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From YouTube: Inspiring Generations with Celeste Williams Ep21
Description
City of Chelsea, Guest: Dan Cortez, CPD Community Engagement Specialist
A
His
his
bio
is
like
amazing,
and
I
couldn't
never
begin
to
read
off
all
the
things
about
him,
but
I'm
sure,
if
you
want
to
know
more
about
him,
I
think
it's
public
record,
but
today
we're
just
going
to
be
talking
about
inspiration
and
upliftment
of
our
community
and
the
things
that
are
needed
to
keep
the
public
safe
and
to
keep
us
thriving
as
a
community
and
bring
oneness.
A
You
know
because
in
these
times
that
we're
dealing
with
there's
a
lot
of
negative
engagement,
but
we
always
want
to
bring
positivity
to
the
light,
and
that's
why
I
started
this
show
and
named
it
inspiring
generations,
because
it's
a
broad
spectrum.
I
have
young
people
that
inspire
me.
I
have
middle-aged
people
that
inspire
me
and
my
peers,
which
are
seniors,
who
definitely
inspire
me,
and
I
have
people
that
are
way
older.
That
are
my
mentors
and
like
to
see
me
do
good
and
I
want
to
see
them
do
good
as
well.
A
So
today
this
episode
is
going
to
be
basically
on
what
dan
does
in
the
community
and
what
does
he
see
the
future
for
us
going
forward
in
the
work
that
he
does
inspiring
generations
as
we
aim
to
inspire
so
we're
about
to
get
into
the
subject,
and
I
want
you
to
welcome
my
guest
dan
cortez
to
the
platform.
A
B
You
so
much,
how
are
you
I'm
I'm
doing
great
and
I'm
very
inspired
by
your
introduction
and
really
excited
to
be
here
earlier?
We
were
talking
about.
You
know
some
of
some
of
the
my
background.
I
guess
and
my
transition
from
arizona
to
here
and-
and
I
want
to
start
with
that,
because
I
think
it
was
my
discovery
of
chelsea.
That
really
got
me
inspired
being
in
massachusetts,
because
I'm
gonna
be
very
frank
in
in
in
our
conversation,
so
I
I
I
grew
up
in
arizona
I
was
born
in
mexico.
B
Grew
up
in
arizona,
since
I
was
about
five,
and
always
you
know
was
was
a
kid
who
was
who
sought
opportunities
right?
I
you
know
I
played
sports
and,
and
that
really
helped
me
with
a
lot
of
things,
and
I
quickly
learned
that
if
I
kept
reaching
for
things
that
were
beyond
my
my
little
world,
good
things
were
going
to
happen.
You
know,
I
was
fortunate
that
that
I
I
stayed
away
from
trouble.
I
mean,
relatively
speaking,
because
some
of
my
friends
got
into
some
real
serious
trouble.
B
I
I
good
things
would
happen
and
inspiration
would
follow
so
fast
forward
to
I
I
I
meet
a
wonderful
woman
from
braintree
massachusetts
and
she
was
living
in
new
york
at
the
time
and
we
we
met
in
miami
and
and
had
a
one-year
relationship
and
a
long-distance
relationship,
and
we
realized
that
we
were
gonna.
You
know,
get
married
and
have
kids,
and
so
we
planned
to
raise
our
kids
in
arizona.
B
We
had
two
boys
in
in
in
a
span
of
two
years,
but
at
some
point
she
she
felt
that
she
needed
to
be
with
her
family
here,
and
so
so
I
said.
Okay,
I
know
nothing
about
about
massachusetts.
I
had
been
to
boston
in
the
90s
once
for
a
couple
days,
but
that
was
it
anyway.
We
moved
we
moved
to
to
braintree
and
I
had
to
figure
out
what
I
was
gonna
do
because
it
was
it
was
it
wasn't
like.
I
didn't
come
here
for
a
job.
B
I
came
for
that
situation
right.
I
I
had
a
business
background
and
also
a
non-profit
background,
so
I
started
to
look
for
jobs
in
that
and
realized
that
I
probably
needed
to
get
back
into
corporate
america,
which
was
not
something
that
I
was
excited
about.
Obviously
the
money
is
good
and
everything,
and
then
her
her
cousin
is
a
state
trooper
he's
a
detective
at
the
state
police.
