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A
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
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
mean
that
black
lives
matter.
We
must
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
black
people.
It
means
that
black
communities
matters.
We
must
rebuild
black
communities.
It
means
that
black
wealth
matters.
We
must
focus
on
increasing
black
employment
and
entrepreneurship.
B
Black
community
has
been
disproportionately
affected
by
concurrent
crisis:
first,
the
public
19
pandemic
and
its
resulting
economic
crisis
and
race
relations
and
police
community
relations,
which
is
a
public
health
crisis
normally
in
times
of
crisis,
and
great
change,
we'll
be
coming
to
you
as
the
black
elected
officials
of
pittsburgh
and
having
meetings
across
the
city
with
our
constituents,
partners
and
allies.
Since
we
cannot
do
so
safely
in
the
current
pandemic.
B
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
means
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
blackpth
matters
gmail.com,
and
you
can
comment
right
now
through
our
live
feed.
Today's
tahoe
meeting
topic
is
youth
opportunity
and
technology
in
black
pittsburgh.
A
Recently,
this
week,
actually
councilman
burgess
and
I
introduced
the
resolution
declaring
a
state
of
emergency
in
pittsburgh,
public
schools
in
addressing
the
achievement
gap.
The
achievement
gap
for
american
students
is
dramatic
and
concerning
and
should
be,
concerning
for
all
as
an
example
for
english.
At
the
third
grade
level,
only
38.5
percent
of
african-american
students
were
proficient
compared
to
75.7
percent
of
white
students
in
fifth
grade
english.
It's
only
31.4
percent
of
african-american
students
compared
to
74.2
for
white
students
in
eighth
grade
english.
It's
28.7
percent
of
african-american
students
compared
to
68
7.
B
You
know
daniel.
I,
when
I
saw
that
last
statistic,
that
only
nine
percent
of
african-american
kids
in
eighth
grade
were
proficient
in
math.
I
started
thinking
about
that
now.
You
know
I
don't
use
algebra
every
day.
I
I
took
culture
calculus,
but
I
don't
use
calculus
every
day,
but
to
be
honest
with
you,
I
use
eighth
grade
math
every
day.
B
I
use
it
to
go
to
the
store
to
go
to
mcdonald's,
to
go
to
giant
eagle
if
you're
not
proficient
in
eighth
grade
math,
you
can't
survive,
you
can't
live
a
productive
life
and
I
just
that
that
number
I
think
was
true
was
was
particularly
difficult
for
me
and
our
kids
were
already
behind
before
the
pandemic.
These
are
the
four
pandemic
numbers.
Now,
after
a
year
of
having
no
in-person
instruction,
I
am
well.
I
know
these
numbers.
The
next
time
they're
tested
would
be
much
worse.
A
To
say
the
least-
and
that
is
indeed
the
challenge
so
using
myself
as
an
example,
because
I
am
a
pittsburgh
public
school
parent,
my
son,
when
we
shut
down,
was
in
first
grade.
He
lost
some
of
his
first
grade
learning
he's
now
in
second
grade.
He
is
absolutely
not
receiving
the
level
of
education
that
he
would
be
receiving
if
he
were
in
school,
and
so
now
the
challenge
becomes
he's
going
to
get
he's
going
to
move
on.
A
He's
got
straight
a's
this
year,
as
he's
very
happy,
but
we
absolutely
know
that
he
and
many
other
children
are
not
going
to
be
adequately
prepared
to
enter
into
the
third
grade.
So
you
add
the
fact
that
these
children
were
already
doing
bad
for
previous
years
you
layer
covet
on
top
of
it,
you
layer
the
fact
that
now
there's
conversations
about
closing
schools,
you
put
all
these
sort
of
things
together.
A
It
absolutely
equals
a
state
of
emergency
within
our
system,
and
I
think
one
thing
we
also
need
to
acknowledge
is
that
this
is
not
an
attack
on
the
pittsburgh
school
board,
because
we
know
they
that
they
alone
cannot
solve
this
problem.
We
know
that
some
of
the
children
coming
to
school
have
truancy
issues.
A
We
know
that
some
of
the
children
are
coming
from
homes
that
are
not
the
most
academically
supportive
and
are
not
receiving
the
necessary
resources
after
school
or
not
necessarily
continuing
their
learning
during
the
summer
season,
and
so
I
think
what
we
have
to
have
is
a
conversation
where
we
bring
everyone.
Together,
we
have
to
bring
social
service
organizations.
We
have
to
talk
about
how
the
city
can
be
supportive.
What
can
be
done
differently
inside
of
our
schools?
A
What
are
the
educational
advocacy
organizations
that
exist
and
how
can
they
help,
but
we've
really
got
to
figure
what
is
our
wraparound
services
and
how
we
reimagine
pittsburgh
public
schools
and
I'm
curious
what
your
response
has
been
since
we
introduced
a
resolution,
but
for
the
most
part
it's
been
parents
reaching
out
to
me
saying.
Thank
you.
We
need
to
have
this
conversation.
B
Not
only
that
of
the
42
school
districts
in
allegheny
county
only
two
are
not
back
to
some
version
of
in-person
learning,
and
we
know
that
our
kids,
many
of
them,
maybe
up
to
50
of
african-american
kids,
have
not
been
logged
in
during
the
last
nine
months
and
so
at
least
for
grades
one
through
six.
I
believe
it's
it's
it's
urgent
that
they
get
back
to
school.
B
I
think
we
can
get
them
back
safely,
every
other
school
district,
all
private
schools,
all
the
charter,
schools,
almost
every
other
school-
has
in-person
instruction,
instead
of
and
so
I'm
I'm
a
big
believer
that
we
need
in-person
instruction
from
for
grades,
one
through
six
and
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
feedback.
The
thing
I
find
interesting
is
that
you
know
you
have
these
paraprofessionals
in
the
hubs
working
with
these
kids
right
and
making
perhaps
15
an
hour.
The
teachers
are
online
teaching
they're
making,
perhaps
50
60
an
hour.
B
Why
is
it
unsafe
for
the
teachers
to
come
back
yet
it's
safe
for
these
paraprofessionals
to
be
in
these
hubs?
I
just
I
don't.
I
don't
understand
the
difference,
but
I
think
we
have
to
talk
about
it,
but
my
response
has
been
overwhelmingly
supportive
of
our
nation.
Again,
I
don't
have
the
answer
and
they
there
may
be
a
a
real
fine
answer
as
to
why
the
kids
can't
be
back
in
school,
but
I
think
that
plan
whatever
the
benchmarks
have
to
be
for
the
kids
to
come
back.
We
have
to
clearly
know
what
they
are.
B
My
own
nephews,
you
know
they're,
they
usually
are
with
me
once
a
week
in
a
month
and
they're.
You
know
all
three
great
school
level,
kids
and
I
know
they
have
not
been
doing
almost
no
instruction
over
the
last
nine
months,
and
so
I
think
we
all
have
to
get
on
board
churches.
Community
groups
non-profits
the
sports
teams,
all
of
us
have
to
design
intensive
academic
stuff
in
order
to
get
these
kids
grade
level,
or
else
they'll
be
doomed
for
the
rest
of
their
life.
B
I
think
this
especially
is
concerning,
because
pittsburgh
has
moved
from
a
steel
city
to
having
the
ads
and
meds
boom.
The
tech
sector
is
booming,
and
so
it's
important
that
our
kids
develop
these
skills,
so
they
can
have
access
to
jobs
that
will
help
them
sustain
themselves.
Math
proficiency
is
especially
important
because
our
kids
need
to
have
the
basics.
B
This
evening
we
are
talking
and
chatting
about
youth
opportunity
and
technology
in
black
pittsburgh
with
experts
who
have
backgrounds
in
running
youth
programs,
particularly
programs
focused
on
black
youth.
We
are
honored
to
be
joined
by
max
denison,
digital
equity
and
inclusion
manager
for
the
city,
who
runs
programming,
teaching,
kids
coding,
basics,
josiah,
gilliam
gilliman,
my
brother's
keeper
coordinator
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
sabrina
saunders,
mosby
president
and
ceo
of
vibrant
pittsburgh,
which
seeks
to
increase
workplace
diversity
in
pittsburgh.
Welcome
to
this
evening's
town
hall
meeting.
