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B
March
gender
equity
excuse
me,
gender
equity,
commission,
public
meeting.
That
is
me
negotiating
how
to
take
care
of
my
17
month
old
son
and
his
lunch,
while
my
husband
gets
a
shower.
B
So
that's
what
you
just
caught
me
doing
again:
the
reality
of
life
with
kobet
so
excuse
that
anyway,
my
name
is
amanda
netrauer
and
I'm
the
chair
of
the
gender
equity
commission,
so
glad
to
see
all
of
you,
and
so
we
want
to
welcome
everyone
who
is
joining
us
in
the
audience
and,
of
course
welcome
our
commissioners
and
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
start
with
our
public
roll
call,
so
that
we
can
note
everyone
who
is
present
with
us
in
this
moment,
and
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
just
go
down
the
list
of
everyone
who
I
see
on
my
screen,
starting
with
jessie
raymie
present.
B
A
B
C
B
D
B
And
commissioner
corbil,
we
know
is
present,
may
or
may
not
be
able
to
say
so
at
this
time,
but
we
do
know
that
they
are
with
us
at
this
time
all
right
and,
of
course,
I'm
present
myself.
So
we
have
so.
The
consent
agenda
was
sent
ahead
to
everyone
that
includes
reports
and
also
the
meeting
minutes,
and
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
take
this
time
to
vote
on
accepting
unless
there's
anyone
who
wants
to
talk
about
any
okay.
Commissioner
manuel.
E
B
A
Schultz,
my
name
was
also
spelled
incorrectly,
so
super
minor,
it's
s-c-h-u-l-z
and
another
minor
correction
is
that
I
was
indicated
as
the
chair
of
the
gender
equity
analysis
committee
and
it's
actually,
commissioner
higginbotham,
so
sharon
serves
as
the
chair,
and
I
am
a
member
if
that
committee
even
exists,
but
we'll
get
to
that
later.
B
Okay,
is
there
any
other
discussion
on
the
minutes
or
the
reports
or
any
part
of
the
consent
agenda
before
we
move
to
vote
on
accepting
them.
G
E
G
H
B
Second,
thank
you.
That
was
commissioner
overton
great.
Thank
you,
okay,
so
a
new
business,
so
we
are
now
excited
to
formally
introduce
and
welcome
our
new
commissioners.
B
We
have
three
new
people
with
us
and
I
will
just
kind
of
briefly
read
to
you
a
little
bit
about
them,
but
I
would
like
for
our
new
commissioners
to
say
a
few
words
about
who
they
are
and
the
work
that
they
do
just
to
give
them
a
chance
to
introduce
themselves
to
the
public
and
those
who
may
not
know
the
great
and
important
work
that
they
do.
So
we
have
us
now,
commissioner,
sloan
davidson,
who
is
the
founder
and
ceo
of
hello
neighbor.
B
We
have
commissioner
judy
hale,
who
has
over
20
years
of
experience
working
on
gender
equity
issues
focusing
on
human
trafficking,
domestic
violence
as
well
as
many
other
important
issues,
and,
of
course,
commissioner,
marcel
newman,
who
is
presently
serving
as
the
assistant
director
of
pittsburgh's
public
works
department
in
the
bureau
of
administration.
And
so,
commissioner
davidson,
would
you
please
introduce
yourself
and
just
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
you,
so
we
and
everyone
can
get
a
chance
to
to
meet
you.
I
My
name
is
sloan
davidson,
as
stated
I'm
the
founder
and
ceo
of
hello,
neighbor,
hello,
neighbors,
an
organization
I
founded
just
sure
dashai
four
years
ago,
and
our
mission
is
to
help
recently
resettle
refugee
and
immigrant
families
and
establishing
their
new
lives
in
the
region.
We
do
that
through
mentorship
and
through
a
variety
of
other
family
services
and
direct
service
programs
to
really
help
guide
and
support
those
families
on
their
journey
as
our
newest
neighbors.
I
In
the
past
four
years,
we've
supported
over
500
individuals,
it's
about
130
families
from
15
different
countries
of
origin,
and
they
do
live
throughout
the
city
and
actually
throughout
the
county,
and
so
we've
really
received
a
lot
of
support
from
everyday
pittsburghers
to
to
build
this
organization,
and
I'm
really
deeply
appreciative
of
of
all
of
the
work
that
pittsburghers
have
done
to
create
a
more
welcoming,
inclusive
city.
Knowing
that
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
we
do.
I
I
do
believe
that
we
have
a
good
base
and
people
who
are
really
thinking
about
what
equity
looks
like
from
the
perspective
not
only
of
native
pittsburghers
but
of
the
newcomers
that
are
coming
to
the
region
as
well
and
acknowledging
how
language
access
and
lack
of
support
can
create.
You
know
more
challenges
and
how
organizations
like
hello,
neighbor
and
like
those
across
the
welcoming
space
are
really
working
to
create
that
sense
of
belonging.
I
live
in
highland
park.
I
have
two
young
sons
who
are
two
and
five.
I
I
have
a
rambunctious
dog,
a
lovely,
lovely
partner
who
helps
me
on
this
journey
and-
and
I
think
that's
it
for
now-
oh
and
my
pronouns
are
she
and
her.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
so
much,
commissioner
davidson,
commissioner
hale
just
a
few
words
please
about
yourself
and
just
introduce
yourself.
Thank
you.
D
Hi,
I'm
really
excited
and
honored
and
humbled
to
be
joining
this
commission.
I
am
representing
the
pittsburgh
for
cedaw
group
here,
which
is
the
group
that
took
a
lead
in
a
coalition
of
many
many
hands,
bringing
the
gender
equity
ordinance
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
We
worked
with
city
council
and
a
lot
of
partners,
so
I
am
currently
working
full-time
as
the
legal
advocacy
manager
for
the
women's
center
and
shelter
of
greater
pittsburgh,
and
that
is
the
non-attorney
advocates
who
accompany
victims
to
court.
D
We
also
engage
in
systems
advocacy,
advocating
for
better
safer
experiences
for
victims
of
domestic
violence,
intimate
partner
violence
going
to
court.
My
past
background
experience
includes
serving
in
the
peace
corps
in
moldova.
That's
in
eastern
europe
there's
no
pop
quiz
about
where
that
country
is,
and
I
served
there
and
went
back
and
worked
there
on
human
rights
work
and
women's
rights
work
and
a
little
bit
on
cdot
implementation
in
moldova.
So
I'm
really
really
excited
to
be
working
on
that
here
in
my
home
country
and
I
live
in
swissvale
with
three
cats.
B
Thank
you
so
much
okay
and
then,
commissioner
marcel
newman,
please
just
introduce
yourself
in
a
few
words
about
yourself
and
the
work
that
you
do.
J
J
J
I
have
two
boys
they're.
One
of
them
is
second
year
law
school
and
the
other
one
is
a
city
force,
not
a
city,
forester,
hoping
to
be
a
city
forester
one
day,
but
he
is
in
forestry,
and
I
live
in
banksville
section
of
the
city.
B
Wonderful,
thank
you
so
much
so
again
welcome
all
of
you.
We're
very
excited
to
have
you
we're
very
excited
to
add
you
and
add
your
experience
and
your
voices
to
the
work
that
we're
doing
so
welcome
again
and
now.
I
would
like
to
invite
our
executive
director
to
share
the
executive
director's
report
and
moving
forward
and
I
apologize
for
this
anew.
I
will
make
sure
that
it's
an
item
on
the
agenda
that
was
an
oversight
of
mine.
B
I
meant
to
make
sure
that
it
was
its
own
piece
on
that,
but
I
will
now
turn
it
over
to
you
to
give
the
executive
director's
report.
K
Thank
you
and-
and
I
feel
like
we
did
a
great
job
with
the
executive
committee
with
the
agenda,
but
it's
a
new
start,
so
we'll
be
figuring
it
out
as
we
go,
and
I
wanted
to
mention.
Jordan
fields
is
here
from
the
mayor's
office
she's
our
policy
coordinator
liaison
and
might
want
it
so
under
new
business,
ed
jordan,
and
then
I
think
director
manuel
wanted
to
say
something.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
on
your.
A
K
So
my
name
is
anew,
jan,
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
one
staff
person
dedicated
to
the
gender
equity
commission,
I'm
thrilled
with
to
welcome
new
commissioners.
K
I
wanna
say
thank
you
from
the
mayor
and
the
mayor's
office
that
the
work
that
commissioners
do
is
so
crucial
having
a
diversity
of
voices
of
people
who
are
thinking
always
about
the
gendered
impacts
of
policy
and
service
provision
from
the
city
and
the
intersectional
ways
in
which
gender
shows
up.
So
not
all
women
have
the
same
needs.
We
know
race
is
a
major
determinant.
K
We
put
out
the
pigr
report,
pittsburgh's
inequality
across
gender
and
race
in
2019,
so
we
know
from
our
own
data
gathering
how
much
we
need
to
do
to
uplift
all
members
of
our
communities
and
people
who
are
gender
non-binary
as
well,
and
we
will
look
forward
to
doing
that
in
conjunction
with
the
brand
new
lgbtqia
plus
commission
and
city
council
is
working
on
a
new
racial
equity
commission
and
the
three
commissions
will
be
at
powerhouses
together.
So
thank
you
from
the
mayor's
office.
K
K
We
talked
about
building
an
equitable
new
normal
in
our
june
2020
policy
recommendations
presented
to
city
council
and
the
mayor's
office,
and
I
want
to
say
that
for
some
people
it
might
seem
like
the
pigr
report
is
off
the
radar
I
daily
encounter
people
and
help
them
use
the
report
to
make
change.