B
He
said
dan,
you
need
to
be
in
chelsea
and
I'm
like
where's
chelsea,
because
you
know
braintree
south
shore,
north
shore,
so
I
I
he
he
he
brought
me
down
introduced
me
to
a
detective
rosie
martinez
who
then
introduced
me
to
gladys
vega.
He
then
introduced
me
to
juan
vega,
okay,
and
it
was
the
two
of
them
that
really
got
me
connected
into
the
city.
They
introduced
me
to
folks
and
were
wonderful
right.
B
Yeah.
There
weren't
any
job
opportunities
at
the
time
with
them,
but
but
juan
is
the
one
that
told
me
about
a
position
with
mass
general.
So
I
don't
know
if
you
remember,
but
my
first
two
years
were
working
at
the
health
center
at
the
mass
general
health
center.
I
was,
I
was
running
a
relatively.
I
think
had
been
formed
for
been
around
for
about
a
year
was
a
it
was
a
collaborat
collaborative.
I
should
say
I
mean
a
coalition
that
was
working
on
the
then
surging
opiate
crisis.
A
B
It
wasn't
on
the
tren.
I
wasn't
on
the
trenches,
because
that
that
in
the
beginning-
because
I
that
wasn't
my
background-
I
the
reason
I
was
hired
by
mass
general-
is
because
I
had
a
community.
You
know:
obama
really
made
the
community
organizer
term.
You
know
big
right.
C
B
I
wasn't
really
a
community
organizer,
but
I
was
in
leadership
development
in
arizona
that
that
includes
that
right,
and
so
they
were
excited
about
that.
So
they
said
we'll
teach
you
all
the
stuff
about.
You
know,
substance,
use
disorders
and
what
and
what
not?
And
I
quickly
learned
that
I
don't
know
if
you
remember
reuben
riven
rodriguez.
Yes,.
A
B
I
come
to
so
anyway,
I
come
here.
I
I
I
spend
a
day
in
chelsea
and
I
fell
in
love
with
it
now
granted
at
the
time.
2013
broadway
was
a
little
rough.
You
know,
and-
and
you
know
I
remember-
being
okay,
I
feel
like
I'm
in
a
latin
american
country
in
in
brooklyn
in
the
50s
and
also
like
you
know,
I'm
a
little
nervous
right
now,
right.
C
B
But
a
lot
of
those
people
I
became,
I
came
to
know
later
yeah
and
they
were
they
were
all
struggling
and
they
were
good
people
that
were
struggling
and
I
became
friends
with
a
lot
of
them,
but
at
the
time
they
were,
they
would
look
at
you,
like
you,
know,
buster.
What
are
you
doing
here?
You
know
what
I.
A
C
A
And
so,
but
anyway,
truth
is
the
truth.
B
Let
me
let
me
come
back
to
my
discovery
of
chelsea,
so
I
I
would
come
back
and
and
meet
with
other
people
too,
and
I
I
discovered
market
basket
by
the
way,
which
is
a
a
another
30
minute
show
just
on
market
basket.
B
An
amazing
experience,
yeah.
B
So
I
I
remember
because
I
was
about-
I
was
a
stay-at-home
dad
looking
for
a
job
for
about
five
or
six
months
before
I
did
get
hired
at
mass
general.
But
all
those
times
I
would
volunteer
to
go
on
the
market
basket
runs
because
we
live
in
braintree
and
my
mother-in-law
would
go
to
to
go
to
the
brockton
store.
Okay
and
I
would
say
I'll,
go
to
the
store,
but
I
would
go
to
the
chelsea
store.
I
wouldn't
tell
them.
C
C
B
A
lot
of
people
of
color
anyway,
so
I
I
remember
just
just
being
so
excited
you
know
to
to
just
talk
to
people.
They
must
have
thought
I
was
crazy,
and
so
I
guess
I
was
doing
community
engagement
before
I
even
got
hired.
But
anyway,
when
I
did
get
hired
by
mass
general,
I
I
figured
if
I,
if
I'm
gonna,
put
a
dent
in
or
try
to
put
a
dent
in
this
massive
problem.
I
need.
C
B
A
B
B
C
B
So
I'll
pause
there,
because
it
was
a
really
wonderful
time
yeah,
it
was
well.
It
was
a
really
challenging
time,
but
it
was
a
wonderful
time
in
terms
of
discovery
that.
A
And
it
could
be
in
the
spectrum
of
you,
know,
substance
abuse.