A
Thank
you
all
for
being
here,
so
why
don't
we
start
with
our
distinguished
lady,
I'm
just
curious
sabrina,
as
you
hear
sort
of
some
of
the
statistics
that
we
spoke
about
and
in
your
role
with
vibrant
pittsburgh,
trying
to
fulfill
a
lot
of
those
sort
of
tech
jobs
that
we're
talking
about
as
you're
looking
to
fulfill
all
those
positions.
A
Do
you
have
concern,
especially
when
you
hear
the
the
high
school
numbers
do
you
have
concerns
about
the
pipeline
that
we
have
coming
up
through
our
educational
system
and
the
ability
to
actually
match
the
jobs
that
you
on
a
daily
basis
are
looking
to
fulfill.
D
Thank
you,
councilman
lavelle,
councilman
burgess.
Thank
you
for
inviting
me
to
participate
this
evening
and
I'm
glad
to
join
friends.
To
have
a
conversation.
That's
really
it's
it's
vitally
important,
and
it's
one
that,
in
light
of
the
pandemic,
we've
been
having
a
bit
more
because
the
concerns
are
are.
I
am
I
am
concerned.
I
I
think
we're
we're
all
concerned.
D
You
know
the
pandemic
has
set
back
learning
for
all
students
but,
as
you
just
clearly
stated,
especially
for
for
black
students
and
when
we
think
about
the
opportunities
that
are
being
presented
in
the
workforce
within
our
city
within
our
region,
we've
already
known
that
there
were
barriers
and
challenges
for
our
young
people
to
access
those
opportunities
to
be
prepared
for
those
roles
for
those
tech
jobs.
D
You
mentioned
the
eds
and
the
meds,
and
all
of
the
things
that
I
worked
a
number
of
years
ago
to
try
and
provide
access
to
young
to
young
people
for
back
in
2010.
I
was
just
thinking
about
where
we
were
then.
D
I
was
preparing
for
the
graduate
pittsburgh
summit
when
I
was
working
in
the
mayor's
office
at
that
time,
because
the
dropout
rate
was
so
significant
at
that
point
in
time,
we
were
saying
that
I
think
it
was
just
every
few
seconds
every
nine
seconds
I
think
it
was
a
student
was
dropping
out
of
of
school,
and
so
when
we
think
about
how
the
pandemic
is,
has
forced
our
young
people
into
remote
learning
to
be
even
more
disconnected
from
the
learning
environment
and
from
resources
and
act
in
in
access.
D
We,
we
definitely
need
to
pull
our
resources
together.
As
you
mentioned,
this
is
not
something
that
is
just
for
the
district
to
handle.
We
need
to
support
them.
We
need
to
make
sure
that,
whether
it's
government,
our
business
community,
our
of
course
our
community
members-
need
to
rally
together
to
support
our
kids,
because
our
region
will
not
continue
to
thrive.
If
we
do
not
have
young
people,
and
particularly
young
people
of
color
black
students
who
are
doing
well
academically
so
that
they
can
access
the
jobs
of
the
future,
the
jobs
of
today.
B
Sorry
talk
a
little
bit
about.
Is
there
enough
stuff?
Is
there
enough
extras
programming
out
of
school
time
programming?
And
you
know
a
lot
about
all
of
the
available
resources
for
young
people
going
on
in
the
city?
Is
there
enough
or
do
we
need
to
expand?
Do
you
think
the
programs
that
we're
running.
C
Is
there
enough?
Well,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
express
gratitude
as
well
for
the
opportunity
to
engage
with
you
all
council
council
people.
Thank
you
so
much
reverend
burgess.
I
think
it's
it's
the
right
question
to
ask.
I
think
it
makes
start.
It
makes
sense
to
start
with
a
rigorous
assessment
of
the
current
landscape
and
we're
very
blessed
in
this
region
in
a
number
of
ways.
As
you
all
well
know,
we
have
dozens
of
regional
universities.
C
We
have
an
enormous
foundation
community,
that's
very
involved
and
influential.
We
have
thousands
literally
thousands
of
community-based
organizations
and
we
have
a
relatively
well-connected
and
active
local
government.
That's
a
recipe
for
a
lot
of
great
things,
and
yet
we
know
that
there
have
been
persistent
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
that
have
faced
communities,
communities
of
color,
black
communities,
african-american
communities
for
far
too
long
before
kovid.
This
was
a
topic
of
conversation.
It's
what
informed
the
creation
of
the
my
brother's
keeper
initiative
and
also
mayor
peduto
and
county
executive
fitzgerald,
accepting
the
challenge.
C
This
acknowledgement
that
there
there
has
to
be
better
available
to
us
and
we'll
start
with
what's
working.
But
we
need
to
harmonize
upwards
quickly
because
the
stakes
are
simply
too
high.
When
you
look
at
the
impact
on
families
on
communities
both
in
real
time
and
over
time,
the
realities
of
generational
poverty
of
different
kinds.
The
time
is
now
to
not
only
have
this
discussion
and
to
move
things
forward
and
then
in
the
midst
of
all
of
this
activity.
C
In
the
midst
of
of
all
of
this
network,
weaving
a
global
pandemic
and
the
state
of
the
world
changes
in
clear
and
practical
ways
and
as
you
so
well
articulated
at
the
beginning,
there
are
enormous
challenges
that
are
being
faced
by
our
communities
and
our
families
and
our
neighbors
every
day,
and
it
makes
all
the
sense
in
the
world
to
be
extremely
concerned,
especially
about
the
cognitive,
social,
emotional
and
mental
development
of
our
young
people.
Not
because
their
capacity
is
an
issue,
but
because
this
is
an
unforeseen
and
unprecedented
circumstance.
C
For
all
of
us
that
are
that
are
living
currently
in
pittsburgh,
and
I
look
forward
to
this
discussion
to
talk
about
more
ways
to
to
bring
resources
to
bear,
but
I
think
also
to
engage
in
conversation
around
this
with
our
young
people,
with
the
leaders
and
adults
in
their
lives
that
are
loving
and
caring
for
them
and
with
you
know,
elected
officials
and
leaders
from
different
sectors.
But
we
we
got
to
get
to
work,
and
I
remain
optimistic
because
I
think
that
we're
living
in
a
season
of
incredible
opportunity.
C
But
there
are
also
barriers,
and
there
are
also
forces
elements
in
the
universe
like
a
pandemic
that
have
arisen,
that
we
need
to
address
and
understand
as
well.
So
do
we
need
more,
perhaps
do
we
need
better
absolutely,
and
I
hope
that
what
covid
19
has
done
is
give
us
a
chance
to
get
very
practical
about
the
current
state
of
things.
We
know
that
it's
not
anyone's
individual
fault,
that
covet
happened.
It's
not
in
the
system's
individual
fault,
but
we
all
have.
C
What
I
would
argue
is
a
compelling
interest
in
the
lives,
the
livelihoods,
the
lived
experiences
of
our
neighbors
in
general
and
of
those
that
have
been
most
marginalized
and
left
behind,
and
you
know,
as
far
as
my
brother's
keeper
is
concerned,
and
the
work
of
the
office
of
equity.
I
know
I've
worked
with
you
accounts
of
people
so
closely
max
is
someone
I've
worked
with
very
closely
to
city
and
to
bring
out
so
many
conversations
in
different
sectors.
My
brother's
keeper
starts
with
an
initial
strong
focus
on
black
men
and
boys.
C
That's
the
initial
race
and
gender
lens
of
the
initiative,
and
the
time
has
come
to
talk
about
what
those
lives
are
like
how
they
can
get
better
and
understanding
the
reality
of
intersectionality
how
these
gender
and
race
lenses
show
up
in
each
other's
lives
and
through
systems
will
let
us
understand
what
solutions
look
like,
but
it's
going
to
take
everybody
bringing
their
best.
There's,
not
one
level
of
government,
one
philanthropic
entity,
one
community
based
organization
that
can
be
all
things
to
all
people.
C
We
need
many
voices
lifted
in
song,
and
so
I
really
appreciate
you
know
this
kind
of
conversation,
because
this
is
how
we'll
get
it
done.
A
So
max
you
are
the
the
digital
equity
and
inclusion
officer
for
the
city.
One
of
the
things
we
quickly
discovered.
