
just
a
coalition
across
the
state,
went
to
rep
mcclinton
and
we
should
be
meeting
again
sometime
this
month,
maybe
within
the
next
week
or
two.
C
Oh
so
see
rev
I
got
bumped
off
the
list
live
live,
live
is
up
on
it.
I
got
bumped
off
the
list.
I'm
gonna
have
to
talk
to
isaiah
about
that.
You
know
what
happened,
but
no,
either
way:
donna
bullock
who's,
the
chairwoman
of
the
pennsylvania,
legislative,
black
caucus
now
and,
of
course,
leader
mcclinton,
who
is
now
the
leader
of
the
democrats
in
the
state
house.
They
are
both
ably
bodied
and
maneuvering.
This
thing
I
know
our
other
criminal
justice
bills.
They
are
being
ready
to
to
be
reintroduced.
C
I
know
mines
is
being
ready
to
be
reintroduced.
I
think
ed
and
summer
their
bills
are
being
ready
to
be
reintroduced.
They
never
got
to
the
finish
line
in
last
session,
we're
going
to
put
as
much
pressure
as
we
can
to
reintroduce
them
to
keep
the
pressure
on.
So
the
governor
just
announced
a
task
force
around
the
police
accountability.
C
I
think
our
own
local
former
detective
brenda
tate
is
one
of
the
members
of
the
task
force.
So
there's
a
lot
of
activities,
but,
like
anything
else,
we
have
to
stay
diligent.
This
system
is
not
going
to
be
changed
easily.
There
are
a
lot
of.
As
you
all
know,
there
are
a
lot
of
pressures
to
push
back
changing
act.
111,
it's
not
going
to
be
easy,
you
know,
so
we
we're
we'll
keep
you
informed
and
again
live
is
on
there.
C
I'll
have
to
recheck
make
sure
you
all
are
on
the
list
too,
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
work
still
out
there
to
be
done.
B
Currently
councilman
model-
and
I
I
think
it
comes
up
for
us
next
week-
we
introduce
legislation
to
ban
no
knock
warrants
in
the
city
and
that's
that
adds
to
the
list
of
maybe
eight
or
nine
police
reform
bills.
We've
passed,
I
suppose
in
the
last
six
months.
So
that's
the
next
one
that
we
are,
that
we're
working
on.
A
Can
we
transfer
a
little
bit
and
talk
about
covet
independently?
Still
in,
as
you
all
are
all
well
aware,
last
weekend,
I'm
in
partnership
with
the
county
with
university
of
pittsburgh
and
many
organizations
in
homewood,
as
well
as
in
the
hill
district
homewood
vaccinated
a
thousand
seniors
last
weekend,
as
well
as
in
the
hill
district.
We
vaccinated
a
thousand
seniors
with
that
being
said
from
what
I
can
gather
and
correct
me
from
wrong
representative
wheatley,
our
state
has
still
been
one
of
the
slower
states
to
really
roll
out
the
vaccine.
A
There
are
also
other
states
that
where
people
can
somehow
actually
get
the
vaccine
at
home,
we
just
brought
in
a
new
secretary
of
health.
I
believe,
if
I'm
correct,
and
if
you
could
just
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
what's
happening
on
the
state
level
in
terms
of
getting
more
vaccines
to
local
municipalities
to
get
rolled
out.
If
there
have
been
any
changes
to
our
policy.
There's
also
been
a
lot
of
people
have
asked
me,
and
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
this.
A
It
may
even
be
a
local
answer
which
I
would
have
to
find
out
more,
but
how
we're
determining
what
the
levels
are
so
right
now
we're
sort
of
in
level
1a
which
is
65
and
over.
But
when
will
teachers
be
able
to
access
it?
What
will
other
the
general
public
be
able
to
access
it?
So
if
you
could
just
educate
us
a
little
and
then
maybe
do
it
or
live,
if
you
want
to
educate
us
a
little
from
the
county
perspective
that
might.
C
Be
and
I'll-
and
this
is
not
my
field
of
expertise-
I
think
what
what
a
lot
of
this
has
happened
because
of
the
lack
of
leadership
from
the
national
government,
the
confusion
around
the
state
process.