K
We
have
not
solved
these
problems,
we
needed
the
data
and
it
was
a
harsh,
a
reflection
in
a
mirror
for
all
of
us
who
live
in
a
city
and
that's
there's
a
lot
of
trauma
and
we
need
to
take
trauma-informed
approaches,
but
we
also
need
to
start
busting
down
those
barriers
we've
had
inaugural
commissioners
have
rolled
off.
I
just
want
to
name
them
and
thank
them
for
their
service
as
well
from
the
mayor's
office.
K
Those
commissioners
where
megan
block-
I
just
there's
so
many
of
them
like
to
look
at
this
kelani
cook,
kathy
elliott,
lee
bogoty,
who
previously
represented
cdot
pittsburgh
for
sea
dog
group,
magdalen,
jensen,
chelsea,
palatino
and
mike
strelik,
who
has
promised
me
as
a
city
budget
expert
that
he
will
be
happy
to
come
back
anytime.
K
To
make
sure
we
understand
city
budgets,
which
is
a
big
behemoth.
Some
of
the
exciting
things
for
2021
that
the
mayor's
office
and
the
gender
equity
commission
are
working
on
are
aauw
work,
smart
trainings,
our
workforce
equity
committee.
K
We
have
par
our
webpage
pittsburgh
pa.gov
gec,
please
everyone
who's
watching
today,
or
the
recording
check
out
the
web
tab
for
a
lot
of
information
about
the
commissioners
who
created
that
initiative
and
also
access
to
free
training
throughout
this
year,
and
I
want
to
just
end
with
two
things
that
one
is
is
celebratory
and
one
is
a
little
more
concerning,
but
historical
milestone.
So
february
of
2018,
the
gender
equity
commission
had
its
first
ever
meeting
and
this
month.
K
So
we
have
three
years
of
committee
meetings
dur,
and
this
is
women's
history
month,
and
so
I've
been
doing
a
lot
of
presentations,
especially
about
workforce
equity
in
a
local
area.
But
I
want
to
say,
happy
women's
history
month.
Of
course,
every
month
is
women's
history
month
and
the
issues
we
work
on
are
human
issues,
human
rights
issues,
not
women's
issues.
I
also
want
to
say,
as
we
mark
a
year
since
kova
disrupted
everyone's
lives,
the
rise
in
anti-asian
violence,
hate
crimes
and
harassment
has
been
heartbreaking
throughout
the
country,
including
in
pittsburgh.
K
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
asian
american
pacific
islander,
who
are
feeling
very
vulnerable
and
often
very
invisible,
which
is
part
of
the
history.
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
when
we
take
our
intersectional
approach
also
think
about
how
we
can
support
and
uplift
people
of
all
genders
in
in
those
communities
as
well,
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you-
I
am
so
heartened
by
working
with
this
fantastic
amazing,
the
best
commission
in
the
city.
Sorry,
I
said
it
out
loud.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
anu,
so
much
and
thank
you
for
bringing
some
of
those
important
issues
to
light
and
to
remind
us
of
what
intersectional
means
and
also
thank
you
so
much
for
that
report
and
it's
a
really
nice
highlight
of
where
we've
come
from
and
what
we're
doing
so
very
quickly
regarding
some
of
our
old
business
before
we
move
on
to
our
presenters
for
this
month.
So
some
of
the
conversations
that
we
had
in
january
around
some
of
the
some
things
moving
forward.
B
Excuse
me
regarding
the
bylaws
and
taking
a
look
at
the
bylaws
and
the
structure.
I
am
very
pleased
to
first.
I
want
to
say
to
commissioner
corporal
thank
you
for
your
hard
work
and
dedication.
B
Years
and
all
the
leadership
roles
that
you've
taken
on,
and
so
commissioner
corble
is
stepping
down
as
the
chair
of
the
governance
and
leadership
committee
and
commissioner
coffey
has
graciously
accepted
that
new
role
as
the
chair
of
that
committee,
commissioner,
corbil,
will
continue
to
serve
on
that
committee
and
so
moving
forward.
B
And
again
we
will
have
more
conversations
around
committees
committee
leadership,
as
we
continue
to
talk
about
what
we're
going
to
focus
on
as
a
commission.
But
that
is
definitely
one
that
is
needed,
and
so,
commissioner,
coffee
is
going
to
lead
and
and
and
think
of
the
ways
and
how
we
can
best
tackle
issues
like
updating
the
bylaws
etc
and
what
that
will
look
like.
And
so
we
will
continue
that
conversation
around
bylaws
and
structure
under
the
leadership
of
commissioner
coffee.
B
Regarding
the
keeping
files
and
the
role
of
our
secretary,
we
had
a
wonderful
meeting
with
myself,
commissioner
hall
and
our
executive
director,
and
we
went
through
and
had
some
great
conversations
around
what
that
role
will
look
like,
including
the
keeping
of
files,
records,
etc.
B
So
again,
that
is
an
ongoing
conversation,
but
one
that
is
being
taken
care
of
and
handled,
and
I'm
very
excited
about
the
leadership
of
commissioner
hall
in
her
role
as
the
secretary
and
how
she
is
going
to
reimagine
and
reinvent
it
and
continue
to
be
mindful
of
how
she
can
best
serve
and
how
the
secretary's
role
can
best
serve
the
commission
as
a
whole
and
the
executive
committee
and
leadership,
and
is
going
to
continue
to
work
very
closely
with
the
executive
director
directly
with
anew
to
ensure
the
keeping
of
records,
ensure
that
we're
all
on
task
and
accountable
for
what
we
say
we're
going
to
do
so
again.
B
I
really
appreciate
commissioner
hall
and
again
because
of
the
hiatus
all
these
conversations
have
taken
place
just
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks.
So
again,
I'm
really
grateful
to
all
of
you
for
kind
of
just
jumping
back
on
the
wagon
and,
of
course,
with
the
workforce
equity
committee
who
never
really
got
off
the
wagon.
B
B
It's
been
years
of
hard
work,
and
so
it's
happening
everyone.
This
is
a
really
big
deal,
and
so
we're
very
excited
about
that
and
again,
we'll
continue
to
keep
you
all
updated
continue
to.
Let
you
all
know
what's
going
on
with
that.
Yes
anew.
B
Oh
you're,
applauding
okay,
how
when
people
are
raising
their
hands
and
when
they're
clapping,
so
yes
applause
all
around.
Thank
you
for
that,
and
so
and,
and
so
that
is,
unless
anyone
has
anything
else
around
old
business
that
they
want
to
bring
to
light.
Oh
one
more
thing:
clarification
on
budget.
Thank
you
so
much
to
our
treasurer
for
providing
some
updated
information
on
that.
Even
though
we
did
submit
that
and
accept
it,
I
do
want
to
say
that
we
do
have
funding
for
the
gender
analysis.
B
It's
not
zeroed
out
it's
not
as
much
as
it
was,
but
it
is
there,
and
so
I'm
very
much
excited
and
looking
forward
to
working
with
commissioner
higginbotham
and
the
team
on
that
committee
to
see
what
that
means
moving
forward,
because
that
is
important
and,
of
course
working
with
all
of
you
to
reimagine
what
that
means,
and
so
under
the
leadership
of
commissioner
higginbotham
and,
of
course,
the
continued
support
of
commissioner
schultz
and
others
who
we
work
with
them,
I'm
very
excited
about
what
that
will
mean
for
us
in
terms
of
the
direction
of
the
commission
moving
forward.
B
Those
are,
I
believe,
the
main.
Oh
excuse
me.
We
did
talk
about
the
vice
chairs
and
their
roles.
You
to
forgive
me.
Everyone,
I'm
not
feeling
well
today,
so
my
mind
is
not
you
know
it's
kind
of
swimming
all
over
the
place.
B
So
if
I,
if
I
have
to
circle
back
a
few
times,
then
you
know,
but
so
I'm
very
excited
I
I
did
have
conversations
with
both
of
our
first
and
second
place
chair
and
I
have
asked
commissioner
overton
to
take
point
and
on
external
issues
the
commissioner,
the
commission
may
may
focus
on
and
commissioner
hanson,
with
years
of
experience
and
leadership
in
workforce
development.
Organizational
development
has
agreed
to
help
us
look
inward,
and
so
again
it
does
not
mean
that
no
one
else
will
be
involved
in
this.
B
It
just
means
that
it's
another
way
for
us
to
kind
of
share
the
leadership
and
share
the
focus
and
so
and
of
course,
we're
still
working
on
what
that
means
and
what
that
looks
like,
but
it's
just
very
exciting
to
have
people
who
are
really
focusing
and
helping
us
to
build
and
and
and
what
that
means
and
bringing
their
expertise
and
experience,
and
also
when
we're
called
upon
to
either
assist
support
to
speak
to
lead.
B
It
just
means
that
there's
more
individuals
taking
on
leadership
so
that
we
have
more
than
just
one
or
two
people
who
are
able
to
carry
that
and
also
able
to
be
responsive
when
people
reach
out
to
us,
and
so
of
course,
in
those
leadership
roles,
we
will
also,
of
course,
consider
chairs
of
committees
and
also
people's
subject
matter
leadership,
and
then
commissioner
hale
again
very
excited
about
you
and
representing
pittsburgh
for
cedaw,
because
we
all
know
that
if
it
wasn't
for
cedaw,
we
wouldn't
be
here
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
a
conversation
with
you
and
working
closely
with
you
to
ensure
that
cedaw
is
in
remains
an
important
part
of
the
meetings
and
and
and
what
we
look
to.
B
So
I
look
forward
to
those
conversations
with
you,
and
so,
if
no
one
else
has
anything
regarding
old
business
that
needs
to
be
covered
or
discussed
at
this
time.
