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City of Charleston Commission on Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Conciliation 9/1/20
A
A
C
B
B
F
Well,
thank
you,
councilman
gregory,
co-chair
and
saccharin
and
welcome
everyone.
Our
council
members
who
are
members
of
the
commission
and
new
members
of
this
commission
of
this
new
commission
and-
and
I
should
have
guessed
that
you
had
a
prayer
already.
I
I
had
picked
out
a
reading
from
isaiah
chapter,
26
kind
of
kick
us
off
as
well
and-
and
I
won't
read-
I'm
just
going
to
read
a
couple
of
verses
of
it.
F
F
We
even
set
out
goals
and
objectives
that
we
seek
here
tonight
and
over
the
next
few
months,
and
that
was
from
the
city's
resolution
in
june
of
2019
apologizing
for
the
city's
role
in
the
institution
of
slavery.
But
but
the
important
point,
part
of
it
that
I
would
focus
on
to
charge
us
forward
is
the
second
part.
Beyond
the
apology.
F
So
we
put
in
that
resolution
if
you'll
bear
with
me
to
read
it's
a
couple
of
paragraphs,
but
it's
I
think
it's
right
in
sync
with
where
I
would
like
to
see
us
go,
and
I
I'd
like
to
think
you
would
agree.
A
commitment
is
made
to
promote
in
all
city
undertakings,
tolerance
and
understanding
and
equal
and
fair
opportunity
for
all
citizens
to
prosper
personally
and
economically
and
to
encourage
others
to
treat
all
persons
with
respect
and
to
eliminate
prejudice,
injustice
and
discrimination.
F
A
pledge
is
hereby
given
to
continue
to
work
with
the
charleston
county
school
district
to
address
equality
of
education
for
children
in
charleston,
in
particular.
Those
who
attend
schools
within
the
city
of
charles
a
pledge
is
hereby
given
to
promote
an
understanding
of
the
contributions
of
african
americans
to
the
economic
success,
beauty
and
culture
of
this
city
by
way
of
historic
documentation
in
city,
art,
festivals,
museums,
public
spaces
monuments
and
to
collaborate
with
other
organizations
to
memorialize.
F
So
I
view
our
our
charge
forward
our
mission
to
to
to
really
fulfill
the
the
goals
and
objectives
that
that
council
set
two
years
ago
and
in
in
addition
to
drilling
down
on
on
the
policies
of
our
city
itself.
We
we
hired
amber.
We
we
continued
on
with
a
racial
bias,
audit
of
our
police
department,
but
y'all.
F
So
again,
thank
you
all
for
serving
and
without
further
ado
I'll,
ask
amber
johnson
to
step
forward
and
lead
us
from
here,
and
thank
you
amber
and
also
thank
you.
I'm
sorry
to
john
mitchell
on
my
staff.
Who's
been
working
with
amber
these
two
young
people
really
have
been
working
hard
to
put
this
together
and
they
deserve
a
lot
of
credit
amber.
A
Thank
you
mayor
for
those
remarks
again.
My
name
is
amber
johnson,
my
pronouns
are
she
her
and
hers?
I
was
born
and
raised
in
charleston.
I
have
my
undergraduate
degree
from
hampton
university
and
my
law
degree
from
florida,
a
m
university.
I
practiced
law
for
many
years
in
florida
for
com
before
coming
back
to
charleston
in
2016..
A
Currently,
as
was
stated
earlier,
I
am
the
equity
inclusion
and
racial
conciliation
manager
for
the
city.
I
too
would
like
to
thank
all
of
you
for
committing
to
work
on
this
committee.
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
very
important
work
to
do,
and
I
think
now
is
the
time
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
that
work
before
we
get
started.
I
think
it's
important
that
we
talk
about
what
equity,
inclusion
and
racial
conciliation.
A
What
those
words
mean
when
we
talk
about
equity,
I
think
you
have
to
distinguish
that
from
equality.
Equality
is
about
sameness
without
regard
to
an
individual's
needs
or
available
resources.
Equity
is
about
meeting
people
where
they
are
and
giving
people
access
to
what
they
need.
Equity
is
a
process.
While
equality
is
an
outcome,
you
have
to
achieve
racial
equity
before
you
can
achieve
equality.
A
Many
people
have
asked,
since
I've
been
in
this
position,
why
we
use
the
term
racial
conciliation
instead
of
racial
reconciliation,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
when
we
talk
about
reconciliation,
it's
about
bringing
people
back
together.
Again,
it's
about
reconnecting
where
conciliation
is
about
resolving
a
dispute.
It's
the
act
of
mediating
between
two
parties.
A
So
when
we
discuss
racial
conciliation,
specifically
in
this
setting
we're
talking
about
creating
a
brand
new
connection
part,
as
we
discussed
earlier
part
of
the
apology
created
my
office
and
I've
been
in
this
position
for
about
a
year
as
a
charleston
native,
I
witnessed
the
growth
in
the
city,
but
I
know
that
everybody
hasn't
benefited
from
that
growth,
and
one
of
the
goals
of
this
commission
is
to
change
that.
So
tonight
we
begin
our
90-day
journey
to
do
that.
Work,
I'm
here
to
facilitate
and
support
that
process
along
with
john
mitchell.
A
B
B
B
We
want
to
disrupt
business
as
usual,
and
our
mission
is
very
simple.
As
the
mayor
said,
we
want
to
dismantle
the
vestiges
of
slavery
in
jim
crow
and
the
only
way
that
we
can
do
that
is
to
peel
the
onion
down
to
get
to
its
core
reconstruct
and
reconstruct,
so
that
we
can
in
fact
have
true
equity
inclusion
and
racial
conciliation
in
our
city,
not
just
throughout
our
city
department,
because,
as
you
can
see,
most
of
the
committees
that
have
been
formed
go
beyond
the
city.
B
But
one
of
the
major
things
that
we're
doing
is
we're
looking
internally
at
the
city
itself
and
see
what
policies
and
practices
while
there
may
not
be
intentional.
The
impact
has
a
disparate
impact
on
specific
groups,
so
I
look
forward
to
what
we're
getting
ready
to
embark
on
now.
This
is
an
unbelievable
challenge.
E
Thank
you
co-chair
gregory,
and
I
just
want
to
say
it's
been
a
remarkable
experience
getting
to
this
point
so
amber
and
john
great
work.
Thank
you
so
much
you
guys
are
young
and
energetic,
and
you
see
things
from
a
unique
perspective
and
it's
the
charleston
of
tomorrow
and
I'm
just
humbled
to
be
a
part
of
it.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
felt
my
fellow
council
members
and
all
of
you
all
that
are
going
to
join
us
on
this
journey.
E
As
amber
said,
we've
got
a
ton
of
work
ahead
of
us.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
have
an
opportunity
right
now.
That's
really
presented
before
each
of
us
and
there's
two
things
that
I
just
really
want
to
stress
is
that
we
move
with
urgency
and
intentionality,
and
I
want
to
define
both
of
those
words
particular
intentionality,
our
actions
and
our
words
matter.
