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From YouTube: Inspiring Generations with Celeste Williams EP14
Description
City of Chelsea, Guest: Judith Garcia
A
Hello
welcome
back
to
another
episode
of
inspiring
generations.
I'm
your
host
les
williams.
It's
been
a
while,
since
I've
talked
to
you
guys,
I'm
here
in
studio
with
miss
judith
garcia.
Today
she
is
a
city
councilwoman
for
district
five,
which
is
the
district
I
live
in,
so
it
was
befitting
for
me
to
have
her
as
a
guest
today,
she's
also
city
council,
vice
president.
A
So
you
know
I've
been
admiring
her
for
about
six
years
now
and
she
came
into
our
community
like
a
fireball,
and
I
just
been
following
her
and
inspired
by
her,
and
I
just
wanted
to
have
her
on
today,
so
you
guys
can
see
how
much
she's
grown
and
I've
been
watching
her
grow
as
well.
So
I
want
you
to
welcome
today.
B
A
A
You
for
extremely
a
pleasure
to
have
you
here
because
you're
busy
as
well,
and
I
think
for
the
most
part
when
we
have
met
in
the
community,
always
something
going
on
right,
like
you
said
whether
it's
planting,
whether
it's
the
food
distribution
because
of
covert
you
know,
I
know
you
guys
have
had
to
regroup
and
you
know
make
sure
the
community
was
okay
and
and
trying
to
heal
from
it
too.
At
the
same
time,
so
we
have
a
lot
on
our
plate
in
chelsea
right.
A
A
Where
you
are
right
next
to
the
km
park-
and
I
was
like
what
is
this
young
lady
doing?
Why
is
she
going
around
talking
to
people
and-
and
you
know
I
was
not
aware
to
be
truthful-
I
had
just
maybe
four
years
prior
moved
back
into
the
community
and
it
was
my
first
time
living
on
this
side
of
chelsea,
which
is
district,
five,
we're
talking
walnut
street
and
chestnut
street,
and
so
when
I
first
came,
it
was
a
hot
mess.
A
It
was
a
hot
mess.
I
didn't
know
who
was
responsible
for
it.
This
is
before
I
met
you
now
I
didn't
know
who
is
responsible
for
that
district?
Neither
did
I
care.
Does
that
seem
wrong
to
say.
B
No,
I
think
it's
a
sentiment
that
is
is
shared
by
by
some
residents
right.
We
have
such
hectic
lives.
We
live
in
a
community
that
that
people
are
just
hard-working
they're,
so
focused
with
just
putting
food
on
the
table
and
working
multiple
jobs,
and
this
pandemic
was
a
clear
reflection
of
that
right.
We
have
families
that
are
grouped
together,
living
in
two
three
bedroom
apartments,
rents
that
are
so
high
they're
dealing
with
day
to
day
issues.
B
So
really
taking
the
time
to
stop
and
figure
out
who
represents
you
at
local
government
is
not
your
type
priority.
Your
top
priority
is
making
sure
that
your
children
are
fed
making
sure
that
they're
going
to
good
schools,
making
sure
that
they
are
involved
with
the
right
people
that
they're
going
to
church
on
sundays.
So
it's
it's
not
you're,
not
an
outlier.
A
B
By
saying
that,
it's
a
sentiment
that
that
is
shared
by
by
many
people
and
and
it's
our
job
as
public
officials
who
want
to
represent
all
of
our
constituency,
it's
our
job
to
go
and
knock
on
those
doors
and
to
really
explain
to
people.
What
our
role
is.
You
know
I,
I
will
say
my
mom.
I
am
a
proud
daughter
of
a
single
mother
who
came
to
chelsea
back
in
the
late
80s
and
she
didn't
know
anything
about
civil
service.
She
came
from
a
country
where
you
know
nonprofits
did
not
exist.