It
could
be
homelessness
right,
it
could
be
mental
health
and
we
know
that
our
police
department
gets
overwhelmed
because
they
have
to
take
on
extra
duties
that
they
might
have
been
trained
in,
but
it
it's
not
their
specialty.
A
A
Advocates
you
know
and
they
need
someone
like
you
to
balance
off
a
little
of
that
from
their
job,
in
your
work
that
you
do
what
challenges
do
you
face
today,.
B
Yeah,
I
think
it's
important
to
talk
about
what
challenges
I
faced,
then,
because
you
know
civilian
employees
and
police
departments
aren't
they're
becoming
more
the
norm
right.
But
for
me
you
know,
outside
of
you,
know,
regular
administrative
duties.
You
know
people
that
help
run
the
the
department.
Those.
C
B
Very
very
important
roles,
but
someone
like
me
that
was
a
very
public
facing
individual,
was
a
little
bit
different
and
you
know
I
wasn't
you
know
100
well
received
in
the
beginning
like
who
is
this
guy?
B
You
know
and-
and
I
I
worked
really
hard
to
gain
their
trust
and
respect,
because
I
I
wanted
to
be
sure
that
they
understood
that
I
was
there
trying
to
make
their
lives
a
lot
easier,
their
jobs
a
lot
easier,
so
they
would
have
to
deal
with
the
same
person
over
and
over
again
right
and
a
lot
of
them.
You
know
would
open
up
and
say,
listen.
I
know
I
have
a
family
member.
I
know
somebody
that's
struggling
with
this.
Can
you
can
you
help?
Can
you
know
we?
B
B
And
be
honest
with
you:
if
we
do
not
have
the
navigator
program
in
2014,
nothing
else,
I
think,
succeeds
because
the
navigator
program
was
what
got
us
to
to
stop
sweeping
problems
under
the
rug
right.
You
know
our
bellingham
square,
the
way
it
looked
right
and
we
started
to
say
hey.
We
need
to
do
something
about
this
and
we
need
to
help
people
go
from
point
a
to
point
b
and
it
wasn't
just
that
they
needed
to
get
into
treatment.
They
just
needed
to
figure
out
what
they
were.
They
needed.
B
Then,
as
a
result
of
the
navigator
program,
I
believe
it
was
leo
and
bob
rapucci
at
the
time
they
they
they
created
the
the
catholic
wrap
around
services.
So
also
we
started
to
build
a
system
of
care
and
then
the
hub
came
in
right
for
the
folks
that
are
watching.
I
I
facilitate
our
hub
meetings
every
week
where
all
the
stuff.
B
A
B
Right,
chief,
brian
keith,
molly
baldwin
right,
the
the
executive
director
of
roca,
molly
baldwin
who's,
obviously
been
here
forever.
She
learned
of
the
hub
her
and
actually
one
of
our
then
captains
he's
he's
a
chief
now
in
in
gloucester.
I
believe
he
he
I
mean
she
learned
well,
they
both
learned
of
the
hub
and
she
came
back
and
I
don't
know
all
the
details,
but
from
my
understanding
is
that
she
said
we
ought
to
try
this.
This
is
something
this
hub
model
is
a
canadian
model.
B
We
ought
to
give
it
a
shot
it
addresses,
or
it
connects
our
most
vulnerable
populations
to
to
services
that
they
need,
because
it's
sometimes
very
hard
to
navigate
those
services
on
your
own.
So
so
chief
kais
knew
that
he
wanted
to
do
this
huge
foresight
right,
strong
leadership
to
to
say
we're
that
we
as
a
police
department,
are
going
to
do
this
right.
We're
gonna
we're
gonna,
have
you
know,
take
on
the
leading
role
in
the
community
to
do
that,
and
that
is
not
typical
of
police
departments
to
do
that.
Right.
A
Not
not
for
most,
no,
because
I've
approached
him
yeah,
you
know
back,
then
you
know
with
my
concerns
as
somebody
living
in
that
main
downtown
area,
because
I've
seen
so
much
mental
health
yeah
and
I
went
right
up
to
the
chief
and
I
said:
are
you
guys
prepared
for
mental
health
incidents?
And
he
was
honest
with
me.
He
said
no
yeah,
but
I
can
see
the
progress
yeah.
