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A
And
we
welcome
you
to
another
airing
of
black
pittsburgh
matters.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
is
a
series
of
virtual
town
hall
meetings,
affirming
a
city-wide
agenda
that
indeed
black
pittsburgh
does
matter.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
mean
that
black
lives
matter.
We
must
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
black
people.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
means
we
must
rebuild
and
invest
in
black
communities
and
black
wealth
matters.
It
means
we
must
increase
black
employment
and
entrepreneurial
ship
opportunities.
B
Normally
in
times
of
crisis
and
great
change,
we
be
coming
to
you
as
the
black
elected
officials
of
pittsburgh
and
having
meetings
across
the
city
with
our
constituents,
partners
and
allies
face
to
face,
but
since
we
cannot
do
that
safely
in
the
current
pandemic,
we're
now
using
this
medium
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.
B
You
can
contact
or
ask
questions
via
the
pittsburgh
black,
the
black
pittsburgh
matters,
facebook,
page
or
email
us
at
blackpgh
matters
gmail.com
and
through
our
live
feed
right
now.
Today's
town
hall
meeting
topic
is
government's
response
to
present
dilemmas
in
the
black
community
and
the
role
of
government
at
the
state,
county
and
city
levels.
A
We
oversee
public
safety,
including
police
and
fire
economic
development,
our
parks,
public
works
and
even
our
public
water.
However,
there
are
many
things
that
we
cannot
do
without
partnership
and
with
other
governmental
entities,
and
so
we
are
also
a
member
of
a
larger
group
of
governmental
officials
committed
to
creating
a
just
black
and
well
and
prosperous
black
pittsburgh,
and
that
is
the
pittsburgh
black
elected
officials.
B
The
coalition
is
comprised
of
five
black
elected
officials
from
state
county
in
the
city
level
all
committed
to
pittsburgh,
where
african
americans
can
thrive
while
councilman
laville
and
I
work
on
the
city
level,
we
coordinate
with
the
pboc
from
the
county
state
levels
to
realize
our
shared
vision
for
black
pittsburgh.
You
know
the
funny
thing
is.
I
get
calls
all
the
time
asking
me
for
state
things.
I
even
the
funniest
car
I've
ever
gotten
daniel.
B
A
Indeed,
and
especially
now
during
the
time
and
space
that
we're
living
in,
unfortunately,
people
don't
fully
understand
that
when
it
comes
to-
and
we
can
take
the
easy
issue
like
police
reform
right
now-
that
many
of
the
demands
that
people
still
are
sending
to
the
city
are
not
issues
that
the
city
can
address.
There
are
state
laws
that
sometimes
preempt
the
city.
A
There
are
federal
laws
that
sometimes
preempt
states
and
cities,
and
so
in
order
to
really
achieve
the
necessary
effects,
we
have
to
have
partnership,
and
so
what
we
really
want
to
do
today
was
just
take
a
moment
to
allow
our
various
partners
in
the
various
levels
of
government
to
also
have
an
opportunity
to
talk
about
how
their
levels
of
government
affect
our
community,
both
coming
out
of
the
hopefully
coming
out
of
the
cove
pandemic,
as
well
as
suggesting
addressing
social
justice
issues,
because
the
reality
is
no
single
level
of
government
can
accomplish
all
this
by
itself.
A
B
Even
though
we
won't
talk
about
the
federal
government
tonight,
we
sent
a
letter
to
vice
president
biden,
who's
running
for
president,
hopefully
to
bring
into
pittsburgh
because
federal
resources,
things
like
you
know
the
new
development
in
the
hill
and
in
homewood
and
warmer
only
happen
through
federal
dollars,
and
we
need
a
larger
stake
of
federal
dollars
going
to
our
urban
cities.
B
Well
tonight
we
are
honored
to
be
yeah
tonight
we
are
honored
to
be
joined
by
members
of
the
pboc
tonight,
we're
honored
to
welcome
state
representatives,
jake
weekley,
ed
gainey,
as
well
as
allegheny
council
member
members,
dewitt
walton
and
olivia
bennett
to
the
black
pittsburgh
matters.
Town
hall
this
evening,
hello,
hey.
C
C
Rev
mentioned
there
were
five,
but
we've
grown
to
seven
plus
one,
and
it's
really
because
when
we
began
almost
three
little
over
three
years
ago,
we
began
in
the
in
in
as
a
response
kind
of
to
our
community,
demanding
that
we
kind
of
come
together
collectively
to
work
towards
legislative
reforms
that
we're
going
to
transform
the
conditions
of
our
community
and
for
people
who
have
been
around
long
enough
and
watched
our
politics
long
enough.
C
They
know
to
traditionally
people
who
sat
in
the
seats
that
we
now
serve
in
didn't
always
get
along,
didn't
always
share
and
they
didn't
always
kind
of
work
together
and
it
ended
up
being
a
negative
thing
for
our
community.
So
when
we
kind
of
got
together,
it
was
a
rev,
daniel,
ed,
dewitt
and
myself
in
the
beginning.
C
But
then
we
grew
because
live
came
on
and
summer
came
on
and,
although
austin
isn't
quote
unquote
a
member
of
the
pittsburgh
black
elected
officials,
he
is
one
of
our
members
because
we
serve
beyond
the
pittsburgh
boundaries.
C
And
so
I
I
think,
as
both
of
you
mentioned
earlier,
you
know
in
order
for
us
really
to
have
the
type
of
impacts
that
we
want
in
our
community.
We
really
do
need
all
levels
of
government
working
together
towards
a
similar
goal,
doesn't
mean
that
we
all
believe
the
same
things
don't
mean
that
we
always
always
agree
on
strategies
on
how
to
get
there,
but
we
should
at
least
have
a
collective
table
to
work
together.
So
I
appreciate
you
all
giving
us
space
and
having
this
conversation
in
life.
A
Thank
you,
representative
wheatley,
and
for
those
who
are
unaware,
representative
wheatley
is
our
sort
of
official
leader
within
the
pittsburgh
black
elected
officials
coalition.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
him
for
his
leadership.
If
state
representative,
ed
gainey,
is,
is
ready.
A
What
I
would
like
to
do
is
just
take
a
brief
moment
for
both
you,
representative,
wheatley
and
representative
gainey,
to
talk
about
how
the
state
can
address
both
the
community
as
we
deal
with
the
covid
crisis
as
well
as
social
injustice
issues,
and
then
I
would
ask
the
our
county
representatives
to
do
the
same,
and
then
I
think
we
have
some
more
specific
questions
about
you.
All's
work
and
your
legislative
efforts.
C
Go,
oh
okay,
so,
as
we
all
know,
cities
townships
and
boroughs
and
counties
really
are
manifestations
of
the
state.
One
of
the
things
that
we
always
talk
about
is
this
delicate
balance
between
the
authorities
of
state
and
the
federal
government.
That's
what
I
mean
really
when
you
look
at
when
we
first
began
in
this
country
forming
a
government.
It
really
was.
