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A
B
I'm
calling
the
the
public
comment
session
into
order
and
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
and
ideal
schedule
to
actually
voice
a
comment
regarding
immigration
policies
that
we
are
facing.
My
name
is
wen
for
Craig
on
to
share
the
commission
of
city
of
pittsburgh,
commissioner,
in
relations
at
this
time,
we
will
be
moving
into
public
comments
until
1:00
p.m.
B
any
person
who
wish
to
make
public
comments
can
do
so
at
this
time
we
will
start
with
the
list
of
speakers
who
have
signed
up
online
through
the
City
Council
portal
or
Google
forum
following
the
list.
Any
other
person
who
have
signed
up
here
today
may
make
comments.
Please
note
that
the
sign-up
sheet
and
the
public
comment
is
located
next
to
the
podium
when
your
name
is
called.
You
had
three
minutes
at
the
podium
to
provide
your
comment
when
the
light
turned
green.
B
C
Of
their
notes,
unlike
city
council
comments,
you
do
not
have
to
state
your
address
there.
Yes,
unlike
at
City
Council
comment
period,
you
do
not
have
to
state
your
address
some
people,
those
who
are
undocumented,
has
some
concerns,
and
so
we
want
to
be
very
respectful
of
their
needs.
So
just
your
name
is
fine.
The
first
person
signed
up
is
Rea
done.
C
D
Name
is
Judy
Hsu
and
I'm.
A
resident
of
Pittsburg
here
are
some
statistics
from
the
Urban
Institute
and
the
Center
for
a
race
and
social
concerns
at
Pitt
that
defy
the
myths
of
Asians
as
a
model
minority
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
23%
of
all
Asian
households
live
in
poverty
in
the
city,
Asians
of
the
rates
have
the
lowest
home
ownership
rates.
Here,
Asian
women
have
higher
unemployment
rates
than
white
women,
and
Asian
men
are
twice
as
likely
as
white
men
to
be
on
an
unemployed.
D
The
median
income
of
white
households
in
Pittsburgh
exceeds
that
of
Asians
by
more
than
$10,000.
This
means
that
some
of
us
are
at
the
very
bottom
of
the
economic
scale
here,
while
some
of
us
are
at
the
top.
However,
because
of
the
persistence
of
the
model
minority
myth
in
Pittsburgh,
poor
Asian
Americans
are
often
kept
out
of
the
frame
and
policymaking
discussions
and
often
fall
through
available
safety
nets,
no
matter
where
we
are
economically.
D
All
of
us,
however,
are
vulnerable
to
expressions
of
white
supremacy,
which
lies
at
the
foundation
of
the
profound
inequality
between
the
races
in
the
city
and
hinders
its
overall
growth.
Where
does
it
happen
in
Pittsburgh
I
personally
avoid
Carson
Street
on
weekend
night,
since
that's
where
I've
repeatedly
encountered
the
most
blatant
racist
aggression
from
groups
of
intoxicated
young
white
men
and
occasionally
white
women,
but
I've
also
been
told
to
go
back
where
I
come
from
and
verbally
assaulted
by
stone-cold
sober
individuals
of
all
ages
and.
E
D
Range
of
races,
all
over
the
city,
white
supremacy
flourishes
when
people
of
different
races
don't
grow
up
together.
The
kind
of
familiarity
that
is,
to
my
mind,
the
only
real
vaccine
again
power
of
white
supremacy
in
this
country
has
to
be
of
a
lifelong
variety.
We
have
to
be
school
friends
and
neighbors
in
order
for
white
supremacy
to
lose
its
default
status
as
a
way
of
thinking
in
this
country.
We
need
racially
and
economically
integrated
schools
and
neighborhoods
and
much
more
affordable
housing
to
halt
migration
of
minorities
away
from
the
city.
Thank
you.
F
Good
morning,
my
name
is
Monica
Reese
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
communities
that
I
work
with
I
work,
primarily
with
the
undocumented
community,
here
in
Pittsburgh
and
I'm
here,
to
tell
you
that
this
year,
the
flavor
that
is
very
real
I
was
conducting
ways
and
is
picking
up
before
a
much
higher
rate
here
in
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
than
in
any
other
state.
That
doesn't
mean
that
we
have
more
undocumented
people
here
in
the
state
of
Pennsylvania.
That
means
that
there
can
be
not
more
people
and
a
higher
rate
here.
F
These
people
live
in
fear,
some
are
afraid
to
leave
their
homes
to
go,
to
work,
to
take
their
children
to
school
or
even
go
to
church
to
worship.
That's
not.
The
type
of
city
remember
to
live
in
the
narrative
right
now
is
hate
we're
at
the
target
of
the
paint
people
of
color
minorities,
people
who
aren't
born
here.
People
have
a
different
religious
background,
and
that
is
again
not
protecting
city
I'd
like
to
live
in
real
lives,
are
being
affected,
I
see
on
a
daily
basis.
