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Description
Host: Leo Robinson
Video Production by Chelsea Community Cable TV
A
Welcome
to
the
spotlight
on
chelsea,
with
your
host
leo
robinson,
we're
here
today
to
talk
to
the
candidates
for
the
state
representative
race.
My
guest
today
will
be
candidate
to
molly
rideau
before
we
get
started,
I'd
like
to
say
to
the
community,
please
wear
your
mask
and
wash
your
hands.
A
Let's
get
out
in
front
of
this
virus.
You
know,
let's
help
make
this
community
become
more
safer
and
let's
move
move
forward
in
order
to
deal
with
this.
At
this
time.
I'd
like
to
welcome
in
candidate
demali,
I
have
a
group
of
questions
that
I'd
like
to
address
to
you
as
the
candidate.
A
B
First
and
foremost,
thank
you,
council
robinson
for
for
doing
this
and
allowing
me
to
be
here
today.
B
I
guess
what
I
would
say
is
that
I
believe
that
the
responsibility
of
the
state,
specifically
a
representative,
is
a
leader
that
represents
the
district,
so
you
I
I
would
expect
that
the
leader
of
the
state
would
be
directly
responding
to
the
communities
that
they
serve
so
during
durham
coven.
B
I
would
expect
a
representative
to
just
talk
to
us
about
what
are
some
of
the
relief
efforts
about
what
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
can
expect.
Statistics
that
kind
of
thing
and
coordinating
with
us.
But
I
think
that,
because
chelsea
was
so
hard
hit,
that
the
burden
of
responsibility
also
falls
on
the
governor,
because
chelsea
had
the
highest
rate
of
covert
in
the
entire
state,
and
so
it
becomes
more
than
it
becomes
more
than
just
specific
to
the
district.
B
A
Yeah,
what
was
your
personal
experience
in
dealing
with
the
pandemic,
the
shutdown
of
the
economy,
and
now
that
we
hope
is
the
recovery.
B
My
well
personally,
I
have
an
autoimmune
disorder
and
so
for
me
personally,
I
have
had
to
be
in
quarantine.
I
mean
I
go
out
every
once
in
a
while,
but
I
only
do
it
when
I
absolutely
have
to,
because
personally
it
poses
a
threat
to
my
life.
B
Also,
I
have
a
daughter,
that's
14
and
my
sister
is
a
single
mother,
and
so
my
nephew
has
been
with
me
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
and
so
trying
to
keep
two
14
year
old,
busies
two
14
year
olds,
busy
in
the
light
of
in
the
height
of
the
pandemic,
was
tough,
but
I
also,
I
also
felt
that
there
was
a
need
in
the
community.
There
was.
B
There
were
a
lot
of
people
that
were
looking
for
guidance
or
leadership
and
that
people
didn't
know
where
to
turn,
and
though
I
was
scared,
I
knew
that
I
had
to
respond
somehow
because
a
lot
of
times
when
you're
in
elected
offices,
I'm
a
city
council
in
chelsea
people
turn
to
you
for
guidance
or
leadership.
So
I
started
doing
these
weekly
check-ins
on
facebook
and
I
would
just
come
back
and
I
would
let
people
know
how
many
people
have
been
infected,
how
many
people
have
passed
away
where
there's
testing,
where
you
can
get
food?
B
Some
of
the
different
programs
that
we
had
started
here,
information
about
across
the
country
and
it
seemed
to
really
have
allowed
people
a
space
to
kind
of
to
go,
to
get
some
guidance
and
to
kind
of
get
information
and
figure
out
what
what
steps
that
they
needed
to
do.
So
I
think
that,
though
I
was
personally
scared
and
at
risk.
B
A
B
I
think
that
government
has
an
opport
responsibility
and
obligation
to
constantly
reflect
and
dig
deep
as
to
how
we
can
do
it
better,
and
so
we
often
think
in
government
that
you
pass
a
law
or
a
rule
and
that
that's
it,
but
but
we
have
to
constantly
be
reflective,
because
communities
are
constantly
changing.
Demographics
are
constantly
changing.
B
The
needs
are
constantly
changing,
and
so
I
think
that
when
you
look
at
data
in
every
area,
whether
it's
education,
medical,
whether
it's,
whether
it's
jobs,
whether
it's
the
criminal
justice
system,
black
folk,
are
at
the
reese
at
the
at
the
bottom
of
the
barrel
in
all
of
those
statistics,
and
so
I
think
that
it
is
important
for
us
to
make
sure
as
we're
leading
or
as
government
is
functioning
that
we're
constantly
reflecting,
which
is
why
I,
you
know,
I
constantly
have
these
conversations.