E
So
I
hopefully
you
know
our
recommendations,
don't
just
focus
on
the
city
that
our
recommendations
really
look
at
a
comprehensive
overview
of
our
entire
region.
Secondly,
we
need
to
assess,
in
an
honest
way,
the
historic
marginalization
of
our
african-american
community
here
in
charleston
and
then,
lastly,
recommend
and
advocate
the
systemic
changes
that
will
protect
and
promote
racial
opportunity,
diversity,
equity
and
unity,
and
that's
where
I
see
our
main
focus
over
the
next
90
days
into
those
three
buckets.
A
D
D
I
had
the
pleasure
of
growing
up
west
ashley
in
a
loving
home
with
my
two
parents,
dr
larry
j
ferguson
and
mrs
mabel
gilliard
ferguson,
both
natives
of
charleston
and
my
three
siblings.
I
attended
a
combination
of
public
and
private
schools
graduating
from
the
academic
magnet
went
on
to
earn
a
couple
of
different
history
degrees.
I
guess
you
can
say
I'm
a
lover
of
history,
ba
in
history,
from
furman
m.a
from
the
joint
programs
administered
by
the
citadel
and
college
of
charleston
and
a
phd
in
african
american
history
from
the
ohio
state
university.
D
I
spent
the
last
12
years
in
ohio
and
I'm
very
excited
to
be
back
home
specifically
because
it
puts
me
back
in
close
contact
with
my
family.
We
were
asked
to
say
a
few
words
about
our
consciousness
growing
up
about
race
and
racism,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
my
parents
were
the
best
teachers.
My
dad
participated
in
the
desegregation
of
the
citadel
in
the
late
1960s.
D
My
mother
and
my
father
grew
up
on
the
east
side
of
charleston
experienced
numerous
bouts
of
economic
and
racial
disparities,
and
they
taught
us
a
lot
about
how
to
recognize
racism
and
also
how
to
stand
up
for
ourselves
and
be
confident
in
who
we
are
and
in
our
potential
as
change
makers
in
our
community.
So
it
is
my
pleasure
to
be
a
part
of
this
commission.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
everyone
here.
G
Door
good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
darren
lee
calhoun
ii.
I
am
a
native
of
detroit,
I'm
born
and
raised
of
detroit
michigan.
However,
I
came
to
charleston
in
2012.,
obviously
by
my
last
name,
you
can
tell
I
have
some
sort
of
roots
in
south
carolina
charleston
as
well
as
calhoun
falls
and
the
abbeville
area.
My
family,
as
far
as
we
know
back,
was
owned
by
john
c
calhoun,
all
the
way
back
for
what
we
can
tell
from
1838
by
our
latest
early,
our
earliest
ancestor
cato.
G
We
can't
go
back
any
farther
than
that,
but
all
the
work
now
is
in
honor
of
all
of
my
ancestors.
That's
that
made
it
through
slavery
who
made
it
through.
Then
they
did
make
it
through
them
and
going
forward.
So
that's
what
I
do
my
work
for.
I'm
happy
that
that
calhoun
statue
came
down
because
I
had
to
go
to
work
across
the
street
from
that
every
day
I
work
at
the
av
research
center
for
african
american
history
and
culture.
I
run
the
facilities,
public
programming
and
outreach
over
there.
G
I
also
coordinate
with
a
part
of
that
I
also
am.
I
am
also
on
the
district
10
constituent
school
board
in
west
ashley.
I
do
a
lot
of
work
for
this
city.
I
do
a
lot
of
work
for
this
county
and
for
the
students
and
children
of
charleston,
so
they
can
grow
up
and
be
living
in
a
better
place
we
are
today.
I
will
say
I
did
want
to
go
off
of
that.
G
That
notice
that
that
notice,
that
you
sent
us
amber
looking
at
the
the
earliest
form
of
racism
as
well
as
the
most
current
form,
and
that
was
kind
of
hard,
because
I've
been
growing
up
and
detract
and
think
of
many
overt
racism
that
I
did.
But
I
didn't
want
to
just
go
off
and
say
all
right.
I
was
follow
that
kroger.
When
I
was
eight
years
old,
I
was
you
know
we
had
gang
squad
that
popped
out
on
us
all
the
time
inside
of
detroit.
G
My
most
recent
form
would
be
whatever
by
north
charleston
police
in
the
middle
of
the
day,
but
because
I
had
a
broken
license
plate
light
and
they
just
really
wanted
to
check
my
my
license:
registration
insurance
and
not
getting
a
warning
or
anything
now
it's
just
about
a
couple
months
ago,
so
that
usually
always
happens
to
me.
It's
almost
become
normal
to
me
now,
but
I
look
forward
to
working
with
this
commission.
G
H
H
I
went
to
work
for
a
firm
here
locally
in
my
pleasure
for
a
couple
of
years
before
starting
my
own
firm,
atg
engineering,
I
ran
that
firm
from
2011
until
2018
before
joining
aecom
or
currently
serve
as
a
project
manager
and
program
advisor
working
with
our
mwbe
subs
on
the
city
of
charleston
stonewater
program,
so
so
yeah
so
great
opportunity.
I
really
look
forward
to
it.
You
know
I
I
this
is
absolutely
outstanding.
H
I
I
could
not
possibly
say
no
outstanding
had
this
opportunity,
dr
knight,
your
father
is
a
hero
as
an
african-american
civil
to
grad.
I
would
not
have
had
that
opportunity
if
it
wasn't
for
individuals
like
himself,
so
real,
quick,
the
my
my
first
experience
with
race.
I
was
four
years
old
living
in
lexington
south
carolina.
H
My
mom
worked
at
night.
While
my
sisters
went
to
school
during
the
day,
you
know
times
were
different.
I
can
go
outside
at
four
play
on
the
playground.
I
just
recall
there
was
this
little
white
girl
who's
arriving
a
bike
back
and
forth
on
her
porch,
and
I
was
out
there
one
day
by
myself.
I
had
had
two
friends
chris
and
god
they're
both
white.
I
don't
know
why
I
still
remember
their
names
today
that
was
almost
40
years
ago,
but
chris
and
guy
weren't
there
I
was
out
there
just
playing
with
myself.
H
I
saw
the
little
girl
just
riding
her
bike
back
and
forth.
I
noticed
that
her
daddy's
always
sitting
the
window
watching
her,
so
I
was
out
there
one
day
I
was
like
you
know
what
I'm
going
to
see
if
she
wants
to
play.
So
I
picked
up
my
I
had
this
red
fire
truck.
I
picked
up
my
fire
truck
and
I
started
to
walk
towards
her.
H
What's
what's
this
black
thing,
you
know
so
he
was
like
you
heard
her
so
okay,
so
I
went
back
to
the
playground.
So
I
guess
he
didn't
like
the
fact
that
I
was
still
at
the
playground
across
the
street.
