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From YouTube: Candidate Forum State Representative 2022
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City of Chelsea, La Colaborativa, State Primary will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022
A
A
A
Thank
you
guys,
and
I
am
the
civic
engagement
coordinator
here
in
la
cola,
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
all
of
you
guys
here
today,
the
cbi
team,
the
chelsea
voter
initiatives
team
has
worked
really
hard
door,
knocking
this
summer,
getting
the
word
out
to
the
community
members
to
vote
and
registering
those
who
haven't
registered.
Yet
we've
been
able
to
have
3
000
conversations
where
we
are
able
to
listen
to
our
voters,
concerns
and
generate
questions
that
we
have
today
for
the
candidates.
C
I
am
so
excited
to
be
here
with
la
collaborativa
holding
this
forum
right.
This
is
such
an
important
platform
that
we
should
always
provide
people
with
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
the
candidates
themselves.
So
I'm
excited
tonight
to
invite
judith,
garcia
and
roberto
jimenez
will
show
you
what
they're
talking
about
okay.
D
E
E
C
C
E
F
B
F
Housing
for
the
people
who
are
here,
I
know
people
who
are
who
are
homeowners,
who
are
getting
pushed
out
of
our
community
and
that
should
not
be
the
case.
Renters
are
getting
pushed
out.
Homeowners
are
increasingly
finding
it
difficult
to
stay
here,
so
there
are
things
that
we
need
to
do
in
terms
of
creating
more
affordable
housing,
making
sure
that
we
are
controlling
rent
so
that
people
can
actually
afford
to
pay
their
rent.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
other.
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D
D
D
C
F
Thank
you-
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
our
amazing
interpreter
erica
for
doing
an
amazing
job.
So
when
we
think
about
jobs,
I
think
a
lot
about
the
racism
that
has
been
inflicted
on
our
community.
For
so
many
years.
We
are
paying
for
the
pollution
that
cars
going
over
the
tobin
bridge.
There's
60
000
cars
going
over
the
bridge
every
single
day.
There
are
dozens
of
planes
going
over
our
heads
ships,
all
those
things
are
polluting
our
community
and
making
the
life
of
our
people
harder.
F
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
transitioning
to
clean
energy
and
that
is
going
to
create
a
lot
of
jobs,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
actually
targeting
new
jobs
in
those
industries
that
are
going
to
be
good
union
jobs,
to
make
sure
that
people
have
good
wages
that
we're
not
just
fighting
for
minimum
wage
and
make
sure
that
people
are
actually
having
access
to
the
jobs
in
this
community
over
other
communities,
because
we
have
already
paid
the
price.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
getting
these
benefits
first.
F
So,
in
addition
to
that,
I
also,
I
think,
we've
been
fighting
for
a
minimum
wage
increase
for
years.
The
fight
to
increase
minimum
wage
keeps
happening,
we're
still
fighting
for
15,
but
really
right
now
the
fight
should
be
for
20
or
even
higher
than
that.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
pegging
that
minimum
wage
to.
F
That
that
minimum
wage
goes
up
every
single
year
so
that
you
don't
have
to
fight
for
a
big,
a
better
minimum
wage,
and
that
way
we
can
change
to
other
fights
that
are
actually
important
to
make
sure
that
you
can't
get
to
work
and
then
all
of
a
sudden,
your
boss,
tells
you.
Oh,
we
don't
have
that
many
people
coming
and
you
got
you
got
to
go
home,
we're
not
going
to
pay
for
today
that
shouldn't
happen.
F
B
C
F
So
vocational
education
is
incredibly
important
to
the
people
of
this
community.
It's
a
pathway
to
good
jobs
that
are
going
to
pay
people.
You
know
you're
going
to
be
a
member
of
a
union,
so
you're
going
to
be
protected.
You're
going
to
have
people
backing
you
up
to
make
sure
that
you're
actually
getting
paid,
and
instead
of
having
your
your
wage,
be
stolen
from
you.
F
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
create
partnerships
with
the
northeast
vocational
school
and
making
sure
that
we
also
have
programs
here
in
chelsea
public
schools.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
expanding
our
offerings
and
connecting
with
other
communities
connecting
with
unions
so
that
they
are
creating
apprenticeships
for
students
who
are
in
our
community
and
making
sure
that
they're
targeted
to
everybody
not
just
to.
I
know
that
there
are
challenges
with
you
know,
undocumented
youth.
