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A
And
we
welcome
you
again
to
black
pittsburgh
matters
and
black
pittsburgh
matters
is
a
series
of
virtual
town
hall
meetings,
affirming
a
city-wide
agenda
that
black
pittsburgh
does
indeed
matter.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
means
that
black
lives
matter.
We
must
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
black
people.
It
means
the
black
communities
matter.
We
must
focus
on
rebuilding
black
communities
and
it
means
that
black
wealth
matters.
We
must
focus
on
increasing
black
employment
and
entrepreneurial.
B
Normally
in
times
of
crisis
and
great
change,
we'll
be
coming
to
you,
the
black
elected
officials
of
pittsburgh,
having
meetings
across
the
city
with
our
constituents
partners
in
our
lives,
since
we
cannot
do
so
safely
in
the
current
pandemic.
We
are
now
coming
to
you
in
the
ways
we
can
using
this
bn
platform
to
talk
about
what
we're
doing,
discuss
policy
and
legislation
concerning
black
pittsburgh.
B
These
means
will
be
available
via
facebook,
youtube
and
the
cds
cable
channel.
You
can
contact
or
ask
questions
via
the
black
pittsburgh
matters,
facebook,
page
or
email
us
at
blackpth
matters,
that's
blackpghmatters
gmail.com
and
you
can
contact
through
our
live
feed.
Right
now,
today
we
are
joined
by
partners
for
work
for
a
town
hall
on
employment,
in
black
pittsburgh,
from
youth
to
people
with
criminal
records.
A
You
know
some
of
the
top
questions
and
inquiries
we
received
in
our
nine
months
on
this
platform.
Are
employment
related
in
some
form
or
fashion,
whether
it's
unemployment
and
underemployment
in
our
communities,
whether
it's
employment
opportunities
for
those
with
colorful
backgrounds,
opportunities
for
gainful
employment,
exposure
to
better
work
opportunities,
networking
opportunities
for
the
youth,
as
well
as
apprenticeship
opportunities
in
general?
B
Yeah,
I
am
employment
is
especially
important
in
black
communities,
as
the
coronavirus
pandemic
has
exasperated
long-standing
racial
inequalities
in
the
job
market,
impeded
our
economic
security
disproportionately
and
grew
our
racial
wealth
gap.
One
of
the
programs
we
will
be
talking
about
tonight
is
the
learn
and
earn
program
which
supports
black
youth,
as
most
people
know.
I'm
deeply
passionate
about
this
program.
B
I
sit
on
the
advisory
board
and
I
led
the
effort
in
fully
funding
the
program
introducing
the
legislation
that
took
it
from
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollar
grant
in
funding
to
well
over
a
million
dollars
of
funding
a
year.
B
You
know
danny
one
of
the
things
that
I've
had
found
interesting,
I'm
not
sure
if
you
get
this,
but
in
my
council
district
oftentimes
when
I
meet
people,
especially
in
campaigning,
they
think
that
these
these
jobs
that
we
have
that
we
can
just
put
them
in
right
that
they,
if
they
know
me
or
they
call
my
name,
that
they
can
give
me
their
resume
and
back
in
the
day
when
our
workforce
was
huge,
maybe
councilman
could
pull
two
or
three
jobs.
B
A
Well,
yes,
that
is
often
the
case
where
people
think
you
know
they
say:
hey
just
get
me
on
the
garbage
truck
or
just
put
me
in
public
works.
That
way
I
can
retire
with
a
pension
and
unfortunately
it's
not
that
simple,
especially
given
our
lower
than
normal
workforce,
but
the
other
sort
of
challenge
to
all
of
this,
and
both
you
and
I
have
spent
a
significant
amount
of
our
time
on
council
in
our
various
ways,
working
on
employment
related
issues,
so
you
mentioned,
learn
and
earn,
which
is
something
you've
spearheaded
and
every
year.
A
I'm
that
I've
been
on
council
have
fought
to
put
even
more
dollars
into
that.
During
my
time,
we've
also
worked
on
redoing
our
mwbe
efforts
right.
C
A
We
can
get
more
contracts
into
the
hands
of
small
minority-owned
businesses,
most
recently,
even
with
the
avenues
of
hope,
idea
of
building
back
black
business
districts
using
black
business
owners
is
all
about
economics,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
while
you
and
I
have
also
been
on
this
sort
of
affordable
housing
conversation,
we
wouldn't
have
to
have
as
much
of
an
affordable
housing
conversation.
A
If
we
were
fixing
the
economics
of
our
community
and
our
people
and
unfortunately,
all
the
numbers
will
show
you
I
I
don't
know
the
statistics
for
your
district,
but
I
live
in
a
neighborhood
that
has
an
average
income
of
18,
000
and
extremely
high
levels
of
unemployment
and
underemployment,
and
so,
if
we're
ever
really
really
going
to
benefit
our
city,
we
have
to
be
able
to
grow
it
economically
for
black
people
and,
unfortunately,
the
same
way.
We
can't
get
them
the
jobs
on
the
on
the
garbage
trucks
anymore.
A
We
also
the
reality
is
the
city
budget
is
also
one
of
the
smaller
budgets
in
the
city.
When
you
compare
it
to
the
school
district,
we
compared
to
private
when
you
compared
to
the
foundations
to
the
ads
and
mass
community,
we're
only
a
fraction
of
the
money
that
can
go
around
to
our
communities,
and
so
we
have
to
be
able
to
partner,
with
ironically
partner
for
work
and
others
on
the
private
sector
to
help
move
people
into
the
private
sector.
B
Well,
I
think
that's
right.
We
have
to.
We
have
to
figure
out
how
to
get
our
people
matched
to
jobs,
getting
the
skills
they
need
making
sure
they
can
pass
the
drug
test,
getting
the
transportation
they
need
and
all
the
things
all
the
barriers
that
are
needed
for
them
to
be
successfully
employed
and
make
enough
money
to
raise
their
family
without
further
ado.
We
are
honored
to
be
joined
by
a
partner
for
work
this
evening
and
like
to
welcome
marquis
long
director
of
outreach
and
inclusion.
B
Dr
crystalline
barger
manager
of
youth
work,
experience,
katrina,
dis,
cadiz,
viscous
and
I'm
sure
you'll
help
me
to
say
it
better.
Director
of
special
pride
program
projects
and
kathy
riddle,
director
of
workforce
innovation,
welcome
to
black
pittsburgh
matters.
