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A
And
we
welcome
you
back
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
black
lives
matter.
It
means
we
must
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
black
people.
It
means
that
black
communities
matter.
We
must
focus
on
rebuilding
the
black
communities
and
it
means
that
black
wealth
matters.
We
must
work
on
increasing
black
employment
and
entrepreneurial.
B
Since
we
can't
do
that
safely
in
the
current
pandemic,
we
are
now
using
this
media
and
platform
to
come
to
you
in
the
ways
in
which
we
can
to
talk
about
what
we're
doing,
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
even
tonight
via
the
black
pittsburgh
matters,
facebook,
page
or
email
us
at
black
pth
matters.
That's
black
pgh
matters
at
gmail.com
and
tonight.
Today's
town
hall
meeting
topic
is
black
pittsburgh
matters.
Block
elected
officials,
update.
A
The
pbeoc
is
comprised
of
seven
elected
officials
from
the
state
county
and
city
levels
committed
to
a
pittsburgh
where
african-americans
can
thrive,
while
reverend
burgess
and
I
work
on
the
city
level,
we
coordinate
with
the
pboc
from
the
county
and
state
levels
to
realize
our
shared
vision
for
black
pittsburgh
as
important
as
it
is
that
we
work
together
to
ensure
that
we
protect
and
uplift
black
lives.
Black
communities
and
black
wealth
is
even
more
important
now
that
we
work
together
in
the
midst
of
our
current
pandemic.
A
This
new
monthly
segment
is
dedicated
to
updates
and
conversations
around
what
the
pboc
has
been
doing
is
currently
doing
and
are
doing
and
hope
to
accomplish
for
black
pittsburgh.
This
will
be
a
place
where
we
can
chat
about
the
legislative
process,
the
challenges
and
the
solutions
for
black
pittsburgh
at
the
state,
county
and
city
levels.
B
This
month,
a
few
of
us
myself,
councilman
lavelle,
commentement
dwight
walton,
were
able
to
personally
meet
with
the
presidential
candidate
former
vice
president
joe
biden
as
he
traveled
through
pennsylvania,
along
with
with
the
other
councilmen
we
stock
that
we've
talked
about
the
importance
of
building
up
black
neighborhoods.
This
is
an
important
reason
why
we're
encouraging
political
engagement
in
our
communities?
It's
important
that
we
get
the
right
people
working
to
uplift
our
communities
and
ensure
funding
and
representation
equity
from
the
federal
government
as
well
as
we
exercise
our
hard-won
rights.
B
This
fall
to
speak
about
black
pittsburgh
and
black
political
engagement.
This
evening
we
are
honored
to
welcome
the
pboc.
We
are
joined
by
state
representative,
jake,
weekley,
state
representative,
ed
gainey,
county
council,
woman,
olivia
bennett
and
county
councilman,
dewitt
walton.
We
welcome
you
to
this
eve
means
town
hall
meeting.
A
A
So
the
first
thing
we
wanted
to
do,
as
we
mentioned,
was
give
you
all
an
opportunity
to
just
provide
legislation.
Legislative
excuse
me
or
policy
updates
that
the
community
may
want
to
be
aware
of,
or
should
be
aware
of,
on,
all
levels
of
government.
So
we'll
start
with
representative
wheatley.
Is
there
anything
happening
in
harrisburg
that
your
constituents,
or
people
in
in
general,
should
be
aware
of
that's
going
on
so.
C
As
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
and
councilman
burgess
again
for
holding
this
forum
and
providing
this
opportunity
for
for
us
to
not
only
engage
with
you
all
but
to
engage
with
the
broader
community
about
all
the
things
that
we
are
trying
to
do
on
behalf
of
our
constituents.
C
C
You
know,
process
our
our
election
in
a
safe,
secure
manner,
but
unfortunately,
due
to
some
unfortunate
circumstances
in
the
state
house,
with
one
of
our
members
contracting
the
kobe
situation
we
had
to
leave
earlier
than
we
could
handle
that
situation,
and
so
for
us,
the
major
issue
outside
of
the
election
stuff,
which
I
don't
think
we're
going
to
be
able
to
address.
We
still
have
this
issue
after
november.
C
Third
of
how
we
deal
with
our
state
budget,
which
is
projected
to
be
somewhere
close
to
a
five
billion
dollar
hole,
and
you
know
dealing
with
that.
The
ramifications,
what
that
means,
the
counties
and
what
that
means
to
cities
and
what
that
means
constituents
services
that
people
come
to
depend
on
is
a
very
important
thing.
Now
we
probably
could
get
through
the
rest
of
this
fiscal
year,
which
ends
on
june
30th,
probably
by
borrowing
money
in
the
short
term.
What
what
we?
What
we?
C
What
we
really
realize
is
we
have
about
a
two
billion
dollar
structural
hole.
We've
been
kicking
the
can
down
the
road
for
many
years
now
that
cobit
has
kind
of
stripped
it
bare.
We
will
have
to
figure
out
either
we're
going
to
come
up
with
a
combination
of
new
revenues,
cuts
or
we're
going
to
have
to
drastically
rethink
and
reimagine
what
states
can
do
to
support.
C
You
know
the
core
functions
of
government,
and
so
I
think
that's
the
major
thing
that
people
are
trying
to
grapple
with
and
get
their
minds
around,
and
if
the
federal
government
doesn't
come
through
with
another
stimulus
for
states
and
cities.
I
I
don't
know
how
we
get
out
of
here
without
massive
cuts
and
massive
tax
increases.
So
you
know
that's
my
wonderful
introduction
and
welcome
to
you
all
tonight,
so
I
appreciate
you
having
me.
A
That's:
that's
that's
rough
county,
councilman,
dewitt
or
county
councilwoman,
liv
bennett.
You
want
to
talk
about
what's
happening
at
the
county
level,.
D
Well
for
the
county,
we
just
had
a
budget
addressed
by
the
county
executive
and
for
the
18th
out
of
19
years.
There
will
not
be
a
millage
increase.
We
are
trying
to
be
fiscally
responsible
and
fund
all
of
the
programs
that
we
view
as
needed.
We
will
have
formal
budget
hearings
within
the
next
several
weeks
where
we
will
ultimately
put
together
and
pass
a
budget
proposal
for
the
county.
D
We
intend
to
try
to
find
resources
to
fund
a
children's
fund
which,
about
two
years
ago
the
taxpayers
of
allegheny
county
rejected
a
tax
increase
to
fund
the
children's
fund,
and
we
recognize
that
providing
resources
to
address
early
childhood
education,
pre-k
and
after
school
programs
really
fundamentally
addresses
many
of
the
challenges
that
our
young
adults,
our
young
children,
face
on
a
daily
basis.
We're
going
to
fund
that
we're
going
to
find
the
money
to
fund
that
one
way
or
another.
D
There
are
challenges
as
state
representative
wheatley
shared.
There
is
a
real
stress
on
the
budget,
but
we're
gonna
find
a
way
to
fund
the
services.
D
I,
if
I
remember
correctly,
we
are
proposing
about
one
two
one
point:
two
billion
for
the
operating
budget,
980
million
for
a
capital
budget,
and
we
anticipate
that
there
will
be
pretty
close
to
two
billion
dollars
for
grant
budgeting,
that
the
grant
budgets
come
from.
Basically
state
and
federal
funds
that
the
county
receives
dollars
are
critical
to
continuing
the
progress
the
county
has
made
over
the
years.
D
We've
built
our
cash
reserve
up
from
five
million
dollars
over
eight
years
ago
to
a
to
close
to
a
50
million
dollar
rainy
day
fund
for
the
county.
It
is
absolutely
critical
legislatively
there
are
some
issues
that
are
really
confronting
us
all.