B
She
came
from
a
country
where
being
politically
involved
was
was
something
that
she
wanted
to
obviously
stay
away
from,
but
eventually
you
know
there
were
some
leaders
and-
and
you
know,
leaders
that
you
gladys
vega,
for
example,
juan
vega.
B
A
B
B
B
A
Since
when
I
was
young
yeah,
I
was
like
17
18.
I've
always
been
interested
in
what
was
going
on
with
my
neighbors
and
the
elderly.
In
my
community
yeah
and
I've
lived
on
every
three
parts
of
chelsea.
You
have
from
the
middle
orange
street
to
the
mace
projects,
which
was
infested
with
gangs
when
I
moved
there,
but
12
years
later,
we
didn't
have
any
of
that.
So
you
can't
make
change
you.
B
A
B
A
A
A
B
B
A
True
you'll
never
do
that
girl,
yeah.
You
don't
look
like
that
kind
of
girl.
That
would
do
something
like
that.
You've
been
pretty
honest,
you've
knocked
on
my
door
plenty
of
times.
You
know
I
never
look
at
what
people
have
if
they
have
more
than
me
kudos
to
you,
I
mean
materialize
and
I
don't
live
in
the
big
fancy
house.
A
A
You
know
ariel
that
was
infested
with
drugs.
Still
because
your
background,
you
grew
up.
Seeing
that
you
grew
up
with
gangs.
You
know
you,
you
grew
up
seeing
the
worst
of
what
chelsea
can
be
at
that
time,
and
that
was
in
the
80s
and
your
mom's
coming
here
from
honduras
in
that
time.
Right
so
honduran.
B
A
B
Right
at
that
time,
ironically,
it
was
right
at
that
time
when
our
city
was
in
receivership,
where
our
schools
were
no
longer
ours
right,
and
I
I'm
a
baby,
I'm
a
product
of
that,
but,
what's
beautiful
is
that
all
these
either
later?
I
believe
I
graduated
so
I
graduated
in
2009
from
chelsea
high
school,
which
was
the
year
that
we
ended
our
partnership
with
boston
university
and
also
now
it's
our
charter
review
was
actually
this
year
and
I
had.
B
To
share
that,
and
for
me
that
was
such
a
symbolic
moment,
because
I
had
the
opportunity
to
work
hand
in
hand
with
some
of
my
colleagues
from
council,
but
also
colleagues
from
from
the
school
committee,
but
most
importantly
chelsea
residents,
right
and-
and
that
was
meaningful
to
me,
because
I
am
a
baby
of
of
receivership.
I.
B
A
B
Our
city,
so
having
that
opportunity
to
really
work
collectively
in
that
process
meant
a
lot
because
we've
come
a.
A
A
You
know
talk
to
your
neighbors
and
I'm
like
judith.
You
know
only
talk
to
a
few
of
these
people
around
here,
because
a
lot
of
them
you
can.
You
could
not
communicate
with
that
all
on
a
level
of
knowing,
like
I
said
they
were
in
the
space
where
I
was
where
I
didn't
care
who
was
representing
our
district,
you
know,
and
now
I
know
how
important
that
is.
Now
I
get
it.
You
know
what
I
mean.
I
truly
get
it
uh-huh.
B
A
A
B
And
I
can
tell
you,
as
I
door
knocked
and
I
door
knocked,
I
kept
hearing
lots
of
common
ground
and
you
might
be
from
a
different
culture.
You
might
be
from
a
different
religion.
You
might
be
a
different
color
of
skin
your
life
experience
might
be
so
different,
but
I
found
so
many
recurring
themes,
so
many
issues
that
that
are
very
similar
right.
People
want
cleaner
streets.
People
want
safer,
neighborhoods.
B
A
A
A
A
Give
them
the
outlet
give
them
opportunities.
You
know
to
engage
right
and
that's
what
I
found
that
inspired
me
is
that
there
were
people
like
yourself.