F
The
effects
of
what
ice
deportations
do
to
families,
and
especially
young
children,
are
you
for
being
harassed
on
the
way
to
school
being
stopped
by
ice.
Some
are
being
detained
if
you
think
that
ice
raids
aren't
happening
at
the
increased
enforcement,
isn't
happening,
you're
wrong,
just
because
it's
not
in
the
newspaper
just
because
it's
not
being
covered
doesn't
mean
it's
not
happening.
Talk
to
me,
I
can
tell
you
are
happening
and
I
have
some
other
conversations
up
with
people
and
tell
them.
F
F
It's
not
going
to
change
unless
it's
address
and
unless
we're
intentional
about
the
things
that
we're
doing
and
that
isn't
throwing
people
together
from
different
cultures
to
force
them
to
learn
about
each
other.
It's
educating
people,
it's
changing.
The
narrative
people
tend
to
listen
to
the
people,
to
talk
the
loudest
and,
unfortunately,
for
us
we
have
a
president
that
screams
very
loud,
very
negative
things
that
are
affecting
people
in
our
communities
every
single
day.
Pittsburgh
has
the
opportunity
to
take
this,
and
we
can
be
the
leaders
we
can
show
other
cities.
F
We
can
show
other
people
in
this
country
and
the
way
to
be
welcoming
and
how
to
treat
people
with
dignity,
respect
because
people
in
these
communities-
that's
all
they
want.
We
have
to
talk
about
the
over-policing
of
our
communities,
of
just
the
support
authority
meeting,
which
is
many
of
the
people
that
you
need
are
still
there.
That's
why
they're
not
here
on
how
the
over-policing
of
black
and
brown
communities
leads
to
deportation
to
criminalization
of
something
is
even
as
well
as
a.
G
Hi,
my
name
is
Lena
Perkins
I'm,
a
resident
Pittsburgh
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
people
in
the
Muslim
community
that
have
been
impacted
by
our
government
policies,
policies
that
include
the
Muslim
ban,
FBI
surveillance
and
infiltration
of
Muslim
communities.
These
policies
create
an
atmosphere
of
xenophobia,
fear
and
hatred.
G
As
an
african-american,
Muslim
woman
I
increasingly
face
Islamophobia
racism
misogyny
the
current
rhetoric
towards
Muslims
deeply
impact,
most
vulnerable
and
visible
representations
of
Muslims
in
the
u.s.
that
is
Muslim
women,
Muslim
women
wear
a
headscarf
for
hijab
to
show
modesty,
cowardly,
bigots
attack,
innocent
Muslim
women.
These
bigges
are
fueled
by
xenophobia
and
hatred
coming
from
right
wing
news
organizations,
many
of
the
Islamic,
so
the
summit
sobic
policies
coming
from
this
permanent
current
administration
also
create
and
plis
it
and
explicit
bias.
Muslims
are
stopped
by
TSA
and
indoor
random.
G
Additional
screening
Muslims
are
at
the
back
end
of
hateful
comments
and
discrimination
at
work
school
and
in
their
communities.
This
hate
speech
and
establish
public
policies
are
a
direct
affront
to
percieve
liberties
and
values
of
this
nation.
Many
Muslims
still
isolated
and
fear
the
backlash
coming
from
bigots
because
they
receive
misinformation
from
this
administration
and
news
organizations.
This
kind,
xenophobic
and
Osama
phobic
climate
hurts
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
communities
we
should
have.
We
shouldn't
have
to
fear
for
our
lives
as
we
go
through
our
day
to
day
activities.
G
H
Good
morning,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
My
name
is
Will
Hollen
I
have
been
living
in
Pittsburgh
since
fall
2010
and
in
the
United
States,
then
summer,
1990
and
I'm
speaking
here
in
this
forum
serving
two
roles.
First,
as
an
immigrant
from
Indonesia
who
is
also
a
member
of
Indonesian
community
of
Pittsburgh,
as
you
may
already
know,
Indonesia
is
a
seven
largest
country
in
the
world.
Has
an
estimated
population
of
260
million
people?
87%
of
them
are
Muslim,
so
it
is
the
most
populous
muslim-majority
country
in
the
world.
H
Fortunately,
in
are
not
included
in
any
travel
ban
issued
by
the
current
administration
plus
Sunday
emissions,
community
of
Pittsburgh
celebrated
the
each
holiday,
which
is
the
holiest
day
of
Muslims,
so
I
use
that
event
to
seek
feedback
from
the
community
elders
and
leaders
of
this
very
topic.
We
are
speaking
out
right
now
and
here's
their
feedback
and
I
paraphrase
for
the
many
years
we
have
lived
in
Pittsburgh.
We
never
experienced
any
blatant
discrimination.
In
fact,
we
had
it
worse
back
in
Indonesia,
moreover,
since
Trump's
election
neighbors
and
co-workers
have
been
extra
nice
to
us.
H
Second,
as
a
founding
director
of
story,
Burke's
story
burg
is
a
non-profit
startup
that
has
been
in
operations
for
six
months
outside
the
startup
incubator.