B
What
got
me
into
politics
since
the
beginning,
when
I
first
got
in
four
years
ago,
was
police
brutality
was
black
lives
matter,
and
so
this
is
something.
This
is
a
movement
that
I'm
a
part
of
I'm
very
friendly
with
black
lives
matter
organizers
across
the
country,
because
this
is
work
that
I,
that
is,
that
is
very
important
to
my
heart.
It
is
my
heart's
work,
and
so,
when
local
young
folks,
here
I
wanted
to
do
a
black
lives
matter
protest.
I
was
all
forward
and
supporting
them.
B
I've
been
working
with
some
young
people
in
charlestown
as
well
talking
about
black
lives
matter
and
having
joint
conversations
with
policemen
and
community
leaders
and
young
folks,
and
so
we
need
to
start
to
create
the
dialogue
and
keep
on
going
with
it
and
though
it
may
not
be
in
the
news,
as
it
may
not
be
as
prevalent
in
the
news
as
it
was,
it's
still
a
huge
issue
that
needs
to
be
addressed
and
that
we
constantly
need
to
be
looking
at
it
to
make
sure
that
we're
building
a
world,
that's
equitable
for
all.
A
B
I
know
the
contribution
that
immigrants
make
to
our
world
and
to
our
and
to
into
our
community
that
that
contributes
to
the
social
fabric
and
it's
beautiful,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
whatever
we
can
to
make
people
feel
safe
and
give
them
an
opportunity
to
attain
that
american
dream
that
everybody
wants
to
attain
when
they
come
here
for
the
from
other
countries
trying
to
just
live
a
better
life
for
their
children
and
so
yeah.
B
Well,
that's
so
chelsea
we
have
the
111,
which
is
the
third
busiest
line
in
the
entire
state.
We
have
the
116
and
117.
B
That
is
also
on
the
top
10
list
of
the
busiest
lines
we
have
the
silver
line
that
was
created
to
hopefully
alleviate
some
of
those
pressures,
but
the
dlt
and
mbta
never
factored
in
the
burden
of
the
chelsea
street
bridge
going
up
and
how
that
prolongs
the
the
trip
we
have
the
commuter
reel,
but
that
tends
to
be
a
little
too
expensive
for
some
folks
and
people
need
transportation
to
be
able
to
get
to
work.
So
I've
been
fighting
with
the
mbta
for
years.
B
B
How
do
we
fix
some
of
these
issues
and
while
we
were
able
to
address
some,
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
do
while
the
111
was
super
underserved
for
many
years
at
the
height
of
the
pandemic,
when
80
of
our
our
residents
here
in
chelsea
were
were
essential
workers
and
they
had
to
go
to,
they
still
had
to
go
to
work.
They
were
packed
on
the
buses
like
sardines
and
so
therefore
further
posing
a
threat
to
their
health,
because
they
weren't
allowed
the
opportunity
to
social
distance.
A
B
Environmental
justice
is
something
that
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
as
well
as
as
a
community
activist,
while
people
don't
often
pay
attention
to
it,
because
people
are
so
busy
worrying
about
how
to
pay
their
bills
and
and
other
real
issues
that
folks
are
dealing
with.
Like
I
said
earlier
leo,
I
have
an
autoimmune
disorder
and
it
derives
in
my
lungs,
and
so,
while
other
people
don't
see
it,
I
feel
it.
B
B
We
also
have
the
highest
rate
of
childhood
asthma
hospitalizations
in
the
entire
state.
This
also
goes
back
to
your
question
about
the
black
lives
matter,
movement
with
ahmed
arbury
and
brianna
taylor.
It's
no
coincidence
that
communities
like
chelsea
are
impacted
in
that
way.
In
fact,
if
you
look
across
the
country,
wherever
you
see
people
of
color
black
and
brown
people
usually
they're
burdened
environmentally,
and
so
I
the
first
thing
we
need
to
do
is
pass
some
type
of
environmental
justice
bill
and,
and
that's
just
to
kind
of
say
all
right.
B
Well,
this
is
what
our
values
are.
This
is
where
we
stand,
and
so
anybody
that
violates
that
we
can
start
to
hold
them
accountable.
But
I
think
that
I
think
that
it's
something
that
is
often
ignored,
because
we
can't
see
it.
You
can't
see
the
impacts
of
the
environment
like
you
could
see
when
someone
can't
afford
to
pay
their
rental
when
someone's
hungry
standing
in
a
pantry
line.
