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Good
afternoon,
this
is
our
last
session,
which
is
called
public
comment
number
two
at
this
time,
we'll
be
moving
into
a
public
comments
until
6:00
p.m.
or
until
we're
done
any
person
who
wishes
to
make
public
comments,
as
do
so
at
this
time
we
will
start
with
the
list
of
speakers
who
have
signed
up
online
through
the
city
city
council
portal
or
the
Google
forum
following
this
list.
Any
other
persons
who
have
signed
up
here
today
I'm
sorry
following
this
list.
Any
person
who
have
signed
up
here
today
can
make
comments.
B
Please
note
at
the
sign-up
sheet,
for
the
public
comments
is
located
next
to
the
podium.
Instead,
it's
a
sign-up
sheet
there,
ok,
nothing!
Ok!
When
your
name
is
called.
You
will
have
three
minutes
at
the
podium
to
provide
your
comments
when
the
lights
turn
green.
You
should
begin.
Please
begin
by
providing
your
name
when
it
likes
to
turn
yellow.
You
will
have
one
minute
left
and
when
the
light
turn
red,
your
time
is
up.
Ok,
first
person
from.
D
Salam
alaikum
peace
be
upon
y'all.
My
name
is
Laura
lasagna
and
I'm,
a
staff
member
at
Council
on
american-islamic
relations,
the
Pittsburgh
chapter,
which
is
a
civil
rights
and
advocacy
organization
with
more
than
30
chapters
in
the
country.
As
a
person
who
does
intake
for
civil
rights,
complaints
I'm
deeply
saddened
to
see
so
many
Islamophobia
create
so
much
Islamophobia
created
in
the
country
due
to
Trump's
Islamophobic
policies
in
Pittsburgh,
school
bullying,
incidents
went
up
recently
and
the
targets
were
mainly
children
of
refugees.
D
I
believe
that
this
kind
of
Islamophobia
comes
about
due
to
ignorance
of
others,
culture
and
religion.
Our
attorneys
and
social
workers
are
working
hard
to
improve
the
situation
in
the
schools.
A
good
chunk
of
most
America
Americans
realized
that
Muslims
are
no
different
from
any
other
Americans.
Our
children
attend
schools
and
colleges.
Our
women
folks
are
contributors
in
the
workforce,
and
the
men
are
professionals
in
the
fields
or
who
work
hard,
pay
the
taxes
and
contribute
to
the
society,
just
as
any
average
American
would.
D
In
addition,
Muslim
women
and
youth
have
gone
out
into
the
streets
to
help
the
homeless.
There's
even
a
women's
shelter
run
by
Muslim
women,
which
was
begun
in
the
year
2013
and
to
date
they
have
sheltered,
85
individuals
which
comprised
of
people
from
different
nationalities.
Today,
I
want
to
speak
a
little
about
a
group
of
Muslim
physicians,
who
came
together
to
start
a
free
clinic
in
Braddock
area.
Their
aim
was
to
provide
basic
health
care
to
the
uninsured
residents
in
and
around
Braddock.
The
free
clinic
operates
on
the
weekends,
from
9:30
to
2
p.m.
D
a
group
of
13
Muslim
physicians,
three
free
physician's
assistants
and
for
medical
assistants
serve
this
clinic
in
volunteer
capacities.
On
average,
they
see
400
to
500
patients
a
year
since
2011
they
have
been.
They
have
seen
three
and
treated
almost
3,000
patients.
These
are
just
few
examples
of
services
offered
by
Muslims
in
the
city.
These
Muslims
save
lives
and
deserve
communities
in
our
city.
D
Islam
is
founded
on
the
principles
of
serving
of
fellow
humans
around
us.
Our
relationship
with
our
Creator
is
not
complete
without
serving
his
creations
as
a
prophet
peace
be
upon.
Him
said
he
is
not
a
believer
whose
stomach
is
full
while
his
neighbor
goes
to
bed
hungry.
There
is
another
thing
of
the
Prophet
peace
be
upon
him,
in
which
someone
asked
him.
What
are
the
best
deeds
in
Islam
and
the
Prophet
peace
be
upon
him,
replied,
spread
peace
and
feed
the
people.