D
We
believe
I
personally
believe
that
passing
the
independent
police
review
board
legislation
is
critical
for
our
county
to
begin
to
address
some
of
the
inequities
and
and
some
of
the
fundamental
problems
that
we
are
confronted
with
on
a
daily
basis
to
make
sure
that
there's
accountability
and
responsibility
by
by
and
from
municipal
police
authorities.
So
while
it's
not
the
greatest
times,
we
have
tons
of
work
to
do
and
we're
going
to
get
it
done.
E
So
to
add
to
that
some
of
the
legislatively
speaking
some
things
that
we
have
coming
before
council
and
actually
in
committee
right
now,
we're
actually
meeting
tomorrow
about
these
things.
We
have
paid
sick
leave
in
the
human
and
health
services
committee,
which
has
been
a
hot
button
topic
for
many
folks.
E
We
also
have
juneteenth
being
made
county
holiday,
as
the
city
and
state
has
already
done.
E
That
will
be
discussed
tomorrow
in
the
government
and
reform
committee
meeting,
as
well
as
what
is
kind
of
our
version
of
the
crown
act,
but
it
is
actually
amending
current
legislation
to
add
the
classification
of
hair
as
a
something
that
can't
be
discriminated
against
in
the
county,
and
we
also
introduce
facial
recognition
banning
facial
recognition
in
the
county
that
will
be
coming
up
in
my
committee,
probably
after
election,
and
also
we
will
be
talking
about
the
civilian
police
review
board
in
my
committee
after
election
as
well.
B
You
know,
I
guess
we
should
at
least
talk
about
the
city's
fish
school
outlook
right
because
we
both
know
that
the
city
is
facing
probably
next
year
about
an
80
million
dollar
hole
in
the
budget
and
that,
although
our
mayor
chose
not
to
lay
people
off,
even
though
we
were
losing
income
and
use
our
our
savings
to
pay
them
moving
into
january,
without
a
stimulus
directly
from
the
federal
government,
it
will
be
impossible
for
the
city
to
meet
these
expenses
without
laying
people
off
and
and
or
raising
raising
taxes.
A
Yes,
you
are
correct:
we're
looking
at
about
a
80
million
dollar
shortfall
next
year
over
the
next
five
years,
we're
projecting
about
376
million
shortfall
over
the
next
few
years.
A
We
are
also
hoping
that,
with
the
election
of
a
new
president
that
there
will
hopefully
be
some
stimulus
dollars
that
come
into
the
city,
we're
also
hopeful
that,
if
we
can,
if
this
examples
are
like,
if
the
steelers
do
well
and
can
make
it
to
the
playoffs
that
those
that's
additional
revenue
that
can
come
in
to
helpfully
not
lay
off
individuals,
any
any
position
that
is
currently
doesn't
have
someone
in
it.
A
We
probably
will
not
be
able
to
fill
those
positions
moving
forward
and
as
of
right
now,
there
is
not
the
plan
to
lay
off
individuals,
but
we
also
have
to
be
serious
and
and
potentially
considering
it.
A
It
also
puts
in
jeopardy
our
capital
budget,
which
means,
if
we
don't
have
projects
that
are
already
in
the
pipeline,
then
those
projects
are
also
really
being
threatened,
less
paving
and
things
of
that
nature.
I
think
the
interesting
part,
and
also
from
a
city
legislative
update.
A
Most
of
us
were
at
a
press
event
earlier
today,
where
we
talked
about
the
avenues
of
hope,
which
was
we
were
targeting
five
or
actually,
I
think
it's
six
business
districts
throughout
the
city
that
are
predominantly
african-american
business
districts
to
actually
begin
really
investing
in
those
business
districts
to
bring
them
back
to
life,
which
will
be
good
for
the
city
socially,
economically,
it's
just
as
moral,
but
the
question
is-
and
this
goes
to
even
what
representative
wheatley
had
to
say,
was
in
a
time
where
we're
facing
80
million
shortfall
next
year.
A
In
a
time
when
the
count
when
the
state
excuse
me
is
looking
at
billions,
how
do
we
then
take
that
budget
and
still
make
it
equitable?
How
do
we
then
take
that
budget
and
say
we're
still
going
to
prioritize
avenues
of
hope
and
we're
going
to
put
the
money
in
the
budget
in
order
to
ensure
that
we're
still
funding
those
most
in
need?
A
C
So
I'll
tell
you,
as
a
chairman
as
democratic
chairman
of
finance
committee,
one
of
the
roles
that
I'm
going
to
be
tasked
with
is
trying
to
figure
out
with
my
colleagues
the
revenue
that's
necessary
to
support
the
core
functions
of
our
state
government,
and
certainly
part
of
what
that
will
entail
is
how
do
we
support
cities
and
municipalities
and
townships
and
boroughs,
because
right
now,
you're
limited
in
your
funding
mechanisms
and
options.
You
know,
and
so
one
of
the
things
I've
been
trying
to
push.
C
My
colleagues
in
the
finance
committee,
especially
on
the
other
side,
is
for
us
to
use
this
time
of
crises,
to
really
take
a
step
back
and
reimagine
our
tax
policies
and
ways
to
be
more
equitable
to
in
ways
to
support
the
things
that
we,
I
think
we
all
say
we
want
to
see
it
have
and
to
use
it
as
a
way
to
balance.
C
For
example,
for
years
and
years
and
years
there
was
a
university
of
pittsburgh,
professor
dean
miller,
who
talked
about
coming
up
with
a
regional
tax
structure,
a
regional
tax
sharing
plan
some
way
to
share
the
burden
of
our
region.
Because
when
we
promote
ourselves,
we
don't
just
promote
ourselves
as
individual
cities
and
townships.
We
promote
ourselves
as
a
region,
and
so
with
the
successes
of
those
region.
C
We
should
have
a
tax
structure
that
shares,
but
our
current
the
way
that
we
currently
do,
the
things
that
we
do,
we
don't
really
make
that
easy
or
or
or
of
course,
it's
not
something
that
we
kind
of
engage
in.
C
So
I've
been
saying,
we
should
use
this
opportunity
to
really
try
to
look
at
ways
that
we
can
come
up
with
some
creative
innovative
things
and
how
we
can
support
each
other
as
well
as
lessen
the
burden
on
any
one
municipality
or
township
or
borough,
because
not
all
of
us
are
created
equal
and
that's
the
same
as
it
relates
to
our
cities
and
townships
they're,
not
all
created
each
equal.
So
anyway
long
story
short,
I'm
not
sure.
C
If
that's
a
winning
argument,
I'm
not
sure
if
that's
something
that's
going
to
happen
in
time
of
for
your
next
year's
budget,
but
I
certainly
think
when
we
have
crises
there
are
right,
there
are
opportunities
in
crises
and
all
we
all
we
really
need
is
a
political
will
to
do
things
differently
than
we've
done
it
before.
A
I'll
I'll
take
that
well,
I
saw
liv
nodding
so
I'll.
Let
her
chime
in
but
I'll
take
I'll.
Take
this
moment
to
also
just
advocate
or
lobby
jake.
As
you
know,
the
city
is
also
limited
in
the
manners
in
which
we
can
tax.
A
We
don't
have
the
same
rights
and
abilities
as
philadelphia,
so
we
can't
get
as
a
city
as
creative
as
we
would
like
to
in
terms
of
raising
revenue,
cutting
costs,
things
of
that
nature
and
so
as
you're
working
to
sort
of
reimagine
having
a
conversation
with
us
and
I'll
I'll
put
on
the
table,
just
something
as
as
simple
as
the
commuter
tax
right
like.
If
we
had
a
commuter
tax
here
in
the
city,
we
could
probably
very
not
very
easily,
but
we
could
definitely
plug
our
hole
dramatically.
C
C
If
we
want
a
regional
tax
plan
or
we
want
to
be
able
to
have
a
more
equitable
tax
sharing
from
our
suburban
neighbors,
we
need
to
offer
a
service
that
is
critical,
and
that
is
a
regional
transportation
system
that
gets
people
to
and
from
where
they
need
to
go
in
an
effective
manner
and
that
will
cost
money
that
will
cost
an
investment
but
long
term.