A
D
No
problem
so
first,
I
want
to
say
thank
you,
councilman
lavelle
and
councilman
burgess
for
inviting
partner
fork
to
this.
You
know
very
important
conversation,
so
partner
for
work
is
the
local
workforce
board
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
allegheny
county.
There
are
22
workforce
boards
across
the
state
of
pennsylvania
and
we
are
the
second
biggest
outside
of
philly.
D
What
we
do
is
really
to
try
to
build
a
comprehensive
local
plan
that
includes
both.
You
know:
county
councilman
city
councilmen,
as
well
as
employers,
to
make
sure
that
whatever
labor
market
data
we
have,
we
can
make
sure
that
programs
are
established
on
behalf
of
what
employers
are
saying.
Their
needs
are
in
addition
to
that,
we
want
to
try
to
build
diversified
or
diverse
employer
relationships
to
make
sure
they
can
help
us
also
drive
how
our
funding
is
being
administrated
and
dispersed
throughout
the
county
and
then.
B
D
So
marquis
long
here,
director
of
outreach
and
inclusion
at
partner
for
work,
I
have
been
with
the
organization
since
about
2005
since
2015,
you
know
either
employed
or
working
with
one
of
the
community
based
organizations
involved
with
the
partner
for
work.
So
a
lot
of
what
I
do
is
really
to
engage
the
community
to
understand
exactly
what
we
do
and
who
we
are
to
try
to
separate
us
from
foundation
community
because
we're
not
a
foundation.
D
We
have
federal
and
state
requirements
that
we
have
to
maintain,
but
really
trying
to
guide
those
conversations,
in
addition
to
working
with
both
city
and
county
council
and
some
of
our
state
representatives
to
make
sure
that
the
public
workforce
system
is
serving
their
districts
and
creating
new
ideas
when
relevant.
In
addition
to
that,
you
know,
part
of
my
role
is
to
help
promote
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
not
just
from
an
internal
standpoint,
but
from
an
external
standpoint
as
well.
D
C
Thank
you,
councilman
lavelle
and
councilman
burgess,
for
this
invitation.
Indeed,
to
talk
about
the
learn
to
earn
program.
So,
dr
crystal
and
bardra,
I'm
the
manager
of
youth
work
experience.
I've
been
with
partner
for
work
about
four
years.
I
started
in
2017
as
the
assistant
program
manager
for
the
learn
to
earn
program,
and
what
I
primarily
do
is
a
couple
of
things.
C
My
role
has
changed
a
little
bit
over
the
year,
but
principally
responsible
for
being
a
project
manager
for
the
learn
to
earn
corporate
internship
program
for
young
adults
ages
14
to
24,
but
then
also
looking
to
create
ways
and
linkages
so
that
we
can
solidify
a
pipeline
from
our
young
adults
to
the
working
workforce,
and
so
looking
from
going
from
our
youth
to
working
with
our
young
adults
connecting
them
getting
them
trained
within
pipelines
to
employers
in
a
more
solidified
way.
For
now
and
in
the
future.
E
I'm
dr
katie
riddle,
I'm
the
director
of
workforce
innovation,
my
partner
for
work,
and
I
support
industry
partnerships
and
our
outreach
efforts
to
support
employers
along
with
my
role
at
part
of
her
work,
I'm
also
an
appointed
member
of
the
pennsylvania
state,
apprenticeship
council.
So
I'm
the
resident
apprenticeship
resource
I
partner
for
work
as
well.
A
So,
dr
barger,
at
the
beginning,
we
spoke
about
the
learn
and
earn
program.
Can
you
give
us
a
little
insight
into
one
how
to
program
functions?
Two,
what
it's
going
to
look
like
this
year
as
we
sort
of
are
still
dealing
with
covet
and
then
three?
How
can
you
plug
in,
given
that
we
will
be
approaching
the
summer
months
very
soon,.
C
Absolutely
so
the
summer
learn
to
earn
program
is
a
summer
youth
employment
program.
That's
in
partnership
with
the
county
executive,
richard
fitzgerald,
the
meredith
city
of
pittsburgh,
william
peduto
and
partner,
for
work
primarily
managed
by
a
partner
for
work.
It
is
a
summer
youth,
employment
program
that
is
one
of
the
many
summer,
youth
employment
programs
that
engage
every
summer
throughout
the
united
states,
engages
about
1600
young
people,
at
least
during
the
pandemic.
It
has
engaged
in
20,
20,
600
young
people.
C
C
We
are
currently
in
our
application
period
now,
and
so
any
young
person
from
between
the
ages
of
14
to
21
can
engage
in
our
learner
program.
You
do
earn
a
wage
as
well,
and
so
there
is
that
rewarding
part
of
working
and
learning
you
get
a
wage,
but
you
can
engage
with
us
at
www
jobs
summer.
C
That
application
link
is
live
there
for
young
people
at
the
beginning
of
the
program
you
talked
about
how
important
it
is
for
us
to
have
linkages
for
african
americans,
and
so
the
program
every
year
serves
about
80
percent
of
african-american
youth
throughout
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
allegheny
county
and
so
those
skills
providing
that
exposure
that
horizon
broadening
exposure
to
the
various
careers
that
pittsburgh
has
to
offer,
and
not
just
the
ones
we
always
talk
about,
but
expanding
that
horizon
and
looking
at
opportunities
that
young
people
may
not
have
heard
of
and
engaging
them
in
that
and
engaging
their
experience
in
that
to
make
them
think
about
or
foster
their
thinking
about
what
it
is
that
I
really
want
to
do.
C
And
can
I
really
engage
in
this?
Oh,
this
is
pretty
good.
I
can
do
it
and
just
let
me
know
you
had
a
different
question
that
I
didn't
answer.
B
I'm
one
of
the
reasons
I've
been
so
passionate
about
the
program
is
because
I'm
a
product
of
it
myself
right.
I
worked
summers
for
park,
recreations
being
a
recreational
leader.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
training
part
aspect
of
it
that
we
know
that
workers
need
both
the
technical
skills,
but
also
the
soft
skills,
the
people
skills
in
order
to
be
successful
and
then
how
you
know,
learning
earn,
tries
to
inculcate
both
those
those
hard
skills
and
those
specifically
useful
soft
skills.
C
Absolutely
so
all
of
our
providers
are
asked
to
engage
our
young
people
in
21st
century
skills,
instead
of
doing
training
on
communication
teamwork,
showing
initiative
engaging
with
the
supervisor
dealing
with
people
who
are
different
than
them
for
our
young.