The
battle
between
who
was
going
to
have
to
say,
was
going
to
be
a
centralized
federal
process
or
a
localized
state
process,
and
so
a
lot
of
activity.
C
A
lot
of
the
things
that
people
want
to
see
happen
comes
through
the
state.
We
we,
we
don't
necessarily
provide
the
direct
services,
but
we
we
really
provide
the
resources
or
we
we
provide
the
the
kind
of
we
set
the
parameters.
For
what
can
happen,
I
mean
we,
I
use
this
all
the
time
school
districts
and
and
whatnot.
C
They
have
their
local
authority,
but
they
really
have
the
state
sets
the
standards
for
them
sets
the
parameters
for
them
and
then
they
kind
of
manifest
what
they
want
to
manifest
with
a
local
twist
the
same
thing
at
the
city
city,
governments,
you,
they
have
local
kind
of
decision
making
authority,
but
we
kind
of
tap
what
they
can,
how
much
revenue
they
can
raise
and
how
they
raise
their
revenue
and
what
they
can
do.
C
As
we've
seen,
even
with
the
gun
situation
trying
to
manage
the
control
of
the
city
laws,
we
have
present
preemption
authority
at
the
state
level.
So
it
really
is.
When
we
talk
about
how
we
impact
change
in
a
long
transformative
way,
you
got
to
hit
the
city
level,
the
local
level.
You
got
to
hit
the
state
level
and
you
got
to
hit
the
federal
level
because
they
all
kind
of
work
together.
C
You
don't
really
have
those
long
sustainable
changes,
so
I
don't
want
to
take
up
this
time,
but
that's
my
little
civic
lessons
for
tonight,
but
if
I
must
say
so,
the
state
is
where,
where
a
lot
of
it
happens
and
people
don't
know
that
people
don't
really
even
know
who
they
stay,
senator
or
they
state
rep.
Are
they
don't
know
what
to
go
to
them?
For
sometimes
they
go
to
us
for
things
that
we
really
don't.
C
D
Hey
thanks
for
having
me
this
evening.
I
appreciate
it.
I
think
jake
laid
it
out
well
in
regards
to
the
duties
and
responsibilities
of
state
government.
I
think
when
we
take
about
when
we
talk
about
police
violence,
when
we
talk
about
social
justice,
a
lot
of
the
laws
pertaining
to
the
things
that
we
obtain,
such
as
decertification
of
police
officers
such
as
several
other
bills,
that
we
have
out
there
right
now,
yeah
that
do
start
from
the
state
level.
D
We
have
to
continue
to
fight
such
as
arbitration
and
things
like
that,
so
that
we
can
create
a
culture
like.
I
always
tell
people.
If
you
want
law
and
order,
you
gotta
you
gotta,
come
to
the
state
so
that
we
could
pass
new
laws
to
get
new
order
or
we're
going
to
have
the
same
old
song,
and
we
know
that
the
same
old
song
has
not
worked
for
us.
D
However,
there
are
some
things
that
regardless
of
politics,
can
be
done
even
at
the
local
level
and
one,
and
that
is
just
changing
some
of
the
ways
that
police
officers
get
hired.
Some
of
that
is
not
all
legislative,
because
some
of
it
is
more
subjective.
I
mean
more
subjective
than
objective,
so
some
of
that
can
be
changed.
So
when
you
talk
about
how
do
you
change
police
culture?
Yes,
legislation
is
one
part
of
the
legislation.
That's
not
going
to
legislate
hate
out
of
anybody.
D
Some
of
the
things
is
how
we
better
select
police
officers
based
on
a
new
criteria
of
what
we
have
to
do,
particularly
going
forward.
I
think,
if
you
want
to
change
police
culture,
you
have
to
pull
out
the
root
of
the
police
history.
We
know
that
there's
been
police
violence
on
african-americans,
regardless
of
the
decades
50s
60s
70s
80s,
90s,
2000,
2010
2020
african-americans,
have
always
had
to
deal
with
that.
D
That's
why
somebody
and
I
introduced
to
you
supports
law,
because
I
mean
use
the
force
bill,
because
we
know
that
that
will
help
to
save
a
lot
of
people,
but
that's
not
the
end.
All
the
end,
all
is
rooting
out
the
culture
of
policing
and
changing,
and
if
we
don't
do
that,
then
we're
still
going
to
have
the
same
problems.
30
years
from
now,
we
have
to
change
the
way
we
hire
police
officers,
for
instance.
D
For
me,
I
can't
understand
how
a
cop
that
comes
from
a
county
does
nothing
that
he
never
grew
up
around
black
or
brown
people
can
become
a
cop,
and
the
only
thing
he
know
about
us
is
what
he
see
on
tv.
That's
a
problem,
and
then
you
put
him
in
a
zone
like
zone
five,
that's
a
problem,
because
now
he
don't
see
protecting
us,
you
know
I
mean
he
sees
us
as
a
different
way,
based
on
what
he
viewed
on
the
net
on
the
nightly
news.
That's
not
us,
that's
not
us
at
all.
D
So
I
think
those
are
certain
things
that,
at
the
state
level
we
do
do,
but
I
think
when
it
comes
to
really
pulling
out
the
root,
that's
a
three-pronged
approach
to
source
at
the
federal
level
as
jake
talked
about
it
starts
at
the
site.
It's
also
at
the
state
level,
it's
also
at
the
local
level,
but
in
terms
of
hiring
officers
in
terms
of
some
of
the
processes
that
they
have
to
go
through.
Some
of
that
can
be
changed
without
legislation.
A
Thank
you,
county
councilman,
walton,
county
councilwoman.
Bennett
want
to
talk
about
the
county's
influence.
E
All
right
so
on
the
county
at
somewhat
like
the
city,
we
have
budget,
we
have
budgetary
responsibility,
we
vote
on
a
budget
so
we're
able
to
make
those
types
of
decisions,
and
I
think
a
lot
of
the
conversation
has
been
around
if
you're
talking
around
defunding,
specifically,
that
has
been
around
conversations
been
around
taking
money
from
police
forces,
budgetary,
taking
the
line
just
reducing
the
line
item
budget
basically
and
allocating
those
funds
towards
community
resources
or
programs
that
will
be
better
resources
to
the
community
or
better
responses
to
certain
police
calls.
E
So
excuse
me:
I
think
that
the
county
has
some
ability
to
kind
of
work
in
those
areas
being
that
we
do
have
authority
over
county
police.
So
we
obviously
have
some
budgetary
items
that
go
towards
law
enforcement,
but
we
also
have
been
council.
Councilman
walton
started
the
work
and
I've
kind
of
picked
it
up,
and
maybe
I
don't
know
what
to
call
what
we're
doing
right
now,
but
anyway,
the
police,
civilian
police
review
board.
E
So
you
know
that's
another
place
that
I
think
that
would
be
a
very
impactful
change
and
would
really
impact
how
the
community
is
relating
towards
police
and
vice
versa,
when
you
have
civilian
oversight
over
police
departments,
so
that
came
up
last
year
on
county
council
didn't
pass
so
really
been
working
to
try
to
get
something
that
is
able
to
get
past
this
year,
so
that
we
can
really
start
working
to
get
a
civilian
police
review
board
in
allegheny
county.