B
B
Description
because
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
create
that
position
also
the
navigator
program
right
and
now
now
you
know
well
not
now,
but
over
the
past
five
six
years
the
the
hub
has
been
replicated
18
17
times,
there's
18
in
the
state.
You
know,
captain
batcher
and
myself
have
gone
out
and
trained
that
many
communities
on
the
hub-
it's
it's
wonderful,
but
anyway,
so
getting
back
to
to
that
transition
right.
I
excuse
me
I
I
excuse
me
a
big
believer
in
the
way
to
do.
Community
engagement
is
to
have
b
boots
on
the
ground.
A
Everywhere
everywhere
I
go,
you
are
because
there's
a
lot
of
police
departments
that
don't
have
this
position,
that
you're
in
or.
A
B
That
are
affected
right.
I
remember
one
time:
yeah,
not
one
time,
I
remember
saying
you
got
to
walk
the
streets,
not
just
not
just
not
just
broadway,
so
I
I
I
walked
the
streets
and
would
say
hi
to
people
and
they
were
like
who's.
This
guy.
You
know.
B
B
This
you
should
do
that
you
should
you
should
get
somebody
to
you
know
that
helps
people
with
this
and.
B
B
And
so
the
navigators
were
were
a
huge
part
of
that,
because
you
know
the
net.
What
people
don't
understand
is
that
the
methadone
clinic
brings
a
ton
of
people
in
and
a
ton
of
people
leave
a
few
a
relatively
few
stick
around
and
they
they
they
can
be
challenging
right
and
we've
helped
a
lot
of
them
right
and
so,
but
but
that
I
think,
was
was
creating
some
of
the
challenges
that
people
that
people
were
having
in
the
downtown
do.
A
B
B
It
really
hits
you
hard,
it's
the
core,
it
really
does
it
and
they
hug
you
or
what
you
know
it's
funny,
because
a
lot
of
them
will
friend
you
on
on
facebook,
and
then
you
see,
even
though
they
moved
back
to
whatever
town
they
were
living
in
before,
because
they
they've
over
or
you
know
over
time
they
were
able
to
reconnect
with
their
families,
and
you
see
their
lives.
Just
progress,
you
know,
get
married,
have
kids
and
and
milestones.
C
B
The
other
part-
and
you
mentioned
this
earlier-
is
when
you
said
you
said
yeah,
I
you
know,
I
would
see
you
driving
around
in
the
police
fan
with
a
bunch
of
youth.
That's
the
number
two
one
so
so
yeah.
I
remember
one
time
there
was
this
this
this
kid
that
I
was
reading
to
right.
I
was
in.
I
was
in
the
read
to
a
child
program
and
he
was,
I
think,
a
third
grader.
B
Maybe,
and-
and
I
read
to
him
for
a
couple
years
and
this
kid-
you
know
he
he
he
had
some
challenges
right
and
didn't
really
respond
at
all,
and
I
just
thought:
okay,
this
kid
just
keep
reading
to
him,
just
keep
reading
to
him
so
anyway,
he
he,
then
he
then
went
to
the
middle
school.
The
reading
program
ended
so
my
connection
to
him
was
lost,
but
I
felt
bad
because
I
really
wanted
to
stay
connected
to
this
kid.
I
was
starting
to
make
progress
with
him.
B
Then
another
kid
was
brought
to
me
who,
who
was
getting
into
a
lot
of
trouble,
the
rookie
kid
and
so
fast
forward
to
finding
out
that
that
that
his
this
kid's
negative
influence
was
this
kid
and
this
kid's
negative
influence?
Was
this.
C
B
B
A
C
A
B
Everything
johnny
on
the
spot.
I
should
say
everything
whatever
is
needed,
like
you
know,
in
in
in
the
police,
chief
chief
kais
gets
all
sorts
of
requests.
I
remember
one
time
we
took.
We
took
a
bunch
of
members
of
the
of
the
the
chelsea
well,
the
la
collaborative
now
the
chelsea
collaborative.
Then
they
were
like
dan.
B
What
happened
is
that
they
were,
they
were
wanting
to
play
basketball
right
and
their
parents,
maybe
weren't
signing
them
up,
so
I
would
make
sure
we
got
them
signed
up
working
with
jamir
and
and
all
that,
so
we
we,
you
know
the
the
a
lot
of
the
members
of
the
hub,
especially
the
nurses
and
doctors,
that
at
everett
hospital
the
former
women
hospital
would
would
give
us
a
bunch
of
money
and
we
would
get
them
signed
up
and
we
would
buy
them
sneakers.