So
then
he
came
outside
with
his
shotgun
and
then
at
the
you
know,
young
age
of
four.
I
was
like
I
put
two
and
two
together
pretty
quickly,
so
I
went
into
the
house
and
just
tried
to
make
sense
of
it
all
at
the
age
of
four
talked
to
my
mom
about
it.
H
You
know
I
live
with
my
mom
at
a
time.
My
mom
is
from
baseburg
leesville
south
carolina,
my
dad's
from
basebury
leesville,
and
if
you
know
who
isaac
woodard
is,
then
you
know
about
the
history
of
baseball
leesville.
My
dad
was
born
three
years
after
that
incident.
In
1949
the
incident
occurred
in
1946
isaac.
H
Woodard
was
a
gi
who
came
home
from
the
war,
was
on
the
bus
going
through
baseball
elizabeth
south
carolina
and
ended
up
getting
his
eyes
gouged
out,
and
my
grandmother
was
working
at
the
movie
theater
across
the
street
at
the
time
and
she's
told
us
the
story
plenty
of
times
so
that
just
gives
you
know
just
a
little
bit
of
background
into
myself
and
how
I
was
introduced
to
race
in
my
race,
and
I
see
john
the
same
time.
So
I
will
go
ahead
and
end
it
with
that.
I
I
I
grew
up
in
the
upstate
on
a
dairy
farm
about
10
minutes
outside
of
greenville
in
anderson
county,
and
it
was
very
rural.
I
went
to
public
schools,
I
don't
really
remember
going
to
school
with
black
children
until
I
went
to
a
middle
school
and
it
was
in
1970
and
it
was
my
first
real
racial
division
experience.
I
So,
as
I've
gone
through
my
life,
I
moved
to
charleston
in
1980.
I
graduated
from
medical
university
and
nursing
school
practiced,
nursing
here
for
13
years,
and
then
my
husband
who's
in
the
development
business.
I
started
working
with
him
and
we
formed
a
foundation
30
years
ago
called
the
humanities
foundation
and
we
develop
affordable
housing.
I
J
J
J
All
the
time
we
see
more
and
more
people
walking
the
streets
that
don't
look
like
the
original
neighbors
that
we
had
when
we
moved
here-
and
I
think
that
is
the
good
news
and
the
bad
news
of
charleston
that
we
really
have
to
deal
with
there's
gentrification
on
james
island
that
I
never
thought
I
would
see.
I
really
thought
charlie,
my
husband
and
I
would
be
the
kind
of
you
know,
sort
of
we
just
we
just
love
locations
and
we
love
the
surroundings.
We
love
the
sort
of
the
unique
old-fashioned.
J
J
I
wake
up
every
day,
looking
at
my
kids
and
their
their
stage
in
life,
two
income
professional
working
families
where
they
don't
have
enough.
You
know
hours
in
the
day
to
really
love
their
their
downtime
lifestyle,
and
so
they
they
would
like
to
take.
Take
a
more
involved
time
in
their
lives,
but
I'm
here
as
a
placeholder
and
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
this
commission-
and
I
just
have
one
suggestion:
can
we
all
just
start
to
call
each
other
by
first
names
co-chairs?
J
K
E
L
Most
certainly,
oh
no
good
evening,
everyone
all
right-
and
it's
it's
funny
carol,
because
I
actually
prefer
going
by
my
last
name.
So
when
you
said
that
I
was
like
oh
man
well
just
to
get
started,
I'm
actually
a
a
native
of
baltimore
city
maryland.
I
actually
was
stationed
down
here
in
2006.
I've
served
ten
years
in
the
air
force
relatively
from
2003
to
2013
in
security
forces
relatively
about
seven
of
those
years
was
strictly
security
forces
and
then
the
last
three
was
mostly
work
into.
L
Investigations
ended
up
coming
down
here
in
2006
and
residing
here
ever
since
three
children
pursued
my
degree
at
charleston,
southern
university
in
criminal
justice
and
the
biggest
thing.
To
be
quite
honest,
just
looking
over
all
the
information
when
it
comes
to
racism,
it
was
almost
and
moving
here
coming
from
the
north
to
the
south,
it
was
almost
caught
like
a
culture
shock
being
in
baltimore
city.
L
There
was
there
potentially
could
be
a
lot
of
racism
going
on,
but
not
as
identifiable
as
when
I
actually
moved
to
the
south,
especially
as
well
as
being
in
the
military
and
being
more
confined
to
like
an
air
force
base
or
a
particular
mission
or
a
goal.
I
do
remember
one
of
the
times
actually
heading
to
work
and
I'm
because
of
being
a
I'm
pretty
much
a
military
cop.
L
I
had
all
my
gear
I
had
like
my
vests
and
my
weapon
belt
and
things
of
that
nature
in
my
vehicle
and
I
remember
being
pulled
over
right
on
dorchester
road
about
two
minutes
away
from
the
base
right
before
cross
county,
and
I
asked
the
officer
I
attempted
actually
extra
officer
while
I
was
being
pulled
over,
he
interrupted
me.
Actually
he
was
like
he'll
do
the
talking.
L
I
only
asked
me
to
speak,
I
should
speak
and
I
was
I
was
quite
shocked
because,
like
I
said
going
through
similar
training
in
regards
to
reason
to
stop
identifying
myself
and
those
things,
he
wasn't
following
those
guidelines
and
when
I
finally
kept
asking
hey,
why
did
I
get
pulled
over
and
all
he
asked
was
like
my
license?
Registration
presented
that
information.
He
told
me
just
to
wait
right
there
about
10
minutes.
L
I
pretty
much
stood
on
the
side,
another
patrol
car
pulled
up
and
when
they
pretty
much
came
back
to
the
vehicle
they
asked
me,
you
know
what
where
was
I
going,
and
it
was
funny
because
they
could
only
see
when
you're
wearing
your
fatigues.
They
could
only
see
like
my
sand
brown
t-shirt.
They
really
couldn't
see
that
I
had
like
abu
pants
on
and
he
just
happened
to
notice
that
I
had
like
the
my
camel
back
in
the
back.
L
He
noticed,
like
my
weapon
belt,
he's
saying:
what
do
you
do
for
a
living,
and
I
said:
well,
I'm
stationing
station
here
charleston,
I'm
one
of
the
cops
on
the
base
and
I
could
see
his
perception
in
the
entire
situation
changed
the
second.
He
identified
that
I
was
actually
in
the
military
and-
and
I
normally
act
when
I
actually
go
to
present
my
license
and
things
like
that.
You
can
see
my
military
id.
L
I
with
intention
hid
that
to
show
him
my
driver's
license,
just
as
I
identify
what
his
true
nature
was,
he
never
did
even
tell
me
why
he
pulled
me
over.
He
just
stated
that
my
car
looked
suspicious
in
the
area
for
cars
that
was
stolen
and
I
it
was
the
first
time
I
had
ever
like
really
understood
in
that
moment.
Man
this.
