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From YouTube: Reflections on Welcoming Pittsburgh with Mayor Peduto
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Tune in for a special #WelcomingWeek2021 announcement from the Welcoming Pittsburgh team and Mayor Peduto!
A
Hi
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
today.
My
name
is
faye
shawla
acatola
and
I'm
the
special
initiatives
manager
for
mayo,
william
peduto
right.
I
have
the
honor
and
the
pleasure
of
managing
our
welcome
in
pittsburgh
initiative
for
a
few
years
now.
I
hope
you
guys
have
been
enjoying
the
welcome
neighbors
series
that
has
been
showing
throughout
welcoming
week,
as
you
can
see
from
today's
title.
This
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
different
right
today.
A
We're
going
to
be
reflecting
on
the
history
of
welcome
in
pittsburgh,
with
an
incredible
guest
right
may,
william
peduto
that
he's
yet
to
come
on,
but
first
I
think
I'll
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
take
the
time
to
actually
honor
my
predecessors
right,
the
ones
who
helped
lead
the
foundation
for
where
we
are
now
so
before
me
was
alexis
vargas
and
before
her
was
betty,
cruz
right.
These
are
all
incredible
women
that
put
in
the
effort.
They
made
a
lot
of
sacrifices
to
be
where
we
are
today
right.
A
As
we
know,
the
mayor's
administration
is
coming
to
a
close.
This
is
such
a
sweet
opportunity
to
reflect
and
kind
of
glean
from
lessons
that
the
mayor
has
had
over
the
years
and
again
to
even
learn
from
my
colleague
who
who
joined
just
a
couple
of
years
ago.
So
before
I
am
introduced
to
mayor
I'm
going
to
bring
on
my
colleague,
allah
muhammad,
who
is
a
policy
coordinator
with
mayor
peduto's
office.
Hey
ela,.
B
A
A
B
C
Probably
my
dad
used
to
always
tell
me
take
a
breath
take
a
breath
and
I
think
that
there's
two
parts
of
that
number
one
taking
a
breath
gives
you
that
opportunity
to
think
about
something
before
you
make
a
decision
and
secondly,
taking
a
breath
literally
allows
the
oxygen
to
go
to
your
brain
in
order
to
be
able
to
provide
you
with
additional
brain
power.
So
I
would
say
that
you
know
my
dad
didn't
leave
me
with
much
advice.
C
A
Oh
awesome,
I
I
attempted
to
guess
some
of
the
answers
and
I
got
all
of
them
wrong.
So
it's
really
great
man
to
get
to
know
you
a
bit
with
those
questions
so
again
we're
going
to
dive
right
in
and
right
again
we
know
you
started
your
administration
in
2014
and
I
know
along
this
that
same
time
in
2014
the
conversation
around
welcome
in
pittsburgh
came
about
and
in
2015
we
actually
launched
the
welcoming
pittsburgh
road
map.
A
C
We
have
relied
primarily
upon
non-profit
agencies
to
do
that
work
and
there
really
wasn't
a
coordination
with
the
groups
that
were
starting
to
settle
within
pittsburgh
and
pittsburgh
local
government.
So
we
hired
betty
cruz
betty
and
I
went
to
grad
school
together,
and
I
was
impressed
with
her
from
back
in
those
days
to
work
with
the
agencies
that
are
all
throughout
the
city
and
throughout
the
county.
C
So
we
sort
of
lost
the
ability
to
attract
people
from
other
parts
of
the
world
during
the
70s
and
the
80s
and
the
90s
in
the
early
2000s,
mainly
due
to
our
economy,
now
with
the
economy
back.
What
is
city
government
doing
in
order
to
be
able
to
recapture
the
people
to
be
able
to
build
the
type
of
city
that
we
built
before.
C
Well,
we
saw
with
the
2020
census
that
our
asian
community
within
the
city
has
grown
47
percent,
the
largest
increase,
probably
in
over
a
century.
I'm
not
sure
our
hispanic
community
has
grown
34
again
very
sizable
increases
and
we've
created
a
more
diverse
city
than
we
have
possibly
ever
had.
That
being
said,
there's
still
a
lot
more
work
that
we
need
to
do.