That
said:
hey
you're,
older,
you
know
you're
my
senior,
but
you
still
can
get
involved
with
this
process,
and
so
now
we're
six
years
later.
B
B
That
is
such
a
powerful
question
because
there
is
so
much
right
that
has
been
accomplished
in
our
city
in
terms
of
economic
development,
in
terms
of
improving
our
infrastructure
in
terms
of
providing
opportunities
to
our
youth,
in
terms
of
really
communicating
and
listening
to
our
residents
to
what
they
want
right.
Have
we
made
mistakes?
Absolutely,
of
course,
absolutely
because
there's
no
manual
to
lead
and
move
a
city
forward,
and
I
like
to
believe
that
every
time
we
make
a
decision,
any
decision
you
make,
the
universe
divides
itself
right.
B
A
B
Position
right,
but
if
I
were
to
it's
really
difficult
to
pinpoint
right
what
we've
done
I
can.
I
would
hate
to
sit
here
and
do
a
laundry
list.
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
A
A
B
A
B
A
B
Monica
right,
yes,
monica
big
shout
out
to
monica
and
all
our
staff
at
the
neighborhood
developers,
which
is
another
organization
that
created
a
hotline
to
like
respond
and
help
with
this
process,
and
that
can
do
attitude
from
our
civic
leaders
from
our
non-profits
capex,
the
neighborhood
developers
and
so
many
that
I
may
be
missing.
A
collaborative
connect.
B
A
B
We
don't
have
the
answers
to
everything,
and
I
remember
during
that
pandemic
I
would
get
on
the
phone
and
I
would
say
to
folks
what
do
you
think
we
need?
What
do
you
think
we
should
be
doing?
I
remember
talking
to
mimi
an
excellent
employer
from
employee
from
from
city
hall
and
talking
to
father,
edgar
gutierrez
who
said
to
to
me
judith.
You
know
we
anticipate
that
a
lot
of
these
families
that
are
dying
from
covid
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
pay
the
funeral
expenses.
A
B
A
B
B
At
home
and
he's
like
you
know,
do
you
know
if
there's
anything
we
can
do,
and
I.
B
A
A
Yes,
I
think
that
you
guys
have
whether
a
very
crucial
storm
this
the
storm
of
covet
was.
A
Everybody
was
infected
by
this.
No
matter,
like
you
said
no
matter
your
your
background,
your
your
ethnicity,
your
financial
status,
everyone
felt
the
the
storm
of
cobit,
and
many
people
have
passed
on,
like
you'd,
have
said
and
couldn't
afford
to
pay
for
the
funeral
more
or
less.
You
know
to
put
food
on
the
table,
so
there's
a
lot
of
things
to
do
it.
I
have
said
that
before
and
inspiring
jason
that
we
are
a
resilient
city
and
it's
funny
that
judith
is
here
today,
she
makes
me
laugh.
A
A
B
B
It's
a
great
question,
my
so
I
will
say
this.
I
will
say
that
when
you
so
chelsea
does
face
a
lot
of
retention
issues,
especially
with
our
youth
and
when
I
have
these
particular
conversations
with
youth
they.
I
do
hear
that
a
lot
the
the
youth
plight
right.
They
just
want
to
leave.
They
don't
want
this
life
anymore.
B
When
I
ask
them
why,
and
they
say
well,
because
I
want
to
go
somewhere
else
and
have
impact
and
live
a
life
of
impact
and
live
a
life
of
change
and
and
have
something
to
contribute,
and
my
my
comeback
to
that
is
well.
Why
not
do
it
in
a
community
like
chelsea,
where
the
satisfaction
of
seeing
change
happen
will
be
greater
than
you
going
to
san
francisco
or
you
going
to
austin
texas?
B
B
B
A
I'm
giving
that
to
you
because
I
live
in
your
district.
Like
I
said,
I
live
in
district
five
and
district
five
before
I
met
judith
was
a
hot
mess,
but
now
I
can
sit
across
from
judith
which
I'm
doing
right
now.
