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City of Charleston Commission on Women Public Meeting 3/15/2023
A
Or
the
blue
light
we
are
currently
recording
welcome
everyone.
Welcome
to
the
commission
and
women's
March
2023
meeting
happy
International
women's
history
month,
and
we
are
very
happy
to
be
here
to
serve
our
community
and
especially
our
women.
First
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
get
started
with
roll
call,
and
just
let
me
know
who
just
raise
your
hand
or
speak
and
say
you're
here.
If
you
don't
mind,
Denise
Fuego,.
D
C
A
A
A
A
Just
wanted
to
get
us
started
with
one
of
the
managers
of
the
pure
theater
is
Megan
McMahon,
and
she
is
the
patron
experience
and
marketing
manager
of
pure
theater,
especially
with
regards
to
the
Septima
Clark
story
that
is
airing
all
throughout
the
month.
I
highly
suggest
we
go
out
and
support
that
wonderful
play.
F
Yes,
thank
you
and
thank
you
guys
so
much
for
letting
me
come
and
say
a
little
bit
about
this
show.
So
a
little
over
a
year
ago,
the
League
of
Women
Voters
came
to
share
an
artistic
director
with
this
Vision
that
this
year,
being
septima's
125th
birthday
that
we
would
be
able
to
create
a
play
about
her
life.
F
So
next
Thursday
March
23rd,
we
have
a
history
panel
that
will
be
at
TalkBack
panel
after
the
show
and
then
on
Saturday
night
March
25th
after
the
7
30
show.
We
will
also
be
having
a
ladies
night
reception,
which
we
felt
was
really
appropriate
for
the
show
and
for
women's
History,
Month,
and
so
I
will
say
that
tickets
have
been
selling
pretty
quickly.
We
do
have
a
pretty
small
house
here,
but
we
do
have
a
couple
of
other
options.
F
If
our
online
tickets
sell
out,
there
are
always
there
are
10
10
Single
tickets
available
at
the
door
every
night
and
those
are
protected.
Even
if
online
tickets
sell
out
so
people
can
come
and
buy
a
10
ticket.
Our
doors
open
at
6,
30
and
the
show
starts
at
7
30,
and
then
we
are
also
live
streaming.
The
performance
with
our
partner
company
is
called
live
control.
We
have
this
really
Dynamic
way
of
cutting
it
together.
F
It's
a
three
camera
setup,
so
it
really
feels
like
you
are
right
there
in
the
audience
in
the
front
row,
so
we'll
also
be
streaming
the
performance
and
the
Talkback
on
the
23rd
and
then
we'll
be
streaming.
Our
matinee
and
evening
perform
fences
on
April,
1st
and
I.
Guess
open
it
up
for
if
anybody
has
any
questions
for
me,.
G
F
She
formally
worked
at
the
Avery
and
just
has
such
a
passion
for
merging
this
kind
of
historical
research
with
creativity,
and
so
as
soon
as
the
league
brought
this
to
Sharon,
she
was
like
Patricia
would
be
the
right
person
to
write
this,
especially
since
she
has
such
deep
roots
here
in
Charleston
too.
So
we
are
so
fortunate
to
have
her
on
this
project
and
to
have
her
in
town
with
us
right
now,
for
the
run
of
the
show.
A
So
that
gives
me
great
pause
to
invite
her
probably
have
a
special
meeting.
Maybe
if
that
you
know
the
council
would
like
to
have
her
come
and
kind
of
have
a
maybe
a
fireside
chat
or
for
everyone
who's
to
meet
at
the
theater
on
women's
night
and
probably
get
a
nice
audience
with
her.
Maybe
I
will
ask
if
that
is
possible
all
right,
any
other
questions.
Anyone
on
online
I
have
a
question:
okay,.
C
Go
ahead,
go
ahead,
I
I,
just
have
a
comment.
Meg
and
I
was
there
on
this
past
Thursday
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
it
was
such
a
wonderful
experience.
So
if
you
get
the
opportunity
to
attend
I'm,
also
a
member
of
the
legal
Women
Voters
and
the
point
that
Megan
just
me
that
Patricia
is
from
Charleston
for
those
of
you,
her
maiden
name
was
the
same,
so
she
is
known
as
Patricia.
Let's
say:
Williams
stalkery.
So
for
those
of
you
who
are
at
the
turn,
this
video.
C
A
F
Believe
so
we
do.
We
have
110
seats
in
the
theater,
yes,
but
we
do
still
that
that
ladies
night
definitely
still
has
a
good
amount
of
tickets
available
and
we
do.
We
offer
a
discount
for
groups
of
10
or
more
so
we'd
be
happy
to
set
you
guys
up
with.
We
could
even
set
you
up
with
a
promo
code
so
that,
if
you're
not
all
able
to
attend
on
ladies
night,
you
can,
if
there's
another
night
that
works
better.