E
As
we
know,
we
have
one
in
pittsburgh,
but
that
is
one
police
force
out
of
over
100
that
we
have
in
the
county.
So
we
would
like
to
start
getting
some.
Maybe
some
aligned
standards
throughout
the
county
and
the
civilian
police
review
board
would
probably
help
with
creating
some
of
that.
So
that's
where
I'll
stop
and
I'll
let
councilman
walton
go.
F
F
One
one
plus
billion
of
that
is
is
is
spent
by
the
department
of
human
services
dhs
and
that
talks
about
a
whole
host
of
programs
that
addresses
the
challenges
that
our
residents
are
confronted
with,
whether
it
is
child
care
after
school
programs
pre-k
those
kinds
of
programs,
whether
it
is
running
the
county
health
department,
whether
it
is
a
mass
of
the
things
that
dhs
does
we
set
that
budget,
and
we
have
to
look
at
that
budget
and
very
analytically
and
ensure
that
organizations
that
look
like
us
that
are
driven
by
people
that
look
like
us
have
the
opportunities
to
provide
goods
and
services
in
our
communities
and,
at
the
same
time
meet
reasonable
accountability.
F
Additionally,
we
as
allegheny
county
council,
we
approve
the
overwhelming
majority
of
appointments
to
boards
and
authorities,
so
those
are
policy
kinds
of
positions
that
we
have
ability
to
impact
and
measure
how
it
impacts
our
community.
F
F
When
I
was
chair
of
economic
development
up
until
this
year,
I
demanded
that
when
we
look
at
construction
that
there
was
a
job
there
were,
there
were
jobs,
looked
at
view
from
the
design
side,
the
construction
side
and
the
and
and
the
and
the
careers
that
remain
post
construction
that
african-americans
have
to
get
their
fair
share.
F
I
don't
know
if
those
same
standards
are
being
held
to
being
held
to
now.
I
am
no
longer
economic
development
director,
but
those
have
to
be
addressed.
Those
issues
are
critical
to
our
community
to
ensure
we
get
our
fans
here.
F
So
there
are
a
myriad
of
ways
and
with
all
the
covet
dollars
that
have
come
to
the
state
government
from
the
feds
and
down
to
the
state
to
the
city
onto
the
county.
F
We
have
to
make
sure
that
those
covet
allocations
address
some
of
the
gaps
in
our
society
in
our
communities,
and
we
have
to
think
about
how
we
continue
to
spend
that
three
plus
billion
dollars
in
conversations
with
the
county
executive
out
and
I'll
end
on
this
point
county
executive-
and
I
agree
that
when
we
look
at
mw,
dbes
and
diversity
and
inclusion
had
to
be
melded
together.
F
And
we
had
to
look
at
that
holistically
and
we
are
revamping
the
mwdve
department
operation
to
become
the
department
of
equity
and
inclusion
so
that
there
will
be
project
managers
in
economic
development
in
the
county
purchasing
department
and
in
the
nwm
mwdbe
department
to
ensure
that
minorities
get
their
fair
share.
F
B
When
you
talk
about
black
pittsburgh,
you
know
you're
talking
about
really
three
things:
black
lives
matter,
black
communities
matter
and
black
wealth
matters,
and
but
even
though
we've
been
able
to
do
this
still,
according
to
you
know
many
reports
for
african
americans
pittsburgh
is
one
of
the
worst
places
to
live,
and
so
my
question
really
to
to
the
other
electeds.
I
want
to
start
off
with
you
guys,
first
to
you,
jake
and
and
ed,
and
then
back
to
the
wit
and
liv.
B
You
know
you
have
a
great
relationship
with
the
with
the
governor.
I
know
that
you
know
you're
you're
able
to
move
resources
both
of
you,
but
are
we
doing
enough?
Is
the
state
doing
enough
to
impact
the
lives
of
people
in
the
communities
that
we
represent?
You
know
the
70
of
all
black
people
live
in
black
communities
in
pittsburgh,
so
you
know
hill
district
homewood
north
side.
You
know
the
hill
district
larmer
or
is
the
state
doing
all
it?
Can,
or
is
there
much
more
to
be
done?
B
I'm
curious
every
you
know
a
report
card
kind
of
on
the
state
work
and
all
the
county
work
in
terms
of
their
impacting
black
people.
C
I
mean
the
report
card
happens
every
day
when
we
look
around
our
city
and
our
county
and
our
even
our
state,
and
we
see
statistically
and
in
real
life.
Black
and
brown
people
are
still
on
the
bottom
of
everything
that.
E
C
Social,
economic
and
on
the
health
statistics,
so
we
know
all
levels
of
government
we
have
to
do
much
more.
We
have
to
change
the
paradigm
we
I.
C
I
really
think
that
part
of
our
challenge
is
when
we
work
in
these
systems,
where
we
are
not
only
a
minority,
but
we
are
super
minority
and
when
I
say
that
is
because
most
of
us
are
congregated
in
in
areas
where
it's
majority,
african,
american
and
so
the
power
of
what
we
can
do
is
kind
of
diluted,
because
you
know
the
majority
of
people
that
we
do
business
with
or
try
to
do
business
with
from
a
state
perspective.
C
They
don't
look
like
us,
they
don't
come
from
areas
like
we
come
from
and
their
perspectives
are
very
much
different,
and
so
you
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
work
in
that
system
to
try
to
help
bring
not
only
resources
but
change
the
the
conditions
of
how
we
are
even
and
analyzing
our
impacts,
and
so
no
we
there's
much
more
that
we
should
be
doing.
I
I
want
to
tell
you,
though,
austin
summer
ed.
They
are
amazing.
C
Colleagues,
they
they
work
hard
and
matter
of
fact
they
make
me
raise
up-
and
you
know
I'm
18
years
in
this
and
ed
and
summer
and
austin-
make
me
have
to
put
on
my
running
shoes
to
keep
up,
because,
but
that's
going
to
that's,
going
to
be
the
type
of
activity
and
energy
necessary
to
move
and
make
all
of
us
move
this
system.
So
so
we
can
see
the
results
on
the
ground.
The
results
on
the
ground
tells
us
that
we
haven't
done
nearly
enough.
D
Yeah
I
mean
we
haven't
done
another
and
that's
the
bottom
line.
So
the
answer
to
the
question
is:
no.
We
haven't
done
enough
now,
let's
dig
into
it
since
I
said
no,
we
have
not
done
enough.
The
reality
is,
there's
no
form,
there's
no
phone,
there's
no
level
of
government
that
happens
at
the
end
of
the
day.
D
There's
a
non-profit
side,
there's
a
philanthropy
that
there's
a
whole
lot
of
sides.
Not
just
government
need
to
play
a
part
in
order
to
move
the
african-american
community
forward.
It's
just
not
one
entity,
it's
everybody
and
we
have
to
be
intentional.
Like
I
told
a
colleague
of
mine
before
y'all
was
intentional
about
keeping
black
people
out,
you
got
to
be
intentional
about
bringing
black
people
in.