We
had
worked
out
a
state
plan.
It
got
kind
of
changed
at
the
last
minute,
with
the
cdc
coming
out
with
an
expanded
role
of
putting
everyone
over
65
into
the
first
phase.
C
The
one
a
is
what
you're
calling
it,
because
originally
many
of
the
essential
workers
teachers
included,
were
in
the
state
plan,
originally
part
of
our
first
1a
distribution
rollout
by
the
way
they
are
still
in
there,
but
they
just
have
to
meet
these
federal
conditions
65
and
over
or
one
of
these
pre-existing
conditions.
They
are
still
in
there,
but
primarily
they're
in
our
next
phase
of
1b.
C
But
the
rollout
has
really
not
been
to
the
level
that
we
wanted
it.
I
think
they
they
are
working
on
trying
to
work
with
the
county.
I
know
the
county
gets
information
at
the
last
minute.
They
want.
They
want
the
information
to
come
a
little
faster,
a
little
more
in
advance.
The
state
wants
the
same
thing
and
again.
This
is
where
I
go
and
say
it's
a
systemic
failure
of
leadership
from
the
nationals
into
the
state
and
then
on
down
we're
trying
to
work
through
it
as
fast
we
can.
C
As
best
we
can
again,
they
just
created
a
new
task
force
to
the
vaccination
rollout
task
force
which
the
caucuses
in
harrisburg
now
have
a
member.
That's
on
the
on
that
working
with
the
administration
trying
to
make
sure
we
are
rolling
it
out
as
best
we
can,
but
right
now,
the
the
first
phase
is
really
for
those
65
and
no
up
those
who
are
in
our
long-term
nursing
facilities.
C
They're
still,
I
think
they
were
talking
about
this
opportunity
to
deliver.
I
think
this
is
where
the
federal
folkers
talking
about
delivering
them
straight
to
some
of
these
pharmacies
and
some
of
these
other
outlets
to
get
it
out
there
faster
west.
It's
embarrassing
that
west
virginia
out
of
all
states,
west
virginia,
is
doing
the
best
job
in
rolling
out
the
vaccination
to
this
point
and
that's
primarily
because
they
make
it
readily
accessible,
using
as
many
outlets
as
they
can
and
getting
it.
E
Also,
interestingly,
today
was
a
update
to
county
council
around
the
vaccine
and
covet
update
with
the
administration
and
dr
bogen.
I
I
was
going
to
actually
yield
to
you.
Do
it
if
you
were
able
to
make
that
meeting.
Otherwise,
I
could
read
the
notes
from
that
were
sent
to
us,
because
I
was
not
able
to
make
that
meeting.
D
I
wasn't
able
to
make
the
meeting,
but
I
got
a.
I
got
a
follow-up
briefing
from
from
the
come
from
from
the
administration
later
on
today
and
the
challenge
the
challenge
is
supply.
D
There
has
to
be
a
greater
availability
of
supply
in
allegheny
county.
There
is
about
18
just
right
at
18
of
the
allegheny
county
population
that
has
received
vex
vaccinations,
and
the
reason
for
the
emphasis
on
those
seniors
is
that
the
mortality
rate
increases
exponentially
for
every
decade
over
60
years
of
age.
D
D
Increasing
supply
and
again
it
goes
back
to
the
failure
of
national
leadership
to
make
decisions
on
the
decisions
that
were
made
six
and
eight
months
ago.
That
is
hamstringing
the
effort
for
vaccinations
today.
D
So
if
there's
a
specific
question
I'll
I'll
try
to
answer
it,
but
that
was
the
conversation
in
a
from
a
general
from
a
general
perspective.
E
Yeah,
I
was
about
to
say
I
I
have
the
numbers
in
front
of
me,
so
I
can
definitely
share
those
to
date.
There
have
been
approximately
20
250
000
vaccines
received
in
allegheny
county,
but
of
those
250
000
vaccines.
Only
11
of
those
actually
went
to
the
county
health
department.
89
of
those
have
been
distributed
to
the
health
systems,
pharmacies
and
federal
federally
qualified
health
systems.