B
We
have
some
really
incredible
individuals
who
are
going
to
share
with
us
today,
and
I
realize
that
it
time
is
now
3
56.
So
it's
a
little
early.
So
if
they're
not
quite
ready,
that
is
okay,
but
if
they
are
ready,
we
would
love
to
to
bring
them
forward.
B
And
today
we
are
being
joined
by
trying
together
who's,
going
to
talk
to
us
about
child
care
and
early
childhood
equity.
K
Oh
okay,
sorry
I
see
solanda
and
also
tiffany
simoneau,
who
is
the
early
childhood
and
youth
manager?
I
didn't
know
if
we
wanted
to
go
to
jordan
fields,
who
wanted
to
give
us
some
updates
when
mayor's
or
move
that
to
later.
B
Okay,
well,
jordan!
Let
me
ask
you
jordan,
how
much
time
do
you
need
right?
Do
you
is
is,
do
you
need
more
than
four
or
five
minutes.
H
To
hear
from
you
not
at
all-
and
actually
I
see
that
tiffany's
on
this
call,
which
is
really
great,
because
the
two
items
that
I
was
going
to
bring
up,
I'm
actually
working
on
with
her.
So
if
tiffany
wants
to
provide
any
further
information,
I
think
that'd
be
great
because
she's
excellent
one.
We
had
our
first
lgbtqia
plus
commission
meeting
last
friday,
which
yeah
literally
jazz
hands
up.
It
was
phenomenal.
The
commissioners
are
excellent
and
they
have
some
wonderful,
wonderful
ideas
related
to
policy
and
programming.
H
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that,
because
they
are
a
historic
commission.
Also,
another
thing
that
I'm
working
on
with
tiffany
is
our
hrc
municipality
equality
index
score,
which
is
something
that
we
already
typically
get
100
points
for
100
out
of
100,
but
this
year
it
sounds
like
well.
We've
come
to
the
conclusion
that
we'll
be
able
to
score
some
bonus
points
based
on
policy
and
programming
that
is
currently
in
place
and
in
the
works
in
the
city
tiffany,
please
feel
free
to
add
on
anything.
H
I
just
wanted
to
to
bring
those
two
items
up
today
and
not
take
up
too
much
space
or
time.
L
Yeah
not
too
much
to
add
just
the
lgbtqia
plus
commission
is
really
excited
to
work
with
the
gender
equity
commission
and
some
of
the
other
commissions
in
the
city
and
would
love
to
at
some
point,
they're
working
on
a
schedule
to
have
some
representation
from
the
gz
come
in
to
kind
of
talk
about
what
you
all
are
working
on
and
some
ways
that
you
may
be
able
to
collaborate,
especially
around
things
like
all
gender
restrooms
and
changing
facilities
and
and
those
sorts
of
things,
but
they're
very
excited
to
to
get
to
work
as
well.
B
That
is
extremely
exciting
and
yes,
the
lgbtqia
plus
commission
is
a
historic
commission
and
I
am
personally
very
excited
about
this
one
and
remember
all
the
effort
that
went
into
bringing
it
back
and
also
the
fact
that
there
are
people
who
serve
on
that
commission
who
were
a
part
of
the
original
crew
who
started
this,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
intergenerational
work
on
that
commission
and
so
again
seeing
the
names
of
the
people
listed
on
that
commission.
It
was
very
exciting.
B
It's
wonderful
and
I
I
think
I
can
speak
for
us
all
to
say
that
we
wish
them
all
the
best
and
hope
that
they
get
all
the
support
that
they
need
externally
and
internally,
to
be
able
to
make
intentional
and
real
change
towards
equity
for
everyone,
so
very,
very,
very
excited
and,
as
a
new
said,
all
of
these
new
commissions
focused
squarely
on
human
rights.
Initiatives
have
the
potential
to
make
some
powerful
as
a
news,
the
powerhouse
of
change.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
and
so
a
new,
so
we
have
with
us.
We
have
shalon,
dispenser
and
and
tiffany
simoneau
is
that
who
we
have
with
us
from
trying
together.
K
I
was
gonna
say:
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
move
it
to
tiffany
to
introduce
the
the
group,
and
then
we
talked
about
basically
giving
us
an
update.
One
of
the
things
the
gender
equity
commission
needs
to
know.
Child
care
is
certainly
a
very
gender
centric
issue,
and
so
I
will
just
stop
talking
and
is
that
okay
tiffany,
if
you
introduce
your
colleague,
faith
yeah,
I
would
love
to
so
hi.
L
Sure
thing
I
love
that
intro,
so
anyway,
hi
everyone,
my
name
is
tiffany
gorman
semino
and
I
work
in
the
mayor's
office
in
the
office
of
equity
and
I
work
as
the
youth
and
education
manager.
So
I
do
a
lot
of
work
around
early
childhood
out
of
school
time
summer,
youth,
employment,
but
the
majority
of
my
work
has
been
around
early
childhood
and
I
work
very
closely
with
trying
together
so
kara.
L
The
executive
director
is
here
in
shalonda,
who
does
policy
work
for
trying
together
on
the
or
on
the
call,
and
have
been
working
with
trying
together
for
several
years,
to
look
at
how
the
city
can
support
early
childhood?
How
we
can
be
supportive
how
we
can
have
a
part
to
play
in
that
ecosystem.
So
I
would
love
to
pass
it
over
to
trying
together
and
when
they're
done.
L
I
can
give
a
couple
updates
on
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
on
the
city's
end
to
support
through
grant
programs
through
some
professional
development.
Some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing,
but
I
would
love
to
turn
it
over
to
trying
together.
M
Thank
you
thanks
tiffany
hi
everyone,
I'm
karis
simonello
executive
director
for
trying
together
it's
wonderful
to
meet
you
all.
Some
of
you,
I
know
by
name
and
I've,
had
sort
of
various
interactions
with
over
the
years.
Jesse
is
one
of
them,
of
course,
deb
gross,
who
was
really
integral
to
some
of
the
initial
work
that
the
city
really
undertook
and
and
put
the
city
really
out
front
in
terms
of
its
support
of
early
childhood
and
child
care.
M
So
I'm
thrilled
to
be
here
and
I
knew
you're
a
new
you're,
a
new
friend
of
mine.
I
I
know
you
were
on
a
couple
webinars
that
I
did
in
in
january.
I
recognize
your
name
and
some
of
the
chat
box,
so
I'm
thrilled
to
be
here
with
all
of
these
wonderful
advocates
and
I'm
joined
with
my
joined
by
my
policy
director,
shalonda
spencer.
M
We're
going
to
just
go
over
sort
of
a
high
level.
Where
does
child
care
stand
as
an
opportunity
to
sort
of
level
set
and
provide
just
some
grounding
information?
And,
of
course,
we
shalonda-
and
I
are
very
informal
and
so
folks
should
be
feel
really
comfortable
to
ask
questions
along
the
way
there
may
be.
You
know,
jesse,
I
know,
is
in
some
ways
expert
in
this
space.
M
She
may
have
different
questions
than
someone
else
does
so
don't
hesitate
to
ask
along
the
way,
but
of
course,
we'll
also
pause
at
the
end
for
questions
and
thank
you
tiffany
for
the
introduction
and
we
have
been
I'll,
say,
tiffany's,
a
a
wonderful
asset
to
the
city
being
an
early
childhood
educator
by
trade.
Tiffany
right.
You
never
forget.
M
Your
roots,
you
don't
forget
your
roots
so
anyway,
so
obviously
this
is
just
the
intro
slide.
You
have
shawanda
in
my
my
email
information.
Don't
ever
hesitate
for
anyone
to
follow
up
afterward
with
specific
questions
and
we'll
be
sure
to
shut,
to
share
this
slide
deck
with
you
all
afterward
as
well,
and
so
just
next
slide
for
folks.
That
don't
know
us.
I
thought
I'd
just
start
by
telling
you
a
little
bit
about
our
organization.
M
Trying
together
was
formally
called
the
pittsburgh
association
for
the
education
of
young
children.
Some
folks
may
know
us
by
that
name.
Our
acronym
was
pc.
M
So
if
you
heard
you
know,
if
you
heard
us,
if
you
heard
the
name
casey,
we
are
one
in
the
same,
we
just
went
through
a
rebrand
in
early
2018,
primarily
because
the
aa,
the
aeyc
structure,
which
is
part
of
a
national
organization,
went
through
its
own
sort
of
restructuring
and
and
the
beautiful
thing
about
our
name
is
that
it
comes
from
one
of
our
tried
and
true
best
advocates
for
early
childhood
fred
rogers,
who
really
talked
about
the
important
work
that
adults
and
children
do
together,
and
that
is
trying
together
trying
to
learn
trying
to
grow,
trying
to
understand
our
own
feelings
and
for
an
organization
like
ours.
M
We
work
to
support
the
adults
in
children's
lives.
It
felt
like
the
really
right
name
to
capture
that
relationship
between
children
and
adults
and
and
and
to
really
put
it
in
action
right.
I
think
we're
all
trying
every
day,
I'm
a
parent
of
two.
I
have
good
days
and
I
have
bad
days
in
my
parenting
role,
and
so
I
think,
sort
of
underscoring
that
sort
of
commitment,
as
as
a
working
together
piece
is
really
important.
So
we
do
three
big
buckets
of
work.
M
We
we
support
early
childhood
professionals
and
that
ranges
from
everyone.
That's
in
the
formal
child
care
system,
so
I'm
in
a
licensed
child
care
to
a
home-based
setting
to
even
those
that
aren't
necessarily
part
of
the
formal
setting
relative
providers.