D
So
at
the
end
of
the
day,
that's
the
reality
until
there
is
an
intention
to
want
to
do
right
by
black
people
to
want
to
make
sure
that
black
people's
contracts
are
expanding,
that
people
are
giving
accountability
to
how
many
african-americans
have
got
service
contracts,
how
many
got
commodity
contracts?
How
many
have
got
general
contracts
until
we
start
paying
attention,
not
just
from
government
but
should
be
led
by
government,
because
the
reality
is,
we
shouldn't
be
doing
business
with
nobody
where
they
don't
have
them
black,
where
they
don't
have
black
workers.
D
There's
no
reason
why
you
got
a
whole
lot
of
caucasians
running
around
in
the
black
community
and
we
don't
see
one
that
looks
like
us,
but
we
giving
them
contracts.
What
is
that
telling
our
youth?
What
is
that
telling
the
men
out
there
that's
been
grinding
every
single
day
trying
to
get
into
the
system
to
make
a
living,
so
there's
a
whole
lot
more
that
we
can
do
and
we
should
do,
but
we
fighting,
but
we
also
need
allies
and
those
allies
have
to
step
up
and
say
that
we
have
to
be.
D
We
have
to
do
right
by
black
lives
matter,
not
just
talking
about
it,
not
just
making
a
sexy
conversation
but
making
something.
That's
concrete
that
at
the
end
of
the
day,
is
changing
lives
and
until
we
all
come
together
on
that
on
that
vibe
right
there,
then
it's
just
a
conversation
we're
having
if
black
lives
matter
that
has
to
show
in
money
that
has
to
show
in
building
black
wealth.
Not
just
in
talking
about
it.
Development
is
cool
and
rick.
You
know
how
I
feel
about
it.
D
I
mean
I'm
not
saying
market
rate
is
bad,
but
what
I'm
saying
is
most
african-americans
in
the
city:
don't
have
the
the
don't
bring
in
the
wages
or
the
salary
to
be
able
to
afford
market
rate.
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day
that
has
to
be
balanced
out
if
we're
really
going
to
build
wholesome
communities,
because
if
not
that's
his
gentrification,
so
there's
a
lot
that
has
to
be
done
in
order
to
make
sure
that
african-american
communities
are
growing
and
until
we
all
come
together
on
that
verb,
it's
just
a
conversation.
F
F
For
example,
when
we
look
at
leadership
in
the
county
in
general
and
residency
african
americans
make
up
13
of
the
population
of
allegheny
county,
but
the
county
executive,
touts
that
24
of
the
leadership
in
county
positions
are
african-american.
F
I
think
those
numbers
are
good,
but
that
doesn't
that
doesn't
tell
the
whole
story
it's
about
how
we
address
the
challenge
and
I'm
not,
and
let
me
back
up,
I'm
not
casting
aspersions
upon
the
county
executive
because
he-
and
I
talk
about
these
and
and
and
I
press
every
week
that
I
talk
to
him
about-
we
must
do
more.
We
must
do
better
at
every
turn
and
we
must
demonstrate
that
opportunity,
a
balance
for
african
americans,
but
we
also
have
to
talk
about
agencies.
F
You
guys
remember
these
meetings
when
we
said
we
needed
to
benchmark
folks
of
color
in
the
c-suite
that
we
we
asked
them
to
tie
and
improve
compensation
to
greater
expenditures
with
african-american
vendors
and
entrepreneurs.
F
That
issue
hasn't
gone
away.
You
also
know
that
we
have
ongoing
conversations
with
entities
like
pnc
bank
myself
as
the
program
director
for
the
pittsburgh.
A
philly
randolph
institute
has
ongoing
discussions
with
the
cn
the
cvs
corporation,
where
they
are,
they
are
investing.
600
million
dollars
in
african-american
entities
over
the
next
five
years
and
most
immediately,
as
I
shared
with
many
of
you
last
week,
I
have
an
opportunity
to
fill
473
employment
opportunities
by
november
within
the
cvs
corporation
and
all
of
those
paid
living
family,
sustaining
wages.
F
F
B
Olivia
you've
been
in
many
ways
one
of
our
newest
members,
but
you
know
you're
a
breath
of
fresh
air.
You
have
your
ear
on
the
ground,
as
you
reminded
me
the
other
day,
and
so
you
know
I'm
interested
to
hear
your
your
report
card.
Are
we
doing
enough.
E
I
actually
agree
with
councilman
walton.
I
I
think
it's
not.
If
we're
doing
enough,
it's
it's.
What
is
what
do
we
still
need
to
be
doing
what's
out
there?
That
needs
to
be
done
because
we
didn't
get
here
overnight.
This
does
not
become
the
worst
place
for
black
women
to
live
in
2019
in
2019.
This
is
this
is
an
accumulation
of
of
you,
know:
different
administrations
and
folks
different
people
sitting
in
seats
and
just
not
doing
the
work
to
bring
this
region
along.
E
So
now
that
we're
starting
to
give
people
in
seats
that
we
now
have
a
coalition
of
black
leaders,
like
the
expectation
that
this
is
going
to
change
in
one
term
two
terms,
five
terms,
ten
terms
is
just
kind
of
unrealistic.
So
so
again
it's
more
of
what?
What
do
we
need
to
do?
What
can
we
still
be
doing?
What
what
things
are?
E
We
are
we
supposed
to
be
still
pushing
forward
to
make
sure
that
we're
bringing
along
this
region
that
so
that
we
we
bring
equity
and
and-
and
you
know
that
folks
that
are
living
in
this
area
aren't
aren't
three
times
as
likely
to
die
from
covet
as
other
folks
in
this
area.
So
how
can
we
keep
moving
along
those
lines
and
make
sure
that
when
we
say
black
lives,
matters
that
we
actually
are
are
doing
everything
to
make
sure
every
single
black
life
matters?
E
I
think
that's
the
the
question
and
I
think
that
that's
all,
I
think,
that's
all
of
our
desire.
If
I'm
honest,
when
I
talk
to
every
one
of
you,
it
is
about
moving
this
forward.
It
is
about
raising
up,
what's
being
said
in
the
street
and
trying
to
make
that
in
the
policy
and
really
pushing
forward
a
black
agenda.
So
that's
where
I
stand
on
this.
A
So
so
liv,
I'm
curious
as,
as
you
talk
about
moving
the
agenda
forward,
as
you
talk
about
us
working
to
ensure
that
indeed
black
lives
do
matter
in
our
city.
There
have
been
protests,
I
believe,
every
week
since
the
first
week
in
june,
in
some
form
or
fashion-
and
I
know,
you've,
participated
or
been
in
and
around
those
efforts.
I'm
just
curious
to
your
perspective
on
how
these
continued
protests
will
help
move
that
agenda
forward.
A
E
I
think
it
is
good.
I
think
that
all
things
work
together
for
the
good
trying
to
you
know
preach
a
little
word
for
rev
over
here.
So
I
think
it
is
good.
