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From YouTube: Inspiring Generations with Celeste Williams EP13
Description
City of Chelsea, Guest: Roseann Bongiovanni - Executive Director of GreenRoots
A
Hello
welcome
back
to
inspiring
generations.
My
name
is
celeste
williams
and
I'll
be
your
host.
Today
I
have
in
studio
today
a
wonderful
woman
that
I
admire.
She
has
inspired
me
to
get
more
involved
in
the
community
for
a
very
long
time.
She
doesn't
know
that.
I
know
that
she,
what
she's
been
working
on
I've,
been
interested
as
well
in
the
environment
and
the
protections
of
our
waters
and
our
air.
A
All
those
things
are
very
important
to
me
and
when
I
find
people
that
can
inspire
other
people
to
get
up
and
take
notice
of
their
community
take
notice
of
the
environment.
I
mean
it's
it's
a
subject
after
my
heart
and
you
know
on
this
platform,
I
use
it
to
talk
about
many
things:
history,
art,
culture.
A
We
talk
about
life,
we
talk
about
so
many
things
on
this
platform
since
february,
I've
been
doing
inspiring
generations,
and
I've
had
some
wonderful
guests
come
on
and
give
words
of
inspiration
to
help
people
through
this
hard
time
that
we're
going
through,
but
without
further
ado,
I'd
like
to
introduce
mr
roseanne
bon
giovanni
to
inspiring
generations.
Welcome.
B
A
B
A
B
That
was
amazing
that
that
mural
came
out
beautifully,
and
I
think
back
to
that.
That
was
a
few
years
ago,
and
you
were
there
every
single
day
at
the
chelsea
walk
painting
with
sylvia
every
single
day
for
like
three
weeks
and
and
those
days
were
super
hot
and
you
guys
were
under
the
sun
and
but
when
I
go
back
to
the
chelsea
walk
mural
and
I
see
how
beautiful
it
is.
B
B
A
B
I
mean,
I
think,
that's
what's
so
important
right.
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
we
strive
to
do
is
the
more
you
engage
community,
the
more
they're
bought
into
they
take
ownership
over
the
projects
and
they
protect
them,
and
you,
as
somebody
who
lives
in
the
neighborhood,
feel
really
protective
of
that
space.
I
mean
you
had
a.
B
B
A
A
That
the
volunteers
that
you
draw
near
through
green
roots,
they're
amazing
they
are
so
amazing
and
I
saw
people
older
than
myself
out
there
doing
it.
So
how
could
you
not
yeah,
you
know
you're
like
she's
older
than
me
and
she's
so
happy
and
what
she's
doing
so
it
makes
you
want
to
get
engaged
in
the
community
absolutely.
A
Because
us,
you
know
us
girls,
we
never,
we
don't.
We
don't
age
and
we're
not
going
to
tell
ourselves.
So
we
won't
get
that
out
of
here
today,
but
my
daughter
was
at
the
hooks
in
1996
and
I
wasn't
much.
I
live
down
in
the
mace
apartments
by
chelsea
creek,
which
I
dreaded
living
there
hello.
I
did
only
because
of
the
stitch
yeah
only
because
of
the
stint.
It
was
unbearable
at
times.
A
You
know,
and
I
used
to
say
why
don't
they
clean
this
place
up,
you
know
you
would
see
the
trash
like
from
the
the
beach
like
washed
down
at
the
end
of
the
creek,
and
I
was
like
you
know,
and
I
didn't
know
what
to
do
about
that.
Yeah
until
green
roots
came
along
and
they
were
actually
that
was
like
96
97.
A
They
were
talking
about
the
tanks,
the
train,
the
ethanol
trains,
yeah,
coming
through
these
different
communities
and
and
and
I
jumped
on
board
and
signed
the
petition.
I
was
like
yeah.
We
can't
have
that
you
know
and
and
when
I
was
thinking
back,
I
like
I
said
as
I
researched
I
was
like
so
you
did
have
you
know
I'm
talking
to
myself
at
this
point.
A
When
you
talk
to
yourself,
it
doesn't
mean
you're,
crazy.