We
we
knew
in
many
respects
but
also
discovered,
was
the
digital
divide
is
very
real.
We
discovered
it
when
with
the
covet
and
so
many
children
not
being
able
to
get
online
with
their
work,
which
also
is
so
important
in
terms
of
wrecked
attack.
Can
you
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
your
work
and
how
we,
as
a
city,
are
looking
to
deal
with
digital
equity
and
inclusion.
E
Sure,
and
like
my
colleagues
I
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
allowing
me
to
jump
on
the
platform
and
speak
about
it.
My
role
is
the
digital
inclusion
coordinator
is
to
address
the
digital
vibe
directly.
E
The
problems
we're
seeing
with
covet
are
problems
that
have
already
been
there.
Like
you
said,
a
lot
of
students
have
problems
with
the
computer,
but
the
problem
also
came
when
their
parents
couldn't
help
them
with
the
same
work
that
that
they
were
beginning
some
parents
don't
have
basic
digital
skills
and
it's
the
problem
was
exasperated
by
a
co-va.
E
So
our
goal,
my
goal,
is
with
recto
tech
is
to
make
tech
normal
in
the
community
to
make
it
a
normal
thing
that
have
taken
a
coding
class,
an
artificial
intelligence
class,
a
machine
learning
class-
and
I
think
that's
part
of
the
issue-
is
that
you
know
we
talk
about
athletics.
We
talk
about
sports
academics,
but
you
really
don't
hear
the
conversation
about
tech,
yet
tech
is
going
to
change
every
single
one
of
our
lives
in
the
next.
E
It's
already
changed
our
lives
right
thinking
about
look
at
how
we're
communicating
today
versus
you
know,
I
just
think,
10
years
ago,
in
high
school,
I
could
have
never
thought
of
the
ways
we
communicate
via
iphone
androids,
so
the
conversation
attack
really
has
to
become
a
norm
and
what
we
would
like
to
do
is
right.
Now
we
have
10
recreation
centers
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
they're
traditionally
used
for
athletics,
lifting
weights
after
school
programs.
You
can
come
play
video
games.
E
You
know
it's
like
a
hub
for
young
teenagers
to
come
after
school
and
frequent
their
friends,
but
we
want
to
turn
these
10
recreation
centers
into
tech
spaces.
So
we
want
to
normalize
the
idea
that
when
you
come
after
school
you
don't
just
have
to
play
basketball,
and
you
know
what
I
like
to
talk
when
I'm
talking
to
the
director
chapman,
I
always
say
mo:
everybody
can't
play
basketball
anyway,
some
people
are
just
sitting
there
waiting,
I
get
on
the
court
and
they
can't
play
ball
anyway.
E
Maybe
they
could
come
downstairs
and
learn
how
to
create
a
website,
learn
how
to
create
an
application,
learn
how
to
harness
other
skills
that
they
may
have
going
on,
and
I'm
really
excited
about
some
of
the
things
we
got
coming.
E
We've
been
on
calls
before
councilman
lavelle
we're
we're
working
with
ammons
and
we
want
to
start
there
with
some
of
the
programming.
That's
already
been
developed
there,
but
that's
really
the
goal
of
wreck
detect
to
make
it
normal
to
make
it
a
regular
conversation
for
kids
to
go
home
and
say
hey.
I
went
to
the
rec
center.
Hey.
Did
you
play
ball?
No,
we
didn't
play
ball
today.
Today
we
built
the
application.
We
built
a
website
around
sports
and
to
really
just
normalize
the
conversation.
E
It
doesn't
happen
as
much
as
it
needs
to
happen,
and
what's
interesting
is
I
think,
councilman
burgess
has
brought
up
so
many
tech
companies
are
moving
to
pittsburgh,
so
many
companies
are
here
now
and
I
had
a
conversation
maybe
two
years
ago-
and
I
said,
there's
no
reason.
If
you
live
in
homewood
that
you
should
know
that
two
blocks
away,
google
was
there
that
connection
you
can
literally.
E
If
you
lived
in
certain
streets
at
home
will
walk
to
google
and
we
we
gotta
do
better
with
the
communication
we're
hoping
that
the
recreation
center
can
be
a
medium
for
both
the
companies
who
may
not
feel
comfortable
coming
to
the
community
and
the
community
who
may
not
feel
comfortable
coming.
You
know
if
I'm
a
young
kid,
I'm
a
hill
district
native.
E
You
know.
I
can't
see
myself
at
13
or
14
year
old,
walking
into
cmu
and
saying
hey.
I
want
to
be
a
computer
scientist,
so
we're
hoping
that
we
can
use
the
rec
centers,
maybe
as
a
medium,
we
can
bring
in
universities
in
the
kids
and
start
to
have
conversations,
and
it
can
be
some
intersection
that
sectionality
between
the
two
that
is
not
really
happening,
but
that's
basically
the
agenda
of
recto
tech.
We
want
to
make
it
a
regular
thing
for
your
kids
to
come
home
and
say
I
coded
I.
E
B
You've
worked
a
long
time
in
youth,
engagement
and
developmental
programming.
You
work
for
the
city.
You
work
for
the
urban
league.
You've
done
a
little
bit
of
that.
You've
worked
with
programs
overseas,
women's
programming
and
girls
programming.
So
what
advice
would
you
give
to
black
youth
looking
to
get
involved
in
the
tech
sector
and
or
or
how
do
they
begin
their
professional
careers
in
in
you
know
whether
it's
entry
level,
jobs
or
internships?
What
you
know
you've
done
this
work
for
a
long
time.
B
So
what's
your
message
to
to
black
youth
and
to
their
parents
frankly,
and
what
should
they
be
doing
if
they
want
to
get
a
professional
job
and
you
know,
take
care
of
their
families.
D
Sure
so
I
I
think
I'm
when
we're
talking
about
black
youth.
From
my
perspective,
right
now,
I'm
talking
about
school,
age,
youth,
and
so
since
we
we
know
a
little
bit
about
technology
and
social
media,
I'm
probably
talking
to
their
parents
right
now,
they're
watching
their
grandparents,
who
we
know
that
those
with
school-aged
children
are
more
frequently
going
to
be
on
facebook.
So
what
I
would
say
is
that
there
are
a
number
of.
D
D
The
interest
in
technology
is
very
real
for
young
people
right
and
young
people
are
the
biggest
consumers
of
tech
and
media,
and
so
what
I
would
say
is
encourage
them
to
follow
the
things
that
they're
interested
in
I
mean
how
many
young
influencers
do
we
see
on
the
internet
creators
people
that
young
people
that
are
playing
in
gaming,
that
could
be
creating
games
and
there
are
young
people
that
are
doing
it,
and
so
the
the
easiest
way-
and
I
think
the
the
most
impactful
way
to
get
young
people
engaged
in
the
concept
of
technology
as
as
a
career,
is
to
encourage
them
to
stay
connected
to
the
things
they
already
are
enjoying
and
recognizing.
D
They
can
transition
that
into
not
just
a
viable
career
but
additional
learning
and
can
make
an
impact
for
their
family
and
their
communities
as
well,
by
being
finding
solutions
to
challenges
and
problems,
because
that's
all
the
tech
is
right
and
they're
doing
that
without
probably
even
thinking
about
it.
I
try
to.
I
think
that
we
should
flip
the
the
concept
on
its
head
of
just
being
consumers
of
the
things
and
the
resources
that
are
around
us.
D
C
Do
you
mind
if
I
jump
in
there
and
build
on
on
what
sabrina
is
saying?
It's
it's
such
a
valuable
point,
and
I
know
that
and
and
president
serena
can
tell
can
tell
you
you
know
this
conversation
is
happening
at
all
kinds
of
different
levels.
D
C
With
companies
and
leaders
of
of
all
sorts
that
are
trying
to
figure
this
out,
this
idea
of
reacting
to
the
current
state
of
the
world
is
so
is
so
valuable
technology
and
the
internet
specifically
has
changed
so
much,
and
the
reality
is
is
that
our
young
people,
school-age
kids
by
and
large,
are
connected
to
technology
in
ways.
That
might
be
surprising-
and
I
think
it's
just
such
a
good
window
in
to
opportunities
on
how
to
engage
with
young
people.