E
I
think
that
when
we
go
to
push
policy
me
being
able
to
have
a
conversation
with
a
more
conservative
person
on
my
body,
I
can
say:
well,
don't
you
hear
what's
going
on
in
the
street
you're
not
paying
attention,
so
I
think
that
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
these
things
are
now
on
the
presidential
platform,
the
federal
platform
being
discussed
in
these
campaigns.
E
If
those
folks
weren't
in
the
streets,
I
should
say
we
were
in
the
streets,
then
a
lot
of
these
conversations
wouldn't
even
be
had.
So
I
think
that
it
it
like,
I
said
it
all
works
together.
The
street
is
one
avenue
I
think
we're
all
one
body
and
every
part
of
it
needs
to
work
seamlessly
and
that
one
piece
doesn't
necessarily
isn't
more
important
than
the
other
piece
and
and
that
we
should
appreciate
and
figure
out.
How
do
we
leverage
these
different
pieces
and
these
different?
E
You
know
segments
of
our
community
to
kind
of
bring
about
one
body
that
is
working
together
to
be
able
to
push
stuff
forward,
and-
and
I
think
that
is
what
the
street
does
is
having
people
on
the
street
does.
Is
it
allows
that
conversation
to
happen,
because
it's
not
just
liv
bennett
coming
to
say?
Oh
well,
you
know,
let's
talk
about
this,
no
knock
warrant
situation,
it's
now
a
whole
movement
around
brianna
taylor
and
protesting
and
and
sharing
of
her
story
every
single
day
like.
Oh,
these
cops
still
haven't
been
charged.
E
Oh
this,
so
it's
the
it's,
the
continuation
and
the
rising
up
of
these
stories
that
allow
us
to
even
start
talking
about
these
different
issues
with
our
colleagues
and
it's
definitely
needed,
and
I
think
that
I
mean.
I
think
that
you
guys
probably
even
appreciate
it,
because
I
don't
know
how
much
you
know.
E
Some
of
this
stuff
that
you
guys
are
now
doing
would
have
actually
been
able
to
come
across
or
or
been
you
know,
appeasing
or
or
even
even
thought
about
from
by
some
of
your
colleagues
had
had
they
not
been
seeing
so
many
folks
in
the
street.
So
I
think,
there's
a
purpose
for
it.
I
think
there's
a
reason.
I
think
that
we
all
play
our
parts
and
and
to
get
to
get
to
the
end.
A
Goal
so
to
your
point,
you're
absolutely
right.
I
do
believe
that
the
protests
and,
as
you
know
this
already,
but
the
police
reform
pieces
of
legislation
that
we
introduced
and
got
passed
at
the
end
of
last
july,
were
absolutely
the
result
of
those
people
being
in
the
streets
protesting
and
bringing
forth
in
a
legislative
agenda
saying
we
need
you
all
to
adopt
these
and
I
think
of
the
initial
10,
and
then
it
was
12
that
were
handed
to
the
city
of
the
ones
that
the
city
was
actually
responsible
for.
A
We
did
about,
I
think,
75
percent
of
what
was
asked,
and
that
was
the
direct
response
to
those
actually
being
in
the
street.
So.
D
G
B
So,
and
just
so,
this
whole
idea
of
this
moment
of
police
reform.
I
I
know
that
jake,
you
know
I've
been
in
some
of
the
meetings
with
the
statewide
people
and
you
want
you
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
state.
What
some
of
the
things
that
you
know,
your
colleagues
in
philly,
both
state
reps
from
philly
and
city
council
people
from
philly.
Some
of
the
things
that
you
guys
have
kind
of
agreed
on
working
on
on
a
state
level.
C
Yeah
so
there's
there's
a
a
lot
of.
I
guess:
activities
going
on
statewide
one
is
led
by
a
city,
councilman
isaiah,
thomas
he's,
really
he's
been
trying
to
reach
out
to
other
local
municipal
officials
to
try
to
have
more
collaboration,
a
shared
kind
of
body
kind
of
like
what
we
brought
together
in
our
region,
which
I
think
I'm
I'm
going
to
our
horn
for
a
minute.
C
We
are
a
unique
force
and
people
might
not
realize
this,
but
there
is
not
a
lot
of
bodies
like
the
ones
that
we
brought
together,
where
local
elected
officials
who
are
african-american
have
come
together
to
say
we're
going
to
work
as
much
as
we
can
on
legislative
things
to
push
our
to
transform
our
communities
right,
and
so
we
are
like
a
trendsetter,
but
anyway
statewide
thomas
councilman
thomas
is
trying
to
do
similar
things.
C
And
then
we
have
a
working
group
on
police
reform
legislation
from
a
state
perspective,
that's
kind
of
led
by
our
with
jordan,
harris
and,
and
so
we've
been
working
on
a
packet
of
bills.
I
think
four,
maybe
five
now
of
the
bills
have
become
signed
into
law,
but
there
was
a
group
of
about
19
or
20
bills
that
we
still
are
trying
to
work
towards,
one
of
which
is
representative
lee
and
gainey's
use
of
force
bill,
which
we
see
as
critical.
C
Of
course,
one
is
which
is
decertification
of
certification.
I
see
ad
over
there,
I'm
promoting
my
my
bill
as
well,
but
anyway
long
story
short,
there's
a
lot
of
energy
and
I
just
to
add
what
olivia
was
saying:
the
energy
we
a
lot
of
these
bills.
We
had
introduced
well
before
this
year,
but
they
were
just
sitting
in
communities
didn't
have.
Was
it
wasn't
even
getting
the
light
of
day,
but
it
wasn't
until
the
international
storm
from
citizens
who
said
enough
is
enough.
C
We
want
to
see
change,
we
we
we
demanding
change,
we're
not
going
away
quietly
with
no
promises
of
change
and
that
pressure
had
a
reaction
from
our
bodies.
It
had
a
reaction
from
the
federal
body,
it
had
a
reaction
from
the
state
body
and
it
certainly
had
a
reaction
on
a
local
level.
So
anybody
who
doesn't
appreciate
the
energy
and
that's
on
these
streets
and
what
it's
doing
to
help
us
manifest
what
they
need
us
to
manifest
is
is,
is
short-sighted.
B
A
Well,
no,
I
was
I
was
going
through
the
same,
because
there
were
two
things
that
were
said
earlier
in
conversation.
One
representative
gainey
spoke
about
gentrification,
affordable
housing,
market
rate,
housing
and
essentially
I'm
paraphrased
part
of
what
he
said
is
the
problem
isn't
necessary
to
housing.
It's
the
problem
that
people
aren't
making
enough
money
to
be
able
to
choose
to
live
where
they
so
choose
want
to
live,
and
then
shortly
thereafter
the
whip
started.
Talking
about
the
various
jobs
cvs.
A
A
Quickly
tell
us
what
the
a
phillip
randolph
institute
is,
what
they
do,
because,
as
we
already
know,
the
black
community
was
had
higher
levels
of
unemployment
under
employment.
Coverd
has
exasperated
that,
and
so
we
need
people
to
have
opportunities
to
get
back
to
work.