D
In
conclusion,
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
have
also
received
much
support
from
our
allies
in
the
city
and
we
often
get
asked
what
can
we
do
for
you
now.
That's
a
good
question.
We
have
a
training
coming
up
on
July
20th
called
bystander
intervention
training.
This
training
will
basically
coach
you
how
to
react.
When
you
become
a
witness
to
a
situation
where
someone
is
being
harassed.
If
you
want
to
join
this
training
or
know
more
about
it,
you
can
call
me
at
my
care
Pittsburgh
number
four
one,
two,
six,
zero.
Six,
three,
six!
E
So
this
sentiment
is
not
necessarily
trickling
down
to
the
people
that
residents
regularly
interact
with
on
a
day
to
day
basis
having
a
multicultural
unit,
and
the
police
department
is
great,
but
I
personally
feel
that
the
entire
Police
Department
should
be
in
the
multicultural
unit
intermittent
trainings
aren't
enough.
There
needs
to
be
a
culture
shift
and
I
think
that
the
Commission
could
play
a
big
role
in
being
an
advocate
for
that.
E
E
Our
immigration
system
is
already
biased
in
favor
of
people
who
are
wealthy
and
well-educated
and
I
think
that
the
city
needs
to
be
a
role
model
for
being
inclusive
to
all
people,
not
just
people
who
are
coming
as
engineers
or
to
teach
at
our
universities.
But
anyone
who
is
trying
to
make
a
better
life
for
themselves
and
their
families
in
the
United
States.
E
C
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Dina
gali
and
my
case
is
little
bit
different.
I
came
here
at
United
State
for
my
daughter.
She
had
an
accident
in
Egypt
in
2007
and
she
need
a
life-saving
transplant.
Well
and
Egypt.
They
didn't
help.
We
collect
a
lot
of
money
to
get.
Certainly
she
did
transplant
2008,
which
came
2008
and
she
did
transplant
2009,
but
her
body
rejected
the
organ.
After
two
weeks
we
live
here
since
2008
by
visitor
visa
visitor
visa.
F
You
are
not
allowed
to
have
ID,
you
are
not
allowed
to
get
driver's
license,
you
are
not
allowed
to
anything
are
not
allowed
to
work.
My
husband
gets
stopped
by
police
officer
one
time
last
year
and
they
refuse
to
let
him
go
even
my
daughter,
she
was
there
very,
very
sick,
she's
in
septic
shock,
and
we
have
to
go
to
the
hospital.
He
said,
no,
you
know
and
the
other
one
he
was
kind,
and
he
let
him
go
she
you
know
I.
We
have
to
find
like
way
to
figure
out.
How
can
we
continue?
F
F
Her
situation
became
like
worst,
even
now,
she's
in
the
hospital
right
now,
I
came
from
there
I'm
just
asking
if
we
can
find
any
exit
from
this
or
just
let
us
and
now
to
have
ID
to
have
driving
license
in
order
to
allow
to
us
to
get
a
work
to
help
our
children
I
left
last
year
to
visit
my
parent,
like
I,
didn't
see
them
five
years
and
I
went
to
the
embassy,
the
American
Embassy
in
Egypt
the
consular
she
took
my
passport
and
she
cancelled
my
visa.
She
hold
me
there.
F
Eight
months
away
from
my
daughter
and
my
kids
here,
I
told
her,
please
my
daughter.
She
said
she
is
seriously
else.
She
said
no
I
will
never
let
you
go.
I
shall
have
her
picture,
her
belly
totally
open.
She
live
in
central
line.
No
one
can
take
care,
I
am
a
physician
and
but
I'm
not
allowed
to
practice.
Here.
I
asked
her
please
for
time,
I
apply
and
go
and
I
made
the
same
counselor
and
she
said
I
will
never
let
you
go
until
the
Muslim
here
on
the
mosque
ICP.
F
C
C
C
C
Yes,
so
there
were
a
number
of
people
who
had
told
me
that
they
wouldn't
be
able
to
get
here
until
like
5:15
5:30,
so
I
am
going
to
wait
at
least
a
half
hour,
so
you
are
welcome
to
stay
or
go
as
you
need
to.