You
can
still
take
advantage
of
that
discount
and
and.
A
A
I
Good
morning
are
for
those
that
do
not
know
me
again.
My
name
is
Ruth
Jordan
I'm
here
with
the
city
of
Charleston's
office
of
women,
minority
Enterprise
office,
our
Coalition
is
business
certification,
Business
Development
technical
assistance
and
providing
access
and
opportunities
people
of
color,
and
so
we're
here
to
present
to
you
our
third
annual
business
opportunity,
Expo.
That
will
be
held
right
here
at
the
gillyard
auditorium.
Well,
your
yard
Center
here
at
number,
two
George
Street
March
31st
from
9
00
a.m
to
5
p.m.
I
It
is
a
power
pack,
Expo
I
like
to
call
it
a
reverse
trade,
show
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
buy
no
cookies
or
no
prints.
You're
not
going
to
be
you're,
not
going
to
be
able
to
buy
anything.
What
you're
going
to
have
is
an
opportunity
to
get
plugged
in
we're
going
to
put
the
almost
the
entire
city
on
display
on
how
to
do
business,
how
to
do
business
with
the
city,
the
city
of
North,
Charleston,
the
County
municipal
government
agencies,
MUSC,
the
school
district
and
other
Resource
Partners
will
be
here.
I
If
you're
looking
for
resources,
those
kinds
of
business
businesses
will
be
here.
We
have
over
40
plus
exhibitors
that
will
be
here
in
the
Grand
Ballroom.
We're
also
going
to
be
presenting
multiple
free
workshops,
we're
going
to
have
a
special
pull
out
session
for
latinx
businesses
called
Legal
Basics
or
for
latinx
businesses.
That
will
be
our
early
bird
course
will
be
from
9
00
a.m
to
10
a.m.
I
We're
going
to
have
a
marketing
strategy
class
being
presented
by
Trio,
again
9
A.M
to
10
a.m,
and
then
we're
also
going
to
have
I
can't
remember
the
other
one.
But
it's
going
to
be
a
third
class
and
then
the
the
at
10
o'clock,
the
exhibit
hall,
will
open
and
then
that's.
We
have
a
whole
session
called
how
to
do
business,
because
we
clearly
understand
that
women,
minority
own
businesses
and
small
businesses
don't
know
how
to
get
plugged
in
or
get
connected,
so
we're
bringing
the
decision
makers
in
the
rooms.
I
So
this
is
why
we
call
it
the
reverse
trade
show.
So
we
want
you
to
come
with
your
capability
statements,
come
with
your
business
cards
and
please
or
that
you
get
plugged
in,
because
we
understand
that
women
own
businesses,
and
particularly
businesses
of
color,
sometimes
struggle
on
how
to
work
with
governmental
agencies.
We're
also
going
to
have
a
workshop
specifically
for
veteran-owned
businesses,
so
SBA
will
be
in
the
house
talking
about
veteran
certifications
and
then
we're
going
to
have
a
separate
pull
out
called
chats.
I
The
contracts
at
4
pm,
where
we're
going
to
have
three
prime
contractors
in
the
room
this
month
was
National
construction
women
in
construction
month
as
well,
and
so
we're
going
to
also
have
those
Prime
contractors
in
the
room
talking
about
the
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
of
construction
projects
that
are
going
on
here
throughout
the
region.
And
so,
when
you
see
those
construction
dollars
being
spent
every
kind
of
opportunities,
are
there
everything
from
architect
to
real
estate,
to
Landscaping
to
break
Lane?
I
I
It's
going
to
call
it
the
chat
on
the
main
stage,
the
talk,
because
we
want
to
hear
from
those
businesses
who
are
in
the
ground
or
on
the
ground
working
and
so
we're
going
to
have
six
of
those
businesses
there
so
that
you
can
ask
questions
and
then
we're
also
going
to
be
highlighting
our
Spotlight
every
quarter.
The
City
of
Charleston
offers
a
business
Spotlight
winner
and
so
we're
going
to
present
to
the
entire
Community.
Our
2023
business.
Spotlight
winners
and
I
also
want
to
encourage
you.
I
If
you
are
a
business
owner
or
you
know,
someone
who
are
doing
a
great
job
have
them
nominate
themselves,
we
as
women.
Sometimes
we
got
to
Pat
our
own
selves
on
the
back.
We
don't
want
other,
we
for
other
folks
to
nominate.
You
nominate
yourself,
a
nominate,
a
business
that
you
know
that's
doing
well
and
so
that
application
is
on
our
website
as
well
for
for
our
business,
Spotlight
winners
and
then,
if
time
permits.
I
Last
or
last
month,
we
had
a
group
called
black
biz
on
the
Block,
with
Mindy
Sturm
and
Christina
Ott,
where
we
gave
thou
how
many,
how
much
money
we
give
away
twenty
seven
thousand
twenty
seven.