So
if
you
could
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
your
efforts
around
workforce
development
and
maybe
even
share
one
or
two
opportunities
that
people
may
be
watching
and
know,
someone
who
needs
an
opportunity
for
a
job
can
reach
out
to
you.
He
said
quickly:
do
it.
F
So
the
viewers
can
see
that
they're
telling
me
not
to
pontificate
but
yeah
real
briefly
the
pittsburgh,
a
philip
randolph
institute.
Our
mission
is
to
identify,
recruit
and
train
members
of
underserved
underrepresented
and
the
previously
incarcerated
communities
to
build
the
kind
of
skills
needed
to
have
family
sustaining
careers.
F
We
have
embar
for
the
past
12
years,
we've
embarked
upon
finding
employment
opportunities
for
and
that
our
family
sustaining
careers
in
the
construction
and
building
trades
in
the
manufacturing
sector
and
over
the
last
year,
we've
expanded
it
beyond
manufacturing
and
construction
to
the
emerging
energy
sector
and
to
the
health
sector.
And
so
there
are
incredible
numbers
of
opportunities
that
are
that
continue
to
emerge
with
covet.
F
There's
been
a
real
shift
in
the
kind
of
employment
needed
in
pure
manufacturing
and
construction,
but
the
need
and
health
and
energy
are
not
going
to
dissipate
because
folks
are
going
to
need
power,
whether
renewables
or
not,
but
they're.
All
there's
also
going
always
going
to
be
greater
need
for
health
professions,
and
so
we
are.
We
are
seeking
individuals
who
are
looking
for
careers,
not
jobs,
careers,
family,
sustained
careers.
If
they're
interested
give
us
a
call
at.
F
412-562-2432
we'll
talk
to
you
about
career
opportunities.
If
you
belong
to
a
community-based
organization,
an
ngo,
any
of
that
give
us
a
call
we'll
come
talk
to
you
we'll
do
it,
we
can
do
it
person-to-person
as
long
as
we
meet
covet
requirements,
or
we
can
do
it
virtually
there
are.
There
are
opportunities
out
there
and
we
need
to
seize
the
moment.
B
And
one
of
the
things
that
I
want
to,
I
want
to
make
sure
we
have
add
on
ed.
Is
all
of
us
have
different
areas
of
expertise?
Ed
is
you
know
a
great
political,
statistician
and
and
strategist,
and
so
and
I
wanna
I
wanna.
I
wanna
talk
to
you
about
voting
a
little
bit.
You
know
you've,
one
of
the
things
you've
had
the
background
of
being
a
committee
chair
of
the
party
and
and
and
being
one
of
the
most
effective
turnout
machines
in
our
city
and
the
ability
to
to
deliver
votes.
D
I
think
that
what
we
got
in
the
white
house
has
to
be
changed,
and
I
think
there's
no
question
about
that,
and
I
understand
when
people
say
well,
hey
you
know,
body
may
resemble
a
lot
of
the
situations
that
we
don't
want,
but
right
now
we
got
two
choices.
We
got
bad
and
we
got
trump
and
there's
no
question
in
my
mind
that
bad
and
there's
a
way
better
candidate
and
will
be
a
better
president
than
donald
trump.
D
When
you
think
about
the
disasters,
that's
happened
under
trump
from
kobe
19
to
race,
relations,
race
relations
to
police,
violence
and
one
of
the
things
that
he
said
last
week.
That
amazed
me
was
that
he
was
the
president
of
law
and
order.
I
thought
the
president
was
supposed
to
be
the
president
of
the
united
states,
just
his
mind
said
in
regards
to
how
he
sees
himself
and
how
he
sees
his
lead.
D
His
role
as
a
leader
is
is,
is
evil
and
all
that's
been
promoted
out
of
that
white
house
has
been
evil
how
you
taking
babies
from
the
border,
to
separate
them
from
their
mother.
How
you
have
yet
to
be
able
to
say
that
you'll
bring
police
and
community
together
and
talk
about
a
strategy.
Talk
about
a
system
talk
about
a
plan
of
how
we
can
you
know
what
I
mean
rebuild
this
truck
different
things
that
need
to
happen.
He's
not
been
there.
D
D
She
has
not
received
her
medicine
in
two
weeks.
That's
just
uncalled
for,
and
those
are
things
that
lead
to
death.
That's
what
I
call
him
the
president
up
from
coveting
everything
else.
If
we
don't
understand
that
we
need
a
change
in
the
white
house,
then
we
have
to
continue
to
talk
about
until
they
see
that
we
need
a
change
in
the
white
house
november
3rd
is
major.
We
have
to
have
a
difference
maker.
It
may
not
be
what
everybody
thinks
is
great,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
voting
is
a
tool.
D
A
But
I'm
also
curious
because
I
just
read
the
article
and
I'm
asked
liv,
but
anyone
can
feel
free
to
jump
in
and,
as
I
do,
this
I
want
I
do
want
to
bring
micah
smith
in
micah.
Smith
is
the
intern
out
of
reverend
burgess's
office
that
has
helped
us
create
this
show,
and
she
says
there
are
some
live
questions.
I
want
to
afford
her
opportunity
to
ask
the
live
questions
but
live
and
anyone
else.
I
recently
read
an
article.
A
It
was
in
the
pittsburgh
courier
around
labeling
racism
for
what
it
really
is
and
the
basic
premise
behind
the
article-
and
I'm
asking
you
this,
because
you
often
use
a
lot
of
terminology
that
has
helped
educate
me
in
terms
of
being
anti-racist
white
fragility
and
all
these
sort
of
things,
but
the
article
essentially
says
indigenous
people
latinx
community
they're,
not
the
reasons
that
we
are
disproportionately
locked
up
in
prison.
They
are
not
the
reasons
that
we
see
the
achievement
gaps.
It
is
not
just
racism,
it's
explicitly
fight
racism.
A
That
is
the
reason
for
this.
So
I'm
actually
curious
to
get
your
thoughts
on
us
beginning
to
move
the
conversation
away
from
generalizing
racism
to
be
more
explicit
about
in
this
country.
It's
explicitly
white
racism.
That
is
the
cause
of
all
these
other
specific
issues
that
covet
19
is
exacerbating.
E
Absolutely
so,
can
I
rewind
a
little
bit
back
to
ed's
question,
because
I
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
know
the
deadline
to
register
to
vote
in
october
19th
and
you
can
go
to
votespa.com
to
register
to
vote
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
got
that
in
there
because
I
think
that's
crucial
information,
but
to
your
question:
councilman
lavelle.
E
Yes,
there
are
so
racism
when
we
talk
about
racism.
We
talk
about
it
very
generally,
like
and
and
when-
and
I
do
feel
like
that-
we
need
to
be
more
specific
because,
yes,
you're
right,
there
is
a
specific
part
of
white
supremacy
or
what
you're
calling
white
racism
that
is
targeted
towards
black
people.
It
is
specifically
anti-black,
so
redlining
is
an
example
of
that
new
jim
crow
was
an
example
of
that.