B
But
you
can't
see
the
environmental
impact
that
it
has,
but
this
environmental
justice
bill
recently
I'm
very
proud
of
representative
adrian
madaro
from
our
neighboring
city
in
east
boston,
who
put
through
this
environmental
justice
bill
along
with
liz
miranda
and
a
couple
of
other
folks.
It
still
has
a
way
to
go,
but
it's
still
a
start
in
the
right
direction,
but
I
also
want
to
state
that
environmental
justice
in
order
to
get
that
designation,
which
chelsea
is
an
environmental
justice
community.
B
It's
it's
environmental
justice
and
how
it
deals
with
race,
with
income
and
with
language,
because
usually
this
affects
folks
of
lesser
means,
folks
that
are
black
or
brown
and
folks
that
don't
speak
the
language.
And
so
it's
really
important
that
we
also
have
language
justice
included
in
this
to
make
sure
that
we're
bringing
all
people
and
keeping
them
informed
because
they
shouldn't
be
penalized
simply
because
of
their
zip
code.
A
B
We
have
learned
that
we're
not
all
very
technologically
savvy.
We
have
learned
that
dogs
are
not
willing
to
cooperate
in
many
of
these
meetings
and
we
have
learned
that
maybe
we're
very
vulnerable
and
that
we
need
to
have
some
serious
conversations
about
how
we
wish
to
lead
moving
into
the
future.
The
part
that
scares
me,
the
most
is
our
schools.
When
I
think
about
us
going
back
going
back
a
lot
of
the
kids
when
they
were
doing
the
virtual
learning.
A
lot
of
kids
fell
back
all
of
a
sudden
six.
B
Seven
eight
hours
of
school
was
compiled
into
an
hour
an
hour
and
a
half,
and
so
the
teachers
couldn't
keep
up.
The
children
couldn't
keep
up,
the
parents
couldn't
keep,
it
was.
It
was
just
a
lot
and
so
a
lot
of
the
kids
felt
are
going
to
fall
behind,
and
these
are
kids
that
probably
have
already
been
falling
behind,
and
so
we
we
really
need
to.
B
We
need
to
reimagine
and
go
more
like
go
a
little
deeper
into
the
21st
century
and
using
different
technology
so
that
we
can
stay
afloat
because,
as
as
you
mentioned
in
the
beginning
of
this,
you
ask
people
to
wash
their
hands
in
chelsea
we're
seeing
numbers
starting
to
rise
again.
And
so
you
know
we
don't
know
how
long
this
is
going
to
last.
We
don't
know,
we
don't
even
know
if
we're
out
of
the
first
wave,
and
so
what
are
we
going
to
do?
Just
sit
home
and
wait?
A
B
I
mean
we,
we
get
money
to
be
able
to
address
critical
city
needs,
depending
on
the
amount
of
people
that
we
have
here
and
if
we're
not
adequately
or
appropriately
counting
everyone
that
is
living
here,
then
we're
not
able
to
get
the
resources
that
we
need
to
make
the
city
function
and
then
the
burden
falls
on
us.
It's
been
really
tough
with
the
pandemic.
Obviously
people
are
more
worried
about.
Where
am
I
going
to
live?
B
How
am
I
going
to
pay
my
rent
and
while
granted,
there's
moratoriums
people
are
still
worried
because
when
the
moratorium
is
lifted,
then
what
people
are
worried
about
what
they're
going
to
eat
and
so
about
their
kids
going
to
school?
And
so
it's
like
the
census,
but
they
don't
realize
that
the
census,
if
they
filled
it
out
if
it
had
been
filled
out
10
years
ago,
when
we
did
it
the
last
time
and
we
were
adequately
being
calculated.
B
Maybe
the
issues
wouldn't
have
burdened
us
the
way
that
they
did,
because
we
would
have
had
more
resources
here
to
begin
with,
and
so
it
is
very
critical
for
people
to
get
out
and
do
their
senses.
I
share
that
sentiment
with
you,
counselor
robinson.
I
know
that
every
chance
you
get
you
bring
it
up
and
you
tell
people
to
do
their
census
and
I
and
I
co-sign
all
of
that-
it's
just
it's.
B
It's
really
important
for
us
to
get
out
there
and
and
make
sure
that
we're
counted
so
that
the
city
can
get
the
services
that
we
need
so
that
we
can
all
live
in
dignity.
A
Well,
I
mean
there
were,
there
were
two
points
and
why
I
always
talk
about
the
census
is
that
we
lose
2500
when
we
do
not
count
a
person
and
also
if
the
community
ever
got
to
50
000
people
would
have
our
own
state
representative.
