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From YouTube: Inspiring Generations with Celeste Williams EP10
Description
City of Chelsea, Guest: Josette Williams
A
Hello,
welcome
back
to
inspiring
generations,
I'm
your
host
celeste
williams!
Today
I
am
talking
about
a
woman's
journey.
You
know,
through
public
service
and
she's,
a
woman
that
I
admire,
she's,
a
woman
that
has
been
in
my
life
since
I
was
a
you
know,
a
young
woman,
but
this
this
woman,
this
spectacular
woman,
she's,
not
only
you,
know
great
at
what
she
does.
B
C
B
A
A
C
C
B
B
So
I
even
think
about
the
the
times
where
you
know
it's
funny
when
you
said
it,
I
thought
you
like.
I
inspire
you,
but
I
think
about
those
times
when
you
were
a
cheerleader,
it
might
not
it
may
not.
It
may
not
seem
like
a
really
big
deal,
but
I
remember
being
a
young
girl
looking
up
to
you
and
thinking
wow.
I
want
to
be
able
to
do
that.
I
want
to
be
able
to
be
outside
of
my
body
and
speak
in
in
crowds
right.
B
I
want
to
be
able
to
move
like
that.
I
want
to
be
able
to
you
know:
do
those
cheers
in
a
very
synchronized
way,
and
but
there
were
always
things
I
think
about
brooklyn.
That
really
reminds
me
of
it
builds
character.
It
builds
your
ability
to
deal
with
a
lot
of
different
things,
so
I
always
say
to
people
that
brooklyn
for
me
speaks
about
my
strengths
and
it
speaks
about
my
struggles.
So
the
irony
is
it's
twofold.
I
learned
a
lot.
B
C
A
B
It's
interesting,
I
mean
I
think,
living
in
brooklyn.
We
lived
in
a
space
where
we
were
in
crown
heights,
and
there
was
you
know,
orthodox
jewish
community.
There
was
latin
community,
I
think,
coming
to
chelsea.
The
irony
is
there
was
a.
There
was
a
large
jewish
community
here
when
we
originally
moved
here,
but
it
was
very
different,
so
you
had
different
cultures
like
polish
and
irish
and
other
other
communities,
and
it
was
predominantly
white
at
the
time.
C
B
Was
much
more
of
the
the
sort
of
slow
town
community
I
swear?
I
went
to
elementary
school,
it's
where
I
could
walk
to
the
the
park
and
play
softball.
I
was
a
pretty
avid
like
sports
player.
I
just
felt
it
felt
more
calmer,
slow
paced,
and
it's
where
I
think
you
know
I
got
to
learn
more
about
who
I
was
and
how
I
engaged
in
the
world
around
me.
A
B
A
That
so
important
to
come
into
a
community
and
right
away
notice,
some
of
the
similarities
of
what
you
left,
but
it's
not
quite
as
fast
as
what
you
left.
It's
a
little
bit
slower
pace
calmed
down
a
little
yeah
and
this
segment
is
not
about
me.
So
I'm
not
going
to
say,
oh
when
I
came,
but
we
already
talked
about
that.
A
But
what
I
want
to
let
our
audience
know
is
is
about
the
journey
once
you
got
here.
Do
education,
you
know,
do
the
the
educational
system
and
navigating
as
a
young
black
girl,
you
know,
which
you
know,
stereotypes
and
assumptions
in
our
community
is
more
less
to
graduate
than
you
know.
Other
communities
you
know,
especially
in
in
that
time
you
know
the
70s,
the
80s,
even
the
early
90s.
A
B
B
B
I
need
to
make
it
out
and
I
need
to
be
able
to
work
and
take
care
of
my
family
and
whatever
I
needed
to
do
to
get
there
most
of
it
meant
you
had
to
at
least
have
an
education
right.
So
I
was
surrounded
by
people
who
constantly
talked
about
education.
So,
oh
gosh,
I
remember
there
was
a
drug
store
across
the
street
from
our
house
and
the
pharmacist
at
the
time
had
a
daughter.
