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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 6
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Oklahoma City Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer meets with students from WageUpOKC.
WageUpOKC is group of high school students dedicated to raising the minimum wage in Oklahoma, one business at a time. Over the next four years, we plan to partner with more than 200 Oklahoma businesses.
WageUpOKC is raising the minimum wage by partnering with privately owned businesses so that all working families can live above the poverty line.
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Hello
on
Meg
Salyer
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
ward
6
council
show
today
we
have
an
extra
special
treat.
I've
got
three
recent
eighth
grade
graduates
from
Westminster
school
here
today
to
talk
about
two
projects
really
that
the
class
took
on
this
year
surrounding
the
idea
of
poverty
in
Oklahoma,
City
and
so
I'd
like
to
introduce
you
to
them
and
then
we'll
talk
about
the
project
so
girls,
why
don't
you
introduce
yourselves
to
the
viewers?
Please
I'm.
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If
I
could
just
briefly
to
say
that
in
seventh
grade
at
Westminster,
you
all
participate
in
businesses,
yes
and
have
an
opportunity
to
raise
some
funds
that,
in
the
eighth
grade
I
think
you
get
to
select
how
you
want
to
utilize
those
funds,
and
so
this
year,
I
understand
that
you
selected
poverty
as
the
overall
module
or
whatever
that
you
studied.
So
why
don't
you
talk
about
that?
To
start
with,
how
did
you
select
poverty?
Why?
And
what
did
you
all
talk
about
during
the
course
of
the
year
so.
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It's
part
of
the
curriculum
at
Westminster,
so
every
class
has
a
set
community
service
project,
so
it
starts
with
piece
in
pre-k
and
then
eighth
grade
ends
with
poverty,
and
so
we
spend
the
first
semester
researching
like
different
demographics
and
facts
about
poverty
and
then
the
second
semester.
We
get
to
decide
what
we're
going
to
do
with
the
money
that
we've
raised
great.
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Yes,
so
we
are
the
books,
we
read.
We
read
some
the
Brookings
report
and
the
two
dollars
a
day
book
that
was
focused
on
the
minimum
wage
and
low-wage
workers
in
Oakland
and
not
Oklahoma,
but
just
around
America
yeah
and
with
our
poverty
simulation
we
actually
got
to
see.
We
took,
we
took
different
roles
and
with
different
families,
kind
of
family
types,
some
of
them
had
disabilities
and
we're
getting
disability
income
and
some
of
them
had
to
go
to
the
employment
office.
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Excellent,
so
I
know
that
when
we
were
at
school
we
talked
about
the
fact
that
the
state
has
passed
some
legislation
that
preempts
cities
from
setting
any
minimum
wage
that
would
be
higher
than
what
you
know
is
set
at
the
state.
But
so
your
concept
is
a
great
one.
You
came
up
with
a
voluntary
way
for
companies
to
consider
whether
or
not
they
could
do
that
and
then
get
recognition
for
doing
it.
So
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
Haley.
Maybe
you
could
share
a
little
bit
about.
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Well,
I
I
did
want
to
share
that.
There
was
another
group
of
your
classmates
that
did
a
slightly
different
project
and
working
with
the
kerbside,
Chronicle
and
homeless.
Alliance
helped
them
expand
their
flour,
business,
so
I
think
lots
of
our
viewers
probably
know
that
the
curbside
vendors
sell
beautiful
bouquets
of
flowers
for
Valentine's
Day,
but
you
guys
came
up
with
the
idea.
A
Your
class
came
up
with
the
idea
to
expand
that
to
Mother's
Day
yeah,
and
so
you
know
I
just
thought
it
was
such
a
great
story
that
you
were
able
to
invest
the
dollars
that
you
raised
in
your
seventh
grade
businesses
and
helped
buy
the
flowers
actually
provide
the
inventory,
but
students
also
designed
the
Bouquets
helped
select.
The
flowers
worked
on
the
marketing
help
do
the
social
media
and
then
actually
you
know,
help
to
the
vendors
put
things
together.
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A
vendor
we
met
with,
he
had
a
really
empowering
story.
He
was
battling
homelessness
and
when
he
got
more
stable
and
on
his
feet,
he
decided
to
help
other
people
that
were
experiencing
homelessness,
that
needed
help
and
I
think
that
was
really
good
because
he
didn't
stop
with
just
himself.
He
decided
to
go
and
help
other
people
and
I
think
that
was
really
inspiring
for
us,
because
we
are
not
putting
opposition,
but
we
have
the
chance
and
ability
to
help
other
people
and
I
think
it's
really
important.
A
That
we
try
right
I
did
think
it
was.
It
was
a
great
story
and
hopefully,
you've
all
had
some
opportunity
to
interact
and
you've.
You
know
seen
folks
on
the
street,
so
we've
done
some
work
here
at
the
city
as
well
with
a
curbside,
we
partnered
with
Cox
Communications,
who
ran
a
series
of
PSAs
for
us
and
we
did
two
very
cute
ads
one
we
produced
here
in
this
studio
to
talk
about
you
know
when
you
see
a
vendor
with
a
green
vest.
That's
you
know
someone.
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Which
is
just
such
a
wonderful
story,
and
you
know
we
hope
to
see
more
of
that.
So
what
do
you
guys
expect
for
your
futures,
you're
gonna
work
on
this
through
high
school?
Yes,
and
so
you
each
shared
you'll,
be
at
McGinnis.
Is
this
a
project
that
you
think
you
can
take
on
to
McGinnis
and
and
grow
it?
Is
it
scalable,
or
are
you
going
to
continue
just
to
work
in
your
small
group?
We've.
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A
That
looks
like
I,
you
know,
I,
think
that
would
be
wonderful.
I
st.
Anthony
made
that
announcement
I
think
at
the
beginning
of
this
year
that
they
were
going
$12
an
hour
and
out
that
was
a
wonderful
one,
but
you've
got
everything
from
all
of
those
employees
to
you've
got
some
small
business.
We
talked.
A
Bit
about
cams
cookery
today,
and
so
they
range
industry
and
they
range
all
sorts
of
things.
So
we
want
to
encourage
businesses
to
reach
out
to
you
by
email
or
go
on
your
website
and
sign
up.
It's
a
really
admirable
wonderful
project,
and
we
thank
you
guys
so
much
for
coming
in
to
talk
to
us
about
it
and
wish
you
all
the
best
and
I
know
you're
gonna
bust
through
that
record
really
fast
thanks
for
coming
today,.