So
I
think
that's
important
to
be
talking
about
when
we're
talking
to
people
about
filling
out
the
senses.
That's
right.
I
want
to
combine
these
last
two
questions,
actually
because
it's
actually
really
one
question.
B
How
would
you,
okay,
why
am
I
running
I'm
running
for
state
representative?
I
wasn't
planning
on
running
for
state
representative
to
be
honest
with
you,
I
just
topped
the
ticket
in
november
and
I
really
love
chelsea.
I
love
my
community
and
but
at
the
height
of
the
pandemic
I
saw
a
lack
of
leadership.
There.
Wasn't
anybody
stepping
up
to
have
these
conversations
that
people
were
really
turning
to
and
people
started
to
say
to
me
say
something
do
something
because
it
wasn't.
We
didn't
know
what
to
do.
B
We
were
like
stuck
at
home,
we
weren't
having
meetings,
we
didn't
know
how
to
interact
with
one
another
and
unless
you're
standing
in
a
field
somewhere
with
a
microphone,
people
wouldn't
recognize
it,
and
so
we
had
to
be
creative
with
the
tools
that
we
had,
and
so,
as
I
started
to
talk
to
people,
I
really
saw
that
there
was
a
real
need.
I
look
outside
of
my
window
and
I
saw
mothers
in
line
for
hours
waiting
for
a
box
of
food
to
feed
their
kids,
and
I
got
extremely
frustrated.
B
People
in
chelsea
have
been
struggling
with
housing
and
security
and
food
for
a
very
long
time,
but
I
think
that
people
in
power
have
been
able
to
turn
a
blind
eye,
and
so
I
couldn't
trust
that
post
pandemic
when
it's
time
to
rebuild
we're
going
to
trust
the
same
leaders
that
have
not
showed
up
to
address
those
issues,
and
so
I
decided
to
run
for
office
and
honestly,
if,
at
the
very
minimum,
we
put
pressure
on
the
current
state
rep
to
be
able
to
do
the
work
of
the
people
that
it's
a
win
either
way.
B
All
I
want
is
for
chelsea
and
our
needs
to
be
amplified
at
that
level.
Why
am
I
the
better
candidate
because
of
my
perspective,
because
I
understand
intersectionality,
because
I
understand
that
the
movement
where
mod
arbory
and
brianna
taylor
is
closely
connected
to
environmental
justice,
is
connected
to
housing.
Justice
is
connected
to
transportation
justice,
because
these
are
fights
that
I
take
on
every
day,
while
our
current
state
representative
cut
off
voted
against
most
of
the
tenant
protections
that
were
in
the
housing
bill.
That
was
at
the
state
house
last
week.
B
These
are
things
that
I've
advocated
for
even
as
a
city
councilor,
because
I
have
lived
experience
in
working
with
people,
because
I
come
from
the
school
of
hard
knocks
and
I
understand
the
world
a
little
differently.
I
think
I'm
a
better
representative
because
I'm
not
scared
to
challenge
the
status
quo
and
because
I
understand
that
if
I
make
it
to
the
state
house,
I'm
there
to
work
with
people,
but
I'm
working
for
the
people
of
the
district,
I'm
not
working
for
the
colleagues
at
the
state
house
and
I
think
that's
something.
B
B
I
called
on
my
electeds,
my
colleagues,
the
school
committee
organizations,
the
ceos
of
beth,
israel
and
mgh
to
sign
on
to
the
letter,
so
we
can
wave
the
flag
we
needed
helpful
over
here,
and
so
this
is
leadership
that
I
had
to
step
into,
because
I
didn't
see
it
if
this
isn't
about
tooting
my
ego,
if
we
had
the
leadership
we
needed,
I
wouldn't
have
to
have
done
that.
So
I
believe
wholeheartedly
that
my
lived
experiences
and
my
love
for
my
community
and
community
period
make
me
the
better
candidate
to
be
state
representative.
So.
A
Well,
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
being
my
guest
here
on.
You
know
spotlight
on
chelsea
with
your
host
leo
robinson.
A
I
would
also
encourage
this
community
to
get
out
and
vote
and
support
the
candidate
that
you
want
to
see
represent
in
the
city
of
chelsea
and
once
again,
I'd
like
to
thank
my
colleague
and
and
to
the
community
once
again,
wear
your
mask
wash
your
hands.
It's
the
only
way
we're
going
to
cut
down
on
people
being
affected
by
this
pandemic
that
we're
going
through
and
remember,
be
safe
and
thank.