This
is
being
recorded
so
that
if
even
somebody
comes
late,
this
can
still
be
valuable
for
outreach
education.
C
These
these
public
comments
will
be
available
on
DVD.
They
will
also
be
available
online
on
YouTube
clips,
so
we
have
a
really
fine
innovation
and
performance
office
that
is
very
eager
to
do
this
work
and
offer
to
help
us
edit
it
according
to
topic,
so
that
it
can
be
more
useful
both
to
the
Commission
and
to
other
organizations
or
individuals
that
want
to
use
it.
C
So
for
those
who
are
working
on
intercultural
or
interfaith
efforts
and
might
find
it
useful,
please
do
contact
the
Commission,
we'll
get
you
a
DVD
for
free
and
you
can
choose
between
the
different
kinds
of
topics
that
you
want.
We
had
speakers
earlier
in
the
day
experts
lawyers
advocates
we
can
into.
We
can
take
public
comment
and
put
it
together
with
those.
C
C
So
there
are
quite
a
few
organization
organizations
that
left
referral
cards
so
there
might
well
be.
There
was
the
community
justice
project
that
was
your
earlier
Dana.
They
might
actually
be
able
to
help
you
community
justice
project,
so
I
think
their
information
is
out
there
as
well.
I
also
want
to
just
well.
We
have
this
extra
time.
Thank
the
staff
of
the
Commission.
C
So
much
there
are
people
behind
the
scenes
behind
the
commissioners
that
often
their
faces
are
not
out
in
the
public,
but
they
work
tirelessly
to
help
investigate
cases
of
discrimination,
to
connect
people
to
resources
and
to
really
be
supportive
and
caring
to
those
that
may
not
have
the
resources
for
the
kind
of
legal
defense
that
are
often
needed
in
the
larger
system.
So
I'm
going
to
embarrass
Rachel
Salem
right
here.
C
She
does
so
much
more
than
like
this
normal
administrative
assistant.
She
designed
her
flyers.
She
is
incredibly
warm
and
welcoming
to
people
who
come
to
the
Commission
Sarah
Kenter.
The
deputy
director
is
outside
here,
so
can't
take
a
bow,
but
she
also
assists
with
investigations
and
does
intake
so
and
then
our
director
Torres
is
also
working
tirelessly
to
make
sure
that
we
address
not
only
individual
cases,
but
we
look
at
larger
patterns
of
discrimination
systemic
patterns.
C
C
Do
have
a
question
for
the
people
in
the
audience.
One
of
the
things
that
we
didn't
have
time
to
address
today,
but
I've
heard
is
a
big
problem
in
both
immigrant
and
Muslim
communities.
Is
the
difficulty
in
finding
housing
and
housing
discrimination?
Has
anyone
here
experienced
being
turned
away
because
you
were
dressed
a
certain
way
or
you
had
an
accent
or
didn't
speak
English
well
or
do
you
know
of
anybody
who
has
experienced
that
kind
of
discrimination.
F
I,
don't
have
experience,
you
know,
um
and
someone
hit
me
from
the
back
on
Auckland
Highway
and
you
know
I
was
alone.
I
was
tired,
I
get
hit
on
my
arm.
She
apologized
she
gave
me
all
her
information
and
someone
helped
me
to
go
to
the
side
and
take
the
information.
I
have
on
her
information
and
she
put
her
name
on
on
their
phone.
My
phone
and
you
know
I,
don't
have
that
experience.
I
should
call
the
police.
You
know
I,
believe
she
gave
me
her
information.
She
would
be.
Fine.
F
I
would
be
fine,
give
her
everything
next
day
when
I
call
her
insurance.
She
said
no
ma'am,
it's
your
fault.
I
said
it's
Oakland
5:30
p.m.
it's
1
August,
the
1st
of
August.
It's
no
one
can
just
come
right
away
in
front
of
anyone.
She
hit
me
October
30
from
the
back
I.
Had
the
picture.
I
have
the
health
picture
in
front
of
my
car.
She
they
said
no
ma'am
and
now
they
they
fix
her
car.