We
are
a
community
storytelling
platform
that
seeks
to
foster
discussion
and
engage
the
community
with
underreported
and
under-told
stories,
so
stories
and
experiences
from
the
Indonesian
leaders
that
I
just
told
you
earlier
are
certainly
underreported,
but
were
they
really
never
discriminated
against?
That's
my
question.
H
Many
told
me
that
I
doubt
it
nowadays,
a
form
of
discriminations
can
be
as
subtle
as
not
having
people
of
color
or
other
religions
in
leading
roles
in
Hollywood
movies
or
in
whatever
authoritive
panels.
In
our
daily
life
story,
Berg
believed
that
one
way
to
alleviate
discrimination
and
other
social
justice
are
by
flooding
the
information
space
with
positives
and
educative
stories
to
balance
the
stories
in
traditional
media
that
only
appear
when
something
goes
wrong.
H
Doing
so
will
tell
the
wider
community
that
we
immigrants
and
refugees
exist.
We
live
and
walk
among
you
doing
the
same
daily,
daily
activities
experiencing
both
struggles
and
successes
like
everyone
else,
and
it
doesn't
require
a
journalist
to
tell
such
stories.
Everyone
can
do
that
they're
in
their
own
way
through
written
and
visual
narratives.
So
don't
wait
until
journalists
talk
to
you
or
ask
for
your
stories.
Go
to
them.
Tell
your
stories.
You
know
story.
Berg
is
a
platform
that
is
open,
so
feel
free
to
talk
to
us.
Thank
you.
Thank.
I
Thank
you
for
giving
me
this
opportunity.
My
name
is
Ramiro
doll.
I'm
from
this
community.
Are
we
over
5,000
population
in
the
Greater
Pittsburgh
region,
within
the
Allegheny
County
I
used
to
live
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
though
I'm
a
little
bit
out
out
of
the
boundary
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
but
our
population,
sizable
number
of
the
population
live
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
I
I
This
public
safety
issues
have
been
the
main
primary
concern
of
the
Bhutanese
community
as
of
now,
but
in
this
involved
in
this
new
environment.
We,
when
we
hear
of
incidents
and
hate
crimes
against
our
other
neighbors,
particularly
the
Muslims
and
the
Latinos.
We
we
do
not
think
that
we
are
also
we
are
safe
where
we
are
a
safe
community,
though
legally
we
might
be
able
to
produce
documents,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
are
protected
on
the
streets
while
working
on
in
the
street
or
in
the
school.
I
As
far
as
the
refugee
travel
ban
is
concerned,
we
are
also
concerned
about
the
refugee
ban
by
the
executive.
All
though
there
were
a
couple
of
attempts
and
also
the
code
invalidating
them,
but
we
we
think
that
on
the
refugee
ban
is,
is
something
illegal
and
this
below
the
values
and
the
standard
of
what
America
has
been
standing
for
since
its
foundation,
I
would
definitely
recommend
Pittsburgh,
Human
Relations
Commission
to
take
lead
on
inter-community
relations
and
advocacy
of
the
minorities,
irrespective
of
their
religious
or
legal
diagram.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
J
Do
we
really
want
to
be
a
part
of
a
country
where
children
are
living
in
terror
because
mom
and
dad
might
be
taken
from
them
and
at
any
moment,
we're
better
than
that
and
I
hear
this?
This
rhetoric
now
about
sanctuary
cities.
Pittsburgh
has
not
identified
itself
as
a
sanctuary
city,
but
it's
on
the
list
anyway,
because
it
has
this
very
City.
Council
has
written
policies
that
have
stand
for
immigrants
and
helped
to
protect
immigrants,
and
I
am
so
happy
about
that.
J
We
are
told
to
fear
sanctuary
cities,
because
they
will
allow
criminals
out
into
the
public
to
endanger
the
lives
of
our
citizens.
If
the
police
and
the
jails
find
no
reason
to
keep
that
person.
Why,
in
the
world,
do
we
present
them
to
be
a
criminal?
The
police
and
the
jails
find
no
reason
to
keep
them.
They
would
keep
them.
If
there
was
a
warrant
for
their
arrest,
they
would
keep
them
if
they
were
a
criminal
to
make
our
people
who
are
undocumented.
J
K
Hello,
my
name
is
Megan
Lovett
and
I'm,
an
attorney
at
Community,
Justice
Project.
Excuse
me,
Community,
Justice
Project
is
a
non-profit
law
firm
dedicated
to
representing
low-income
people
in
Pennsylvania.
Primarily,
we
take
on
class
actions
and
impact
litigation
to
cases
to
ensure
that
our
vulnerable
clients
receives
full
protection
of
the
law
and
are
treated
fairly.
K
These
workers
are
often
never
informed
of
the
minimum
wage
and
overtime
laws
and
are
sometimes
threatened
with
retaliation
if
they
report
the
unlawful
wage
practices.