It
was
a
thousand
dollars
and
increments
of
one
thousand
dollars
so
we'll
be
presenting
the
micro
business
owners,
their
Awards,
also
on
March
31st
at
the
talk
or
the
chat
and
finally
we're
going
to
conclude
with
a
reception
at
5
PM
over
here
at
the
gillyard
call
the
business
opportunity
Expo.
I
Invites
you
all
to
please
come
out
and
support
our
third
annual
business
opportunity
Expo,
it's
a
fun
full
day
of
again
opportunity
and
information
here
and
then
I'm
going
to
come
back
one
of
these
days
and
tell
you
about
some
other
exciting
things
that
our
office
is
doing
and
I'm
here
to
support
any
business
owners
as
it
pertains
to
women,
minority
owned
businesses
or
small
businesses.
So
I'll
take
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
I
J
I
I
20
percent
of
every
dollar
should
go
towards
qualify
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
say
this
qualified
minority
and
women-owned
businesses,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that,
as
taxpayers
that
we
are
diverse
in
our
spending,
because
we
clearly
understand
that
small
businesses
is
what
makes
our
city
grow
when
small
businesses
are
successful
and
women-owned
businesses
and
already
owned
businesses
are
successful,
our
community
is
successful.
Successful
our
school
district
is
successful.
I
Our
economy
is
a
success
as
we
want
to
make
sure
that
all
these
businesses
understand
how
to
get
plugged
in
because
too
often
and
because
I'm
here
at
the
women's
commission,
I
want
to
just
talk
specifically
towards
women.
Women
don't
know
how
to
get
plugged
in.
They
don't
know
who
the
decision
makers
are,
and
so
we're
making
this
opportunity
specifically
to
get
engaged
connect
and
to
learn-
and
that
is
our
poor.
I
F
E
I
For
volunteers
to
please
come
down
and
help
us
because
again
it's
a
free
event
cost
you
anything
to
participate
and
then
but
you
do
have
to
pay
for
parking
five
dollars
for
parking.
So
you
have
to
worry
about
parking
parking
in
the
gear
yard.
It's
just
gonna
cost
you
a
flat
five
dollar
fee
and
then,
when
we're
asking
people
to
please
volunteer,
if
you
have
an
hour
or
two
of
your
time
to.
B
A
Much
for
having
me
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
It's
very
valuable
as
a
women
business
owner
I,
definitely
support
all
women
plugged
in
and
I'll
make
spare
it's
very
important.
Our
communities
need
to
see
a
reflection
of
themselves
and
know
that
there
are
women
business
owners
out
there,
and
everything
is
open
for
for
business
and
in
order
for
all
of
us
to
thrive
together,
we
have
to
economically
be
on
an
opportunity
plan
to
support
each
other.
So
do
we
have
any
questions
for
anybody?
That's
online
streaming.
Any
questions
at
all.
H
A
H
B
I,
don't
have
a
question,
but
I
was
going
to.
This
is
Denise
fugo
and
I'm,
an
older
woman,
so
I'm
talking
when
in
1980
a
group
of
women
and
I
in
Cleveland,
there
were
15
of
us
and
we
all
had
businesses
and
we
found.
Even
though
Cleveland
has
a
very,
very
good
Entre.
They
have
a
council
of
small
businesses.
It
was
a
pretty
much
you
know
900,
it
was.
It
was
9
000
men
and
20
women.
B
B
One
woman
sold
her
business
for
15
million
dollars
to
a
Chinese
company
and
only
received
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
ended
up
dying
from
a
stroke.
She
sold
a
very
successful
company,
but
we
were
all
learning
what
it
meant
to
run
a
business.
We
were
all
learning
what
it
meant
to
sell
a
business
and
and
and
and
the
vagaries
of
what
happens
when
you
get
10
million
bucks
and
your
husband
disappears
with
the
money.
B
So
over
that
period
of
time
we
learned
a
tremendous
amount
and
I
would
suggest
that,
as
you
bring
these
women
in
you
connect
them
now.
We
called
ourselves
the
committee
at
25
because
we
thought
that
sounded
stronger,
but
there
were
only
15
of
us,
but
again
we
we
never
missed
a
month
monthly
meeting
in
20
years
and
it
probably
one
of
the
greatest.
Because
again
you
know
it's
wonderful
if
everybody
will
be
coached
but
I
have
been
blessed.
B
I
J
J
J
A
A
A
A
G
K
So,
while
they're
doing
that
good
morning,
everyone,
it's
been
a
minute
since
I've
made
a
presentation
to
the
women's
commission,
so
I
am
really
excited
that
y'all
asked
me
to
to
come
and
talk
to
y'all,
especially
when
it's
about
open
data
and
open
data
day.
I
could
probably
go
on
for
hours,
but
I
will
try
to
keep
it
very
brief.