D
A
H
D
But
above
that,
something
that
I'm
proud
of
that
was
a
project
that
we
did
is
we
made
sure
to
offer
funding
opportunities,
so
teachers
of
color
who
have
been
teachers,
like
valentine,
who
was
a
teacher
in
our
public
schools
for
over
40
years,
we
gave
her
the
funding
to
go,
get
higher
education
and
get
all
the
certifications
that
she
needed
to
be
able
to
finally
become
a
teacher
in
our
elementary
school
today.
So
we
need
to
provide
teachers
of
color
the
opportunity
to
study
and
provide
that
funding.
D
F
Okay,
great,
so
I'm
going
to
share
a
little
bit
of
the
work
that
I've
already
been
doing
on
this
issue,
because
I
agree
that
it
is
a
huge,
important
issue.
We
know
that
one
educator
of
color
can
make
the
difference
in
a
child's
life
and
improve
their
outcomes
in
their
in
their
in
their
life
forever.
If
you
have
two,
the.
F
As
a
member
of
the
school
committee,
we
have
created
pathways
for
our
students
to
go
into
education,
for
our
paraprofessionals,
to
become
full
teachers
and
for
members
of
our
community
to
become
paraprofessionals,
we're
doing
everything
that
we
can
to
create
those
pipelines.
Unfortunately,
the
challenges
that
it
takes
it
takes
a
while
for
somebody
to
become
a
teacher,
so
we,
but
the
other
thing
that
we
have
to
do
is
make
sure
that
the
few
educators
of
color
that
we
have
we're
listening
to.
B
F
Because
often
they
are
leaving
the
profession
because
they
feel
like
we're
not
actually
listening
to
them,
and
if
we
have
teachers
of
color
telling
us
there
are
issues
here
we
need
to
change
whatever
it
is.
We
have
to
listen
to
those
teachers.
Instead,
we
often
tell
them.
Oh
no,
your
voice
doesn't
matter,
and
so
they
end
up
leaving
right.
So
we
need
to
not
only
make
sure
that
we
are
creating
more
teachers
but
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
the
ones
that
we
already
have
and
that's
the
work
that
I've
already
been
doing.
F
E
I
F
So
we
have
already
been
increasing
the
over
the
last
two
years.
We
have.
We
are
hiring
over
80
new
people
to
staff
our
schools,
and
these
are
new
educators,
new
social
workers,
new
counselors.
All
of
these
different
things,
because
we
understand
the
importance
of
this.
The
problem
is
that
for
many
many
years
chelsea
schools
have
been
severely
underfunded.
F
We
haven't
had
the
money
to
do
it,
and
so
that's
why
I,
along
with
advocates
from
across
the
state,
including
people
who
are
here
today,
we
have
been
fighting
for
many
years
to
fix
the
funding
formula
so
that
the
state
would
be
giving
us
the
money
that
our
kids
deserved
in
our
schools
and
so
in
2019
we
passed.
This
law
called
the
student
opportunity
act
that
is
now
bringing
billions
and
millions
of
dollars
to
our
schools
that
are
helping
us,
give
our
kids
the
education
that
they
deserve.
F
That
work
happens
in
partnership
with
people
from
chelsea
and
people
from
across
this
region,
everett
revere,
but
also
people
from
across
the
state,
and
that
is
the
kind
of
work
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
people
have
access
to
every
single
educational
opportunity.
We
need
to
build
partnerships
across
our
region
and
across
the
state
that.
F
D
D
Than
our
homicide
rate-
and
this
is
very
telling
of
how
much
our
children
need
mental
health
services-
yes,
they
need
guidance
counselors,
but
above
all,
what
our
kids
need
more
than
funding
for
guidance
counselors
at
the
school
level.
I
think
we
need
to
think
of
innovative
ways
of
ensuring
that
our
kids
get
with
the
work
that
the
help
that
they
need.
D
C
Hey
we're
going
to
thank
the
first
three
young
leaders.
Their
leaders
were
developing
our
next
generation
of
leadership.
They
did
so
great
we're
going
to
invite
three
more
leaders
to
come
up
and
share
with
you
a
question.
You
know
this
is
about
their
future
as
much
as
it
is
about
ours.
So
come
on
up,
introduce
yourself
your
name.
C
J
D
D
That
is
our
community
because
we're
one
chelsea
and
when
we
talk
about
tackling
issues
we
need
to
tackle
them
by
making
sure
that
everyone
is
included
in
the
conversation
and
by
everyone.
I
mean
everyone.
So
that's
what
I
will
do
as
a
state
representative
to
ensure
that
you're
part
of
the
conversation
to
ensure
that
we
break
the
chelsea
black
community
as
a
part
and
a
leader
in
my
life.