C
What
sabrina
is
saying
meeting
them
where
they're
at
along
what
they're
already
interested
in,
and
you
can
do
that
in
the
learning
sense.
You
can
also
do
it
just
in
in
like
the
educational
sense,
but
also
in
just
the
general
learning
sense.
You
know
the
ability
to
say
that
you
seem
interested
in
this
part
of
technology
and
in
gaming
or
in
apps
or
whatever
the
case
may
be,
and
you
can
use
these
platforms
to
engage
with
creators
in
that
space
to
learn
from
them.
C
Maybe
there's
a
ted
talk,
they
may
have
a
youtube
channel.
There
might
be
a
course
that
you
can
sign
up
for
ebooks
that
you
can
read
on
this
of
the
subject
matter
that
interest
from
the
young
person
is
the
greatest
place
to
start
and
when
I
am
talking
with
organizations
nonprofits
increasingly
businesses
that
are
really
trying
to
figure
this
out
philanthropic
folks,
as
well
as
on
a
conversation
with
people
in
the
foundation,
community,
they're
trying
to
figure
out
what's
going
on
with
kids
and
how
they
can
engage.
C
I
it's
for
me.
It's
always
to
start
where
they
are,
and
I
think
that
gaming
and
and
esports
in
general
it
presents
a
huge
opportunity
to
us
because
a
lot
of
young
people
I
had
a
chance
to
engage
with
a
group
of
young
folks
from
claritin
through
a
partnership
with
the
steelers
at
the
end
of
last
year.
They
all
have
had
varying
degrees
of
success
and
enjoyment
with
virtual
learning.
Some
of
it's
gone
really
well,
some
of
it
not
so
much.
C
Eventually
they
were
able
to
get
tablets
or
and
and
technology
and
all
of
them
did
it
first
there's
issues
with
broadband
and
connection
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
I
asked
them.
If
they
game
they
all
gamed,
they
all
play
video
games,
different
kinds
and
they're
passionate
about
it.
They
wanted
to
tell
me,
which
was
the
best
spider-man
game
out
currently
and
who's
best
at
2k
and
stuff,
like
that,
now
I'm
not
trying
to
paint
with
a
broad
brush.
C
Our
young
people
are
as
individual
as
they
are
brilliant,
but
I
think
there
are,
as
we
start
to
honor,
where
they're
at
we're
going
to
find
ways
to
to
collaborate
that
attracts
their
attention
in
an
organic
sense.
If
they're
already
playing
video
games,
let's
play
some
video
games,
you
know
and
and
anyways
that's
just
by
way
of
example,
but
sabrina
is
right
on
you
know
with
that
and
I
hope
more
leaders
take
that
point
of
view.
D
And
companies
are
supporting
these
programs
and
initiatives
financially.
I
know
that
the
programs
still
exist
at
the
urban
league
that
were
under
the
department
of
education.
When
I
was
leading
it,
they
have
an
entire
tech.
U
suite
of
offerings
with
for
techno,
teens
and
digital
connectors,
that's
sponsored
by
by
comcast
right.
There
are.
D
There
are
great
opportunities
for
an
entry
point
into
into
these
really
complex.
I
think
spaces
that
young
people
are
already
into.
We
just
need
to
support
it
and
I
think
no
longer
are
parents.
Should
parents
be
telling
their
their
young
people
to
stop
gaming
at
this
point,
obviously
they
should
be
doing
other
things,
but
there's
money
to
be
made
in
this
right.
This
is
a
space
of
opportunity
and
and
wealth
building.
C
Yeah
real
quick
reverend
when
I
worked
at,
I
think
when
I
first
met
you,
I
was
working
at
the
homewood
children's
village.
You
know
a
non-profit
you're
very
familiar
with.
I
know
other
folks
on
the
line
are
familiar
with.
I
had
a
chance
to
work
with
some
learn
and
earn
students
like
over
the
summer.
I
would
work
with
them
on
projects
for
the
16
weeks
and
all
that
and
a
lot
of
meaningful
time.
C
Some
of
these
kids
are
good
at
gaming
rev
back
even
back,
then
I
had
one
young
man
in
particular.
A
guy.
A
young
man
named
nicholas
he'd,
already
won
over
a
thousand
dollars
playing
call
of
duty
because
he
was
that
good.
He
was
participating
in
events
and
in
tournaments
and
he
was
winning
money.
It
was
a
big
thing
for
for
the
family.
C
Now,
it's
not
to
say
that
everyone
needs
the
game
and
start
making
money
via
gaming,
but
there
are
more
opportunities
to
to
make
money
or
to
to
join
a
team.
Then
then
it
may
seem
that
it
may
appear
at
first.
I
do.
B
Want
to
emphasize
about
the
summer,
since
you
mentioned
the
summary
youth,
earn
and
learn
program
from
the
city,
it's
one
of
perhaps
our
best
kept
secrets.
If
it's
secret
that
we,
along
with
the
leadership
of
mayor
peduto
and
council,
we
made
sure
that
every
single
young
person
who
applied
to
the
program
and
was
eligible
received
a
job
every
single
one
of
the
last
several
years,
and
so
we
quadrupled
the
funding
stream
and
we
made
a
real
commitment
of
the
last
over
the
administration.
B
B
I
was
an
intern
at
mellon
park
for
three
years
during
my
college
time
and
that
helped
pay
for
my
tennis
shoes
and
my
books
and
going
to
college,
and
so
I
think
every
young
person
should
have
the
opportunity
to
work
and
have
a
sense
of
self
proficiency,
and
I
I
just
think
it's
really
important.
I'm
a
big
big
fan
of
the
program
max
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
tech
for
those
of
us
you
know,
maybe
like
me,
I'm.
E
Well,
that's
a
that's
a
that's
a
big
question,
there's
so
many,
and
even
myself,
with
the
experience
I
have
with
programming,
I'm
still
learning,
because
it's
a
constant
changing
of
there's
new
languages.
There's
there's
just
so
many
directions.
You
can
go
two
things.
I
want
to
say
real,
quick
just
to
touch
on
what
you
said
about,
learn
and
learn.
I
think
sometimes
we
underestimate
how
much
students
want
to
make
money
as
a
part
of
whatever
they're
trying
to
do
so.
I
I
really
do
enjoy
that.
E
What
learning
earners
have
been
able
to
do
and
been
able
to
help
youth?
Because
there's
so
many
kids
that
come
to
me
and
say
hey:
they
have
to
make
a
choice
between
making
money
and
learning.
So
when
you
kind
of
connect
the
two
and
you
can
say,
hey
you're,
going
to
learn
a
skill
set
and
you
also
can
get
paid
for
it.
I
think
that's
great
and
fast
forward
back
to
what
you
were
saying.
E
I
think
the
biggest
thing
that
I
tell
people
was
think
about
what
you
want
to
put
out
into
the
world.
You
know
I've
had
a
lot
of
experiences
since
I've
joined
tech.
I've
got
to
actually
talk
to
billionaires,
billionaires
that
were
younger
than
me
that
created
something
because
they
wanted
to
see
something
in
the
world.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
talk
with
the
creator.
E
I
can't
think
of
this.
It's
up
in
my
mind.
I'm
sorry
zach
dorsey,
I'm
sorry.
I
forgot
his
name
for
a
second
and
he's
like
worth
three
billion,
but
I
got
to
talk
to
zack
dorsey
and
he
would
at
the
time
he
was
like
23-24.
E
So
I,
when
I'm
talking
to
students
and
I'm
talking
to
kids,
I'm
I
usually
tell
them
what
do
you
want
to
see
in
the
world?
What
do
you
want
to
put
out
there?
What
do
you
want
to
create?
How
do
you
see
technology
helping
your
day-to-day
life,
whether
it's
an
application,
whether
it's
a
job
and
then
I
kind
of
work?
Deductively
that
way,
it's
easier
to
see
what
you
want
in
the
world
versus
because
tech
is
so
big.
You
know
you
could
be
in
a
video
game.
E
You
could
be
there,
you
could
want
to
make
robots.
You
there's
just
so
many
directions,
so
I
usually
say
you
know
tap
into
what
you're
interested
in
and
then
what
do
you
want
to
project
down
to
the
world?
I
myself
I'm
working
on
an
application.