K
Oh
here
we
go.
Okay,
all
right,
y'all
should
be
see,
should
be
seeing
my
slides
now
so
again.
I'm
Tracy,
McKee
I'm,
the
city's
Chief
Innovation
officer
and
I.
Also
here
today
have
Robert
Houck
our
GIS
director,
so
I
asked
Robert
to
be
here
number
one,
because
y'all
might
have
some
questions
or
about
the
data
portal
or
about
open
day
today
that
he
might
be
critical
to
answer
so,
but
unfortunately,
y'all
are
going
to
hear
a
lot
of
me
talking
for
for
just
a
few
minutes.
K
K
K
around
this
time.
We
also
became
one
of
the
first
active
members
of
The
White
House
police
data
initiative,
so
Chief
Mullen
and
I
were
actively
engaged
in
getting
the
city
pulled
into
that
initiative
and
what
that
was
about
was
really
about
sharing
policing
data
so
making
it
transparent
to
you
know
so
that
we
could
have
conversations
about
policing
activities
and
also
building
trust
and
understanding
with
the
community
that
that
they
serve.
K
You
know
number
one,
it's
the
Public's
data
right,
so
we
should
be
sharing
and
they
have
a
right
to
access
anything.
That's
not
sensitive
or
protected,
so
making
sure
that
the
public
has
that
access.
We
know
that
information
is
knowledge,
Capital,
so
making
sure
that
our
residents
have
access
to
that
capital
stimulate
it
can
really
stimulate
new
ideas
and
services,
which
is
really
what
open
day
to
day
is
all
about
so
really
really
important
piece
of
piece
of
the
puzzle,
but
it
also
helps
reduce
Staffing
burden,
the
more
data
that
we
have
out
there.
K
The
more
that
we
share
data,
the
more
people
see
it
the
more
feedback
we
get
on
that
data.
So
we
can
continuously
improve
the
quality
I,
always
like
to
say
when
humans
are
involved,
you
can
expect
that
there
are
going
to
be
errors
right.
So
there's
going
to
be
errors
in
the
data.
It's
never
going
to
be
perfect
so,
but
sharing
that
data
really
helps
shine
a
light
on
it
and
allows
us
to
increase
the
quality,
and
probably
the
most
important
thing
is
it's
about
transparent
and
open
government.
K
Why
do
we
need
a
policy?
We've
got
all
these
people
who
are
already
doing
doing
all
this
good
work.
Well,
number
one!
We
shouldn't
be
relying
on
a
few
individuals
to
make
sure
that
the
city
is
committed
to
an
open
and
transparent
government,
but
it
does
a
couple
of
other
things
too.
It
provides
a
framework
for
us
to
proactively
release
publishable
data.
What
do
I
mean
by
publishable
data?
K
So
finally,
what
is
open
day
today?
Quite
simply,
it's
an
annual
celebration
of
open
data
all
over
the
world.
We
are
one
year
younger
than
Reese
Expo,
so
this
year
we
had
our
second
annual
open
day-to-day
program,
and-
and
what
did
you
miss?
Well,
I'm
not
going
to
try
to
talk
about
any
one
project
or
presentation,
because
I
would
not
do
them
justice.
So
if
you
want
to
go
and
look
at
the
entire
agenda
that
we
covered
I've
provided
the
link
here
in
the
in
the
slide.
I
can
also
provide
that
in
the
chat.
K
But
essentially
it's
you
know
summary.
We
had
11
amazing
City
staff
members
from
five
departments
present
on
how
their
department
is
using
open
data
in
various
ways.
So
there
are
presentations
on
applications,
decision
decision,
support
dashboards
data
stories,
as
well
as
open
data
tutorials
this
year
we
also
had
an
open
data
challenge
where
we
encouraged
residents
to
submit
their
open
data
projects.
K
All
the
only
requirement
is
that
is
that
they
needed
to
be
using
open
data
and
in
some
way,
and
they
had
to
be
able
to
share
that
work
publicly.
Somehow
so
we
had
two
residents
respond
to
the
call
which
we
were
absolutely
delighted
about
and
super
exciting,
and
so
one
of
them
presented
an
application
that
she
built
using
some
open
data
and
then
another
one.
K
So,
just
a
little
encouragement
for
all
of
you
to
attend
open
data
2024,
just
a
little
snippet
of
what
our
attendees
had
to
say.
The
full
results
of
our
attendee
survey
can
be
found
on
our
website.
If
you
want
to
look
and
see
the
whole
spectrum
of
what
people
had
to
say
and
the
questions
that
we
asked
I
encourage
you
to
do
that.
But
essentially
the
feedback
was
very,
very
positive
from
our
attendees.