E
You
know
lynching
slavery
itself,
so
those
were
very
targeted
policies
and
and
practices
that
were
targeted
to
black
people
specifically
and
that
hasn't
changed.
It's
just
morphed
into
different
forms
of
policy
and
practices
that
are
a
little
bit
more
subtle
than
hanging
somebody
on
a
tree.
But
although
we
do
still
see
that
too
this
day,
so
yes
toward
your
point,
it
is
we
have
to
be
very
specific
about
when
we're
speaking
about
racism,
to
talk
to
speak
specifically
about
anti-black
racism,
because
that
is
the
racism.
A
Thank
you
with
that.
We
want
to
invite
micah
in
will
you
ask
the
any
pertinent
questions
that
are
being
asked,
live.
G
C
I
could
take
this,
so
I
want
to
encourage
gabriel
and
all
of
the
folk
who
are
watching
or
maybe
see
this
video.
We
are
in
the
process
right
now
started
yesterday.
It's
called
the
north
star
convention.
C
It's
the
convention
that
was
headed
by
senator
anthony
williams
out
of
philadelphia,
but
it's
a
statewide
convention
that
you
all
can
participate
I'll,
make
sure
we
post
the
the
flyers
or
the
information
for
registering,
but
it's
leading
up
to
creating
what
we
are
calling
a
statewide
black
agenda
that
will
then
be
delivered
to
the
candidates
for
elected
office
at
the
federal
level,
both
trump
and
biden,
and
we
are
pushing
that
so,
no
matter
who
wins
in
november.
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
that
the
african-american
population
in
this
commonwealth
has
put
forth
a
viable
plan
for
them.
So
again
that
we're
we're
start
that
started
participating.
There
will
be
a
session
tomorrow
on
criminal
justice
reform.
I
can't
think
yesterday's
session
was
on
gun.
Violence,
there'll
be
something
around
economic
justice.
There
will
be
something
around
housing
and
education,
so
there
are
different
like
topic
areas
and
the
the
public
is
encouraged
to
participate
and
to
also
add
voice
to
it.
B
Although
she
didn't
specifically
ask
us
the
city,
I
would
also
encourage
her,
though,
to
look
at
the
legislation
that
we
passed
called
black
pittsburgh
matters
that
has
a
set
of
investment
principles
of
saying
that
we
want
to
invest
in
because,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
resources,
as
I'm
a
broker
record.
All
those
who
are
on
this
on
the
show.
B
No
I've
talked
over
and
over
again
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
about
money
into
the
black
community
and
resources
to
rebuild
black
communities
for
black
people
by
black
people
with
our
partners
and
allies.
That
means
you
know,
economic
development
that
means
building
entrepreneurship,
building
new
housing,
building
the
capacity
of
community-based
organizations,
really
investing
numbers
of
significant
amount
of
dollars,
disproportionate
dollars
into
black
communities,
to
rebuild
them
and
transform
them
from
communities
of
isolated,
concentrated
poverty
into
mixed
income,
stable
communities,
and
so
I
I
would
never
to
look
at
that.
B
G
Sorry,
thank
you.
Next,
how
does
the
coalition
work
together
to
affect
change
for
black
pittsburgh
and
what
does
that
collaborative
process?
Look
like.
C
So
we
we've
kind
of
so
we
are
all
individuals
who
come
to
the
table
with
different
perspectives.
This
car
collaborative
this
coalition,
we
believe
in
consensus
building.
So
what
we
try
to
do
is
build
consensus
and
talk
about
the
things
that
we
think
we
can
do
together
to
transform
our
community,
and
so
our
process
has
always
been.
We
try
to
educate
ourselves.
C
We
try
to
bring
stakeholders
to
the
table,
who
are
practitioners
and
experts
in
the
fields
of
study
and
work
with
us
to
develop
ideologies
and
processes
and
and
sometimes
policy
that
we
can
share
and
and
work
together
along
now.
Our
rule
is,
though,
if
one
person
says
no,
that
they
don't
agree
with
what
we're
doing
in
our
process.
C
We
don't
do
that
as
the
coalition
individuals
are
able
to
do
it
on
their
own,
but
we
for
the
la
and
again
I
have
to
say
for
the
last
three:
over
three
years
now,
we've
been
meeting
every
week
talking
sometimes
twice
a
week
working
through
we,
we
all
went
through
a
series
of
community
engagements
that
cr
created
a
document.
That
is
our
agenda
that
we've
kind
of
worked
to
try
to
move
in
different
spaces.
So
you
heard
the
whit
talk
about
us
working
with
the
allegheny
conference
in
the
business
community.
C
You
we've
worked
in
the
space
to
try
to
work
with
our
social
service
providers
and
our
black
health
care
providers.
So
you
will
see
us
in
different
spaces
and
you
don't
always
we
don't
always
toot
our
horn
and
we
don't
always
show
up
on
the
news,
but
I
will
tell
you
there
were.
There
has
been
a
lot
of
victories.
Ed
is
good.
At
this
saying
we
there's
been
a
lot
of
victories
in
the
work
that
we've
done.
We
just
haven't
been
very
good.
C
D
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
we
need
to
talk
about
because
we
are
in
the
cove
at
19th.
We're
in
this
kobe
19
epidemic
is
that
you
know
the
black
elected
officials
fought
hard
to
have
testing
done
in
black
neighborhoods.
D
Before
we
took
this
fight
on,
they
wasn't
even
doing
testing
in
black
neighborhoods.
It
wasn't
even
a
plan
to
do
testing
in
black
neighborhoods
until
we
brought
it
to
the
table
and
since
then,
we've
been
able
to
get
the
allegheny
county
health
department
to
work
with
the
federal
qualified
health
care
systems
to
provide
testing
in
areas
such
as
homewood
in
areas
such
as
brata
areas
such
as
mckeesport,
the
hill
district
and
other
areas,
and
that
that
came
from
us
saying
hey
we
want
to.
D
We
know
that
if
y'all
keep
telling
us
we're
the
most
vulnerable
community-
and
we
understand
the
impact
that
coveted
has
had
on
black
neighborhoods,
then
we
need
to
be
out
there
testing
them.
We
need
to
be
making
sure
our
community
get
tested
and
we
fight
very
diligently
and
very
hard
about
that
to
ensure
that
there
was
testing
done
in
our
community
and
we
got
that
now.
It
didn't
show
up
on
the
nightly
news
like
that.
It
didn't
show
up
in
the
paper,
but
we
got
that
you
know,
and
I
think
that's
something.
That's
major.
D
That's
major
right
there
to
make
sure
that
your
community
is
getting
tested.
That's
major
and
we're
still
talking
just
to
be
able
to
move
some
other
things
forward
in
regards
to
coven
19,
and
things
like
that.
So
there
are
some
things
that
we
did,
but
you
know-
and
I
know
that
you
know-
sometimes
we
don't
get
the
attention
that
others
get
and
we
ain't
crying
for
that.
What
we
want
to
do
is
be
effective
in
being
effective,
we're
able
to
save
a
lot
of
people's
lives
in
our
community
and
that's
just
one
example.