So
here
in
our
in
our
state,
we
have
a
number
of
folks
that
are
grandma
or
auntie
or
uncle
who
care
for
a
related
child
and
because
their
family
qualifies
for
child
care,
subsidy
that
funding
that
state
funding
goes
to
them,
because
we
really
value
kinship
care
and
want
to
elevate
that.
M
So
we
work
to
support
the
adults
in
children's
lives,
whether
that's
the
formal
child
care
space
or
the
informal
relative
space.
We
do
that
through
a
million
different
ways,
everything
from
coaching
and
mentoring
to
professional
development
instruction
and
any
anywhere
and
everything
in
between
that's
probably
our
biggest
bucket
of
work.
It's
the
most
staffed
dedicated
to
that
work
and
then
the
sort
of
other
big
bucket
of
work
in
shalonda
you'll
meet
her
in
just
a
second,
when
she
she'll
introduce
herself
when
she
goes
over.
M
Some
of
these
slides
but
shalonda
leads
a
team
of
folks
who
really
work
to
elevate
the
needs
and
rights
of
children
and
their
caregivers
at
the
state,
local
and
federal
level,
by
way
of
policy
and
the
way
in
which
we
invest
in
early
childhood.
So
we
have
a
team
of
policy.
M
Folks
who,
who
are
you
know
they
are
one
of
the
best
and
then
our
third
bucket
of
work
is
really
related
to
community
resources
and
partnerships,
and
that's
why
we
really
appreciate
so
much
this
opportunity
to
work
with
with
the
gender
equity
commission,
because
the
way
in
which
we
make
progress
or
the
way
in
which
we
make
change
is
really
by
collaboration
it's
by
partnering,
together
and
and
leveraging
each
other's
sort
of
opportunities
and
strengths,
and
access
and
networks,
and
all
that
good
stuff.
M
So
so,
community
partnerships
and
resources
is
a
big
piece
of
our
work.
So
that's
a
little
bit
about
who
we
are.
We've
been
around
since
the
1960s,
like
sort
of
fully
funded
with
staff
since
the
early
2000s.
M
Our
offices
are
here
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
Our
biggest
work
is
probably
in
allegheny
county,
though
we
do
serve
all
of
southwest
pennsylvania,
so
we
do
support
providers
and
and
programs
throughout
the
10
counties
of
southwest
pa.
So
that's
just
a
little
bit
of
level
setting
about
us
next,
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
the
current
state
of
early
learning
and
child
care
and
its
effect
on
families.
M
Again
I
think
anew
has
heard
me
talk
about
this
in
some
of
the
other
webinars
that
I've
done,
but,
as
you
can
imagine,
I
think
I
went
I'm
imagining
there's
some
folks
on
this
call
who
are
parents
themselves
and
so
you've
had
personal
experience
about
what's
been
happening
during
the
pandemic.
M
If
we
sort
of
go
back
a
year
from
now.
What
is
today's
date,
this
15th
16th
right?
Oh
my
gosh,
I
call
it
the
16th
of
march
was
when
my
office
shut,
so
it
was
literally
one
year
ago
today.
I
can't
believe
it
when
sort
of
it
seemed
like
the
world
shut
down
for
us
and
and
pretty
immediately.
What
had
happened
was
the
the
governor
sort
of
made
his
announcement
and
everybody
shut
down.
M
Everybody
ran
home
and
shut
down
and
then
pretty
quickly
after
that,
the
governor
said:
oh
crud,
actually,
child
care
can
be
open
because
we
still
need
essential
workers
to
go
to
work,
and
so
they
quickly
created
a
new
process
for
child
care
to
remain
open
and
and
sort
of
thus
began
a
year-long
sort
of
reaction
to
what
was
happening
in
our
larger
community
and
and
what
decisions
were
being
made
at
the
state
and
federal
level.
So,
where
we
stand
now
is
all
child
care
is
open
and,
quite
frankly,
they've
remained
open.
M
Since
march,
unlike
k-12,
child
care
has
been
open
and
serving
children.
The
the
difference
has
been
that
they
have
limited
their
capacity.
So,
as
you
know,
most
child
care
is
licensed,
they
haven't,
they
have
an
occupancy
or
a
capacity
limit.
So
let's
say
it's:
a
hundred.
M
Most
of
them
were
operating
at
about
25
to
50
percent
of
capacity
for
the
first
six
to
eight
months
of
covet
of
the
pandemic,
and,
as
you
can
imagine,
when
you're
a
small
business
of
which
more
than
50
of
child
care
in
allegheny
county
are
small
businesses
owned
and
led
by
women.
M
When
you
are
when
you're
not
filling
to
capacity
you're
losing
revenue,
and
so
they
both
they
both
held
back,
how
many
folk,
how
many
children
they
could
serve
because
families
weren't
attending
child
care
like
they
had
been
before,
because
jobs
were
being
lost
because
families
were
having
to
stay
home
with
school-age
children.
M
So
they're
saying
well,
why
send
my
younger
child
to
child
care
if
I'm
home
with
my
school
agers,
but
they
were
also
really
holding
back
on
their
capacity
because
they
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they
were
mitigating
covid
and
the
recommendations
were
to
create
space
right
to
make
sure
there
was
space
between
children
playing?
So
so,
as
of
now
as
of
march
16th,
the
vast
majority
of
child
care.
We
have
about
615
programs
in
allegheny
county,
the
vast
majority
of
them
and
off
the
top
of
my
head.
M
I
don't
know
the
number
for
the
city,
but
it'll
come
to
me
at
some
point.
The
vast
majority
of
them
are
are
probably
at
about
50
to
75
percent
of
capacity
and,
as
you
see
from
the
slide
over
300
child
care
providers
have
permanently
closed
across
the
state
of
pennsylvania.
Since
the
onset
of
the
pandemic
in
allegheny
county
well,
actually
let
me
back
up
in
the
state
of
pennsylvania.
M
We
have
something
called
the
quality
rating
and
improvement
system
qris
and
our
system
is
called
keystone
stars
and
it
is
almost
the
cheat
sheet
for
parents
to
know
who
is
who's,
considered
a
quality
or
a
high
quality
center
and
who
is
not
considered
the
reality.
Is
it's
voluntary
to
engage
in
keystone
stars
and
so
there's
some
sort
of
there's
some
grace
space
about
about
sort
of
reporting
on
the
number
of
star
three
fours,
which
are
considered
your
high
quality
programs.
But
it's
a
starting
place
for
us
to
better
understand
the
landscape.
M
So
here
in
allegheny,
county
about
42
of
child
care
facilities
are
considered
high
quality,
they're
considered
star
three
or
four
or
ninety
accredited
and
we've
got
about
ten
thousand
children.
M
Almost
eleven
thousand
children
under
the
age
of
five
who
are
underserved
and
eligible
to
receive
child
care
subsidy,
but
don't
have
access
because
the
funding
is
not
there
from
the
state
and
the
federal
government
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
51
of
children
are
in
need
of
child
care.
So
we
have
a
whole
lot
of
gap
in
in
what's
accessible
in
terms
of
the
needs
of
children
and
their
families.
M
So
so
that's
sort
of
the
state
of
access
to
child
care
right
now,
so
you've
got
you've,
got
a
suppressed
child
care,
landscape,
sort
of
mitigating
the
number
of
children
that
they're
serving
because
of
kovid,
and
before
that
you
had
at
least
11
000
children
that
had
a
need
for
child
care
subsidy,
but
didn't
have
access,
because
the
funding
wasn't
there
that
I
will
tell
you
during
covid,
has
actually
gone
down
because
the
way
in
which
you
get
subsidy
is
you
have
to
have
a
job
and
what
we
know
about
what's
happened
during
the
pandemic.
M
Is
a
lot
of
families
have
lost
jobs
right,
but
but,
as
we
get,
the
vaccine
going
and
and
the
economy
begins
to
reopen.
What
has
to
happen
is
we
need
all
child
care,
all
child
care
capacity
available
and
open,
and
we
need
to
be
ready
from
the
states
per
se
perspective
with
enough
funding
to
serve
all
the
children
who
have
all
the
children
and
their
families
who
have
been
need
for
child
care.
So
that's
sort
of
the
current
state
of
child
care
on
on
families
and
children.
The
other.
M
The
other
issue
that
has
continued
to
be
a
challenge
is
that
child
care
in
and
of
itself
is
an
extremely
underfunded
sector
right.
So
I
mentioned
about
how
subsidy
wasn't
fully
wasn't
fully
funded.
M
Well,
when
you
look
for
family
or
when
you
look
at
families
who
have
work,
needs
that
are
non-traditional
hours
so
outside
of
say
your
seven
to
six
sort
of
work
day.
There
are
a
number
of
obviously
second
and
third
shift
workers
who
have
children
they're
trying
to
raise
their
children,
but
the
opportunity
for
child
care
during
those
hours
just
don't
exist,
and
so
the
other
issue
that
that
existed
before
the
pandemic
that
has
continued
to
exist
during
the
pandemic.
It
became
especially
obvious,
especially
with
our
medical
workers.
M
Early
in
the
pandemic,
is
just
a
lack
of
access
for
for
child
care
during
non-traditional
hours,
so
so
those
are
sort
of
two
big
things
that
are
hanging
on
hanging
on
our
families
right
now,
so
now
that
you
sort
of
have
a
sense
of
what's
happening
for
families.
Let
me
talk
a
little
bit
about
what's
happening
for
the
workforce,
so
you
know
this
is
why
I
think
I
love
so
much
that
we
were
invited
to
talk
to
the
to
your
commission
is
that
the
works
workforce
itself
is
a
women-led
workforce.