Our
young
people,
who
are
between
14
and
21,
is
primarily
those
21st
century
skills
for
our
corporate
internship
program.
C
It's
called
a
professional
development
training
and
so
that
training
is
engaging
them
in
those
kind
of
higher
than
the
21st
century
skills,
where
you're
looking
at
networking
mentor,
mentoring,
you're,
looking
at
entrepreneurship
skills,
you're
looking
at
those
skills
that,
once
you
get
into
the
door,
you're
able
to
maintain
being
in
the
door
because
you
are
coming
to
the
table
and
presenting
something
that
gives
you
a
level
up
in
being
able
to.
C
I
do
want
to
work
this
particular
experience
for
the
summer
and
if
I
could
councilman
lavelle,
you
did
ask
me:
what
does
the
program
look
like
in
this
pandemic
time,
and
so
the
learner
earned
summer
youth
employment
program
kept
moving
right
through
the
pandemic.
Last
year
we
still
offered
the
program.
C
We
shifted
our
program
to
offer
a
lot
more
virtual
opportunities
that
we're
still
engaging
young
people
in
employment
assignments
that
were
still
engaging
young
people
in
project-based
assignments,
where
they
were
answering
questions
of
major
corporations
and
doing
research
projects,
and
they
were
learning
how
to
engage
even
before
the
school
year
started
in
this
virtual
environment
so
that
they
could
get
prepared
for
that,
and
so
this
year
we
are
doing
the
same.
C
Where
we're
able
to
be
in
person
we're
in
person
safely
when
we're
able
to
do
virtual
work,
experiences,
we're
doing
virtual
work,
experiences,
they're,
still
engaging
with
supervisors
and
major
corporations
through
the
corporate
internship
program
and
lending
their
expertise
as
young
adults
and
all
of
the
expertise
and
everything
that
they're
learning
in
school
and
helping
to
continue
to
help
employers
be
comfortable,
pushing
their
mission
during
this
pandemic,
even
with
innovation.
B
So
I
do
tell
people
how
to
apply,
because
last
year,
the
year
before
we
actually
accepted
and
enrolled
every
eligible,
but
I'm
real
proud
of
this.
We
have
enrolled
and
have
engaged
every
eligible
young
person.
We
didn't
turn
anybody
away.
Anybody
who
completed
their
application
was
deemed
eligible
was
admitted
into
the
program
and
given
the
opportunity
to
receive
the
stipend,
so
tell
people
how
to
they
can
apply.
C
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
dr
riddle.
Can
you
talk
to
us
also
about
a
apprenticeship
program?
Excuse
me,
I
couldn't
get
the
word
out.
Can
you
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
your
apprenticeship
programs,
get
give
us
a
general
sense
of
the
array
of
which
you're
focused
on
and
how
people
can
get
involved
with
those
as
well.
E
Yeah
absolutely
I'll
start
with
what
is
an
apprenticeship
in
the
most
basic
sense
of
the
term.
An
apprenticeship
is
an
opportunity
provided
by
an
employer
that
prepares
and
develops
that
employer's
future
workforce.
So
apprentices
can
obtain
paid
work,
experience,
classroom
instruction
and
then
often
they
receive
state
and
nationally
recognized
credentials
through
an
apprenticeship.
E
But
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
misconceptions
about
what
apprenticeship
is
because
it
has
changed
so
much
over
the
years.
One
of
the
benefits
of
an
apprenticeship
is
opposed
to
other
types
of
training
that
are
available
throughout
our
county.
Is
that
an
apprenticeship
is
paid
working
experience
so
a
lot
of
times
people
you
know
say
I
don't
have
time
for
training
there.
You
know
I
have
to
get
to
work.
E
I
need
to
start
making
money,
and
apprenticeship
is
a
great
way
to
do
that,
while
you're
learning
there
isn't
time
spent
learning
the
skills
and
then
being
paid
in
most
apprenticeships.
Instead,
you
hit
the
ground
running,
you
have
mentors
supervisors
and
they
teach
you
while
you're
working
on
the
job.
E
It's
really
an
investment
that
an
employer
makes
in
an
employee
which
is
a
very
different
type
of
training,
and
it's
often
accompanied
by
a
classroom
training,
that's
also
paid
for
by
an
employer
which
is
a
great
benefit
and
one
that
people
are
often
seeking
in
pennsylvania.
Apprentices
are
always
paid
on
an
increasing
pay
scale.
E
So
when
you
come
in,
you'll
know
what
you're
making,
but
then
you'll
also
know
that
there's
a
career
pathway
ahead
ahead
of
you
based
on
time
spent
in
that
job.
I
know
that's
something
everyone's
always
looking
for
what
is
my
career
pathway?
If
I
start
this
type
of
training
and
an
apprenticeship
will
already
have
that
outline
for
you,
so
that
whenever
you
finish,
you'd
be
at
the
journeyman
level
or
journey
level
as.
G
E
Like
to
say,
if
you
don't
mind,
I
could
elaborate
a
bit
more
about
some
apprenticeship,
misconceptions,
which
would
be
that
construction
is
the
only
option
for
apprenticeship
and
that's
certainly
no
longer
the
the
case
here
in
pennsylvania,
but
throughout
the
united
states.
E
E
Absolutely
I
know
that
right
now
there
are
several
union
trade
apprenticeships
open.
Now,
if
you
were
interested
in
construction,
but
most
recently,
we've
had
a
lot
of
healthcare.
Apprenticeships
that
have
been
approved
by
the
state,
and
I
know
they
will
be
actively
recruiting
and
I.t
is
another
big
one.
Financial
services
is
supposed
to
be
approved
tomorrow,
and
these
are
all
things
that
are
coming
to
allegheny
county
and
that's
why
I've
been
engaging
with
them
recently.
E
But,
of
course
the
the
list
of
apprenticeships
can
be
accessed
at
the
pa
careerlink
website,
and
while
I
can't
you
know,
share
it
with
you
on
chat
or
anything,
it's
just
if
you
type
in
pa,
careerlink
and
you'll
be
able
to
go
to
your
county
and
find
that
there
are
246
registered
apprenticeships
that
are
accessible
to
everyone
now
when
they
are
recruiting
that
always
varies,
but
it's
something
that
engaging
with
pa,
careerlink
and
partner
for
work
can
help
you
to
navigate
all
of
those
different
apprenticeships
and
when
they
might
be
recruiting
for
their
next
classes.