It
will
be
the
most
best
thing
we
could
do
for.
The
future
of
this
region
is
to
really
create
honest-to-goodness
regional
transportation
systems,
so
anyway,
long
story
short.
C
If
the
reason
that
didn't
happen,
though,
when
we
first
went
to
that,
the
reason
why
we
only
got
50
per
worker
was
because
the
political-
and
I
know
we're
not
talking
politics,
but
it's
reality.
The
political
strength
had
waned
from
the
city
to
the
suburbanites
and
the
republicans
had
control
of
the
process
in
harrisburg
and
because
they
were
representing
what
they
thought
their
constituents.
C
They
blocked
us
from
having
a
real
shared
process
and
funding
that,
and
so
they
limited
that.
So
if
we
want
to
change
that,
we
want
to
have
a
real
conversation
about
that.
Then
we
have
to
talk
about
what
else
are
we
offering
to
our
suburban
and
rural
friends
that
makes
them
see
the
shared
reality
of
our
our
working
together
and
benefiting
together?
C
B
Other
tax
that
jake,
since
we're
talking
about
state
we'll
get
to
county
stuff
and
other
stuff
in
a
minute
is,
I
have
always
been
a
fan
of
a
payroll
prep
tax
for
non-profits,
especially
for
the
non
the
large
nonprofits,
because
it
is
a
it
is
a
tax
that
they
absolutely
don't
pay.
It
actually
is
passed
on
to
their
employees
and
that
every
other
business
pays.
B
These
payroll
prep
taxes,
but
the
large
non-profits
are
exempt,
and,
although
that
wouldn't
plug
our
budget
completely,
that
would
probably
be
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
eight
to
15
million
dollars
a
year
if
the
non-profits
have
to
pay
that
tax.
So
that's
another
loophole
that
I'd
asked
you
to
have.
Your
colleagues
consider
is
giving
us
the
power
giving
us
the
power
to
collect
those
resources.
C
C
I
think
anything
is
possible.
We
we
see
it
even
in
our
on
our
call
right
now
we
have
members
who
did
the
impossible
when
no
one
thought
they
could
so
with
voters
depending
upon
how
voters
respond.
There
is
an
opportunity
for
us.
I
think
we
need
it
nationally.
C
B
So
I
want
to
you
mentioned
politics
and
voting:
that's
a
good
segue
to
I'll
start
with
dewitt
dwight.
You
have
advocated
and
have
been
sort
of
the
block.
Not
sort
of.
You
have
been
a
strong
advocate
of
making
sure
that
our
voting
process
is
inclusive
of
the
black
community
as
a
council
person,
and
then
in
your
other
hat,
you
have
been
on
a
non-partisan
basis
really
reaching
out
to
make
sure
that
african
americans
vote
in
this
election.
B
So
could
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
county's
process
and
voting
and
then
how
important
it
is
for
us
to
exercise
that
right
to
vote?
Well.
F
Thanks
thanks
councilman
burgess
I
want
to.
I
want
to
quickly
say
what
we
have
done
is
when
the
county
decided
that
or
to
take
advantage
of
the
early
voting
opportunities.
F
We
sat
down
and
met
with
the
administration
and
shared
with
them.
Our
concerns
that
it
was
critical
that
vote
early
voting
opportunities
would
take
place
in
in
in
strongly
african
american
communities.
F
After
a
significant
discussion,
the
administration
agreed
on
to
our
request
that
we
place
early
voting
sites
in
homewood
in
the
hill
district
and
on
the
north
side,
and
so
last
weekend
we
had
early
voting
at
the
homewood
ccac
and
over
3
000
ballots
were
submitted
at
that
site.
That's
not
a
those
are
not
polling
places.
Those
are
early
voting
sites
and
so
they're
handled
differently.
F
This
coming
weekend
on
saturday,
from
nine
to
five
sunday
from
11
to
seven
there'll,
be
opportunities
for
people
to
come
and
submit
their
their
ballots,
their
mailing,
a
million
ballots
yeah
on
in
person
if
they
want
to,
and
people
can
register
to
vote
they.
If,
if
you're
registering,
you
won't
be
able
to
vote
that
same
day,
but
you'll
be
able
to
apply
register
and
apply
for
a
mail-in
ballot
that
day
next
weekend,
you
will
be
able
to
do
that
at
ccac.
F
Additionally,
we
have
pulled
together
a
broad-based
coalition
that
is
focused
largely
in
allegheny
county
and
in
the
city,
but
it
encompasses
all
the
way
to
erie
to
uniontown
on
the
south
and
includes
mercer
lawrence
beaver
washington
counties
as
well,
and
so
it
is,
it
is
what
we
believe
to
be
the
largest
coalition
ever
assembled
to
address
black
voters
in
the
history
of
western
pa,
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
both
you
and
and
councilman
lavelle
are
supportive
of
that
effort.
F
State
representative
wheatley
is
part
of
that
coalition
on
a
non-partisan
basis
and
we
are
generating
a
ton
of
attention,
a
ton
of
energy
and
excitement,
and
we
urge
everybody
to
just
vote
because,
as
jake
just
outlined,
it
is
the
electoral
process
that
ultimately
determines
what
our
future
will
be
and
I'd
love
to
see.
Jake.
F
As
the
democratic
chair
of
the
finance
committee,
we
can
then
begin
to
address
many
of
the
challenges
that
we're
confronted
with
in
terms
of
funding
programs
here
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
tackle
that
pay
up
that
employee
payroll
tax.
That
would
feel
a
significant
piece
of
that
gap
of
funding
for
the
city
itself.
F
B
Talking
about
voting,
as
you
know,
you
and
some
of
your
other
colleagues
have
been
very
active
and
getting
people
to
count
the
vote
so
much
so
that
you
guys
have
an
advertisement
about
the
about
putting
your
boat
in.
I
think
the
naked
ballot
campaign
that
was
extremely
impressive,
and
so,
if
you
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
I'm
curious,
I
I
was
very
impressed
by
it
and
wonder
how
that
came
up
came
to
be
and
and
talk
about,
and
you
can
even
review.
B
E
All
right,
so
thanks
so
yeah,
I
was
actually
a
co-host
on
a
voting
education
webinar
with
a
bunch
of
partners
across
the
state
pa
participate,
pa
pb
eoc
was
a
partner
committee
of
70,
pa
state
election
department
or
whatever
that
I
can't
remember
but
anyway,
so
there
was
a
bunch
of
partners
and
we
did
these
calls
every
wednesday.
E
It
was
like
a
luncheon
learn
and,
of
course,
I
I
invited
bethany
to
come
on
councilwoman
hallem
to
come
on
and
and
as
she's
on
the
board
of
elections
in
allegheny
county,
and
so
we
were
on
the
call
and
and
and
bethany
goes
well.
You
know
guys.
I
have
this
really
crazy
idea
to
save
our
democracy.
E
I
think
that
happened
on
wednesday
by
friday
we
were
shooting
the
photos,
so
a
very
fast
turnaround,
but
what
was
so
urgent
to
us
about
it
is
that
one
that
was
not
required
in
the
primary.
So
it
was
very.
It
would
be
very
confusing
to
folks
to
have
something
that
was
not
true
in
the
last
election,
be
true
in
this
election.
So
and
then,
when
that
ruling
came
down
from
the
pa
supreme
court,
it
was
estimated
that
we
would
lose
a
hundred
thousand
ballots
just
because
they
were
not
placed
into
the
secrecy
envelope.
E
And
if
we,
if
you
paid
attention
to
the
last
election,
the
current
president
only
won
pennsylvania
about
44
000
votes
so
losing
100.
000
votes
was
very
scary
to
us,
so
scary
times
call
for
desperate
measures
right,
so
we
got
naked
and
so
the
point
of
it
was,
you
know
just
to
really
play
out
that
naked
ballot.