K
Thank
you
and
if
you
would
like
to
see,
if
you,
if
you
go
and
check
out
the
agenda
and
see
something
that
you
really
really
want
to
go
back
and
watch,
you
can
view
it
all
on
YouTube.
So
if
you
go
to
the
city's
YouTube
channel,
there's
actually
two
sessions
on
there.
So
there's
one
for
the
morning
session,
as
well
as
for
the
afternoon
session,
and
thanks
to
our
folks
in
the
IT
department
at
the
bottom,
underneath
the
the
video
link,
you
can
actually
go
to
all
of
the
different
topics
that
were
covered.
K
K
So,
while
I
have
a
captive
audience,
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
more
about
some
of
the
work,
that's
happening
around
open
data,
so
we
have.
Last
year
we
were
asked
to
participate
in
a
program
called
the
city
data
Alliance.
It's
a
Bloomberg
philanthropies
initiative
and
basically,
they
selected
mayors
that
are
the
most
sophisticated,
ambitious
and
advanced
at
harnessing
data,
and
really
what
they
wanted
to
do
is
take
that
group
of
Mayors
and
help
them
Elevate
their
use
of
data
to
a
whole
new
level
foreign.
K
Why
does
this
engagement
been?
Look
like
there's,
there's
two
tracks
really
that
we
were
we've
been
involved
in.
The
first
is
a
six-month
engagement
that
involved
Executive,
Education
and
individualized
coaching
and
then
there's
a
second
piece.
That's
been
a
technical
track
and
Ruth
who's
in
the
room
with
you
all
there
as
part
of
that
technical
team-
and
this
was
really-
we
focused
on
one
one,
critical
data
practice
and
we
selected
results
driven
procurement.
K
So
what
are
the
outcomes
of
this
engagement?
The
the
technical
track
is
still
in
progress
and
they're
and
they're
making
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
progress
for
those
of
you
that
follow
some
of
the
city
council
things.
You
know
that
we
just
changed
some
procurement
limits,
and
that
was
one
of
the
recommendations
it
kind
of
has
bubbled
up
through
some
of
this
work
and
I
think
there's
a
lot
more
to
come
from
that,
but
the
other.
K
At
the
executive
level,
there
was
kind
of
this
development
of
an
overarching
city-wide
data
strategy,
which
is
a
three-year
vision
and
actionable
plan
to
advance
our
City's
use
of
data
to
improve
outcomes.
So
that
strategy
is
still
in
a
draft
format.
I
would
say
we're
we're,
probably
at
the
final
draft
of
that,
going
through
some
final
reviews,
so
that
should
be
ready
for
kind
of
public
consumption
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
I
would
love
to
share
it
with
you
all
and
even
get
your
feedback
on
it.
K
K
K
It'll
extend
and
improve
community
outreach
by
helping
us
kind
of
publicize
our
open
data
initiatives,
as
well
as
provide
recommendations
for
improvement
or
expansion
of
the
open
data
portal.
The
second
piece
is
to
build
upon
the
policy
that
I
mentioned
earlier:
open
data
policy
to
develop
a
data,
governance,
Charter
and
committee.
So
what
what
does
that
mean?
K
The
third
piece
is
develop
open
data
user
guidance
through
online
video
tutorials.
We
have
created
one
so
far,
so
I
encourage
you
to
check
that
out
through
our
open
data
help,
but
we
are
going
to
be
releasing
four
more
this
year
as
part
of
this
strategy,
and
the
last
is
develop.
An
open
data
use
tracking
and
Reporting
protocol.
D
K
Gis
wizard
Robert
here
has:
we
already
have
the
capability
to
to
track
that
we
just
need.
We
just
need
to
formalize
how
we
pull
that
data
and
also
how
we
report
that
data
out
so
what's
coming
in
2023
around
open
data
there'll
be
an
open
data
report
to
Mayor
and
city
council
before
May
1st
2023,
that
is
mandated
by
open
data
policy.
K
What
else
is
happening?
I
encourage
all
of
you
to
check
out
our
priority
staff
meetings.
So
what
is
priority
stat?
Basically,
these
are
stat
meetings
where
we
use
data
to
drive
and
demonstrate
progress
on
the
mayor's
highest
priorities.
The
key
piece
of
this,
though,
is
it's
not
just
about
using
data
and
silos.
It's
about
all
the
Departments
that
have
a
vested
interest
working
together
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
marching
to
the
same
beats
if
you
will
so
and
all
working
together
to
to
achieve
the
outcomes
that
we
want.
K
So
if
you
want
to
get
a
better
sense
of
what
priority
stat
is
all
about,
we
actually
have
a
housing
staff
meeting
tomorrow
in
the
Very
Room.
That
y'all
are
in
at
9
00
a.m.
Tomorrow
morning
at
two
George
Street,
but
you
can
also
attend
in
your
bunny
slippers
via
Zoom
webinar,
or
you
can
watch
it
on
YouTube
and
and
Robert
and
I'll
be
happy
to
try
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
all
might
have
thanks.