A
B
Would
see
me
with
a
van
full
of
kids
is
because
they
would
say
you're
going
to
take
us
to
practice
right
and
I'm
like.
Oh,
I
would
call
my
wife,
hey
I'm
going
to
work
late
tonight,
so
I
started
to
take
him
to
practice.
It
was
a
schedule
right
and
and
and
then
and
then
they,
the
season's
about
to
start
and
they're
like
you're
gonna.
Take
us
to
our
games
right,
I'm
like,
oh,
my
god.
I
think
you
know
and
then
yeah.
C
B
C
A
B
Play
basketball
yeah,
you
know
we
got
her
signed
up
and
the
boys
kind
of
gave
her
a
hard
time
and
and
she
she
stuck
with
it
and
and
guess
what
she
she
part.
She
was
on
the
varsity
her
freshman
year.
Oh.
B
A
A
B
Right,
you
have
to
say
that
hey
this
situation
is
not
good,
but
what
can
we
do
about
it
right?
You
know
the
third.
My
third
inspiration
was,
I
didn't
think
it
was
fair.
I
remember
one
time
bellingham
square
was
there
was
just
a
ton
of
people
there
and
it
was
a
lot
of
folks
from
the
clinic
a
lot
of
folks.
It
was
a
mess
right,
and
I
remember
I
remember
seeing
a
a
woman
walking
from
where
are
we.
B
She
was
walking
from
the
by
the
library
she
was,
let's
say:
you're
you're
you're
right
underneath
the
flagpole,
and
I
saw
a
woman
walking
her
or
pushing
a
stroller
and
she
had
like
a
little
three
or
four
year
old
in
tow,
and
so
she
was
going
to
mcdonald's
okay.
So
she
actually
stayed
on
that
on
the
other
side
of
the
street
walked
around
that
little
thing.
B
B
Thing
and
she
crossed
the
street
in
a
dangerous
path,
because
she
she
didn't
want
to
walk
through
that
through
this.
Through
that
part,
I.
C
C
B
And
we
started
to
work
with
the
people
that
were
there
and
a
lot
of
times
I
would
say,
listen
guys,
you
know,
I
know
you,
I
know
you're
out
here
and
it's
a
public
space
and
all
that.
But
but
you
know,
I
gave
that
example
of
the
woman
and
they're
like
yeah
you're
right
you're,
right
dan
you're
right
and
they
would
be
they
would
self-police
themselves.
Hey
guys,
calm
down,
you
know,
hey
just
be
respectful,
yeah.
C
C
B
A
I
moved
in
the
downtown
area
in
2011
and
it
was
a
hot
mess.
Okay,
when
I
tell
you
it
was
the
street
I
live
on
alone,
yeah
chief
guys
had
came
on
then,
and
it
was.
I
don't
even
want
to
get
into
what
it
was.
A
Into
what
it
is
now
yeah
and
see
the
progress,
the
flowers
in
the
growth?
Yes,
that
plus
more
engagement
of
the
people
in
the
community-
that's
saying
we
don't
have
to
live
this
way.
C
A
A
B
So
when
I,
when
I
first
was
the
first
year
or
two
that
I
was
walking
up
and
down
broadway,
I
saw
some
stuff
right
and
I
remember
I
saw
two
things
that
that
were
really
striking.
One
is
that
there
was
a
there
was
a
a
guy
just
passed
out
on
the
street,
and
there
were
people
walking
around
or
over
him,
I'm
not
on
the
street.
B
I'm
sorry
on
the
sidewalk
and
and
people
were
walking
around
him
on
the
sidewalk
over
him,
and
I
remember
just
going
what
all
right
what's
going
on
yeah,
so
I
called
for
for
somebody
to
come
check
on
him.
This
is
before
I
was
at
the
police
station
and
then
and
then
I
saw
a
guy
just
walking.
You
know
stumbling
and
just
popped
into
a
little
doorway
and
and
also
you
could
see
the
urine
just
flowing
on
the
sidewalk
and
then
he
would
walk
back
out.
B
A
A
A
A
B
People
like
you
well
well,
over
the
years,
I
I
thought
people
were
saying,
don't
give
out
your
cell
number,
I'm
like.