F
Thank
you
for
that
question,
and-
and
that
is
a
really
important
question
that
I
think
it
it
approaches
the
subject
of
intersectionality
right.
We
know
that
latinos
have
a
lot
of
challenges,
but
also
the
black
community
has
some
challenges
that
are
very
different
right
and
it
goes
down
to
a
white
family
when
a
child
is
born
on
average,
they
have
about
150
000
in
their
net
worth.
F
A
black
child
has
eight
dollars
right.
So
we
know
that
black
families
are
having
a
very
challenging
time
in
making
up
these
gaps.
That
already
exist
right,
and
we
need
to
do
everything
in
our
power
to
create
opportunities
for
for
our
black
youth
and
also
making
sure
that
we
are
not
criminalizing
our
our
students
in
our
schools
a
lot
of
times.
F
We
see
this
gaps
in
discipline,
you
see,
black
children
are
suspended
more
often
and
and
they
are
disciplined
more
often,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
keeping
track
of
that,
so
we're
not
actually
pushing
kids
to
the
school-to-person
pipeline
from
an
early
age.
So
that
is
really
important
number
and
then
number
two.
We
also
know
that
there
are
huge
gaps
in
terms
of
health
outcomes
between
black
community
members
and
and
white.
F
Healthcare
system
so
that
every
single
person
in
our
community
can
have
access
to
the
healthcare
that
they
need
without
having
to
pay
hundreds,
if
not
thousands,
of
dollars
every
year.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
no
parent
is
actually
having
to
go
to
the
emergency
room
sitting
outside
a
parking
lot
waiting
to
see
if
the
fever
doesn't
break.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that
parent
is
just
going
to
go
inside
the
er
make
sure
that
their
kid
gets,
gets
the
services
right
and
make
sure
that
our
pregnant
women
are
actually.
F
F
By
investing
in
our
community
investing
in
our
health
care
system,
investing
in
housing
and
investing
in
good
jobs,
we
invest
in
these
things
for
everybody,
but
they
are
going
to
disproportionately
help
the
communities
that
have
been
hit
the
hardest
by
injustice,
which
is
primarily
the
black
community.
Thank
you.
B
J
F
Yeah,
so
I
I
think
the
counselor
addressed
this
right,
like
we
have
a
very
strong
and
vibrant
chelsea
black
community
here,
and
I
am
proud
to
be
in
community
with
a
lot
of
these
folks
and
have
the
support
of
many
of
our
black
elders
in
in
this
community.
And
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
continuing
to
strengthen
that
and
make
sure
that
we
are
creating.
B
F
We
have
events
like
this
right.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
bringing
in
our
chelsea
black
community
engaging
other
folks
who
might
not
be
involved
in
the
cbc
so
that
we're
actually
engaging
everybody
in
our
community
right.
I
think
it's
it
is.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
not
when
we
when
we
separate
into
these
different
categories,
we
lose
power
right.
F
It's
the
kind
of
work
that
I
continue
that
I
hope
to
continue
to
do,
but
then,
on
top
of
that
right,
as
I
said
earlier,
anything
that
we
do
for
the
people
who
are
hardest
hit
by
racism
in
our
community
is
going
to
be
disproportionately
supporting
people
in
the
black
community.
So
I
think
we
have
to
absolutely
make
sure
that
we
are.
We
are
improving
our
like.
F
I
said
our
healthcare
system
improving
our
our
public
transit
blackboard,
not
by
sorry
black
and
black
and
latino
residents,
are
more
likely
to
use
public
transit
as
well.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
strengthening
our
public
systems
so
that
black
workers
can
get
to
their
jobs.
They
can
get
to
their
medical
appointments
they
can
get
to
their
take
their
kids
to
school.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
all
of
these
things
to
support
our
black
community
as
well.
Thank
you
great.
D
I
I
D
I
belong
to
this
group,
but
you
belong
to
that
group.
We
need
to
unite
and
really
understand
that
at
the
very
core.
What
keeps
us
grounded
is
the
fact
that
we're
all
facing
similar
challenges,
we're
facing
challenges
of
affordable
housing,
we're
facing
challenges
of
health
care,
we're
changing
we're
facing
challenges
of
transportation,
and
we
need
to
tackle
these
challenges
and
include
the
voices
of
all
as
a
city
councilwoman.
D
I
am
proud
that
we've
we've
pushed
the
envelope
in
the
city
of
chelsea
by
creating
a
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
department
within
our
city
to
really
tackle
a
lot
of
the
systemic
racism,
systemic
challenges
that
are
happening
in
our
community.