B
Thank
you.
I
am
because,
I'm
you
know
an
older
person.
I've
done
lots
of
lots
of
different
things
for
a
while.
I
was
the
director
of
education
county
jail
and
we
did
a
lot
of
in-house
training.
You
know
we
did
vocational
training,
we
did
academic
training,
and
so
I
could
can
you
talk
to
us
about
the
role
of
gainful
employment
plays
and
successful
re-entry
and
reintegration.
F
Yeah
happy
too
so,
obviously,
a
good-paying
job
can
really
make
a
difference
as
to
whether
someone
goes
back
to
prison
or
jail
and
a
paycheck
is
something
that's
an
immediate
need
for
everyone
exiting
jail
or
prison.
B
Talk
more
about
about
what
to
do.
Let's
say
you
have
a
checkered
past.
You
have
you
know
you
have
you
know
we
we're
blessed
to
be
able
to
pass
spam,
the
box
in
the
city.
But
let's
say
you
know,
you're
for
city
government.
Let's
say
you,
you
know
you're
afraid.
What
should
you
do
if
you
have
a
criminal
record
or
you
have
a
family
member
as
a
criminal
record
who
wants
to
work?
What
should
they
do.
F
Yeah,
so
I
think
you
know,
one
point
to
make
is
that
everyone's
records
are
different
and
restrictions
vary
by
different
employers
and
by
different
industries.
F
So
I
can
say
that,
generally
any
conviction
you
have
on
your
record
that
is
directly
related
to
one
of
the
duties
that
you'd
be
performing
on
a
job
that
probably
will
disqualify
you
from
that
job.
So
maybe
working
with
pa
careerlink
or
another
employment
services
provider
to
kind
of
help
navigate
what
job
opportunities
are
available.
F
I
think
one
tip
to
always
remember
is
that
you
know
when
you're
in
a
job
interview,
it's
important
to
always
be
upfront
about
your
record,
so
that
the
employer
isn't
surprised
when
they
run
a
background
check
and
it's
really
an
opportunity
to
share
your
story,
and
you
know
kind
of
create
that
direct
connection
with
an
employer.
A
A
Dr
riddle
mentioned
apprenticeships,
with
the
unions
and
for
the
life
of
me
and
the
time
the
day
and
time
that
we
live
in
the
idea
that
they
have
you
have
to
have
a
driver's
license
to
me
is
a
barrier
to
employment
right.
But
could
you
just
help
us
understand
what
are
some
of
the
barriers
that
you
see
affecting
our
communities
and
what
can
and
ultimately,
what
can
we
at
the
city
level
do
to
assist
you
in
addressing
those
barriers.
D
Sure
no
problem,
so
the
first
thing
I
want
to
say
I
think
there
there
was
a
question
about
summer:
youth,
employment
right
summer,
learning
earn
and
the
impact
that
wages
have
on
communities,
so
in
any
community
that
we
work
in
or
any
community
across
the
united
states.
If
the
community
don't
have
livable
wages
and
the
people
in
that
community,
don't
have
livable
wages,
then
they
can't
be
successful
or
the
community
can't
thrive.
D
I
should
say
that
there
was
a
study
in
2018
that
showed
84
of
black
women
are
the
bread
winners
of
their
home,
but
then,
at
the
same
time
those
84
percent
of
black
women
make
61
cent
for
every
dollar.
The
white
man
makes
right.
So
if,
if
their
barriers
you're
talking
about,
I
think
we
have
to
figure
out.
What
can
we
do
to
change
our
own
systems?
How
do
we
create
policies
that
allow
for
one
flexibility,
especially
for
those
parents?
D
You
know
especially
now
in
the
time
of
the
pandemic,
but
I
will
say
I
think,
a
lot
of
the
barriers
that
we
we
see.
Councilman
lavelle
is
the
transportation
the
driver's
license
child
care,
the
exposure
to
the
actual
opportunity.
D
I
think
when
you
look
at
the
unions,
I
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
katie,
but
I
think
from
an
african-american
rate
on
the
construction
side,
you're
talking
about
african-americans
getting
in
at
less
than
eight
percent.
So
those
are
things
that
we
have
to
try
to
figure
out.
What
can
we
do
in
order
to
mitigate
them
and
then
create
the
opportunities
that
will
help
individuals
be
successful?.
D
So,
for
starters,
I
think
one
thing
that
we
all
should
do
not
just
you
as
legislators
at
the
city
level,
is
to
look
at
our
own
non-discrimination
policies,
but
I
think
the
city
can
help
identify
ways
of
enforcing
those
policies
and
making
sure
those
laws
are
represented
in
a
way
that
is
going
to
help
individuals
get
access
to
opportunities.
So
that's
that's
the
first
piece.
I
think
the
second
piece
is
identifying
opportunities
for
those
workers
who
are
typically
looked
over.
D
You
know
create
opportunities
for
those
black
and
brown
individuals
to
get
into
leadership
positions.
I
think
that's
really
really
important
as
well
and
when
I,
when
I
say
leadership
positions,
I'm
not
looking
at
it
from
bringing
somebody
new
in
who
is
already
a
part
of
the
organization
that
can
step
in
and
take
a
leadership
position,
that's
a
minority
and
be
successful
with
within
that
space.
So
I
think
those
are
definitely
two
things
that
the
city
can
do
as
well
as
help
engaging
employers
right.
D
I
think
the
city
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
city,
the
county,
there's
some
stake
in
the
game.
You
know
for
you
all,
especially
as
representatives
of
the
city,
so
how
do
we
engage
those
employers
to
help
get
them
to
start
thinking
about
their
process
is
a
little
different
and
I
think
that's
something
that
you
know
u.s
county
men
can
actually
help
us
do
so.
B
I
have
a
question
for
all
of
you,
and
this
is
something
a
good
friend
of
the
shows
and
of
our
work
is
fred
brown
and
fred
says
that
over
the
next
10
20
years,
jobs
won't
be
the
problem
that
we're
going
to
have
an
abundance
of
jobs
in
the
region.
B
The
question
is:
is
whether
black
people
will
have
the
skill
level
in
order
to
obtain
the
jobs,
and
then
many
of
them
won't
require
college?
Now
I
don't
that's.
What
he's
been
telling
he's
been
preaching
this
to
us
now
for
a
good
five,
six,
seven
years,
and
so
from
your
own
perspectives.