So
much
for
for
having
us.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you
Tracy,
or
could
you
get
us
numbers
by
the
next
meeting
of
the
number
of
women
that
we
have
working
for
our
city?
I
know
you
talked
about
women
business
owners,
but
do
you
have
the
number
of
women
that
work
in
our
city,
their
roles,
police,
fire,
Environmental,
Services
again?
This
is
something
at
the
beginning
of
my
term.
You
know
finding
out
I
mean
we
only
have
a
handful
of
women
firefighters.
You
know
so
I
just
think
some.
J
Some
of
that
data
would
be
really
great
to
share
with
this
commission
also
I
think
how
many
women
I
know
we
just
went
through.
Tracy
is
I,
don't
know
how
she
does
all
the
data
and
the
numbers.
That
is
not
my
support.
I,
don't
know
how
y'all
feel
about
that.
But
I
don't
know
how
Tracy
does
it
all
the
data
numbers
and
configurations,
but
she's
amazing,
but
women
live
in
the
city
of
Charleston.
You
know
that's
something.
J
Asked
you
during
redistricting,
because
we
just
talk
about
you-
know
people
as
a
whole,
but
it's
certainly
an
aspect
of
the
data
portion.
That
would
be
interesting
to
know
even
by
District.
Just
that's
more
for
me,
you
know
just
so
I
can
the
men
at
the
table.
We
can
kind
of
know
and
I
just
think.
That's
an
interesting
data
point.
You
know
that
I
certainly
would
like
to
know.
K
What
I
can
do
is
we
do
have
we
do
an
employee
survey
every
two
years
and
really
that's
headed
up
by
our
process.
Improvement
director,
but
I
can
get
that
report
to
you.
We
are
getting
ready
to
launch.
We
do
it
every
two
years
with
employees
just
to
get
a
sense
of
you
know.
How
are
our
employees
doing
it
and
to
get
kind
of
an
overall
view
of
what
does
our?
K
What
does
our
Workforce
actually
look
like
so
I
can
send
you
the
report
from
two
years
ago
and
then,
hopefully,
by
the
summer,
we're
going
to
have
results
of
this
year's
survey
if
they
haven't
launched
it
yet
I
think
I
think
that's
coming
in
April,
so
we'll
have
some
information,
some
results
of
that,
hopefully
late
this
summer,
maybe
early
fall
and
pulling
the
Census
Data
yeah.
We
can
definitely
do
that
now
when
we
did
redistricting.
They
don't
give
us
that
much
detail,
but
all
of
that
should
be
available
now.
K
A
K
I
Our
minority
owned
business
and
I
know
that
everybody
that
operates
in
Charleston
should
have
a
business
license
and
so
being
able
to
get
that
data
in
terms
of
women-owned
business
and
minority-owned
business.
It
are
we
tracking
that,
or
are
we
able
to
report
that
out
as
a
as
a
data
set
for
the
entire
city
of
Charleston.
K
K
You
know
what
fields
we
could
we
could
pull
that
wouldn't
be
sensitive
or
protected
and
actually
work
to
make
that
data
become
available.
However,
the
one
thing
I'm
not
aware
of
and
Robert
may
know
this
off.
The
top
of
his
head
is
when
they
do
business
license
intake.
Do
they
actually
record
that
in
our
intergov
system
and
I'm,
not
sure
of
the
answer
that
Robert
do?
You
know.
E
I
believe
they
actually
just
started
doing
that
within
the
last
six
months
and
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
one
of
the
presentations
in
the
YouTube
video
was
that
they
talked
about
the
dashboards
that
they're
building
internally
to
view
that
data
but
yeah
the
data
is
just
now
starting
to
come
in
that
that's
something
they
ask
when
people
apply
for
business
licenses
is
sex
and
in
racial
demographic
type
information.
So
we
can
do
that.
K
It's
coming
and
I
know:
I
know
you
need
this
Ruth,
because
you're
you're,
the
peeps
in
your
office,
are
doing
this,
but
the
King
Street,
the
King
Street
business
database.
We
know
has
all
of
that
information,
but
I
think
I.
Think
you're
right
like
it's
not
just
about
King
Street.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
understand
the
whole,
the
city
as
a
whole
and
what
that
looks
like
so
I
think.
That's
a
that's
a
great
thing
to
look
at.
I
We
constantly
get
that
question
and
they
expect
the
city
to
know
the
answer,
and
so
what
I
have
companies
coming
to
Charleston
or
organization
wanting
to
come
to
Charleston?
They
ask
that
question
I'm,
even
already
owned
businesses
operating
in
in
the
City
of
Charleston
I,
can't
answer
that
question
and
then
finally,
you
know
what
my
final
question
is:
diversity,
spin?