This
really
happened.
It's
not
like
television
right,
it's
I'm
really.
In
the
moment
I
got
to
work,
and
that
was
actually
my
my
actual
introduction
into
charleston.
L
I've
been
here
no
more
about
a
month
or
so
into
like
what
I
need
to
prepare
myself
for
going
forward.
In
regards
to
what
put
me
here,
I
actually
want
to
thank
councilman
gregory
councilman
appel
too.
I've
listened
to
those
guys
mayor,
teclenberg,
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
good
feedback
from
them
and
just
it
guided
me
in
working
with
other
groups
standards,
one
change
is
coming.
I
started
out
just
speaking
at
one
point.
I
noticed
when
we
had
the
rights
downtown
pretty
much
the
end
of
may.
K
Yes,
I
can
I'm
sorry.
I
had
to
laugh
because
she
took
carol's
advice
and
called
me
marie,
but
thank
you
so
my
name
is
marie
del
chapo
and
there's
no
h
in
that
del
chapo.
So
you
understand
why
I'm
totally
fine,
if
you
just
want
to
call
me
marie
and
I'm
the
city
council
representative
for
district
one
district,
one
spans
essentially
from
about
the
francis
marion
forest
in
the
upper
canhoy
peninsula
and
all
the
way
through
kane,
hoy,
picks
up
daniel
island
and
then
comes
into
downtown
into
the
ansemboro
and
french
quarter
neighborhoods.
K
So
a
very
vast
district,
in
both
its
land,
mass
and
in
its
residential
and
in
its
residence
diversity
and
a
little
bit
different.
Take
not
sharing
a
specific
story,
but
really
more.
My
intention
in
doing
this
work
is
to
encourage
all
of
us.
You
know
everyone
whether
you're
a
part
of
this
commission
you're.
K
You
know,
despite
all
of
our
different
paths,
which,
as
we're
everyone's
introducing
themselves,
we
all
come
from
a
vast
variet.
You
know
a
wide
variety
of
backgrounds.
It's
no
mistake,
and
even
no
coincidence
that
we're
all
right
here
in
this
moment
and
my
hope
and
my
dream
with
all
of
that.
If
we
really
look
at
the
power
of
that
that
somehow
forces
beyond
us
brought
us
all
here
right
now,
is
that
we'll
realize
that
we're
all
a
whole
lot
more
alike
than
we
are.
M
Sure,
good
evening,
everyone,
I
made
an
effort
to
type
my
information
out,
so
I
can
stay
within
my
two
minutes.
First,
thank
you,
mayor
teklenberg,
councilman
soccer
and
councilman
gregory
and
other
officials
on
the
call,
thank
you
amber
and
jonathan
for
the
opportunity,
as
I'm
truly
humbled
at
being
asked
to
help
out
with
this
initiative.
M
My
name
is
crystal
robinson
rouse
and
for
the
past
18
years
I
have
been
working
in
various
capacities
as
facilitator,
organizer,
child
advocate
and
parent
advocate,
with
the
primary
focus
on
social
justice
and
racial
equity.
I
possess
a
bachelor's
degree
in
psychology,
a
master's
in
adult
education,
with
a
focus
in
higher
ed
and
community.
M
M
I
currently
have
four
children
attending
public
schools,
and
I
say
currently
have
four
because
I
do
have
bonus
babies
as
well,
so
we
total
eight
children
in
our
house.
I
work
with
parents
within
our
community
and
I'm
very
passionate
about
young
people
in
education
like
felice,
my
parents
were
definitely
my
best
teachers.
M
My
mom
was
originally
from
the
rural
area
of
10
mile
on
south
carolina,
while
my
father
hailed
from
the
east
side
of
downtown.
I
am
one
of
six
children
and
we
learned
from
a
young
age
that
education
is
liberation
and
for
us
growing
up
as
a
black
female.
We
learned
that
we
had
to
make
sure
that
we
worked
twice
as
hard
as
our
white
counterparts
and
speaking
on
our
earliest
experiences
of
racism.
M
I
also
remember
when
it
comes
to
systemic
racism
being
in
school
in
class,
not
having
any
african-american
teachers
who
look
like
me
and
not
reading
literature.
That
looked
like
me
to
the
point
to
where
my
mother
would
take
time
off
of
her
day
to
come
to
our
classroom,
to
share
with
us
short
stories
that
reflect
us
and
enlighten
us
and
lift
us
up
most
specifically
honey.
M
C
C
In
terms
of
you
know,
my
first
experiences
with
racism.
You
know
I'm
a
I'm
younger
than
a
lot
of
people
in
this
group,
so
growing
up.
It
was
obviously
a
different
experience
than
I
I
never
saw
the
civil
rights
movement.
I
never
saw
the
opportunity
that
that
african-americans
had
when
they
finally
got
the
chance
to
vote
for
the
first
song.
I
wasn't
around
for
any
of
that.
In
fact
I
was
born
in
1995..
C
C
A
perfect
example,
I
think,
is
that
my
high
school
academic
magnet,
which
I
would
say,
is
a
very
diverse
crowd,
not
diverse
enough
in
terms
of
color,
but
it
diverse
in
terms
of
socially
it's
very
diverse.
It
wasn't
something
that
I
was
used
to
due
to
the
fact
that
I
may
be
more
of
a
conservative,
leaning
person
on
city
council.
C
A
lot
of
the
kids
that
I
went
to
school
with
are
not
not
happy
with
the
role
that
I
play
on
city
council
and
I'm
hoping
that
while
I
serve
on
this
commission,
I
can
learn
to
understand
better.
Why
people
don't
understand
me
and
also
be
more
aware
of.
What's
going
on
around
me,
I
think
that
a
lot
of
young
people
that
have
been
sheltered
as
I
have
because,
let's
be
honest,
I
am
I've-
been
very
privileged.
C
I've
had
a
very,
very
good
life.
I
am
lucky
that
I
work
for
a
company
that
gives
back
to
the
community
and-
and
we
do
a
lot
with
the
community
on
that
aspect,
but
I
think
this
commission
for
me
I'm
going
to
be
more
of
a
listener
and
a
learner
on
this.
I
want
to
learn
more
about
myself
and
I
want
to
learn
more
how
I
can
improve
relationships
with
all
charleston
and
citywide
appreciate
you
listening
to
me.
B
N
A
O
Waring,
well,
it's
my
privilege
to
sit
in
with
all
of
you
all
I'm
keith
waring.
I
represent
district
7,
which
is
west
ashley,
which
is
a
district
that
dr
felice
knight
grew
up
in,
and
I
am
a
product
believe
it
or
not,
of
the
teachings
of
her
grandmother.
Ms
kathleen
ferguson,
during
the
days
of
segregation
at
what
is
now
ashley
river
school
of
arts
that
was
wallace
consolidated
school,
which
was
a
african-american
school
that
went
from
first
grade
to
12th
very
unique
experience
doing
the
separate
but
equal
system.