E
I
won't
necessarily
speak
to
it
on
a
camera
right
now,
but
it's
something
that
I
think
is
needed
and
and
can
be
useful
in
the
world,
and
I
think,
if
you
think
like
that,
then
you're
going
to
see
the
opportunities
are
going
to
present
themselves
to
you
in
a
direction
that
you
want
to
go,
will
also
present
present
themselves
to
you,
and
I
just
want
to
touch
on
one
thing
with
the
video
gaming
and
the
opportunities
for
build.
I
absolutely
agree.
Video
gaming
is
huge.
E
I
don't
know
whether
it's
a
billion
a
trillion
dollars
now.
I
think
we
do
need
to
have
a
conversation
with
our
youth
about
being
a
user
versus
being
a
creator.
That's
a
that's!
E
A
huge
conversation-
I
don't
know
our
kids
can
do
whatever
you,
you
put
in
front
of
them
on
an
iphone
or
android
or
any
technology,
but
I
don't
know,
and
what
I'm
learning
working
with
the
youth
is
that
they
don't
necessarily
look
at
themselves
as
manufacturers
or
builders
or
creators,
but
just
users
and
in
the
future
the
power
will
be
with
the
people
who
create
the
platforms,
the
people
who
create
the
googles,
the
if
you
think
about
it.
E
Now
we
all
use
a
platform
we're
using
facebook,
we're
using
zoom
we're
using
anything
you
could
think
of
amazon.
These
are
all
platforms
created.
So
I
really
try
to
empower
the
kids
to
know
that.
Not
only
can
you
be
a
user
of
these
platforms
which
we
all
are
but
but
really
try
to
adjust
and
pivot
your
mind
to
think
as
a
creator
and
a
builder
and
an
architect
in
a
sense
of
what
you
want
to
see
out
here.
D
D
What
max
is
saying
just
quickly,
I
think,
what
max
and
josiah-
and
I
have
said
about
young
people
needing
to
be
a
part
of
the
tech
they
use
and
and
follow
their
passions
is
really
important
and
that's
what
parents
and
friends,
and
and
and
those
that
are
encouraging
young
people,
educating
them
and
supporting
them
should
be
pushing
them
to
do.
D
But
I
also
want
to
remind
us
we
started
kind
of
in
a
with
a
baseline
of
the
importance
of
of
tech
and
talking
about
the
digital
divide,
and
I
think
that's
also
a
piece
that
we
should
focus
on,
because
I
mean
70
percent
of
the
new
jobs
that
we're
going
to
see
across
the
the
state
of
pennsylvania
will
require
the
proficiency
of
a
computer.
D
D
I
think
right
at
the
height
of
right,
when
we
we
first
entered
into
the
pandemic
last
year,
was
level
412
and
I'm
not
sure
if,
if
you're
familiar
with
it,
but
instead
of
of
neighborhood
allies,
and
so
I
know
that
they
are
working
to
provide
free
access
to
technology,
equipment
for
young
people
and
adults
and
free
courses
to
help
to
eliminate
the
digital
divide
that
exists,
that
has
considered
has
considerably
grown
during
the
pandemic.
And
so
that's
another
resource
for
opportunity.
D
Around
learning
for
our
young
people
and
for
for
their
parents.
A
So
so
towards
that
point
sabrina,
because
I
recently
maybe
about
two
weeks
ago,
actually
just
discovered
level
up
four
one
two.
I
always
viewed
it
as
something
that
was
geared
more
towards
young
professionals,
but
I
discovered
that
they
also
have
programming
opportunities
for
young
children.
So
I
actually
started
looking
into
what
my
children
could
learn
and
do,
but
I'm
this-
and
this
is
for
everyone-
I'm
just
curious.
A
Can
you
talk
about
meeting
the
kids
where
they're
at
and
getting
them
engaged
for
the
parents
like
myself,
who
are
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
better
get
them
engaged,
especially
during
covid
when
we
can't
necessarily
go
out
into
the
world
like
pre-kovit,
my
children
were
members
of
sarah
hunt's
house,
and
so
my
daughter
actually
took
a
one
one
coding
class
there,
where
the
equivalent
of
what
she
did
was,
I
would
say,
create
like
a
little
version
of
pac-man
from
back
in
the
atari
days.
But
even
that
was
cool
to
mix.
D
So
I
just
I'll
I'll
go
and
then
I'll
pass
it
off
to
max
and
josiah,
but
I
I
do
want
to
mention
that.
I
know
a
lot
of
programs
are
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
still
engage
with
young
people
and
so
do
not
count
them
out.
There
is,
in
addition
to
the
digital
divide
that
exists
for
young
people.
D
There
is
a
gender
divide
and,
as
the
only
woman
on
the
panel,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
I
mention
that
our
young
women
are
also
being
pushed
out
of
the
equation
significantly
for
a
number
of
reasons,
and
we
are
we've
seen
some
strides,
but
it's
significant
for
young
people
for
young
black
women
excuse
me,
and
so
there
are
national
programs
that
are
offering
things
online,
that
young
people
can
tap
into
that
can
they
can
plug
into
so
organizations
like
black
girls
code
and
then
locally
girls
of
steel
robotics,
so
looking
to
diversify
in
that
particular
space,
we
at
vibrant
have
a
number
of
corporate
partners
that
are
offering
opportunities
and
for
dollar
scholarships
like
carnegie,
robotics
and
kenneth
metal.
D
The
trib
live
trip
to
the
live
is
offering
a
scholarship
in
media
and
amitek
will
be
offering
offering
a
scholarship
for
young
people
with
racial
and
ethical
ethnic
diversity
in
their
background
to
apply
for
so
parents
should
be
looking
out
for
those
things
too,
because
supporting
them
financially
in
their
academics
is
going
to
be
important
because
college
is
expensive,
so
those
are
also
a
resource
that
we
resources
that
we
should
be
pushing
out.
So
how
to
you
know
continue
your
education
in
this
particular
space
and
pay
for
it.
D
E
So
I
have
a
few
resources
that
I
actually
wrote
down
so
I'll
start
with
shameless
plug.
Here
start
what
we're
doing
at
the
city,
though
wrecked
attack.
Please
check
out
the
parks
and
recreation
website.
We
will
be
blessing
our
cohorts
of
programming
throughout
the
year.
E
We
have
a
clubhouse
where
kids
can
stop
in
whether
they
have
you
know,
they've
been
coding
for
years
or
they're
a
beginner
once
a
month
or
have
just
a
short
lesson
where
they
can
just
kind
of
log
in
learn
and
then
kind
of
go
it's
the
way
I
kind
of
envision.
It
is
an
open
gym.
You
know
if
you
just
want
to
come
in,
stop
in
take
a
couple
shots
or
in
this
do
a
little
code
you'll
be
able
to
do
that.
E
Beta
builders,
which
is
something
before
I
got
to
the
city.
I
co-founded
with
a
friend
of
mine,
anthony
harper,
is
still
running.
You
can
learn
how
to
code.
Every
weekend
website
is
betabuilders.org.
E
Some
of
the
other
organizations
and
companies
that
I
support
around
the
city
sabrina
actually
brought
up
level
four
one,
two
tremendous
resource
you
can
go
to
their
website.
There's
a
ton
of
different
programming
from
video
gaming
to
coding,
to
website,
building
and
and-
and
I
don't
just
promote
these
programs
just
because
I
actually
signed
my
children
up
for
them
as
well,
so
that
they
can
go
and
learn
and
they've
been
incredible.
Resources,
sabrina
also
said
black
girls
code
and
the
the
male
version
of
that
is
all-star
code.
E
So
there's
all-star
code
for
young
black
males
and
black
girls
code
for
african-american
or
minority
females.
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
not
missing
anything.
Here's
the
citizens
lab
powerhouse
by
terry
smith.
E
These
are
people
in
the
city,
doing
incredible
work
that
we
gotta
continue
to
champion
these
things,
because
you
know
we're
in
a
athletic
city.
We
love
sports.
But
again
this
needs
to
be
the
household
conversation,
tech
and
the
future
of
tech
really
needs
to
become.
We
need
to
talk
about
that.
The
same
way
we
talk
about
distillers
and
my
my
personal
opinion
before
I
pass
it
over
to
josiah,
I
would
say
my
daughter
joined
the
program
that
was
at.