Just
don't
answer
back
so
I
said
I
must
have
been
interested
in
the
environment
and
you
know
just
human
rights
and
injustice
for
a
long
time,
but
it
takes
something
to
bring
that
out
of
you
right
right.
So
when
green
roots,
you
know
finally
get
up
and
start
it.
A
B
Sure
I
mean
thank
you
again
for
the
invitation
to
join
you
today.
You
always
inspire
me
and
I'd
love
to
see
you
in
the
community
because
you're
always
so
pleasant
and
welcoming
and
wonderful.
I
think
what
you
know
when
you,
when
you
think
about
the
environment,
a
lot
of
people
think
oh
trees
and
the
forests
and
the
polar
bears,
but
really
in
chelsea.
We
we're
the
smallest
city
in
massachusetts
and
and
we're
surrounded
by
water
on
three
sides.
B
So
essentially
we're
a
peninsula,
but
I
don't
think
any
of
us
who've
grown
up
in
chelsea
would
ever
say.
Oh,
I
live
in
a
waterfront
community
and
I
think,
what's
important
to
note
is
why
why
don't
we
say
that
right?
If
you
live
in
a
on
a
peninsula
or
an
island,
why
wouldn't
we
say
we
live
in
a
waterfront
community
and
that's
because
for
decades
for
years
we
haven't
had
had
access
to
that
waterfront.
All
industries
have
dominated
the
waterfront
and.
B
Our
access
to
the
chelsea
creek
and
the
mill
creek
where
you
lived
and
the
island
and
river
and
the
mystic
river,
and
I
think,
over
the
last
25
years,
we've
been
slowly
ticking
away
at
trying
to
create
access
to
that
waterfront
so
that
the
generations,
like
my
kids
and
other
kids,
will
grow
up
in
chelsea
and
say:
hey.
We
lived
in
a
waterfront
community,
we
went
kayaking
and
we
went
to
this
waterfront
park
and
we
biked
on
the
chelsea
creek
and
that's
the
goal.
A
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
And
how
people
should
benefit
from
our
environment
instead
of
being
impacted
negatively
by
it,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we've
done
recently,
as
you
sort
of
asked
me
to
talk
about,
is
we
we
won
a
major
victory
in
that
we
have
these
air
quality
monitors
and
chelsea
now
and
so
for
years
we
were
doing
air
quality
monitoring
on
our
own.
Just
like
regular
resident
activists,
we
had
little
air
quality
monitors.
Sometimes
we
would
put
them
on
our
waistband
of
our.
A
B
And
walk
through
the
city
or
on
bicycles,
and
that
could
monitor
the
air
and
it
would
tell
you
different
different
levels
of
pollution
and
what
days
are
healthy
to
breathe.
Aaron
chelsea?
What
days
aren't
where
the
it
didn't
necessarily
say
where
the
pollution
was
coming
from?
But
if
you
were
by
a
truck
and
all
of
a
sudden,
your
monitor,
spiked,
you
knew
that
that
truck
was
emitting
pollution.
A
B
From
the
airport
and
the
planes
overhead,
but
those
monitors
because
they're
on
our
person
or
they're,
small
or
they're,
not
recognized
by
the
state
or
federal
government,
as
as
you
know,
sort
of
like
traditional
monitors,
they
could
argue
that
our
data
wasn't
accurate,
and
so
we
fought
for
a
lot
of
years.
And
now
we
have
one
stationary
or
one
permanent,
monitor
it's
at
highland
park.
So
if
you're
at
highland
park
and
you're
over
by
the
soccer
field,
it's
all
the
way
at
the
end
sort
of
close
to
the
mwra
pumping
station.
A
A
B
Some
residents
have
them,
and
so
you
can
log
on
to
our
website
at
www.greenrootschelsea.org,
go
into
our
programs
and
look
under
sea
heat
that
stands
for
chelsea
heat
project
and
there's
a
link
there
and
you
can
click
on
it
and
you
can
see
all
the
air
quality
data
for
chelsea,
and
so
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
is
monitoring
that
data
and
sharing
it
out
with
the
community
to
say:
hey
today's,
not
a
good
air
day
or
today
is
a
good
air
day.
You
should
go
out
and
go
for
a
walk.