O
We
were
given
books.
When
the
new
editions
came
out
for
the
white
schools,
we
were
given
the
old
books,
so
we
started
out
school
the
first
day
of
school.
Literally,
there
was
a
period
of
time
we
would
just
erase
markings
and
what
from
front
page
to
back
out
of
the
new
so-called
new
books
that
we
got
in
seventh
grade
south
carolina.
O
At
least
this
district
anyway
came
up
with
the
freedom
of
choice,
forms
and
your
parent
could
then
choose
to
send
you
to
what
was
the
black
school
or
what
was
there
in
the
white
school
for
a
period
of
three
years?
That
went
on
and
my
parents
being
very
involved
in
the
civil
rights
movement
chose
to
send
us
to
what
was
white
school.
So
we
at
that
point,
I'm
in
seventh
grade
and
about
20
of
us
were
in
the
school
at
that
time.
O
I
am
fortunate
to
be
educated
in
south
carolina
graduate
university
south
carolina,
but
I
wanted
to
come
back
to
charleston
to
make
a
living
a
lot
of
those
people,
those
kids
that
shouted
for
us
to
go
home.
I
still
see
today
because
they
have
grown,
just
as
I
have
and
quite
frankly,
they've
better
themselves.
Hopefully,
as
I
have
so
seeing.
The
youth
on
this
committee
is
just
I
almost
feel
like.
I
can
go
home,
but
as
a
so
I
thank
you
all
for
stepping
up.
I
really
do.
O
O
I
have
a
fingerprint,
obviously
they
did
the
work,
but
I
have
a
fingerprint
and
one
way
or
another
of
the
advancement
in
particular
when
it
came
to
putting
together
financial
statements,
bankers
turning
them
down,
and
I
go
to
the
actual
commercial
loan
officer
and
make
the
argument
to
make
that
loan
for
that
medical
practice
or
make
that
loan
to
that
real
estate
firm
to
get
going
that
discrimination
in
the
large
part
still
exists
today
years
ago.
They
had
something
called
redlining.
O
Now
the
banking
centers,
the
bank
of
america's
the
wells
fargo's
and
the
bb
and
t's
and
the
like.
They
just
say
we
don't
do
those
type
loans
with
the
moving
of
savings
and
loans,
is
virtually
almost
stamped
out
real
estate
crew
for
small
investors
or
small
business
people
who
happen
to
be
african-american
in
this
area.
Savings
and
loans
would
make
loans
if
a
person
will
buy
a
rental
house
or
maybe
leverage
one
to
buy
the
second
house
or
the
third
house.
O
O
O
A
E
Thanks
for
putting
me
on
the
spot,
dudley
I'll,
give
you
the
the
short
version
for
myself
and
then
I'll
turn
it
back
to
to
dudley
and
then
I'll,
then
I'll
review
and
I'll
try
to
catch
us
up
on
on
the
agenda
I'm
born
and
raised
in
upstate,
new
york
and
syracuse.
I
came
to
charleston
in
2001
for
graduate
school
and
have
always
been
passionate
and
interested
in
public
education
and
the
work
around
youth
and
youth
and
empowerment.
E
I've
been
working
in
in
youth
education
here
since
2001
believe
in
many
ways
that
education
is
the
greek
great
equalizer,
and
one
thing
that
I've
seen
here
in
charleston
is
the
disparities
that
we
have
in
our
community
and
particular
our
african-american
and
latino
community.
Where
it
comes
to
resources
and
many
times,
the
quality
of
your
education
is
based
on
a
zip
code
and
I've
been
fighting
for
that
for
the
better
part
of
20
years
here
in
charleston
and
continue
to
fight
for
it.
I
work
for
the
school
district,
charleston
county
school
district
full-time.
E
I
have
a
wife
and
two
young
kids,
both
both
go
to
public
school
and
I'm
a
firm
believer
in
our
public
education
system
and
I've
been
on
council
since
january
and
much
like
my
other
fellow
council
members.
The
reason
I
decided
to
run
was
I
wanted
to
to
leave.
You
know
a
legacy
for
my
children
and
I
didn't
particularly
care
about
the
direction
we
were
headed.
You
know
not
just
as
a
city
but
as
a
region,
particularly
around
youth
and
education
and
and
economic
empowerment.
E
B
Two
minutes
I
was
born
and
reared
in
the
city
of
charleston
educated
in
the
public
schools.
Here
went
to
washington,
d.c,
attended,
howard
american
university
and
from
there
I
went
to
a
place
called
the
u.s
department
of
housing
and
urban
development,
and
I
started
up
in
there
when
I
was
about
22
years
old,
and
I
worked
my
way
up
from
pushing
carts
to
xeroxing
to
a
senior
executive
service
position,
which
is
the
highest
position
that
a
a
civilian
can
achieve
in
in
the
federal
government.
B
B
And
then
writing
civil
rights
program
requirements
in
all
those
programs,
so
I've
had
pretty
vast
experience
in
systemic
discrimination,
compliance
title
six,
the
fair
housing
act,
you
name
the
civil
rights
law
and
I've
been
a
part
of
it.
You
know
I'm
a
strong
believer
that
when
you
are
are
on
the
inside,
that
you
have
a
responsibility
of
making
sure
that
you
take
care
of
those
where
we
know
discrimination
has
occurred.
B
B
B
B
So
I've
lived
and
experienced
racism
subtle,
okay,
sometimes
I've
gone
to
stores
when
I
got
to
the
door
and
they
locked
the
doors
I
couldn't
get
in.
I've
been
walking
in
places
in
charleston
when
I
was
much
younger
with
with
my
nephews,
where
I
ask,
as
I'm
followed
by
charleston's
finest.
This
is
back
in
the
70s.
Why
are
you
following
me?
He
said
because
black
people
steal,
so
I
have
been
involved
in
what
I
consider
you
know
pretty
direct
direct,
not
subtle
racism.
B
K
N
N
I
went
to
college
georgia,
state
university,
undergrad,
grad
and
work
on
my
doctorate
in
georgia
state
and
also
while
it's
I
was
able
to
win
a
national
urban
fellows
degree
at
yale
university,
and
during
that
time
we
had
our
first
black
male
man
in
jackson.
So
I
worked
with
man
jackson
for
some
years
and
became
the
first
minority
commissioner
for
budget
and
planning
for
the
city
of
atlanta.
N
Basically,
all
the
contracts
were
given
to
white
people
in
general,
but
managed
to
change
that
by
telling
them
that,
basically
after
you
want
to
be
involved
in
what
we
do,
then
you
have
to
have
minority
contractors
and
35
is
the
minimum
amount?
Well
a
lot
of
crazy
people?
A
lot
of
people
went
crazy
during
that
time,
but
manage
did
one
hell
of
a
job
and
letting
people
know
that
we
were
serious
about
going
forward
with
regard
to
minority
participation.
N
N
Okay
and
then
I
came
to
charleston
to
take
a
job
with
the
medical
university
where
I
now
serve
as
the
director
for
community
reaching
development.