E
I
believe
urban
academy
called
seek
it's
just
a
summer
program,
but
it's
stem
based.
You
work
in
groups,
you
do
all
type
of
scientific
things
and
then
they
have
like
a
competition
and
they
have
to
present
their
whatever
they
worked
on
during
those
few
weeks.
Those
are
the
resources
that
I
think
offhand
and
then
lastly,
I
would
say:
follow
latrinda
latrinda,
cheril,
cs
pittsburgh
for
all
remake
learning.
E
If
there's
anything
going
on
in
stem
even
myself,
I
will
contact
with
trinda.
She
knows
somebody
or
knows
somebody
in
that
group,
so
you
can
either
follow
her
on
facebook
or
but
just
get
close
to
her.
I'm
sure
you
will
find
some
resources
about
stem
she's,
always
posting
about
stem
so
for
the
parents
follow
her
or
go
to
her
page
at
remake.
C
Learning
yeah
she's,
also
great
on
twitter
and
she's
the
person
that
recommended
me
for
clubhouse
she's
a
tremendous
asset
in
a
lot
of
ways.
Great
programs
and
resources
already
mentioned
another
organization
that
comes
to
mind
is
the
lighthouse
project
at
the
home
with
ymca.
C
I
encourage
folks
that
they're
interested
in
in
digital
media,
but
music
specifically
to
give
them
a
look,
and
maybe
in
the
programmatic
sense.
You
know
a
young
person
gets
involved
with
them,
but
also
to
learn
about
a
really
cool
kind
of
organization
and
one
of
these
partnerships
talking
about
the
ymca
local
foundations,
community-based
organizations
all
making
it
work.
It's
really
tremendous
some
gaming
resources,
since
we
we've
talked
about
it
a
little
bit
if
you're.
C
If
you're,
looking
to
build
literacy,
problem,
solving
skills
and
just
kind
of
encourage
general
exp
general
exploration,
then
I
think
it
makes
sense
to
play
games
like
that.
A
little
bit
about
me.
I
was
homeschooled
for
several
for
several
years
and
my
family
gamed
a
lot
and
it
was
cool
because
everyone
could
do
something
we
used
to
play
like
oregon,
trail,
games
and
stuff
like
that,
and
it
required
that
you
know
one
of
us
was
was
navigating.
C
One
of
us
was
figuring
out
a
solution
and
one
of
us
had
an
almanac
looking
up
something
to
figure
out
a
riddle
or
something
like
that,
and
we
learned
you
know
so
much
organically.
Just
by
having
fun
one
of
those
games
that
you
can
still
play
online
is
a
brand
called
carmen
san,
diego
there's,
a
there's,
a
version
of
this
game
that
we
used
to
play
back
in
the
day
like
in
pc
and
stuff.
But
I
believe
it's
connected
to
google
earth.
C
So
you
could
you'll
explore
the
world
in
a
lot
of
ways
trying
to
find
this
protagonist
carmen
san
diego
and
you
solve
clues
to
figure
out
where,
like
what
city
she's
gone
to
next
and
and
it's
a
lot
of
fun,
the
in
terms
of
gaming
like
different
platforms,
there's
a
lot
of
really
interesting
learning.
Experiences
on
minecraft,
especially
for
some
of
our
parents
and
young
people
that
have
younger
kids,
I
mean
look.
There
are
adults
playing
minecraft.
C
I
have
seen
I've
seen
entire
cities
from
lord
of
the
rings
built
with
minecraft
blocks.
It
gets
very
sophisticated
and
nuanced,
but
there's
a
lot
of
very
interesting
learning
experiences
for
young
people
that
are
very
approachable
and
that,
where
you
can
scaffold
up
into
into
more
sophisticated
kinds
of
games
and
problem
solving
and
then
on
a
platform
called
the
nintendo
switch
animal
crossing.
C
Another
game
that
I've
heard
about
more
and
more
and
more
that
young
people
even
into
college
age
are
absolutely
loving
and
you
learn
like
basic
principles
of
like
of
order
and
agriculture
and
there's
like
a
mini
economy
in
the
game
and
and
you
can
you
can
to
build
and
trade
assets
and
things
along
those
lines
and
whether
or
not
you
have
the
switch
or
whatnot.
I
encourage
people
to
youtube
it
even
to
see
some
of
the
game
play,
because
the
idea
of
the
game,
I
think,
is
valuable.
C
The
idea
of
this
kind
of
engagement,
you
know,
is
valuable.
It
reminds
me
of
when
I
was
more
in
high
school
a
little
bit
later
on
playing
things
like
sim
city,
where
you
know
you're
you're,
placing
different
kinds
of
skyscrapers
and
power
plants
and
farms
on
a
field
and
you're,
anticipating
changes
in
the
environment,
and
things
come
up
that
you
didn't
foresee
and
you
have
to
like.
You
know,
redevelop
things
because
a
tornado
killed
your
your
development
and
stuff
like
that.
C
You
know
these
are
these:
are
they're
games
and
they're,
fun
and
they're
approachable,
but
you're
learning
real
skills,
and
I
was
on
a
a
talk
recently
where
they
were
talking
about
some
of
the
larger
some
of
these
larger
businesses
pricewaterhousecooper
and
these
other
huge.
C
This
is
more
president
sabrina's
world
than
mine,
as
you
probably
can
tell,
but
they
were
talking
about
changing
their
inboarding
or
their
onboarding
processes
or
their
interviewing
process
to
test
less
for
test,
taking
skills
and
more
for
fluid
intelligence,
including
these
game-based
assessments
where
people
they,
they
judge
your
problem-solving
capacity
and
they're.
Finding
that
it's
leading
to
greater
equitable
decision
making
and
they're
finding
better
talent,
because
they're
engaging
with
different
parts
of
the
brain
than
just
you
know
how
you
take
a
test
which
we
know
can
be
improved.
C
If
you
have
the
resources
to
take,
you
know
some
kind
of
accredited
course
to
learn
how
to
take
the
test
better.
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
relevance
across
sector
for
this
kind
of
idea,
and
those
titles
are
a
good
place
to
start
for
folks
to
to
learn
more.
B
To
share
an
experience,
I
had
and
then
asked
your
question
off
of
it
when
I
was
a
young
young
man,
first
starting
off
in
ministry,
I
tried
to
be
the
expert
of
everything
I
wanted
to
be
the
best
preacher,
the
best
teacher,
the
best
counselor,
the
best
administrator
all
that
stuff,
and
I
don't
order
preacher,
mentor
man
and
he
said
something
I
will
never
forget.
He
said:
do
you
know
the
most
important
thing
you
ever
do
I'm
thinking?
Well,
you
know,
prepare
a
sermon.
He
said
no.
B
I
mentioned
all
these
things.
He
said
no,
I
said
well,
what
is
it
he
said.
The
most
important
thing
you
will
ever
do
is
there
will
be
some
little
kid
in
the
back
of
your
church
that
you
think
is
not
paying
you
any
attention
who's
crawling
through
the
pews
and
wiggling,
and
you
will
say
something
to
that
young
person
to
encourage
them
to
let
them
know
that
they
can
be
successful
in
life,
and
that
may
be
the
most
important
thing
that
you
ever
do
now
coming
toward
the
end
of
my
career.
B
I
believe
very
much
that
you
don't
let
other
people
name
your
reality
or
make
your
reality
that
you
can
do
anything
you
want.
My
question
then
is-
and
this
is
really
for
young
people
who
may
be
listening
or
their
parents
is.
Was
there
some
mentor
or
moment
in
your
life,
your
own
pathway,
that
that
sparked
something
in
you
that
helped
you
to
become
the
successful
contributing
people
that
you
are
today.
E
So
I
would
definitely
say
my
father
being
in
just
just
in
the
hill
district
being
able
to
manage
a
huge
family
which
was
normal
at
that
time.
I
guess
it's
not
so
much
now,
but
I
would
say
professionally
it's
weird
because
I'm
in
tech,
but
these
individuals
definitely
shaped
me
by
just
watching
them,
and
I
got
a
funny
story.
Counseling
versus
that
includes
you
so
I'll
say
a
mentor.
E
Man
is
elliot:
hausey,
judge,
housing,
now
orni
bay,
who's,
also
duquesne,
graduate
and
lawyer
who
transitioned
from
law
under
tech,
and
sometimes
it's
not
so
much
what
people
say.