B
C
B
He
would
ask
me
that
and
then
finally,
one
day
he
said,
let
me
see
your
report
card
and
I
was
like
oh
man
like
okay,
so
I
showed
him
my
report
card
and
he
said
you
know.
I'm
gonna
have
my
daughter
two
to
you
and
math,
and
I
thought
that
was
really
interesting.
His
daughter
worked,
so
there
was
a
pharmacy
on
one
side
and
on
the
other
side,
sort
of
like
a
almost
like
a
bodega
and
a
pharmacy
connected
right.
B
They
were
in
the
same
space,
but
one
side
there
was
penny
candy
being
sold
and
on
the
other
side
you
can
come
and
get
your
your
medication
and
his
daughter
worked
in
the
store
part
of
the
pharmacy
and
so
two
days
a
week.
She
would
come
in
and
I
would
sit
at
the
at
the
counter
and
then
she
would
just
kind
of
talk
me
through
some
of
my
math.
Then
it
got
to
a
point
where
we
we
had
been
doing
it.
So
it
was.
B
It
was
like
a
regular
routine
and
he
said
you
know
I
need
you
to
work.
He
owned
the
laundry
mat
that
connected
to
the
drugstore,
and
so
he
said,
I'm
gonna
need
you
to
go
in
and
work
for
me
at
the
at
the
drug
at
the
laundromat
and
I
was
like
well
what
would
you
like
me
to
do
and
he's
like?
I
want
you
to
count
all
the
change,
oh
wow,
so
I
was
like
count
up
like
I
didn't.
B
What
did
that
mean
exactly,
and
he
said:
well,
I'm
gonna
my
daughter's
gonna
show
you
like
you
had
to
back.
Then
you
know
it
was
coin.
Everything
was
coin
operated.
You
had
to
take
the
change
out
of
each
of
the
machines
and
then
you
had
to
total
them
on
a
bank
slip,
and
then
you
would
have
to
walk
the
money
down
to
the
bank,
which
was
at
the
chelsea
plaza.
There
was
a
bank
there,
and
so
that
was
his
way.
Obviously
of
supporting.
C
C
B
B
And
I
think
this
this
is
what
I
feel
like
is
the
real
village
right
that
people
don't
often
talk
about
is
what
where
the
social
capital
comes
in,
and
so
for
me.
I
didn't
know
what
that
meant
then,
but
I
do
know
what
it
means
now
right,
and
so
I
had
I
had
lee
who
worked
the
the
animal
she
had
her
little
pet
shop,
and
so
she
would
come
in
and
check
on
me
at
the
at
the
laundromat
and
make
sure
I
was
okay
and
make
sure
I
could
get
down
to
the
the
bank.
B
Okay
and
I
thought
wow,
these
weren't
people
who
are
related
to
they
weren't.
You
know
necessarily
huge
friends
of
my
family
but
became
part
of
my
village
and
became
part
of
my
family,
and
so
I
think
the
inspiration
for
education
came
very
early,
really
inspiring
myself
to
want
to
be
more
and
do
more
and
then
just
having
people
who
just
stood
behind
me
and
I
think
from
there.
Obviously,
my
story
is
pretty
large
from
there,
because.
C
A
A
A
B
Took
to
camp
yeah
and
I
asked
to
go
for
the
ride
and
I
was
13
at
the
time
yeah
and
going
for
the
ride.
We
it
felt
like
it
was
forever.
It
was
an
hour
and
like
15
minutes
away,
westford
mass
and
she
was
dropping
someone
off,
and
I
thought
what
is
this
place
and
who
does
this?
Who
takes
their
kids
and
just
leaves
them
with
strangers
on
overnight,
because
we
weren't
even.
B
Deal
like
what
do
you
mean
spend
the
night
at
someone's
house,
but
this
was
go
to
camp
and
and
these
kids
would
come
up
with
these
trunks,
and
I
was
like
what's
in
the
trunk,
it
was
like
it
was
almost
like
disney
world
for
me
like
what's
happening
here
and
people
like.