B
A
B
Because
there's
a
lot
of
traffic
or
because
there
are
planes
overhead
and
then
I
think
what
we
do
as
an
organization
right
is
we're
trying
to
engage
people.
So
if
people
are
like
hey
chelsea's,
air
quality
is
really
bad.
We
want.
We
want
to
take
on
a
campaign
to
fight
ex
polluter.
We're
going
to
do
that.
A
A
For
all
of
us
here
in
chelsea
yeah,
because
I
live
now-
I
don't
live
by
the
creek
anymore,
but
the
creek.
I
do
go
back
down
there
and
it's
much
better
since
green
roots
has
been
involved
and
I'll
vouch
for
that
and
I'll
always
say
it's
much
better
since
dreamworks
came
because
nobody
was
doing
anything
about
it
before
and
now
I
live
in
the
area
of
the
plains.
A
A
B
So
folks
who
have
high
levels
of
asthma
or
might
have
a
nebulizer
or
major
cardiovascular
heart
disease,
can
we
can
we
get
the
health
institutions
to
prescribe
a
purifier?
So
let's
take
you,
for
example,
so
let's
say
your
granddaughter
has
asthma.
Let's
say
she
went
to
a
health
institution.
She
had
you
know
mgh
about
israel
yeah,
my
my
asthma
is
kicking
up.
Maybe
her
doctor
would
say
we're
gonna
prescribe
you
an
air
filter
through
green
roots,
and
we
would
get
that
air
purifier
to
you.
B
You
could
put
it
in
your
home
and
and
then
we'd
talk
with
you
throughout
the
course
of
maybe
the
next
few
months
to
see.
If
is
air
quality
actually
improving
in
your
home,
because
you're,
absolutely
right
and
people
might
say?
Oh
those
folks
in
chelsea,
they're
just
overreacting
about
the
airport,
but
no
you're,
absolutely
right
when
the
planes
fly
overhead.
B
B
A
Just
tell
them
with
my
breathing
and
roseanne
knows
a
lot
about
this
subject,
because
you
know
she
graduated
with
a
degree
her
master's
degree,
public
health
foster
university.
So
who
better?
Would
I
come
to
to
ask
about
these
things
that
are,
you
know
plaguing
our
community?
And
you
know
we
all
we
all
are
responsible
for
you
know
some
pollution
at
some
point.
You
know
in
the
community,
but
if
we
can
help,
you
know
not
make
our
carbon
print
so
so
heavy.
You
know
that
we
can't
get
out
of
it.
You
know
it's
too
late.
A
We
all
have
health
problems
and
you
know,
and
we
all
it
and
it's
a
continuous
thing,
so
I'm
so
happy
that
green
roots
is,
you
know
continuing.
You
know,
you
know,
25
years
doesn't
see.
I
want
to
celebrate
you.
It
doesn't
seem
like
you
know,
a
little
time
and
then
on
the
other
end,
it
seems
like
a
lot
of
time
right
because
of
the
pushback,
sometimes
that
you
that
green
moves
gets
for
bringing
these
issues
forward
yeah.
So
you
do
need
the
whole
team
behind
you.
A
You
know-
and
I
saw
on
the
website
that
there's
doctors
involved
people
that
have
phds
people
who
are
just
regular,
chelsea
community
residents
me
myself,
I'm
a
lifetime
volunteer
for
green
rooms.
Anything
that
green
roots
is
doing.
I
I
love
to
take
part
in
only
because
I
know
that
they
stand
for
you
know
the
things
that
matter
most.
A
A
Too
she
keeps
asking
about
your
parents,
she
goes.
Have
you
seen
the
couple?
The
the
you
know,
the
woman
with
the
beautiful
shoes
I
mean:
do
you
mean
rosianne's
parents,
because
she
remembers
you,
she
doesn't
know
their
names.
She
forgot.
That's
okay
and
I
told
her
mom
it's
okay
to
forget
because
she
thinks
she's
good
at
alzheimer's.
A
A
B
A
B
A
B
I
don't
take
them
to
all
of
our
events,
but
the
ones
that
they're
that
they
get
most
excited
about
are
the
canoeing
and
kayaking
events.