It's
just
watching
how
they
move
and
watching
the
steps
that
they
take
in
their
ability
to
transition.
E
That's
why
I
always
say
exposure
is:
is
is
very
useful,
being
able
to
connect
with
the
person
who's
speaking
and
and
that
they
look
like
you
and
sound
like
you,
come
from
communities
and
neighborhoods
that
you
come
from
it
does,
I
believe,
make
students
or
kids
believe
that
you
know
things
are
possible
and
then
the
story
that
I
had
with
you.
I
actually
took
your
class
at
ccac,
homewood
and
again.
This
is
why
it's
important
to
see
confident,
african-american
men
or
whatever,
whatever
ethnicity
or
gender.
You
are.
E
You
need
to
see
yourself
in
those
people,
but
I
still
remember
we
had
a
speaking
class
and
you
came
in
with
so
much
confidence.
I
would
I
would
border
on
the
line
like
I
was
like
wow
he's,
so
it
was,
it
was
like
you
knew.
You
were
confident
about
the
work
and-
and
sometimes
you
don't
think,
those
things
matter,
but
you
know
I
think
for
like
maybe
the
next
year
or
two.
E
If
I
had
to
go
to
a
speaking
engagement,
I
would
say
I
would
I
would
my
professor
burgess
walk
into
a
room
and
and
just
I'm
going
to
control
this
room,
regardless
of
what
the
what
the
what
the
conversation
is
about-
and
I
still
think
about
that.
E
So
for
me,
it's
very
important
for
our
children
to
connect
to
tech,
to
see
people
that
look
like
them,
sound
like
them,
possibly
even
wear
the
same
tennis,
shoes
or
listen
to
the
same
music
and
to
exude
that
type
of
confidence
and
and
feel
like
you
can
be
a
part
of
this.
This
is
something
you
can
do.
This
is
something
that
you
can
capture.
You
never
really
know
like.
You
said
who
you're
influencing,
but
sometimes
just
being
yourself.
D
This
is
a
hard
one
for
me,
because
I've
had
so
many
mentors
in
my
life
that
I
just
admire
and
that
I
appreciate-
and
I
talk
about
it
all
the
time
I'm
invited
to
speak
all
over
the
place
to
talk
about
this
experience
and
rev.
You
know
that
you
are
one
of
them
and
you
know
I
I
could
go
on
for
for
days
talking
about
the
ways
that
you
have
poured
into
me
and
the
seeds
that
you
planted
in
my
life.
D
So
we
all
know
that
effective
mentoring
relationships
can
certainly
make
the
difference
in
a
person's
personal
and
professional
development,
and
so
I'll
I'll
say
that
I've
been
blessed
to
benefit
from
strong
and
successful
mentoring,
mentorship
relationships.
D
D
And
so
I
have
one
that's
a
woman
and
I
want
to
specifically
say
a
woman,
because
I've
had
many
mentors
that
have
been
men,
and
so
so
esther
bush
is
is
who
I
will
say,
and
I
like
naming
people
so,
if
you're
watching.
Let
her
know
that
I
I
named
her
again
so
esther
has
been
a
great
mentor
of
mine.
She
was
my
ceo
at
the
urban
league.
D
Of
course,
she
always
pointed
out
women
in
leadership,
positions
and
leadership,
roles
and
non-traditional
jobs
and
fields,
and-
and
she
challenged
me
to
think
about
how
I
would
address
some
of
the
challenges
that
they
faced,
and
so
she
would
say
to
me
things
like
when
your
ceo,
you
don't
want
this
to
be
your
problem
to
fix.
So,
let's
you
know,
let's
get
to
it.
So
it's
not
that
the
expectation
was
that
I
would
be
a
ceo
at
some
point
in
time,
and
she
just
reminded
me
that
it
was
an
option.
D
The
funny
thing
is
she
told
me
that
I
would
be
a
ceo
before
I
even
thought
that
it
was
possible
and
those
are
the
types
of
things
those
are
the
types
of
seeds
and
and
and
whatnot
that
need
to
be
planted
in
our
young
people.
It
certainly
made
a
difference
for
me.
C
All
right:
well,
I
guess
I
can't
dodge
this
question.
Look
I'll
start
by
saying
I've
been
inspired
by
by
everyone
on
this
call
and
just
to
emphasize
the
point
that
sabrina's
making
about
how
you
can
get
messages
and
encouragement
from
all
kinds
of
different
sources
and,
if
you're
paying
attention
and
if
I
was
speaking
directly
to
young
people,
if
you're
paying
attention
you'll
find
that
life
sends
you
messages
for
your
benefit,
to
increase
your
wisdom
and
to
move
you
along,
you
know
max
is
someone.
C
I
remember
going
to
a
rec
center
with
max
and
engaging
directly
with
young
people
about
what
they
were
up
to
and
what
they
were
interested
in,
and
the
rapport
that
he
had
with
them
was
something
that
impresses
me
to
this
day,
president
sabrina,
which
is
very
easy
for
me
to
say,
because
it
just
fits
with
my
concept
of
her
as
a
personal
hero
of
mine,
someone
that
I've
seen
move
from
position
to
position,
increase
in
influence
and
and
always
point
to
leaders
that
came
before
in
a
way
that
I'm
inspired
about,
and
I
would
encourage
people
to
look
at
what
vibrant
is
doing
with
companies
and
on
behalf
of
this
region,
because
it's
very
exciting
work.
C
Let
me
put
it
to
you
this
way:
vibrant
pittsburgh
reaching
its
best
and
highest
use
with
sabrina's
leadership
and
the
board,
and
the
team
that
they
have
is
a
very
good
thing
for
this
region
and
we're
lucky
to
have
her
there.
You
know
councilman
level
besides
showing
me
what
it
looks
like
to
grow
up
and
dress
sensibly.
You
know
I
remember
being
at
the
home
of
children's
village
and
attending
affordable
how
affordable
housing
task
force
meetings.
C
Sir,
and
talking
about
this
idea
of
of
setting
up
a
trust
fund,
a
land
bank
and
these
things
that
I'd
never
conceived
of
before
and
realized
that
if
you
collaborate
here
in
pittsburgh
in
the
region,
you
can
do
things
that
have
never
been
accomplished
before
and
set
an
example
for
other
further
communities
and
reverend
burgess.
You
know
one
of
my
clear
memories
of
you
from
the
beginning
was
in
the
very
beginning
of
the
pittsburgh
black
elected
officials
coalition.
C
You
guys
had
engaged
the
village
to
be
community
facilitators
and
you
know
I
I
pay
attention.
I'm
I'm
a
pastor's
kid,
I'm
getting
at
that
point
in
a
second
I'm
a
pastor's
kid
and
a
pastor's
grandkid,
and
you
know
I
pay
attention
to.
You
know
how
folks
move
around
the
room
and
to
see
you
show
up
as
someone
who's
been.
You
know
I
feel.
Sometimes
people
should
google
you
a
bit
and
learn
about.
You
know
how
long
you've
been
involved
with
local
politics
to
see
someone
with
your
tenure
so
to
speak.
C
You
know
moving
tables
and
chairs
just
that
servant
leadership,
saying
hello
to
folks
and
then
closing
us
out
in
prayer
at
the
end
of
these
meetings,
where
folks
have
shared
a
lot
of
personal
stuff,
reverend
a
lot
of
pain
and
things
they've
gone
through
just
to
spend
that
moment
of
community.
You
know
something,
that's
inspired
me.
It
feels
very
you
know,
very
comfortable.
Look
so
my
dad's
a
pastor.
My
grandfather
was
a
pastor
and
his
name
was
james.
C
Timothy
gilliam
and
my
dad's
name
is
jerel
timothy
gilliam,
and
so
he
wanted
to
name
me
as
his
oldest
son,
something
so
that
we
would
have
the
same
initials
jtg
and
they
chose
for
my
name,
josiah
timothy.
Why
am
I
mentioning
this?
It's
going
back
to
your
original
question,
reverend
about
something.
That's
inspired
me.
You
know
I
was
risen.