A
B
A
B
So
so
so
fast
forward
to
when
we
got
the
navigators
right
and
then
things
started
to
change-
and
I
remember
getting
a
call-
I
don't
know
if
it
was
a
year
ago
or
so
damn
there's
a
young
woman,
she's
passed
out
she's
at
the
bus.
Stop
tell
me
about
bus,
stop
and
she's
passed.
It
looks
like
she
needs
some
help,
so
I
I
called
the
the
navigators
and
and
and
they
they
called
me
back
because
they're
very
fast
right,
so
they
they
come
back
they're
like
dan.
It
was,
it
was
a
girl.
B
A
A
So
what
I
wanted
to
ask
you
dan
is
we're
not
going
to
get
into
the
pandemic,
because
that's
a
conversation
for
another
time
and
it's
so
much
information.
We
have
to
go
through
to
get
some
key
points,
but
during
the
pandemic
it
kind
of
overshadowed
the
overdoses
you
know,
yeah
of
the
opiate
crisis.
Right.
Where
are
we
at
now?
Are
we
still
in
the
you
know,
in
the
trenches
with
people
having
overdoses,
yeah.
B
But
it's
very
different.
It's
very
different!
You
don't
see
because
before
there
was
a
lot
of
street
drug
use
or
drug
use,
that
was
very
visible.
Okay
right
now,
it's
in
in
in
in
homes
like
we've,
become
like
any
other
town
where,
where,
if
you
go
to
their
main
square,
you
might
see
some
stuff
right,
but
you
don't
see
a
lot
of
drug
activity.
You
see
some,
I'm
not
saying
you
don't,
but
you're
it's
happening
in
hotels.
It's
happening.
B
Went
up
drug
use
went
up
okay,
but
here's
something
else.
It's
an
interesting
dynamic
and
this
is
not
based
on
any
kind
of
formal
research,
but
a
lot
of
the
opiate
use
was
predominantly
white,
male
and
female.
Back
in
the
day.
Okay,
some
some
some
people
of
color,
but
then
a
lot
of
the
a
lot
of
the
young
people
that
maybe
were
were
you
know,
selling
weed
here
and
there,
and
then
they
started
to
sell
other
stuff
they
started
to.
Then
you
know
quote
unquote
dip
into
their
supply.
Okay.
A
A
There
was
no
dan
cortes
for
me
to
call
you
know,
for
you
know
to
help
me
navigate.
I
had
to
pretty
much
look
outside
of
that
yeah,
but
I
also
had
to
disconnect
from
the
people
that
were
supposed
to
be
my
friends
and
it
hurt,
because
you
had
to
navigate
your.
A
B
B
B
B
If
you
will,
I
borrowed
that
from
jerry
cuns
and
so
so
the
the
resilience
that
we
showed,
I
mean
we
got
hit
hard
very
probably
the
hardest
in
the
state,
if
not
the
country,
but
we
responded
as
good,
if
not
better
than
anyone
in
the
country
because
of
our
resiliency
because
of
the
work
that
gladys
was
doing
on
the
on
the
on
the
ground
and
the
building
up
of
what
they
did
and
in
the
work
that
our
city
management
was
doing,
the
work
that
that
that
mimi
brought
together
the
pandemic
response
team.
B
You
know
the
I
know
this
person
can
do
this.
I
know
that
person,
so
everybody
started
the
four
o'clock
daily.
It
was
collective
and
in
that
and
that
wasn't
the
case
like
I
saw
my
home
where
I
live
and
it's
not
not
the
same.
There's
no
community
there!
It's
it's!
There's
so
much
community
here
and
people
should
be
very
excited
and
proud
about
that
I
mean
even
chelya
right,
so
that's
probably
another
whatever,
but
you
know
for
years
we
had
the
monthly
taco
night
at
the
brewery.
Now
it's
at
the.
B
C
C
A
B
A
Hey
dan
you
fit
in
mini.
Let
me
tell
you:
this
was
a
great
interview
only
because
dan
fits
into
many
aspects.
Okay,
he
is
a
vast
collective
resume
of
working
with
leaders
working
with
businesses
he's
out
there.
You
know
helping
people
navigate.
So
if
you
see
him
out
there,
no
one
trusts.
Yes,
he
works
closely
with
the
chelsea
police
department,
but
we're
here
to
protect.