E
The
county
depa
health
department
is
not
distributing
that
89
percent
category,
but
is
directly
coming
from,
but
that
is
directly
coming
from
the
state,
so
the
that
89
percent
the
county
never
even
sees
the
county
health
department
never
even
sees
it
is
distributed
directly
by
the
state
to
those
health
systems
and
pharmacies
and
federally
qualified
health
systems,
and
then
the
county
department
has
no
jurisdiction
over
how
or
who
gets
vaccinated
from
that
89
category.
So
those
were
like
the
overarching
highlights
that
were
sent
to
us
from
that
meeting.
A
F
Good
evening,
I
think
there
was
one
about
what
how
black
businesses
can
get
resources
from
the
state
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic.
C
Nonprofits
for
businesses
mon
the
money
will
be
coming
to
the
counties.
The
counties
will
have
the
opportunity
to
run
the
business
support
money.
They
could
either
partner
with
cdfis
or
one
of
the
ceos,
and
that
would
be
it
would
be
similar
to
our
state
program
that
we
just
had
a
couple
of
months
ago.
C
I
think
the
county
allocation
the
last
number-
and
I
might
have
this
wrong,
but
the
last
numbers
I
saw
be
about
79
million
and
with
or
live
if
you,
I
think,
it's
79
million,
which
13
million
of
which
might
be
direct
aid
for
businesses
that
are
in
the
hospitality
industry.
So
to
speak.
So
I
might
have
that
wrong
with.
C
The
new
piece
that
we
just
passed
last
week,
I
think
the
governor
signed
it
last
week.
It
should
be
the
rules
and
rags
should
be
propagated
in
the
next
week
or
so
10
days.
Maybe,
and
then
the
counties
will
I'm
not
sure
what
the
county's
process
will
be,
I'm
not
sure
if
they
started
the
conversation
yet
but
stay
tuned,
because,
as
we
get
this
up
and
running
it'll
probably
be
on
our
department
of
community
economic
deve
affair.
C
I
mean
community
economic
equipment
development
web
page,
but
as
we
get
more
information
I'll
make
sure
you
all
get
it.
F
C
I'm
sorry
there's
support
in
that
package
as
well.
I
can't
remember
the
dollar
amount
for
the
support
for
the
rent,
rental
and
mortgage
assistant.
Again,
that
will
be
all
of
our
supports,
are
going
to
come
to
the
counties
first
and
then
the
counties
program
and
again
the
county,
has
their
already
systemic
programs
set
up
and
they'll
they'll
be
more
able
to
tell
you
how
to
access
their
program,
but
the
state
support
are
going
to
come
to
the
counties.
The
counties
will
then
run
it
through
their
programs
that
they
have
pre-established.
E
I
know
the
last
time
that
the
carrots
act
money
came
down
and
we
did
rent
relief.
It
was
actually
funneled
through
action,
housing
and
then
from
out
out
from
action.
Housing
action
housings,
actually
like
kind
of
subcontracted
with
different
community
organizations
to
kind
of
get
the
word
out
there
and
help
folks
get
through
the
application
process.
So
I
was
doing
that
through
take
action,
moan
valley,
sister,
p,
pgh
was
doing
some
of
that
and
different
organizations
throughout
the
county.
E
So
I
imagine
it
will
look
something
similar
then,
to
that
when
it
is
re
rolled
out.
C
D
Said
executive,
this
executive
has
indicated
that
those
dollars
will
will
flow
through
action
housing
again
in
this
package
as
well.
Yeah.
C
And
this
is
the
state
money.
This
is
912
million
dollars
of
state
aid.
This
is
this
is
this
is
going
to
be
on
top
of
whatever
the
feds
do
in
this
next
round,
where
you
hear
the
president's
talking
about
1.9
trillion
dollars
of
which,
if
the
allocation
is
dissimilar
to
what
they
did,
prior
pennsylvania
could
be
looking
at
anywhere
between
three
to
four
billion
dollars
of
additional
federal
aid
that
won't
all
be
for
rental.
C
That
would
all
be
for
business,
but
a
sizeable
chunk
of
that
will
then
be
probably
repositioned
back
to
the
counties
and
cities.
This
is
this.