C
I
was
raised
with
with
a
scripture
that
said
that
death
and
life
are
in
the
power
of
the
tongue
and-
and
I
think
that's
I
think,
that's
real
and
I
think
if
you
look
it
up,
neurologically
neuroscience-wise
you'll
find
that
to
be
the
case,
the
way
that
people
think
and
speak
about
themselves.
Matters
it
matters
to
your
brain.
It
matters
to
your
mental
health,
so
my
parents
decided
to
name
me
josiah
timothy
and
both
of
those
names
refer
to
young
people
in
the
bible.
C
I'm
not
trying
to
preach
here
or
ask
anyone
to
adopt
a
religious
premise.
I'm
talking
archetypically,
if
you'll,
if
you
will
indulge
me
josiah,
is
an
intro.
Let
me
start
with
timothy.
Timothy
was
a
young,
a
young
man
that
served
one
of
the
original
apostles
a
guy
by
the
name
of
paul,
and
there
are
some
letters
in
the
new
testament.
It's
like
the
second
part
of
the
the
christian
bible
that
are
to
timothy
specifically
and
one
of
in
one
of
those
letters.
C
There's
this
this
encouragement
from
this
this
elder
to
this
young
person
to
not
look,
let
anyone
look
down
on
them
because
on
him,
because
he's
young,
but
instead
for
him
to
set
an
example
in
speech
and
in
conduct
and
love
and
faith
and
all
of
these
things,
and
so
my
dad
would
talk
with
me
about
why
they
chose
the
name
timothy,
because
they
wanted
me
to
remember
that
not
to
think
that
I'm
better
than
anyone
else,
but
not
to
accept
treatment
of
people
looking
down
on
me
either
and
to
take
responsibility
myself,
to
be
the
kind
of
example
in
the
world
that
I
would
like
to
see
from
a
point
of
humility,
but
from
a
point
of
capacity
to
and
then
the
the
my
first
name.
C
Josiah
was
also
a
young
leader.
Josiah
was
someone
that
came
after
some
bad
kings,
reverend
as
you
well
know
they
weren't
they
weren't
great.
C
I
said
on
the
spectrum
from
like
david
there's,
another
end
of
that
spectrum
and
some
of
those
guys
on
the
spectrum
came
right
before
josiah
and
and
as
it
turned
out,
josiah's
father
was
taken
out
of
the
scenario
and
he
becomes
king
when
he
was
eight
years
old
and
the
story
from
there
is
about
a
community
conversation
because
josiah
is
too
young
to
to
to
be
king.
But
there
was
a
system
of
regents
of
elders.
C
It
speaks
to
me
about
a
society
valuing
young
talent
surrounding
them
with
wisdom
and
support
to
help
them
achieve
their
destiny.
A
little
bit
later
down
the
line
in
the
midst
of
cleaning
things
and
putting
things
in
order.
C
Josiah's,
administration,
rediscovers,
the
law
of
the
land
and
call
everybody
together
to
talk
about
how
they
got
to
where
they
were
what
the
state
of
the
world
was
and
what
had
been
had
taken
place
because
the
scriptures
as
you
all
as
you
well
know,
especially
at
that
point-
was
a
was
a
story
about
a
family.
It
was
a
story
about
a
people
and
what
god
had
done
for
them.
So
they
all
came
together.
C
They
talked
about
it
and
they
said
that
they
would
commit
themselves
to
to
each
other
and
to
that
present
moment,
and
they
experience
a
renaissance
for
the
rest
of
josiah's
life.
They
experience
a
renaissance,
they
they
sent
all
of
these
ills.
They
they
redress
all
these
wrongs,
there's
incredible
peace
and
prosperity,
and-
and
it's
this
wonderful
moment-
and
I
would
close
with
that-
because
I
think
that's
what's
available
to
us
today-
we
have
incredible
things
going
for
us.
We
have
some
of
the
best
businesses,
the
most
innovative
universities,
innovative
companies.
C
We
have
all
of
these
non-profits.
We
have
all
these
foundations.
We've
got
elected
officials
that
understand,
and
that
are
saying
the
right
things
and
that
are
pushing
us
forward
in
terms
of
language.
We
can
have
a
josiah
moment
so
to
speak.
If
we
talk
about
these
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
in
terms
of
solution-oriented
thinking,
if
we
commit
ourselves
to
to
each
other,
and
to
this
moment
we
cannot
just
have
a
renaissance,
we
can
set
up
another
era.
C
We
can
go
past
the
legacy
of
josiah
who,
where
that
promise
died,
you
know
with
him
and
and
and
judgment
came
after.
He
was
gone.
We
can
set
a
different
standard
and
set
a
different
story.
We
can
leave
a
better
pittsburgh
for
our
young
people
that
are
living
now
and
that
are
coming
than
we
found
it,
and
we
can
continue
the
story
of
this
place,
which
is
that
things
get
better
over
time.
Even
in
the
midst
of
extraordinary,
you
know
extraordinary
challenges.
The
last
time
there
was
a
global
pandemic.
C
I
don't
need
to
educate
anyone
here
on
this
call,
but
we
did
not
have
these
upmcs
and
these
high
marks
and
these
ahn's
and
in
fact
healthcare
was
a
real
concern
in
the
region.
So
I
look
around.
I
see
another
global
pandemic
and
I
see
a
region,
that's
ready
to
respond
and
to
take
it
seriously
and
to
work
with
each
other
to
keep
each
other
safe
in
a
way
that
you
could
have
only
dreamed
of.
You
know.
People
living
in
the
early
1900s
wouldn't
understand
what
I
was
saying
to
them
about
what
we
have.
C
You
know
working
for
us,
so
I
believe
in
another
hundred
years
things
can
be
even
better.
You
know
even
better,
but
that's
what
I
would
say
to
young
people.
Don't
let
people
look
down
on
you
because
you're
young,
you
yourself,
are
an
example
and
believe
in
the
story
of
josiah
believe
that
there
are
elders.
There
are
people
that
are
working
on
your
behalf.
There
are
forces
aligning
for
you
for
your
benefit.
C
There
are
people
that
care
about
you
and
believe
in
you
that
believe
in
your
capacity
and
your
potential
and
want
to
see
it
realize
that
you
can
choose
to
live.
However,
you
want
to
live,
be
whoever
you
want
to
be
and
remember
that
death
and
life
is
in
the
power
of
the
tongue.
C
Be
careful
how
you
speak
about
yourself,
be
careful
how
you
speak
about
your
peers,
about
your
parents
and
your
elders,
because
karma
is
practical
to
a
certain
extent,
you
will
experience
the
consequences
of
how
you
of
how
you
think
and
how
you
speak.
So
I
appreciate
the
question
reverend.
That's
how
I
respond.
A
I
think
we
can
end
on
such
a
wonderful,
not
sermon,
although
I
think
he's
working
towards
that
one
day,
but
I
definitely
think
it
was
a
tremendous
message,
and
so
I
thank
you
for
that
message
and
also
want
to
thank
all
of
our
guests
who
were
who
joined
us
this
evening
for
participating
in
our
show-
and
I
specifically
want
to
thank
mr
gilliam
and
sabrina
saunders
and
just
thank
you
all
as
well
as
max
dennison,
who
is
our
digital
equity
inclusion
manager.
A
I
should
give
all
your
titles,
I
apologize.
Josiah
gilliam,
my
brother's
keeper
coordinator
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
obviously
the
wonderful
sabrina,
saunders
mosby
president
ceo
of
vibrant
pittsburgh,
and
I
thank
you
all
for
your
words.
I
think
many
young
people
will
be
encouraged.
A
I
will
be
encouraging
parents
who
are
interested
in
getting
their
kids
more
into
tech
more
into
coding
more
into
gaming,
to
view
this,
so
they
can
take
away
the
resources
that
you
all
have
provided,
and
this
was
obviously
be
helpful
towards
rebuilding
our
communities
and
rebuilding
our
communities
for
black
people
by
black
people
with
our
partners
and
allies
such
as
yourself.
So
thank
you
all.
B
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
watching
and
participating
in
this
talk
hall
meeting.
Remember
you
can
watch
this
show
on
facebook,
the
city's
youtube
channel
or
the
city's
cable
channel.
A
new
meeting
will
occur
every
wednesday
by
working
together,
united
and
purpose.
We
can
transform
our
city
strengthen
it
for
all
of
its
residents.