E
E
That's
all
it
says,
sealing
that
and
then
putting
that
into
the
declaration
envelope
filling
out
the
declaration
envelope
with
today's
date,
not
your
birth
date
and
and
making
and
submitting
that
to
the
either
mailing
that
or
submitting
it
to
a
satellite
site
or
down
to
the
actual
elections
office
downtown.
So
we
just
felt
like
it
was
very
important
and
good
bad
or
ugly.
I
mean
we
got,
we
got
trolled,
we
got
adored,
I
mean
we
had
the
whole
gambit
of
reactions,
but
one
thing
for
sure:
nobody
will
forget
not
to
extend
a
naked
ballot.
A
It
was,
it
was
indeed
very
effective.
Would
you
also
live?
I
know
you've
been
out
there
almost
on
a
daily
basis,
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
actually
also
registering
people
to
vote
and
helping
them
turn
in
their
ballots.
So
you
could
also
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
and
what
people
need
to
know
about
registration
when
that
ends
and
and
whatnot.
E
Let
me
back
up
one
second,
because
something
is
ending
like
today,
and
that
is
the
census,
the
they
they
challenged.
The
the
administration,
the
white
house
administration
challenged
the
october
31st
deadline.
They
won,
so
they
now
have
permission
to
stop
the
census.
So
if
you
do
not
fill
out
the
census
today,
you
will
not
be
counted.
So
that's
the
first
deadline
deadline
to
register.
The
vote
is
the
19th,
which
is
this
coming
monday.
E
I
will
be
actually
doing
a
voter
engagement
registration
tomorrow
in
three
rivers
manor
in
spring
hill,
I'll
be
doing
one
on
friday.
In
north
view,
heights
we've
been
doing
them
in
the
mon
valley.
We've
been
we'll
be
doing,
take
action,
more
valley,
we're
doing
something
in
braddock
on
thursday
as
well
as
I
can't
remember,
the
other
locate
mckeesport.
E
Maybe
but
yes,
we
are
very,
very
much
getting
out
there
and
trying
to
make
sure
that
every
single
person
is
registered
to
vote,
that
we're
engaging
folks
that
no
one
can
say
that
they
did
not
know
that
there
was
an
election
coming
up
and
that
they
they
did
not
have
the
opportunity
to
participate.
E
I've
talked
to
folks
who
don't
want
to
participate
and
that's
you
know,
that's
their
decision,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
actually
know
and
the
one
that
I'm
doing
tomorrow.
Somebody
actually
reached
out
to
me
today
about
so
I
was
like
sure
I
got
the
material.
Let's
do
it
so
yeah.
I
think
it's
very
important
to
make
sure
that
we
are
registering
everybody
to
vote.
E
The
best
way
to
get
your
numbers
up
in
in
in
your
engagement,
and
your
turn
now
is
by
is
by
engaging
new
voters
is
not
just
turning
out
the
same
people
over
and
over
again
is
actually
activating
and
engaging
and
getting
new
folks
involved,
and
that's
how
you
increase
your
numbers,
which
had
a
little
practice
at
during
my
campaign,
since
we
upped
our
numbers,
my
district
bought
by
20-something
percent.
E
So
so
that's
that's
kind
of
how
we
did
it
and
I'm
just
trying
to
duplicate
that
through
this
election,
because
I
believe
that
this
is
a
lot.
This
election
is
life
or
death,
and
so
the
19th
is
your
voter
registration
deadline,
which
is
this
monday
and
the
27th
october
27th,
which
is
not
this
tuesday,
but
the
following
tuesday
is
the
deadline
to
fill
out
your
your
melon
ballot
application?
E
C
And
if
I
could,
if
I
could,
I
want
to
elevate
something
councilwoman
bennett
just
talked
about.
First,
I
want
to
focus
in
on
some
of
the
marginalized
communities
that
are
always
a
little
uneasy
about
their
status
of
if
they
can
vote
or
not,
and
that
is
our
returning
citizens
and
those
citizens
who
are
maybe
still
housed
in
one
of
our
facilities,
but
they
have
not
been
sentenced
or
they're
awaiting
trial.
C
All
of
these
folk
can
vote
and
I'm
I'm
happy
to
say
that
there
is
a
real
aggressive
effort
out
this
time
around,
to
focus
on
them
and
educate
our
returning
citizens
that
they
have
power
and
they
can
and
they
can
vote,
and
if
anyone
has
any
questions
or
any
concerns
of
being
told
that
they
can't
vote
because
they
may
be
on
parole
or
probation
or
they
may
be
in
one
of
our
county
facilities
and
that's
another
thing
that
I
have
to
give
credit
to
the
wit
and
the
coalition,
which
liv
is
also
a
member
of,
is
they
have
we've
gotten
videos
in
the
allegheny
county
jail?
C
That's
educating
them.
We
have
now
lawrence
county
has
agreed
to
start
running
videos.
I
think
washington
is
is
one
that
is
running
videos,
so
letting
people
know.
I
know
I
talked
to
the
department
of
corrections
today
they
are
going
to
be
sending
out
another
missive
to
all
the
halfway
houses,
informing
all
of
our
citizens
that
they
have
the
right
to
vote.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
point
out
that
liv
talked
about
that.
I'm
stressing
the
the
census
is
a
very
important
activity.
It
was
so
important.
C
It
was
something
that
was
spoke
about
in
our
constitution,
and
this
is
the
same
thing
that
looked
at
us
as
african-americans
as
three-fifths
the
purpose
of
of
them.
Making
us
three-fifths
was
to
count
for
power
and
representation,
and
so
for
all
of
our
folk
who
are
a
little
nervous
or
concerned
about
being
counted
or
having
the
government
understand
the
information.
C
None
of
this
stuff
can
be
used
outside
of
any
purpose
other
than
for
the
census,
and
if
it
is
use,
it
is
highly
illegal
and
that
entity
or
that
person
would
be
subject
to
severe
penalties,
and
so
what
I
always
tell
people
who
say,
I
don't
want
to
feel
like
that,
because
I
don't
want.
No,
I
don't
want
the
government
know
what
I'm
doing
guess
what,
if
you're
on
any
public
assistance,
they
have
all
your
information.
C
If
you
are
a
person
that
has
been
in
and
out
of
any
of
our
correctional
institution,
whatever
they
have
all
your
information,
if
you're
online,
if
you
have
a
facebook,
account
a
twitter
account,
a
social
media
account,
they
got
your
information.
If
you
got
a
mobile
phone,
they
got
your
information,
so
running
away
from
the
senses,
isn't
keeping
you
off
the
grid,
and
so
it's
very
important.
C
What
it's
doing
is
preventing
us
from
getting
all
of
our
resources
for
our
children,
our
families
and
our
community
that
we
deserve-
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
to
stress
so
if
they
haven't
filled
out
those
forms,
please
feel
like
and
that's
the
reason
why
this
administration
is
doing
all
they
can
to
eliminate
the
full
count
of
black
and
brown
communities.
So
it's
very
important
for
us
to
understand
that
and
participate
fully.
So
anyway,
that's
my
soapbox.
E
E
B
So
a
lot
of
people
in
our
communities
feel
as
though
nothing
changes
for
black
people,
whether
they
vote
or
not
right.
They
are
very
apathetic
about
voting.
Maybe
you'll
start
with
the
way.
What
what's
on
the
ballot?
Why?
What?
What
significant
changes
will
be?
F
What's
not
on
the
ballot
you
know,
funding
for
public
education
is
on
the
ballot.
A
woman's
right
to
choose
is
on
the
ballot
worker
rights,
health
care,
all
of
those
things
that
we
hold
near
and
dear,
and
really
don't
pay
a
great
deal
of
attention
to
are
on
the
ballot.
F
All
the
issues
that
impact
every
piece
of
our
daily
lives
is
on
the
ballot.