M
It's
about
94
percent
female,
led
and
staffed
of
that
94
about
48,
for
about
38
to
40
percent
are
women
of
color
here
in
pennsylvania,
the
average
wage
to
do
care
to
provide
care
to
to
children
is
9.71
an
hour
less
than
what
you
make
at
aldi's
less
than
what
you
make
a
giant
eagle
less
than
you
make
it
sheets
and,
and
here
in
pennsylvania
we
know
that
50
of
our
child
care
workforce
are
utilizing
government
benefits
so
because
of
that
suppressed
wage,
they
have
no
other
choice
but
to
then
leverage
the
additional
government
benefits
that
exist.
M
So
there
is
an
extreme
lack
of
access
to
wages
and
benefits
that
enable
you
to
care
for
your
family.
It's
it's
not
infrequent
for
me
to
hear
from
a
child
care
provider
who
was
who
is
of
childbearing
age
and
and
maybe
just
beginning
to
child
rigor
themselves,
who
have
said
I
actually
have
to
step
away
from
my
job.
I
bet
this.
I
bet
tiffany
had
this
experience
as
a
director.
M
I
have
to
step
away
from
my
job
as
an
early
childhood
educator,
because
I
can't
afford
to
stay,
employed
and
and
pay
for
child
care,
because
my
wages,
don't
don't
allow
me
to
do
that.
So
we
have
a
real
workforce
issue
on
on
top
of
sort
of
the
demographics
of
the
workforce
because
of
those
low
wages.
M
We
have
a
high
turnover
in
terms
of
the
system,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
folks
that
come
into
early
childhood,
but
don't
but
don't
stay
with
it
and
it's
because
it's
not
a
viable
career,
unlike
when
you
think
about
sort
of
k-12
when
the
starting
wage
is
42
000
a
year
and
you're
only
going
up
here
in
early
childhood.
M
You
know
you
might
swing
between
nine
dollars
and
and
maybe
at
your
cap
get
to
15,
but
that's
over
a
considerable
amount
of
time.
So
we
have
a
workforce
issue.
That's
that's
sort
of
compounded
by
all
of
the
inequities
that
exist
for
for
our
field.
M
C
Hello,
everyone,
my
name
is
joanna
spencer
and
I'm,
the
director
of
government
affairs
and
public
policy
trying
to
get
it
and
so
like
how
we
took
you
through
just
basically
what's
going
on
and
what's
happening
here
on
the
ground
when
it
comes
to
ece
and
how
it
affects
the
equity
pieces
of
women.
And
so
I
want
to
talk
about.
How
do
we
actually
get
here?
C
You
know
there's
always
a
pass
before
we
get
to
the
present,
and
so
I'm
going
to
dive
into
some
policies
that
got
us
to
where
we
are
right
now
that
had
affected
us,
which
were
poor
policy
on
the
federal
and
the
state
level,
and
this
begins
early
since
the
1900s
from
night
like
the
mother's
pension,
not
child
care
was
an
act
that
was
implemented
under
the
theodore
resident
roosevelt's,
I'm
sorry
administration
and
he
felt
like
hey.
Listen.
Women
just
need
to
stay
at
home
right.
He
felt
like
you
know.
C
Women
didn't
belong
in
the
workspaces
and
stuff
like
that.
That's
what
his
philosophy
were,
so
he
decided
to
create
these
pensions,
where
women
couldn't
be
able
to
sit
at
home,
but
unfortunately,
these
funding
could
not
sustain
any
type
of
family,
and
he
also,
you
know,
of
course,
didn't
want
to
elevate
the
workforce
when
he
came
to
women.
C
So
basically,
when
we're
sitting
at
home
not
being
valued
as
if
you
know
and
honestly,
we
always
at
our
organization,
we
always
talk
about
providers
and
families
feel
like
they
are
valued
in
in
ece,
and
so
we
realized.
So
I
realized,
as
I
was
researching
a
lot
of
these
policies
like
you
know,
they
didn't
feel
you
know.
Families
and
mothers
and
child
care
providers
didn't
feel
valued
back
then
as
well,
either
in
1930
between
between
the
1930s
and
1940s,
you
had
the
child
care
as
a
response
into
national
crisis.
C
So
basically
there
was
funding
being
sent
from
the
federal
level,
and
this
was
during
the
great
depression
and
also
on
during
world
war
during
the
second
world
war.
C
As
a
matter
of
fact,
and
this
funding
was
called
workers,
progress,
administration
funds
and
they
were
basically
dedicated
to
serve
emergency
nursery
schools,
providing
unpaid
unemployment,
opportunities
for
teachers
and
nurses
and
cooks,
but
after
world
war
ii
had
ended,
so
did
the
funds,
so
they
felt
like
this
was
only
considered
for
national
crisis
and
so
therefore,
from
1942
to
1946,
there
were
approximately
3
000
centers
that
were
being
funded,
which
served
600
and
600
000
children
across
the
country.
But
unfortunately,
when
the
world,
when
the
war
ended
so
did
the
fun.
C
C
Well,
they
felt
this
is
where
the
knowledge
I
mean,
the
language,
I'm
sorry,
the
language
came
from
when
they
felt
like
most
of
women
who
were
receiving
these
benefits
were
women
of
color,
so
they
labeled
it
as
wear
for
queens
and
they
consider
them
as
lazy
moms,
who
were
getting
just
basically
getting
public
assistance,
as
if
they're
like
they
just
didn't,
want
to
work
or
couldn't
find
work.
C
And
so
that's
when
president
bill
clinton
decided
to
say
hey
we're
going
to
change
something
and
he
decided
to
create
tanf
and
that's
why
tanf
was
created
and
it
required
a
lot
of
requirements
such
as
making
you
go
to
work
for
extends
for
a
certain
amount
of
hours
and
it
also
limited
when
how
long
you
can
get
the
assistance
so
yeah
we're
here
because
of
things
that
happened
in
the
past
and
it's
unfortunate
because
our
children
from
you
know
past
policies
and
and
everything
like
that.
C
Our
children
and
family
are
definitely
suffering
right
now
in
a
time
of
need
even
currently
during
covet,
and
so
our
child
care
development
block
grant
was
basically,
it
does
not
require
states
to
pay
75
of
market
rates
for
families.
It
only
recommends
and
then
that
basically
it
for
years,
pennsylvania
has
only
reimbursed
25
percent
of
that
market
and
on
march
1st,
which
was
a
few
weeks
ago,
it
changed
to
40.
So
of
course
we're
still
not
where
we
need
to
be.
M
M
The
system
makes
sense
the
way
it
is
because
of
the
way
in
which
it
historically
played
out
right.
So
so
we
are.
We
are
sort
of
steeped
in
inequity
today
because
it's
been
equitable
inequitable
from
the
very
beginning.
We
created
that
that
system
to
purposely
be
where
we
are
today,
and
I
can't
sort
of
underscore
enough.
M
So
when
we
talk
about
child
care
subsidy
again,
child
care
subsidy
for
those
that
don't
know,
is
for
families
who
are
working
or
in
school
part-time,
at
minimum,
in
school,
part-time
or
working
at
part-time
and
who
are
under
200
of
poverty.
So
I'm
going
to
use
some
rounded
numbers.
200
percent
of
poverty
here
is
around
54
000.
So
if
you're
a
family
making
under
54
000
and
you're
working
or
going
to
school,
you
can
qualify
for
child
care
subsidy,
but
but
the
government
is
only
reimbursing
the
child
care
provider.
M
They
can't
afford
to
compensate
their
staff
at
a
higher
rate
to
attract
talented
staff,
because
the
federal
government
and
the
state
government
is
only
reimbursing
reimbursing
at
at
right
now,
just
starting
march
1st
40
of
market
rate
prior
to
march
first,
for
for
for
10
years
for
a
decade,
they
were
only
reimbursing
at
25
of
market
rate,
which
is
absolutely
shameful,
and
so
the
federal
government
has
said
from
a
policy
perspective.
M
M
You
and
you
want
to
know
more-
we
actually
that
the
notion
of
market
rates
as
sort
of
the
baseline
for
reimbursement
is
in
and
of
itself
an
inequitable
system,
so
we
actually
need
to
change
from
using
market
rate,
as
as
the
rate
that
that
supplies
the
baseline
to
really
looking
at.
M
What's
the
cost
of
doing
quality
work
right,
because
market
is
based
on
what
the
market
will
pay
well,
when
you're,
when
you're
a
young,
family
and
you're,
you
know
just
sort
of
coming
into
your
career,
you
can
only
bear
so
much
cost
for
child
care.
So
a
lot
of
what
the
market
is
telling
you
is,
what
I
can
afford
is
actually
a
lot
lower.
Well,
that's
not
what
the
cost
of
the
care
is.
That's
what
the
market
can
bear.
So
it's
a
really
important
distinction.
M
So
we've
got
a
system.
You
know,
shalonda
pointed
out,
we've
got
a
system
historically,
that
is
just
based
on
inequity
and
it
persists
today.
So,
let's
see
so.
Where
are
we
at
what
needs
to
change?
So
here's
some
things,
things
that
are
occurring
today,
so
we
all
know
the
american
rescue
plan
passed,
put
out.
39
billion
dollars
to
states
and
counties
and
and
territories-
that's
great
in
pennsylvania,
the
state
of
pennsylvania
for
child
care
specifically
will
receive
1.18
billion
with
the
b
dollars.
That
is
the
single
largest
investment.
M
The
state
has
seen
in
child
care
in
decades.
It's
a
huge
huge
number.
As
you
know,
though,
that's
the
federal
investment
in
child
care.
M
What
we
need
is
for
our
state
lawmakers
to
prioritize
child
care
with
its
state's
resources
and
that's
an
important
distinction,
because
the
way
in
which
child
care
and
early
learning
is
funded
is
through
a
number
of
mechanisms,
federal
and
state.