F
They
sent
to
collection
and
collection,
asked
me
to
pay
for
her
$11,000
and
you
know
I
keep
asking
who
can
help
me
all
that
I
don't
have
money
to
pay
for
the
lawyer.
Everyone,
like
the
hour-hand,
a
five
hundred
three
hundred
I,
went
to
the
court
and
asked
I
mean
when
I
do
pro
se
by
myself.
I
can
talk
the
judge,
he
knows
Pittsburgh,
he
know
the
traffic.
He
knows
everything
she
totally
hit
me
from
the
back,
but
she
lied
to
the
insurance.
F
But
you
know
because
it's
my
fault,
I
didn't
call
the
police
and
now
I
went
to
the
Christian
Legal
Aid
and
they
said
just
just
don't
do
anything.
Let
them
send
for
you
Kali
I
said
this
is
not
fair.
This
is
not
fair.
You
know
they
at
least
the
judge.
When
he
see
the
picture,
when
he
saw
her
picture,
he
will
figure
out.
It
was
fault.
I
want
to
go
to
her
address,
but
you
know
because
I'm
not
you
know
I
just
like
this.
F
She
look
at
me
like,
oh
you
know,
I
can
just
ignore
this
once
even
my
house
is
now
on
on
the
street.
Most
of
the
people
one
day
stop
on
the
traffic
light.
They
look.
Are
you
wearing
this?
You
are
you
look
they
look
to
you
why
this
is
not
happen
before
this
is
very
recent,
like
one
year,
just
very,
very
recent
one
someone
in
front
of
giant
eagle,
he
want
to
help
us
me
and
my
kids
I
just
take
my
hand,
he
didn't
stop
and
he
ran
away
all
the
people
they
scream
on
him.
F
C
G
I'm
sorry,
some,
my
friends
from
the
Islamic
Center,
are
not
here
to
share
the
large
number
of
occurrences
they
have
of
experiences
that
would
echo
what
we've
heard
this
afternoon.
I,
don't
know
what
to
say.
I
was
not
prepared
to
talk,
but
my
heart,
aches
and
I
want
to
see
a
Pittsburgh
which
is
consistent
with
loud.
G
Our
mayor
has
said,
a
place
that
is
a
that
loves
all
people
and
has
room
for
all
people
to
become
all
that
they
can
fully
become
and
that's
consistent
with
the
values
in
the
faith,
tradition
of
which
I'm
apart
and
I
also
know.
That's
part
of
the
faith
traditions,
other
faith,
traditions
that
are
in
the
Pittsburgh
area,
and
some
of
these
folks
that
have
spoken
this
afternoon.
We
need
to
make
a
bigger
place
in
our
hearts
for
these
people
and
I'm.
G
Sorry
that
I
am
NOT
better
prepared
to
speak,
but
I
am
dealing
with
some
cases
of
systemic
racism,
implicit
bias
in
the
groups
that
work
that
I
work
with,
and
we
we
just
really
hope
that
this
community
can
affect
some
changes
that
it
needs
to
affect,
and
we
don't
accept
the
status
quo,
either
in
this
community
or
in
this
country
as
what
it
as
being
what
it
has
to
be.
Thank
you
thank.
H
Have
been
in
Pittsburgh,
my
name
is
nour
and
I
have
been
invisible
for
last
24
years
and
in
this
country
32
years-
and
this
is
the
first
time
you
know
like
people
will
very
computer.
I
was
a
graduate
student
here,
then
I'm
working
here
I'm
an
engineer
at
the
Department
of
Environmental,
Protection,
I'm
and
I'm,
also
one
of
the
board
member
at
Kerr.
H
This
is
the
first
time
you
know.
People
like
me
are
afraid
we
scared,
like
I,
used
to
go
out
at
night
for
a
walk
in
my
neighborhood
I.
Don't
do
that
anymore,
because
I
heard
stories
you
know
like
things
happened,
so
this
is
that
I
am
hopeful
that
it
will
pass.
I
am
very
hopeful
that
he'll
pass
human
are
human,
just
few
like
in
what
I
believe
I
believe
we're
human
and
among
us
it's
not
Muslim
systems,
but
this
word
for
a
part
like
it's
not
bad.