This
will
the
state
and
the
city
will
get
its
own
direct
allocations,
but
you
know
that
that
this
is
an
addition,
so
I
will
say
that
people,
this
is
a
short-term
relief
packet
and
then
we're
hoping
that
the
federal
folk
give
gives
some
state
and
local
aid.
That
will
be
an
addition
which
we're
hoping
very
much.
B
One
of
the
problems
with
a
lot
of
the
federal
dollars,
though,
is
that
many
local,
non-profit,
faith-based
and
local
businesses
were
unable
to
access
them
because
they
don't
have
the
requisite
like.
You
have
to
have
a
really
a
payroll
system,
pretty
much.
If
you
don't
have
a
payroll
system,
then,
if
you
pay
cash
or
you
pay
by
checks,
you
would
not
have
the
price
proper
documentation
to
apply,
and
so,
as
a
result,
I'm
curious
as
we.
We
have
this
conversation.
B
What
your
expecting
experiences
were,
but
it
seems
like
we
still
have
a
lot
of
black
businesses
going
under
like
restaurants,
but
just
black
businesses
that
just
can't
survive
in
this
current
environment
and
that
probably
will
have
to
come
back
in
a
different
form,
probably
cannot
reopen
under
the
same
structure.
They
I've
seen
numbers
as
high
as
50
percent
of
black
owned
businesses
may
may
fail
during
the
pandemic,
because
that's
been
your
experiences
guys,
that's
been
sort
of
my
sense
of
it
nationally.
C
The
numbers
have
said
about
40
to
40,
to
50
percent
of
black
businesses
will
not
survive,
have
not
survived
this
challenging
time,
which
is
which
is
unacceptable
in
my
mind's
eye.
But
it
is
the
reality-
and
I
I
do
agree
with
you
mo,
because
we
have
to
push
a
down
through
the
systems
that
we
already
have,
and
these
systems
were
not
built
prior
to
the
pandemic.
Weren't
built
really
with
the
mind
of
supporting
and
building
capacity
in
in
black
owned
businesses.
C
So
we
once
again
were
caught
in
this
conversation
around
the
the
in
equalities
of
systems,
and
then
this
this
pandemic
hit.
That
exposes
just
further
exacerbated
those
inequalities,
which
is
why
I
think
it's
critical
for
us
when
I
say
us,
it's
not
just
the
black
faces
that
are
in
these
systems.
C
It's
everybody
who
has
a
part
in
the
system
to
come
together,
take
a
take
stock
of
what
we
are
learning
in
this
time
and
do
it
differently,
build
for
the
net,
build
and
reestablish
and
and
we
direct
resources
so
that
we
are
helping
to
re-establish
these
businesses
in
these
communities
so
that
they
are
able
to
be
strengthened
and
protected.
If
and
if
and
when
something
else.
B
A
Thank
you,
representative
whitley.
We
have
come
up
on
our
time
for
today.
What
I
also
just
want
to
articulate
for
those
who
may
be
watching
from
the
city
all
the
resources
that
we
have
that
have
been
gone,
that
are
there
to
support
businesses
or
at
the
urban
redevelopment
authority,
as
well
as
the
money
that
we
have
to
support
those
struggling
with
rent
and
things
of
that
nature.
A
You
can
also
contact
the
urban
redevelopment
authority
via
the
housing
opportunity
fund
if
you're
needing
support,
and
so
I
would
send
those
watching
to
those
resources
as
well,
but
with
that
said,
that
is
all
the
time
we
have
for
today.
We
do
want
to
thank
our
guests,
state
representative,
jake,
weekley,
county
councilwoman,
olivia
bennett
and
county
councilman
walton
in
order
to
have
significant
investment
in
the
black
community.
A
It's
imperative
that
we
make
our
community
safe
and
peaceful
and
prosperous,
and
that
is
only
done
by
building
coalitions,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
pittsburgh
black
elected
officials
coalition
for
being
one
of
our
strongest
partners
and
allies.
B
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
watching
and
participating
in
this
town
fall
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.
Pittsburgh
can
only
be
a
city
for
all
when
it
becomes
a
city
where
black
pittsburgh
matters
take
the
vaccine
as
soon
as
you
can
stay
safe
and
be
blessed.