You
know
everything
that
we
work
for
legislatively
can
be
ruled
unconstitutional
by
the
judiciary,
so
it
is
absolutely
critical
if
we
want
our
voices
to
be
heard.
If
we
want
our
concerns
addressed,
we
have
to
really
vote
so
that
people
who
who
are
understanding
and
committed
to
our
issues,
get
elected.
F
F
A
Rev
and
you,
you
may
want
to
talk
more
about
it,
but
I
think
we'd
be
remiss
if
we
didn't
also
remind
everyone
paying
attention
that
there's
also
a
referendum
on
the
ballot
this
year,
that
you
helped
push
that,
amongst
other
things,
expands
the
citizen
police
review
board
powers
to
require
the
police
to
actually
participate
in
the
investigations
which
the
police
do
not
have
to
do
now.
So,
if
you
would,
if
you
would
like,
you
may
want
to
talk
more
about
that
as
well.
B
Yes,
we
we
are
urging
you
to
to
not
just
vote
but
to
participate
in
the
referendum
question
we
want
to
strengthen
the
powers
of
our
civilian
police
review
board
right
now.
We
cannot
compel
police
officers
to
participate,
there's
no
penalty
if
they
don't
participate,
so
this
referendum
will
make
that
part
of
their
work
agreement,
so
they
could
be
terminated
for
not
participating.
B
Second
of
all,
it
requires
the
mayor
and
the
chief
not
to
make
phone
determinations
before
the
civilian
review.
Police
review
board
makes
his
determination-
and
this
is
really
important-
not
so
much
when
the
officer
is
fired,
but
rather
when
an
officer
is
felt
is
found
not
guilty
or
innocent.
B
B
So
the
mayor
and
the
police
chief
are
making
the
determination
all
of
the
facts
on
the
table,
and
so
that's
in
essence
what
the
referendum
does
and
it
changes
the
homeworld
charter.
We
cannot
directly
change
police
policies
as
a
council,
but
we
can
change
the
whole
charter,
which
gives
power
to
the
civilian
brief
police
review
board.
So
we
hope
everyone
will
vote.
I
I
asked
I'm
going
to
vote
yes,
of
course,
and
I
think
it's
it
is
being
supported
by
the
police.
B
Civilian
review
board
itself
and
you've
actually
not
heard
a
lot
of
pushback
from
the
police
department.
It
is
a
common.
These
are
common
sense
things
that
we
need
to
do
to
strengthen
our
city,
cities,
police
oversight,.
C
Hey
rev
can
I
can
I
take
a
stab
at
what
you
asked
earlier
about
the
importance
and
what's
on
the
ballot,
though,
for
because
I
I
feel
really
vested
in
this
question,
and
it's
because
I
did
so
poorly.
I
had
a
good
friend
who
explained
to
me
the
reason
why
she's
not
voting
in
this
election,
and
I
tried
to
explain
to
her
why
I
thought
she
should
and
I
did
such
a
terrible
job.
C
I
want
a
second
chance
at
it
and
and
really
what
it
what
it
what
it
boils
down
to,
and
I
don't
I
don't
blame
people,
who've
lived
the
life
and
hasn't
seen
what
they
thought.
The
the
system
should
be
doing
for
them
to
feel
frustrated
and
to
feel
you
know
anti-participation
anymore,
because
if
you
try
something
try
something
to
get
your
hopes
built
up.
You
know
we
got
obama
unless
elected
and
we
thought
the
world
stopped.
C
But
what
we
forget
is
in
a
system
like
the
one
that
we're
currently
in
just
because
you
elect
one
person
to
it.
There's
a
whole
system
that
still
operates
and
one
person
can't
change
that
whole
thing
right.
You
have
to
have
you
have
to
have
system
change,
so
you
have
to
have
a
group
of
people
coming
in
and
constantly
approaching
it
now.
C
The
reason
I'm
saying
that
is
because
when
I
was
when
I
was
growing
up,
you
know
it
was
after
the
60s
and
you
had
major
revolutionary
thinkers
from
the
black
perspective,
who
realized
that
you
we're
not
going
to
win
a
war
on
the
streets.
Shooting
right.
The
system
will
find
a
way
to
coop
murder
and
control
that,
if
you're
really
going
to
have
permanent,
sustained
infiltration
and
disruption,
you
have
to
elect
people
to
put
them
in
place,
so
they
now
become
the
power
holders
in
that
institution.
C
That's
why
malcolm
talked
about
until
we
control
our
institution.
We
will
never
be
to
truly
free
right.
That's
why
the
black
panthers
used
to
they.
They
their
whole
system,
changed
to
trying
to
elect
people
who
had
a
vision
like
they
had
and
and
this
these
elections
really
come
down
to.
No
one
is
perfect:
you're
not
gonna,
find
a
perfect
candidate
unless
you
run
right.
C
So
if
you
want
a
perfect
candidate,
put
yourself
out,
there
start
running,
but
right
now
in
this
election
we
only
have
two
choices
from
the
top
of
the
ticket
and
we
need
to
decide
which
one
is
better
aligned
with
us
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
what
I'm
saying
to
people
who
have
on
the
fence.
You
know
there
is
no,
you
can't
win,
not
playing
right.
You,
you
got
to
pick
a
side,
I
don't
care.
C
What
that
side
is
you
got
to
pick
a
side
and
roll,
because
otherwise
you
are
never
going
to
advance
like
you.
Unless,
if
you
don't
play
the
game,
you
never
can
win
the
game,
so
I
would
just
keep
advising
people
you
know.
Voting
will
not
solve
all
of
our
issues,
but
certainly
sitting
on
the
sideline.
You
have
no
chance
to
get
any
of
your
issues
addressed.
E
I
agree
I
mean
I
think
I
understand
why
people
are
very
apathetic
towards
voting.
I
understand
why
folks
just
don't
see
the
benefits
because
government
is
slow,
change
is
slow.
You
know,
there's
things
that
you
know
we
want
to
get
accomplished
on
my
level
of
government.
That's
taken
some
time.
I
mean
it's
talking
about
the
civilian
police
review
board
he's
been
working
at
it
longer
than
I
have,
and
it's
been
in
our
in
my
committee
for
the
last
year.
E
So
so
I
get
it,
I
get
it
I,
but
I
also
think
that
voting
is
one
tool
and
we
have
to
use
all
of
our
tools
in
our
arsenal.
Is
it
the
end-all
be-all?
Absolutely
not,
but
is
it
one
way
that
we
can
start
going
about
to
seek
equity
and
get
people
who
are
aligned
with
our
vision,
like
representative
wheatley
just
said,
like
it's
going
to
take
all
of
that,
it's
going
to
take
folks
pushing
from
all
different
levels.
E
This
system
was
not
created,
singularly
focused,
it's
it's
multi-dimensional,
so
it's
going
to
take
multiple
approaches
to
dismantle
it
and
voting
is
one
of
those
approaches.
A
So
I
want
to
bring
micah
in
to
she's,
been
monitoring
the
questions
that
people
are
posting
live,
but
as
she
comes
in
liv,
one
of
the
tools
that
we
also
have
is
activism.
You
have
been
very
much
one
of
both
the
activists
and
the
politician
and
you've
been
a
part
of
the
activists.
A
Where
do
you
see
that
movement
move
going
from
here?
How
do
we
keep
the
activism
alive
and
well
because
that
activism
in
many
ways
is
the
is
what
we're
now
resulting
in
avenues
of
hope
is
how
we've
been
able
to
do
the
police
reform
agenda
that
we've
been
able
to
move
because
they
have
been
active
and
that's
we've
been
able
to
move
legislation
as
one
tool,
but
they
work
hand
in
hand.
So
I'm
just
curious
to
see
where
you
see
activism
moving
forward
during
these
times
and
then
how
can
we
stay
engaged.