Oh,
we
stay
here
for
two
weeks
and
I
was
like
your
parents
leave
you.
B
They
leave
you
for
two
weeks
and
you
don't
see
them
and
you
can't
call
them,
and
but
my
journey
through
through
camp
was
like
and
it's
funny
because
I
I
literally
stayed
with
camp
and
I
was,
and
I
went
up
there
to
drop
someone
off
the
history
and
of
of
camp
of
itself
was
I
once
I
got
there
and
I
started
talking
to
folks.
I
was
like
I
want
to
know
what
this
is
about.
B
I
don't
want
to
leave
this
space,
but
when
I
did
leave
and
go
home,
it
just
stayed
with
me
that
I
want
to
be
there.
So
I
kept
calling
the
director
for
like
two
weeks
in
a
row
I
was
like.
I
want
to
be
there
and
she's
like
I
don't
have
space
for
you.
What
would
you
do
here?
You
know
you
have
to
pay
to
be
a
camper,
but
I
was
too
old
to
be
a
camper,
so
I
said
I'll
volunteer.
I
can
do
anything
and
she
was
like
what
are
you
talking
about?
C
B
B
C
C
A
A
B
Oh,
that
is
I,
and
I
wish
I
could
take
credit.
I
have
to
be
totally
honest.
Countdown
to
kindergarten
was
really
created
out
of
the
menino
era,
and
this
was
an
opportunity
for
boston,
public
schools
to
think
about
how
they
were
really
engaging
families
around
a
lottery
system.
So
you
know
children
don't
have
to
be
in
school
until
they're,
six,
that's
sort
of
the
law,
but
we
know
that
the
brain
development
happens
before
sex.
B
So
there
is
a
lottery
opportunity
for
families
to
get
their
children
into
school
at
the
age
of
three
four
and
five.
Well,
unfortunately,
there's
very
few
seats
for
three-year-olds
a
few
more
about
a
few
thousand
more
for
four-year-olds
and
then
five-year-olds
get
something
what
we
call
guaranteed
seating
in
boston,
public
schools.
B
But
what
was
happening
is
that
folks,
at
the
time
was
living
in
zones,
and
so
you
had
to
come
in
a
certain
period
of
time
to
register
and
if
you
didn't
register
within
that
period
of
time-
and
it's
still
like
that-
there's
a
lottery
system
for
it-
you're
not
apt
to
get
the
seats
that
you
really
want.
So
you,
you
know
those
seats
fill
up
pretty
quickly
and
then
maybe
you
know
other
seats
open
up
and
maybe
they're
not
your
ideal
seats.
B
They're,
not
your
ideal
schools,
maybe
they're,
not
in
a
location
that
is
feasible
for
you.
So
a
countdown
was
really
created
to
make
sure
there
was
more
equity,
particularly
for
communities
that
struggled
to
get
in
at
the
lottery
on
time.
Maybe
they
weren't
close
to
the
information,
so
they
worked
really
hard
to
boost
that
number.
Yes,
so
they
did
that
for
many
many
years.
B
Part
of
that
work,
though,
is
that
they
were
working
with
young
children
and
families,
and
so
families
wanted
more
from
countdown
and
countdown
created
something
called
play
groups.
These
were
traditional
a
lot
of
suburban
communities
where
families
get
together
have
children
play
socialize
countdown
took
it
to
another
level
where
we
could
actually
integrate
what
we
call
school
readiness
activities.
You
have
a
a
leader
in
the
classroom
and
in
that
classroom,
parent
and
child
is
coming
in
together,
so
particularly
families
who
are
just
at
home,
you
know,
instead
of
you,
know,
isolation.
C
B
You
know
we
want
to
teach
families
about
things
from
executive
functioning
skills
to
cognitive
right.
These
are
these
are
the
things
I
necessarily
didn't
know
as
a
parent.
When
I
started
parent,
my
own
daughter
right
like
what
do
you?
What
do
you
look
for
fine
motor
gross
motor?