A
C
Well,
it's
it's
sort
of
a
question
that
you
can
answer
by
pittsburghers
who've
been
here
for
a
few
generations,
looking
back
to
their
grandparents
and
what
they
were
able
to
bring.
You
know
they
came
here
in
some
cases.
I
guess
now
great
grandparents.
They
came
here
to
use
their
backs.
They
came
here
to
use
their
shoulders
and
to
use
their
arms
and
they
worked
in
the
mines
and
they
worked
in
the
mills
and
the
factories
and
they
built
america.
C
What
I
see
is
us
looking
with
pride
at
our
past
and
our
own
families,
and
recognizing
that
the
future
of
this
city
is
dependent
on
being
able
to
do
that
again
and
looking
all
over
the
world
this
time,
not
just
to
southern
and
eastern
europe
and
the
southern
united
states,
but
to
all
of
the
world
for
attracting
that
type
of
talent.
For
making
sure
that
there
is
a
city
of
pittsburgh.
A
hundred
years
from
now.
B
C
Well,
let
me
answer
the
first
second
part.
First,
I
think
that
the
role
of
government
is
to
make
the
access
to
government
as
easy
as
possible
for
all
of
its
residents
in
understanding
that,
within
some
critical
communities,
especially
those
of
people
who
are
new
to
the
united
states,
there
are
barriers
that
government
creates
and
that
we
have
to
be
cognizant
of
that
in
removing
those
barriers
and
allowing
opportunity
to
flow
to
everyone.
The
second
part
of
it
is
more
about
what
people
in
pittsburgh
are
able
to
gain.
C
Having
the
world
right
outside
your
doorstep
allows
you
to
be
able
to
experience
things
that
you
wouldn't
have
otherwise
been
able
to
experience
we're
joking
about
a
comfort
food
pizza.
I
read
an
article
the
other
day
when
pizza
was
introduced
to
pittsburgh
and
it
was
like
this
magical
dish.
You
know
now
there
isn't
a
neighborhood
in
the
city
that
doesn't
have
a
place.
C
You
can
walk
to
to
get
a
slice,
but
that
same
idea
about
the
food
and
the
the
the
culture
extends
so
much
beyond
just
the
things
that
you
can
enjoy
at
a
festival.
It's
the
history
in
the
fabric
of
the
world,
being
here
being
right
outside
your
door
in
your
neighborhood.
It's
the
idea
of
your
children,
learning
about
other
cultures
from
their
friends
who
the
history
goes
back
much
much
further
than
europe
or
the
united
states,
and
being
able
to
have
that
experience.
On
a
first
hand,
level
in
all
you
have
to
do
is
participate.
C
All
you
have
to
do
is
be
there
during
the
chinese
new
year
and
to
be
able
to
celebrate
it
or
or
to
be
able
to
understand
the
celebration
of
light
with
diwali
and
being
a
part
of
it.
How
wonderful
to
be
able
to
live
in
a
city
that
isn't
a
mega
city,
but
still
has
that
ability
to
have
the
world
at
your
doorstep.
B
C
C
And
I
try
to
explain
to
people
that
you
know
before
the
civil
war.
There
was
a
person
elected
as
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
named
joe
barker
and
joe
was
a
street
preacher
who
preached
hate
and
his
hatred
was
the
catholics,
the
irish
in
the
germans,
who
were
the
new
immigrants
who
were
coming
over
to
an
area
that
was
all
protestant
and
joe
threatened
to
kill
the
bishop
and
he
was
put
in
jail.
C
A
A
If
it's
coming
to
our
programs-
and
I
know
that
you've
always
tried
to
prioritize
welcome
in
pittsburgh-
I
mean
I
could
think
of
things
that
I
would
think-
okay
well,
the
mayor
is
not
going
to
be
able
to
be
there
and
you
would
somehow
move
or
do
what
you
can
to
be
present.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
and
also
even
knowing
that
the
work
that
we
have
to
do
internally.
A
We've
been
able
to
achieve
this
by
becoming
a
certified
welcoming
city
right
and
just
for
context,
even
for
the
viewers
and
those
that
are
watching
again.