E
Yeah,
I
kind
of
look
at
activism,
especially
direct
actions
or
protesting,
is
kind
of
the
entry
level
position
for
for
this
type
of
work.
Like
you
know,
it's
an
easy
way
and
it's
an
easy
way
to
start
connecting
with
folks
that
have
the
same
ideologies,
same
beliefs,
same
overarching
goals,
and
then
you
can
kind
of
you
know
figure
out
your
lane
from
there,
and
so
I
don't
think
that
activism
in
itself
is
going
anywhere,
because
we
have,
I
mean
we,
people
are
getting
activated
almost
every
day.
E
We
have
folks
that
you
know
we
have
young
folks
that
are
are
learning
about
these
things
and
and
really
that's.
The
bulk
of
our
activists
are
the
young
people
so
as
they
start
turning
and
activating
each
other.
I
think
it's
just
going
to
be
a
movement
that
continues
on
and
I
I
hope
it
does.
E
My
my
greatest
fear
is
that
we
get
rid
of
this
dumpster
fire
of
an
administration
and
that
people
can
go
kind
of
go
back
into
their
comfortability
and
they
don't
stay
activated
just
because
we
elect
a
democrat,
a
democratic
president.
E
If
that
happens
doesn't
mean
that
the
work
stops
there,
there's
still
things
that
we
have
to
be
pushing.
For
I
mean
the
president
doesn't
isn't
about
defunding,
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
coming
out
of
the
streets
that
this
president
has
adamantly,
or
this
vice
president
has
adamantly
said
that
he's
not
for
so
this
work
doesn't
stop.
Once
we
get
trump
out
of
office,
praying
that
that
happens.
It
continues.
E
So
that's
where
that
activism
still
comes
in
and
is
a
is
able
to
be
utilized,
because
I
think
that
what
happened
and
how
we
got
here
is
that
we
became
very
complacent
and
I'm
hoping
that
that
does
not
happen
again,
and
I
I
know
that
I
will
do
everything
possible
to
keep
folks
active
and
making
sure
we're
pushing
things
forward
and
demanding
and
holding
whoever
is
in
office
accountable,
because
just
because
that
person
has
the
same
party
affiliation
as
you
do
doesn't
mean
that
they're
all
aligned
with
everything
you're
aligned
with
and
some
things
you're
still
going
to
have
to
push.
E
For.
So
that's
where
I
see
activism
going
and
and
how
we
can
continue,
that
that
projection
of
the
street,
informing
what
we're
doing
as
far
as
policy
and
and
getting
folks
that
actually
are
willing
to
listen
to
the
people
in
the
street
and
make
those
changes.
B
B
One
of
the
things
I
think
is
that
those
of
us
who
are
legislators
we're
all
part
of
a
bigger
body
and
that
bigger
body,
whether
you're
in
the
state,
whether
you're
on
city,
council
or
county
council,
the
majority
culture-
has
the
majority
of
votes
in
all
of
our
in
all
of
our
sessions
right
in
in
in
the
state
house,
state,
senate,
county
council,
city
council,
and
I
think
sometimes
people
not
necessarily
activists,
but
people
who
don't
know
government
you
know,
expect
us
to
be
able
to
unilaterally
make
change,
and
so
they
they
and,
as
a
my
question
really,
then
you
know
this
as
kind
of
a
new
legislator
coming
from
the
activists
background
and
the
I
and
the
street
background
that
you
come
from.
B
Have
you
been
surprised
about
how
how
the
actual
internal
workings
of
government
how
it
worked?
Has
it
has
anything
surprised
you
about
it.
E
I
understood
it
and
I
think
for
my
specific
body,
I
understood
how
very
conservative
that
body
is
so,
even
though
we
have
a
lot
of,
and
that
was
really
the
idea
of
folks
like
myself
and
councilwoman
hallam
running
in
the
first
place,
was
to
make
our
body
a
little
bit
more
progressive
because
they've,
you
know
folks
supported
other
folks
who
ran
for
office
previous
to
us
and
they
were
kind
of
island
on
their
own
in
progressive
land.
E
So
that
was
the
whole
point
of
rising
folks
me
and
councilwoman
hallum
to
run
for
these
seats
in
the
first
place
is
because
of
that.
So
if,
if
that
was
the
purpose
of
running
us
for
these
seats,
then
I
that
kind
of
you
know
spells
out
the
the
atmosphere
on
at
least
my
body,
and
I
didn't
expect
that
things
were
going
to
all
of
a
sudden,
be
you
know
people
were
going
to
be
voting
for
medicare
for
all,
or
you
know
these
very
progressive
ideas,
because
I
just
knew
what
I
was
up
against.
E
But
to
your
point
I
don't
think
that
I
think
that
you're
right
that
folks
do
kind
of
oh
well
liv
bennett's,
there
she'll
get
it
done,
not
understanding
exactly
that.
You
need
eight
votes
to
get
things
done
and,
and
I
also
think
that
they
folks
put
a
lot
of
weight
and-
and
I
I
don't
know
how
to
navigate
this
yet,
but
it's
like,
why
are
you
you
know?
I
support
you.
You
know
I
support
this
vision.
You
know
I
support
this
cause.
There's
13
other
people
on
this
council
that
don't
so.
E
Why
are
you
like
hounding
me?
Why
don't
you
go
home?
Those
13
other
people,
so
I
think
I
think
that's
where
education
comes
in,
because
with
education,
then
you
can
better
strategize
on
your
approach,
but
you
can't
have
a
good
strategy.
If
you
don't
have
good
information.
G
A
Sure
so
I
actually
had
a
meeting
today
where
I
learned
what
that
figure
is
going
to
be
for
next
year.
So
for
those
who
aren't
aware,
let
me
take
a
step
backwards.
A
We
passed
legislation
that
would
it's
five
percent
this
year
correct
rev
that
would
allocate
five
percent
of
the
police
budget
to
a
stop
the
violence
fund
again
as
a
way
based
upon
all
the
requests
and
protests
that
we
were
seeing
that
people
want
to
see
less
police
but
more
social
service,
more
actual
initiatives
that
will
get
ahead
of
the
police
need
to
show
up.
It
looks
like
that
number
is
going
to
be
a
little
north
of
six
million
dollars
this
year.
That
will
actually
be
transferred.
A
It'll
be
it'll,
be
budgeted
as
an
expense
from
the
police
department.
That
will
then
go
into
a
special
trust
fund
that
actually
has
now
been
created,
where
we
will
then
be
able
to
utilize
those
dollars
for
early
initiatives
within
the
community
to
get
ahead
of
the
violence
to
get
ahead
of
crisis
prevention
work.
So
that's
the
actual
number
that
we'll
have
this
year
and
that
and
then
that
number
over
time
will
grow
as
the
amount
eventually
escalates
up
to
10
percent
of
the
police
budget.
But
rev.
B
Yeah
one
of
the
things
that
you
and
I
both
know
that
the
group
violence
initiative,
formerly
called
the
initiative
to
reduce
crime,
has
significantly
reduced
homicides
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
But
it's
done
so
on
a
shoestring
budget.
We
have
young
men
who
are
formerly
some
of
them
informally
incarcerated,
who
have
turned
their
lives
around,
who
have
treated
credibility,
who
are
now
de-escalating
situations
but
they're
doing
this
on
a
part-time
basis
and
imagine
and
they've
done
so
much
great
work
on
a
part-time
basis.
B
Imagine
if
they're
able
to
do
this
on
a
full-time
basis
right
and
be
available
at
any
time,
and
so
the
stop
the
violence
fund
was
designed
to
fund
innovative
programs.
That's
just
one.
I
think
another
program,
that's
really
important,
is
to
embed
social
workers
into
in
in
with
police
police
stops,
because
what
we
know-
and
I
think
on
the
way
on
erica
councilwoman,
erica
strasburger,
I
believe
on
her
facebook
page
or
at
least
on
her
council
page.