A
And
we
should
just
also
point
out
representative
wheatley
mentioned
a
report
that
we
collectively
did.
That
report
is
called
the
peace
ingestive
initiative,
there's
a
phase
one
and
there's
a
phase
two
to
that
report.
That
report
can
be
found
on
our
website,
which
is
pbeoc.com.
C
And
much
of
which
was
in
that
report
by
the
way,
I
think
the
city
adopted
a
lot
of
our
tenants
in
the
report
and
has
been
operationalizing
it
already
so
anyway,
I
mean,
I
think,
people
always
look
to
and
point
to.
You
know
to
try
to
show
exactly
what
you've
done.
Sometimes,
what
we've
done
is
change
systems
so
that
they
operate
differently.
D
And
another
thing
that
we've
done-
and
this
was
actually
facilitated
through
jake-
was
just
dealing
with
the
community
development
financial
institutions
and
then
showing
that
that
you
know
and
about
and
listen.
Let
me
say
this
first,
let
me
pre-text
this.
It's
far
from
enough
people
don't
have
enough
bottom
line
when
it
comes
to
investing
in
african-american
businesses.
Since
we,
you
know,
the
report
says
we're
the
most
disadvantaged
community,
one
of
the
most
vulnerable
community.
We
don't
have
enough
money,
we
need
more
money.
D
We
need
double
triple
what
we're
getting
right
now,
but
to
the
credit
of
a
jake
wheely
and
myself
summer
and
austin
the
top
to
be
able
to
deal
with
the
community
development
financial
institutions
and
get
some
money
to
come
back
in
here
to
be
able
to
spread
out
to
a
couple.
African-American
businesses,
that's
a
bunkles,
because
before
then
they
wasn't
getting
anything.
You
know
I
mean
they
were
getting
the
crumbs
that
they
put
on
the
table
at
first
and
at
the
end
of
the
day
it
still
crumbs,
but
it's
an
improvement
to
what
they
had.
D
Do
we
need
more.
Absolutely.
There
was
just
a
call.
I
couldn't
get
on
another
date
that
jake
was
on
to
talk
about
the
cdfis
and
how
we
can
continue
to
work
to
foster
that
relationship
to
push
more
money
into
urban
areas.
African-American
communities,
particularly
in
our
business
community,
to
help
stabilize
what
we
can,
because
we
know
when
main
street
get
the
cold.
We
get
a
flu
and
we
got
to
make
sure
that
we
got
the
right
medicine
called
capital,
meaning
money
and
other
resources
to
ensure
that
our
community
can
stay
afloat.
D
So
those
are
things
that
are
being
worked
on.
They
don't
like.
I
said
they
don't
get
a
lot
of
the
media,
but
unders,
but
you
know
we
can't
control
that.
What
we
can
control
is
the
narrative
that
we're
trying
to
do
everything
we
can
to
help
build
up
a
black
community
that
we
know
has
been
underserved.
C
And
daniel,
if
I
can
real
quick
just
to
lift
that
point
up,
there's
a
million
there's
approximately
a
million
businesses
that
are
registered
in
the
state
of
pennsylvania,
24
of
which
are
historically
disadvantaged
businesses,
but
in
this
initiative
that
we
were
able
to
do
with
the
help
of
ed
and
summer
in
austin
50
of
the
2
million
200
million
dollars,
50
of
it
has
to
go
to
historically
disadvantaged
businesses.
Now,
what's
that
mean?
C
Is
you
have
24
percent
of
the
statewide
businesses
who
are
historically
disadvantaged
but
they're
going
to
get
50
percent
of
the
money
so
like
as
it
is?
Not
enough
is,
is
it's
not
enough?
200
million
dollars
was
enough.
In
the
first
round
they
had
almost
a
billion
dollars
worth
of
requests,
but
we
still
had
a
something
that
was
unique
and
I
have
to
give
senator
hughes
from
philadelphia.
His
due
50
percent
of
money
is
going
to
historically
disadvantaged
businesses
and
that's
a
major
that's
never
been
done
before.
D
And
we
also
have
we
also
got
the
fight
like
this,
and
I
mean
jake,
I'm
talking
about
it's,
not
a
fight.
This
is
the
reality.
You
know
what
I'm
saying
that
you
know
you
know.
We
make
sure
that
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
allegheny
county
gets
its
fair
share,
because
we
know
that
a
lot
of
that
money
is
going
to
end
up
in
philadelphia.
That's
the
reality.
I
mean
you
know
check.
D
You
check
the
numbers
yourself,
but
us
four
have
been
fighting
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
get
more
than
what
we
was
getting
in
the
past
and
that's
gonna
be
a
continued
battle.
It's
not
a
fight
in
terms
of
a
negative.
It's
just
saying
that
hey
we
got
black
businesses
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
in
the
greater
pittsburgh
region
we
need
fed.
D
We
need
to
make
sure
that
they're,
okay
and
so
that's
a
constant
conversation,
but
I
will
say
this
at
least
we're
able
to
add
our
conversation
at
least
it's
occurring,
and
that
in
that
conversation,
resources
is
all
coming
back.
Not
to
the
point
that
we
need
I'll
be
the
first
one
to
say
that
you
heard
me
pretext
that
in
the
beginning,
but
there
are
some
things
that
are
happening.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all.
We
are
running
short
on
time
at
this
point.
It's
now
705,
so
we've
gone
over
our
our
allotment.
No,
but
that's
cool,
that's
cool,
because
it's
worthwhile
and
at
some
point
we
will.
A
We'll
send
it
to
you
and,
as
ed
just
mentioned,
all
of
us
are
about
to
join
another
meeting,
so
I
do
want
to
give
you
all
a
break
before
we
have
to
join
that
next
meeting,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
you
and
although
they
are
not
here
with
us
this
evening,
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
and
thank
representative
summer
lee
for
all
the
tremendous
work
she
is
putting
in
on
the
state
level.
A
A
I
want
to
thank
representative
ed
gainey,
county
councilman,
dwight,
walton
and
county
councilwoman,
liv
bennett
for
being
here
with
us
this
evening,
sharing
the
work
that
you
are
doing
on
this
county
and
state
levels
and
then
genuinely
thank
you
for
partnering
with
us
as
members
of
the
pboc.
This
we
can
truly
build
a
city
that
really
has
a
thriving
black
community
and
one
that
is
a
city
for
all
only
if
and
when
black
communities.
Indeed
matter,.
B
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
people
who
are
watching
us
and
all
of
those
who
are
participating
either
remotely
in
this
town
hall
meeting.
Remember
you
can
watch
this
town
hall
meeting
on
facebook,
the
city's
youtube
channel
and
on
the
city's
cable
channel.
A
new
meeting
will
occur
every
wednesday
and
by
working
together,
united
purpose,
we
can
transform
our
city
strengthen
it
for
all
of
its
residents.
Pittsburgh
can
only
be
a
city
for
all
when
it
becomes
a
city
where
black
pittsburgh
matters
good
evening
stay
safe
and
be.