H
These
people
that
we
people
among
the
people,
some
people
are
just
very
few.
People
are
bad
and
they
do
back
acts
and
if
we
believe
in
God
whether
we
believe
it
or
not.
First
of
all,
we
are
human
and
another
thing
is
like:
if
we
believe
in
God
he's
one
right,
only
one
and
he
created
all
of
us
black
white
brown
all
and
then
he
put
us
at
different.
You
know
places
different
locations
so
so
that
we
need.
H
We
were
in
on
Spain
and
Morocco,
so
in
Morocco
they
were
asking
like
bridge
son,
that
what
are
you
from
there
from
America
we're
from
Pittsburgh
America
they're
born
in
Pittsburgh-
and
this
is
quite
very-
do
originally
from
doesn't
really
originally
from
America.
My
parents
are
originally
from
different
countries,
so
this
is
the
country,
they
know
you
know,
so
it
has
to
get
better,
especially
for
our
keepsake.
You
know
they
cannot
live
in
hatred
or
ease
and
the
discrimination.
So
I
am
optimistic
that
we
know
things
will
get
better.
That's
why
I'm
here
today
thank.
D
C
C
H
Many
times
people
don't
report
the
discrimination.
Let's
lick,
including
me
like
right
after
the
election,
I
was
driving
I
Drive
through
the
same
path
every
same
road
every
day
like
I
work
in
the
park,
wake
up
and
monumental
protection
that
offices
in
Washington's,
Landing
and
I
live
in
a
personally.
So
my
route
is
the
same
every
single
day,
so
one
day
I
was
driving
and
then
there
was
any
gentleman
in
the
truck.
He
started
shouting
at
me
and
then
you
know
like
when
I
was
not
looking
at
him.
He
started
banging
on
my
you
know.
H
Car
but
I
had
just
fallen.
Lester's
I
was
not
in
the
giving
envelope,
but
in
this
case
like
when
I
told
my
husband
and
my
especially
my
son,
who
is
23
or
she
was
very
upset
and
mum,
you
have
to
report
it.
But
the
thing
is
like
this
person
knows
me:
probably
he
can.
It
is
not
very
difficult
to
find
me.
I
tried
through
the
same
but
every
day,
so
I
don't
know,
unlike
so
I
avoided
reporting
it.
You
know
I
thought
like
his.
H
If
his
thing,
you
know
he
is
not
mind,
I,
just
let
it
go,
I'm
sure
he
I
don't
know.
If
he
has
little
bit
Humanity
in
him,
he
will
feel
bad
later
on.
That
was
my
thing
so,
like
that
similar,
you
know.
Similarly,
many
people
will
not
report.
Do
not
report,
and
you
know
they
just
is
silent
for
safety
reason
just
at
the
time.
C
A
A
A
We
would
craft
a
complaint
form
which
is
a
charge,
and
you
would
sign
off
on
that
charge
that
everything
in
there
is
true
and
accurate
to
the
best
of
your
ability,
the
person
that
you
would
be
or
the
entity
that
you're
filing
against
would
receive
a
copy
of
that
complaint,
and
they
would
have
to
answer
that
complaint
to
the
Commission
and
to
the
complaint
within
a
specified
period
of
time,
which
might
either
be
10
business
days.
If
it's
at
10
calendar
days,
excuse
me
it's
the
housing
complaint
or
thirty
days.
A
If
it's
an
employment
or
public
accommodations
complaint,
you
receive
that
answer
as
well
from
there.
The
complaint
is
given
to
an
investigator
to
begin
the
investigation
where
they
would
collect
witness
statements
and
testimony
subpoena
documents
and
information,
that's
necessary
to
determine
based
upon
the
facts
whether
someone
was
treated
differently
on
the
basis
that
they
allege.
So
that's
what
the
Commission
staff
would
be
doing.
Then.
This
commission
staff
brings
that
information
to
our
commissioners
who
ultimately
decide
based
on
looking
at
that
evidence.
Whether
or
not
someone
was
treated
differently.