Talk
to
me
is
that
true,
tell
me
about
that.
D
So
I
guess
I
asked
star
and
say:
yes,
I
think
we've
been
hearing
that
for
a
very
long
time.
I
think
allegheny
county
did
a
reflection
report
and
I
think
it's
within
that
report,
but
so
I
would
say
I
disagree
with
the
fact
that
black
people
won't
be
capable
or
brown
people
won't
be
capable
of
the
opportunities.
D
I
think
what
tends
to
happen
is
that
the
opportunities
are
not
exposed
to
those
black
and
brown
people
and
then,
when
we
give
the
opportunities
to
those
black
and
brown
people,
they
are
not
the
ones
giving
the
opportunity.
So
we
have
to
try
to
figure
out
and
change
that
narrative.
D
I
think
the
other
aspect
of
it
is
lack
of
connection
so
you're
talking
about
an
underrepresented
community
who
typically
won't
have
the
social
network
that
someone
of
another
nationality
may
have.
So
how
do
we
help
create
those
connections
to
make
sure
we
don't
have
this
issue
in
the
next
10
years
and
then
the
last
thing
I
would
definitely
say
is
we
have
to
expose
our
young
people
to
what
the
opportunities
are,
and
I
would
say
this
from
as
an
african-american
man.
I
came
from
a
very
small
town.
D
I
had
no
idea
what
a
non-profit
was.
I
had
no
idea
what
workforce
development
was.
I
didn't
even
know
there
was
a
such
thing
as
county
government.
Now
isn't
that
funny
or
city
government,
which
you
think
these
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
should
learn
in
school,
but
at
the
same
time,
if
we
are
not
exposed
to
what
these
opportunities
are,
then
we
just
don't
know.
D
So
we
can't
figure
out
how
to
build
the
skills
and
create
the
social
networks
to
make
sure
we
can
be
successful
so
that
that
that's
just
my
own,
you
know
thing
as
basically.
F
I
oh
katie:
do
you
want
to
go
first?
No,
you
can
go
yeah.
I
think
what
immediately
comes
to
mind
is
a
greater
greater
attention
and
focus
to
graduating
from
high
school
and
and
supports
that
we
can
provide
to
help
young
adults
and
african-american
young
adults
graduating
from
high
school,
because
that
high
school
diploma
is
going
to
be
really
valuable
when
they're
competing
for
those
higher
wage
positions
or
even
moving
on
to
the
next
step
in
their
education
or
training
needed
to
to
move
into
some
of
those
jobs.
B
You
know
say
more
about
that.
You
know
one
of
the
things
I
I
on
a
separate
note.
Councilman
lavelle-
and
I
are
you
know-
have
been
having
conversations
about
how
we're
having
difficulty
about
academic
achievement
in
in
school
right
that-
and
this
is
not.
This
is
not
unique
to
pittsburgh
city
schools.
B
This
is
across
the
county,
probably
somewhere
between
50
and
60
percent
of
the
young
people
graduating
from
high
school
is
deficient
in
one
of
the
key
areas
in
reading
writing,
math
or
speaking,
so
that,
unfortunately,
we
have
high
school
graduates
coming
out
without
really
having
the
training
they
need
to
be
effective
in
the
workplace.
Is
that
has
that
been
your
experience
or.
F
F
Since
I
graduated
high
school
in
2006.,
it's
insane,
you
know
it
has
not
grown
with
inflation,
and
that
creates
some
serious
problems
that
that
family
is
working
through
on
a
daily
basis
that
are
really
impacting
that
child's
education
and
educational
attainment
and
what
they
even
see
as
possible,
like
what
marquis
said
about
exposure
is
really
important.
So
I
think
you
know,
opportunities
for
work
like
dr
bartiger
makes
possible
are
important,
but
it
really
does
have
to
be
a
two
generation
approach.
F
So
I
think,
if
at
the
city
level,
whatever
you
can
do
to
advocate
for
raising
wages,
looking
at
the
living
wages
being
higher
than
15
an
hour
looking
at
access
to
health
care
and
other
essential
benefits
that
are
often
not
seen
in
in
some
of
our
you
know,
pocket
communities.
Pittsburgh
is
really
in
a
city
of
neighborhoods,
and
I
think
some
of
those
neighborhoods
tend
to
fare
a
lot
better
than
others.
E
Well,
going
back
to
your
original
question,
you
know
I
I
came
from
industry
and
I
mean
mostly,
it
was
the
construction
industry,
but
everywhere
I've
gone.
I
have
found
that
employers
don't
know
what
resources
are
available.
Part
of
why
I
wanted
to
work
at
partner
for
work
was
because
I
had
discovered
these
resources
that
were
available,
and
I
I
felt
like
it
was
so
untapped.
E
It's
crazy
to
me
that
you
know
so
many
people
are
creating
a
new
training
program.
You
know
month
after
month,
and
it's
recreating
something
that's
already
existing
within
the
same
county
and
employers
are
saying.
I
can't
find
anyone,
there's
there's
no
one
with
any
skill,
and
I
know
that
our
workforce
board
and
their
engaged
employers
are
training
people.
E
They
have
schools
that
are
doing
this
work
and
it's
it's
actually
being
done,
but
the
employers
don't
know
how
to
engage
with
the
training
with
the
education
providers,
with
the
people
who
are
going
to
pa
careerlink
and
saying
I'm
unemployed,
I
want
to
learn
and
they're
being
funded
by
the
state
to
learn
skills,
but
the
employers
are
engaging.
I
found
the
same
thing
was
happening
in
high
schools.
E
Every
student
said
I'm
going
to
that
employer
and
they
can
only
take
so
many
people
right.
So
if
you
have
a
whole,
a
whole
classroom
and
a
whole
career
in
tech,
school
filled
with
students
who
think
they're
going
into
a
union
construction
job
of
the
one
employer
that
visited
yeah.
They
are
going
to
be
sadly
mistaken
when
there
aren't
enough
spots,
but
that
doesn't
mean
there
aren't
enough
jobs.
So
anything
that
council
can
do
to
help.
E
Engage
employers
more
in
the
workforce
system
in
general
would
be
extremely
beneficial
in
helping
us
place,
people
and
jobs
and
create
training
with
providers
that
is
actually
going
to
lead
to
a
career
path,
and
that
is
our
overall
goal
at
partner
for
work.