So
they're
working
six
to
seven
days
a
week,
sometimes
10
to
12
even
13
hours
a
day
with
minimal
breaks
and
getting
paid
a
flat
rate
which
doesn't
account
for
the
hours
or,
obviously
the
overtime
through
our
own
outreach
and
our
relationships
with
immigrant
advocacy
groups
that
are
here
today.
We
are
occasionally
able
to
identify
these
workers
and
get
them
their
back.
K
Pay
we've
even
gotten
their
back
pay
if
they've
been
deported,
but
we
are
having
trouble
having
those
workers
be
brave
enough
to
reach
out
to
us.
In
these
times
of
fear,
we
are
also
fighting
for
language
access
in
the
courts,
schools
and
other
public
services,
providing
an
interpreter
and
translated
vital
documents.
Our
title
six
obligations
for
any
organization
that
receives
federal
funding
as
I'm
sure
you
know,
the
unified
judicial
plan
requires
affirmative
procedures
to
identify
limited-english-proficient
people
as
early
in
the
process
as
possible.
That
is,
the
person
doesn't
have
to
tell
you.
K
You
need
to
be
having
a
procedure
to
identify
that
person
when
they
can
enter
the
system,
and
that
is
necessary
to
maintain
the
access
to
Swift
and
efficient
justice
without
prompt
lengua
services.
Immigrants
are
effectively
barred
from
fair
treatment
and
full
access
to
public
services
that
they
have
a
legal
right
to
access.
Parents
can't
monitor
their
children's
discipline
and
school
records.
Women
can't
report
domestic
abuse
inmates,
don't
get
proper
medical
attention
in
jail.
I
specifically
asked
the
Commission
to
monitor
the
justice
system
for
compliance
with
the
state
language
access
plan.
K
And,
finally,
as
we've
heard,
ice
activity
has
created
a
strong
fear
of
deportation
and
it
has
created
a
significant
chilling
effect
among
clients
who
would
speak
out
about
illegal
actors,
illegal
employers
and
lack
of
language
access.
They
don't
want
to
stick
their
neck
out.
We
ask
that
the
city
ensure
that
all
public
services
which
immigrants
have
a
legal
right
to
access
are
safe
for
our
neighbors
and
makes
the
city
safer.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
L
I'm
sila
optic,
I'm
a
resident
of
pittsburgh
and
I'm
also
an
immigrant,
but
I
am
a
white
I
speak
with
a
English
accent
and
I
am
very
privileged
and
it
is
up
to
us
and
I
am
so
grateful
for
the
commission
for
the
work
that
they
are
doing.
We
need
the
white
privileged
population
in
this
city
needs
to
stand
up
and
support
our
immigrant
population
we
have.
L
They've
come
from
war,
they've
come
from
displacement,
they've
come
from
all
sorts
of,
and
all
most
of
our
refugees
have
experienced
this,
and
yet
they
have
made
an
incredible
home
for
themselves.
I
had
privilege
of
having
two
wonderful
young
Iraqi
youth
in
my
youth
group,
one
of
whom
and
they
were
an
incredible
asset,
and
they
had
just
learnt
the
language
they
had
just
come
in.
They
had
and
they
were
picking
up.
The
culture,
one
of
them
just
an
interesting
story.
M
Good
morning,
I
live
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
and
I
am
a
educator
that
has
taken
students
around
the
world
for
45
years
every
time
I
do
it.
It
is
my
hope,
and
the
school's
hope
that
these
students
will
come
home
with
an
understanding
of
the
world
that
we
live
in
I
also
work
with
an
organization
that
does
virtual
exchanges
with
people
in
the
Middle
East.
Recently
I
was
in
Lebanon
watching
high
school
students
in
Lebanon
speaking
to
high
school
students
in
Paducah
Kentucky.
M
M
M
Who
need
to
understand
that
the
world
is
much
smaller
today
than
it
was
50
years
ago,
and
they
need
to
know
that
Asians,
Indians
and
people
of
the
Middle
East
are
people
who
are
living
their
lives
very
well
and
very
similar
to
what
they
do
they
go
to
school.
They
worry
about
what
they're
going
to
do
during
after
school.
M
They
worry
about
what
they're
going
to
eat
and
that's
what
we
as
a
country
should
be
sharing
with
these
students
in
our
educational
system
and
I
would
be
happy
to
help
this
commission
if
they
want
me
to
get
any
context
that
I
could
give
to
help
in
a
situation
to
bring
Pittsburgh
schools
into
a
better
situation
in
the
future.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
N
There's
discussion
of
the
character
of
people
from
the
immigrant
communities
I
would
like
to
share
something
on
the
subject
which
I
consider
a
poll,
although
it
was
not
written
as
a
poem
I'm,
not
talking
about
the
marvelous
Emma
Lazarus
poem
that
someone
else
may
quote
to
you.
This
was
something
said
by
Eugene
Victor
Debs
when
he
were
speaking
to
a
court
judge
which
was
about
to
send
him
for
his
work
representing
strikers.