What
sometimes
happens
is
the
state
says.
Oh,
I
got
all
these
federal
dollars,
so
maybe
I
can
just
use
those
dollars
to
fund
some
of
the
things
we
want
to
get
done,
but
not
put
our
own
investment
into
that.
M
You
know,
I
think
one
of
the
things
and-
and
I
know
tiffany
will
talk
about
this
at
the
end
and
and
certainly
councilwoman
gross
has
been
a
a
leader
in
making
this
happen
along
with
a
number
of
other
council
members,
but
local
policy
makers
decision
makers
need
to
also
elevate
this
as
a
priority
and,
quite
frankly,
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
tiffany,
and
I
participated
in
the
national
league
of
cities.
M
Work
of
an
early
learning
cohort-
you
know
a
number
of
years
ago
is
quite
ahead
in
that
way
because
they
have
actually
earmarked
dollars
of
the
city's
budget
toward
early
childhood.
They
created
an
office,
they
created
a
position,
so
they
put
their
money
where
their
where
their
mouth
was.
That's
what
the
right
money
where
your
mouth
is.
M
I
don't
know
I
always
forget
what
the
phrase
is,
but
they
you
know
they
put,
they
put
it
out
as
a
priority
and
have
invested
it
as
a
priority,
and
so
what
we
need
to
make
sure
happens
is
we've
got
the
federal
government
investing.
We
need
the
state,
the
state
to
invest
and
then
locally.
M
Where
do
we
find
and
where
do
we
make
sure
we
allocate
local
dollars
and
and
there's
a
lot
of
discussion
about
how
to
do
that
and
where
to
find
the
funds,
but
that's
also
sort
of
a
lever
that
needs
to
be
pulled
so
back
to
you
shalonda.
I
think.
C
C
I
know
my
colleague
talked
about
you
know
equitable
compensation,
especially
around
women
of
color,
because
they
make
up
the
majority
of
you,
know:
employment
in
it,
but
also
bridging
that
wage
gap
can
help
rebuild
the
education
system
and
the
workforce
within
the
field
advocating
for
a
family.
Thriving
compensation
for
the
early
childhood
workforce
is
very
important.
We
feel,
like
you
know,
with
turnover
rates,
are
very
high
right
now,
due
to
low
pay,
which
creates
an
unstable
environment
for
staff
and,
of
course,
for
children.
C
So
therefore,
we
need
to
make
sure
we're
advocating
for
accurate
compensation
within
the
workforce,
along
with
supporting
professional
growth
opportunities
during
covet.
I
know
kara
talked
about
some
of
the
issues
that
we
were
facing,
and
so
one
of
them
was
the
eras,
and
so
that
was
basically
money
that
was
funded
to
child
care
providers
and
it
helped
them
compensate
their
employers.
For
incentives
such
as
you
know,
elevating
their
edu
they
wanted
to
go,
may
go,
get
an
education
or
you
know
rewarding
them,
for
you
know
seeking
more
professional
growth
opportunities.
C
Well,
unfortunately,
those
things
were
taken
away
and
replaced
with
something
else,
and
so
now
we
are,
we
have
to
figure
out
ways.
How
do
we
go
and
support
more
professional
growth
opportunities,
because
you
know,
as
a
college
student
or
those
who
probably
feel
finished
school?
Probably
you
know,
maybe
I
did
this
for
nothing.
We
don't
want
and
we
don't
want
our
teachers
or
educators
to
feel
that
their
work
and
their
hard
work
and
education
is
in
vain.
C
So
it's
very
important
that
we
elevate
that
and
also
expanding
diversity
and
leadership
roles
within
that,
because
we
realize
representation,
matters
and
children
are
coming
in
all
shapes
sizes,
colors
genders
everything,
and
I
think
it's
very
important
that
children
see
people
who
look
like
them.
People
who
are
you
know
connected
to
them
in
all
different,
realms
and
so
basically
increasing
diversity
in
early
childhood
education
roles
will
potentially
elevate
the
voices
and
ideas
of
future
leaders,
because
children
sometimes
gravitate
to
people
who,
you
know
say
hey.
C
I
identify
with
this
teacher
identify
with
that
teacher
and
I
think
that's
very
important
that
we
we
recognize
that
when
it
comes
to
providing
child
care
for
these
children
and
families.
C
And
I
wanted
to
end
it
with
this
just
basically,
how
can
you
all
help
for
those
of
you
who
are
on
the
call
with
us?
So
thank
you
again
for
tuning
in
to
listen
to
us.
As
long
as
we
have
you
know,
we've
been
talking
and
for
really
engaging
into
the
conversation
right
now.
We
want
to
ask
you
if
you
would
like
to
be
a
part
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
trying
together
you
can
sign
up
to
be
an
organization
supporter
of
our
campaigns.
C
We
have
three
major
campaigns
that
we
focus
on,
which
is
pre-k
for
pa
start
strong
and
childhood
begins
at
home,
and
those
are
our
statewide
campaigns
that
we
have
other
parts
and
we
partner
with
other
people
with
also
you
can
sign
up
on
our
public
policy
newsletter.
You
can
go
to
our
website
and
the
tab
of
you
know
advocacy
is
at
the
top
of
our
tab,
and
that
will
be
a
great
opportunity
for
you
to
just
learn
about
also
keep
updated
with
the
work
we're
doing
on
the
ground
and
within
our
organization.
C
Also,
you
can
contact
your
elected
official
join
us
on
a
legislative
visit
right
now
we're
having
a
lot
of
visits
throughout
the
budgeting
season,
which
I
think
is
you
know,
I'm
from
mississippi.
So
I'm
learning
a
lot
about
how
your
budget
season
goes.
C
So
I'm
very
excited,
and
so
I
think
that
if
you
would
like
to
schedule
a
visit,
you
can
email
me
at
shalonda,
tryingtogether.org
and
let
us
know
who
your
representative
are
and
if
we-
and
if
your
representative
is
not
in
our
area,
we
do
have
other
partners
that
we
partner
with
that
you
can
possibly
join
them
with
with
your
to
meet
with
your
representative.
So
we
have
the
information
for
you.
Also,
you
can
join
our
southwest
pa
early
childhood
education,
leadership
council.
C
We
meet
every
fourth
thursday
and
we
basically
just
meet
with
leaders
who
are
our.
You
know.
Grass
tops
who
are
very
active
in
trying
to
advocate
on
some
of
the
issues
that
we
update
them
on,
especially
during
budget
season
and
we'll
be
meeting
up
until
june.
So
just
of
course
send
me
an
email
if
you'd
like
to
join
and
also
ask
your
employer
how
they
are
supporting
family
friends
and
policies
making
this
part
of
your
everyday
conversation.
C
F
M
Yeah,
so
I
you
know,
I'm
glad
you
asked
that
question.
That's
a
that's
a
great
question.
One
of
the
things
we
strive
to
do
really
thoughtfully
and
intentionally
is
ensure
that
our
issue
is
treated
as
bipartisan.
M
You
know
we
are
in
a
purple
state
and
you
know:
we've
got
a
democratic
governor.
We've
got
a
republican
legislature,
the
way
that
we
have
been
successful
and
there's
actually
a
document
on
our
website
in
that
advocacy
tab,
and
we
can.
We
can
send
this
to
you
as
a
follow-up,
but
the
way
that
we
have
been
successful
in
getting
increased
state
investments
as
much
as
we
have
is
because
we've
worked
across
the
aisle
and
said
look,
this
doesn't
have
to
be
your
issue.
This
doesn't
have
to
be
your
issue.
M
It
needs
to
be
everyone's
issue.
You
know,
how
do
we
make
this
important
to
you?
What
do
you
need
to
hear?
What
do
we
need
to?
How
do
we
explain
it
to
you,
and
so
I
would
really
say
that
we
don't
have
one
champion.
We
have
a
lot
of
folks
owning
the
space
and
I
think
that's
what
in
large
part,
has
made
us
sort
of
have
the
success
that
we've
had.
M
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
will
say
quite
frankly,
I'm
a
champion
of
early
childhood,
but
when
it
comes
down
to
it
you
don't
get
much
out
of
it,
and
so
you
know
I
I
hate
to
say
names
only
because
I'll
leave
out
someone,
that's
been
really
helpful
and
it'll
get
recorded
and
then
I'll
get
in
trouble,
and
really
it's
been
just
so
many
folks
on
both
sides
of
the
aisle.
M
When
we
started
a
lot
of
our
campaign,
work
allison
I'll
tell
you,
corbett
was
in
office,
and
so
you
know,
we've
had
to
sort
of
respond
to
the
changing
landscape
of
sort
of
who
holds
political
power
and
so
being
really
thoughtful
about.
That
is
part
of
our
work.
Well,.
F
M
A
M
B
So
much
so
I
know
that
we
have
a
few
people
that
want
to
ask
questions.
I
also
know
that
tiffany
wanted
to
add
a
few
things
towards
the
end
of
the
presentation.
So
it's
okay.
What
I'd
like
to
do
is
because
we're
at
439
is
go
to
tiffany
and
let
her
finish
up
and
then
jesse.
I
do
want
you
to
have
a
chance
to
ask
your
question.
B
Kara
and
excuse
me:
do
you
all
have
a
a
few
minutes
to
stick
around
just
for
one
or
two
questions
from
commissioners
after
tiffany,
I'm
good
till
five
o'clock?
Okay,
thank
you!
So
that's
what
we'll
do?
Okay,
so
tiffany
go
ahead
and.
L
Sure
thing
so
I'll
just
hop
right
in
so
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen
and
I'm
just
going
to
talk
about
kara
did
talk
about
looking
at
some
of
the
investments
that
are
made
on
the
city's
end,
and
you
know
we
have
been
very
lucky
in
that.