A
A
reasonable
person
would
conclude
that
someone
was
treated
differently
on
the
basis
that
they
allege
the
process
time
period
for
the
investigation
varies
based
on
the
case
for
our
housing
cases.
We
try
to
do
those
within
a
hundred
days
for
our
employment
cases.
They
can
range
from
six
to
nine
months.
It
really
does
depend
on
the
type
of
complaints
what
the
allegations
are
and
what
kind
of
information
the
Commission
would
have
to
collect
a
case
can
closed
in
a
variety
of
different
ways
and
our
commissioners
again
determined
those
types
of
closures.
A
We
do
work
very
hard
to
conciliate
and
mediate
complaints,
meaning
that
we
like
to
bring
both
parties
to
the
table,
talk
about
the
issues
and
try
to
come
to
some
satisfactory
resolution
with
both
of
the
parties
at
the
beginning
of
the
complaint
process.
We
rely
on
mediation
to
do
that.
We're
one
third
party
neutral
person
who
never
sees
the
complaint
ever
again,
but
only
deals
with
it
in
the
mediation
works
with
both
the
parties.
A
C
What
happens
is
the
respondent?
The
person
who
is
what,
if
that
respondent
is
found
to
indeed
you'd,
have
carried
out
discrimination
as
decided
as
shown
by
the
evidence
collected
by
the
investigation
and
then
the
decisions
of
the
commissioners
that
look
at
that
evidence,
and
then
that
respondent
refuses
to.
C
A
The
Commission
employs
a
solicitor
and
it's
important
to
note
that
the
Commission
is
an
independent
agency.
We
have
our
own
solicitor,
it's
not
part
of
a
city
law
department.
He
works
directly
for
the
Commission
and
should
the
commissioners
come
down
with
an
order
that
says
to
remedy
this
harm,
you
must
take
training
respondent.
You
must
provide
back
pay.
You
must
institute
different
policies
if
they
do
not
comply
with
that.
A
C
One
of
the
powers
that
the
Commission
has
is
to
subpoena
witnesses
is
that
correct?
Am
I
understanding
it
yes,
and
so,
as
a
law
enforcement
agency,
the
Commission
has
powers
to
enforce
that
other
commissions.
Don't
so,
could
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
that
process
of
enforcement,
as
you
have
seen
it
in
action
over
the
past
years,
well,.
A
So
if,
if
our
respondent
would
be
unwilling
to
provide
us
information,
we
would
do
what
commissioner
gearheart
is
talking
about,
which
is
subpoena,
which
is
compelling
someone's
testimony,
and
we
have
done
that
in
the
past
there
have
been
times
where
we
either
compel
a
person
or
compel
documents
to
come
to
us,
and
we
do
have
the
power
to
enforce
that
again.
That
would
be
another
thing
that
the
solicitor,
the
attorney
for
the
CEM,
would
enforce
its
it's
actually
kind
of
rare.
For
that
to
happen,
usually
we
see
compliance
with
what
we
request.
One.
C
A
Retaliation
means
any
difference
in
treatment
for
claim
for
complaining
about
discriminatory
conduct,
whether
with
us,
the
Commission
or
with
your
employer,
or
to
a
place
of
business.
If
you
complain
about
discrimination
and
then
you
are
terminated
or
subjected
to
different
terms
and
conditions
because
of
that
complaint,
that
is
retaliation,
and
that
is
illegal.
The
Commission
will
take
that
complaint
and
it's
slightly
easier
to
prove
in
the
sense
that
you,
if
you
have
information
that
you
had
complained
about
discrimination,
and
then
you
have
some
adverse
action
against
you,
it's
a
pretty
clear-cut
issue.
I
Hello,
my
name
is
Milan
circuit
I
am
a
volunteer
with
the
multinomial
Association
of
Tech
Specs.
We
provide
many
community
services.
One
of
them
is
running
a
guesthouse
which
provides
shelter
for
women
and
children.
That's
in
need.
We
call
it
guesthouse,
because
the
name
shelter
will
give
some
negativity
to
it.
I
We
give
them
a
temporary
housing
up
to
three
months
free
of
charge.