B
Sometimes
I
tell
some
of
my
I'm
again
orders
of
all
these
experience
of
life.
One
of
the
saddest
thing
that
happened
to
me
when
I
first
ran
for
council.
I
met
a
young
man
who
was,
I
knew
the
family,
he
was
actually
you
know
doing
illegal
things,
and
I
said
to
him:
you
know
you
need
to
stop
doing
this.
It's
not
healthy
for
you,
it's
dangerous
for
your
family
and
he
said
to
me
he
said:
okay
reverend.
He
said
you
know
I
I
dropped
out
of
school.
B
If
you
can
give
me
a
job
that
I
can
take
care
of
my
family
I'll
stop
doing
this.
But
if
you
can't
give
me
a
job
that
you
know,
stop
that
I
can
take
care
of
my
family,
I'm
gonna
do
what
I
have
to
do
and
it
was.
It
was
heartbreaking
and
I
I
I
had
no
answer
for
it
and
so
doctor
what
do
we?
What
do
we
do?
How
do
we?
C
C
It
is
not
a
one
one
answer
to
everything,
but
every
area
needs
to
be
covered,
and
so,
when
we
talk
about
young
adults
and
for
our
youth
and
preparing
them
in
schools,
there
needs
to
be
a
connection
with
the
schools
and
the
workforce,
development
board,
the
schools
and
the
city,
the
mayor's
office,
the
county's
executive
office.
It
needs
to
be
connections,
conversations
happening
so
that
young
people
are
supported,
but
not
only
young
people,
but
their
parents
are
supported
a
lot
of
times.
C
Should
they
have
to
do
that?
Why
are
they
still
doing
that
in
2001?
What
are
what
are?
What
is
it
that?
What
conversations
do
we
need
to
be
having?
What
do?
What
do
we
need
to
be
changing?
What
linkages
do
we
need
to
be
what
civil
service
policy
do
we
need
to
look
at
so
if
there
can
be
better
pipelines
and
linkages
from
a
cte
program
into
city
jobs
or
into
county
jobs
or
into
apprenticeship
programs?
C
What
is
it
that
we're
missing
that
we
need
to
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
and
make
some
adjustments
and
changes.
It
is
sad
to
know
again,
and
it's
not
something
new
councilman
verges.
Quick
money
is
easy
and
it
takes
care
and
pays
the
bills,
those
same
skills.
You
can
be
an
entrepreneur
absolutely.
C
However,
it's
going
to
take
a
little
bit
more
time
and
if
you
don't
have
the
support,
and
if
you
don't
have
the
encouragement,
if
you
don't
have
the
linkages,
the
learner
program
is
creating
the
linkages
for
the
youth
and
we're
really
trying
our
best
to
create
those
linkages,
even
more
so
with
the
corporate
internship
program.
However,
those
linkages
go
beyond
the
learn
to
earn
program
and
it
needs
to
be
across
the
board,
and
so
how
are
we
roping
all
of
these
systems
together?
How
we?
C
How
are
we
linking
them
all
together
and
looking
beyond
differences
and
looking
beyond
beyond
funding
streams
and
things
of
that
nature
and
looking
at
how
do
we
break
down
even
the
barriers
and
the
conversations
like
this
only
in
the
board
room
so
that
these
linkages
can
be
created.
A
G
C
C
Those
partnerships
and
conversations
definitely
have
been
taking
place
since
google
came
to
pittsburgh
as
well
as
amazon
and
things
of
that
nature,
between
partner
for
work
and
allegheny
conference,
we're
constantly
in
conversation,
creating
linkages
and
creating
ways
for
the
tech
sector
to
be
built
up.
I
know
for
partner
for
work.
We
have
an
industry
partnership
team
that
is
constantly
in
conversation
with
major
corporations
around
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
the
banking
industry
and
trying
as
as
quickly
as
we
can,
but
as
strategically
as
we
can
to
create
those
opportunities.
C
So
that
conversation
is
a
higher
conversation
than
partner
for
work.
Our
funding
is
a
federally
funded
program,
and
so
a
lot
of
it
is
regulated
by
that
and
when
we
have
money
that
extends
beyond
the
summer,
then
we'll
definitely
be
able
to
offer
that
what
we're
trying
our
best
to
do
now
and
is
is
the
reason
for
my
particular
role
is
creating
those
linkages
that
we
can
through
the
existing
programming
and
so
right
now.
C
What
we
do
offer
for
the
learn
to
earn
youth
is
all
of
what
primarily
the
the
22
providers,
or
so
that
we
engage
with
for
the
summer,
who
are
the
employers
of
record,
also
run
year-round
programming,
so
they're
engaging
youth
year
round,
and
so
those
opportunities
are
presented
to
all
of
the
young
people
who
are
who
have
completed
an
application
even
started
an
application
that
are
in
our
application
system
so
that
them
and
their
parents
can
connect
to
programs
year
round.
Are
those
programs
necessarily
paid
like
they
are
in
the
summer?
C
No,
however,
that
training
that
skills
training
continues
throughout
the
year.
B
Michael,
I
I
do
think
to
add
that
the
learn
program
has
already
expanded
from
its
original
concept.
The
original
concept
was,
was
kids
14
to
18
right
with
paid
internships,
but
then
we
expanded
from.
I
think
I
think
it's
14
to
22
now,
and
so
we
have
24
now,
and
so
we
have
this
newer
section
where
we
have
older
young
adults
that
are
now
part
of
the
summer
learning
owned
program
is
we
would
like
to.
B
Unfortunately,
we
do
not
have
the
resources
yet,
but
if
we
had
the
resources
we
would
absolutely
and
continue
to
engage
in
employment
during
the
year.
B
I
would
probably
you
know
we
would
need
another
significant
amount
of
money-
probably
four
or
five
million
dollars
to
do
it,
but
we
will
continue
to
advocate
for
it
and
as
as,
as
doc
said,
we
will
link
them
to
existing
programs
so
that
they
continue
to
be
engaged
year-round
with
activities,
because
our
young
people
need
activities
not
just
sports
activities
but
also
recreation
activities,
but
also
supplemental
academic
activities
and
exploratory
activities
and
all
those
other
things
that
will
help
them
become
gainfully
employed
at
some
point
later
in
their
life.
G
C
So
certainly
young
adults
that
apply
for
the
general
program,
which
is
14-21
they're
eligible
once
they
have
work
experience
to
apply
for
the
corporate
internship
program.