Certified
welcoming
is
a
set
of
standards,
a
set
of
standards
that
range
from
essential
components,
from
language
access
to
hiring
practices
and
such
a
broad
range.
C
C
That's
a
testament
to
the
work
that
both
of
you
have
been
doing.
It's
a
testament
to
the
work
of
the
shoulders
of
those
who
worked
in
these
roles
before
you
and
it's
a
testament
to
this
community
to
the
non-profit
agencies
and
all
the
organizations
that
helped
to
create
welcoming
pittsburgh
and
our
agenda
to
build
a
welcoming
city.
A
D
D
And
last
but
not
least,
I
want
to
thank
every
single
resident
of
pittsburgh
who,
with
the
certification,
sends
the
unequivocal
message
that
in
pittsburgh
everyone
belongs,
as
the
city
of
pittsburgh
becomes
more
diverse,
as
afghan
families
begin
to
make
new
lives
there.
We
know
that
this
public-private
partnership
between
the
city,
so
many
incredible
community-based
organizations
and
residents,
is
part
of
what's
needed,
to
create
and
sustain
a
welcoming
infrastructure
in
which
every
resident
can
participate
to
their
fullest,
civically,
socially
and
economically.
D
We
also
know
that
this
work
is
not
easy,
and
that
is
why
welcoming
america
has
been
working
for
many
years
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
its
partners,
and
while
we
were
so
pleased
to
conduct
this
rigorous
audit
of
the
city's
policies
and
practices
and
to
be
able
to
recognize
the
city
of
pittsburgh
for
the
work
that
it
has
done
to
implement
many
new
programs.
Many
new
policies
that
today
make
it
eligible
to
become
certified
as
a
welcoming
city.
D
This
announcement
comes
during
welcoming
week
an
annual
event,
bringing
together
neighbors
of
all
backgrounds
in
communities,
large
and
small
rural
and
urban,
to
build
strong
connections
and
to
inform
the
importance
of
welcoming
and
inclusive
places
and
achieving
collective
prosperity.
Just
like
pittsburgh
has
committed
to
doing
by
becoming
certified.
Welcoming
again
welcoming
america
is
pleased
to
congratulate
pittsburgh
and
its
leaders,
and
we
look
forward
to
celebrating
your
success
and
to
supporting
your
continued
efforts.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
rachel
for
these
kind
words
yeah
we're
so
grateful
we're
so
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
be
a
part
of
welcoming
america
and
to
be
able
to
have
the
scholarship
first
and
foremost
to
be
able
to
participate
in
that
welcoming
standard.
So
thank
you
welcome
america
for
for
your
work
on
that.
B
B
A
Yeah
thanks
a
lot
and
thank
you
mayor,
I
would
say
I
think
something
I'm
so
proud
of,
is
the
fact
that
I
felt
like
we've
achieved
really
communicating
to
folks
like
the
city,
the
doors
of
government
is
open,
and
I
think
that
echoes
the
worst
that
the
mayor
has
been
saying.
That
government
is
not
out
of
reach
right.
A
So,
as
I
reflect
on
that,
and
I'm
thinking
about
goals
in
the
future
is
that
I
hope
that
continues
right.
I
hope
that
people
continue
to
see
government
as
a
partner
right
going
forward
of
his
refugee
resettlement
in
his
other
agencies.
If
it's
private
corporate
that
they
see
the
value
of
government
in
the
conversation
that
the
whole
idea
is
to
remove
barriers
that
prevents
minority
communities
from
interfacing
with
government,
so
that
again,
all
of
our
communities
could
thrive.
A
Yeah
thanks
a
lot
for
that
question.
So
as
we
wrap
up
guys,
I
hope
you
all
have
enjoyed
this
time
so
far
again,
I
feel
like
we
could
spend
hours
having
this
conversation
before
the
sake
of
you
all
watching
want
to.
Thank
you
so
much
for
participating
and
tuning
in
and
again
just
so
grateful
to
allah
and,
of
course,
the
mayor
for
for
your
leadership
in
allowing
us
to
achieve
this
great
point,
just
great
feat
in
this
administration.