So
for
me
my
commitment
is
about
action
and
I've
proven
that
at
the
municipal
level
and
as
a
state
representative,
I
look
forward
to
continue
the
extension
of
that
work,
but
no
longer
dividing
us
into
groups,
but
finding
unity
and
saying
how
us
as
different
groups
as
different
ethnicities.
G
B
D
Talk
to
this
youth,
I'm
so
proud
to
say
that
my
campaign
and
this
movement
has
been
powered
by
youth,
and
I
hear
it
all
the
time
our
kids
need
a
teen
center.
They
need
a
team
center
where
they
feel
safe,
where
they
feel
welcomed.
They
need
a
center
where
they
can
find
employment
opportunities
where
they
can
dream
where
they
can
help.
So
when
I
think
about
creating
safe
space,
I
think
about
that.
D
I
think
about
actually
creating
a
space
where
our
kids
could
unite
can
come
together,
advocate
mobilize
and
be
a
part
of
the
civic
engagement
process.
That's
really
going
to
break
change,
because
I
hope
that
our
youth
continue
to
show
up
and
ask
and
put
place
accountability
on
elected
leaders
to
ensure
that
the
voices
of
black
youth,
but
of
all
youth
are
also
included
in
the
transformation
of
this
community.
F
F
E
B
F
Need
a
community
center
for
our
youth.
We
need
a
community
center
for
our
organizations.
We
need
places
for
people
here
to
gather,
and
then
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
creating
spaces
in
after
school
programs
so
that
kids
can
get
involved
and-
and
you
know,
make
sure
that
we're
actually
giving
them
things
to
do.
F
And
then,
in
addition
to
that,
among
these
things
that
we
need
to
do
is
we
need
to
create
spaces
for
our
black
youth
to
be
together
and
talk
about
what
are
some
of
the
ideas
that
they
have
to
to
further
improve
our
community.
I
also
wanna
wanna
visit
the
the
like
black
and
latino
are
not
entirely
separate
right.
There
aren't
many
black
afro-latinos
who
are
are
part
of
the
black
community,
and
their
experience
is
different
than
my
experience
as
a
latino
who
is
not
african-american,
african-american
or
black.
C
F
Cleaner
chelsea,
cleaner,
cleaner.
How
are
we
going
to
clean
up
our
city?
I
I
guess
the
first
thing
I
want
to
do
is
I
want
to
thank
the
hard-working
folks
at
the
city
of
dpw
for
all
the
work
that
they
do.
They
work
really
really
hard,
but
the
reality
is
that
our
cities,
often
don't
have
the
resources
that
they
need
to
do
the
kind
of
work
that
we
need.
F
So
one
of
the
things
that
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
is
as
a
state,
we
should
be
providing
more
resources
to
communities
like
chelsea,
where
the
tax
base
is
not
as
high
as
it
is
in
other
communities.
That
are,
you
know
that
are
kept
because
they
have
so
much
money
that
they
can.
Just
you
know,
pay
you
know
so
many
more
people
to
clean
our
city,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
that
we
are
doing
that.
F
However,
beyond
that,
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
is
investing
in
people.
If
we
give
people
opportunities,
they
are
going
to
be
engaged.
You
know
in
after
school
programs.
If
there
are
kids,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
creating
spaces
for
people
to
gather
going
back
to
the
community
center
idea.
If
we
create
these
spaces
and
these
opportunities
for
people,
our
city
will
be
cleaner
because
you
know
we
will
know
where.
D
That's
when
we
create
a
cleaner
chelsea.
It
is
not
enough
anymore
that
they
continue
to
see
us
as
a
dumping
site
where
they
can
come
and
do
whatever
they
want.
So,
as
a
state
representative,
I
will
continue
to
hold
them
accountable.
It
is
time
that
our
kids
that
are
here
have
access
to
a
waterfront,
because
it
is
unbearable
to
me
that
our
kids.
D
A
community
that
has
that
should
have
access
to
a
waterfront
when
I
think
about
a
cleaner
chelsea,
I
think
about
creating
more
open
space,
creating
parks
for
our
people
to
have
access
to,
because
the
reality
is
that
we
are
shouldering
in
our
backyards:
the
polluters,
the
people
that
are
creating
asthma
within
our
community,
and
that
has
to
stop
so.
As
a
state
representative,
I
will
hold
polluters
accountable,
and
I
will
fight
to
create
the
infrastructure
that
will
provide
healthier
lives
to
our
residents.
That's
how
you
keep
a
cleaner
chelsea.