They
just
love
to
go
on
the
chelsea
creek,
and
so
every
every
spring,
they're
like
when
are
we
gonna?
Do
that
again?
When
are
we
gonna
do
that
again
and
last
year
throughout
the
pandemic?
B
And
then,
a
few
weeks
ago,
my
colleague
had
organized
the
cleanup
on
island
and
river
and
it
was
a
hot
saturday
night.
I
didn't
think
that
they
would
be
all
that
excited
about
it
and
they
both
grabbed
trash
and
the
trash
pickers,
and
they
were
like
there's
a
competition
right.
If
we
collect
all
these
bags
of
trash,
will
we
get
a
trophy?
Oh.
B
B
A
B
B
A
B
Was
on
that
river
a
few
times
as
a
kid?
But
you
know
my
dad
and
my
brother
and
I
went
fishing
when
we
were
younger
at
forbes
and
we
were
there
for
hours
and
we
had
a
great
time,
but
we
didn't
catch
one
fish,
okay
and
and
then
we
I'd
walk
my
aunt's
dog
with
her
again
down
at
forbes
and
we
were
trespassing
because
we
had
no.
There
was
no
public
access,
so.
A
B
We
we
have
all
this
water
surrounding
chelsea,
and
yet
we
don't
really
have
any
parks
or
open
spaces
to
go
to
to
access
it.
Why
is
that?
And
then
I
realized
that
all
you
know,
driving
down
eastern
avenue
marginal
street
was
all
oil,
tanks
and
industries,
and
it
didn't
click
to
me
as
a
kid
because
you
sort
of
you,
you
just
accept
status.
A
B
A
B
Access
their
waterfront,
and
why
is
it
that
so
many
of
our
fellow
neighbors
are
sick?
It
started
to
click
to
me
that
whoa.
This
is
not
fair,
there's
all
this
industry
in
chelsea
and
when
I
compared
it
to
other
communities
outside
of
chelsea
like
newton
and
wellesley
and
some
of
the
wealthier
communities
I
thought
whoa.
This
is
just
not
fair,
and
so
I
think
that's
what
started
to.
B
A
A
If,
if
you
didn't
know
what
it
was
like
before
you,
you
heard
what
roseanne
said:
we
had
no
access
at
all
to
those
parts
of
the
waterfront
being
that
I
live
by
forbes.
I
understand
what
that
what
and
I
was
my
sickest
and
health-wise
living
on
that
end.
I
was
my
sickest.
You
know.
I
end
up
having
like
five
operations.
A
That
side
of
town-
oh
my
gosh,
oh,
but
we're
still
here
right.
We
got
more
work
to
do
people,
so
I
totally
understand-
and
I
didn't
know
there
was
kayaking
so
now
everyone
knows
that
there's
yeah
that
there's
access
to
kayaking,
because
when
I
learned
to
kayak
I
went
flew
all
the
way
to
california.
Oh
my
gosh
laguna.
A
A
A
I'm
a
part
of
that
program.
You
know
every
once
in
a
while.
They
they
call
me
and
they
say
hey.
Can
we
ask
you
questions
about
your
health,
how
you
feeling
it's
so
nice
for
someone
to
call
you
up
and
care
about
totally.
You
know
if,
if
you're
not
getting
it
from
other
people,
you
know
yeah
say
no
one
asks
you
and
you
get
a
call
from
green
roots
right.
You
know,
you're,
like
I
love
these
people,
they're
asking
me
how
I
feel
today.
Nobody
does
that,
but
it's
also
important
data.
B
B
You
know
really
for
for
the
whole
community,
so
you
know
through
covid
chelsea
was
hit
so
hard
by.
You
know
just
the
extremely
high
rates
of
coronavirus
infections.
We
were
six
times
the
state's
rate
throughout
many
many
months,
we're
on
the
top
of
the
state's
tier
for
cities
that
had
the
highest
infection
rates.
B
We
are,
our
rates
per
capita
were
greater
than
new
york
city's
hardest
hit
boroughs
and
some
of
the
hardest
hit
cities
in
the
entire
nation,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
with
the
generosity
of
a
funder
was
we
started,
what's
called
a
health
equity
core,
and
so
they
are
three
chelsea
residents
multilingual.