You
know
how
are
they
doing
with
recall
how
you
know
language
assessment?
You
know
all
of
those
types
of
things,
so
we
integrate
that
throughout
what
we
call
a
play.
B
C
B
Well,
parents
were
interpreting
what
they
thought.
The
words
were,
so
it
was
really
important
to
have
them,
know
the
words
and
put
language.
We
know.
That's,
that's
the
number
one
way
children
you
know
grasp
their
ability
to
learn
is
how
much
language
they
have,
and
so
it
was
really
key
for
me,
then
to
say:
oh,
how
do
I
take
your
culture?
How
do
I
take
your
language.
B
B
A
B
C
B
B
I
mean
it's
a
cultural
responsiveness
right
to
learn
from
one
another.
Not
one
culture
dominates
the
other.
This
is
about
what
I
can
get
from
you
with.
You.
Excuse
me
what
you
can
take
from
me,
and
that
is
truly
excuse
me.
What
the
village
is
about.
It's
about
how
we,
you
know
cross-section-
and
you
know
those
intersections-
are
so
important
and
and
really
teaching
children
early.
You
know
helps
families
understand
that
what
they
don't
know
they
don't
have.
B
Those
things
from
the
space
that
you
sit
in
so
you
know,
and
the
bigger
thing
is
having
kids
ready
for
school.
We
don't
want
to
gap
and
achievements
gap.
Achievement
gaps
rather
happen
a
lot,
particularly
in
children
of
color
and
so
learning
early
that
there
is
things
that
you
can
start
to
build
before
they
get
to
school.
Remember
I
said
they
don't
have
to
be
there
until
they're
six.
B
C
B
C
A
A
A
C
A
You
know
to
our
community
and
and
pretty
much
I
used
to
think
they
give
nothing,
but
they
give
nothing.
We
give
everything
they
give
nothing.
I
used
to
think
like
that,
but,
as
you
know,
as
you
grow
and
you
educate
yourself
and
you
get
to
interact
with
different
cultures
of
people,
you
begin
to
elevate
your
consciousness
on
how
they
might
be
living,
maybe
what
they're
going
through,
and
so
you
had
a
friend
from
ireland,
and
I
don't
know
if
you
can
remember
anything.
I
used
to
say
to
her
when
you
brought
her
around.
C
A
Shoes,
the
shoes
remember
every
time
she
came.
She
came
from
ireland
with
these
beautiful
shoes
and
you
know
I
was
treating
her
like
a
jamaican
girl,
because
you
know
when
we
go
to
jamaica,
we
leave
all
our
clothes,
so
I
figured
she
was
here
in
america
you're
going
back
to
ireland,
you
can
leave
your
shoes.
A
A
That
was
what
I
saw
with
you
in
your
relationship
with
your
foreign
friends,
and
they
had
a
different
attitude
coming
from
foreign
too.
I
thought
they
were
much
friendlier
than
the
people
who
immigrated
way
before
them.
I
thought
they
had
a
different
warmness,
olga
being
from
ireland.
I
mean
from
russia
and
angela
being
from
ireland,
two
separate
countries,
but
the
warmness
is
what
I
got,
and
I
said
my
sister
is
choosing
choosing
great
friends
so.
A
A
And
I
believe
your
friend
olga
there
in
that
photo
was
very
excited
and
she
wanted
to
try
on
everything
today,
yeah
and
she's
trying
it
on.
I
said
I
think
we
played
charlie's
angels
that
day,
but
that
was
just
your
early
years
before
you
had
your
daughter,
yep
yeah.
You
know
and
I
used
to
ask
you
to
house.
You
were
the
only
one
I
trust
the
house
hit
for
me.
A
A
And-
and
that
was
the
first
time
I
ever
encountered-
someone
a
woman-
you
know
I've
met
men
from
us,
but
I
never
met
a
true
russian
woman
and
you
have
this
idea
of
what
the
women
go
through.
You
think
they're
suppressed
oppressed.