We
do
a
lot
of
work
in
community
leadership
around
the
in
in
charleston
and
around
the
country,
especially
in
region.
Four,
as
you
know,
region
four
has
the
highest
rate
of
rate
of
health
disparity
in
the
country,
but
you
would
think,
given
this
whole
virus
right
now,.
N
First
time,
people
are
understanding
that
disparity
is
always
visit,
minority
communities
and
we
got
to
get
that
record
straight
in
terms
of
what
we
need
to
do
to
move
forward
with
regard
to
having
much
more
input
going
forward
with
designing
programs
for
minority
communities.
Also,
we
do
a
lot
of
work
with
regard
to
climate
change.
N
Last
year
I
won
the
national
kelly
award
out
of
15
000
applicants
talking
about
some
of
the
bad
things
and
climate
change
around
around
the
world,
and
that's
a
major
major
major,
a
program
that
we
are
talking
these
days
and
how
that
relates
to
again
minority
income,
minority
community
in
general,
and
what
we
have
to
do
to
stem
the
tides
you
look
at
charleston.
All
you
gotta
do
is
have
a
high
tide
and
some
rain
and
people
get
flooded
out,
especially
in
low-income
areas.
E
E
Yes,
all
right,
so
I'm
not
gonna
spend
a
whole
lot
of
time,
but
I
do
want
just
to
talk
about
some
higher
level
things.
So
obviously
the
membership
of
the
special
commission
is
made
up
of
six
city
council
members
who
you've
met.
We
have
seven
at-large
community
members
that
we've
all
had
a
chance
to
meet,
which
is
a
commission
of
essentially
13
with
seven
subcommittees
each
one
of
those
subcommittees,
as
we
discussed
today
have
been
outlined.
E
So
some
of
the
questions
that
I
know
folks
have
are
you
know
at
what
point
do
we
fill
in
our
subcommittee?
So
each
at
large
community
member
will
have
we'll
chair
one
subcommittee,
and
so
you
know
we've
heard
from
you
all.
The
subcommittees
will
be
comprised
of
the
at-large
community
member,
the
chair,
a
vice
chair
and
then
five
subcommittee
members
representing
the
public.
E
E
You
know,
I
would
say
you
know
well
over
100
names
of
folks
that
are
interested
in
sitting
on
each
one
of
these
subcommittees.
So
our
goal
is
to
start
to
compile
those
names
and
then
start
to
filter
those
names
to
you
as
committee
chairs,
but
more
directions
will
come
from
amber
and
john.
Regarding
that
process,
the
other
part
is
each.
Member
of
of
this
commission
will
undergo
a
training
to
help
them
develop
a
common
language
and
understanding
of
equity
and
inclusion
principles,
including
shared
definitions
of
racism
and
racial
equity.
E
I
think
that's
critically
important
that
we
all
start.
You
know
from
a
a
base
of
understanding
and
a
contextual
understanding
of
where
we're
headed
again,
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
the
entire
document.
You
all
have
that
one
one
question
that
I'm
sure
some
will
have
are
there
are
bullets
under
each
one
of
the
sections.
Those
bullets
are,
are
not
you
know
hard
and
fast.
E
You
know
we
expect
you
all
to
think
outside
the
box,
think
creatively
think
urgently
and
and
also
think
boldly
and
I
and
I
could
speak
for
councilman
gregory
and
amber
and
john
or
dudley,
amber
and
john.
You
know
every
time
we
meet.
We
have
said
that
you
know
this
is
no
holds
barred.
We
want
you
all
to
dig
deep
think
about
recommendations
that
will
shake
things
up.
That
might
make
some
folks
uncomfortable,
but
that's
our
job
as
a
commissioner.
E
The
next
90
days
is
to
come
up
with
recommendations
that
are,
I
would
say,
you
know,
unlike
anything
else,
we've
done
before,
and
I
hopefully,
as
this
is
chairs
of
those
subcommittees,
that
you
are
leading
those
conversations
and
really
trying
to
draw
that
out
of
your
sub
subcommittee
members.
So
again,
those
bullets
that
you
find
under
each
one
of
the
subcommittee
names.
Those
are
just
examples
of
of
ideas
that
we
wanted
to
share
with
you.
It's
not
an
exhaustive
list.
We
expect
you
to
add
to
that
list.
E
E
So
that's
something
that
we're
all
very
serious
about,
and
I
want
to
let
you
know
that
as
city
my
city
as
a
city,
councilman
and
other
city
city
council
members,
you
know
you
have
our
pledge
to
make
sure
that
we're
there
to
help
lead
and
facilitate,
but
we're
not
there
to
craft
policy
that
we
think
is
important.
It's
important
that
we
listen
to
you
all.
B
You've
got
six
on
this
committee
and
mayor,
so
you
may
have
a
advantage
to
finally
get
some
of
the
things
they've
been
thinking
about
that
is
needed
in
the
city
done
darren,
didn't
tell
you
guys,
but
he
is
heading
the
internal
internal,
okay,
audit
of
all
city
departments
to
determine
whether
or
not
structurally
anything
has
to
to
change.
But
that's
all
I
needed
to
add
it.
Jason
thanks,
darling.
A
G
G
All
right,
how
is
that
better?
All
right?
Great?
So
when
we,
when
we
think
about
the
race
and
social
business,
we
always
time
it
with
different
benchmarks
that
happen
inside
of
what
racial
disparities
and
inequities
that
happened
inside
of
charleston
in
2014
and
15.
on
the
two
major
ones
with
walter
scott,
as
well
as
the
the
tragedy
of
mother
emanuel.
G
Once
we
got
the
major
grant
from
google,
they
wanted
us
to
put
on
major
events.
They
wanted
us
to
do
different
things
within
the
community
to
try
to
foster
about
racial
reconciliation
inside
of
charleston,
and
you
know,
start
the
dialogue
and
find
out
what
was
going
on.
But
when
we
came
back
with
google
with
our
proposal
to
receive
our
first
grant,
we
said
we
basically
said
well:
okay,
we
can
do
major
events.
We
can
get
the
numbers
we
can
get
the
pictures.
However,
we
need
to
do
something.
G
That's
going
to
help,
try
to
foster
long-term
systemic
change.
We
brought
major
speakers
to
charleston
the
biggest
one
being
tanahati
coasts
in
2017,
28,
2017
2018..
We
brought
we
made
had
major
international
conferences
or
whatnot.
However,
our
main
focus
when
it
was
always
going
to
be
the
racial
disparities
report,
looking
at
charleston
county
that
initially
the
report
was
supposed
to
cover
a
span
of
50
years.
We
were
supposed
to
look
at
1965.
G
Now
we
were
supposed
to
look
at
1965
to
2015,
but
we
realized
that
was
going
to
be
way
too
much
data.