So
I
would
say
that
that's
the
first
way
that
we
make
connections
from
year
to
year.
They're,
not
you
know,
employed
for
one
summer,
and
then
you
can't
be
employed
for
the
next
summer.
We
encourage
them
to
continue
with
the
program.
C
A
lot
of
our
providers
are.
A
majority
of
our
providers
are
working
really
hard
to
create
those
differences
in
experience
for
those
young
young
adults
who
are
17
to
21,
so
that
they're
kind
of
getting
that
next
level
experience
we're
trying
to
build
upon
their
skills
every
summer
and
even
if
you're,
in
the
same
opportunity
or
with
the
same
work
experience
exposing
you
to
more
and
more
each
summer.
C
We
try
our
best
to
do
and
then,
like
I
previously
mentioned,
we
connect
them
with
programs
that
are
taking
place
post
the
summer
in
the
corporate
internship
program.
We
do
have
conversations
with
employers
about
considering
the
opportunity
of
offering
a
full
or
part-time
position
for
young
adults
who
are
in
a
position
to
do
so.
C
The
majority
of
our
young
adults
are
coming
from
institutions
of
higher
learning
all
across
the
united
states
and
coming
back
home
for
the
summer,
but
we
do
have
those
youth
who
are
considered
to
be
our
out
of
school
youth
who,
when
we
have
the
opportunities
to
offer
to
them
a
full-time
employment
poster
program,
we
try
our
best
to
make
those
linkages.
C
So
let
me
answer
the
first
question.
We
procure
what
are
called
application
support
centers
every
year.
Those
are
businesses.
Some
of
them
are
also
our
employers
of
record
that
want
to
be
connected
to
the
youth
every
year
that
they
work
with,
and
that
kind
of
answers.
Another
question
that
you
asked
them
to
regarding
retention:
a
lot
of
the
youth
who
are
employed
by
particular
employers,
our
employers
of
record
or
our
providers.
C
They
stay
with
those
young
people
and
they
engage
them
again
in
the
in
the
new
summer,
but
the
application
support
centers
are
our
mobile
support
systems
and
so
they're
going
into
the
schools
they're
engaging
with
the
schools
and
getting
youth
and
families
connected
to
the
application.
The
internal
partner
for
work
learner
team
also
does
pop-up
events
and
things
of
that
nature
to
cover
areas
that
may
be
high
target
areas
where
we
want
to
make
sure
there's
a
presence
there.
C
We
try
to
place
ourselves
there
so
there's
connection
to
to
the
application
for
those
young
adults
and
we
go,
and
we
personally
sit
down
with
families
and
youth
to
make
sure
they
get
connected
to
the
application.
They
know
what
they
need.
Our
our
website
is
power,
packed
with
information
regarding
learning
earn,
is
power
packed
with
explanations
of
everything,
that's
needed
for
the
application
to
ensure
that
young
adults
can
be
connected,
and
then
again
our
providers
stay
connected
with
school
districts.
One
provider
that
comes
to
mind
is
our
belief.
C
They
stay
connected
with
school
districts
in
their
area
and
every
year
they
engage
them
to
employ
some
of
their
own
youth
and
through
them
as
the
employer
of
record.
So
they
can
continue
to
engage
year-round.
So
we
try
our
best.
We
have
an
outreach
list.
I
started
in
2017..
C
It
is
amazing
how
that
that
list
has
increased
and
that
is
working
with
aiu
and
also
our
outreach
list
that
has
continued
to
grow
over
the
years
to
ensure
that
our
outreach
information
once
approved
goes
out
blasted.
As
far
as
we
can
right
now,
we
have
a
15
second
and
30
second
commercials
running
on
wamo.
C
We
know
that
people
are
working
from
home
virtually
and
they
may
be
tuning
in
and
getting
good
workday
vibes
and
getting
it
from
wamo
and
so
ammo
is
sending
out
those
commercials
and
letting
people
know
how
to
get
connected
as
well,
and
if
I
could
there's
a
program
that
answers
one
of
the
questions
too,
that
you
asked
me
as
it
relates
to
linkages,
and
that
is
a
business
education
partnership,
three
grant
that
we
are
piloting
with
pittsburgh
public
schools,
that
is
engaging
cte
students
who
are
primarily
at
westinghouse
and
university
prep
and
a
couple
of
cte
programs
that
we're
engaging
with
and
then
connecting
them
with
employers
for
this
first
time
during
the
summer,
so
they're
engaging
in
a
job
readiness
program
and
then
also
in
the
summer
they're
connecting
as
close
as
we
can
get
them
to
their
cte
program.
C
They're.
Getting
that
experience
during
the
summer.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
said
that
councilman,
laval
and
councilman
burgess
is
not
learning
earn.
However,
those
type
of
programs
are
innovative
ways
that
we're
also
consistently
thinking
about
consistently
looking
to
connect
our
young
people
as
partner
for
work.
A
C
On
my
end,
I'm
not
I
see
marquis
shaking
his
head.
I
would
love
to
be,
and
so
definitely
provide
me
with
information
and
we
would
love
to
be
connected
absolutely.
A
They're
they're,
a
component
of
it
cornell
jones,
is
the
director
force
initiative
out
of
the
city,
but
they
also
are
working
with
young
men
and
women,
keeping
them
out
of
trouble,
but
also
helping
them
to
to
gain
employment
opportunities,
and
so
at
the
point
where
they're
working
with
some
of
our
children
and
risk
of
going
one
or
one
of
two
ways,
it'd
be
good
if
they
could
also
work
with
you
all
to
ensure
those
kids
are
getting
opportunities.
A
And
so
my
second
question,
then,
is
what
about
the
jail?
Is
there
any
relationship
there
to
be
able
to
work
with
individuals
who
may
be
being
released
and
are
coming
back
to
our
society?.
F
Yeah,
I
can
tell
you
that
we
have,
over
the
years,
have
had
a
number
of
programs
working
directly
with
people
pre-released
and
then
post
release
and
right
now
we're
rolling
out
a
new
program
through
a
federal
grant
in
july
that
will
it's
really
just
integrating
workforce
services
in
the
jails
re-entry
program
so
serving
people
that
are
currently
incarcerated,
people
that
have
already
been
released
to
alternative
housing
sites
on
work
release
and
then
also
people
who
are
in
home
confinement
that
are
eligible
to
work
so
connecting
them
to
employment
services
to
help
identify
job
opportunities,
help
them
get
quickly
employed
if
that's
what
they
want
or
connecting
them
to
training
programs
that
have
employer
buy-in.