You
know
she,
you
know,
you
would
think
that
the
way
the
propaganda
comes
out
of
that
you
know.
B
B
Like
we
got
to
camp
and
we
were
able
to
hang
out
with
other
people's
children
and
show
them
an
experience
that
if
you're
going
to
come
to
camp,
you
don't
want
to
leave
thinking.
You
know.
I
guess
my
first
thought
when
I
got
there.
Why
would
people
leave
you
for
two
weeks,
but
when
they,
when
they
leave
you,
they
know
you're
coming
back
right
home
with
an
experience?
B
B
Paper
drop,
no
worries,
the
parents
would
come
pick
them
up
and
they
were
crying
hysterical.
They
didn't
want
to
go
home,
which
was
the
parents
would
be
like
wait
a
minute
like
we,
you
had
your
two
weeks.
You
got
to
go.
No,
I
want
you
to
pay
for
me
to
stay
longer.
I
want
two
more
weeks
and
I
thought
and
for
me
at
that
time
thinking
you
know
my
mother.
C
B
B
They
were
also
coming
with
some
beliefs
and
understanding
of
what
america
was
right,
and
so
america
is
seen
in
a
lot
of
different
ways
to
people
around
the
world,
and
so,
but
even
more
so-
and
I
think
this
is
what's
important,
as
I
hear
you
speak-
is
that
remember
folks,
don't
always
have
a
lot
of
knowledge
and
understanding
of
who?
How
we
live
here
in
america,
as
african
americans,
and
so
there's
one
sort
of
depicted
story
about
us
right
and
that
depicted
story
often
is
one
of
slavery.
Right.
C
B
It's
so
important
that
that
imagery
of
us
show
all
of
the
aspects
of
us,
because
if
you
only
see
one
thing
folks
are
coming
to
to
the
country
with
one
perspective
of
who
you
are-
and
I
think
you
know
I
as
interesting
as
it
is
that
I
had
a
friend
from
ireland
and
a
friend
from
russia,
the
what
gravitated
in
terms
of
the
the
relationships
being
built
were
really
about
authenticity.
Yes
right,
it
was
really
about.
You
know:
you're
someone,
who's,
fun,
you're,.
B
A
Totally
get
it
and
that's
inspiration
in
itself
absolutely
for
generations
to
come
yeah,
so
they
can
understand
what
what
that
journey
that
you
went
on
was
about.
It
was
about
connecting
to
this
great
big
village,
and
it
didn't
necessarily
have
to
be
people
that
were
right
here
already.
There
were
people
that
were
coming
here
to
get
the
experience
right.
A
A
If
you
are
looking
to
get
educated
on
voting,
you
know
getting
the
vote
out,
why
it's
so
important
for
certain
communities
to
step
up
and
vote.
You
know
on
issues
that
matter
she
has
that
experience.
So
I
just
want
you
to
tell
us
just
you
know
a
little
bit
about
your
reflecting
on
all
this
community
service
and
service
in
general
to
the
country.
Well,.
B
Thank
you
and
it's
been
a
long
journey.
You
know
I've
been
I've
been
working
in
community
for
a
very
long
time,
and
it's
because
I
believe
in
it
right.
It
is
it's
everything
about
what
it
means
to
have
not
just
civic
engagement
but
about
belonging.
You
know
I
I
do
love
this
country
and
I
and
I
do
love
the
communities
that
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
live
in.
But,
more
importantly,
I
love
the
relationships
that
I
I
was
I've
been
able
to
gain
by
by
living
in
my
communities.
B
We,
I
don't
believe
we
get
anywhere
by
ourselves
ever.
I
think
it
takes
a
village
and
that
village
may
not
be
just
your
family
members
right.
I
know
a
lot
of
people
develop.
You
know
relationships
just
with
family
members
and
they
stay
in
these
isolated
bubbles,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
understand
how
how
we
all
come
into
this
world
and
how
we
all
get
to
the
spaces
we
need
to
get
to
and
how
we
respect
other
people's
belongings
and
so
in.