Then
we
said
we're
going
to
look
at
25
years,
then
also
that
came
back
with
way
too
much
data,
so
we
finally
focused
on
15
years
and
then
narrowed
it
down
to
five
different
to
five
different
disparities
and
inequities
within
charleston
county
without
being
income,
housing,
education
and
policing.
G
When
we
at
first
put
out
this
report,
we
knew
we
were
going
to
get
back
so
and
you
know
what
we
didn't
want
to
happen
was
for
critics
to
come
back
and
say
we
were
biased.
So
what
we
did
was
hire
state
of
stacy
patton
out
of
baltimore
who
works
at
who's,
a
professor
at
morgan
state
to
write
the
report.
We
gathered
the
data.
We
gave
her
all
the
data
to
us
and
she
wrote
this
report.
G
One
thing
that
we
do
at
the
avery:
we
never
let
we
never
let
the
the
current
data
just
rest
on
its
own.
We
always
have
to
pair
with
the
past
same
thing
with
the
past.
We
cannot
let
the
past
folk
go
on
without
looking
at
the
current
data,
so
say
if
we
were
to
look
at
the
desegregation
of
the
charleston
county
public
schools
in
1963.
G
We
can't
do
look
at
that
only
without
looking
at
the
current
disparities,
inside
of
with
the
current
health
disparities
and
labor
disparities
that
we
have
in
south
charleston
county
today.
So
that's
what
this
report
we
tried
to
merge
the
history
as
well
as
the
current
inequities
and
disparities
that
we
have
today.
I
will
say
that
everything
that
we
found
is
nothing
new
right,
absolutely
nothing
new.
We
people
have
been
saying
this
thing
for
so
long
it
was.
It
was
just
that
research
to
the
college
of
charleston,
that
is
a
state
institution.
G
We
were
able
to
get
some
positive
change
and
I'm
proud
of
the
city
of
charleston
for
actually
taking
this
report
looking
at
it,
interrogating
it
and
actually
pushing
it
forward,
so
we
can
start
making
some
long-term
systemic
changes.
One
final
thing
I
would
say,
since
you
all,
can
read
the
report
and
look
at
all
the
data
that
we
receive.
We
didn't
want
to
just
put
out
the
report
to
bash
to
charleston
county
because
there's
a
lot
of
data
there
to
do
that.
G
We
also
wanted
to
provide
recommendations
and
what
we
did.
We
looked
at
each
ins
instance
of
inequity
and
injustice
and
disparity
that
we
had
within
this
report
and
put
out
a
few
recommendations
that
to
where
we
can
move
forward.
We
always
said
we.
It
always
takes
the
municipalities
to
try
to
spearhead
it
to
move
forward.
You
didn't
have
to
take
the
recommendations
piece
by
piece
and
implement
it,
because
we
didn't
have
all
we
don't
have
all
the
answers
at
all.
G
G
But
one
thing
we
always
wanted
to
do
was
have
this
be
a
working
document
and
actually
see
some
of
the
things
see
some
of
those
recommendations
that
we
put
forward
to
start
going
to
work,
seeing
city
councils
of
chrome
across
the
county,
not
just
the
city
of
charleston
but
across
the
county,
to
put
some
of
these
things
for
put
some
of
these
things
forward.
So
we
can
start
trying
to
tackle
the
systemic
inequities
that
we
have
inside
of
charleston.
G
A
So
today
the
application
for
the
subcommittees
is
up
on
the
city's
website,
so
there's
a
form
for
people
to
go
and
apply
to
become
a
member
of
whatever
subcommittee
they're
interested
in
participating
on
that
application
will
be
open
until
september.
8Th,
that's
the
deadline,
john,
and
I
will
filter
through
those
names
and
get
each
of
your
chairs
a
complete
list,
and
by
september
11th
we'll
we
will
need
a
list
of
five
recommendations
from
each
of
you.
A
O
B
B
We
know
that
there
are
council
members
who
have
an
interest
in
looking
at
our
procurement
practices,
so
it
would
be
very,
very
important,
let's
say,
for
a
darien,
for
instance,
to
have
some
conversations
with
them:
okay
and
perhaps
even
form
a
zoning
sub
subcommittee.
Okay,
so
these
subcommittees
can
expand
considerably.
D
I
M
Okay
hi,
this
is
crystal.
I
do
have
a
quick
question,
just
in
my
previous
experience
with
doing
work
around
race
and
equity,
I
know
how
much
of
a
heavy
lift
it
can
be,
especially
when
you're
looking
at
it
across
all
systems.
Has
there
already
been
discussion
or
a
budget
to
support
this
work
put
in
place
already.
B
I
do
know
that
we've
been
talking
about
doing
an
equity
assessment
to
come
up
with
equity
indicators
and
amber
has
been
working
with
the
college
of
charleston
on
that
to
try
to
cut
some
of
the
costs.
But
yes,
we
we
clearly
understand
that
some
of
what
we're
getting
ready
to
embark
on
will
have
a
cost
tied
to
it
and
remember
what
saccharin
said.
Jason
said:
when
we
talk
okay,
intentional,
okay,
intentional
we
have
to
identify
the
funds
to
go
with
it
to
make
it
happen.
E
If
I
could
just
add
on
to
dudley's
point
and
great
question
crystal,
you
know,
not
just
you
know
identifying
resources
within
our
city,
but
you
know
the
work
that
we're
doing
is
not
uniform
to
just
charleston
or
indicative
to
just
charleston.
This
is
happening
across
the
country
and
it's
my
guess
that
you
know
corporate
dollars
will
support,
potentially
support
this
type
of
effort,
and
so
it's
going
to
be
incumbent
upon
us
to
to
look
for
those
corporate
dollars,
because
I
will
say
you
know
in
charleston.
E
I
don't
think
that
the
support
or
the
corporate
support
to
to
support
this
has
been
historically
been
generous,
and
I
think
that
we
could
potentially
entertain
that
and
and
make
those
connections.
So
it's
not
just
internally
that
we
can
search
for
resources,
but
I
do
think
there's
some
external
funding
sources.
M
F
F
F
As
far
as
all
to
read
the
avery
disparities
report,
it
gives
a
good
underpinning
for
what
we're
here
all
about
and
then,
in
addition
to
council,
I
wanted
to
share
amber
and
john
have
done
a
great
job,
identifying
staff
members
that
are
going
to
work
with
each
committee,
so
they'll
be
a
real
resource
too.
In
addition
to
any
other
efforts
that
we
can
bring
to
bear,
I'm
just
going
to
mention
one
regarding
procurement
in
our
minority
business
women
enterprise
program
that
joan
robinson,
barry
kind
of
took
it
upon
herself.
F
You
know
she
just
recently
retired
from
from
from
boeing
and
she
oversaw
an
incredible
effort
on
their
part
to
bring
diversity
to
their
procurement
and
she's
got
a
proposal
that
she
she'll
bring
to
us
already
that
that
they've
been
working
on
for
the
last
couple
of
months.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
that.
So
my
point
is
everywhere
where
we
can
rely
on
someone
else's
work
and
expertise,
we
should.