F
That's
really
important,
as
as
dr
barger
said,
and
as
dr
riddle
said,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
employers
are
valuing
the
trainings
that
we're
offering
and
those
industry
credentials
are
actually
leading
to
a
job
at
the
end
of
it,
so
that
that
is
our
focus,
our
partner
for
work.
We
also
have
young
adult
programs
for
for
young
adults
who
are
justice
involved
at
any
point
in
their
past,
and
those
are
actually
run
by
our
partner.
Our
partners
at
oberlin
employment
institute.
G
I'm
going
to
jump
back
in,
we
have
a
question
for
dr
riddle.
I
believe
talking
about,
I
think
a
statistic:
marquis
shared
about
the
impact
of
women's
black
women,
specifically
in
our
communities.
G
E
Yeah,
I
I
mean
I
can
speak
pretty
easily
to
the
construction
side
of
that.
As
far
as
the
way
things
have
been
right
now
across
the
united
states,
women
only
represent
nine
percent
of
the
construction
industry,
which
is
a
pretty
morbidly
low
percentage
in
allegheny
county.
Our
local
unions
have
been
working
with
partner
for
work
to
try
to
increase
the
amount
of
women
and
minorities
who
are
entering
apprenticeship
and
they've,
been
doing
a
pretty
good
job.
E
I
can
say
that
over
the
past
couple
years
they
have
had
11
women
going
through
that
program,
which
is
above
the
national
average,
and
I
we're
pretty
proud
of
being
a
part
of
that
program
and
helping
to
support
that,
I'm
speaking
of
intro
to
the
construction
trades
of
the
builders
guild.
E
So
that's
definitely
one
example
of
a
program
that
we
support
at
partner
for
work
and
would,
if
you
came
to
pa
careerlink,
we
would
say
here's
an
opportunity
for
training
if
you're
a
female
interested
in
getting
into
construction
as
far
as
other
alternative
careers-
I
I
know
just
from
you
know,
being
on
council
and
hearing
the
programs
that
are
coming
through.
There
are
a
lot
of
I.t
and
advanced
manufacturing
programs
that
are
be
coming
apprenticeable
in
our
area
that
I
know
will
be
recruiting,
and
you
know
all
women
and
minorities
are
require
not
required.
E
Are
asked
to
go
to
partner
for
work
to
try
to
get
these
get
information
about
the
resources
that
are
available
so
anytime,
a
program
comes
through
the
state
as
an
apprenticeship.
E
We,
you
know,
try
to
get
involved
with
that
employer
and
say
how
can
we
help
you
to
recruit
to
make
sure
that
we
are
getting
the
word
out
there
to
a
diverse
population
that
may
not
even
know
that
type
of
apprenticeship
would
exist
so
any
any
chance
that
we
have
to
encourage
people
to
engage
with
pa,
careerlink
or
partner
for
work?
That's
how
we
can
reach
more
women
and
minorities
to
go
into
apprenticeships
and
any
of
the
trainings
that
we
have
and
a
lot
of
them
are
pre-apprenticeships.
G
Thank
you
and
I
think
maybe
a
question
for
marquis
was
getting
what
and
I
think
you
spoke
about
it
a
little
bit
earlier
when
you
talked
about
the
barriers
to
employment
for
black
people
here
in
pittsburgh,
but
it
was
asking
why
is
getting
trained
and
employed
difficult
here?
There
was
a
commenter
with
six
degrees
who
found
that
work
seemed
to
finding
work,
seemed
to
get
harder
and
harder.
D
So
I
will
try
my
best
to
answer
that
question,
so
I
will
say
this:
I'm
not
from
pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh
is
a
place
of
connection.
If
you
are
connected
here
in
pittsburgh,
then
you're
probably
gonna
have
a
much
easier
time
to
find
employment.
So
that's
that,
but
then
with
the
hint
well
because
of
the
pandemic,
I'm
pretty
sure
that
has
even
made
it
much
much
more
challenging,
especially
as
it
relates
to
trying
to
find
individuals
opportunities.
D
G
And
I
think
our
final
question
is
what
the
linkage
well,
it
started
out
saying
that
every
high
school
in
our
region
should
be
a
partner
for
a
work
site
and
what's
the
linkage
to
the
pittsburgh
promise
of
partner
for
work
and
sorry,
just
one
is:
do
the
students
and
interns
have
surveys
about
their
experiences
in
the
culture
of
their
workplaces,
for
the
learn
and
earn
program.
C
Absolutely
for
both
I'll
answer
that
question.
First,
it's
the
easiest.
We
survey
our
young
people
every
year,
their
satisfaction,
surveys,
pre
and
post
surveys
to
find
out
their
satisfaction
with
the
program.
We
ask
them
what
they're
interested
in
and
then
post
a
program.
We
asked
them
where
you're
able
to
fulfill
your
interest
and
what
you
really
enjoy
and
we
get
very
good
responses.
C
Every
year
we
survey
our
young
people
with
the
satisfaction
survey,
as
well
as
our
employers
and
supervisors
and
get
their
satisfaction
so
that
we
can
make
improvements
every
year
with
the
program
and
then
with
the
pittsburgh
promise.
The
pittsburgh
promise
does
help
us
to
advertise.
The
application
for
the
learn
to
earn
program.
C
G
A
Cool,
thank
you
very
much
micah
for
helping
out
with
that,
given
that
that
is
all
the
time
we
have
for
today.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
a
very
well
informed
conversation.
It
was
very
helpful
specifically.
I
want
to
thank
our
guests,
starting
with
mr
marquis
long,
the
director
of
outreach
and
inclusion,
dr
christine
barger
manager
of
youth
work,
experience
katrina
kodileski.
A
I
hope
I
got
close
director
of
special
projects
and
miss
donny
riddle.
Director
of
workforce
innovation
in
order
to
have
a
significant
investment
in
the
black
community
is
imperative
that
we
continue
to
make
our
community
safe
and
peaceful,
and
one
way
to
do
that
is
by
absolutely
ensuring
we
have
fully
employed
individuals
and
families,
and
so
we
want
to
thank
you
for
working
with
us
to
help
rebuild
our
black
communities
in
pittsburgh
for
black
people
by
black
people
with
our
partners
and
allies,
of
which
partner
for
work
is
clearly
one.