I
have
the
pleasure
of
doing
and
speaking
about
the
progress
that
has
been
made
in
that
community
because
I
have
seen
it.
A
It
would
be
different
if
I
didn't
live
in
that
district
and
I
had
iran
and
I
didn't-
live
in
a
neo's
district
and
knows
what
goes
on
where
neo's
city
council
shout
out
to
neil.
I
love
him
sometime.
You
know
I'm
like
hey.
I
want
to
go
on
that
side
of
town
now,
but
I
appreciate
you
know
I
really
do.
I
appreciate
the
hard
work
that
you've
put
in
and
that
you
continue
to
put
in
you've
helped
us
fight,
for
you
know
the
city
to
be
better.
A
You
know,
and-
and
you
stayed
here
in
the
trenches
and
nothing
more
for
me-
that
I
admire
a
woman
that
doesn't
mind
getting
her
hands
dirty,
yeah,
okay,
I
love
it.
I
love
it.
I
love
it
and
I
asked
all
my
guests:
this:
is
there
anything
you
can
say
to
our
youth
out
there
that
will
inspire
him
to
stay
and
and
stay
engaged
because
you've
heard
her
journey.
A
You
know
she
has
been
there
since
she
was
a
little
girl.
She's
been
there.
She
has
knowledge
of
what
it
can
become
if
you
don't
stand
up
and
make
changes.
B
Absolutely
thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
here
and
to
all
the
youth
that
that
are
watching
now.
I
will
say
that
I
I
strongly
believe
that
your
journey
right
now
as
you're
watching
this,
you
might
not
know
what
you
want
to
do
with
your
life.
You
might
be
in
high
school
and
maybe
sitting
down
wondering
what
school
you're
going
to
apply
to
or
what
vocation
you're
going
to
seek,
because
you
might
not
want
to
go
to
school
and
you
might
not
have
all
the
answers
and
trust
me.
B
B
Try
new
things,
and
I
really
hope
that
you
choose
to
to
stay
in
chelsea
return
to
chelsea.
It's
never
too
late
to
make
this
community
a
better
place
and
what
a
great
reward
it
is
to
come
back
here
and
see
the
product
of
your
work
happen
and
with
that
improve
the
future
generations
that
will
make
chelsea
their
home.
B
So
I
hope
you
can
continue
to
to
join
us
in
in
this
path
forward
to
make
our
community
a
better
place,
and
I
hope
that
you
continue
to
make
choice
of
your
home
and
and
remember
that
I
don't
know
what
is
that
guidance
and
pillar
in
your
life.
But
for
me,
it's
god,
and
if
you
censor
yourself
either
that
being
god
in
the
universe
and
some
spiritual
being
or
or
whatever
that
drive
is
but
just
stay
grounded
to
it.
And-
and
I
wish
you
all
the
best.
A
Thank
you
judith
for
those
words
of
inspiration,
so
young
people
stay,
you
know,
stay
in
chelsea
and
be
proud
of
where
you
live
and
judith's
vice
holds
true
for
me.
I
would
just
like
to
know
that
you
all
are
doing
well
and
you
and
you're
starting
to
heal
and
get
back
to
your
studies
and
and
just
continue
to
be
great,
because
great
seeds
that
are
planted
now
will
grow
later
on
to
bloom,
to
be
beautiful,
flowers,
amen
and
that's
what
I
truly
believe
so
great
minds.
Think
alike.
A
You
know
how
that
goes
right,
so
I
want
to
welcome
you
with
open
arms
to
engage
in
this
community.
It's
so
many
things
to
do
me
as
an
elder
found
like
so
many
outlets.
You
know
to
get
engaged
and
to
feel
like
I'm
not
alone
to
feel
like
I'm,
not
isolated.
There's
always
something
to
do.
But
on
that
note,
thank
you
for
watching
inspiring
generations
and
I'll
see
you
back
on
the
next.