B
She
has
data
on
why
the
police
are
called
most
of
the
calls
are
not
even
though
you
may
have
seen
a
commercial
by
donald
trump.
Most
calls
are
not
violent
calls
they're,
not
you
know,
they're
not
calls
for
violent
crime
at
all,
and
they
are
things
that
could
be
handled
by
non-um
uniformed
and
non-uh,
armed
civilians,
and
so
we
need
to.
We
send
police
officers
because
that's
all
we
have,
and
so
we
need
to
find
other
vehicles
in
order
to
meet
the
needs
of
people.
B
G
Thank
you.
I
think
we
had
a
few
more
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
job
opportunities
and
creation
in
pittsburgh,
maybe
I'll
direct
that
to
county
councilman
walton
with
your
work
with
the
philip
randall
institute.
F
Yeah,
you
know
that's
a
really
great
segway,
because
there's
a
direct
correlation
between
income
and
aberrant
activity.
F
And
we
are,
we
conduct
workforce
development
training.
We
do
four
cohorts
of
what
our
core
breaking
the
change
of
poverty
program
on
an
annual
basis
and
we
just
started
a
health
care
initiative
in
in
partnership
with
the
cvs
corporation,
where
we
are
training
individuals
to
become
pharmacy
technicians
to
work
into
and
work
in
pharmacies,
you
can
call
the
a
phil
randolph
institute
at.
F
Two
412-562-244
three
two
and
ask
for
felicia
williams,
and
she
will
be
he
is
prepared
to
engage
individuals
in
conversations
about
how
people
can
enroll
in
our
pharmacy
tech
program
and
as
well,
our
core
workforce
developm
that
prepares
people
for
careers
in
construction
manufacturing
and
the
emerging
energy
sector.
F
We
are
building
partnerships
on
a
daily
basis
to
transform
people's
lives.
There
are
employment
opportunities
and,
to
that
end
the
cvs
corporation
is
over.
The
next
two
months
are
going
to
hire
273
individuals
to
work
as
call
center
representatives,
and
many
of
these
positions
will
be
worked
from
home.
F
If
you
meet
the
requirements,
the
cvs
requirements
cvs
after
the
interview
and
you're
hired
cvs
will
place
a
computer
in
your
home.
They
will
pay
for
a
phone
line
and
they
will
they
will
pay
for
an
internet
connection
and
you
work
from
home.
So
again
those
opportunities
are
available.
You
can
give
us
a
call
at
412-562-2432.
F
There
are
200
pharmacy
tech
positions
that
will
be
filled
over
the
next
year.
So
again,
those
are
solid
family,
sustaining
careers,
pharmacy
techs
will
start
at
15
an
hour
and
go
all
the
way
up
to
27
an
hour
call
center
positions
will
be
starting
at
16
an
hour,
and
so
those
are
of
family,
sustaining
occupations.
F
We
are
also
working
with
partners
for
work
and
career
links
to
identify
again
positions
in
manufacturing
in
the
construction
and
building
trades
and
we're
working
out
a
partnership
with
duke
with
the
duquesne
light
company
to
place
folk
in
energy,
auditing
and
alignment
positions
and
in
those
in
that
industry
as
well.
So
there
are
ample.
There
are
significant
opportunities,
but
folks
have
to
understand
on
the
front
side
that
you
have
to
be
committed
to
transforming
your
life
and
doing
some
things
differently.
F
G
Thank
you
so
much
employment
has
been
a
major
topic
of
discussion
in
in
town
hall,
comment
sections
and
I've
put
the
a
phillip
randolph
institute
information
in
the
comments
sort
of
similarly,
we've
had
a
few
questions
about
how
the
pboc
is
is
prioritizing
hiring
minorities
for
economic
development
projects,
as
well
as
when
the
yearly
city
report
released
on
contracts
given
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
is.
F
And
relative
to
the
city
implication,
I
think
councilman
burgess
and
lavelle
may
be
better
prepared
to
answer
that
portion
of
it.
But
the
pbeoc
has
established
a
task
force
that
works
with
partners
for
work
on
the
local
workforce,
investment
board
to
begin
to
address
a
host
of
inequities
and
trying
to
resolve
a
number
of
a
number
of
those
challenges
and
issues
that
confront
our
community
that
confront
our
community.
F
And-
and
let
me
share
something
with
you
well-
that
the
county
is
doing
the
county
had,
and
I
had
a
a
department,
the
minority,
women
and
and
disadvantaged
business
department.
F
F
There
will
be
a
project
manager
assigned
to
the
economic
development
department
and
there
will
be
a
project
manager
assigned
to
the
diversity
and
inclusion
department,
and
each
of
those
individuals
will
be
tasked
with
specific
responsibility
to
dramatically
increase
the
level
of
investment
and
contracts
given
to
minority
vendors
and
and
specifically
in
the
purchasing
department,
to
increase
vending
opportunities
for
county
goods
and
services.
F
There
is
no
reason
that
those
numbers
for
minor
those
numbers
for
minority
vendors
of
goods
and
services
and
products
can
be
can't,
be
improved
and
those
those
dollars
stay
at
home
in
african-american
communities.
F
B
That
this
is
a
different
question
I
have
you
know.
I
have
advocated
the
daniel
cosby
laville
and
I
have
advocated
for
black
participation
in
all
sorts
of
city
contracts
in
terms
of
the
authorities.
The
housing
authority,
which
I
said
as
a
commissioner,
has
one
of
the
highest
rates
of
women
in
minority
participation
in
their
contracts.
B
We,
the
problem,
is
twofold:
one:
some
of
our
workforce
do
not
have
the
training
they
need
in
order
to
get
these
jobs
and
two,
as
I
think,
jake
was
talking
about
transportation,
they
don't
have
a
vehicle
to
get
to
them,
and
so
we
have
to
do.
I
think,
a
better
job
of
making
sure
our
workforce
is
adequately
trained
for
these
20.
First
century
jobs,
the
steel
mills
are
gone.
You
know
my
my
father,
my
uncle,
you
know
my
cousins
all
worked
in
the
meals.
B
Those
days
are
gone.
You
know
it's
going
to
take
a
more
skilled
workforce
to
compete
in
today's
environment
and
then
a
world-class
transportation
system
to
get
them
to
the
suburbs,
where
those
jobs
are
right.
C
So
rev,
I'm
glad
you
brought
this
up.
I
was
just
recently
talking
to
the
the
new
pr
pra,
the
regional
alliance
guy,
and
he
was
saying
to
me:
yeah.
We
we're
seeing
job
growth,
but
when
you
compare
to
to
our
competitive
regions,
it's
not
as
large
of
a
growth
as
as
others
are,
and
primarily
is
it.
C
It's
predicated
on
what
you
just
said,
because
I
asked
them:
what
are
the
things
that
are
preventing
companies
from
kind
of
locating
here
they
talk
about
the
talent
having
their
necessary
talent
that
gets
into
a
whole
infrastructure
conversation
around
education
and
how
we
grow
that
talent
and
how
we're
matching
that
talent
to
what's
happening
but
I'll
I'll
flip.
C
It
and
say
part
of
our
challenge
here,
and
I
think
this
is
part
of
the
work
of
the
pbeoc
is:
how
do
we
create
a
situation
where
we're
not
just
talking
about
jobs
for
today,
but
we're
talking
about
the
vision
for
tomorrow
and
we're
not
just
talking
about
people
being
employees,
but
we're
talking
about
people
being
the
entrepreneurs
who
are
creating
the
jobs
who
are
creating
the
space,
because
we
have
to
talk
about
wealth
and
daniel,
always
talks
about
this.
C
This
issue
of
wealth
creation
and
if
we're
gonna,
ever
kind
of
equal
out
some
of
this
years
and
years
of
generational
wealth
that
others
have
as
a
starting
point
versus
what
we
are,
we
really
have
to
be
creative
in
how
we
do
it,
and
so
I'm
I'm
committed.