N
O
Hello,
my
name
is
Abdul
Qadeer,
humble
as
I'm
the
leader
of
United
Somali
Bantu
of
Greater
Pittsburgh,
as
my
focus
is
to
make
sure
the
Somali
community
security,
schooling
and
ability
to
thrive
in
Pittsburgh.
As
everybody
talking
about
our
the
travel
ban,
we
have
had
a
lot
of
a
story
about
it
to
our
neighbors,
which
is
they
open
their
heart
for
us,
and
we
really
created
an
organization
for
the
Somali
community.
O
O
O
It's
running
in
not
view
height
mostly
in
the
weekend,
and
when
the
school
is
closed,
we
do
weekdays
and
we
also
trying
to
do
after
school
for
after
school.
But
we
don't
have
that
time
to
be.
You
know
everybody
to
attend,
because
everyone
is
going
to
work
as
being
a
refugee
in
Pittsburgh
being
a
refugee
in
Pittsburgh.
C
P
Right
I,
bleep
Halima
Hasan
today
and
she
wants
a
translator
she's
sitting
over
there.
But
since
we
has
all
speakers
for
three
minutes,
I
thought
it
was
going
to
take
a
little
bit
of
time.
So
my
name
is
Lucia
smonny
I
work
at
the
Housing
Authority
city
of
Pittsburgh
I
work
at
nerd
view
high
up
working
with
immigrant
families
in
all
populations.
P
Today,
I
came
here.
One
of
my
big
concerns
for
the
immigration
family
I
wanted
to
introduce
a
tool
that
can
help
all
immigration
family
I
am
my
family
arrived
here
in
2004,
and
then
we
really
faced
a
lot
of
challenges
in
order
to
guide
all
the
immigration
family.
I
would
love
to
introduce
this
to
everyone
today
in
it
I.
Hopefully,
you
guys
take
around
all
the
advices
and
hopefully
does
help
us
with
it.
P
We
want
to
do
like
the
sort
of
seminar
which
is
called
90
days
in
America
for
immigration,
family
and
that's
like
a
training.
Whenever
new
families
arrive
to
America
that
we
can
help
them
out
and
guide
them
a
way
to
success,
to
be
in
the
United.
States
has
a
Somali
banshee
and
also
for
all
the
immigrations,
and
the
other
thing
is
on
the
home
ownership,
I'm
sensin
Starr
working
for
the
Housing
Authority
state
of
Pittsburgh
I've,
seen
a
lot
of
immigration,
families
and
other
families
who
have
like
you
know
two
jobs.
P
My
family
has
three
jobs,
and
then
they
don't
know
the
they
don't
have
the
knowledge
like
you
know
to
be
in,
like
you
know,
to
budgeting,
and
you
know
other
things
like.
You
know
how
to
be
a
home
ownership
and
we
wanted
to
introduce
the
Scimitar
to
them
and
you
know
bring
the
word
outside
there,
and
so
we
can,
like
you,
know,
teach
them,
and
so
they
can
learn
from
like.
P
You
know
the
knowledge
that
we
have
because,
like
since
I
started
working
there,
one
of
my
passion
was
like
okay
turn
something
people
around
here
and
then
they
need
help
and
what
can
I
do
and
then
so
on
I
was
like
and
then
I
was
connected
with
some
other
bunch
of
Greater
Pittsburgh,
and
then
they
I
volunteered
for
them
as
a
booking
and
then
and
I
really
enjoy
them.
P
And
then
I
told
him
that
I
think
the
best
thing
for
us
to
do
right
now
is
to
help
out
the
new
immigration
family
coming
today
because
we
suffered-
and
we
don't
want
them
to
suffer
too
and
in
the
seminar
call
ninety
days
in
America
for
immigration,
family
and
hopefully
we
find
any
office
or
you
know
you
guys
can
help
us
out
and
that's
what's
my
idea
and
I
really
appreciate
you
guys
for
listening
and
thank
you
very
much
and
have
a
dressing
days.
Everyone.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
E
Hello
hi,
stormy,
Miramontes
I
would
like
to
address
the
topic
of
Pittsburgh
being
called
a
sanctuary
city.
The
idea
is
to
help
immigrants
involve
all
vulnerable
communities,
feel
welcome
and
safe.
In
Pittsburgh,
the
book
of
Joshua
called
sanctuary
cities
a
city
of
refuge
for
the
Slayer.
How
can
we
honestly
call
this
a
sanctuary
city
if
the
residents
don't
even
feel
safe?
Just
a
while
ago,
Wilkinsburg
Port
Authority
police,
reenacted
Django
on
a
young
man
because
he
defended
itself
against
their
police.
E
K-9
Pittsburgh
school
teachers
are
raping,
students
are
receiving
a
slap
on
the
wrist
or
a
high-five
Pittsburgh
paramedics
killed
sergeant,
first
class
Victor,
Miramontes
and
probably
other
citizens
that
we
don't
even
know
about
mayor
Peduto
won't
do
anything
about
Victor's
murder,
because
it's
not
newsworthy
at
Westinghouse
High
School,
a
gang
of
girls
jumped
another
girl
because
she
didn't
want
to
play
their
game
and
be
a
crackhead
or
a
welfare
mom.