B
A
Serve
he's
approachable,
if
you
know
someone
in
need,
you
know
someone
that's
in
crisis,
and
maybe
dan
could
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
when
there
will
be
more
public
meetings.
We.
B
Were
actually
just
talking
about
that,
so
so
maybe
we
could-
or
I
don't
know
how
much
time
we
have
left.
But
I
was
just
talking
to
rochelle,
okay
and-
and
we
were
talking
about
the
the
yes,
the
opioid
crisis
is
still
significant.
It's
still
something
really
important.
But
to
me
the
real.
The
real
crisis
is
alcohol
and
I
think
that
that
that
it's
it's
because
it's
legal
and
because
obviously
there
are
you
know,
establishments
where
you
can
go
and
buy
alcohol.
B
It's
not
really!
It's
not
it's
not
being
addressed
in
a
way
that
I
think
it
could
be,
except
you
know
when,
when
it
gets
to
the
point
where,
where
someone
is
really
in
crisis,
but
there's
a
point
leading
up
to
that
crisis
and
that's
what
we
need
to
talk
about,
we
need
to
talk
about,
because
that's
definitely
generational.
Yes,
amongst
you
know
our
communities.
C
B
And,
and
and
in
in
the
latino
community
right
now,
our
biggest
problem
is
our
hispanic,
alcoholic
men
and
that
are
homeless.
That
is.
C
B
People
have
lost
their
way,
they
lose
their
jobs,
they
they
get
kicked
out
of
the
house.
They
know
that
there's
three
or
four
or
five
or
six
guys
over
here
said:
what
do
they
do?
They
they're
gonna.
B
Gonna
be
by
themselves,
so
we
have
to
understand
and
respect
that
and
and
that
these
people
have
experienced
a
lot
of
trauma
in
their
lives
right,
so
we're
slowly
slowly
getting
them
back
into
recovery.
You
know
now,
with
the
work
of
bay
cove
with
teresa
de
petro
at
the
old
ymca,
the
okay
that
was
called
the
chelsea
community
center.
B
C
A
But
you're
such
an
inspiration
and.
C
B
Yeah,
so
I
I
think
well
what
I'd
like
to
say
in
addition
to
that
is
that
chelsea
is
a
very
unique
place.
Chelsea
is
a
place
where,
where,
if
you
have
an
idea
to
do
something,
you
literally
can
do
it
deborah
said
dan.
I
want
flowers
on
broadway
who
do
I
need
to
ask
you
don't
need
to
ask
anybody,
let's
just
go
put
them
out,
so
we
initially
did
that
first
one
and
then
people
started
to
help
and
then
the
city
got
involved
right.
B
Turned
into
a
huge
team
yeah,
but
it
was,
it
was
deborah
thinking
that
she
had
to
get
permission.
I'm
like
no.
Let's
just
do
it
now.
I
could
have
probably
gotten
in
trouble
with
city
hall,
but
putting
flowers
out
on
broadway
you're
gonna
get
in
trouble
for
that.
No,
but
I
I
think
what
what
young
people
and
and
really
anyone
needs
to
understand
is
that
in
chelsea
you
can
do
anything.
You
can
do
anything
that
you
want.
B
If
you
have
an
idea,
just
go
out,
and
do
it
right
be
like
that
guy
in
la
the
the
gangster
gardener
who
inspired
a
bunch
of
young
people
that
are
not
gardening
right,
so
you
know
if
you
wanted
to
start
whatever
you
want
to
start.
It
can
be
done
here
now
if
you
live
in
somerville
or
cambridge,
and
if
you
want
to
start
something
everything's
established
there,
they
don't
need
you
there.
You
know,
and
it's
hard
it's
hard
to
get
entrenched
in
those
communities.
It's
easy
to
do
that
here.
So
please
thank.
A
You
dan
you
young
people
out
there.
You
heard
what
dan
said
anything
you
come
up
with,
even
if
even
if
you're,
not
young,
you
could
be
middle-aged,
you
could
be,
will
help
outer,
because
I've
been
inspired
and
I'm
in
elder
population,
but
I'm
not
going
to
give
you
too
much
more
about
myself.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
tuning
in
to
inspiring
generations
thank
dan
cortez
for
coming
out
this
morning
and
giving
us
some
of
his
time
because
he's
a
very
busy
man-
and
I
will
see
you
in
the
next
episode.