We
provide
the
house,
pay
the
utilities
and
we
provide
fruit
as
well,
and
we
do
not
discriminate
against
any
religion
or
nationalities
of
origin
and
up
to
today,
where
we
served
over
60
people
for
the
last
couple
of
years
and
that
they
receive
our
services
at
the
guesthouse.
I
Our
guesthouse
is
located
in
Penn
Hills
and
it
can
accommodate
two
families
at
a
time
or
up
to
eight
and
related
people.
That's
a
maximum
up
to
eight.
We
have
women
to
adjust
and
find
the
permanent
housing
and
to
be
independent,
and
we
provide
beside
the
housing
and
the
food
and
other
services
we
have
been
bus
passes
in
case
they
wanted
to
go
to
work
or
some
of
them.
I
J
Visiting
instructor
at
the
humanity
Center
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
and
a
retired
professor
of
English
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh,
and
a
member
of
the
Pittsburgh
BDS
boycott
divestment
sanction
coalition.
Thank
you
for
holding
these
hearings
and
I'm
very
happy
to
be
able
to
speak
here.
What
I'd
like
to
briefly
comment
upon
is
what
has
been
silenced
and
disappeared
in
the
struggle
around
refugees
and
immigrants
in
Pittsburgh
and
nationwide
will
stay
with
Pittsburgh
organizations
have
done
a
wonderful
job
in
helping
immigrants
and
refugees
and
undocumented
human
beings.
J
Are
getting
help
from
organizations
like
the
Jewish,
Family
and
Children
Services,
the
Jewish
Federation,
the
anti-defamation
league?
All
of
these
organizations,
while
they
are
doing
great
work,
have
refused
to
recognize
to
play
the
papel
Estonian
people,
the
Palestinian
people,
have
been
occupied
for
seventy
years
and
have
been
refugees
in
their
own
country
for
70
years,
the
Israeli
government
has
continued
to
collectively
punish
them
deny
them
their
civil
and
human
rights
and
the
very
same
organizations
that
are
helping
other
you
geez
in
this
city
are
collaborating
in
oppressing
the
Palestinian
people's
rights.
J
C
K
L
Hi,
my
name
is
Celeste
Scott
I
live
in
Homestead
lifelong
resident
expert,
the
affordable
housing
organizers
for
Pittsburg
United
um
I'm
always
want
to
come
and
stand
in
solidarity
for
human
rights,
so
I
do
commend
you
for
having
this.
This
is
necessary
and
important,
so
I
will
be
in
the
fight
with
you
and
a
struggle,
especially
Helen
who
I
love.
So
just
thank
you
for
having
us
and
if
you
need
me,
I'll
be
around.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
C
C
M
Right
to
the
front,
my
name
is
Barney
our
sir
I'm
executive
director
of
we're
United,
which
is
coalition
and
Pittsburgh
in
the
region
that
has
brought
together
faith,
environment,
community
and
labor
organizing
groups
to
really
fight
issues
of
justice
and
pretty
central
to
that
is
the
right
to
employment,
the
right
to
being
secure
in
your
community,
the
right
to
being
in
possession
of
all
of
your
rights.
Your
human
rights
and
we've
been
involved
in
struggles
and
I,
always
speak
loosely.
M
When
I
say
we
have
been
involved
because
it's
the
organizations
in
our
coalition
that
do
this
work,
but
all
of
the
unions,
churches,
synagogues,
mosques,
all
of
the
environmental
groups,
get
the
connection
of
human
rights
and
the
kind
of
attack
that's
openly
going
on,
and
some
of
these
institutions
are
struggling
with
their
own
issues.
A
lot
of
their
members
voted
in
ways.
M
That
really
are
a
little
shocking
to
many
of
us,
but
the
reality
of
having
to
get
folks
educated
and
to
understand
that
they
not
only
have
to
get
it,
but
they
have
to
get
out
and
do
something
about.
It
is
what
we're
working
on
so
just
really
appreciate
the
leadership
of
the
Commission
in
keeping
these
issues
in
front
of
the
whole
community
and
keep
it
up,
because
we
need
leadership
and
talk
the
leadership
and
you're
providing
it.
Thank
you
thank.