I
How
much
money
are
we
spending
in
the
City
of
Charleston,
with
minority
and
women-owned
business
being
able
to
report
that
number
out
we've
been
trying
to
track
it
by
paper,
but
this
is
2023.,
and
so
we
need
to
be
able
to
to
be
able
to
plug
that
in
if
we
spent
five
billion
dollars.
How
much
of
that
went
to
women,
minority
owned
businesses.
A
K
A
H
So
I
heard
all
of
this
and
I'm
intrigued,
because
I'm
wondering
if
there
would
be
a
way
by
next
national
women's
History
Month
to
utilize
some
of
this
data
about
like
a
Charles
City
of
Charleston
women's
experience
and
use
that
as
part
of
like
a
promotional
campaign.
Or
is
this
a
product
we
can
put
out
through
the
commission.
K
Yeah
we've
been
creating
a
lot
of
story,
Maps
recently
and
I'm
wondering
if
that
might
be
a
great
a
tool
to
use
to
to
try
to
number
one
collect
some
of
that
information
and
tell
a
story
so
I.
You
know
I
think
it
would
require
kind
of
a
work
group
together
to
to
put
the
narrative
together
with
along
with
some
folks
who
are
data
experts
to
be
able
to
pull
the
data.
K
But
if
you
check
out
our
racial
Equity
story,
map
that
took
I
think
that
took
us
about
it
was
around
I
think
we
spent
about
six
months
working
as
a
team
to
to
create
that.
But
there
it
was,
you
know
very
thoughtful
and
you
know
really
creep.
You
know
coming
thinking
about
the
dialogue
that
went
along
with
that
story.
Map
thanks,
Robert
I
hate.
You
just
put
a
link
in
the
chat,
it's
a
really
great
story
map
and
that's
what
I.
K
H
K
A
It's
on
it
any
additional
questions,
really
great
points.
Lots
of
takeaways
I
think
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
supporting
data
to
go
along
with
our
active
engagements
and
whatever
supportive
engagements
Endeavors
that
as
a
as
a
council
with
in
a
commission,
we
decided
on
last
year
so
more
to
come
with
that
Tracy
and
Rob
and
your
team.
Thank
you
because
we're
definitely
gonna
need
those
numbers
to
support
our
initiatives
and
get
rolling
is
a
year
ahead.
All
right
and
our
thank
you
so
much.
A
L
Thank
you
I
appreciate
that
so
a
little
bit,
Ruth
shared
a
little
bit
about
our
national
league
of
cities,
Equitable
economic
Mobility
initiative,
through
which
we
were
able
to
give
those
micro
business
grants
for
black
owned
businesses.
It
was
really
cool.
We
were
in
this
room
and
we
had
everybody
come
for
two
days
of
workshops
and
they
had
a
some
time
with
the
mayor.
L
B
L
L
L
I
think
it
helped
to
sort
of
Foster
and
promote
a
relationship,
and
you
know
the
feeling
that
we
want
to
support
black
owned
businesses
for
sure
and
get
them
into
Roots
pipeline,
so
that
this
is
where
you
are
now.
How
can
you
build
and
grow
your
your
business,
so
that
was
really
cool
and
then
complementing
that
we
are
tonight
having
our
second
in
a
series
of
three
Community
workshops
and
those
are
all
on
financial
literacy.
So
we
have.
L
From
increasing
hope
coming
into
last
week
was
on
really
basic
budgeting
and
savings
and
how
to
really
make
the
most
of
your
banking
relationship
and
this
week
will
be
how
to
fix
your
credit
or
build
your
credit.
So
I'm
going
to
be
paying
close
attention
to
this
and
then
next
week
we'll
focus
on
how
you
can
set
yourself
up
for
Homeowner
so
and
also
it's
wonderful
to
have
grant
funding,
because
we're
able
to
provide
100
gift
cards
for
the
attendees
that
that
are
coming
to
coming
to.
I
Direction
for
my
information
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
everybody
about
the
Senior
Expo.
That's
coming
up.
Musc
and
Trident
Area
Agency
on
Aging
have
partnered
to
do
the
Senior
Expo
on
March
23rd
from
9
to
1
pm,
and
it's
going
to
be
at
the
Charleston
Convention
Center.
This
is
an
annual
event
and
it
is
awesome.
I
There
are
interactive
activities,
there
are
free
medical
screenings,
there
are
workshops,
there's
entertainment,
there's
a
lot
of
free
giveaways,
but
the
biggest
part
is
that
it's
going
to
provide
a
lot
of
information
for
seniors
for
their
Caregivers
for
family
members
to
access
the
local
resources
that
are
available
to
the
senior
community.
So
I
strongly
advise
people
to
attend.
It
is
a
free
event.
The
parking
is
free
and
the
admission
is
free.
I
B
I
H
I
wanted
to
say
too,
if
you
guys
are
going
to
come,
I
will
be
at
our
booth
and
I'd
love
to
meet.