I
think
one
of
the
questions
was,
you
know,
kind
of
what
what
we're
doing
to
try
to
to
build
that
and
it's
not
just
about
getting
them
access
to
contracts,
although
that's
important,
it's
not
just
getting
them
family,
sustaining
wage
jobs.
C
C
It's
our
job
to
correct
that
now
and
all
of
the
folks
who
are
on
council
with
you
all
the
people
who
are
in
the
house
with
me
or
on
county
council
would
live
and
with
there
are
some
it's
not
just
the
black
elected's
responsibilities,
all
of
our
responsibility
to
try
to
recognize
that,
and
we
have
to
put
policies
in
place
and
I'll.
I'm
gonna
use
this
and
then
shut
up.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
every
child.
C
That's
born
that
was
born
from
communities
of
color,
especially
african
americans
or
brown.
You
know
we.
We
need
to
have
an
investment
strategy
where
we're
investing
in
them
so
that
when
they
get
to
18
or
20,
they
can
use
that
investment
to
either
purchase
a
house
or
to
maybe
invest
in
their
first
business
opportunity
and
that's
a
way
to
get
at
the
generational
disadvantages
that
was
built
into
our
system.
C
If
we're
talking
about
businesses
like
the
access
to
capital,
that's
one
part
of
it,
but
not
just
access
to
capital,
but
access
to
capital
in
the
way
and
manage
for
which
that
business
needs
it,
because
sometimes
the
rules
are
set
up
and
say:
yo.
We
we
have
the
access
to
capital,
but
the
way
you
have
it.
I
can't
access
it.
C
You
know
what
I'm
saying
so
anyway,
long
story
short,
it's
our
job
and
our
it's
all
those
who
say
they
are
allies
or
they
that
they
say
they
want
to
do
or
be
equitable.
It's
our
job
to
look
at
those
power,
those
those
structures
and
policies
that
have
been
baked
into
our
system.
That
automatically
creates
a
disadvantage.
Even
though,
when
you
say
everybody
has
the
same
access
to
to
this
program,
so
anyway,.
B
I
want
to
give
if
I
can
change
put
my
other
hat
over
micah
for
a
minute
micah
and
talk
about
education.
The
reason
that
I
have
spent
30
years
in
the
community
college
system
is
because,
if
you're
african-american
and
live
in
allegheny
county
40
to
50
percent,
I
think
it's
40
over
at
least
40
percent.
B
The
50
of
every
african-american
who
goes
to
college
at
some
point
or
another
goes
to
community
college
of
allegheny
county
is
the
largest
single
higher
education
institution
for
black
people
in
allegheny
county
and
whether
or
not
you
get
a
degree
or
training.
B
We
know
that
our
high
schools
are
failing
our
children,
and
this
is
not
just
true
believe
it
or
not.
It's
just
true
in
inner
city
schools,
it's
true
in
school
districts
across
the
county,
almost
50
to
60
percent
of
every
graduate
who
goes
into
allegheny
county,
regardless
of
their
community
college
rather
from
the
county,
regardless
of
their
school
district,
comes
needing
some
remediated
remedial
classes,
and
so
one
of
the
things
I
think
we
have
to
do
is
really
emphasize
in
our
young
people
that
they
need
a
baseline.
B
You
know
they
need
baseline
skills
for
dewitt.
For
you
to
get
through,
to
which
program
you
still
need
some
basic
reading
skills.
You
need
some
basic
writing
skills.
You
need
some
basic
english
skills.
You
also
need
the
soft
skills
in
terms
of
getting
up
on
time.
Staying
drug
free,
say.
Yes,
sir.
No
sir,
you
know
yes,
ma'am,
no,
sir
being
able
to
be
appropriate
on
the
workplace,
and
so
I
think
we
need
to
really
double
down
on
getting
our
young
people
early.
B
F
I
may-
and
I
and
I
know
we're
we're
fast
running
out
of
time,
but
rev
and
jake
both
of
you
are
spot
on
because
again
there's
a
direct
correlation
between
educa
education
and
income,
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
love
about
our
workforce
development
program
at
the
a
phillip
randolph
institute,
because
those
are
the
things
that
you
outline
ray
of
are
are
all
those
things
that
we
do
in
our
workforce
development
program.
F
But
it
is
also
critical
that
we
look
at
this
holistically
because
we
have
to
and
that's
why.
Let
me
back
up
a
step.
That's
why
the
children's
fund
becomes
so
critically
important,
early
childhood
education
pre-k
after
school
programs,
where
you
get
an
opportunity
to
build
those
foundational
kinds
of
skills.
F
So
a
young
person
can
succeed,
because
if
they,
if
they've
fallen
behind
by
the
third
grade,
it
becomes
almost
impossible
for
them
to
catch
up
later
on
in
the
education
cycle.
So
we
have
to
invest
in
our
children.
F
We
have
to
make
certain
that
they
have
all
the
resources
needed
to
have
a
legitimate
chance
to
succeed,
and
so
it
talks
about
how
we
allocate
our
resources
across
the
board
to
address
those
inequities
that
our
community
is
confronted
with.
And,
lastly,
it
is
not
confined
to
the
african-american
community.
F
It
is
across
our
our
city,
our
county,
our
state
and
our
nation.
We
have
to
do
better
with
funding
education
and
make
sure
that
people
having
a
legitimate
opportunity
to
succeed.
A
So
with
that
being
said,
I
want
to
put
a
pin
in
it
the
way
it
is
right.
We've
gone
close
to
20
minutes
over,
but
that's
okay,
because
the
conversation
was
worthwhile,
but
what
I
would
like
to
do
is
when
we
come
back
together
in
a
month.
Maybe
we
can
center
a
lot
of
the
conversation
around
what
representative
wheatley
started
talking
about,
which
is
the
support
for
the
small
businesses
as
well
as
the
workforce,
because,
hopefully,
within
a
month,
I'll,
have
more
positive
news
regarding
trying
to
do
all
of
that.
A
On
the
lower
hill
district
site,
we
are
working
on
creating
a
first
source,
hiring
center
and
some
other
things.
So
hopefully
we'll
have
some
better
news.
Then,
with
that
being
said,
I
do
want
to
just
remind
everyone
to
please
vote
and
vote
early.
If
you
would
like
to
do
so
this
weekend,
you
can
do
so
at
the
satellite
location
in
the
hill
from
saturday
from
9
a.m,
to
5
p.m
and
on
sunday,
from
11
a.m,
to
7
p.m.
At
the
shop
and
save
parking
lot
come
out.
Come
vote.
Please
get
engaged
with.
A
That
being
said,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
joining
us
for
today's
show.
I
want
to
thank
state
representative
jake,
wheatley,
county
councilwoman,
olivia
bennett
and
county
councilman,
dewitt
walton.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
all
you.
A
All's
work
I
also
just
put
a
plug
in
go
ahead
and
vote
for
jake
wheatley
again
as
well,
and
then,
lastly,
just
sort
of
emphasizing
that,
in
order
for
us
to
have
a
significant
investment
in
the
black
community,
it
is
imperative
that
we
continue
to
do
our
work
collectively
and
together,
and
I
just
want
everyone
out
there
to
know
that
we
are
all
collectively
committed
to
rebuilding
black
communities
in
pittsburgh,
for
black
people
buy
back
people
in
coordination
with
our
partners
and
allies.
B
I
also
want
to
thank
all
of
you
who
are
watching
and
participating
online
in
this
town
hall
meeting.
Remember
you
can
watch
this
show
on
facebook,
the
city's
youtube
channel
or
the
city's
cable
channel.
A
new
meeting
will
occur
every
wednesday
by
working
together,
united
purpose.
We
can't
transform
our
city
strengthening
it
for
all
of
its
residents.
Pittsburgh
can
only
be
a
city
for
all
when
it
becomes
a
city
where
black
pittsburgh
matters
good
evening
stay
safe
and
be.