The
school
superintendent
and
the
Pittsburgh
police
called
it
mutual
combat
because
she
had
the
nerve
to
defend
herself.
E
Some
employees
that
shop
and
save
in
the
Hill
District
are
being
treated
like
slaves
and
not
being
giving
a
living
wage,
while
other
residents
are
just
finding
out
that
someone
just
took
out
a
second
mortgage
on
their
home.
There
are
homeless
people
in
downtown
Pittsburgh
right
now,
begging
for
help
and
city
leaders
are
turning
a
blind
eye
because
it's
not
close
enough
to
the
election.
E
Yet
now
I
did
see
Jake
Wheatley
on
television,
posing
for
pictures
for
the
unfortunate
ones,
but
I
did
not
see
him
handing
out
any
food
to
the
people
that
voted
him
into
office.
There
are
lazy,
caseworkers
issuing
checks
for
Invisible
Children
and
they
need
to
be
fired.
They
say
president
Trump
is
going
to
stop
government
funding
for
any
city
that
lists
itself
as
a
sanctuary
if
we
can't
keep
track
of
the
immigrants
that
come
in.
E
My
concern
is
for
the
criminals
that
are
going
to
get
mixed
up
in
the
bunch
and
make
it
bad
for
everyone
else.
It's
common
knowledge
that
if
a
city
is
not
racially
balanced,
it
does
not
qualify
for
government
grants.
Now,
mayor
Peduto
and
mr.
Alvarado
brought
Hispanics
into
Pittsburgh
to
get
the
American
Dream
they've
been
stuck
out
in
beach
view
for
a
long
time
they
still
haven't
caught
it.
So
the
question
is:
if
they
got
money
for
these
people,
where
is
it?
E
In
my
opinion,
sanctuary
city
is
just
a
fancy
word
for
money
laundering,
so
city
officials
can
pay
their
mortgages
car
loans
and
vacations
on
the
down-low.
If
we
can't
protect
the
women
in
our
city
from
Bill
Cosby
and
his
wife,
how
can
we
expect
city
officials
to
protect
protect
us
from
the
small
group
of
criminals
that
are
going
to
make
it
bad
for
everybody
else?
Thank
you.
Q
Good
morning,
Tim
Stephens
chair
BiPAP,
the
black
political
empowerment
project
in
Co
convener,
with
Valerie
Dixon
of
the
coalition
against
violence,
Greater
Pittsburgh
coalition,
I,
wasn't
sure.
I
was
going
to
be
here
today,
so
I
didn't
schedule
myself,
but
I
was
able
to
be
and
wanted
to
come
down
and
and
thank
Helen
and
executive
director.
All
of
you
for
hosting
this
today.
I
am
a
cable
news.
Freak
and
I
watch
cable
news
much
too
much
and
it
is
affected
my
psyche.
Q
The
last
24
hours
we
heard
the
comments
effecting
a
female
nationally
renowned
host
of
television.
We've
heard
from
the
president
talk
about
what
he
could
do
with
females
in
their
body
parts.
We've
heard
a
president
say
what
he
could
do
of
what
should
happen
when
he
was
running
for
office
in
terms
of
encouraging
violence,
encouraging
people
to
say,
I
will
pay
your
bills.
Q
Stating
what
would
have
happened
back
in
the
day
when
people
would
have
been
taken
out
on
a
stretcher
what
he
would
do
with
immigrants
coming
into
this
country?
Some
of
that
being
implemented
in
the
last
12
hours
or
so
24
hours
would
a
sad
moment
and
that's.
Why
we're
to
come
down
and
commend
what
you're
doing
today?
We
have
to
set
a
tone
in
this
country
and
let
it
begin
in
our
city.
Q
Q
Q
R
Good
morning
my
name
is
Henry
Gonzalez
I
am
its
bird
resident
I'm.
Also
an
immigrant.
My
family
moved
here
from
Venezuela
when
I
was
seven
back
in
1965
and
currently
I'm
a
teacher
at
Fox
Chapel
High
School
in
the
world
languages,
Department,
I,
guess.
First
I
would
also
think
the
Commission
and
the
work
that
you're
doing
the
important
work
that
you're
doing
especially
in
these
times
and
I,
would
support
anything
that
can
be
done
not
only
by
the
Commission
but
by
the
city
to
push
back
against
the
climate.
R
A
R
Stevens
mentioned
the
issue
of
behavior
how
we
behave
and
I
think
the
Commission
is
showing
and
presenting
a
very
good
model
of
how
we
can
behave
towards
the
towards
folks
in
our
immigrant
community
here
in
the
city,
but
I
want
to
extend
that
down
into
the
educational
community.
My
experience
as
a
teacher
I
found
that
students
young
students,
whether
it's
in
primary
grades
middle
school
high
school,
are
quite
open
to
instruction
and
education
on
how
we
should
behave.