You
I'll,
be
at
the
nnlm
region
to
MUSC
Booth,
look
for
blue
and
white
and
we'll
be
giving
away
information
about
health,
literacy
and
just
some
of
the
free
services,
and
we
do
grant
funding
and
things
too.
So
who
knows
what
kind
of
connections
we
can
make
so
be
on
the
lookout.
A
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
councilwoman
for
being
there
last
night
at
city
council,
the
mayor
dedicated
the
month
of
March
for
women's
history
month.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
there
to
accept
the
proclamation
and
I
also
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you
very
much
for
joining
this
Garden,
our
newest
commission
and
women.
Member,
so
welcome.
If
you
want
to
say
a
few
words
on
who
you
are
and
introduce
yourself.
I
know
it's
right
at
the
hour
sure.
D
I'll
be
fast
after
my
name
is
Lee
nice
to
see
you
all.
I
live
on
James
Island
in
terms
of
my
Civic
engagement,
I'm,
on
the
board
of
the
League
of
Women,
Voters
voters,
trial
scenarios
or
director
I'm,
also
the
founder
of
Charleston
civil
rights
and
Civics,
which
is
an
incredible
new
program
for
high
school
students
to
talk
about
the
importance
of
civil
rights
Center
in
civics
I'm
engaged
with
the
international
African-American
Museum
on
their
integrated
advisory
committee.
D
E
J
J
D
J
Really,
being
I
really
hope
that
everyone
on
this
commission
is
here
to
be
committed,
bring
something
so
that
we
can
bring
it
out
of
this
commission,
get
it
to
council,
get
the
funding
for
things
that
we
need
in
this
city.
I
cannot
do
that
alone.
I
am
a
one-woman
show
for
my
district,
so
I
really
really
need
this
group
to
help
me
and
advocate.
J
I
would
I,
don't
not
selfishly,
but
I
would
like
to
nominate
myself
for
vice
chair.
If
that
is,
you
know
if
that
is
okay
with
everyone,
and
this
is
why
I
would
really
like
to
assist
you.
You
know
in
in
getting
things
on
the
agenda
having
action
items.
We
had
Tracy
talk
about
data
and
action
items,
I
mean
we
need
to
set
goals
in
this
commission.
J
We
need
action
items
and
the
only
way
we're
going
to
do
that,
if
is,
if
we
obviously
we
meet
every
month,
but
you
know
we
have
night,
we
barely
made
for
them
today.
I
think
it's
really
important
just
to
reach
out
to
all
of
the
people
who
have
stepped
up
and
that
are
willing
to
serve
on
this
Mission
just
to
make
sure
that
they
still
want
to
because
having
everyone
here,
whether
it's
on
Zoom
or
in
person,
is
really
important
in
Meeting
those
goals,
so
I
hope
to
hear
from
everyone.
J
B
J
J
Oh
so,
like
I
said
just
ReRe
I
think
it's
important
reread
the
ordinance.
You
know
I'll
talk
about
all
the
things
that
we
can
work
on.
I
know
what
I
see.
From
my
end,
I
mean
we
lost.
We
lost
some
people
in
Recreation,
so
swimming
swimming
lessons
or
something
you
know,
I
think
it's
really
important
and
I
want
to
be
proactive
and
not
reactive.
So
I
know
that
this
is
something
that's
going
to
come
up.
J
A
Welcomed
very
welcomed
and
I
did
thank
you.
I
did
send
the
ordinance
to
which
was
an
attachment
for
everyone
to
review,
to
bring
up
our
ideas
and
feedback
to
support
the
council
Commission
and
going
forward
and
I
also
attached
the
priority
issues
for
that
we
had
established
last
year
and
all
of
them
we've
been
very
successful
in
supporting
so
just
a
refresher.
A
Our
priority
issues
of
2022
that
we
had
active
engagement
and
continue
to
actively
engage
funding
for
Paid
Family
Leave
support
for
Community
Resource
Centers
support
for
a
family,
Justice
Center
support
of
legislation
in
the
South
Carolina
legislature,
mirroring
our
priority
issues
and
that
partners
with
our
supporting
supportive
engagement,
affordable
and
low-income
housing.
I
think
that
is
crucial
for
a
healthy
Community
sexual
exploitation
and
human
trafficking,
in
which
you
know
if
we
have
a
low
crime
area
with
successful
businesses.
A
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
adjourn-
or
let's
do
a
margin,
I'm
sorry
emotion
to
conclude
this
meeting,
but
first
I
want
to
make
sure
that
do
we
have
any
objections
to
moving
ahead
with
casting
a
vote
or
support
of
Vice
chair
position
for
councilwoman
and
just
think
about
it
and
bring
it
on
agenda
for
our
April
meeting.
If
that's
okay,.