D
F
So,
okay,
I
was
born
in
charleston,
but
I
sometimes
say
that
I
was
culturally
deprived
because
my
parents
moved
when
I
was
in
grade
school
to
orangeburg
south
carolina
and
of
course
I
went
through
high
school
there.
And
then
my
parents
moved
back
to
charleston.
Everybody
forgot
we
ever
moved
away
and
and
all
like
that,
but
really
some
of
my
formative
years
were
were
in
orangeburg,
it's
funny
when
even
as
a
young
kid
I
remember
in
charleston,
experiencing
some
diversity
of
culture.
F
You
know
that
that
we
had
african
american
irish
culture.
You
know
jewish
friends
and
and
and
experiences
like
that,
with
with
different
some
diverse
of
friends
and
acquaintances
and
experiences,
and
you
get
to
orangeburg
south
carolina
y'all
and
if
you
were
either
black
or
you
were
white
and
and
and
it
was
just
that
stark
of
a
color
line
and
then
when
I
was
in
the
seventh
grade,
I
just
will
never
forget.
F
It's
I
could
go
on
about
it.
It
was
such
an
impactful
experience
for
our
community.
For
me
personally,
you
know
when-
and
I
was
a
it
was
really
interesting.
I
I
was
a
newspaper
boy.
I
used
to
deliver
the
paper
and
read
the
paper
every
morning,
so
I
was
following
the
narrative
that
was
put
out
in
the
times
of
democrat
about
this
kind
of
evil
outside
agitator
named
sellers
who
had
come
to
orangeburg
and
stirred
up
all
this
trouble.
F
I
remember
I
did
quincy
newman,
who
was
the
state
leader
of
the
naacp
coming
to
our
den
in
orangeburg,
and
we
would
have
community
meetings
in
my
home
of
of
of
whites
and
blacks,
who
willing
to
try
to
get
together
and
bring
bring
some
harmony
back
together
in
the
community.
So
it
was
a
very
formative
experience
for
me
very
powerful
and
I
think
it
helped
shape
the
fact
that
I'm
even
here
with
you
all
this
evening,.
B
G
L
Yes,
with,
of
course,
spearheading
the
criminal
justice
reform,
where
there'll
be
opportunities
for
us
to
meet
with
said,
like
police
chief
reynolds,
lieutenant
dasher
I've,
I've
had
great
conversations
with
many
of
them,
and
especially
considering
as
of
this
past
weekend.
Of
course,
there
were
protests
that
took
place
and
like
interaction
that
took
place
that
I'm
just
ready
to
hit
the
ground
running
and
address
a
lot
of
those
said
issues.
L
And
let's
and
to
be
quite
frank-
I
mean
these
are
it's
a
sensitive
topic,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
make
the
right
partnerships
and
discuss
the
right
topics
with
the
right
people.
So
I
just
want
to
ensure
that
we
would
be
in
settings
to
which
would
include
those
in
those
offices
and
in
those
positions,
as
related
leads
to
my
subcommittee.
B
One
of
the
things
one
of
the
things,
michael,
that
your
subcommittee
is
responsible
for
that
relates
directly
to
the
police
department,
is
the
racial
bias.
Audit
the
racial
by
art
is
going
to
get
you
in
the
door
and
it's
going
to
get
you
to
have
interactions
with
the
chief
and
and
knowing
our
chief.
He
would
welcome
such
a
discussion
with
you.
B
B
But
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
when
we
got
together
that
we
had
a
basis
to
do
our
work
and
the
disparities
disparities
report
at
least
gives
us
a
basis
and
it
gets
you
it
can
get.
You
guys
started
tomorrow
really
and
be
ready,
so
that
when
your
committee
is
formalized
okay,
that
you've
got
your
agenda
charted
out
for
what
they
need
to
do,
but
again
going
back
to
the
question,
because
I
think
it
was
a
very
important
question:
the
keith
rays.
B
Do
you
have
the
ability
to
decide?
Okay,
that
hey,
I
know
harry
over
here.
I
want
harry
on
x
committee.
You
do
have
that,
but
just
get
them
to
put
that
into
the
system.
Okay,
so
that
we
can
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
everybody
that
wants
an
opportunity
at
least
can
apply.
But
the
final
word
on
who
those
committee
members
will
be
will
be
left
up
to
you
guys.
B
B
B
G
We
really
have
to
keep
in
mind
that
the
community
is
really
looking
at
us
with
this,
and
if
we
want
the
community
to
believe
in
us,
we
have
to
give
them
something
to
believe
in.
They
can't
trust
us
until
we
give
them
something
to
trust.
You
know
I.
I
wholeheartedly
believe
that
I'm
also
myself
constantly
cautiously
optimistic
with
this
whole
committee,
but
I
hope-
and
I
I'm
optimistic-
that
we
can
actually
put
some
two
things
going
forward.
We've
been
talking
about
this
for
years,
so
you
know
councilman
gregory.
Thank
you
amber.
B
Aaron,
okay,
I'm
pretty
optimistic,
I'm
not
cautiously
optimistic!
I'm
optimistic
because
I
think
with
the
the
minds
that
I
see
on
this
screen.
Okay-
and
I
understand
we
have
a
lot
of
meetings-
we
do
a
lot
of
stuff,
we
start
off
with
a
boom
boom
boom
and
it
fizzles
out.
I
assure
you,
under
the
leadership
of
our
mayor.
B
Okay,
that's
not
gonna
happen
to
this
one,
okay,
and
I
think
that
you
know
I'm
very
thankful
for
a
mayor
that
has
the
kind
of
foresight,
okay
and
to
even
give
up
some
political
brownie
points
as
a
result
of
this
guys.
Okay,
this
is
a
sacrifice
here
and
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
any
sacrifices
that
are
being
made-
it's
not
going
to
be
made
in
vain.
Okay,
it's
all
up
to
us
to
make
this.
B
What
we
want
it
to
be-
and
I
agree
with
you
darren-
we've
got
to
come
out
with
some
stuff
and
and
not
not
at
the
end
of
the
90-day
period,
either.
Okay,
I'm
talking
about
we
need
this.
We
need
to
come
up
with
stuff
in
week,
two
or
three
of
things
that
are
that
are
low-hanging
fruit
that
we
know
is
problematic
and
take
care
of
it.
Then
we
don't
have
to
wait
until
the
90
days
are
over.
The
mayor
has
been
very
clear.
B
I
Comment
as
I've
been
sitting
here
this
evening,
I've
had
cnn
silenced
on
my
television,
and
one
of
the
headlines
that
keeps
coming
up
is
that
the
president
denies
that
systemic
racism
exists
in
the
united
states.
So
it's
sort
of
ironic
that
we're
sitting
here
on
this
call
and
that's
the
headline
that's
been
going
across,
so
I'm
excited
about
the
work
to
be
done
and
I'm
ready
to
hit
the
ground
running
too.
Thank.