L
We
have
a
lot
of
support
from
city
council
members,
including
councilwoman
gross
who's,
on
this
call,
as
well
as
a
mayor
who
really
looks
at
early
childhood
as
a
priority,
and
so
we
will
soon
be
launching
a
quality
fund
for
child
care
facilities,
and
this
is
a
two
million
dollar
fund
that
was
passed
by
city
council,
and
these
are
funds
that
will
be
able
to
be
used
by
any
child
care
facility.
That's
located
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
so
I'm
going
to
just
do
a
quick
look
at.
L
I
can
show
you
kind
of
what
some
of
the
eligible
expenses
so
kara
talked
about.
The
qris
system,
keystone
stars,
which
is
our
quality
system
facilities,
are
also
required
to
have
a
yearly,
be
inspected
yearly
and
have
and
maintain
a
certification,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
hear
from
child
care
facilities
and
sometimes
I'll
get
calls,
and
I
know
that
the
early
learning
resource
center
and
trying
together
do
that
we'll
have
a
facility
who
has
something
that
is
relatively
small.
L
Maybe
a
thousand
dollar
fix
a
two
thousand
dollar
fix,
but
without
that
without
the
funding,
you
know
a
lot
of
them.
Don't
have
the
funding,
as
we
spoke
about
to
take
care
of
these
issues
that
come
up.
They
risk
losing
their
certification,
and
so
our
program
is
going
to
help
facilities
with
some
of
the
facilities,
improvements
that
are
needed,
as
well
as
program
improvements
for
the
qris
system
and
looking
at
some
of
the
eligibility
requirements.
So
they
have
to
be
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
They
have
to
be
current
on
their
certifications.
L
They
have
to
have
written
estimates
for
the
materials
and
the
renovations
they
want
to
have
and
we're
also
looking
at
some
funding
limits.
So
we're
going
to
be
able
to
assist
child
care
homes
and
family
child
care
facilities,
smaller
centers
and
larger
centers,
and
really
looking
at
we
would
love
to
be
able
to
have.
There
are
a
lot
of
facilities
that
want
to
move
up
in
the
state
quality
system,
but
they're
just
not
able
to
make
those
improvements.
So
you
know
they
they're
not
able
to
do
it
because
they
can't
afford
it.
L
They
are
serving
families
who
again,
as
you
just
heard,
are
now
getting
only
40
of
market
rate
before
they
were
getting
25
percent
of
market
rate,
which,
before
I
came
to
work
for
the
city,
I
was
a
child
care
center
director
and
we
were
at
the
highest
quality
level
and
we
had
staff
with
degrees.
L
And
you
know
we
had
small
class
sizes
and
even
for
an
infant
for
up
to
10
hours
of
care
a
day
we
were
getting
less
than
50
a
day,
and
so
you
have
to
look
at
a
lot
of
these
facilities.
Just
don't
have
they
really
want
to
move
up
in
the
system
and
they
want
to
be
able
to
provide
quality
care.
They
just
don't
have
the
funding
to
be
able
to
do
that,
as
well
as
things
that
may
come
up
things
that
break
or
facility
issues.
L
So
that's
going
to
be
some
of
the
things
that
we're
going
to
be
supporting
in
this,
and
this
is
going
to
be
something
that's
going
to
assist.
I
know
that
one
of
the
things
that
has
come
up
a
lot
of
staffing
and
so
that's
a
huge
barrier,
but
then
the
facilities
pieces
as
well
so
yeah.
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
The
other
thing
we're
working
on
is
we'll
be
in
april
we're
going
to
be
holding
our
first
one,
but
we
also
do
some
safety
trainings
through
our
ems
and
public
safety.
L
So
we
do
a
pediatric
cpr
first
aid,
fire
safety
training
and
we're
looking
at
making
that
virtual,
so
it's
more
friendly
around
covet
and
making
sure
we're
being
safe.
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
do.
We're
always
looking
to
just
really
try
to
figure
out
what
we
can
do
for
child
care
facilities
so
sometimes
I'll
get.
You
know.
L
I've
gotten
calls
because
there
are
facilities
that
have
groundhogs
that
have
infested
their
playgrounds
and
or
they
have
people
that
are
illegally
dumping
in
the
alley,
and
they
can
no
longer
use
their
parking
lots
or
they
may
want
to
be
connected
to
their
city
council
members
because
they
have
neighborhood
issues,
and
so
those
those
are
some
of
the
day-to-day
things
that
we
work
on
in
our
office.
So
just
wanted
to
share
those
with
you.
B
B
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
say
you
know,
and
just
listening
to
everything
that
you're
talking
about
regarding
the
economic
impact,
the
gender
wage
and
employment
discrimination
implications
and
the
history
right,
looking
at
the
history
of
gender
discrimination
and,
of
course,
using
race
and
racism
and
the
anti-blackness
in
terms
of
how
a
lot
of
these
things
were
built
and
are
viewed,
and
also
just
to
point
out
the
gender
equity
commission,
when
it
presented
policy
recommendations
under
creating
an
equitable
new
normal.
B
It
named
supporting
women-owned
businesses
and
also
access
to
quality
early
childhood
education
as
two
areas
of
concern,
because
we
know
the
implications
of
what
that
means
for
creating
gender
equity
and
so
seeing
and
again
who
the
people
who
are
leading
and
have
been
leading
for
a
very
long
time
and
also
to
the
work
the
mayor's
office
has
been
doing
for
quite
some
time.
B
So
I
remember
when
this
big
grant
project
first
started
and
when
it
was
voted
on
and
so
to
see
it
rolling
out
at
such
a
critical
time
as
this
is
it's
nice
to
know
that
there
are
things
being
done,
and
so
I
quickly
want
to
go
ahead
and
jesse.
I
know
that
commissioner
rainey,
I
knew
that
you
wanted
to
ask
a
question
or
say
something,
and
then
in
the
interest
of
time
after
commissioner
raimi
goes,
I
would
like
to
to
move
on.
B
However,
I
want
to
stress
the
fact
that
I
think
it's
important
that
we
continue
to
point
people
in
the
direction
of
how
they
can
find
out
more
about
your
work,
also
how
commissioners
can
get
in
touch
with
you
all
and
how
perhaps
we
can
stay
up
to
date
on
the
work
that
you're
doing.
Obviously,
we
have
tiffany
in
the
mayor's
office,
but
also
if
anyone
has
any
direct
questions
you
know
I
just.
B
I
want
to
make
sure
that
if
anyone
does
have
any
questions,
they
want
to
ask
that
today
is
not
the
last
time
they
can
do
so,
but
in
the
interest
of
time
after
commissioner
amy
goes,
I
would
like
to
move
on
and
so
in
terms
of
questions
from
the
commissioners,
and
so
commissioner
remy.
Please
give
the
floor.
N
I
was
actually
going
to
make
a
motion
that
we
invite
our
friends
back
to
have
exactly
that.
A
real
policy
conversation
about
what
can
be
done
at
the
gender
equity
commission
level
and-
and
thank
you
again,
you
know
kara
shalom
to
tiffany
for
being
with
us.
This
is
such
an
important
policy
area
and
I
think
you've
lifted
up
so
many
ways
that
folks
can
get
involved
and,
as
you
all
know,
you
are
singing
my
song
when
you
talk
about
history
shilonda.
N
Thank
you
so
much
as
a
historian
this-
and
this
is
actually
my
topic
right.
So
you
you
are
in
my
heart
and
I
would
just
love
to
have
the
opportunity
to
really
dive
a
little
deeper
into
some
of
the
policy
recommendations.
N
Amanda
just
referenced
our
building,
an
equitable
new
normal.
We
had
some
really
specific
recommendations
around
how
to
support
not
only
the
businesses
but
workers,
and
I
would
just
love
to
have
a
chance
to
have
a
little
bit
more
of
that
conversation
in
depth,
and
I
know
we're
way
past
time
time.
Management
is
really
difficult.
With
our
meetings-
and
I
know
we've
got
other
work
to
do
so.
I
was
just
going
to
make
a
motion
if
that
would
be
helpful.
N
I
don't
know
if
this
is
committee
level,
work
or
another
meeting,
but
I
would
love
to
talk
more
about
sort
of
where
we
are
with
some
of
those
policy
recommendations
that
we
made,
because
we've
got
kind
of
out
of
the
box.
Thinking
some
creative
stuff
too,
that
I'd
love
to
talk
with
you
more
about
with
this
group.
K
B
B
I
think
it
would
be
useful
to
work
with
them
to
see
when
bringing
them
back
would
make
sense
and
how
that
conversation
could
happen,
and
I
think
that
once
we
do
that,
I
think
we
can
have
a
really
intentional
conversation
about
incorporating
their
work
into
our
work
and
how
we
can
best
support
them.
So
I
I
think
that
we
do
necessarily
do
definitely
need
to
be
intentionally
in
touch
working
very
closely
with
tiffany
and
really
seeing
how
we
can
really
support
them
in
the
best
way
possible.
B
I
think
we
definitely
need
to
make
sure
we
get
a
lot
more
information
and
seeing
as
how
we
have
a
lot
of
conversations
coming
up
in
the
very
near
future
around
what
our
focus
is
going
to
be
what
committee
work
is
going
to
look
like,
etc.
I
think
we'll
also
have
a
lot
more
framework
in
place
to
more
intentionally
support
this
work
in
the
future.
B
So
there
is
a
motion
on
the
table,
and
so
I
you
know,
I
think
further
discussion
is
perhaps
needed,
but
I
think
that
it's
fair
to
say
we
all
want
to
very
intentionally
support
this
work
and
identify
the
best
way
to
do
that,
and
I
think
also
identifying
when
they
will
come
back,
would
also
be
really
helpful.