They
speak
between
the
three
of
them.
They
speak
four
different
languages
and
what
their
goal
is
to
do
is
to
connect
with
residents.
Just
like
you're,
saying
right,
pick
up
the
phone:
hey
celeste.
How
are
you
doing.
B
Connect,
you
do
you
need
food?
Do
you
need
help
accessing
a
doctor?
Do
you
need
help
finding
a
test?
Do
you
know
about
the
vaccine?
Can
we
help
you
set
up
an
appointment?
What
do
you
need?
Do
you
need
help
with
housing?
It's
really
to
to
build?
You
know
to
make
sure
that
we're
caring
for
our
residents
in
chelsea
and
to
hear
some
of
the
stories
like
what
happened,
why?
Why
is
chelsea?
A
A
B
Housing
density
and
transit
dependency-
these
are
all
of
the
reasons
why
chelsea
might
have
been
so
susceptible
to
to
those
high
infection
rates
and,
at
the
end,
we'll
have
a
document
that
sort
of
collects
it
all
and
puts
it
in
one
place,
but
then
we'll
be
able
to
look
at
it
and
say
based
on
this
data.
This
is
what
should
change,
and
this
is.
B
B
A
All
her
meetings,
kids
mom's
here
you
know
I
have
so
much
more-
that
I
would
love
to
talk
to
you
about,
but
I
know
that
there's
other
things
that's
going
to
come
forward
out
of
green
roots
going
forward
because
it's
took
you
25
years
to
build
this
marvelous
team
of
people
right
and
it's
still
growing.
Isn't
it?
Yes?
Yes,
it
is.
You
know
so
much
more
to
do
every
time.
A
A
B
B
A
Make
it
through
the
teenage
years,
but
you
know
I
don't
even
know
with
their
grandkids,
because
I
got
it
early.
You
know
I
got
them
early.
I
I
didn't
get
them
when
grandparents
opposed
my
daughter.
Couldn't
wait,
but
that's
in
the
subject
for
another
time,
but
being
a
grandparent
made
me
even
more
conscious
of
what
I'm
leaving
behind
right
right.
A
A
young
person,
even
my
older
friends,
yes,
the
senior
center
is
open
now,
so
we
have
so
much
more
things
to
do
and
anytime.
You
know
we
can
help.
You
know
as
a
as
a
group
of
seniors
we're
on
board.
You
know
anything
that
we
can
do
to
help
in
the
environment
on
the
community,
we're
going
to
be
back
together,
doing
monthly
social
soon.
So,
like
roseanne's
parents,
I
love
them
like
I
said,
and
we'll
get
to
see
them
soon.
Right
and.
B
A
B
A
A
Chelsea
remember:
miss
rosen,
bongiovanni
is
working
hard
and
the
inspiration
that
she
just
gave
you
is
that
you
can
make
change.
You
know
you
can
make
changes
in
your
environment.
You
can
make
changes
in
your
home
life.
Even
if
you
don't
like
what's
going
on
around
you
in
your
just
where
you
live,
you
can
step
up
and
make
changes
and
reach
out
to
green
roads,
and
you
can
become
a
volunteer,
no
matter
what
age
you
are.
So
I'm
happy
that
they're
here
in
the
community.
A
A
These
are
all
non-profit
organizations
that
I'm
talking
about
right
now
that
are
in
our
community
trying
to
service.
You
know
each
group
where
they
need
it.
You
know
multi-cultural,
multi-lingual
right,
yes,
yep,
so
I'm
gonna
end
the
show
on
that
note
with
miss
roseanne.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me.
A
B
B
A
One
by
one,
if
I
can
get
people
to
just
sit
down
for
a
minute
just
be
still
for
a
minute,
and
let's
have
some
organic
talk.
You
know
it
doesn't
have
to
be
so
political
right,
because
I
know
that
you
have
had
your
touch
with
politics,
because
I
didn't
know
folks-
and
this
is
on
the
last
note-
that
this
was
one
of
our
city
councilors
at
one
time
right
right.
Yes,
I
never
had
to
stand
before
you
and.