R
So
my
encouragement
to
the
Commission
and
to
anyone
involved
in
our
current
effort
is
to
try
to
extend
the
mission
of
this
commission,
partly
into
the
outreach
and
Asian
community
to
extend
that
education
effort
to
our
young
people
here
in
the
city.
They
need
to
learn
at
an
early
age
what
it,
what
it
means
to
be
compassionate
to
the
immigrant
community,
how
we
should
respond.
Actually,
we
should
behave
and
let
it
be
part
of
their
formation
in
becoming
responsible
adults
in
the
community.
R
A
lot
of
folks
here
in
this
room
are
involved
in
organizations
that
are
concerned
with
issues
of
social
justice,
etc.
So
won't
speak
to
anything
specific
there,
but
most
folks
are
involved
in
one
way
or
another.
My
sense
is
so
again
my
encouragement
would
be
to
for
the
Commission
to
look
for
ways
to
involve
the
education
community,
whether
again
at
the
lower
levels
or
the
higher
levels,
to
communicate
a
message
of
compassion
of
fairness
in
a
way,
that's
practical.
Thank
you.
S
Hello
commissioners,
I
apologize
for
being
late,
I'm
Laura,
Wiens
I
was
scheduled
to
speak
earlier,
but
I
was
at
the
Port
Authority
board
meeting
talking
about
the
concerns
around
the
proof
of
payment
stuff
on
the
tea.
So
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
So
Pittsburghers
republic,
Transit
I'm.
S
The
incoming
director,
is
part
of
a
coalition
of
community
organizations
alongside
the
Merton
centers
Casa
San
Jose,
and
the
Alliance
for
police
accountability,
who
are
concerned
about
port
authority's
implementation
of
the
fair
proof
of
payment
system
on
the
tee
and
as
its
proposed,
the
policy
of
using
armed
police
officers
checking
fare
on
the
light.
Rail
could
have
devastating
impacts
to
people
of
color,
our
immigrant
neighbors,
the
mentally
ill
and
the
poor.
We
have
seen
several
instances
of
the
Port
Authority
police
exercising
excessive
force
in
recent
years,
including
the
shooting
death
of
Bruce
Kelley
jr.
S
and
the
violent
treatment
of
Somali
youth
downtown
with
little
oversight
or
remedy,
which
proposal
would
put
more
armed
officers
in
a
position
where
the
black
community
and
brown
community
could
be
targeted
and
it
could
become
more
commonplace,
particularly
because
the
policy
doesn't
have
adequate
measures.
In
place
to
prevent
racial
profiling,
when
the
Port
Authority
police
runs
names
in
the
database
to
check
for
fare
infractions,
it
also
gives
ice
the
opportunity
to
issue
a
warrant
to
detain
those
individuals,
so
a
fare
violation
of
a
mere
two
dollars
and
fifty
cents
could
therefore
result
in
deportation.
S
This
happened
very
recently
in
Minneapolis
Minnesota,
and
what
I
heard
today
was
that
it
was.
This
person
was
detained
for
what
the
words
a
the
the
possibility
that
they
might
have
evaded
fare,
so
it
wasn't
even
confirmed
and
could
have
a
chilling
effect.
It
will
have
a
chilling
effect
on
ridership
among
our
most
vulnerable
immigrant
neighbors
public
transit
is
not
a
checkpoint.
Fair
violations
could
additionally
result
in
a
fine
of
$300
in
even
jail
time.
Our
Coalition
is
humanely
opposed
to
the
criminalization
of
the
poor.
S
If
somebody
lacks
two
thousand
fifty
cents
to
pay
a
fare,
they
certainly
will
not
have
three
hundred
dollars
to
pay
a
fine.
The
Port
Authority
has
additionally
already
acknowledged
the
existing
infrastructure
and
connect
card
machines
often
have
problems
taking
payment,
so
it
is
feasible
that
even
those
who,
in
tend
to
pay,
will
find
themselves
caught
up
in
a
criminal
proceeding
because
those
machines
don't
work.
This
is
both
illegal
and
a
human
rights
issue.
S
We
are
urging
for
the
Port
Authority
to
have
fair
checking
on
the
T
done
by
ticket
agents,
not
armed
police
officers,
civilian
agents
and
for
fair
violations
to
result
in
civil
penalties
and
not
criminal
charges.
We
are
additionally
calling
for
non-compliance
with
bias
around
detainment
and
measures
to
prevent
racial
profiling
and
checking
fares,
and
we
appreciate
the
Committee
on
Human
Relations
attention
and
support
for
our
communities
in
this
matter.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
T
Hello,
my
name
is
nour:
Khan
I'm,
a
physician
I'm,
a
Muslim
and
I've
been
living
in
and
working
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
for
the
last
twenty
years
and
I
heard
about
this
event
fairly
late.
I'm
very
glad,
I
made
it
over
here.
I
just
wanted
to
share
some
anecdotes
from
my
kids,
so
we've
been
here
since
1997,
my
oldest
child
was
born
in
2000
just
before
September
11
after
September
11th,
a
lot
of
things
changed
all
around
the
world.