So
I'm
asking
if
we
can
table
the
motion
for
now
and
have
further
very
intentional
conversations,
so
we
can
best
support
the
work.
N
B
Thank
you.
So
I
again
I
hate
to
do
this,
I'm
definitely
not
one
about
rushing
through.
I
actually
it's.
I
hate
that.
However,
it
is
ten
minutes
to
five,
but
I
wanna
thank
our
guests
so
much.
This
is
such
an
important
topic
and,
as
we've
indicated
thoroughly,
is,
is
urgent,
and
so
we
will
be
reaching
out
to
invite
you
back
in
some
capacity,
whether
it's
working
or
for
a
follow-up
presentation
either
way.
B
This
is
extremely
important
and
I'm
seeing
a
lot
of
head
nodding,
and
so
I
think
that
the
enthusiasm
for
supporting
this
work
is
certainly
there
with
the
commission,
as
as
commissioner
rainey
has
definitely
put
forward
in
in
many
levels,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
here
and
for
sharing
with
us
and,
of
course,
giving
the
public
a
chance
to
get
to
know
you
and
your
work
better.
It's
very
exciting
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
and
tiffany
again.
B
Thank
you
for
your
continued
leadership,
because
you
have
been
working
very
hard
through
the
mayor's
office
to
champion
this
important
work.
So
I
really
want
to
thank
you
too,
and
so
at
this
time
we
do
need
to
move
forward,
because
I
want
to
also
honor
commissioners
time
and
we
have
some
pressing
things
that
I'd
like
for
us
to
talk
about
before
we
go
and
also
members
of
the
public
who
are
hanging
out
with
us.
Yes
anew.
K
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
will
coordinate
and
find
slides
that
trying
to
gather,
kara
and
shalonda
can
share
and
I'll
put
in
the
next
newsletter.
Just
so
anyone
watching
who
wants
a
copy.
I
will
make
sure
to
get
that
out
to
folks.
B
B
So
much
for
that,
so
thank
you
for
offering
to
coordinate.
Also
thank
you
for
ensuring
that
the
information
for
trying
together
is
in
the
next
newsletter,
so
people
have
access
to
that.
So
I
appreciate
that.
B
Okay,
everyone
so
before
we
go
today.
I
do
want
us
to
talk
about
when
and
what
time
we're
going
to
meet
next.
B
B
Off
limits-
and
I
think
that
most
of
us
are
okay
with
that,
but
at
this
time
I
would
like
to
ask
commissioners:
how
do
we
feel
about
tuesdays
if
we
change
the
time,
are
we
still
okay
with
tuesdays?
B
We
need
you
in
council
voting,
so
no
worries
on
that.
We
would
be
looking
at
a
later
time,
so
possibly
three
or
even
3
30
at
a
start
time,
which
means
that
on
days
like
today,
we
may
spend
about
5
5
30..
E
Yes-
and
I
was
hoping
you
wouldn't
say
earlier
and
I'm
so
I'm
thankful,
but
I'm
I'm
okay.
If
we
push
it
back
and
then
we
ended
it
five
or
at
the
latest
5
30.,
and
I'm
okay
with
that.
B
Okay,
so
I'm
I'm
hearing,
3
or
3
30
start
time.
B
Is
there
a
difference?
Would
it
make
a
difference
for
anyone
either
way?
I
can
say
for
myself:
3
30
would
be
a
little
easier
for
me,
but
if
three
o'clock
works
for
the
majority
of
people,
I
will
continue
to
make
it
work.
So
yes,
commissioner,
hanson.
G
Yes,
I
was
wondering,
since
we
don't
have
everybody
here
today.
I
think
that
sounds
like
a
really
possible
good
possible
way
to
move
forward.
Could
we
have
an
email
or
something
go
out,
some
way
to
just
communicate
to
everybody,
and
then
that
would
be
another
way
to
just
get
any
feedback
that,
especially
from
our
folks
who
aren't
here.
F
B
B
Yeah,
I
think
that's
a
really
good
idea
and
a
new
since
you
offered
to
take
point.
Thank
you
for
that
as
well.
So
yeah,
I
think
the
executive
committee
we
can
via
email
figure
this
out
the
best
way
to
send
this
out,
and
commissioner
hanson
thank
you
again
for
ensuring
that
we're
inclusive
of
everyone.
B
That's
really
important,
because
that's
why
we're
having
this
conversation
in
the
first
place,
commissioner
schultz,
that
you
have
a
something
to
add
or.
A
Just
a
quick
question
about
the
the
format
of
the
meeting:
are
we
going
to
be
staying
virtual
indefinitely
at
this
point,
because
I
think
that
I
mean
at
least
for
me
that
impacts
you
know
the
schedule
and
my
ability
to
come
to
town-
and
you
know
all
of
that
good
stuff.
So
just
trying
to
gauge
is
this
gonna,
be
the
format
that
we
use
indefinitely.
K
I
can
answer
a
tech
question
that
I've
already
been
talking
about
when
we're
back
to
being
allowed
just
so
I
am
trying
to
ensure
that
when
we're
back
together,
we
can
include
people
via
video.
K
You
may
remember,
we
had
some
trouble
with
the
audio
in
the
room
that
we
were
using,
so
I
will
do
my
absolute
best
and
and
maybe
work
with
chief
director
manual.
Can
you
know
elbow
some
people
maybe
or
kindly
encourage,
but
I
can
answer
that
piece.
I
can't
guarantee
it
right
now,
but
I'm
working
on
making
it
possible
to
be
virtual
for
commissioner's
convenience.
B
So
it
sounds
like
there's
a
couple
of
things
that
are
on
the
table:
we're
not
just
looking
at
day
and
time,
but
also
whether
we're
in
person
or
virtual,
so
again,
just
kind
of
reinforcing
the
fact
that
we
need
to
have
further
discussion
on
this.
B
So
you
know,
let's,
let's
take
a
step
back
and
and
again
a
new
suggestion
of
executive
committee
having
a
conversation
and
figuring
out
how
to
move
forward
with
this.
I
think
that's
that's
a
good
course
right
now
on
possibly
even
engaging
commissioner
coffey
as
the
new
chair
of
the
governor's
leadership
committee
and
getting
some
input
from
her
as
well.
But
let's
be
intentional
about
this.
That
means,
though,
for
now,
unless
barring
some-
I
don't
know
cosmic
event
for
now.
B
Our
next
meeting
is
going
to
still
be
the
third
tuesday
of
april
at
2,
30
and,
of
course,
we'll
figure
what
the
agenda
looks
like,
but
let's
have
that
intentional
conversation,
one
additional
piece
that
we
did
not
talk
about.
B
So
there
was
going
to
be
a
presentation
by
our
executive
director
and
our
secretary
on
communication
possible.
Excuse
me,
I'm
sorry.
I
have
a
splitting
headache
possible
community
mores
of
communication,
digital
communication
view
out
besides
email,
and
so
my
question
to
you
is
in
lieu
of
a
presentation.
How
would
you
all
feel
about
emailing
out
just
a
couple
of
just
a
few
details
on
the
two
platforms
that
I
think
we're
thinking
about?
B
Commissioners
talks
about
being
bombarded
by
emails
and
how
ineffective
that
was
in
some
cases,
but
using
email
in
some
cases
was
better,
but
we
identified
that
we
just
have
to
figure
out
and
begin
to
use
another
mode
of
communication.
So
there
was
going
to
be
a
presentation,
but
given
that
it's
458,
I
I
think
that
an
email
for
now
with
details,
almost
two
things
for
you
all
to
consider
and
come
to
the
table,
to
ready
to
discuss
and
move
on
for
our
next
meeting.
B
E
And
I
I
appreciate
everyone
hanging
on,
but
I
cannot
let
this
moment
go.
Oh
please.
This
is
our
third
birthday,
happy
national
women's
history
month
to
everyone
and
to
those
are
in
attendance,
but
this
is
also
in
celebration
and
acknowledgement
to
the
inaugural
rollout
of
the
training
for
the
pay
equity
project,
and
it
was
actually
done
on
march
8th,
which
was
international
women's
day.
E
E
This
game
is
acknowledging
inventions
created
by
women
and,
of
course,
all
women
will
make
more
money,
and
so
that's
just
one
of
our
goals
and
objectives.
So
I
put
all
commissioners
names
in
a
box
here
and
I'm
pulling
the
name,
I'm
not
looking
and
oh,
oh,
sabrina,
sabrina
corbil,
you
are
the
winner
of
the
miss
monopoly.
E
This
is
good.
You've
got
girls,
you
can
play
games
with
them.
Let
them
see
the
history
of
what
women
have
created,
encourage
them
to
be
the
best
that
they
can
be.
I'm
gonna
follow
up
with
you
offline,
via
email.
I
will
mail
this
out
to
you.
I
just
want
to
say
it's
been
a
great
three
years.
I'm
glad
to
be
you
know,
supported
by
the
mayor
and
city
council,
to
serve
on
another
term,
but
we
got
to
have
a
little
fun
in
all
of
this.
B
K
They
may
post
on
facebook
and
I'll
follow
up
and
let
you
all
know
but
not
to
me-
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
amanda
and,
and
I
thank
you
to
the
city
channel
team.
We
went
over
quite
a
bit
appreciate
your
support
and
I
feel
like
saying
amanda
go
rest
if
you
can,
but
thank
you
all,
commissioners
and
everyone
who's
watching
our
meeting
today.
Thank.
B
You
so
would
someone
like
to
make
a
motion
to
adjourn
else?