B
In
terms
of
of
of
where
you
see
yourself
in
the
world,
I
think
it's
important
to
understand
that
it
starts
with
community.
First
of
all,
actually
starts
with
family
first
right
understanding
that
that
piece
of
who
you
are
and
how
you
come
to
the
world
and
then
how
you
contribute
that
to
the
world
in
which
you
want
to
live
in,
and
I
think
that
you
know
if
we
respect
each
other's
views,
we
respect
each
other's
culture.
C
B
B
At
the
end
of
the
day,
we
can
we
can
change
the
way
we
live
by
getting
out
and,
as
you
said,
voting
is
one
tool,
one
tool
to
to
inform
those
who
you
say
represent
you
to
to
lead
and
lead
in
the
way
that
you
want
to
be
led
as
a
community.
So
if
I
had
to
leave
you
with
any
words
of
wisdom,
I'd
say
you
know
one
be
yourself,
you
know
allow
yourself
to
grow
and
develop
and
expand.
B
I
think,
secondly,
make
sure
that
the
people
around
you
and
sometimes
that's
just
right
in
your
on
your
block
right.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
the
whole
world
just
right
where
you
live.
People
are
well
and
they're
taken
care
of,
and
you
look
out
for
one
another,
and
I
think
largely
is
that
you
know,
in
order
of
us,
for
us
to
progress.
A
A
C
C
B
It's
been
a
challenge
for
for
a
lot
of
folks
because
you
take
a
real
hit
socially,
so
the
social
emotional
piece
of
not
being
on
ca,
I
mean
all.
Actually
she
was
in
high
school
right.
So
when
it
when
covet
started,
so
she
didn't
get
to
finish
out
all
those
incredible
moments.
You
work
so
hard
to
get
to
your
prom.
You
want
your
class
trip.
You
know
you
want
all
of
those
things
that
say
you
know.
I
worked
really
hard
to
get
here.
B
So
let
me
celebrate
yeah
and
she
didn't
get
to
have
that
celebration.
She
had
to
leave
school
before
you
know
it
ended
and
so
finish
it
out
at
home
and
then
learned
that
she
was
going
off
to
northeastern
university
and
had
to
begin
that
that
journey
at
home,
so
that
that's
tough,
tough
on
any
young
person.
C
C
B
I'm
really,
you
know
so
fond
of
her,
because
I
I
think
that
you
know
she
has
handled
it
like
a
trooper.
In
fact,
her
grades
have
like
skyrocketed
and
I
think
that's
all
about
because
she's
working
hard
to
get
to
the
next
place.
She
wants
to
really
really
achieve
greatness,
and
so
I
I
just
sit
back
and
I
let
her
lead.
I
I
watch
her
and
I.
B
C
C
B
C
B
B
B
So
I
think
now,
where
we
are
in
the
world
she's,
so
thankful,
and
she
you
know
often
her
professors
will
say
you
have
an
incredible
sense
of
who
you
are.
You
know
she,
her
self-esteem
is
out
the
roof.
You
know
she's
very
self-assured
and
she's
pretty
determined
right
and
she's
as
much
as
she
says
she
doesn't.
You
know,
want
to
go
into
the
social
life
of
the
world.
She.
She
definitely
has
a
lot
of
opinions
and
a
lot
of
views
and
she
understands
equality
and
how
to
make
sure
equality.
B
A
This
is
why
I
named
you
know
I
made
the
title
this,
because
this
conversations,
these
conversations
we're
having
now
and
for
future
a
conversation
is
necessary
that
we
must
have
we've
been
going
around
certain
conversations
of
issues
of
women's
issues
or
race
issues.
You
know
this,
this
covet
pandemic.
A
A
We're
here
to
just
basically
keep
these
deep
conversations.
Sometimes
these
conversations
may
not
be
happy
and
fun.
Sometimes
they
may
be
controversial,
but
at
any
level
that
they
may
come,
we
want
to
be
able
to
engage
and
come
out
of
it,
a
better
person
in
the
end
and
be
inspired
to
do
something
great
right.