T
One
thing
that
changed
for
us
as
Muslims
living
in
America
was
a
sense
of
security.
When
we
first
came
here,
I
was
pleasantly
surprised
because
I
had
no
experience
of
Americans
beyond
what
you
see
on
Hollywood
movies,
of
how
welcoming
and
how
friendly
this
nation
is.
Even
after
9/11,
people
have
gone
out
of
the
way
to
make
us
feel.
Welcome
and
befriended
and
I
really
appreciate
everyone
who's
reached
out
to
us,
including
the
people
on
in
this.
T
In
this
room
we
have
to
talk
about
what
our
children
are
being
taught,
and
many
experienced
educators
over
here
mention
that,
but
one
story
I
would
like
to
share
is
how
so
Media
affects
all
of
us,
especially
our
kids.
So
back
in
2008
the
time
of
the
national
election,
my
six-year-old
son
came
back
from
school
and
said:
I
know
for
a
fact
that
Obama
is
not
an
American.
I
said.
How
do
you
know
that
he
said
well,
Christopher
told
me
so
so
this
is
what
was
happening.
T
You
know
in
the
households
around
the
country,
and
this
is
what
our
children
was
listening.
My
daughter
said:
why
do
you
want
to
vote
for
sewing
sew
from
the
news?
It
seems
like
they're,
really
bad
people,
so
I
had
to
sit
down
and
talk
to
my
seven-year-old
about
the
difference
between
real
news
and
fake
news.
Even
back
then,
just
last
year
in
June,
2016
I
was
going
through
my
7
year
olds,
room
and
I
found
a
note
sheet
written
to
her
friends
saying
dear
ans.
T
Do
you
know
that
if
Trump
gets
elected
we
will
be
kicked
out
of
the
country?
We
have
to
do
something
about
this.
I
smiled,
I
took
a
photograph
and
you
know
I
shared
it
with
other
parents
and
back
then
we
were
still
hopeful,
but
you
know
things
happen
the
way
they
did
so
it
is
very
important
that
we
continue
to
do
forums
such
as
this.
It's
very
important
that
we
continue
to
reach
out
to
each
other
I'm
running
out
of
time.
One
thing
that
we
really
need
to
do
as
immigrants
coming
to
the
u.s.
T
U
Today,
I'm
a
visitor
to
Pittsburgh
I've
only
been
here
two
three
days,
but
just
to
give
my
impression
in
three
days,
I
felt
this
city
is
a
very
generous
hospitable:
City
I'm,
staying
with
the
family
with
a
puppy,
we're
just
walking
down
the
street
and
people
from
all
nationalities
come
and
talk
about.
The
puppies
I
was
in
the
prayer
meeting
yesterday,
people
from
all
nationalities
coming
together
to
pray
for
the
good
of
the
neighborhood
and
the
community.
U
Yesterday
we
we
just
put
a
few
people
from
the
Somali
Bantu
community.
It
was
a
hot
day.
My
wife
just
went
in
the
shade
people
noticed
said:
I'll
come
come
to.
Our
house
gave
her
water
hospitality,
so
just
these
are
little
signs
of
hope,
I
think
American
people
are
very
generous
people
I
think
there
is
a
willingness
thought
for
good
and
for
community.
The
media
is
saying
it
reporting
important
things,
but
there
is
so
much
good
and
a
lot
of
hope
and
I
think
that's
being
expressed
here
this
morning.
U
C
J
V
V
I
know
that
the
city
doesn't
have
direct
discretion
over
the
school
districts,
but
I
would
urge
you
all
to
work
more
closely
with
Pittsburgh
Public,
Schools
and
the
surrounding
school
districts
to
address
these
issues
of
bullying,
because
it
has
greatly
affected
the
students
that
we
work
with
and
also
with
employers.
I
know
that
I'm
not
sure
if
anybody
else
has
already
commented
on
this,
but
our
clients
and
families
that
we
work
with
also
faced
a
lot
of
issues
with
discrimination
within
their
employment
places
and
again.
B
C
O
O
W
W
O
W
While
my
mother
had
a
Leticia
and
la
Madonna,
oh
la
dejas,
Animaniacs
in
gusik
estonian
carcinogen
community
de
Orellana,
they
are
can
score
on
each
area
or
method,
scholar
or
ESL
Muji
Journal
world--well
by
an
incomparable
skulkin
Parador
málaga
in
school,
compare
Adina,
al-hamdu,
nur,
Penelope
I.
O
A
C
B
Again,
thank
all
of
you
for
your
public
comments.
I
will.
If
you
wish
to
provide
comments
to
this
commission
regarding
this
topic
and
then
I
have
an
opportunity.
There
will
be
another
public
comment
period
from
4:30
to
6:00
p.m.
today.
In
addition,
please
write
or
email
at
the
Commission
at
the
human
relations
at
Pittsburgh,
PA
gov
or
you
can
send
just
regular
correspondence
again.