D
D
Of
160
members
chelsea
for
the
first
time,
gets
the
unique
opportunity
to
have
someone
out
there
representing
us.
So
I
will
lie
to
you
and
I
won't
say
here
that
we
are
going
to
do
everything
and
everything
in
two
years,
but
I
will
say
this
as
a
state
representative,
I
will
make
sure
to
uplift
the
voices
of
this
community
to
working
partnership
in
collaboration
with
the
city
leaders
here,
who
are
experts
in
their
field,
to
really
bring
change
at
the
state
level.
D
D
I
know
the
importance
of
legislating
in
partnership
and
counting
your
votes
before
you
present
that
in
legislation.
So
I
look
forward
to
bringing
my
leadership
skills
as
a
city
councilwoman,
but
above
all,
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
leaders
of
this
community
to
really
present
innovative
policies
that
we
have
already
implemented
here.
For
example,
the
anti-wage
theft
ordinance
that
this
city
spare
headed
has
still
not
passed
at
this
stage
and
that
has
to
change
this
small
community
has
fought
for
itself.
C
F
F
Schools
then
the
pandemic
started
the
money.
All
of
a
sudden
was
gone.
What
did
I
do?
I
wrote
a
letter.
I
called
every
city
councillor.
I
called
every
school
committee
member
in
chelsea.
They
joined
that
letter.
Then
I
said
how
can
we
go
bigger?
I
called
every
city
councillor
and
every
school
committee
member
in
26,
the
biggest
26
cities
in
massachusetts,
and
we
got
over
130
people
to
sign
that
letter.
We
went
out
there,
we
got
coverage,
we
talked
to
legislators,
we
got
our
money
back.
F
That
is
the
kind
of
work
that
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
for
our
community,
because
our
challenges
are
not
unique
to
chelsea.
It
is
expensive
to
live
in
chelsea.
It
is
expensive
to
live
in
brockton
in
boston
and
worcester.
We
need
to
build
those
partnerships,
and
that
is
what
I
have
been
doing
for
years.
I
was
able
to
get
those
folks
to
join
me
because
they
know
the
kind
of
work
that
I've
been
doing
right
and
that
is
what
I
wanna.
What
I
promise
you
that
I
will
continue
to
do.
F
F
We
have
four
weeks
left
before
this
election.
We
have
been
building
a
big
broad
movement
in
our
city.
We
have
the
support
of
community
leaders.
We
have
a
number
of
different
labor
unions
supporting
us
representing
over
200
000
members.
Across
massachusetts.
We
have
environmental
organizations,
social
workers
are
with
us,
teachers
are
with
us.
F
Five
six
hundred
dollars
every
year.
That
is
the
kind
of
things
that
we're
seeing
in
our
community
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
protecting
you
from
greedy
landlords
from
people
who
are
who
want
to
take
advantage
of
our
community
to
make
millions
and
millions
of
dollars.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
investing
in
the
people
of
the
city.
F
That
is
what
I
promise
you
that
I
will
do
as
your
state
representative
to
make
sure
that
you,
your
children
and
your
grandchildren
are
able
to
remain
in
this
community
if
you
want
to
and
not
get
pushed
out
of
the
city,
because
otherwise,
if
we
don't
fight
for
it,
we
are
going
to
lose
our
community,
and
that
is.
I
will
not
let
that
happen,
and
that
is
why
I'm
here
running
for
state
representative
and
I
humbly
ask
for
your
support
on
september
6..
If
you
have
any
questions,
please
come
see
me
afterwards.
D
It
is
time
for
our
community
to
elect
and
decide
who
the
leader
of
this
seat,
that
is,
our
seat,
should
be,
and
I
am
asking
you,
as
a
daughter
of
this
community
as
a
youth
person,
that
when
I
see
these
kids,
I
remember
that
I
was
here
not
too
long
ago
dreaming
and
fighting
as
a
child
to
make
this
community
a
better
place
and
chelsea
gave
me
my
most
precious
gifts.
It
gave
me
home.
It
gave
me
purpose,
it
gave
me
belonging
and
that's
why
I
was
invested
in
this
community.
D
I
had
a
vision
for
chelsea
and
I
returned
to
my
community
to
make
it
a
better
place
and
now
that
we
have
the
unique
opportunity
to
send
someone
to
the
state
level
to
fight
for
us.
I
ask
that
you
choose
one
of
your
own,
that
you
take
a
shot
on
one
of
your
kids
who
went
through
lots
of
adversity,
but
never
never
lose
sight
of
what
is
possible
for
chelsea.